UMD Graduate School

📸 Say GradTerps!
Photos from this week’s Fellowship and Awards Celebration and Doctoral Graduates celebration are now live on our website. Link in bio to see your smiling faces 🥳

Help shape the future of ! Share your insights on campus belonging and community in this quick survey now through April 26. Let's work together to make UMD a place where all Terps can reach their full potential! Prizes and incentives are available: belonging.umd.edu

Join us for UMD's Giving Day on March 6, 2024, as we unite to empower graduate students! Win prizes, make an impact, and support vital programs for our scholars at The Graduate School. Together, let's make a difference by donating to the Fund for Excellence, Diversity Fund, and Graduate Writing Center Fund. Save the date!

Save the date for this year's in-person Postdoctoral Research Symposium! The event will feature two sessions led by a variety of speakers who will offer their insights on skills needed for postdocs career development. The Symposium will be held in the Stamp Student Union. Registration will open at 9:00 am and the event will end at approximately 2:30 pm. This year we are accepting abstracts for the symposium! Please write a brief, clear, and concise abstract summarizing your research and submit it by September 8th.

Event details at: go.umd.edu/postdoc23

The UMD School of Public Health celebrated the culmination of their UM-STAR and UM-ADAPT summer research programs on August 9th. Thank you to all who came out to celebrate, including Dean Stephen Roth and Dr. Evelyn Cooper!

Undergraduate students from UMD and around the country spent the summer working closely with faculty and graduate students within SPH on research projects including health literacy, cardiovascular physiology, motor control, cognitive function and depression, and racial discrimination and multiple health outcomes. The NIH-funded programs, partially funded by The Graduate School, provide research training for students, typically from historically marginalized groups, so they can better pursue graduate and professional studies.

If you’d like to learn more about UMD’s Summer Research Opportunities Programs, visit gradschool.umd.edu/summerresearch

Come join us for a free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event! Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you! This event is all about building a sustainable, healthy and happy life in College Park, including connecting with new people and places. Click here for event details & registration: https://www.parkrun.us/collegepark/

Hey New GradTerps! 🐢 We hope to see you on Thursday, August 24 for the New Graduate Student Welcome from 4 - 8 pm. Attend educational workshops, meet campus resources and organizations at the resource fair, and hear words of welcome and wisdom from university leadership. Get specifics and RSVP on our event site: go.umd.edu/gradwelcome
See you soon!

We are excited to support you throughout your journey, and we want you to be as informed as possible as a new graduate student. Don’t forget to complete the TerrapinSTRONG Onboarding Program by 8/24! More than just an onboarding program, TerrapinSTRONG is who we are as a community: united, respectful, secure and safe, inclusive, accountable, empowered and open to growth.
Complete the program here: go.umd.edu/EnrollGradTS

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Stephen Roth as Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School. He will begin this new role on July 1, 2023.

As your dean, Dr. Roth will provide strong and visionary leadership for the school and support an environment of diversity and inclusive excellence in graduate education. He will focus on promoting a culture of impactful research, scholarship and creative activities; encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration and partnerships; and fostering mission-driven engagement among graduate students and Graduate School faculty and staff.

Dr. Roth currently serves as Principal Associate Dean, Associate Dean for academic and faculty affairs, and Director of the public health science program in the University of Maryland's School of Public Health (SPH).

Learn more at: go.umd.edu/41N2RPQ

We had an amazing time meeting you all during this weekend! Thank you for celebrating with us, ! 🐢💛

Want to know more about the careers our doctoral alumni pursue? Are you interested in connecting with UMD doctoral alumni to expand your network? Join us for the Sixth Doctoral Career Pathways Conference!

🔗 Register at: go.umd.edu/doccareerconference2023

🗓️ Deadline to register: April 30, 2023

Does your student-run impact project need support? Apply by April 16 for a chance to win and funding and become a finalist for the Showcase & Awards: go.umd.edu/RISE23.

Do you have an active project that's focused on creating global impact? Are you looking for additional support and resources to grow your reach? Apply by April 16 to be considered as a University of Maryland nominee for the international Universitas 21 RISE Showcase and Awards! go.umd.edu/RISE23

Do Good Institute

It's that time of the year again! The Sixth Doctoral Career Pathways Conference will increase your knowledge, curiosity, and excitement about how to get from here, wherever you are in your doctoral training, to your career beyond Maryland.

Learn more and register at: https://go.umd.edu/doccareerconference2023

Small gifts can make a HUGE impact. Help Terps move Fearlessly Forward by support scholarships, clubs, critical student services and more TODAY during . https://givingday.umd.edu/organizations/the-graduate-school

Win $600 for your Graduate Student Fees! 📣
Please complete this year’s Graduate Student Experience in the Research University (GradSERU) survey for the chance to win an award to cover one semester of mandatory fees (more than $600). We'll use the data from the student survey to improve our policies, programs, and services. Participants who complete the survey will be entered into a drawing to receive awards!

🗓️ The survey closes on March 27.

🔗 Visit go.umd.edu/gradSERU2023 or check your email for your survey invitation!

Run for a position with the UMD Graduate Student Government ()! 🗳️
By serving on GSG as a program representative, you can help improve the lives and experiences of your fellow grad students.

A program representative is at minimum required to come to the monthly meetings, participate in at least one standing GSG committee, engage in GSG social media and spread the resources to your constituents, and lastly, bring constituent questions and concerns to the larger assembly. 

If you have any questions please reach out to Jillian Rothschild ([email protected]) GSG Chair of Elections Committee!

Headphones: In
Head: Held up high
Ready to: Step into spring semester next week!

Just two weeks until our spring semester rolls in! We're so excited to see back on campus.

Thank you for joining us at the Candidacy Celebration a couple of weeks ago! It was wonderful to celebrate the accomplishments of Doctoral students along with President Pines, Provost Rice, and Dean Fetter.

Enjoy these last few weeks of the semester ! 🐢📚

This week’s weather calls for cozy sweaters and hot latte’s during study breaks in McKeldin. 🍂🐢🧥

The Equity & Social Justice Reading Series is a space for Maryland graduate students to come together and critically engage with current research related to diversity, inclusion, equity, and social justice from across campus. 📚

On Veteran's Day, we'll turn our attention to veterans and read Prof. Meredith Kleykamp's article Who Supports US Veterans and Who Exaggerates Their Support?

Learn more and register at https://go.umd.edu/readingseries

Doctoral candidate Sarah Rothman of the Department of Environmental Science and Technology is representing the University of Maryland in the international Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Video Competition.

Cast your vote now & help her win the 2022 3MT People’s Choice Award! Voting is open until Monday, October 3rd. Visit this site to vote: http://universitas21.com/3MT2022

The competition, hosted by Universitas 21 (U21) , an international network of research universities, challenges doctoral students to communicate the significance of their research in just three minutes.

Sarah’s research examines how residents in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas are at an unjust risk of West Nile exposure. In particular, her research aims to understand what factors lead to the rise of the dangerous mosquito populations in these areas.

1974: Guitar player with students sitting around him on UMD’s Campus. 🎸
This photo may be from the seventies, but making connections on our campus is timeless. Take a chance and meet some this weekend!

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Image is provided by the University Libraries Digital Collection Archives.
Image is from: The Terrapin (1974). University of Maryland: College Park, Maryland. UPUB S36.002.

Hey - Are you seeking to win an external fellowship? Do you know about UMD's Proposal Development Services for Graduate Students?

Our team of proposal managers has a track record of success in helping graduate students and faculty win external awards. We'll work with you 1:1 to put your most competitive proposal forward.

Reach out to discuss your needs with our team: [email protected].

Visit go.umd.edu/PDMservices to learn more!

The Equity & Social Justice Reading Series is back this fall! 📚 The series is a space for GradTerps to come together and critically engage with current research related to diversity, inclusion, equity, and social justice from faculty across campus.
This fall, we are aligning sessions with federal holidays, so we’ll start off in September with a labor studies. We’ll be joined by Prof. Julie Greene of the History Department to discuss her recent article"Rethinking the Boundaries of Class: Labor History and Theories of Class and Capitalism."
All graduate students are invited to join us for an exciting hour of conversation! Register at go.umd.edu/readingseries

Hey , next time you're on campus make sure to pop by one of our Testudo statues to grab some good luck for this semester! 🐢💫

There are always plenty of things to do and places to be for ambitious and curious ! 🚴 Look out for our Graduate Pathways Newsletter in your email inbox to learn about upcoming campus events and opportunities.

It's been so great to see our back on campus this week! If you find yourself with some spare time on campus, pop on over to McKeldin Mall and lounge on the lawn. ⭐ 🍂