We have many events lined up for March! Please stay tuned to this post for updates:
March 4: Thesis and Dissertation Proposals: A Ph.D. Completion Project Workshop. UM College Park. Guest Speaker: Christine Feak, English Language Institute, University of Michigan.
March 11: PROMISE Mid-Semester Meeting and Networking Social for College Park (Co-hosted by the UMCP Black Graduate Student Association and the UMCP Latino Graduate Student Association.) 3:00 – 5:00 PM. This will be an opportunity for BGSA, LGSA and PROMISE participants from all disciplines to meet or reconnect over great (FREE) pizza!
DATE: Friday, March 11, 2011
TIME: 3:00 – 5:00 PM
LOCATION: Ledo’s Restaurant
ADDRESS: 4509 Knox Road (at the corner of Knox and Route 1 attached to the new parking structure)
DISCUSSION TOPIC: Success Beyond the Classroom: Protocol and Professionalism in Graduate School
COST: FREE!
RSVP/REGISTER: http://tiny.cc/BGSALGSAPROMISE
RSVP/REGISTRATION DEADLINE: March 9, 2011 by 4:30 PM
CONTACT: promise@gradschool.umd.edu
March 11-12: Dissertation House, UMBC Campus. http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/5914
March 12: Grad Student Connection Lunch, 11-2 PM, Skylight Room, UMBC. All graduate students are invited but you must RSVP. RSVP: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/6083
March 16: Writing an Effective Teaching Statement and Constructing a Teaching Portfolio, Facilitator, Dr. Linda Hodeges, Director of the UMBC Faculty Development Center, Room UC Ballroom Lounge, UMBC Campus. RSVP: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/5910
March 27: Come to a screening of the film Lift Up, a documentary about Haiti following the earthquake. One of the filmmakers is UMBC PROMISE Peer Mentor Huguens Jean. Huguens is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. MyUMBC link for the event can be found here: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/5913. We excited to promote this special movie outing at Pratt Library.
March 30: Career Paths for Graduate Students, 4:30 – 6PM, UMBC AOK Library, 7th Floor. Dinner will be served. RSVP: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/5982
- See event listings for graduate students at UMBC here: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events
- See seminar listings for graduate students at College Park here: http://www.gradschool.umd.edu/current_students/grad_diversity_student_experience.html
- See workshop listings for graduate students at UMB here: http://medschool.umaryland.edu/career/
