Grad Student Community Building Retreat at Rocky Gap - Coming Feb. 26-28. Application online now!

Despite the snow, we are still planning for our annual PROMISE Community Building Retreat for graduate students. As promised, the application for the 2010 retreat is now online:
https://sites.google.com/site/thepromisearchive/community-retreat-at-rocky-gap-2010.



We have 100 slots. Interested faculty and staff are invited to attend! To continue our tradition, the 2010 Community Building Retreat will again set aside 15 of the 100 slots for the Dissertation House component. The application materials for the Dissertation House are included in the overall application for the retreat. More information about the Dissertation House can be found on the DH website: http://www.umbc.edu/promise/dissertation.html.

This message is mirrored on Facebook. Updates can be accessed on the retreat's website --- https://sites.google.com/site/thepromisearchive/community-retreat-at-rocky-gap-2010,
the Facebook event site --- http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=306513740615&ref=mf, and via the PROMISE Twitter site ---
http://twitter.com/PROMISE_AGEP.

To view photos and videos from the 2009 Community Building Retreat at Rocky Gap, please page down on this blog to read the early entries from February and March 2009. This blog will be updated with details from the 2010 retreat.

PROMISE Evaluation Week - Thoughts & Comments

This week, November 16-20, 2009, PROMISE: Maryland's AGEP will participate in site visits, focus groups, and online surveys as part of the National AGEP Evaluation. We realize that all of our students and faculty will not have a chance to participate in these activities, so we would like to provide an opportunity for you to post your thoughts and comments. Please click "comments" and post your thoughts. If you choose anonymous, you are still welcome to include your name. Regardless of including a name, please strongly consider providing your university, department, and any other information that you think would be helpful (e.g. fellowships).

Thank you!

Fall Harvest Dinner - Friday, Nov. 20,

Please plan to join us for the annual PROMISE Fall Harvest (Pre-Thanksgiving) Dinner!

This is always a great event. Delicious food
(turkey, cakes, pies, etc.), good conversation, and great opportunities to connect with one another!

Families are invited, however, you must R.S.V.P.
by registering (see below).

Location: Colony Ballroom, Stamp Student Union (#044)
Directions: http://www.union.umd.edu/visitorInfo/directions.shtml

http://www.cvs.umd.edu/downloads/2009fallmap.pdf

Parking: Please park in Lot 1, or Z. No parking pass required after 4 p.m.
http://www.cvs.umd.edu/downloads/2009fallmap.pdf

RSVP/REGISTRATION: http://tinyurl.com/yjea6r7

A BUS WILL DEPART FROM UMBC at 4:30 PM in front of the Administration Building. Please send email to promisestaff@gmail.com to let us know that you are taking the bus. Use the subject "Fall Harvest." The bus is scheduled to return to UMBC by 8:30 PM. Any student who lives in the Baltimore area from any of the campuses is welcome to take the free bus.

Date:	Friday, November 20, 2009
Time:	5:30pm - 8:00pm
Location:	Colony Ballroom, Stamp Student Union, UMCP

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?edit_members&gid=2350349732#/event.php?eid=168224098998&ref=mf

Bridge to the Doctorate Fellows and their PROMISE Peer Mentors at UMBC

The new cohort of Bridge to the Doctorate Fellows has been participating in their BD meetings and activities as well as some of the UMBC and PROMISE Tri-campus activities. The UMBC and UMCP Bridge to the Doctorate Students came together with their PROMISE Peer Mentors at the "When Faculty Say X, They Really Mean Y" Seminar on October 9, 2009.

The BD Fellows participate in PROMISE events with their Peer Mentors, but they have their own set of independent activities such as bi-monthly professional development lunches, summer development projects, and "proposal house" activities.

Visit the BD Fellows website:
http://umbc.edu/lsamp/BDFellows.html

Grad Student & Faculty Community Building: When Faculty say 'x', They Really Mean 'y'

All Graduate Students welcome!

"When Faculty say 'x', They Really Mean 'y'"

A seminar that connects grad students and faculty.

Friday, October 9, 2009, 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Students from all of our AGEP partner campuses are invited.

Location:
UMBC's Campus Public Policy Building Room 105. (1st Floor lecture hall)
DINNER WILL BE SERVED!

There is no cost for this event.
This announcement is mirrored on: http://www.umbc.edu/promise/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2862
and Twitter: http://twitter.com/PROMISE_AGEP


To post questions, click on "comments" below this post, and type your question.
Please note that you are able to post anonymously.

Faculty will answer your questions at the seminar.

PROMISE Celebration of Grads, Celebration of Dr. Davis (PROMISE Founder)

In addition to the outdoor Community Building Retreats, PROMISE has a number of campus-based events. May 2, 2009, we celebrated our Academic Year 2008-2009 Master's and Ph.D. graduates! We also expressed appreciation for Dr. Johnetta G. Davis, Associate Dean at UM College Park and one of the Founders of PROMISE.

Enjoy this slideshow!




Four UMB students were later featured in the News:
http://www.oea.umaryland.edu/communications/news/?ViewStatus=FullArticle&articleDetail=6455

PROMISE is also proud of our own Antonia Tolson, featured in the Baltimore Sun Newspaper:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.md.stimulus20may20,0,252052.story