2010-2011
Graduate Student Success Seminars & Activities
AUGUST
-Annual Summer Success Institute (SSI)
August 20-21, 2010
PROMISE Focus Groups
Friday, 8/20/2010
8:30 AM
Commons 329 and 327
Secrets of the Faculty Interview
Friday, 8/20/10
10:30 AM
Commons 331
RSVP: http://my.umbc.edu/events/3936
Seminars and Workshops for the PROMISE Summer Success Institute (SSI)
Saturday, 8/21/10
8:30-4:00 PM
Public Policy Bldg. LH 105, 206, 208
Direct links:
Summer Success Institute: http://promisesuccessseminars.wordpress.com/promise-summer-success-institute-ssi/
2010 Program: http://promisesuccessseminars.wordpress.com/promise-summer-success-institute-ssi/ssi-2010/
-TA Classroom Training
Friday, 8/27/10
8:30-2:00 PM
Public Policy Bldg. LH 105
RSVP: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/4049
SEPTEMBER
-Preparing for Ph.D. Candidacy: Rules, Regulations, and Forms
Friday, 9/17/10
12 noon – 1 PM
Commons 331
http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/4340
-Success Seminar (Funding/Fellowships)
Wednesday, 9/22/10
1:00-2:30 PM
AOK Library, 7th Floor Open Area
RSVP: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/4360
-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
Details: http://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/
MyUMBC Link: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/4362
-PROMISE Opening Meeting
“Community Connections with Faculty, Staff, and Students”
Friday, 9/24/10
4:30 – 6:30 PM
Public Policy 206
RSVP: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/4363
OCTOBER
-Prof-It: Preparation for the Professoriate Seminar
Designing the Syllabus
Friday, 10/1/10
Commons 329
12 noon – 2 PM
RSVP: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/4365
-Prof-It: Preparation for the Professoriate Seminar
Consider Teaching at a Community College
Friday, 10/22/10
UC 310
12 noon – 2 PM
RSVP: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/4755
-Success Seminar:
“When Faculty Say ‘x’, They Really Mean ‘y’, Part IV: Understanding Your Professors and Their Requirements “
Friday, 10/22/10
4:30 – 6:30 PM
Academic IV, Lecture Hall 4
RSVP: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/4750
-Success Seminar:
Responsible Conduct of Research and the IRB
Tuesday, 10/26/10
1 p.m. – 2:30 PM
Commons 331
RSVP: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/4751
NOVEMBER
-Prof-It: Preparation for the Professoriate Seminar
Public Speaking: Teaching a Class
Friday, 11/5/10
12 noon – 2 PM
Commons 329
RSVP: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/4938
-SPECIAL SATURDAY SESSION
Practical Steps to Completing Your Master’s Thesis of Dissertation
Saturday, 11/13/10
10:00 AM – 12 noon
Commons 329
RSVP: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/4941
-Success Seminar
Protean Prose: Identifying and Overcoming the Challenges of Academic Writing (A Graduate Level Writing Seminar)
Wednesday, 11/17/10
4:30 – 6:00 PM
University Center (UC) Ballroom Lounge, 3rd Floor
RSVP: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/4943
Daniel Burge, Writing Advisor for the UMBC Graduate Student Association, will host this seminar.
DECEMBER
-Prof-It: Preparation for the Professoriate Seminar
Learning Styles
Friday, 12/3/10
12 noon – 2 PM
Commons 329
RSVP: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/5127
-Preparing for Spring 2011 GRADUATION: Rules, Regulations, and Forms
Friday, 12/10/10
12 noon – 1 PM
Commons 331
Speaker: Dr. Lisa Morgan, Director of Progressions for the UMBC Graduate School
http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/5128
JANUARY
Teaching College Science
A 3-part luncheon series
12:00 – 1:30 PM, January 6, 13, and 20, 2011
Sponsor: UMBC Faculty Development Center
http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/5259
-Dissertation House – On Campus
Winter Session
UMBC Campus only
Tuesday, January 18 – Friday, January 21, 2011
9 AM- 5 PM
Commons 329 & 327
http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/5126
FEBRUARY
Teaching with Clickers for Deep Learning
Wednesday, February 9, 2011, 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. – University Center 310
Guest Speaker: Dr. Derek Bruff, noted author of Teaching with Classroom Response Systems: Creating Active Learning Environments.
Lunch will be provided. RSVP by February 4th to fdc@umbc.edu.
A faculty development seminar, shared with graduate students and postdocs
http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/5668
-Success Seminar: Leadership
Preparing for Global Leadership: Cultural Competence and Connections with and for International Students and Colleagues
Wednesday, 2/16/11
1:00 – 2:30 PM
AOK Library, 7th Floor Open Area
PANEL
MODERATOR: Violeta Colombo, Language, Literacy, & Culture (Argentina)
Vincenzo Tamma, Ph.D., Physics (Italy)
Rachel Sturge, Biology (Canada)
Huguens Jean, Electrical Engineering (Haiti)
Nohemi Voglozin, Geography and Environmental Systems (West Africa)
Nandadevi Cortes-Rodriguez, Biology (Mexico)
Wenjia Li, Computer Science (China)
Dr. Ed Larkey, Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication
Dr. Dwayne Arola, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Adriana Medina-López-Portillo (tentative), Program in Language, Literacy, and Culture
Lunch will be served. Please RSVP via the following website in MyUMBC:
http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/5670
-PROMISE Spring Semester Opening Meeting
Getting to Level 10
Friday, 2/19/11
4:30-7 PM
Public Policy Building, Rm. 206
Dinner will be served.
RSVP: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/5673
-Practical Steps to Completing Your Thesis or Dissertation
Thursday, 2/24/11
4:30-6:30 PM
Commons 331
RSVP: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/5817
MARCH
-Prof-It: Preparation for the Professoriate Seminar
Writing an Effective Teaching Statement and Constructing a Teaching Portfolio
Wednesday, 3/16/11
UC Ballroom Lounge
12 noon – 1:30 PM
RSVP: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/5910
-Success Seminar
Career Week: Career Paths for Grad Students
Wednesday, 3/30/11
4:30-6:30 PM
AOK Library, 7th floor open area
http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/5982
APRIL
-Success Seminar
Words of Wisdom and an Opportunity to Talk with the President
Wednesday, 4/6/11
1:00 p.m. – 2:30 PM
AOK Library, 7th Floor Open Area
