Congratulations! You are about to finish or have finished your undergraduate degree, participated in LSAMP activities, and are now aspiring to join a group of LSAMP BD Fellows who attend graduate schools around the United States. The LSAMP BD program provides funding along with professional development activities. The activities are mandatory and are not separate from the funding. All of UMBC’s BD Fellows participate in the traditions of the program such as applying for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, attending BD meetings, and completing the BD projects. All BD Fellows participate in programs that are co-sponsored by the BD program, The Graduate School at UMBC, and the University System of Maryland’s PROMISE AGEP. They also share in select activities that are sponsored by the Meyerhoff Graduate Fellows Program, research centers at the university, and external national programs such as the Southern Regional Education Board’s Institute on Teaching and Mentoring.
All BD Fellows at UMBC must subscribe to the MyUMBC LSAMP BD website to receive internal information: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/lsampbd
Sample programs:
| Sample BD Fellows’ Schedule of Professional Development and Community Support Activities: Includes Topics on Demystifying Degree Programs, Productive Academic Efforts, and Available Career Options | ||
| Mo. | Year 1 | Year 2 |
| Aug. | Summer Success Institute
Weekend Seminars: Understanding the differences between undergraduate and graduate school, Financial Management, Time Management, Work-Life Balance, and Resilience |
Summer Success Institute
Seminar modules: Teaching Disciplinary Thinking, Instructional Technologies, Conflict Resolution, Assisting Students with Disabilities, and Teaching Undergraduates |
| Sept. | Saturday Seminar: Training for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program application process | Seminar: Developing a Syllabus, Classroom Management |
| Oct. | Training: Responsible Conduct of Research and IRB human certifications for the IRB human subjects/animal care and use/Responsible Conduct of Research (CITI – Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative)
Seminar: Understanding Faculty Members’ Expectations |
Seminars: Developing a Teaching Portfolio, Advanced Statistics for Researchers: Meta-analysis and Structural Equation Modeling: Avoiding Bias in the Literature |
| Nov. | Community Building: Candidates Reception at UMBC, Dinner with BDs from College Park
Seminars: Graduate-level Writing, Academic Integrity, Completing your Master’s Thesis |
Community Building: Candidates Reception at UMBC, Dinner with BDs from College Park
Seminar: Using Project-based Learning |
| Dec. | Seminar: Addressing feelings of stress
Lunch with December BD graduates |
Seminars: Learning Styles, Addressing feelings of stress, Hidden Challenges that Occur During the Teaching Experience |
| Jan. | Winter Recess Training: “Stand Up and Speak Well” Training for Oral Presentations | Winter Recess Training: Writing for Publication Multi-day Workshop |
| Feb. | Workshop: Exploring Graduate-level Careers
Presentation: USM-wide Research Symposium |
Saturday Seminar: Completing your master’s thesis; includes consultations with the Dissertation Coach, Preparing for the Doctoral Dissertation |
| Mar. | Presentation: Annual UMBC Graduate Research Conference | Presentation: Annual UMBC Graduate Research Conference |
| Apr. | Workshop: Exploring Graduate-level Careers
Leadership Seminar and Meeting with BD PI and UMBC President, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski |
Workshop: Exploring Graduate-level Careers
Leadership Seminar and Meeting with BD PI and UMBC President, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski |
| May | Community Building: Celebration of Graduates | Community Building: Celebration of Graduates |
| Jun. | Visitations: National Labs and Industries | Visitations: National Labs and Industries |
| Jul. | Mentoring: Summer Horizons | Mentoring: Summer Horizons
Degree Completion: Dissertation House |