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Welcome
Research
Opportunities Fair
Thursday, November 6, 2014
4:00pm - 6:30pm
Amherst Room, 10th Floor
Campus Center
STEM Diversity Institute
University of Masssachusetts
Amherst
The STEM Diversity Institute welcomes you to
our first Research Opportunities Fair for STEM
Majors from Underrepresented Groups
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4-6:30: Throughout this event, you will have the opportunity
to meet with leading institution representatives to
• learn about the numerous opportunities for you to
gain valuable resume-building lab and research
experience whether or not you plan to undertake
Ph.D.-level study
• discover how to apply for paid summer internships
• to find out what financial support is available for you
to undertake a Ph.D.
4-6:30 Meet with current graduate students
• to learn first-hand about the “how” and the “why”
for gaining lab research experience
• the “how” and the “why” for finding good academic
and financial support to undertake Ph.D.-level study
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7:00: Raffle Draw----------------- $25 Amazon gift certificates
• Light buffet and refreshments are provided •
HAVE YOU MET?
ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF
MEDICINE
Salvadore Calabro
Assistant Director for Admissions
Graduate Program in Biomedical
Sciences
BOSTON COLLEGE
Jennifer Cantra
Associate Director of Admissions
Graduate School of Arts and Science
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Kim McCall, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology and Director
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Biology
CORNING, INCORPORATED
Gregory Thomas (Umass Alumnus)
Manufacturing Strategist
Emerging Innovations Group
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
Stephanie Danette Preston, Ph.D.
Senior Director
Office of Graduate Educational Equity
Programs
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE
Scott Delcourt
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies
Graduate School
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
LSAMP
John J. Ramos, Jr.
Coordinator
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority
Participation Program (LSAMP)
OFFICE OF UNDERGRADUATE
RESEARCH
Lin Tang, Ph.D.
Director
Learning Resource Center
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Dovev Levine
Academic Counselor
Graduate School
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
Alycia Mosley Austin, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Recruitment and
Diversity Initiatives
Executive Coordinator for the
Interdisciplinary Neuroscience
Program
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
Charmane Thurmand, Ph.D.
Special Assistant to the Dean of
the Graduate School for Diversity
Programs
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT
Nicolas Heintz, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical
Sciences Graduate Program
Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Department of Biology
Education and the Dean of the
Graduate School
Sponsored by the STEM Diversity Institute and the Office of the Provost at the
University of Massachusetts