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SSI 2010 FULL AGENDA AT A GLANCE
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- 2010 SSI Location: Public Policy Building, UMBC’s Campus
The PROMISE Summer Success Institute SSI 2010
Friday August 20, 2010 (UMBC Campus, The Commons), 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM. Lunch Buffet Optional (Less than $10) at the UMBC’s True Grit’s Dining Facility (12:00)
Saturday, August 21, 2010 (UMBC’s Campus, Public Policy Building), 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM. Breakfast refreshments, lunch, and light afternoon refreshments will be served.
2010 SSI Features:
- FRIDAY WORKSHOP, 10:30 AM : Secrets of the Faculty Interview
- Dr. Philip Rous
Guest Speaker, Dr. Philip Rous, Dean of the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, UMBC, Dr. Rous’ background: Postdoctoral positions – Cambridge University and University of California at Berkeley, Ph.D. – Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London (UK) 1986, D.I.C. (Diploma of Imperial College) – Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London (UK). Solid State Theoretical Physics, 1986, B.Sc. (Hons) – University of Bristol (UK), Physics (First Class Honours), 1983.
This event is also listed here: http://myumbc3.my.umbc.edu/events/3936
- UMBC Provost Elliot Hirshman
UMBC’s Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Elliot Hirshman, serves at the PI for the PROMISE AGEP. Dr. Hirshman will give the welcome and introduction for this seminar.
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- SATURDAY MORNING PANEL: AUGUST 21, 2010, 9:00 AM
- Dr. Derrick Cogburn, American University, Public Policy and Information Technology
- Dr. Sandra Alcala-Barraza, STEM Fellow for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
Panel Discussion:
Our past, our present, and our future: Understanding national and global implications of our roles as people with advanced degrees
- Leshell Hatley, a United States Anita Borg Scholar, is pictured with Chad Hurley, one of the founders of YouTube during the Google Scholars Retreat at “Googleplex,” the Google Headquarters in Mountainview, California.
- Jorge Madrid has worked as a legislative fellow in the Office of Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), where he worked closely with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Task Force on Climate Change and the Green Economy.
Guest Panelists for the 9:00 AM morning session:
- Dr. Sonia Arteaga (Program Director, Clinical Applications and Prevention Branch , Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH)
- Dr. Derrick Cogburn (Associate Professor, School of International Service, Director of the COTELCO Center, American University and Syracuse University. Follow Dr. Cogburn on Twitter! @derrickcogburn)
- Dr. Sandra Alcala-Barraza (Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute STEM Fellow, CHCI.org) and Jorge Madrid. Dr. Alcala-Barraza was the Moderator for the 2010 Young Latino Leaders Summit. Read her paper with Jorge Madrid on The Intersection of STEM Education & the Green Economy: Incorporating the Latino Community. Jorge Madrid is a research associate for the Energy Policy Team in American Progress, assisting Van Jones in spearheading the Green Opportunity Initiative.
Guest Tweeter: LeShell Hatley. This session will be tweeted live on Twitter, http://www.twitter.com/PROMISE_AGEP (@PROMISE_AGEP) Use hashtag: #PROMISE2010
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SATURDAY MORNING PLENARY, AUG. 21, 2010, 10:00 AM
Diane DiResta presents “How to give a knockout Presentation”
- Diane DiResta’s Book on “Knockout Presentations”
- Diane DiResta
Diane DiResta, (featured on CNN) has trained NBA players, business leaders, and corporate executives. Now she comes to the SSI to give our students professional training in public speaking and confident presentation styles. Follow Diane (@SpeakingPro) on Twitter! See a short sample of Diane in action on YouTube. She’ll spend the day with us on Saturday!
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SATURDAY AFTERNOON SESSION FOR NEW/INCOMING M.S. STUDENTS, 1:30 PM
How to be successful in your first year of graduate school
- Sundiata Jangha
Guest Speaker: Sundiata Jangha, Director UMBC Math/Science Upward Bound, Mentoring Workshop leader for the MIT Summer Research Program, the Midwest Crossroads AGEP (Northwestern University, Indiana University and Purdue University). A former Fellow for Georgia Tech’s NSF-funded STEP Program, teaching chemistry and accelerated physics, GEM Fellow, and former leader for the FOCUS program, “Sunji” Jangha is a motivational speaker who helps incoming graduate students to understand how graduate school is different from undergrad. Featured in “U.S. Black Engineer”, Jangha specializes in making sure that students understand the role and expectations of graduate school professors.
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SSI 2010 also includes:
- Recognition of Ph.D. Candidates from UMBC, UMB, and UM College Park. Hosts: Dr. Tamara Wilds Lawson and Dr. Kristin Hodge.
- Breakout sessions for UMBC, UMB, and UM College Park with Deans and PROMISE Coordinators
- “Confident public speaking – preparation for conferences, oral qualifiers, and the dissertation defense” (Guest Coach: Diane DiResta)
- “Working Your Net” – An Interactive Reception
- Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead
- Dr. Jesus Caban
- Dr. Stacey Simmons Williams
- Dr. Javier Armendariz
- Dr. Asha-Lateef Williams
- Dr. Chris Whitt
- Dr. Idalis Villanueva
- Dr. Johonna McCants
PROMISE SSI Mentors
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Friends of PROMISE and PROMISE Ph.D. Alumni serve as
MENTORS-IN-RESIDENCE for the 2010 Summer Success Institute
- Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead (Assistant Professor at Loyola University Maryland, Department of Communication. Teaching Areas: Video Production, Story Development and Scripting, Documentary Tradition, Documentary Production, Baltimore Stories Project)
- Dr. Stacey Simmons Williams (Newly appointed Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy, College of Notre Dame)
- Dr. Jesus Caban (NIH Researcher and Adjunct faculty in Computer Science at UMBC. Dr. Caban will be teaching a new course, CMSC 491/691 Computational Photography, for Fall 2010. )
- Dr. Javier Armendariz (Senior Researcher, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab)
- Dr. Asha-Lateef Williams (Adjunct Professor of Special Education, Independent Consultant. Read Dr. Williams’ 2010 GRID Abstract on a policy implementation study for infants and toddlers affected by illegal substances.)
- Dr. Idalis Villanueva (Neurobiology Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH. See Dr. Villanueva’s patent abstract for Apparatus and Methods for Loading Soft Materials.)
- Dr. Christopher Whitt (Assistant Professor, Political Science, Augustana College)
- Dr. Johonna McCants (Director, Visions to Peace Project)
- Dr. Calvin Williams (Malaria Researcher, Microbiology & Immunology, University of Maryland Medical School. See Dr. Williams’ Abstract on “Transcriptional Analysis of the Pre-Erythrocytic Stages of the Rodent Malaria Parasite, Plasmodium yoelii“)
- Dr. Adelina Longoria (Senior Consultant, Booz, Allen, and Hamilton)
- Dr. JaMaine Davis, Postdoctoral Fellows in the Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory at the National Cancer Institute. (See Dr. Davis’ abstract on “Novel fold of VirA, a type III secretion system effector protein from Shigella flexneri“)
- Dr. Quintin Boston, Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling, North Carolina A&T State University.
- Dr. Louis Johnson, Television Station communications
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SSI 2010 FULL AGENDA AT A GLANCE
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Events on Friday, Aug. 20 will be held in the Commons. All Saturday (Aug. 21) sessions for the 2010 SSI will be held in the Public Policy Building on UMBC’s campus. All rooms are wheelchair accessible.
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