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Locations for the Dissertation House on UMCP's campus:
STAMP STUDENT UNION:
Main Room: Juan Ramon Jiménez Room, Room 2208
One-On-One Room: Harriet Tubman Room, Room 2110

*Students may stay in room until 10pm. The last student to leave room *must* alert the Front Desk so that they can close up. Materials may be left in room overnight(at your own risk).

PAST EVENT, SUMMER 2009

Dissertation House

SUMMER 2009



With Dissertation Coach, Dr. Wendy Carter



@UMBC Campus for UMBC’s & UMB’s Students:

Tuesday, July 7th through Friday, July 10th, 2009





@UMCP Campus for UMCP's Students:

Tuesday, July 21st through Friday, July 24th, 2009







Details and the Application Instructions can be found on the website for the PROMISE Forum:

http://www.umbc.edu/promise/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2810







Applications will be accepted from Monday June 22, 2009 until Friday, June 26, 2009.
Applications should be sent via email to promisestaff@gmail.com. Please be sure that
the words "Dissertation House"are in the subject line of your email.







All Grad Students, from any university, world-wide, will be invited to

participate in the DISSERTATION HOUSE ONLINE. Coming July 2009!

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NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISSERTATION HOUSE FOR EMPLOYEES


This program is open to UMBC employees who are working on their own graduate degrees.


We're telling our UMBC colleagues the following:


"Please don't worry about what you DON'T have. Just send what you do have. We want this to work for you; we want you to come. If you see an obstacle, please let us know. We know about your hard work on campus, and a little bit about your own personal goals, so we designed this especially for you.

We are also opening it up to other UMBC employees on campus, so if you have friends and colleagues who have not found time to do their own work since they've been so busy taking care of students, please let them know of this opportunity. We can take up to 15 students."

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Email to the UMBC Community. Sent 9/15/2009.





Dear UMBC Community,


We're announcing a special program for UMBC Employees who are also in graduate school.


PROMISE: Maryland's Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP, http://www.umbc.edu/promise) and the UMBC Graduate School have created a "Dissertation House for Employees." This is new initiative will be a 1 + 1/2 day "Writing Retreat - On Campus" for our colleagues. We invite our colleagues to leave the office for 1 & 1/2 days to work on your own graduate school milestones (e.g., dissertation, proposal, qualifying exam preparation.)


ELIGIBILITY
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You are eligible for this program if you are a UMBC employee (50% time or greater), enrolled in a graduate program (M.A., M.S., or Ph.D) at UMBC -OR- enrolled in a graduate program at another university.



LOCATION & TIMES
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* 1 Full day
Friday, September 25, 2009, 9:00 - 5:00 p.m (Part I)
Commons 329


* 1/2 day:
Friday, October 2, 2009, 9:00 - 12 noon (Part II)
Commons 331

Participants must plan to commit to both sessions.

We will serve breakfast, lunch and a snack on 9/25 and breakfast on 10/2. This program is free for the UMBC Employee/Grad student.


APPLICATION PROCEDURES
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Please let us know that you will come by sending the following to
promisestaff@gmail.com by FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, 2009:


A brief description (maximum 2 pages, font size 11-12 point 1 inch margins) that describes the project that you wish to accomplish during the Dissertation
House period. Please use the following guidelines: (1) Summary of the project, including research question(s), data or texts, and method; (2) Amount completed on the project to date; and (3) Any obstacles that you are encountering that hinder completion of the dissertation. Include the following header information with the description:

* Name
* Address
* Telephone numbers (home, office, and fax)
* E-mail address
* Academic Program and Year in the program





Please don't worry about what you DON'T have or what you haven't been able to accomplish. Just send what you do have. We want this to work for you; we want you to come. If you see an obstacle, please let us know. We know about your hard work on campus and we want this to work for you.

We are also opening this event to all UMBC employees on campus. If you have friends and colleagues who have not found time to do their own work because they've been so busy taking care of students, please let them know of this opportunity. We can take up to 15 participants.


The PROMISE Dissertation House site is here:
http://www.umbc.edu/promise/dissertation.html

Please click events on the sidebar to refer to these details. An excerpt of
this message will be included on that page.

This project will include best practices from UMBC and PROMISE Dissertation House events that have been co-sponsored by the Council of Graduate School's Ph.D. Completion Project, The National Science Foundation's PROMISE AGEP, and the UMBC Graduate School.



Best regards,
Renetta Tull

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The Dissertation House for UMBC Employees information is also mirrored at:

http://www.umbc.edu/promise/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2861

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PAST EVENT:


"Practical Steps-Completing Your Doctoral Dissertation"

Special Saturday Seminar!
Sat. Nov. 14, 2009

10 AM - Noon
UMBC Commons 331
Food provided

Speaker: Dr. Wendy Carter
http://www.tadafinallyfinished.com/

Summer Dissertation House
UMB June 28-30
UMBC July 6-9 Commons 329
UMCP July 20-23 Stamp Union

Applications due June 11, 2010 submit to promisestaff@gmail.com with the subject "Dissertation House".

INFORMATION FROM EMAIL MESSAGE SENT TO GRADUATE STUDENTS -- JUNE 4, 2010


PROMISE is accepting graduate student applications for the PROMISE Dissertation House to be held on each AGEP campus this summer (dates specified below). The Dissertation House facilitates students' progression through the doctoral dissertation process by providing the professional consultation, guidance, and support necessary for scholarly research and writing. The Dissertation House On-Campus is based on the successful Scholars’ Retreat at the University of Colorado at Denver, the PROMISE Dissertation House (est. 2006), the UMBC & UMCP Dissertation Houses On-Campus, and Dr. Wendy Carter’s Thesis and Dissertation Accomplished – TADA® books and materials from the ABD Solutions Company, LLC.



Below are the application procedures. Applications are due no later than Friday, June 11th! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the PROMISE Staff via email at promisestaff@gmail.com


Have a productive summer!







DATES/LOCATION

* University of Maryland at Baltimore (UMB): June 28-30, 2010, Campus Center 353
* University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC): July 6-9, 2010, Commons 329.
* University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP): July 20-23, 2010, Stamp Union.


APPLICATION PERIOD

Monday, June 07, 2010 - Friday, June 11, 2010.

Email applications to promisestaff@gmail.com with the subject line: Dissertation House"



SELECTION PROCESS

Sixteen participants will be selected for participation in the Dissertation House. The following applicants will have priority: (1) Applicants who plan to finish the Ph.D. in 2010; (2) Individuals who are working on dissertations and theses rather than a proposal; (3) Applicants who submit earliest; and (4) Individuals who appear most able to benefit from the services offered at the Dissertation House.



NOTIFICATION
If your application is accepted, you will receive an acceptance notice via email and additional details about the Dissertation House. All students, including those who have not applied or those who are not selected, have the option to participate via the online challenge, a virtual version of the Dissertation House.


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PROMISE: Maryland's Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) is support network for graduate students.

Visit PROMISE online: http://www.umbc.edu/promise

Follow PROMISE on Twitter: http://twitter.com/PROMISE_AGEP