The 2010 Achievement Conference and Research Exhibition
You are invited to attend the 2010 Achievement Conference: “Bridging the Gap: Creating a Better Tomorrow through Innovation, Insight, and Imagination” on Saturday, February 6, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the Nittany Lion Inn. The purpose of this conference is to foster relationships among juniors, seniors, and graduate students of color and with faculty and administrators. All faculty, administrators, graduate students, and prospective graduate students of color are encouraged to attend. This is an excellent opportunity for faculty to share their knowledge and experiences with tomorrow’s research scholars and professionals. Please register by going to: http://outreach.psu.edu/programs/achievement/.
Northeast Alliance
Annual Meeting and Science Day
The annual Science Day at the Northeast Alliance is a full day devoted to the discussion of the work of underrepresented students in math, science, engineering and technology, as well as the work of professors in these areas.
Henry McCoullum, Director of Science Diversity Initiatives in the Eberly College of Science, will attend the Northeast Alliance Science Day on January 29, 2010, at Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina.
SROP 2010
The Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) is an intense eight-week program which offers eligible undergraduate students an opportunity to conduct research with distinguished faculty mentors at Penn State. In addition, the program provides weekly professional development workshops, luncheons with the Senior Director of the program, interaction with other programs on campus, and social events.
Applications for the SROP are online at the Committee on Institutional Cooperation’s Web site. Applications for this summer’s SROP will be accepted until the deadline of February 10, 2010.
Graduate Scholars Forums
These regular semester events offer Penn State graduate students a forum where they can come together with other students for lively discussion and participate in professional development areas relating to research, travel, professional and personal growth. Current Penn State graduate students are notified by e-mail when details for the forums are finalized.
McNair Scholars/SROP Forum
Penn State SROP student alumni and McNair Scholars come together to meet with faculty mentors. SROP students, McNair Scholars and faculty mentors will receive e-mail notification of dates and times for these forums as the information becomes available. A current McNair Scholar or alumni of McNair or Summer Research Opportunities Programs elect to share their research through presentation and a question/answer session.
To apply to present, please contact Elisabeth Deangelo-Tucker, David Perez, or Felicia Sanders.
