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PROMISE

PROMISE: Maryland’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)
University System of Maryland – System-wide Alliance
c/o UMBC Graduate School, 1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
(410) 455-2930
promisestaff@gmail.com

Founding Director, Dr. Renetta Tull, University System of Maryland (USM – 12 institutions) Director for Graduate and Professional Pipeline Development, and Special Assistant to the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs; Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Student Development and Postdoctoral Affairs (UMBC)

PI: Dr. Philip Rous, Provost, UMBC

FOUNDERS: Co-PI Janet Rutledge, Ph.D. (UMBC), Retired Co-PI: Dr. Johnetta Davis (U. of Maryland College Park), Retired Co-PI: Dr. Jordan Warnick (UMB)

Current Co-PIs: Janet Rutledge, Ph.D., (UMBC), Renetta Tull, Ph.D. (UMBC), Jeffrey Franke, MPA (U. of Maryland College Park), Erin Golembewski, Ph.D. (UMB)

Maryland’s Alliance Leads:

University of Maryland Baltimore County – UMBC:

PROMISE Headquarters

Administration Bldg, Rm. 202, (410) 455-2930

Contact: Director: Renetta Tull, Ph.D.

Program Coordinator: Yarazeth Medina, B.S.

promisestaff@gmail.com

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University of Maryland College Park – UMCP:

Former Co- PI: Jeffrey Franke, Assistant Dean and Chief of Staff

Christopher Pérez, Director in The Office of Graduate Diversity and Inclusion

The Graduate School | University of Maryland

2123 Lee Building | College Park, MD 20742

301.405.0763 | cperez6@umd.edu | gradschool.umd.edu | @UMDGradSchool

Advancing graduate education. Enhancing the graduate student experience.

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University of Maryland Baltimore – UMB:

Co-PI: Sr. Associate Dean, Erin Golembewski, Ph.D.

TaShara Bailey, PhD, Senior Program Specialist and Program Director, PROMISE Program

The Graduate School | University of Maryland Baltimore

621 W. Lombard Street, Rm. 336 | Baltimore, MD 21201

Baltimore, MD 21201

tbailey@umaryland.edu | 410.706.3546 | https://graduate.umaryland.edu/promise

Visualize Success with PROMISE!

https://umbconnect.umaryland.edu/organization/promise

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University System of Maryland

http://www.usmd.edu/institutions/

University	Name	Contact Information
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)	· Dr. Janet C. Rutledge, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School · Dr. Renetta G. Tull, Associate Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives	The Graduate School at UMBC Administration Building 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250 jrutledge@umbc.edu, 410-455-2199 rtull@umbc.edu, 410-455-2930
University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB)	· Dr. Erin Golembewski, Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate School · Dr. Roger Ward Senior Vice President for Operations and Institutional Effectiveness Vice Dean of the Graduate School	University of Maryland, Baltimore Graduate School 620 West Lexington Street, Fifth Floor Baltimore, Maryland 21201 egole001@umaryland.edu , 410-706- 8323 rward@umaryland.edu, 410-706-2477
University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP)	· Jeffrey Franke, Assistant Dean and Chief of Staff · Christopher Perez, Associate Director in The Office of Graduate Diversity and Inclusion	The Graduate School University of Maryland 2123 Lee Building College Park, MD 20742, USA graduate-dean@umd.edu, 301-405-0358 301-405-0763
Bowie State University	· Dr. Cosmas U. Nwokeafor, Dean of the Graduate School	Center for Business and Graduate Studies Building Suite: 1312. Bowie MD 20715 cnwokeafor@bowiestate.edu, 301-860-3410
Coppin State University	Mary Owens-Southall, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies	Coppin State University, Grace Jacobs Office Classroom Building, 4th Floor, Room 438, 2500 West North Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216-3698 mowens@coppin.edu, 410- 951-3090
Frostburg State University	· Dr. Vickie M. Mazer, Director of Graduate Services. Office of Graduate Services	Office of Graduate Services Frostburg State University 101 Braddock Road Frostburg, Maryland 21532-2303 vmmazer@frostburg.edu, 301-687-4595
Salisbury University	Dr. Clifton P. Griffin, , Dean of Graduate Studies and Research	1101 Camden Ave, HH 262A Salisbury, MD 21801 cpgriffin@salisbury.edu, 410-677-0050
Towson University	Dr. Janet V. DeLany, Dean of the Office of Graduate Studies	Towson University, 7800 York Road, Suite 216, 8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252 jdelany@towson.edu, 410-704-2078
University of Baltimore	· Dr. Joseph S. Wood, Provost and senior vice president for academic affairs · Beverly Schneller, Associate Provost, Office of the Provost · Rita Aissi-Wespi, Staff Assistant, Office of the Provost.	Academic Center, Room 117 1420 N. Charles St. Baltimore, MD 21201 jswood@ubalt.edu, (410)-837-5244 bschneller@ubalt.edu, (410)-837-6205 raissi-wespi@ubalt.edu, 410.837.5248
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore	Dr Jennifer Keane-Dawes, Dean of Graduate Studies	University of Maryland Eastern Shore, School of Graduate Studies Child Development Center Room 1137, Princess Anne, MD 21853 jmkeanedawes@umes.edu, 410-651-7966
University of Maryland University College	Robert Goodwin, JD, Vice Provost and Dean of The Graduate School	University of Maryland, University College, Graduate School, 3501 University Blvd E, Adelphi, MD 20783 rgoodwin@umuc.edu, 240-684-2476
Ana G. Mendez University (AGMUS)	Syndia Nazario Cardona, Campus Director	11006 Veirs Mill Road Wheaton, MD 20902 snazario@suagm.edu, 301-949-2224
Anne Arundel Community College	Dr. Alycia Marshall, Chair, Department of Mathematics	101 College Parkway Arnold, MD 21012-1895aamarshall@aacc.edu, 410-777-2029
Community Colleges of Baltimore County	Dr. Alvin Starr, Dean of the Essex Campus	7201 Rossville Boulevard Baltimore, Office E. J. 109, MD 21237-3899 astarr@ccbcmd.edu, 443-840-1013

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DIRECTIONS TO EVENTS

Events at UMBC

Most PROMISE Events at UMBC are either in the Commons Student Center or the Public Policy Building. Some events will be held in the AOK Library & Gallery. Most events that include guests who don’t have UMBC parking passes are on Friday evenings or Saturdays when free parking is available.

Directions to UMBC (Map plus directions to the Administration Building). Parking Rules and Regulations are available online at http://www.umbc.edu/parking. Please contact Parking Services at 410-455-2551 for any questions.

Details:

Parking

After 3:30 PM on Friday afternoon through Monday morning at 7:00 AM, parking is free in any un-metered, open space or open lot. Metered spaces are not free. The Commons is a few feet away from the Public Policy Building; visitors may park in any open space without a meter.

If you come to campus at any other time, you may park at the metered spaces. Please bring quarters. Machines are available within the covered parking lots and on top of the parking garages to provide change from dollar bills.
Questions? Contact Parking services: http://www.umbc.edu/parking/

Directions
General directions to UMBC: http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/directions.php

From 95 (North or South)
The UMBC Exit is THE SAME EXIT off of 95 for the BWI Marshall Airport.
Follow the signs for UMBC, Rt. 166, Catonsville.

Once you are on UMBC’s campus (landmarks: Silo on the left, BW Research Park on the right plus construction), stay in the right lane.

* Make a RIGHT onto Hilltop Circle.

* Pass Administration Drive (immediately past the parking garage)

* Make the 2nd LEFT onto Commons Drive.

The Commons Building will be in front of you. It is a multi-leveled glass walled building. Park in any open space or open lot after 3:30. If you park at a meter, you must have coins available to pay the metered fees.

The Commons is surrounded by the Parking Garage, the Physics Building, the Public Policy Building, and the Theatre. You will know that you are in the right place because Commons Drive ends in a loop with these buildings at the edges.

If you come into the Commons Drive entrance you will be on the ground floor.

PROMISE typically has multi-campus programs in these spaces at UMBC:

* The GAME ROOM is on the 2nd floor of the Commons.

* FLAT TUESDAYS is on Level 1 of the Commons, it is beside the information desk.

* PUP 105 is the large lecture hall (Lecture Hall 9) on the first floor of the Public Policy Building.

* PUP 206 or PUP 208 are classrooms on the 2nd floor of the Public Policy Building.

* LIBRARY OPEN AREA is on the 7th Floor of the Albert O. Kuhn (AOK)
Library. http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/directions/

* THE SKYLIGHT ROOM is on the 3rd floor of the Commons.

Campus Map:
http://www.umbc.edu/AboutUMBC/CampusMap/

About the Commons:
http://www.umbc.edu/commons/

Additional directions to the Public Policy Building
Provided by the Shriver Center, a center within the Public Policy Building:
http://www.shrivercenter.org/about_directions.html

Public Policy Department: http://www.umbc.edu/posi/contactus.php

A photo of the Public Policy Building for reference:
http://cbhassociates.com/projects/archive/educational/classrm/umbcpub.htm

A photo of the Physics Building — located on the loop with Public Policy and the Commons: http://physics.umbc.edu/

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Events at College Park

The Ph.D. Completion Project Workshops and PROMISE events at College Park are held in a variety of places.

Here are some of the locations; some of the links include directions and parking information:

Colony Ballroom: http://www.gradschool.umd.edu/grrd/preview/directions.htm
Skinner Hall: http://www.gradschool.umd.edu/grrd/DirectionsSkinner.htm
Ulrich Recital Hall, Tawes Hall: http://www.umd.edu/CampusMaps/bld_detail.cfm?bld_code=TWS
Nyumburu Cultural Center: http://www.umd.edu/CampusMaps/bld_detail.cfm?bld_code=NCC

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Events at UMB

We often hold events at UMB in the MSTF atrium, located at 685 W. Baltimore Street Downtown Baltimore

http://www.umm.edu/gethere/campus.htm
(#24 on this map)

Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=UMB%2C%20MSTF%20Atrium

Parking:

Please park in the Grand Garage at the corner of Paca and Baltimore Streets.

Driving Directions:

Rt. 95 North, Exit on 395, MLK Blvd. Take MLK Blvd. to West Baltimore Street, Make a right onto West Baltimore. The MSTF atrium can be reached from the Health Services Facility (HSF II) on your right.

To park:
Continue driving … pass Greene Street (Hospital on your right), prepare to get into the far left lane. Make a left onto PACA St. The Grand Garage is on your immediate right.

To return to the MSTF atrium through the HSF II Building on foot:
Go to the corner of Paca and West Baltimore, Go back toward the hospital, pass Greene Street. Go up another block, HSF will be on the left. Ask the guard to direct you to the MSTF atrium. You will need to show your campus ID.