Upcoming Events
National Leadership Development Conference
This national one-day conference, held on June 1, 2007
in Columbia, Maryland, will address issues of leadership development
for women focusing on those who are in science, engineering, technology
and mathematics and who are post-tenure.
General
Information
Registration
Faculty ADVANCEment Workshop Series
A lunch hour workshop series designed to ensure faculty
success. Lunch will be provided at all workshops.
Please RSVP to advance@umbc.edu.
- February 21, 2007, UC 312, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Effective Communication in Your Lab, Your Classroom and Your Life
Learn how to improve communication and successfully manage conflict with students and colleagues.
Presenter: Adrienne L. Mercer, Director of Human Relations and the Center for Mediation and Conflict Resolution
Scientific Writing Workshop Series
A series of workshops on improving writing skills. Lunch will be provided at all workshops. Please RSVP to advance@umbc.edu.
- February 12, 2007, UC 310, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Making Prose Work:
Clarity, Coherence and Emphasis in Scientific Writing
Learn how to make your point for an intelligent but non-specialist audience, beginning with strategies to determine what you really want to say and what your audience should know when they’ve read your work.
- March 12, 2007, UC 310, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Making Prose Work: Clarity, Coherence and Emphasis in Scientific Writing - Part II
- May 7, 2007, Commons 318, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Title TBD
Presenters: Dr. Philip Farabaugh, Professor,Biological Sciences; Dr. Robin Farabaugh, Senior Lecturer and Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty, English
Distinguished Speaker Series
- April 12, 2007, UC 310, 312
Lecture, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Reception, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Donna Nelson, Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Oklahoma
Topic: Dr. Nelson will discuss her research, "A National Analysis of Diversity in Science and Engineering Faculties at Research Universities."
Campus-wide Lecture
- April 26, 2007, UC 310, 312
Lecture, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Reception, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Robert Gray, Lucent Technologies Professor of Engineering, Stanford University
Topic: Dr. Gray will discuss his model on mentoring women graduate students and continuing this mentoring network in their faculty positions through tenure.
Leadership Development for STEM Women Faculty
- June 1, 2007, Columbia Hilton Hotel
This national one day conference will address issues of leadership development. Experts will discuss concepts of leadership as it relates to gender, the skills needed for managing people, and career mapping. Participants will engage in activities and discussions to strengthen their leadership skills and help to guide their leadership direction in the future.
Faculty Horizons
- July 12 - 14, 2007
A two and a half day workshop for aspiring STEM faculty.
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News
UMBC's array of programs empowering women to be successful in
college and professional life has been recognized nationally by
CosmoGIRL! magazines' new guide to the best colleges
for women. Click the above link for full article.
Click on the above link to check out a UMBC profile written about the
ADVANCE Program in February, 2004.
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