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Summer Success Institute

#ThinkBigDiversity #PathwaysToThePrize

Location

Off Campus : The Hotel at Arundel Preserve

Date & Time

August 20, 2016, 8:00 am4:00 pm

Description

The 2016 PROMISE Summer Success Institute will be held on Saturday, August 20, 2016, with a Dissertation House component on Thursday, August 18 and Friday, August 19. The event will be held at The Hotel at Arundel Preserve in Hanover, Maryland. Please save the date. This page will be updated with details.

#ThinkBigDiversity Part II: Pathways to the Prize


The prize. What does it mean for you? Becoming a Nobel Laureate? A member of the National Academy of Sciences? A College President? What are the prizes along the way? Completion of courses, qualification exams, or a dissertation? Is it a fellowship? An opportunity to conduct international research? Your dream job? Think about this. Contemplate. Plan. Train. Keep your eyes on your prize. 

All events will be held at The Hotel at Arundel Preserve. 7795 Arundel Mills Boulevard · Hanover, MD 21076 · 410-796-9830. More about the past SSI program can be found here.

Attire: 

Business and business casual. We are asking that all guest plan to wear colors that represent our cohesion as an alliance. Red, white, black, yellow, and blue. Red, white, yellow, and black are the colors of our Maryland flag, and there is blue in the NSF logo. All of the logos for the University System of Maryland’s institutions have combinations  and variations of these colors. Whether your palette includes yellow or gold, powder blue or sapphire, please join us and wear clothing that is within the general range of our Maryland color scheme.

Colors

Thursday, August 18 – Friday, August 19

The PROMISE SSI Dissertation House. Applications will be available online through the website for the Dissertation House in June 2016.

Saturday, August 20, 2016

7:30 – 8:30: Registration, Breakfast Refreshments, and Networking

8:30 AM: Opening Remarks & Opening Speaker

9:00 AM: Plenary 1 – Eyes on the Prize – “The Pact” with Dr. Daniel Jean

9:45 AM: Plenary 2 – The Road to the Prize – Panel

10:30 AM: Circle of PhDs

11:15 AM: Networking Break

11:30 AM: Breakout sessions

1:00 Lunch and Program

2:30 Networking, Tweet-up, and Dessert Reception

 

REGISTER:

This event is free, as it is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Please register by clicking below. Registrations are handled by Eventbrite. If your plans change, please release your ticket so that someone else can have a space at the event. This event is open to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, staff, and career professionals.


RSVP Here: 

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/promise-summer-success-institute-ssi-2016-grad-students-postdocs-alums-thinkbigdiversity-tickets-25510062283?ref=ebtn