Program Highlights Dr. Alec Gallimore, Co-PI Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Aerospace Engineering Associate Dean, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies The University of Michigan 1
Michigan AGEP Alliance (MAA) Institutions Michigan State University (MSU) University of Michigan (UM) Wayne State University (WSU) Western Michigan University (WMU) 2
Notable Programs AGEP Postdoctoral Fellowships Mentoring AGEP Scholars Mentoring Program MORE (Mentoring Others Results in Excellence) HBCU Outreach AGEP Community Building MAA Conferences Recruitment Mega Midwest AGEP Conference (with other alliances) 3
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Program began September 2007 Provides research opportunity with teaching option for recent Ph.D. s in STEM fields One-year appointment, renewable for a second year Employment Package $55,000 annual salary with full health benefits $5,000 for research and travel expenses Faculty and college cost-share with MAA to support postdoc Strong faculty mentoring is a major criterion for selection 7 fellows in engineering and the physical sciences 2 or 3 new fellows starting this fall 4
AGEP Scholars Mentoring Advanced AGEP scholars mentor First- and Secondyear Ph.D. students Goals: Increase student satisfaction and retention Enhance student skills for graduate school and beyond Develop meaningful connections between new and more experienced students Currently >70 active mentor-protégée pairs One-on-one mentoring and group meetings monthly throughout academic year Topics covered at group meetings include The Imposter Syndrome, Finding an Advisor, and Stress Management 5
Mission To support and enhance graduate student mentoring to improve retention, productivity, and overall student success To equip faculty, students, and staff with the best tools and practices for mentoring Scope Eight STEM faculty members led by a social scientist provide workshops, material, and consultation Results oriented and data driven approach Currently serving engineering, physical and health sciences, and environmental sciences Future plans to expand to other disciplines 6
HBCU Outreach Campus Visitation Programs: Michigan State University Enhance-Your-Future Conference Western Michigan University HBCU Visitation Program 2-3 days on campus Include HBCU faculty (MSU) and student (MSU, WMU) participation Workshops Meetings with faculty members in student s area of interest Meetings with current doctoral students AUC Dual-Degree in Engineering Program (UM) Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) Seed funding for specialized science Master s program (recruiting) 7
AGEP Community Building Purpose: promote fellowship, hone research presentation skills, support interdisciplinary dialogue, and facilitate student-faculty interaction Michigan AGEP Learning Community (MSU) Monthly meetings Informal research presentations Students and faculty interaction Michigan AGEP Scholars Seminar Series (UM) Monthly meetings Formal research presentations and 5-Minute Chalk Talks AGEP Distinguished Researcher sessions 8
MAA Conferences Goal: Develop a community of scholars across alliance One alliance-wide conference each Fall and Spring term Rotated among alliance campuses with themes: Pathways to the Ph.D. Conflict Resolution Preparing Future Faculty Diversity in the Classroom Everything You Need to Know about Postdocs Entrepreneurship Writing Your Dissertation (Spring 2009) Migrated from weekends to Thursday night format with great success 9
Alliance-Wide Recruitment Alliance-Wide Recruiting Goal: leverage strengths, characteristics, and resources of MAA universities by recruiting as an alliance Pros: Increased number of recruiting events possible, and projection of state-wide community to prospective students Cons: MAA booth recruiting proved to be confusing to prospective students Conclusion: Ineffective method of recruiting that we abandoned two years ago Result: MAA shifted focus to retention, campus-centric recruiting, and professional development 10
Mega Midwest AGEP Conference (MMAC) February 7-9, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois Collaborative effort among 4 AGEP alliances representing 18 universities CUNY/Michigan Alliance (SBES) Great Lakes Alliances for Social & Behavioral Sciences (SBES) Michigan AGEP Alliance (STEM) Midwest Crossroads Alliance (STEM) Participants ~200 students ~50 faulty members and industry representatives 11
MMAC Conference Design Conference Goals To create an innovative collaborative effort among alliances Foster multi-alliance community-building among students Provide sessions focused on professional development for students at varying stages in their doctoral programs Plenary sessions and concurrent workshops 4 plenary sessions Nearly 35 workshops (most popular ones repeated) Career fair Representatives from both academia and industry Participants gave the conference an overall rating of 4.3 on a 5-point scale, with 5 being excellent 12
MMAC Participant Comments Conferences such as these are greatly needed and appreciated by scholars of color. Please keep up the great work you are doing to assist scholars of color to learn and master the process of acquiring their Ph.D.'s. I had an interest in many of the workshops and looked forward to the opportunity for networking (with) across so many disciplines and universities. Being hosted in Chicago was an added benefit. The sessions about how to navigate through specific milestones as a professional (e.g. graduate school courses, grant writing, conflict resolutions). These specific sessions provided skills and helpful examples that were applicable across a variety of disciplines. 13
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Programs Unique to Campuses AGEP Learning Community - MSU Frequent Flyer Program - UM Dean s Diversity Fellowship - WSU AGEP Fellowship - WMU 15
Postdoctoral Fellowship Partners Faculty PI contributes a minimum of $15K College of Engineering College of Literature Sciences and the Arts Scope 7 postdoctoral fellows Departments: Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Material Science Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry 16
Publications 3 In Preparation Stage Applied Optics Journal of Fluids Engineering Journal of the American Helicopter Society 7 Submitted International Journal of Solids and Structures (Accepted) Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (in press Journal of Colloid Interfacial Science (November 2008) Journal of Fluid Mechanics (January 2009) Journal of Intelligent Materials Systems and Structure (December 2008) Journal of Rheology (in press) 3 Published AIAA Journal (January 2009) Journal of the American Helicopter Society (January 2009) Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine (November 2008) 17
Conference Presentations, Awards & Future Conferences Plans 61 st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Acoustical Society of America 156 th Meeting Experimental Biology/American Physiological Society Annual Meeting National Meeting of the American Chemical Society 57 th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry Awards American Physiological Society Minority Scientist Travel Fellowship Beginning Investigator Award from the American Physiological Society Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award Perrin Doctoral Dissertation Award Future Plans 5 are in renewal stage 1 Naval Surface Warfare Center Caderock Division 1 Returning to home state due to family matters. 18
MAA Mentoring Programs Michigan AGEP Scholars Mentoring Peer and near-peer Mentoring Others Results in Excellence (MORE) Faculty Consultations, Presentations and workshops Student Training 19
AGEP Scholars Mentoring Advanced AGEP scholars mentor First- and Second-year Ph.D. students First- and Second-Year Ph.D. students King/Chavez/Parks Scholars LSAMP scholars Urban Scholars Leaders 20
MORE 2008-2009 Activities Workshops Effective Mentoring (New AGEP Mentors 2008) Pathways to the Ph.D. (MAA Fall Conference 2008) Mentoring in the Research Lab Mentoring Best Practices and Positive Mentor/Mentee Interactions (Wayne State University, March 2009) Provost Seminar on Mentoring (May 2009) Mentoring in the Graduate School Experience (incoming Ph.D. students 2008) Web Resources 21
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Recruitment on Individual Campus visitation programs Preview Weekends Campuses Collaboration with Student Organizations AGEP support for Department and Faculty recruitment Grad Fairs and Conferences NSBE, SHPE, ABRCMS, SACNAS, California Diversity Forum, Big 10 Graduate School Expo, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, MAES 23