Interested in teaching or becoming a faculty? Ivette Cruz and Sundia Nazario Cardona from Ana G. Mendez University in Wheaton, MD will come to campus to discuss about bilingual teaching opportunities and faculty positions! Please come to listen about these opportunities! Refreshments will be served. 

• Please register at the myUMBC website

Attendees who are not affiliated with UMBC:

• Please comment on the following link to indicate your interest in coming: https://promiseagep.wordpress.com/?page_id=3272&preview=true&preview_id=3272

Information Session at UMBC  – Weds. October 14, 2015

Meet with the Campus Director and the Academic Director:

• Wednesday, October 14, 2015 ( Note date change from 10/13 to 10/14.)
• 2:00 PM
• Administration Building, Room 218
• UMBC
• UMBC Directions & Parking: http://about.umbc.edu/visitors-guide/directions/. Closest parking lot: Administration Drive. Note that there is construction on campus. The Administration Drive parking lot is metered.

Registration

• Please register at the myUMBC website (http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/36039)

Attendees who are not affiliated with UMBC:

• Please comment below to indicate your interest in coming.

Light refreshments will be served. 

UPDATES: Posted Oct. 12, 2015, 11:26 AM EST

More on the dual-language process: 

BILINGUAL (REF: http://www.suagm.edu/maryland_3/en_por_que_suagm.asp)
The bilingual model has several purposes. The first and principal purpose is to meet the current need to develop bilingual professionals in different areas where students can develop the skills necessary to compete in a global society.

Second, it seeks to develop social and academic language. This is to provide students with the opportunity to learn through both languages, while developing skills and understanding different cultures.

Third, by offering the same amount of instruction in both languages ​​(50/50), our model will provide the labor market with fully bilingual and competent individuals who can meet the needs of their employers and the growing global market economy.

Fourth, the bilingual model is the first of its kind, which is the first program at the university where the students learns through immersion in both languages. Finally, our model produces bilingual professionals, confident in their field of study in both English and Spanish.

Courses 

AGMUS in Wheaton works in a way that similar to regional centers in Maryland (e.g., Shady Grove) where courses are part of the curricula from other universities within the system, but students can take them at a location that works for them. In this case, students can receive a degree from AGMUS system in Puerto Rico, through a degree program that offers courses here in Maryland. Focusing on adult learners (23 years old+) and a bilingual model allow AGMUS to provide the market with professionals who have experience and strong skills.  The degree programs that are listed include coursework in areas where graduate students and postdocs have experience, e.g., chemistry, biology, mathematics, information systems. Click here to see all of the offerings: http://www.suagm.edu/maryland_3/en_ofrecimientos_academicos.asp.

When you click on the degree programs (each colored rectangle in the each of the three columns), you will see a full list of courses, e.g., calculus, economics, psychology. There are 29 degree programs, and each has a list of associated courses. Each of the courses listed here will be taught in Maryland at the AGMUS campus in Wheaton, MD.

Examples:

Courses – A.B. Engineering Technology: 

http://www.suagm.edu/maryland_3/Programas_de_Estudio_Maryland/UNE_Program_Outlines/UNE_AS_CienciasElectronics.pdf

Courses – BBA – Information Systems: 

http://www.suagm.edu/maryland_3/Programas_de_Estudio_Maryland/UT_Program_Outlines/BBA_Information_Systems.pdf

Location for the AGMUS Campus

(Note: the information session on 10/14 is at UMBC. These directions below are provided for future reference. The directions below can assist with determining distance from a current location, planning, and scheduling.)

ADDRESS:
11006 Veirs Mill Road
Wheaton, MD 20902
Tel: 301-949-2224
1-800-854-8181

Campus Map: http://www.suagm.edu/maryland_3/imagenes/AGMUS_capital_center_area_campus_map.jpg

The AGMUS campus in Wheaton, MD is accessible via public transportation.

It is across the street from the Wheaton Metro Stop, and is a 5 minute walk due to the traffic pattern. The location is in a mall area.

Metro Map: http://www.wmata.com/rail/maps/map.cfm

UMBC: Take the MARC Penn Line to Union Station, take the Red Line Metro toward Glenmont. Exit at Wheaton.

College Park: Take the College Park Metro to Fort Totten. Switch to the Red Line toward Glenmont. Exit at Wheaton.

Walking Map from the Metro to the AGMUS Building

The 2015 PROMISE Fall Harvest Dinner for graduate students and postdocs at schools within the University System of Maryland will be held Friday, November 20, 2015, at  5:00 PM.

Location:

University of Maryland College Park

Stamp Student Union

2203 Stamp – Colony Ballroom

This dinner will allow you to connect with graduate students and postdocs who are in your field, allowing you to build collaborative relationships, connections, and expand your network. You may bring a guest to this event. PROMISE wants you to include your support network in events. 

This event is free.

REGISTER:

Stay tuned to this page for any additional information.

October brings dissertation writing opportunities for all! UMBC has a Dissertation House, and UM College Park has a Dissertation Writing Retreat! If you aren’t at either of those schools, you can blog your progress and join the conversation online: https://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/blog-online-challenge/summerdh2015/

For the event at UMBC

If you are an employee of UMBC (50% time or more) or a “Non-Traditional” student, and if you are working on your graduate school courses, proposal, or dissertation, then this event is for you!

Eligibility:

• You can be in a graduate program at any school, and are currently a working, career professional at UMBC.
• You are a career professional at one of the other schools within the USM, and are a current graduate student at UMBC

We’ve worked with our UMBC employees who are also graduate students at UMBC, College Park, Northeastern, and other institutions.  This session will have support, coaching, and food will be provided for you on both days.

You work hard every day to serve others on our campus! You may be supporting your family members, or you have decided to take some time for yourself to reach your goals.  Now, let us work with you to finish your graduate degree. This version of the “Dissertation House” was created just for you!

Dissertation House for UMBC Employees and Non-Traditional Students
Friday, 10/16/15,   9:00 – 5:00 PM (Part I),
Saturday, 10/17/15, 10:00 – 3:00 PM(Part II). 

(NOTE: Time may change to 10-5 each day. Plan for this possibility.)

RSVP by clicking “I can attend” on MyUMBC: 

http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/35509

and apply via the Dissertation House’s website:

http://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com

Apply by October 7, 2015

For the Dissertation Writing Retreat at College Park

31st Annual MCA Conference | November 13-14, 2015
"Talking Through Conflict: Exploring Communication Strategies"
Bowie State University, Bowie, MD

The Dresher Center invites applications for new Faculty Working Groups in the Humanities. Faculty Working Groups are collaborative, interdisciplinary communities of scholars working on humanities projects, research concerns, or matters of public interest. The Dresher Center provides support for the formation and first-year activities of these groups in an effort to promote intellectual exchange and support research activities in the humanities among scholars across campus. Working groups meet regularly and may also use their funds to travel to sites or archives, host speakers, explore technologies, create new resources or materials, or other similar activities.

Faculty Working Groups can apply for up to $1,000 in annual support ($500 per semester) for their first-year activities. Priority will be given to groups with at least one member from a humanities department.

Deadlines for best consideration are November 1, 2015 for groups beginning in spring 2016 and April 1, 2016 for groups beginning in fall 2016. 

To download an application and to find out about current Faculty Working Groups, visit: http://dreshercenter.umbc.edu/scholarly-resources/faculty-working-groups-in-the-humanities/ 

Contact for questions: Jessica Berman (jberman@umbc.edu), Director, or Rachel Brubaker (rbruba1@umbc.edu), Assistant Director