Advanced PhD Students: Apply for the “Academy for Future Science Faculty”

CURRENT U.S. PhD students who are ~12-18 months from completion:  PROMISE asks you to apply. This is an initiative that is going out to all AGEPs across the nation. The Academy for Future Science Faculty Group II – Advanced Stage PhD Students Get a BIG head-start on the next critical step toward an academic career! [...]

Got S.W.A.G.? (Secrets to Winning in Academia’s Game) Workshop – Friday, 3/30/12

Dr. Raheem Beyah and Dr. William Robinson, 2011 PROMISE SSI Mentors-in-Residence, will present their annual “Got S.W.A.G.?” workshop for advanced Ph.D. students, postdocs, and assistant professors, at the 2012 National Convention for the National Society of Black Engineers on Friday, 3/30/12.  Dr. Beyah and Dr. Robinson were former graduate students in the NSF FACES AGEP [...]

Join the PROMISE blogs and websites for up-to-date information. 55,000 hits & 2,300 comments strong on the DH!

We have a number of online resources for students to receive information. In addition to this main website for PROMISE which launched this past summer (5,000+ hits),  we have an active Dissertation House website (18,000+ hits, 2300+ comments), an intranet site through MyUMBC (300+ members), a site that regularly lists all of the PROMISE Seminars & [...]

“Why Smart People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It” – A Jan. 24, 2012 WEPAN Webinar for all

PROMISE is partnering with the Women’s Engineering Proactive Network (WEPAN) to publicize a webinar on the “Imposter Syndrome.” Graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and career professionals who attended the August 2011 PROMISE Summer Success Institute (SSI) in Columbia, Maryland will remember that one of our keynote speakers, Dr. Kellina Craig-Henderson from the National Science Foundation, defined [...]

25+ PROMISE students/affiliates attend SREB’s Conference in Atlanta

We are pleased to announce that more than 25 of our PROMISE students and affiliates will be attending the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Compact for Faculty Diversity/Institute on Teaching and Mentoring: http://www.instituteonteachingandmentoring.org/Institute/index.html in Atlanta, GA, October 20-23, 2011. The SREB participants will be discussing some thoughts related to their experiences and plans in this thread.

Full Listing of PROMISE Seminars and Workshops

The PROMISE Success Seminars and Workshops website contains full lists of workshops for: Graduate Students Postdoctoral Fellows Interest in teaching and the professoriate (PROF-it) Archived posts by title on the PROMISE Success Seminars site include the following: September 2011 Seminars for Graduate Students at UMBC Summer Success Institute Registration is open! (August 19-20, 2011) Summer Horizons Graduate [...]

Orientations and Success Seminars for 2011-2012

The Graduate Schools at UMBC and College Park will hold orientations this week, and UMBC will hold its first graduate student seminar on Friday, August 26. UMBC’s Evening Graduate School Orientation will be held on Wednesday, August 24 at 4:30 PM. UM College Park invites all new and continuing graduate students of color and all [...]

Alumni in the Professoriate and in the STEM Enterprise

We have several alumni who are current professors and others who are in postdocs or STEM positions with plans to enter the professoriate later in their careers or serve as adjunct faculty. Here is a short list: Dr. Oliver Meyers (UMBC), Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Mississippi State University Dr. Alycia Marshall (UMCP), Associate Professor [...]

Professors Beyond Borders

As part of our PROF-it: Professors-in-Training Program, UMBC has a new chapter of Professors Beyond Borders (PBB).  Students from all schools in Maryland can participate in workshops and seminars. The first “Preparing for Global Leadership” seminar, inspired by the PBB program, was held in February, 2011. http://promisesuccessseminars.wordpress.com/2011/02/02/preparing-for-global-leadership-cultural-competence-and-connections-with-and-for-international-students-and-colleagues/#comments About PBB:  http://www.professorsbeyondborders.org/home.html

PROF-it: Professors-in-Training

PROF-it: Professors in Training, is a program for graduate students that provides opportunities for training and hands-on teaching. Our partners include: UMBC’s Office of Undergraduate Education and the “Introduction to an Honors University” program, Howard University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Community Colleges of Baltimore County (CCBC), Baltimore City Community College (BCCC), and [...]