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June 1-2: "Ethics & Responsible Conduct of Research", UMB. HIPAA Training and Human Subject Testing information: still available online.

June/July: PROMISE Spanish Class at UMCP (Free!)

  • Start Date: June 21, 2004
    Days: Mondays & Wednesdays
    Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm
    Location: F.S. Key Hall Room 0120, University of Maryland College Park campus
    Duration: 6 weeks (End Date: July 28, 2004)
  • July 16, 2004: FIESTA @ Latin Palace in Baltimore
    (Latin Cuisine Buffet & Salsa Lessons)
  • (Spanish Class members and anyone else who speaks Spanish)
  • Questions? (Preguntas?) Contact Gloria Anglon, UMCP PROMISE Summer Coordinator
  • Last day treat from Vivian Salgado's mother! July 28, 2004

July 21, 2004: Summer Horizons (@ UMBC, an introduction to Graduate Education for undergraduate summer research students students at UMBC, UMB, UMCP,NIH, NSF, NIST, and NASA.

  • GRE seminar
  • Graduate School Admissions process advice
  • Fellowships seminar (American Association of Engineering Education)
  • Laboratory tours
  • Special Feature: Motivational Speech by Dr. Freeman Hrabowski (for a sample, see the clip on the PROMISE homepage). Dr. Hrabowksi is the President of UMBC.
  • Free morning refreshments, lunch, and afternoon refreshments
  • Questions? Contact Dr. Lisa Morgan, UMBC PROMISE Events Coordinator

Baseball Game, Orioles vs Twins, Enjoy this social event this Friday, July 23, Meet at 6:35 p.m.

 

Thursday - Sat., August 19-21: PROMISE SUMMER SUCCESS INSTITUTE! (FREE!) Register today New! (for all incoming and continuing underrepresented graduate students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields at UMBC, UMCP, and UMB). PROMISE will also host the Faculty of Color Network meeting for faculty in Engineering at the Institute. This tri-campus conference (for new and continuing students), will be held at the Sheraton Hotel, Columbia, MD. This venue is conveniently located between our three PROMISE campuses. Pre-conference workshop "Guaranteed 4.0" on Thurs. August 19, University of Maryland College Park.

Friday, Aug. 27, 2004: UMBC ORIENTATION Success Seminar (all invited):
Topic: Expectations of Advisors
Program begins: 12:30 p.m., ends: 2 p.m.
Lunch food/beverage will be served
Location: Commons Rm. 331

 

 
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