Graduate Track
The Value of Being a SHPE Graduate Leader
Robert Godinez: SHPE Region 3 Graduate Representative
Strategies for Successful Graduate Fellowship Applications
Dr. Linda Figueroa: Associate Professor, Colorado School of Mines
Graduate Level Preparation of a CV
Lin Sherman: Assistant Director & Director of Recruitment, Colorado School of Mines.
Lin will be covering the Graduate level preparation of a CV for varied application purposes (industry or academic position), introduction to LinkedIn (as well as promotion of using their home career services offices and other resources); in addition she will offer the “bonus” of getting ready for the Saturday lunch networking event (the 30 second introduction).
The Dilution of Academic Neighborhoods in an Emerging Era of Stolen Mentors
Dr. Mark Hernandez: Professor, University of Colorado-Boulder.
Mentors can be passive or active, and whether we realize it or not, many of us will engage a network of mentoring systems throughout our lives. Such networks are now well established in our social interactions, which are increasingly influenced by electronic media. In the internet age however, we are less likely to formally engage mentors to enrich our academic training or otherwise leverage our professional goals. In elite academic cultures, this was not the case of previous generations―particularly in technical graduate schools where apprentice relationships were a formalized part of the educational experience, and mentor lineages were carefully tracked and valued. In many academic neighborhoods, the expanding continuum of extramural demands on research advisors have come to effectively dilute classical “mentorship” practices, and the hierarchy of many research universities does realistically incent this local value in the modern tenure process. In response to this growing phenomenon, this presentation will provide an overview to help STEM students identify and approach some of the most critical decisions in their lives: deciding who to entrust with their visions, and who has the skill, availability and desire to forward them in the academic and professional world. In the context of our nation’s critical need for scientists and engineers, the upside of finding, investing and leveraging professional mentors will be presented.
Writing a Successful Journal Article
Dr. Lupita Montoya: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado-Boulder.
Dr. Montoya has extensive experience publishing (including with undergraduates), has been on many leadership positions (as student and as professional), she will go through the steps and process of writing a successful journal article. She is currently in the process of publishing one paper where an undergraduate Latino engineering student is the first author.
Research Symposium (open to graduate and undergraduate students)
Each student in attendance will have the opportunity to give a 5 minute presentation of their current research followed by a 2 minute Q&A. All those interested should email their abstract to Robert Godinez at [email protected] with the title: Research Symposium Abstract.
Robert Godinez: SHPE Region 3 Graduate Representative
Strategies for Successful Graduate Fellowship Applications
Dr. Linda Figueroa: Associate Professor, Colorado School of Mines
Graduate Level Preparation of a CV
Lin Sherman: Assistant Director & Director of Recruitment, Colorado School of Mines.
Lin will be covering the Graduate level preparation of a CV for varied application purposes (industry or academic position), introduction to LinkedIn (as well as promotion of using their home career services offices and other resources); in addition she will offer the “bonus” of getting ready for the Saturday lunch networking event (the 30 second introduction).
The Dilution of Academic Neighborhoods in an Emerging Era of Stolen Mentors
Dr. Mark Hernandez: Professor, University of Colorado-Boulder.
Mentors can be passive or active, and whether we realize it or not, many of us will engage a network of mentoring systems throughout our lives. Such networks are now well established in our social interactions, which are increasingly influenced by electronic media. In the internet age however, we are less likely to formally engage mentors to enrich our academic training or otherwise leverage our professional goals. In elite academic cultures, this was not the case of previous generations―particularly in technical graduate schools where apprentice relationships were a formalized part of the educational experience, and mentor lineages were carefully tracked and valued. In many academic neighborhoods, the expanding continuum of extramural demands on research advisors have come to effectively dilute classical “mentorship” practices, and the hierarchy of many research universities does realistically incent this local value in the modern tenure process. In response to this growing phenomenon, this presentation will provide an overview to help STEM students identify and approach some of the most critical decisions in their lives: deciding who to entrust with their visions, and who has the skill, availability and desire to forward them in the academic and professional world. In the context of our nation’s critical need for scientists and engineers, the upside of finding, investing and leveraging professional mentors will be presented.
Writing a Successful Journal Article
Dr. Lupita Montoya: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado-Boulder.
Dr. Montoya has extensive experience publishing (including with undergraduates), has been on many leadership positions (as student and as professional), she will go through the steps and process of writing a successful journal article. She is currently in the process of publishing one paper where an undergraduate Latino engineering student is the first author.
Research Symposium (open to graduate and undergraduate students)
Each student in attendance will have the opportunity to give a 5 minute presentation of their current research followed by a 2 minute Q&A. All those interested should email their abstract to Robert Godinez at [email protected] with the title: Research Symposium Abstract.