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PROMISE
Awards & Accolades
Peer Mentor
Ph.D. Candidates:
- Maria Virginia
Puerta - Cell and Molecular Biology (UMCP)
- Shahza Somerville
- Neuroscience (UMBC)
- Vera Roquemore
- Psychology (UMBC)
- Stacey Nicholls
- Mathematics (UMCP)
 Dean
Johnetta G. Davis, (UMCP PROMISE Co-PI) recipient of 2004
Woman of Color Award presented by The President's Commission
of Women's Issues: Woman of Color Committee. In addition,
Dr. Davis' office (OGRRD) received The Non-Instructional Unit
Minority Achievement Award for Outstanding Service presented
by The President's Commission on Ethnic Minority Issues.
Congratulations
to PROMISE Peer Mentors and Participants for your participation
and winning prizes at the April 23, 2004 UMBC/UMB Graduate
Research Conference (GRC) and the UMCP Graduate Research Interaction
Day (GRID)! UMBC and
UMB graduate students presented their work at the UMBC/UMB
Graduate Research Conference , UMCP students presented
at Graduate Research Interaction Day (GRID). Both events were
held on Friday, April 23, 2004. Photos are on the PROMISE
Photo album page.
PROMISE
PEER MENTORS:
- Sonia
Arteaga (1st Place, Psychology poster)
- Shahza
Somerville (3rd Place, Life Sciences Poster)
PROMISE
PARTICIPANTS:
- Delphilia
Taylor (1st Place, Chemistry poster)
- Nikisa
Jordan (3rd Place, Physics poster).
Article
listing PROMISE Peer Mentor winners in the
April
30, 2004 INSIGHTS newsletter (scroll down to paragraph
15)
The
following PROMISE Peer Mentor and Participants also gave great
presentations at this year's Maryland Graduate Student Research
Conferences:
UMBC/UMB
GRC: Vera Roquemore (Psychology), Robert Alexander (Public
Policy), Curtis Durham (Chemistry), Jessica Soto-Perez (Chemical
Engineering), Sylvester Mosley (Chemistry)
UMCP
GRID: Angela Grant (Mathematics), Peggie Smith (Public
Health)
Other
Awards
Angela
Grant (Math, UMCP), was named a 2003 Distinguished Teaching
Assistant by the UMCP Center for Teaching Excellence. |
