2023 Summer Success Institute (SSI)

Fulfilling the PROMISE

Nigerian Graduate Student Association

July 18, 2023 at 8:03 PM

Hi Folks,

This is highly recommended if you will be in Maryland on 19th of August. $25 dollar registration fee is refundable once you attend the event or cancel early enough. I will urge you register as soon as possible, the email invite for the rest of the students will be sent in a week or in two weeks time.

Thank you.

Chinonso

A University System of Maryland Professional Development Event for Graduate Students and Postdocs from underserved backgrounds

You are invited to attend the 2023 PROMISE Summer Success Institute (SSI)! This conference, organized by PROMISE program volunteers from across the University System of Maryland, will be held in person at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Campus, in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building on Saturday, August 19, 2023, from 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM. SSI provides professional development, encouragement, motivation, career advice, peer support, and camaraderie, particularly for underrepresented graduate students and postdocs in STEM fields.

This year, we are celebrating 20 years of the PROMISE SSI program! Our conference theme, "Fulfilling the PROMISE," will celebrate and honor the amazing work of PROMISE over two decades. We will have inspirational keynotes, including a welcome from PROMISE founders Dr. Janet Rutledge and Dr. Renetta Tull, concurrent sessions featuring panels of doctorates now working as educators, as federal agency employees, in industry, or as change-makers working in science writing, science policy, and public health. We will also have workshops to help you build skills to launch your independent academic career and create inclusive environments. Importantly, this year we are bringing back regional alumni; please join them at 8:30 AM for breakfast to network. We aim to help you connect, understand the work you can do with your graduate degree, and grow skills and fulfillment, personally and professionally. We hope you join us!

What is SSI?

Deposit policy/agreement:

By getting your ticket to attend this year's 20th anniversary of Summer Success Institute (SSI) you agree to be charged a $25.00 deposit per ticket. This deposit payable via credit card or debit card, is collected when you reserve your ticket online. Upon attending the event, this deposit will be reimbursed (minus the transaction fee). Please make sure to check-in in at the registration table at the venue. Any cancellations must be made at least 72 hours prior to the event to get a reimbursement.

Agenda at a Glance

All times are Eastern Time

Friday, August 18

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. Speaker Dinner (by invitation only)

Saturday, August 19 • 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast Round Tables with PROMISE alumni
9:00 AM – 9:10 AM Welcome
9:10 AM – 9:30 AM Fireside chat with PROMISE founders Dr. Janet Rutledge and
Dr. Renetta Tull
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Concurrent Session I:
1. Teaching and Education Career Panel: Small liberal arts
colleges, community colleges, high school,
and non-tenure-track positions
2. Workshop: Starting Up Your Independent Academic Research
Program
3. Federal Agency and Research Institute Career Panel
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Networking Break
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM Concurrent Session II:
1. Industry and Publishing Career Panel (Natural & Social Science
focus)
2. Engineering Career Panel
3. Workshop: Building and Inclusive Department/Research
Environment

11:45 AM – 12:00 PM Networking Break
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Dr. Marissa Franco, The Science of Attachment
12:30 PM – 1:10 PM Networking Lunch
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM Concurrent Session III:
1. Workshop: Inclusive Teaching Practices
2. Entrepreneurship and Start-Ups Panel
3. Workshop: Sharpening Your Negotiation Skills
2:20 PM – 3:00 PM Circle of Doctorates
3:00 PM Final remarks and adjourn

* The agenda is subject to change until the day of the event.

Detailed Agenda

As with all PROMISE activities, we welcome you to invite and include your family and friends in our program. We call this practice "the Jessica Effect," after the late Jessica Soto-Perez. In opening our program, we honor the cultural and familial influence of your community and simultaneously promote understanding of your academic experience to those in your lives.