The Office for Diversity Initiatives provides campus leadership for identifying, recruiting, retaining, and graduating a diverse graduate student body. The Office also assists the University’s various colleges and departments in creating an environment supportive of the academic success of women and minority graduate students.
Ph.D. Completion Project Workshops (Spring 2013 Flyer)
Friday Afternoons, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Ulrich Recital Hall, Tawes Building
February 22: Teaching Portfolios
March 29: Dissertation and Thesis Management
April 26: Dissertation Proposals
Advance online registration required for each workshop at http://ter.pa/p2
PROMISE Dissertation House
July 16-19, 2013
Call for applications will be announced in early May 2013.
New Graduate Student Orientation, Campus Resources Fair, and Kickoff
Tuesday, August 27, 3:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Stamp Student Union
Diversity Networking Reception
Thursday, August 29, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Graduate School Preview Day
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Stamp Student Union
PROMISE: Maryland’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)
PROMISE: Maryland’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) is an alliance of the three public research universities in Maryland -- University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB), University of Maryland College Park (UMCP), and the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). PROMISE is dedicated to increasing the numbers and diversity of Maryland’s Ph.D. graduates, particularly students in the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields who go on to academic careers.
The Graduate School
University of Maryland
2123 Lee Building
College Park, MD 20742-5121
Telephone: (301) 405-4181 or (301) 405-3644
Fax: (301) 314-9305
General Questions: Grad-retention@umd.edu
Dr. Robert E. Steele
Director, Office for Diversity Initiatives
rsteele@umd.edu
Dr. Shaundra Myers,
Postdoctoral Fellow, Office for Diversity Initiatives
sjmyers@umd.edu
Katie Brown
Faculty Research Assistant
kbrown87@umd.edu
