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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GRADUATE SCHOOL Office of Graduate Minority Programs The Office of Graduate Minority Programs (OGMP) is a unit of the Graduate School dedicated to increasing the number if graduate students who are ethnic/cultural minorities, underrepresented in their field of study, low-income or first-generation college students. Graduate Minority Programs are designed to help students acclimate and assimilate into UF’s Graduate School. The OGMP provides students with social, informational, referral, and in some cases financial support.

Come join the Gator Nation and be a part of the OGMP community!

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GEM GRAD Lab Welcome

Dear Participants:

Welcome to the University of Florida!

We are pleased to have you join us for the first Getting Ready for Advanced Degrees (GRAD) Lab!

You are here today because mentors interested in your development as a student and future professional know that graduate education is a national imperative—not only for the individual seeking an advanced career in science and engineering, but also for the United States and the nation’s future as an leader in innovation and competitor in the global economy.

Earning the Master’s and Doctoral degree is especially important for those aspiring to positions of influence in academia, industry, and government. Our mission is to ensure that those ethnic groups historically underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) – American Indians, African Americans, and Hispanic Americans – have every opportunity to achieve the highest educational goals and realize both personal and professional success.

To that end, we are privileged to offer undergraduate students in science and engineering the GRAD Lab. This day-long experience is a comprehensive, hands-on symposium designed to excite and encourage promising undergraduate engineering and science students to apply to Master’s and PhD graduate programs in a STEM discipline.

GRAD Lab also provides an opportunity for you to build community and collegiality with your peers at other institutions. Hopefully the relationships you begin developing here will continue through the completion of your undergraduate studies, then to graduate school and beyond.

We encourage you to take advantage of all the opportunities provided here by The University of Florida and GEM. Enjoy the various presentations and best wishes!

Sincerely,

Henry T. Frierson, PhDAssociate Vice President and Dean of the Graduate School University of Florida

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An advanced degree in engineering or science can open doors to even more challenging and responsible careers—especially in the dynamic and sophisticated areas of high technology research. Every year a significant number of underrepresented minorities enter undergraduate engineering and science curricula; however, underrepresented minorities represent less than five percent of the recipients of advanced degrees in engineering or science.

It is GEM’s belief that if highly qualified minority students were exposed to the benefits of a career in research and technology innovation, via presentations from individuals from their communities who have received a graduate engineering or science degree and are currently successful in their careers, and were given resources on how to apply to graduate school, more students would apply and successfully matriculate in graduate engineering and science programs.

GEM GRAD Lab Overview

About GEMOUR MISSION

APPLICANTS FOR MS FELLOWSHIP

THE GEM FELLOWSHIP

APPLICATION DEADLINE

APPLICANTS FOR PH.D. FELLOWSHIP

Our model is strategic and proven. We provide graduate fellowships to highly qualified individuals from communities where such talent is largely untapped. Working in partnership with leading corporations, U.S. government laboratories and many of the nation’s top universities and research institutes, we provide GEM Fellows with the much-needed financial support that is often the deciding factor in pursuing graduate education, as well as practical experience through high-level, paid summer internships. GEM does more than provide financial support; however, we work to ensure student success in these competitive academic and professional environments with effective programs that increase the recruitment, retention, and graduation of GEM Fellows. Close to 4,000 GEM Fellows have gone on to successful careers.

GEM offers three Fellowship Programs to GEM Member Universities. The total value of each Fellowship is between $20,000 and $100,000, depending on the candidate’s academic status at the time of application, paid summer employment, and graduate school costs.

Applications for GEM Fellowships are available online at www.gemfellowship.org. Submit your application, resume and unofficial transcript by October 1 for early consideration. All application materials are due by November 15. A candidate must be a U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident at the time of application.

> Must be a senior, Master’s Degree student of an accredited engineering or applied science program at the time of application.

> Must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0

> Full Fellows must contractually agree to intern with a sponsoring GEM Employer the summer after selection.

> Must be a senior, Master’s Degree student of an accredited engineering or applied science program at the time of application.

> Must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0

> Full Fellows must contractually agree to intern with a sponsoring GEM Employer the summer after selection.

To address this issue, GEM has created a GRAD Lab, Getting Ready for Advanced Degree Lab, a comprehensive, hands-on symposium designed to excite and encourage promising under-graduate and community college engineering and science students to consider master and Ph.D. technical research programs.

The symposium will encourage their consideration of graduate engineering school by delivering vital information on the importance of research and innovation, life-long career benefits and real-world role-mode examples of success. The day-long event will help each student envision his or her future as a technology leader, successfully apply for a GEM fellowship, and gain entry to a graduate program, industry and academic professionals will share their career, graduate school, and GEM experinces with these potential graduate students.


GEM GRAD Lab Agenda

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2014 Location: Emerson Alumni Hall

9:00 am Registration, Pre-survey, and Breakfast

10:00 am Welcome and IntroductionHenry T. Frierson, Ph.D., Associate Vice President and Dean of the Graduate School and Professor, University of Florida

10:15 am Session 1: Why Graduate School?Howard G. Adams, Ph.D., GEM Program Consultant, The National GEM Consortium

11:15 am Break

11:30 am Session 2: How to Apply to Graduate SchoolRenetta Garrison Tull, Ph.D., GEM Program Consultant, The National GEM Consortium

12:30 pm Lunch / Graduate Resource Fair

1:30 pm Session 3: How to Fund Graduate SchoolModerator: Michele Lezama, Executive Director, The National GEM Consortium (GEM Alum)Katrina Indarawis, Ph.D., Associate Director for the Office of Graduate Professional Development, University of Florida

2:30 pm Break

2:45 pm Session 4: Voices from the FieldModerator: Charmane V. Caldwell, Director of Diversity and Inclusions, Florida A&M University & Florida State UniversityCory Baker, GEM PhD Fellow - Electrical Engineering, University of FloridaRenée Gordon, PhD Student - Mechanical Engineering, Florida A&M University & Florida State UniversityRuben Nelson, PhD Student – Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering, Florida A&M University & Florida State University

3:45 pm Post Survey/Closing Remarks/Raffle

4:00 pm Program End

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GEM GRAD Lab WorkshopsSession 1: Why Graduate School?

This workshop will prove the fundamental belief of the 21st century and beyond: all STEM professionals should hold an advanced STEM degree. Particularly, the participants will gather information about career and financial implications of NOT obtaining a graduate degree. If you think all you need is a bachelors degree to be competitive in the global society or that you should work first then go back to graduate school, YOU CAN’T MISS THIS WORKSHOP! Come find out why graduate school is not an option but a necessity.

Session 2: How to Apply to Graduate School

Learn the easy and efficient way to get into graduate school. There really is a process. You will find out the steps to compiling a competitive package that will give you a great advantage over the rest. This workshop should not be missed for those that want to get the highest probability to be accepted into the graduate school of their choice. Specifics will be given on how to write a statement of purpose, how to guarantee you receive strong recommendation letters, and specific tips on the application process.

Session 3: How to Fund Graduate School

“Show me the Money”…and then give it to me! During this workshop you will find how to identify and apply for funding whether you are in graduate school or just finishing your first semester as an undergraduate. This information will give you the insight on how much money is available, how to find it, how to apply for it, and how to secure it! Come find out why no one should pay for graduate school if they go about it correctly!

Session 4: Voices From the Field

This is where it all comes together! Through the course of the day, you know why you need to go to graduate school. You have a better understanding of the graduate programs and how to get into them. You have multiple opportunities now to make sure that you have adequate funding to finance your graduate education. Now, you have the benefit to hear from those that have done it or are currently doing it. At this workshop you will meet, see, and hear real life stories of how graduate school was/is/and will be. There will be leading faculty members, industry professionals and current graduate students on this panel. You should not miss this last workshop if you want to know the “real scoop” about graduate school!


Dr. Cammy R. Abernathy received her S.B. degree in materials science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980, and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in materials science and engineering from Stanford University in 1982 and 1985 respectively. She joined the University of Florida’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering as a professor in 1993. In 2004, she became the College’s Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and in July 2009 was appointed Dean of the College of Engineering.

Dr. Abernathy’s research interests are in synthesis of thin-film electronic materials and devices using metal organic chemical vapor deposition and molecular beam epitaxy. She is the author of more than 500 journal publications, more than 430 conference papers, one co-authored book, seven edited books, eight book chapters and seven patents.

Dr. Abernathy is a fellow of the AVS , APS and the Electrochemical Society. She is also a member of the American Society of Engineering Education, and the Materials Research Society.

CAMMY R. ABERNATHY, Ph.D.Dean of the University of Florida College of EngineeringUniversity of Florida

Dr. Howard G. Adams is the Founder and President of H.G. Adams & Associates, Inc: a Norfolk, VA based company that provides consulting and training in the area of mentoring, student development, and leadership.

Adams has written, lectured and consulted extensively on developing people in both academic and workplace settings. Howard is the author or co-authored of fifteen self help guides and handbooks. In his 2002 book, Get Up With Something On Your Mind: Lessons for Navigating Life, Adams offers some essential for living a successful and productive life. In Family Wisdom, 2006, he traces his ancestral family roots from the 1700 to the present. His latest book, Career Management 101: A Primer for Career and Life Goal Planning, 2008, provides critical insight, skills, and tools for planning and managing one’s career and life.

In 1989 President Ronald Reagan named Adams to the US Congressional Task Force on Women, Minorities and the Handicapped in Science & Technology. In 1993, the Society of Engineering Education awarded him it “Centennial Medallion” for individuals who have had a lasting impact on engineering education. In 1996, Adams was named by President Clinton as one of the first recipients of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Mentoring. He was named a “20th Century Outstanding Educator” by Black Issues in Higher Education in 1999; In 2002 the National Society of Black Engineers awarded Adams its Golden Torch Award “Lifetime Achievement in Academia.” In 2004 he was named both the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education’s ”2004 Distinguished Alumni” and the Norfolk State University School of Science and Technology’s Alumni Star.”

From 1978 to 1994 Adams served as Executive Director of the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. (GEM). Prior to joining GEM, Adams served as Vice President for Student Affairs at Norfolk State University. Adams holds a B.Sc. from Norfolk State University, M.S. from Virginia State University Ph.D. from Syracuse University.

HOWARD G. ADAMS, Ph.D.H.G. Adams & Associates, Inc.GEM Program Consultant


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Corey Baker is a doctoral candidate in electrical engineering at the University of Florida and a GEM Fellow and intern at Intel Corporation. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering from San Jose State University and a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from California State University, Los Angeles and the University of Florida. Baker is a military child who calls Los Angeles, California, home. He joined NSBE in 2003 and has taken on numerous leadership roles, such as: chapter telecommunications chair, Region VI treasurer and Region VI chair, to name a few.

Baker’s first exposure to engineering was during his second year of college, when he learned he could use science and mathematics to program software and hardware. NSBE not only provided him with a supportive environment to complete an engineering degree, it also placed him near mentors who inspired him to pursue a doctoral degree.

Baker’s true passion is helping others and giving back to NSBE the same way the organization has given to him: through mentoring. He believes, “If you cannot inspire those younger than you to set goals for themselves higher than the ones you have achieved, then your accomplishments are meaningless.”

COREY BAKERPhD Student – Electrical EngineeringUniversity of FloridaGEM PhD Fellow

Dr. Charmane V. Caldwell, Director of Diversity and Inclusion works in the Office of the Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Curriculum. Dr. Caldwell is responsible for developing strategies which upholds the aspect of the college’s mission designed “to attract and graduate a greater number of minorities and women in professional engineering.” As director, she will lead a comprehensive effort to develop and implement diversity and inclusion programs and processes, with emphasis on four primary areas: outreach/recruitment of prospective undergraduate and graduate students; improving the climate and culture within the college to welcome all its constituents; assist with the transition of new faculty into the College of Engineering and providing recommendations to senior administration regarding diversity issues at the college.

Prior to joining the College of Engineering, Dr. Caldwell served as a facilitator for the Learning System Institute (LSI) Florida Center for Research in Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics (FCR-STEM). She led professional development workshops for middle and high school math teachers throughout the State of Florida on Common Core State Standards mathematics curriculum development. Simultaneously, she delivered a comprehensive overview of engineering in order to develop open-ended, engineering-based interdisciplinary K-12 curriculum.

Dr. Caldwell is an alumnus of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering receiving her B.S, M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering where her research concentration consisted of utilizing sampling-based model predictive control for motion planning of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and autonomous ground vehicles (UGVs).

In addition to her engineering and technical training, Dr. Caldwell has over 15 years of experience with STEM outreach programs.

CHARMANE V. CALDWELL, Ph.D.Director of Diversity and InclusionFlorida A&M University and Florida State University


2525 Pottsdamer Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32310-6046 | 850.410.6161

www.eng.fsu.edu/graduate

‘Two Universities, One College, Twice The Opportunities’

Admissions applications are available through each university:

Graduate Programs

FAMU-FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

• Biomedical Engineering, M.S., Ph.D.• Chemical Engineering, M.S., Ph.D.• Civil Engineering, M.S., MEng., Ph.D.• Electrical Engineering, M.S., Ph.D.• Industrial Engineering, M.S., Ph.D.• Mechanical Engineering, M.S., Ph.D.

The FAMU-FSU College of Engineering offersavarietyofadvanceddegrees:

www.admissions.fsu.edu/graduate/www.famu.edu/graduatestudies/

A large number of graduate students are supported through departmental teaching or research assistantships.Universityfellowshipsareavailableforexceptionallyqualifiedstudents.

• National High Magnetic Field Laboratory• Florida Center for Advanced Aero- Propulsion• FAMU Center for Plasma Science and Technology• Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and

Management Systems Center• High-Performance Materials Institute• Center for Advanced Power Systems• Center for Intelligent Systems, Control and

Robotics• Energy and Sustainability Center

Access to Advanced Centers:

Funding Opportunities


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Frank Alexander, Jr. Ph.D.


Dr. Henry T. Frierson is Associate Vice President and Dean of the Graduate School and professor of educational psychology at the University of Florida (UF). He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology and educational psychology, respectively, from Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan); and his Ph.D. in educational psychology from Michigan State University (East Lansing). Before coming to UF, Frierson was at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was professor of educational psychology and director of the Research Education Support Program, a large multi-faceted initiative largely funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Health (NIH) to support minority undergraduate students as they pursue quality research, to support graduate students completing research for their Ph.D., and to support undergraduate students participating in full-time summer research experience.

From 1974 to 1993, Dr. Frierson was a faculty member in the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. There he progressed up the faculty ranks and founded and directed the Learning and Assessment Laboratory, an academic support unit. From 1990 to 1996, he served as associate dean of the Graduate School. Before that term, he served one year as the assistant dean. During his tenure at the Graduate School, Dr. Frierson was successful in obtaining considerable funding for graduate student support and special research programs. He teaches program evaluation, research methods, and the psychology of adult learning.

Dr. Frierson’s current interests include program evaluation, examining the effects of mentoring, increasing the number of individuals of color in doctoral programs and research careers, and examining effective and efficient production of Ph.D. recipients from high-quality doctoral programs..

HENRY T. FRIERSON, Ph.D.Associate Vice President and Dean of the Graduate School and professorUniversity of Florida

Renée Gordon was born on the beautiful island of Jamaica. She came to the United States at the tender age of six, where her family moved to the Bronx borough of New York City. Renee has always been a lover of mathematics. Her mother instilled in her that a solid education was irreplaceable. Renée has always kept that advice close to her heart.

While attaining her undergraduate engineering degree at Florida A&M University, Renée was a dedicated musician of the illustrious FAMU Marching “100” Band, President of Alpha Kappa Mu National Honor Society, and a proud member of the Beta Alpha chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. While in graduate school she served for two consecutive terms as Chaplain of the National Society of Black Engineers.

Ms. Gordon aspires to make her mark in the world of “green” energy. Her goal is to make a significant contribution to the world of science. Renee wants to assist in improving how the human race lives comfortably without disturbing the habitats of other species also here on earth. Upon graduation, she hopes to enter the industry of sustainable and renewable fuels and energy. Renée believes the human race can continue to enjoy the luxuries of life while still being kind to our planet.

Renée Gordon is a recipient of the U.S. Fulbright Student Award 2014-2015. She will be traveling to Akure, Nigeria to study the effective case-hardening of mild steel using an indigenous plant source. She is currently a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at Florida A&M University within the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering.

RENÉE GORDONPhD Student - Mechanical EngineeringFlorida A&M University and Florida State University


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Dr. Katie Indarawis is currently the Associate Director for the Office of Graduate Professional Development within the Graduate School at University of Florida and adjunct faculty in the college of engineering. She holds a bachelor’s degree in statistics, mathematics, and civil engineering. She has a Master of Education in Instruction and Curriculum and a Master of Engineering in Environmental Engineering Sciences. She recently completed her PhD in Environmental Engineering Sciences (Summer 2013), but has always held great interest in teaching, education, and issues regarding diversity. Dr. Indarawis brings a broad perspective of education and experience.

DR. KATIE INDARAWIS, Ph.D.Associate Director for the Office of Graduate Professional DevelopmentUniversity of Florida

Most notably she turned around the organization’s financial position from risking payroll to acquiring a new headquarters facility tripling the organization’s capital position and creating a long-term investment structure. Under Lezama’s leadership, NSBE received the 2003 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring awarded by the White House’s Office of Science and Technology.

Prior to NSBE, Lezama was the Director of Satellite Scrambling Operations at Home Box Office (HBO), a Time Warner Company, and prior to HBO she served as the Associate Director of Broadcast Operations and System Integration at Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS).

Prior to Lezama’s media career she was an engineer with IBM in their Poughkeepsie, Manhattan and Brooklyn facilities. Lezama also held co-op positions with Raytheon and Texas Instruments.

Lezama earned her BS in Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University and both her MS in Industrial Engineering and MBA in Finance and Accounting from Columbia University. Lezama was inducted into Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Pi Mu and is an alumnus of Robert Toigo Financial Services and The National GEM Consortium fellowship programs.

A native New Yorker, Brooklyn by way of The Bronx, Lezama’s straight forwardness and dry wit would make the city proud. Lezama is married to Ricardo Lezama. They have two daughters.

Michele Lezama is currently the Executive Director of The National GEM Consortium, a 501c(3) organization, founded at the University of Notre Dame, dedicated to increasing the number of under-represented individuals who pursue and receive a masters or PhD in engineering or science by providing full fellowships and holding informational programming on the application and graduate school experience.

Lezama began her post as Executive Director of GEM after serving over 5 years as Executive Director of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), a 501 c(3) organization whose mission is to increase representation in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, by providing programming, scholarships, and career placement from pre-college students through professionals. Lezama is credited for significantly increasing NSBE’s operational efficiency, programmatic efforts, and financial reserves.

MICHELE LEZAMAExecutive DirectorThe National GEM Consortium GEM Alum



Ruben Nelson has been a student at Florida A&M University since the Fall of 2003. He received both his Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering in 2007. Ruben continued his pursuit of an advanced degree immediately afterwards with the goal of eventually earning a Ph.D. His interests are VLSI circuit design and fabrication, software development, and energy storage. He plans to pursue a career in those fields within industry or government.

RUBEN NELSONPhD Student-Electrical Engineering and Computer EngineeringFlorida A&M University

She has co-authored several publications on achievement in STEM fields, and is a mentoring consultant for Purdue, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, and MIT. She is a Tau Beta Pi “Eminent Engineer” and was a speaker for the 2013 U.S. News STEM Solutions Conference. She co-leads the “ADVANCE Hispanic Women in STEM” project in Puerto Rico, the Latin and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions’ (LACCEI) “Women in STEM” forum, and the Foro Estudiantil (Student Forum) in Latin America. Dr. Tull led the National Science Foundation’s “International Engagement for Women of Color in STEM” delegation to Ecuador in 2014, and she leads the annual Graduate School Workshop at the Research Symposium for Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez (SUAGM) in Puerto Rico. She is finishing a paper and presentation on minority graduate student STEM diversity that was accepted for publication for a conference in Dubai, and her book about success, Solving for ‘S’ (co-authored by her husband, Dr. Damon Tull), will be published in a few months. Dr. Tull has been a consultant for the National GEM Consortium for several years, and she loves every minute of the GEM GRAD Labs!


Dr. Renetta Garrison Tull is Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Student Professional Development & Postdoctoral Affairs at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC: An Honors University in Maryland), where she is the Co-PI and Founding Director for the National Science Foundation’s PROMISE: Maryland’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) for the 12 institutions in the University System of Maryland, and Co-PI LSAMP’s Bridge to the Doctorate at UMBC. Dr. Tull has worked with thousands of students from Alaska to Puerto Rico, and in Latin America through graduate school preparation workshops that have been sponsored by The National GEM Consortium and partners (e.g., NSBE, AISES, SHPE), the National Science Foundation’s PROMISE AGEP, and UMBC. She has presented workshops on graduate school admissions, “The Success Equation,” STEM initiatives, and PhD Completion in Panama, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Puerto Rico, and schools across the United States.

Tull earned the B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Howard University, the M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Ph.D. in Speech Science from Northwestern University, and researched speech technology as an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

RENETTA GARRISON TULL, PH.DAssociate Vice Provost for Graduate Student Professional Development & Postdoctoral Affairs University of Maryland Baltimore County

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Keynote Speaker

Dr. Juan Gilbert awarded the first Presidential Endowed Chair at Clemson University, and being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), are just a couple of Juan Gilbert’s more noteworthy honors. Juan was most recently the Associate Chair of Research in the Computer & Information Science & Engineering Department at the University of Florida where he leads the Human Centered Computing Lab. With the help of students, the lab works on a variety of issues, including electronic voting, automotive user interfaces, advanced learning technologies, culturally relevant computing or ethnocomputing, and databases and data analytics. He is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement Science (AAAS), an ACM Distinguished Scientist, National Associate of the National Research Council of the National Academies, an ACM Distinguished Speaker and a Senior Member of the IEEE Computer Society. Dr. Gilbert was recently named one of the 50 most important African-Americans in Technology.

JUAN GILBERT, Ph.D.Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Chair and Associate Chair of Research in Computer & Information Science & EngineeringUniversity of Florida

Dr. Tyisha J. Hathorn is the Associate Director of the Office of Graduate Minority Programs (OGMP) at the University of Florida. She received her Ph.D. in Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience from Albany Medical College, and her Masters of Science and Bachelors of Science in Biology from Jackson State University. Prior to holding the position of Associate Director of Office of Graduate Minority Programs, Dr. Tyisha Hathorn was a Postdoctoral Research Assistant. As Associate Director her primary responsibilities are to assist in the recruitment of underrepresented PhD students, coordinate recruitment programs, manage a number of supplemental awards for research and conference travel, and she is also the representative for several diversity fellowships and assistantships.

TYISHA J. HATHORN, Ph.D. - FacilitatorAssociate Director of the Office of Graduate Minority Programs University of Florida

GEM GRAD Lab Keynote and Facilitator


How to Apply for the GEM Fellowship (with tips)

Complete Part I of the Application

After registering, you will be directed to the application form.Answer the questions carefully and accurately and include your resume and unofficial transcript (for each University or college attended after high school). You will need to have your employment and educational history (and, if applicable, information on research experiences) handy to complete the questionnaire. If you cannot answer all the required questions, you can save your draft application and return to the application later to complete.

Register Online at GemFellowship.org

Go to www.gemfellowship.org. Click on the url in the large blue box in the right bar menu to Log In to eGEM. Registering with eGEM creates an account that allows you to work on your application securely, to save draft work, and return later to complete and submit online. After registering, you will receive an e-mail confirmation with information for later use.

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Tips:

1. TYPE IN EACH EMPLOYER you worked for in the on-line application. (Simply attaching a resume and not typing in each past Employer will decrease your chances of receiving the GEM Fellowship).

2. RESUMES: Make sure your resume has been reviewed by a professional, i.e., your campus intern placement staff, English professor, etc. Please make sure you include your GPA on your resume. Please also include key words that describe your skills, like specific computer programs, e.g, MATLAB, interest in a specific research field that may be a different name than your actual major, like “nuclear engineering”, and any skills acquired on past internships e.g., “supply chain”. A polished resume makes a huge difference in the GEM application.

3. GRE SCORES are not required however they are highly recommended. Applicants are however required to answer all of the questions we ask about the GRE, i.e., the date you plan to take it, if you do not plan to take the GRE, why not, etc. as prompted about the GRE. You can scan a copy of your GRE score report to your eGEM application (i.e., you do not have to pay for an additional report). If you choose to list GEM for an additional report our code is 1305.

4. LIST 3 GRADUATE SCHOOLS: Unless you are already in a STEM Ph.D. program (or in the first year of a STEM master’s program) at a GEM school, to submit a complete GEM application you are required to directly apply to at least 3 GEM Member Universities between Nov 15–Jan 15. For Part I, you just have to list the names of 3 schools you will most likely apply to after November 15th. Research the schools to make sure they have a program you are interested in!

Complete Part II of the Application by November 15, 2014

Part II requires you to submit supplemental material:

Statement of Purpose—You must submit at least a one page statement of purpose that outlines your academic, research and/or career goals.For tips go to www.statementofpurpose.com.

Tip: Please focus your statement of purpose on your career/ research goals (i.e., do not focus on your deficiencies in your past, why you would make a great GEM Fellow, etc. focuson the future, how great you will be in your dream highly technical/research area of interest).

Letters of Recommendation—Request directly from 3 faculty members (preferred) or a high level technical manager (who holds a STEM graduate degree) if they are willing to complete an on-line form to strongly recommend you to receive the GEM Fellowship. We will not accept letters via email, fax, or via postal mail, all recommendations must be attached to your electronic eGEM application. At least two of your recommenders must submit their recommendations on-line by 11:59 PM Eastern on November 15th.

Tips:

1. QUICK ON-LINE FORM: Let your recommenders know the on-line form takes five minutes to complete. A letter is not required, however they will have an option to cut and paste a letter as part of their electronic form submission.

2. FACULTY SUBMISSIONS SUGGESTED: Please make sure at least one recommendation form is from a faculty member.

3. STRONGLY RECOMMEND 3 SUBMISSIONS You are asked to submit 3 emails and phone numbers of recommenders. Your application will be complete if at least 2 recommenders submit. However your application is automatically scored higher if you have 3 recommendations on file.

The strict deadline to submit a complete on-line GEM application is 11:59 PM Eastern on November 15th

The deadline to submit your complete GEM application is November 15th. The deadline to submit your STEM graduate application directly to 3 GEM member schools is January 15th.

5. DRAFT: You can save your application as a draft up until question 10 (Part I). Do not go past Part I of the application until you feel your answers are final. To have your application viewed by GEM Employers in our first review round, you must submit Part I by October 1st.

GeM aluMni:Examples of Success

Frank Martinez

Worldwide DirectorDigital Inclusion &

Government PC ProgramsIntel Corporation

Johney B. Green Jr., Ph.D.

Division DirectorFuels, Engines and

Emissions Research CenterOak Ridge National Lab

Christine Ortiz, Ph.D.

Associate ProfessorMaterial Science and Dean

of Graduate EducationMassachusetts Institute of

Technology

Jorge Rivera

Worldwide PresidentSupply Chain

Johnson & Johnson

Robin Coger, Ph.D.

Dean, College of Engineering

North Carolina A&T

S. Keith Hargrove, Ph.D.


Tennessee State University

Darryll Pines, Ph.D.


University of Maryland College Park

Eric Sheppard, Ph.D.


Hampton University

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September 27 October 4 October 4 October 11 October 18

October 18 October 25 To Be Determined November 6 March 2015

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