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ABOUT
AGEP
The
National Science Foundation's Alliances for Graduate
Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) program is intended
to increase significantly the number of domestic students
receiving doctoral degrees in the sciences, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM), with special emphasis
on those population groups underrepresented in these
fields (i.e., African Americans, Hispanics, American
Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians or other Pacific
Islanders). In addition, AGEP is particularly interested
in increasing the number of minorities who will enter
the professoriate in these disciplines. Specific objectives
of the AGEP program are (1) to develop and implement
innovative models for recruiting, mentoring, and retaining
minority students in STEM doctoral programs, and (2)
to develop effective strategies for identifying and
supporting underrepresented minorities who want to pursue
academic careers.
ABOUT
PROMISE: Maryland's AGEP
PROMISE:
Maryland's AGEP is an alliance of the three public research
universities in Maryland, led by UMBC, dedicated to
the increasing the number and diversity of Ph.D. graduates
in the sciences and engineering who go on to academic
careers. AGEP is a program of the National Science Foundation.
Maryland's AGEP was awarded in 2002 and will be funded
for 5 years. The PI for Maryland's AGEP grant is UMBC
Provost Dr. Arthur T. Johnson.
The
Co-PIs on each campus are:
The
alliance between UMBC, UMB, and UMCP encourages interaction
between the university communities. Each university
will develop its own set of activities in three areas:
1) cultivating new graduate students; 2) building a
supportive community where students can excel; and 3)
promoting professional development. Although some of
the activities will be on individual campuses, one of
the keys to the success of PROMISE: Maryland’s
AGEP is the development and implementation of activities
that promote successful recruitment, retention, graduation,
and professorial training that will involve and engage
students from all three campuses.
PROMISE
uniquely serves the needs of graduate students across
three campuses through activities that range from retreats,
seminars, and conferences, to informal discussions during
breakfast. The services and programs of PROMISE are
open to all graduate students who are seeking or interested
in obtaining the PhD, regardless of discipline. The
focus of the services and programs is geared toward
one of the goals of PROMISE: To increase the numbers
and diversity of Maryland's graduate student population
in sciences, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)
fields. The services and programs of PROMISE will always
reflect this goal. PROMISE seeks to increase diverse
representation by designing programs that will successfully
cultivate new students from diverse ethnicities; and
facilitate retention, successful graduation through
the PhD, and preparation for the professoriate.
Broadly,
students can participate in PROMISE regardless of their
status (full-time, part-time), ethnicity, discipline,
or source of funding. Narrowly, students who
are underrepresented will be strongly supported as they
utilize the services and resources of PROMISE; these
students can be encouraged to consider PROMISE to be
one of their major mechanisms of support. Services and
resources are available to underrepresented students,
and to students of all ethnicities who work to achieve
the goals of PROMISE at UMBC, UMB, and UMCP.
PROMISE
Staff and supporters: 1) Gloria Anglon and
Yves Ngu (UMCP Graduate Students and PROMISE UMCP Co-coordinators),
2) At Coolfont: We're the WIND ... Beneath
your wings: (L-R) Farideh Asgari (UMB
Graduate Program Director), Janet Rutledge (UMBC Associate
Dean of the Graduate School), Renetta Tull (PROMISE
Program Director), Jordan Warnick (UMB Assistant Dean),
Jill Pegues (PROMISE UMB Coordinator), Travis Sheffler
(UMCP Career Services Coordinator), Jason Pontius (UMCP
Graduate Student Coordinator); 3) Johnetta Davis (UMCP
Associate Dean of the Graduate School) at SREB. Not
pictured: Dr. Lisa Portis Morgan (UMBC PROMISE Events
Coordinator) and Blene Bekure (PROMISE Graduate Assistant).
ABOUT
THE DIRECTOR, Dr. Renetta G. Tull
PROMISE
Publications & Presentations (Sample)
R.
G. Tull, M. Jackson, and J. C. Rutledge, “The
PROMISE of a Better Graduate School Community”,
In Chemistry, November/December, 2003.
S.
A. Bass, R. G. Tull, J. C. Rutledge, M. Jackson, and
M. F. Summers, “Paving the Pathway
to the Professions: Institutional Practices to Facilitate
the Success of a Diverse Doctoral Student Population”,
Journal of Higher Education Strategies, Vol. 1, No.
3, 2003.
J.
G. Davis and P. Solomos, “Diversity:
A Core Value of Graduate Education (Part 2)”
, Research Frontiers at the University of Maryland,
Vol. 3, No. 1, September 2, 2003.
R.
G. Tull, J. C. Rutledge, J. G. Davis, J. Warnick, K.
Maton, and J. Pegues, “A New PROMISE
in Maryland: A Profile of Maryland’s AGEP”
(poster), American Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS)/AGEP Evaluation Meeting, San Juan, Puerto
Rico, January 20, 2004.
R.G.
Tull, "Collective Responsibility: A
Sample of Graduate School Alliances that Prepare Graduate
Students of Color for the Professoriate"
(presentation), Assessing the Need for a Faculty
of Color Network Workshop, National Society of Black
Engineers National Conference, Houston, TX, March 18,
2004.
R.
G. Tull, J. Rutledge, J. G. Davis, and J. Warnick, K.
Maton, and J. Pegues, “PROMISE: Maryland’s
AGEP; Institutional Change via Holistic Approaches to
Graduate Education” (poster),
National Science Foundation/Human Resource Development
PI Meeting, Crystal City, VA, March 29, 2004.
“Graduate
Student Mentoring: A Research Priority”,
(host: UMBC, Special session: Dr. Chontrese Doswell,
discussing the UMCP Peer Mentors Program), April 1,
2004.
“Support
and Mentoring of Students” , Northeast
Association of Graduate Schools Meeting (Panel Discussion,
host: UMBC, graduate student panel, UMBC peer mentors),
April 16, 2004.
"Graduate
Schools' PROMISE, Graduate Students' Success",
Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools Annual
Meeting, Baltimore, MD, April 16, 2004.
"McNair
Scholars,You WILL Score Well on the GRE"
(Invited), McNair Conference, UMBC, Baltimore, MD, September
2004
"Know
What Graduate Schools are Looking For"
(Renetta Tull, Invited panelist), Undergraduate Research
Symposium, Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, Puerto
Rico, October 2004
"In
Pursuit of the Professoriate" (Invited)
Hampton University, Hampton, VA, November 2004
"Visualize
Your Future with a Ph.D." (Keynote),
Student Research Conference, Universidad de Metropolitana,
San Juan, Puerto Rico, Dec. 2004
"How
to Prepare a Competitive Graduate School Application"
(Invited), Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers,
National Conference (NTCC), Dallas, TX, January 2005,
also given (Invited) at the National
Society of Black Engineers National Conference, Boston,
MA, March 2005
"An
Inclusive Approach to Stimulating Underrepresented Ph.D.
STEM Student Retention and Progression,”
(Abstract Authors: Renetta G. Tull, Janet C. Rutledge,
and Scott A. Bass), 2nd Annual Bouchet Conference, Yale
University, New Haven, CT, April 2, 2005.
"Community
Building at Coolfont: PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP
Achieves Retention of Underrepresented Ph.D. STEM Students
Through an Alliance-Wide Weekend Retreat"
(Abstract Authors: Renetta G. Tull, Janet C.
Rutledge, Jordan Warnick, Johnetta G. Davis, and Jill
Pegues) Joint Annual Meeting National Science Foundation,
Washington, DC, April 24, 2005.
"Alliance-wide
Mentoring: An Unexpected By-product of Centralized Programming
in PROMISE: Maryland's AGEP" (Poster
Contributors: Renetta G. Tull, Janet C. Rutledge, Johnetta
G. Davis, Jordan Warnick, and Jill Pegues) Joint Annual
Meeting National Science Foundation, Washington, DC,
April 24, 2005.
"Career
Choices and Transitions" (Panel with
Drs. Michael Smith, Johney Green Jr.,Eric Sheppard,
and Renetta Tull), 7th Annual Future Faculty Professional
Symposium, National GEM Consortium Conference, Boston,
MA, July 1, 2005.
"Tenure,
Promotion, and Mentoring" (Panel
with Drs. Marilyn Demorest, Patrice McDermott, Katherine
Seley Radtke, and Renetta Tull), (NSF ADVANCE) Faculty
Horizons Workshop for Aspiring STEM Faculty, Baltimore,
MD, July 16, 2005
For
more information, contact:
Renetta G. Tull, Ph.D.,University of Maryland (UMBC,
UM College Park, UM Baltimore)
PROMISE Program Director, (410) 455-2930, promise@umbc.edu |
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