Getting Ready For Advanced Degrees? Grad School is for You!

Mon, 14 Sep 2015 11:02:02 -0400

An invitation for all UMBC students interested in getting ahead and planning for the future:

Plan to attend the 2015 GEM GRAD Lab at UMBC, a regional program that UMBC is hosting to increase the numbers of students from underrepresented backgrounds (African-American, Hispanic/Latino, Alaska Native, Native American), who will have access to information about getting STEM M.S. and doctoral degrees. The workshop is open to everyone, from any background. In an effort to broaden participation in STEM, the National Science Foundation sponsors programs like this one because there are only a small percentage of people who earn STEM advanced degrees who come from underrepresented backgrounds. In some fields, the numbers are less than 5%.

I am inviting you to the Regional GEM GRAD Lab at UMBC on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015. UMBC will host this free event! Free breakfast and lunch will be served, and you will receive a resource packet with information about applying to graduate school, funding, and more! It is sponsored by a variety of universities on the east coast, with primary sponsorship from the National Science Foundation. This free event will be held in the Engineering Building on campus. Students from UVA, Howard, Penn State, Binghamton University in NY, College Park, and students from other schools will be coming.

The information, agenda, registration link, etc. can be found here:

https://promiseagep.wordpress.com/2015/08/22/the-gemfellowship-gemgradlab-is-coming-to-umbc-sept-19-2015-thinkbigdiversity/

Please go to the link above and register as soon as you can so that we can order enough food and materials.

The short URL for the link above is http://tinyurl.com/UMBC-GEMGRADLab

If you are on Twitter and would like to share the information, feel free to retweet my Tweet here: https://twitter.com/Renetta_Tull/status/643424350541086720

Dr. Patti Ordóñez (Computer Science), and Dr. Frances Carter-Johnson (Physics and Public Policy), are UMBC alumnae.

Please spread the word! Note that the event is open to all students.

Yes, freshmen and sophomores, as well as juniors and seniors, are invited to attend.

Yes, you may attend if you've recently transferred to UMBC.

Yes, you can invite your friends from other schools.

Yes, this program is open to students from any gender, ethnicity, or age. It will be STEM-based, but students from other disciplines are also welcome to attend.

Yes, colleagues from community colleges may attend.

Yes, faculty and staff may attend.

This GEM GRAD Lab is free, but please register ASAP!

See the highlighted link above.

I'll be one of your speakers, and I will look forward to welcoming you!

Best regards,

Renetta Tull

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Renetta Garrison Tull, Ph.D.

Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Student Development & Postdoctoral Affairs
Director, PROMISE: Maryland's Alliance for Graduate Education & the Professoriate (AGEP) - USM

Director, Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Bridge to the Doctorate (LSAMP-BD) - UMBC

UMBC Graduate School, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250. Office: (410) 455-2930
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