| May 27, 2020 UTA earns diversity award from American Society for Engineering Education | The University of Texas at Arlington’s College of Engineering earned a Bronze Award—the highest level of recognition—from the American Society for Engineering Education’s Diversity Recognition Program. The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) created the Diversity Recognition Program to honor engineering colleges that make significant, measurable progress in increasing diversity, inclusion and degree attainment outcomes in their programs. Twenty-five universities were recognized for the fall 2019/spring 2020 period. Read more here… |
| March 5, 2020 Sara Xayarath Hernández (Cornell) in the Chronicle of Higher Education | In the Chronicle’s recent publication on holistic review, entitled, A Promising Practice: Holistic Review in U.S. Graduate Education, Cornell Graduate School’s Associate Dean for Inclusion and Student Engagement Sara Xayarath Hernández says, “Our directors of graduate studies are very engaged. Many are willing to consider ways in which they cannot only improve their admissions practices, but also how they can contribute to creating more inclusive research and learning environments.” |
| February 28, 2020 Luis Colón (University at Buffalo) Recognized |  A generation of Puerto Rican chemists has thrived in Buffalo with Luis Colón as a mentor The names on the wall of Luis Colón’s lab say it all. Penned mostly in black ink, written by hand, some are recent. Others are from years back. Some are in block letters. Others announce themselves in striking cursive script. Ivonne M. Ferrer Lassala, PhD. Karina Tirado González, PhD. José M. Cintrón, PhD. Lisandra Santiago-Capeles, PhD. Glorimar Vicente Crescioni, PhD. And on and on. Read full story here… |
| November 1, 2019 Networked Improvement Communities, Complex Adaptive Systems and the Learning Analytics Research Collaborative | Webinar Date: November 1, 4:00-5:00pm Eastern (1:00-2:00pm Pacific) In this interactive webinar, George Rehrey will discuss the relationship between the theory of Complex Adaptive Systems in Higher Education (Siemens et al. 2019) and the Learning Analytics Research Collaborative (LARC), one of the four Research Action Clusters within the BVA. Led by Indiana University Bloomington, the other BVA institutions engaged in the LARC are the University of British Columbia, the University of California Davis, the University of Kansas, and the University of Saskatchewan. Rehrey will share narratives that highlight some of the commonalties and differences between the various learning analytic programs at each these school, and how they can be framed within Molinaro’s Cycle of Progress for Sustainable Change (2018). No need to register in advance, please join by Zoom call using the link or phone numbers below. Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/360273393 Dial: +1 647 558 0588 Canada +1 669 900 6833 USMeeting ID: 360 273 39 |
| October 29, 2019 University of Georgia’s Graduate School Hosts My Voice My Story | The UGA Graduate School hosted a workshop for faculty where the group learned about considering the diverse backgrounds of students and how that should factor into their mentorship. |
| October 28, 2019 Cornell Prepares Future Faculty | gradschool.cornell.edu/announcements/nextgen-prepares-future-professors/ |
| April 10, 2019 My Voice, My Story in the news at Cornell University | gradschool.cornell.edu/announcements/using-stories-toward-greater-inclusion/ |
| April 9, 2019 Holistic Review Training at UMD: Grad Programs Share Best Practices | gradschool.umd.edu/newsroom/4763 |
| March 20, 2019 Postdoc Training at UMD | gradschool.umd.edu/newsroom/4749 |
| 2019 AGEP Research Meeting May 19 – 21, 2019 Coeur D’Alene, Idaho | https://www.uidaho.edu/cogs/agep2019 |
| February 28, 2019 Story about Postdoc in Academe | https://gradschool.umd.edu/newsroom/katherinejoyner |
| December 12, 2018 East Coast Holistic Review Institute University of Maryland, College Park | https://gradschool.umd.edu/newsroom/4653 |
| December 10, 2018 Mentoring Cornell University | https://gradschool.cornell.edu/announcements/alumna-addresses-importance-of-mentoring/ |
| October 10, 2018 Cornell University | http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2018/10/de-emphasize-gres-look-broadly-new-phd-students-expert |
| May 18, 2018 Story about Latina Graduate Student | https://gradschool.umd.edu/newsroom/vivianacordero |