Whether new or seasoned, faculty often struggle to manage grading. How can you speed up your grading, make feedback more useful, and gain insights about how to improve student learning? Join your colleagues to discuss best practices for making grading more efficient for you and more useful for students. We’ll discuss the advantages of aligning […]
During the 2013 PROMISE AGEP Summer Success Institute, Dr. Christine Grant (Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Professor of Chemical Engineering, http://www.che.ncsu.edu/people/faculty-pages/grant.html), led the following session: Making the transitions (grad student to PhD, postdoc, professor), keeping your cool, and addressing the issues: How do you deal with the lack of respect on the new job that […]
The 2012 Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Compact for Faculty Diversity/Institute for Teaching and Mentoring will be held in Tampa, Florida, Thursday, October 25- Sunday, October 28. Several of the PROMISE mentors have led sessions at the SREB conference in the past, including Dr. Johnetta Davis (Founding Co-PI for PROMISE at UM College Park), Dr. […]
Throughout the last several years, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduate students who participate in PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP have given various reasons for and against planning to choose careers in the academy. Among reasons against becoming a faculty member, students have told us that “professors don’t make any money” or that “professors are poor.” […]
Classes at universities in Maryland begin in a few days. Over the past few weeks, there have been questions concerning what can be done to adequately prepare for a new semester of graduate courses. Part of the answer is in the question itself: one must “prepare” for the new semester before classes begin. There are […]
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.
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 […]
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Get the article from AAC&U Peer Review: https://www.aacu.org/peerreview/2014/spring/tull, in memory of 2004 PROMISE Peer Mentor Jessica Soto-Pérez (Chemical Engineering).
Fellowships & Grad School Funding! Saturday Seminar: Sept. 7, 2013 @ UMBC w/ Dr. Carter-Johnson & Dr. Ordóñez
25+ PROMISE students/affiliates attend SREB’s Conference in Atlanta
Annual PROMISE Summer Success Institute: August 17-18, 2012 @ UMBC & The Hotel at Arundel Preserve
When Faculty say “X” … Understanding Faculty Expectations, Unwritten Rules. Dinner Seminar, Fri. Oct. 10, 2014
How to fund your graduate education! Dr. Ordóñez Rozo and Dr. Carter-Johnson (PROMISE Alumni) present their award-winning seminar on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012
Students applying for the NSF GRFP – The Road to the Application @NSFGRFP
PROMISE is going to Atlanta in October 2014 for the SREB Compact for Faculty Diversity! Do you want to go?
Diversity in Aging Research Post-Doctoral Training Program
Spotlight on Erika Aparaka and Shawnisha Hester at 2018 Understanding Interventions Conference in Baltimore, MD
UMBC’s 40th Graduate Research Conference to focus on communication and collaboration
PROMISE Event Promotes Diversity in STEM Academia
2018 PROMISE AGEP Friends and Family Cookout
CIRTL & PROF-it Series: Inclusive Pedagogy workshop with Dr. Karen Fleming from JHU
2018 USM PROMISE AGEP Research Symposium & Professional Development Conference Feb 16, 2018 #ThinkBigDiversity
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The primary sponsor for PROMISE is the National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), Division of Human Resource Development (HRD). Current projects are supported by: Collaborative Research: AGEP - T: PROMISE AGEP Maryland Transformation # 1309290, #1309264, and #1309256. Foundational projects were developed and implemented under HRD grant #0202169 - "AGEP: Maryland's Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate," HRD grant #0639698 - "PROMISE: Maryland's AGEP"; and HRD grant #1111217 - "PROMISE Pathways." Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
