ADVANCE Research Assistantship Program
Ensures the success of STEM faculty, particularly women, who are moving through the tenure, promotion, and advancement process; and, support faculty who have a proven track record or plan of advancing women faculty in the STEM fields.
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Eminent Scholar Mentor Program
This program ensures that UMBC faculty have a mechanism to connect with the larger scientific community and specifically to prominent scientists in their fields at other research universities. Its purpose is to facilitate a mentoring relationship between UMBC STEM female faculty, particularly those who are nearing a critical transition point in their career, and a prominent researcher in their field.
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Faculty ADVANCEment Workshop Series
Upcoming Workshops
- March 5, 2008
Ten Tips for Tenure
Join two experienced UMBC faculty for a discussion where they will
offer information and insights on preparing for third year contract
renewal and tenure/promotion review. There will be time to get questions
answered.
Speakers: Dr. Suzanne Ostrand-Rosenberg, Professor
fo Biological Sciences and Dr. Timmie Topoleski, Professor of Mechanical
Engineering
Past Workshops
- Scientific Writing Workshop Series
Parts One and Two - Making Prose Work: Clarity, Coherence and Emphasis
in Scientific Writing, February 12, 2007 and March 12, 2007
Part Three - Revision and Peer Review Strategies in Scientific Writing,
May 7, 2007
Presenters: Dr. Philip Farabaugh, Professor, Biological Sciences;
Dr. Robin Farabaugh, Senior Lecturer, English
- November 13, 2006
Topic: Ten Tips for Tenure
Speakers: Suzanne Ostrand-Rosenberg, Professor fo Biological Sciences;
Timmie Topoleski, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Handout: Ten (+) Tips for Tenure
- October 27, 2006
Topic: Writing Winning Grants
Speakers: Philip Farabaugh, Professor of Biological Sciences; Janet
Rutledge, Senior Associate Dean, Graduate School
Handouts: NSF Broader
Impacts; The
Science of Scientific Writing; Resource
List
Presentations: Writing
Winning Grants; Key
Sections of the Proposal Project Description
- March 14, 2006
Topic: Getting to Yes - Effective Grantwriting Strategies
Speakers: Philip Farabaugh, Professor of Biological Sciences; Janet
Rutledge, Senior Associate Dean, Graduate School
Handout: Resource List
Presentations: Funding Quiz
; Strategies
for Success - NSF Proposals
- February 16, 2006
Topic: Scientific Research Centers Inside and Out
Speakers: Ray Hoff, Director, JCET and GEST; Claire Welty, Director,
CUERE
Handouts: UMBC Policy on Establishing
Centers and Institutes; UMBC
Research Centers and Institutes
- December 8, 2005
Topic: Ten Tips for Tenure
Speakers: Suzanne Ostrand-Rosenberg, Professor fo Biological Sciences;
Timmie Topoleski, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Handout: Ten (+) Tips for Tenure
- October
19, 2005
Topic: How to Meet the Press
Speakers: Tulay Adali, Professor of Computer Science and
Electrical Engineering; Mike Lurie, Director of Media Relations
- May
5, 2005
Topic: Gender, Professional Development, and Negotiation
Speaker: Dr. Virginia Valian, Distinguished Professor of Psychology
and Linguistics at Hunter College and the City University of New
York Graduate Center
- December
2, 2004
Topic: Maximizing the Potential of Mentoring Relationships
Speaker: Janet Bickel, Career Development and Executive Coach
Presentation: Maximizing
the Potential of Mentoring Relationships
- November
3, 2004
Topic: Evaluation Teaching and Creating a Teaching Portfolio
Speaker: Dr. Jack Prostko, Director of the UMBC Faculty Development
Center
- September
29, 2004
Topic: Promotion to Full Professor in STEM
Panelists: Dr. Marilyn Demorest, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs;
Dr. Patrice McDermott, Special Assistant to the Dean; and Dr. Ralph
Pollack, Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- September
22, 2004
Topic: Understanding the Contract Review and Tenure Process in STEM
Panelists: Dr. Jonathan Bell, Chair, Department of Mathematics and
Statistics; Dr. Marilyn Demorest, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs;
and Dr. Patrice McDermott, Special Assistant to the Dean of Arts
and Sciences
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Leadership Education, Advancement and Development Support (LEADS)
Funding for the LEADS program is for the 2004-2005 academic year, including programs that will occur in Summer, 2005. The purpose of the LEADS Program at UMBC is to: promote the advancement of women STEM faculty to positions of leadership; provide funding for professional development opportunities for women STEM faculty that will assist them in developing the necessary skills needed to thrive in positions of leadership; disseminate knowledge gained from the sponsored development opportunity to other faculty at UMBC.
Program guidelines
List of Leadership Opportunities
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Presidential Administrative Fellows Program
A one-year internship experience at the top level of the institution for senior women faculty in STEM at UMBC. Through this program, the university will ensure women are prepared to step into the highest levels of leadership at the institution and become not only change agents, but also guardians of sustainability for the initiatives enacted in the project.
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