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Postponed: Grad Alumni Success Stories

Get first hand experience from a UMBC alumnus turned faculty

Location

Online

Date & Time

October 22, 2020, 12:00 pm1:00 pm

Description

Updated: October 22, 2020

We will be rescheduling this event, more information will be posted.

Best,
The PROMISE Team

Dr. Nandadevi Cortes is currently an Assistant Professor at Ithaca College, where she teaches Ornithology and Ecology Evolution for first year students.

Prior to that, she was a graduate student GA and postdoc at PROMISE AGEP
  1. How did she get from being a GA to being a professor and research mentor for students? 
  2. What advice does she have for current graduate students looking to become faculty or get more experience and networks? 
  3. What challenges did she face as a UMBC student, and how did she overcome them? 
Come and find out answers to these questions and more on Thursday, Oct 22 at 12noon! 



To ask questions about accessibility or request accommodations, please contact Yarazeth Medina at yarazeth@umbc.edu. At least two weeks' advance notice will help us to provide seamless access.