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Full Title: I want to defend my doctoral dissertation. How do I get a date from my faculty committee? Six Suggestions Every season during the Dissertation House, we discuss ways to improve...

Full Title: I want to defend my doctoral dissertation. How do I get a date from my faculty committee? Six Suggestions Every season during the Dissertation House, we discuss ways to improve...

PROMISE is partnering with the Women’s Engineering Proactive Network (WEPAN) to publicize a webinar on the “Imposter Syndrome.” Graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and career professionals who...

Full Title: “Why Smart People Suffer from the Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It” – A Jan. 24, 2012 WEPAN Webinar for all PROMISE is partnering with the Women’s Engineering...

Two elected positions in SGA have become available: one each in the Senate and Finance Board.  In addition, the Finance Board is looking for a Secretary to take minutes at its meetings.  All three...

Full Title: Dissertation House @ UMBC started this morning at 9 AM sharp! 58 comments online so far! Dr. Wendy Carter-Veale started today’s Dissertation House at UMBC at exactly 9AM EST! There are...

Full Title: Dissertation House @ UMBC started this morning at 9 AM sharp! 58 comments online so far! Dr. Wendy Carter-Veale started today’s Dissertation House at UMBC at exactly 9AM EST! There are...

Exactly 18 years ago this morning, I had no plans to be awake.  As a young lawyer in a busy firm, I needed all the sleep I could get, and this was a national holiday.  But before the sun began to...

The situation started to get unpredictable on the afternoon of the first day. We were standing in a big circle, in the middle of a planned activity, when somebody suddenly initiated a kick-wave....

The PROMISE Program receives a number of funding and fellowship opportunities to share with students.  The information provided here is a partial list based on a funding workshop that was...