SEPTEMBER 2010

-Preparing for Ph.D. Candidacy: Rules, Regulations, and Forms

Friday, 9/17/10, 12 noon – 1 PM, Commons 331

-Success Seminar (Funding/Fellowships)
Wednesday, 9/22/10, 1:00-2:30 PM, AOK Library, 7th Floor Open Area

-Dissertation House for UMBC Employees (only)
Friday, 9/24/10, 9:00 – 5:00 PM (Part I), Commons 329
Friday, 10/1/10, 9:00 – 12 noon (Part II), Commons 329

-PROMISE Opening Meeting

Friday, 9/24/10, 4:30  – 6:30 PM, Public Policy 206

Dissertation House for UMBC Employees (only)
Friday, 9/24/10, 9:00 – 5:00 PM (Part I), Commons 329
Friday, 10/1/10, 9:00 – 12 noon (Part II), Commons 329

DISSERTATION HOUSE APPLICATION PROCEDURES

The on-campus setting provides Dissertation House participants with productive and rewarding scholastic engagement. Students who participate in this program will spend each day thinking, writing, and sharing ideas about their doctoral dissertations. Students will learn effective time-management skills; learn how to set small manageable goals, and will meet with a dissertation coach in one-on-one consultations to discuss and address obstacles that might prevent them completing their degrees.

This is a Friday (9 a.m. – 5 p.m., non-residential) commitment to focus on the doctoral dissertation. The Dissertation House activities focus on areas where students typically have difficulty: conceptualizing a topic, writing a literature review, transitioning from a proposal to a dissertation, analyzing data, writing the last chapter, and editing.

To apply to attend the Employee 2010 Dissertation House, submit a brief description (maximum 2 pages, font size 11-12 point 1 inch margins) that describes the project that you wish to accomplish during the Dissertation House period. Please use the following guidelines:

(1) Summary of the project, including research question(s), data or texts, and method;

(2) Amount completed on the project to date; and

(3) Any obstacles that you are encountering that hinder completion of the dissertation. Include the following header information with the description:

Name:
Address:
Telephone numbers (home, office, and fax):
E-mail address:
Academic Program:
Year in Program:
Degree Sought (Masters or Doctorate):
Expected Defense Date:
Expected Graduation Date:

DATES/LOCATION

• University of Maryland at Baltimore County (UMBC): Sept 24, 2010, (9-5) Room in Commons TBA
  
• University of Maryland at Baltimore County(UMBC): Oct 1: 9-12 (follow-up Session)
  

APPLICATION PERIOD

Monday, September 13 , 2010 – Friday, September 17, 2010.

Email applications to promisestaff@gmail.com with the subject line: “Dissertation House”

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You can learn more about properly indicating specific hardware requirements in your Info.plist file by reading Understanding the UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities key.

If your app requires certain hardware features to run properly on a user's device, you need to add a list of those requirements to the UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities key in your Info.plist file. However, you should only add keys for features you must have. Setting a key to false is not the same as leaving out the key. When you set a key to false, you are instructing your app to run only if the device does not have the requirements. Ensuring that you have properly set your UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities key is important so that users don't install your app on a device that lacks the necessary hardware.

You can learn more about properly indicating specific hardware requirements in your Info.plist file by reading Understanding the UIRequiredDeviceCapabilities key.

From UMBC Magazine Fall 2010, How to be a Pottery Detective, featuring Ester Read.

Video by Jenny O’Grady.

From UMBC Magazine Summer 2011: How to Tell the Difference Between Alumna/us/ae/i.

Video by Jenny O’Grady.