iCubed Internal Advisory Board

The iCubed study benefits from the support of an Internal Advisory Board (IAB), which is comprised of  UMBC’s academic and program leaders.  The group meets twice each year to provide program guidance, formative evaluations, and future intervention integration.  

Taryn Bayles

Professor of the Practice in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Linda Baker

Chair, Department of Psychology

Michelle Bulger

Advising Coordinator, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences and iCubed Staff Advisor

Gary Carter

Chair, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Warren DeVries

Dean, College of Engineering and Information Technology

Lisa Dickson

Assistant Professor, Economics

Michael Dillon

Director of Institutional Research

Charles Eggleton

Acting Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Philip Farabaugh

Chair, Department of Biological Sciences

Tashauna Felix

iCubed Project Coordinator

Michael Hayden

Chair, Department of Physics

Cynthia Hill

Associate Provost and lead co-PI, LSAMP Program

John Jeffries

Dean, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

William LaCourse

Dean, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, IAB co-Chair, and iCubed co-PI

Diane Lee

Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education

Lasse Lindahl

Professor, Biological Sciences and  MARC U*STAR PI

Marvin Mandell

Professor, Public Policy and iCubed co-PI

Dave Marcotte

Professor, Public Policy

Kenneth Maton

Professor of Psychology

Patrice McDermott

Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and iCubed Lead co-PI

Yvette Mozie-Ross

Assistant Provost, Enrollment Management

Nagaraj Neerchal

Chair, Mathematics and Statistics, Noyce Program PI

Sandy Parker

Chair, Geography and Environmental Systems

Connie Pierson

Assistant Director, Office of Institutional Research

Penny Rheingans

Director of the Center for Women in Information Technology (CWIT) and Professor, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Julia Ross

Chair, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering and NSF EHR STEM education grant

Philip Rous

Provost, Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, IAB Chair, and iCubed PI

Janet Rutledge

Dean, Graduate School, Vice Provost, Graduate Education,  Lead co-PI on Promise AGEP, and iCubed co-PI

Lynne Schaefer

Vice President, Administration and Finance

Anne Spence

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and
Director, Center for Excellence in STEM Education

Kathy Lee Sutphin

Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Special Assistant to the Provost, and iCubed Project Director

Dale Whalen

Interim Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Nancy Young

Vice President, Student Affairs

 

 

 

 

 

Announcements

For Cohort 2 - Spring 2013

Your input matters! Please plan to complete the very important iCubed end-of-the-year survey that will be sent to you electronically at the end of the semester. Thank you.

Team: Active Learning
Don't forget to provide your feedback in the end-of-the-year survey. Also, look for invitations to participate in Fall 2013 feedback sessions with Dr. Kathleen Dowell. Questions? Contact Dr. Tashauna Felix at tfelix1@umbc.edu

 

Team: Faculty Mentoring
There is still time to work with your mentor if help is needed. Contact your mentor directly or Dr. Tashauna Felix at tfelix1@umbc.eduG.

 

Team: Staff Mentoring
Visit the group website at http://my.umbc.edu/groups/icubedstaffmentor and check your email for very important announcements and updates.

 

Team: Study Groups
Don't forget to register for the Study Group Raffle for free PIZZA on Study Day. Visit http://my.umbc.edu/groups/getsmartiesumbc or contact Dr. Felix at tfelix@umbc.edu.

 

Team: $ UMBC
There is still time for Cohort 2 participants to collect their $50 gift cards. Look for an email reminder soon or contact Mrs. Sutphin at sutphin@umc.edu to make arrangements. Don't forget to bring a photo ID for the pick up!

 

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Cohort 1 - iCubed Participants from the AY 2011-2012

Many thanks to those who participated in Spring 2013 focus groups about their freshman experiences with Dr. Kathleen Dowell. We appreciate your feedback!

Questions? Contact: icubed@umbc.edu