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1. Conference Update
2. GEM
News
3. Fellows & Alumni
4.
Recruiting | |
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Conference and Gala registration available
soon.
A sponsorship information sheet,
conference brochure, and 30th anniversary Gala invitation
are in final production at press time. The
brochure and invitation allow individuals to
reserve full conference registration and Gala
ticketing at an all-inclusive
cost.
At the group level, members and other supporters of
GEM's mission may choose from six
sponsorship categories with attractive branding
benefits, as well as included conference and Gala
reservations.
As you receive these materials
or download from GEM's web site ,
consider who else would benefit from attending this
milestone event. This will be one of the most
interactive and important GEM conferences you've
experienced. Be sure to include your
peers in this dynamic discussion to solve the Quiet
Crisis. |
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Graduates...GEM Certificates are
here!
You may have graduated
December 2005 or 1995 but if you did not forward a final
transcript you will not receive a GEM
Certificate of Completion. On attractive heavy
weight stock and updated with GEM's new logo a
certificate honors the completion of your
GEM-funded advanced degree. So confirm your
graduation via a final transcript. It only takes a
few minutes to update your
profile and complete a brief survey of your
GEM experience. In return you will receive a
lasting recognition to display next to your
diploma. Soon-to-be graduate? Put a
final transcript to GEM on your "to-do"
list.
I want my GEM
Certificate of Completion
now! |
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Fellows arriving soon?
Get GEM publications.
Spring is the time to check your
stock of GEM publications and re-order--before GEM
Fellows arrive for internships or on campus.
Employers may choose from
titles including "Your Internship is as Good as You
Make It" and "Transitioning New Hires into the
Workplace".
University members should find
"Recruiting Graduate Students" and "Making the Grade:
Survival Strategy 101" helpful in attracting, mentoring,
and retaining diverse students.
Placing your order is simple. View all GEM
publications as part of your success strategy for
welcoming new and returning GEM Fellows.
GEM publication search |
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Former GEM Presidents to
Moderate Conference
Forums
Kurt Landgraf, CEO of
Educational Testing Services, and John A. White,
PhD, Chancellor of the University of Arkansas, will
moderate key forums addressing solving the "Quiet
Crisis" in graduate STEM degree attainment Thursday,
June 29.
Landgraf will moderate the
Technology Officer Forum, scheduled for 10:30 am to
Noon. He served as president of
GEM 2002-2003.
White will direct
discussion during the University Officer Forum from
1:30-3:00 pm. He was president of GEM from
1993-1995.
During these forums, and throughout
the conference experience, thought leaders from
industry, academia, and government will focus on
how stakeholders
can best direct human and capital resources to resolve a
problem of increasing urgency—the Quiet Crisis in
the attainment of STEM degrees, particularly among our
nation’s native-born, historically underrepresented
ethnic groups.
The goal of “GEM @ 30: A National Imperative” is
developing GEM’s advocacy position and leadership role
in addressing this crisis as well as forming
action-oriented alliances to advance diversity in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
disciplines and careers.
Read one of the latest
articles on the Quiet Crisis by invited speaker and
President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Shirley
Ann Jackson, PhD, here . Jackson also
authored the report “The Quiet Crisis: Falling Short in
Producing American Scientific and Technical Talent,” as
chair of BEST’s (Building Engineering and Science
Talent) Blue Ribbon Panel on Higher Education. The
report, shown above, was provided at GEM's 2004
conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. |
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GEM News
The Executive Committee announces
the formation of an Advisory Board, a first for the
organization.
A
result of last year's strategic planning
process, Dolores Calicchio (PSGAUS, J&J) chair
of the Organizational Capacity Committee and executive
director Michele Lezama are leading the effort to
seat a high-level
advisory board of advocates having the primary goal of assisting
in fundraising for long-term and significant increases in
the number of GEM fellowship awards made
annually.
Having a structure and purpose in
place nominees are being contacted now and
the Advisory Board will be introduced at the June anniversary conference.
GEM representatives are encouraged to forward additional names for consideration based on
the following:
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Important criterion for advisory
board members include having significant influence in
foundation, corporate, government, or academic arenas,
and that an institution or high net-worth individuals
would give significant fellowship
support.
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This board will be
composed of persons from diverse ethnic, gender, and
professional backgrounds.
Please submit nominees who meet the
criteria above and those you are aware would be willing
to contribute to GEM as described in the Advisory Board
forwarded to members earlier this year to Dolores Calicchio, at
dcalicc2@psgaus.jnj.com
and copy Michele Lezama at mlezama@nd.edu. |
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Fellows & Alumni
Powtawche N. Williams (MS E),
PhD, is one of four GEM alumni featured in the
Winter/Spring issue of Diversity/Careers in
Engineering & Information Technology.
Williams is cited as the first Native American to
receive a doctorate in mechanical engineering from Rice
University. She now conducts research for Johns
Hopkins University Applied Physics laboratory.
Also in this issue are industrial
engineer Sol Fontanes (MS E) employed by Walt Disney
World in Orlando, Ron Jackson (MS E) a Ford intern now
completing the company's graduate rotation program in
Dearborn, and Amira (Ghoniem) Koerner (MS E) a member of
the technical staff at her GEM internship employer
Aerospace Corporation.
Please send your alumni news to The Network
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March Recruiting
GEM will enjoy a
prominent presence at NSBE's 2006 Annual Convention
to prime the graduate school and
fellowship applicant pipelines.
Executive Director Michele Lezama will deliver
the opening welcome at the Graduate School Conference
(GSC) breakfast at 7:00 am Thursday, March 30 and GEM
will also host the panel "Funding Your Graduate
Education" from 2:00-3:30 pm that day. GEM Fellows
will be featured at the April 1 "Graduate
Student Panel" from 1:00-2:30 pm. Check on-site
agendas for locations. Be sure to attend these
events to support your organization's or institution's
partnership with GEM.
Registrants will also
find a GEM recruitment flyer in their conference
bag, 10,000 registration bags and fellowship
information and promotional items will be included
in more than 500 GSC bags.
Visit GEM staff,
current Fellows, and alumni at Booth #1308 at the Career
Fair. It is not too late to receive your
Recruiting Kit, including a GEM button and
brochures. Contact
us for yours now.
GEM representatives: If
you are attending NSBE for your organization or
institution be sure to display your GEM member
sign. We can provide you with brochures, t-shirts,
pens, and lapel pins. If other staff will attend,
checking that he or she is familiar with the recruiting
benefits of the fellowship is a smart practice to
leverage the GEM partnership.
Upcoming Recruiting Events
April:
NOBCChE
Traveling to LA next month?
Request a Recruiting Kit.
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