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1st Quarter 2010 In This Issue:
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Alumni Spotlight
In an interview with GEM Alumnus, Kelvin Hawkins, Vice
President IBM Power Systems development, he spoke to us about the
benefits of having an advance degree: Calendar of Events March 19, 2010 |
2009 was a great year! We strategically scaled back our annual conference to a virtual board meeting given economic conditions. But this streamlined approach did not stop us from seeing many of you out in the field at diversity national conferences and at GEM’s signature program, GRAD Lab (Getting Ready for Advanced Degree Laboratory). And how can we forget we moved into our permanent home in Alexandria, Virginia. Thanks to all of you who were able to attend the building dedication! View the 2009 Year In Review Slideshow!
We Need You!
Have you logged into eGEM yet? If not, join your
University colleagues in accessing over 1,000 under-represented STEM
applicants who wish to pursue graduate school. Many GEM University
representatives are using the GEM database to offer application waivers,
admission offers and funding assistantships outside of the GEM
Fellowship program. We would like to thank Dr. Lindvall and Dr. Stith
for their active use of eGEM as well as their constructive criticisms
and compliments as we continue to work to develop the system to meet the
return on investment of our University members. Dr. Lindvall
indicated "Northwestern's Leverage your GEM membership, log into eGEM today! Simply go to www.gemfellowship.org, click on Login to eGEM, sign in with your email and password, then click on ‘Verify Applicant’ to tell us if the student(s) listed have applied, not applied or if they’ve been accepted. As applicants are confirmed by GEM Employers, and the applicant indicates he/she plans to attend your University, we will send you a "GEM University Confirmation Form" to confirm that (1) you are willing to sponsor the applicant per the GEM University agreement, and (2) the applicant has indeed been accepted into one of your STEM graduate departments. Applicants are not confirmed as GEM Fellows until both the GEM Employer and the GEM University have confirmed sponsorship. We will announce all 2010 fellow recipients once they all have been confirmed by April. If you have questions about this process please contact us at 703-562-3646 or email info@gemfellowship.org.
GEM Employers are actively interviewing 2010 GEM Applicants for internships as part of the GEM Fellowship program. In parallel to this selection effort, we ask that you log into a focus group conference call to further discuss the evolution of the GEM internship model as introduced at the 2009 GEM Annual Board Meeting in October. Please check your email for dates, times and call-in information. Below are currently scheduled times. Friday, March 19th at 12 PM Eastern |
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In
the 4th Quarter of 2009 The National GEM Consortium and Hispanic College Fund,
entered
into a Memorandum of Understanding to promote graduate and career
education in engineering and science to a larger audience and to advance
the achievement of the mission of each organization. The Hispanic
College Fund will encourage 50 of their scholars to apply to the GEM
Fellowship. We will also work to match 20 GEM Fellows with HCF Scholars
to serve as mentors to encourage them to complete the undergraduate
program and go on to an advance degree. HCF Students will participate in
our GEM summer webinars series to get information on the GEM Fellowship.
New & Improved - eGEM!