Summer Success Institute (SSI)
Professional Development Conference Gradstudents & Postdocs
Location
Performing Arts & Humanities Building
Date & Time
August 17, 2024, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Description
“Trailblazers: Building Impactful Careers”
Saturday, Aug 17, 2024
Time: The conference runs from 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Location: University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building (PAHB).
Parking: Free parking will be provided for the conference. Please park in parking lot 8. Follow the campus signage with the conference logo.
Dress code: The dress code is business casual; please plan accordingly.
SSI began as part of an NSF grant-funded program in 2003 to diversify the professoriate. SSI provides professional development, encouragement, motivation, career advice, peer support, and camaraderie, particularly for underrepresented graduate students and postdocs in STEM fields. However, many sessions are also helpful for broader audiences, including undergraduates and faculty across non-STEM disciplines. Interested students and scholars from any group or discipline are invited to attend!
We will have inspirational keynotes and a concurrent session featuring panels of doctorates now working as educators, federal agency employees, industry, or change-makers working in science writing, science policy, and public health. We will also have workshops to help you build skills to launch your independent academic career and create inclusive environments.
We aim to help you connect, understand the work you can do with your graduate degree, and grow in skills and fulfillment, personally and professionally. We hope you join us!
Walk-ins are welcome.
SSI is funded in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), and the Division of Human Resource Development (HRD). NSF AGEP HRD Awards: University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) (1820984), University of Maryland College Park (UMCP) (1820975), University of Maryland at Baltimore (UMB) (1820983), and Salisbury University (SU) (1820971), and Towson University (TU) (1820974), the Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM (EES) Award University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) (2217329) and the NIH-funded University of Maryland FIRST Program, Award 1U54CA272205-01.
