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Retention & Progress to the STEM Ph.D.
Centralized Mentoring and Programming Encourages Students to Commit to Success
Renetta G. Tull, Ph.D.
AGEP Second Evaluation Capacity Building Meeting
San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 27, 2006
PROMISE: A Balanced, Holistic Approach to Graduate Education
Discussing what works
Centralized Logistics
Centralized Programming
Multi-campus Mentoring
PROMISE: A Balanced, Holistic Approach to Graduate Education
Centralized Logistics
Official PROMISE Office on each campus
UMBC location: Within Graduate School UMCP location: Within Division of Graduate Studies,
Office of Recruitment, Retention, and Diversity UMB location: Within the Medical School, Office of
Student Research
PROMISE: A Balanced, Holistic Approach to Graduate Education
How Does it Work?
PROMISE Director
Rotates between campuses Meets with Co-PIs, Staff, and students on each
campus several times/month
Key: Preserves consistency of the “product and message” across campuses
PROMISE: A Balanced, Holistic Approach to Graduate Education
Vision from initial proposal Plan for multi-campus implementation
Faculty/Staff feedback Program Implementation
Student Evaluation Modify Accordingly
Centralized Programming
PROMISE: A Balanced, Holistic Approach to Graduate Education
The Tri-campus Seminar
Two Models
1 tri-campus program/month, all campuses attend via buses/carpools
or
“Core Competency” programs repeated on each campus
PROMISE: A Balanced, Holistic Approach to Graduate Education
Challenges
More than 700 underrepresented STEM students
All don’t attend programs All don’t get centralized “core competency” training
However … All receive invitations for events
Many acknowledge (via letter, email) feeling “supported” even though they don’t attend
PROMISE: A Balanced, Holistic Approach to Graduate Education
When Students Buy-In
Enjoy multi-campus camaraderie Desire fellow students’ participation Acknowledge PROMISE in achievements
(e.g., research, dissertations)
PROMISE: A Balanced, Holistic Approach to Graduate Education
Lessons Learned …
What works?
PROMISE: A Balanced, Holistic Approach to Graduate Education
Centralized ProgrammingWorks
Core Competency Seminars Guaranteed 4.0 How to Develop Oral & Poster Presentations Thesis and Dissertation Accomplished Leadership and Confidence Preparing for the Faculty Job Search
Holistic approach: family inclusion, stress management (shiatzu, breathing, mental & physical health)
PROMISE: A Balanced, Holistic Approach to Graduate Education
OutsourcingWorks
Future Faculty conferences SREB Compact for Faculty Diversity Howard PFF RIT
Outward Bound Guaranteed 4.0 Select speakers
PROMISE: A Balanced, Holistic Approach to Graduate Education
Tri-campus MentoringWorks
PROMISE: A Balanced, Holistic Approach to Graduate Education
Peer MentoringWorks
Mentor-Protégé model Mentor–Mentee Group model Role models
Training: UMCP Center for Teaching Excellence, UMBC Faculty Development Center, Mentoring Workshops
Peer Mentoring provides: Tutoring, campus/department/lab politics info, support & encouragement, accountability, balance
PROMISE: A Balanced, Holistic Approach to Graduate Education
Community Building Works
Not UMBC, Not UMB, Not UMCP…
Maryland!
PROMISE: A Balanced, Holistic Approach to Graduate Education
Involving StudentsWorks
Student evaluation Evaluation & Assessment brunch Advanced student directed workshops Alumni
PROMISE: A Balanced, Holistic Approach to Graduate Education
Interaction with Faculty Works
AGEP presence at monthly GPD meetings AGEP update at President’s Retreat for faculty
& staff AGEP consulted for proposals, involved in
President’s and Provost’s initiatives Faculty speakers at seminars Faculty judges for Research Symposium
PROMISE: A Balanced, Holistic Approach to Graduate Education
“How to” Information, Support, & Expectations .. All Work
Graduate School orientations PROMISE Opening meetings Email/ listserv/website Focused “Core Competency” seminars Office hours & Appointments Summer Institute Coolfont
PROMISE: A Balanced, Holistic Approach to Graduate Education
Come visit us!
PROMISE and the Universities of Maryland
welcome you!
http://www.umbc.edu/promise
University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB)
University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
University of Maryland College Park (UMCP)