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STEM informational session for freshman and new Transfers

Light Refreshments Provided

Location

Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : 7th Floor

Date & Time

September 29, 2017, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Good morning!

Please share the information below with all the incoming freshman and transfer students that are part of your organization. The event is this Friday, September 29 between 12 - 1 PM at the Library, 7th Floor. 

We are inviting the student organizations to sent a representative of each to give a quick 5-minute address for those students interested in participating from your group. We want to let them know of the resources we have on campus. If you can attend, please let me know.


Agenda

 

12:00 PM - Welcome and Building a Community in STEM: 

Sunji Jangha, Co-PI, National Science Foundation's LSAMP Program

Director, Upward Bound Math-Science Program

 

12:05 PM - Deans' Remarks:

Dr. William LaCourse, Dean - College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences

Dr. Keith Bowman, Dean - College of Engineering and IT

Representative from the Dean’s office - College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Dr. Katharine Cole, Vice Provost and Dean - Division of Undergraduate Academic Affairs

 

12:25 PM - Answers and Advice:

Addressing issues that have been posed within the first few weeks of class:

 

Tim H. Cox, Associate Director of Academic Advising, Outreach, and Assessment

 

12:40 PM - Planning a path forward, toward a successful semester:

Sunji Jangha, Co-PI, National Science Foundation's LSAMP

 

12:50 PM -  Introduction to STEM Student Organizations 

 

Light refreshments will be served. 


Sincerely,

Yarazeth Medina
Program Coordinator
Graduate Student Development & Postdoctoral Affairs, 
The Graduate School at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC),
Includes: University System of Maryland (USM) PROMISE: Maryland's Alliance
for Education and the Professoriate (AGEP), the Louis Stokes Alliance for
Minority Participation (LSAMP), and LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Program
Admin Building 2nd Floor, Room 205,
Baltimore, MD 21250



Join us on myumbc groups for more information about incoming events!

https://my.umbc.edu/groups/lsamp

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Friday, September 29, 2017
Noon - 1 PM
AOK Library, 7th Floor - Open Area

All incoming freshman and transfer students invited!

This invitation is for you if you answer yes to the above:

  • Are an incoming freshman or transfer student. 
  • Are pursuing a STEM career.
  • Are from an underrepresented background (Female in STEM, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino/Latinx, other).

Mentorship, career advice, networking, research experience, you need them all to succeed! Join the LSAMP Community on campus to map your future! 

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