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University of Maryland, College Park GEM GRAD Lab

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Location

Off Campus

Date & Time

October 21, 2017, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Description

Dear Student Organization,

Please help us as representants of underrepresented students in STEM fields to pass the voice about this important event and attend yourselves! This is an amazing workshop that everyone needs to attend at least once. The name is the GEM GradLab, it's an informational session for STEM students interested in pursuing graduate school (and for those that are still not sure why they should consider it!). The session touches topics like Why Graduate School?, How to put a strong graduate school application together,  How to fund your graduate school, and a panel of graduate students in STEM fields that will be sharing their experiences during graduate school. 

The seminar is Saturday, October 21! @ College Park, more information below!

We are offering free transportation from UMBC campus on a first-come-first-served basis. 

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Are you interested in pursuing an advanced degree in STEM? If so, please join us on Saturday, October 21, for a GEM GRAD Lab at the University of Maryland, College Park (see attached flyer)! GRAD Lab encourages young people of color to consider graduate education in STEM fields and apply for the GEM fellowship. Focusing on the global importance of research and innovation, life-long career benefits, and real world role models, the symposium will help each student envision his or her future as a science and technology leader, successfully apply for a GEM fellowship, and gain entry to a graduate program. This GRAD Lab will also highlight environmental careers, and is hosted by the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), along with the University of Maryland-College Park’s Clark School of Engineering and College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences.

 

GRAD lab features sessions on:

·        “Why Graduate School”

·        “How to Prepare for Graduate School”

·        “Understanding the GEM Fellowship”, and

·        “Voices From the Field: Real Life Research and Internship Experiences”

 

Additionally, GRAD lab will feature a Graduate Resource Fair and an ice cream social. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. The event will be held at the Kim Engineering Building on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park. The program will run from 9am-3:45pm, followed by an ice cream social ending at 5pm.

 

Advanced registration is required. For more information, including the agenda and registration link, please visit: https://egem.gemfellowship.org/events/ViewEvent.aspx?contextID=10228

 

Please share with your friends and classmates. This is open to students from any local college or university.


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FREE Transportation from UMBC!

A bus will be departing at 8 AM from Administration Circle (in front of the RAC and administration building) and it will be departing from College Park at 5:30 PM.

If you want to ride the bus you need to email yarazeth@umbc.edu with the subject "BUS Oct 21" and include in the email your full name, campus, department, and cell phone number. The seats will be filled on a first-come-first-served basis. You will receive a confirmation via email. 


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
1000 Hilltop Circle, 
Admin Building 2nd Floor, Room 205,
Baltimore, MD 21250

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