GRAD Lab encourages young people of color to consider graduate engineering or science education and applying for the GEM fellowship. Focusing on the global importance of research and innovation, life-long career benefits, and real world role models the symposium 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. GRAD Lab is GEM’s portable and scalable solution for developing diverse technical talent with advanced degrees.

Agenda  for Friday, September 25, 2015

12:30-7:00 PM   Registration/Snacks/Pre-Survey

2:00-3:00 PM      Texas A&M University Graduate and Professional Studies Overview

3:00-4:45 PM      Campus Departmental and Laboratory Tours

5:00-6:00 PM      Co-host Universities Information Session [Prairie View; Rice; TAMU]

6:00-6:30 PM      Interactive Game/Trivia/Icebreaker re: Grad School or co-sponsor info given during info session; Possible grad student interaction or research overview; Alt. Research Overviews

6:30-7:30 PM      Dinner (Speaker Courtney Hall from Chevron);

GRAD Lab encourages young people of color to consider graduate engineering or science education and applying for the GEM fellowship. Focusing on the global importance of research and innovation, life-long career benefits, and real world role models the symposium 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. GRAD Lab is GEM’s portable and scalable solution for developing diverse technical talent with advanced degrees.

Agenda for Saturday, September 26, 2015

8:00 AM       Registration/Breakfast/Pre-Survey

9:00 AM               Welcome and Introductions (Speaker from TAMU: Dr. César Malavé)

9:15 AM               Session 1: Why Graduate School? (Dr. Howard Adams)

10:15 AM             BREAK [Snacks/Beverages]

10:30 AM             Session 2: How to Apply to Graduate School (Dr. Michael Smith)

11:30 AM             Lunch Break and Graduate Fair [Maybe select grad students eat at tables with students]

1:15 PM                Session 3: How to Fund Graduate School (Dr. Patty Lopez)

2:15 PM                BREAK [Snacks/Beverages]

2:30 PM                Session 4: Voices from the Field (Moderator Dr. Samuel Merriweather, Texas A&M University System Louis Stokes Alliance Minority Participation (LSAMP); Rice GEM  Recipient: CJ Barberan; TAMU GEM Recipient: Andrea Delgado – Physics; TAMU GEM Recipient: Folami Alamudun – Computer Science)

3:15 PM                Closing Remarks/Post Survey/Raffle

3:30 PM                End of Program

A panel of students will share information about their Summer 2015 internship experiences: how they found their internship; what they did during the internship; how they managed housing and relocating; and their advice and suggestions for other students who will be seeking a Summer 2016 internship.

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Time 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Link to Event: http://calendar.tamu.edu/?y=2015&m=11&d=05&eventdatetime_id=21345&