Program HighlightsDr. Alec Gallimore, Co-PI

Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Aerospace EngineeringAssociate Dean, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies

The University of Michigan

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Michigan AGEP Alliance (MAA)Institutions

Michigan State University (MSU)University of Michigan (UM)Wayne State University (WSU)Western Michigan University (WMU)

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Notable Programs AGEP Postdoctoral FellowshipsMentoring

AGEP Scholars Mentoring ProgramMORE (Mentoring Others Results in Excellence)

HBCU OutreachAGEP Community BuildingMAA ConferencesRecruitmentMega Midwest AGEP Conference (with other alliances)

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Postdoctoral Fellowship ProgramProgram began September 2007Provides research opportunity with teaching option for recent

Ph.D.’s in STEM fields One-year appointment, renewable for a second yearEmployment Package

$55,000 annual salary with full health benefits $5,000 for research and travel expenses

Faculty and college cost-share with MAA to support postdocStrong faculty mentoring is a major criterion for selection

7 fellows in engineering and the physical sciences 2 or 3 new fellows starting this fall

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Advanced AGEP scholars mentor First- and Second-year Ph.D. students

Goals:• Increase student satisfaction and retention• Enhance student skills for graduate school and beyond• Develop meaningful connections between new and more

experienced students Currently >70 active mentor-protégée pairsOne-on-one mentoring and group meetings monthly

throughout academic yearTopics covered at group meetings include The Imposter

Syndrome, Finding an Advisor, and Stress Management

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AGEP Scholars Mentoring

Mission To support and enhance graduate student mentoring to

improve retention, productivity, and overall student successTo equip faculty, students, and staff with the best tools and

practices for mentoring

Scope Eight STEM faculty members led by a social scientist provide

workshops, material, and consultationResults oriented and data driven approachCurrently serving engineering, physical and health sciences,

and environmental sciencesFuture plans to expand to other disciplines

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HBCU OutreachCampus Visitation Programs:

Michigan State University — Enhance-Your-Future Conference Western Michigan University— HBCU Visitation Program2-3 days on campus Include HBCU faculty (MSU) and student (MSU, WMU) participation Workshops Meetings with faculty members in student’s area of interestMeetings with current doctoral students

AUC Dual-Degree in Engineering Program (UM)Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP)Seed funding for specialized science Master’s program (recruiting)

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AGEP Community Building Purpose: promote fellowship, hone research presentation skills, support

interdisciplinary dialogue, and facilitate student-faculty interaction

Michigan AGEP Learning Community (MSU) Monthly meetings Informal research presentations Students and faculty interaction

Michigan AGEP Scholars Seminar Series (UM) Monthly meetings Formal research presentations and 5-Minute “Chalk Talks” “AGEP Distinguished Researcher” sessions

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MAA Conferences Goal: Develop a community of scholars across allianceOne alliance-wide conference each Fall and Spring termRotated among alliance campuses with themes:

Pathways to the Ph.D. Conflict Resolution Preparing Future Faculty Diversity in the Classroom Everything You Need to Know about Postdocs Entrepreneurship Writing Your Dissertation (Spring 2009)

Migrated from weekends to Thursday night format with great success

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Alliance-Wide RecruitmentAlliance-Wide Recruiting

Goal: leverage strengths, characteristics, and resources of MAA universities by recruiting as an alliance

Pros: Increased number of recruiting events possible, and projection of state-wide community to prospective students

Cons: MAA booth recruiting proved to be confusing to prospective students

Conclusion: Ineffective method of recruiting that we abandoned two years ago

Result: MAA shifted focus to retention, campus-centric recruiting, and professional development

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Mega Midwest AGEP Conference (MMAC)

February 7-9, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois Collaborative effort among 4 AGEP alliances representing

18 universitiesCUNY/Michigan Alliance (SBES)Great Lakes Alliances for Social & Behavioral Sciences (SBES)Michigan AGEP Alliance (STEM)Midwest Crossroads Alliance (STEM)

Participants~200 students ~50 faulty members and industry representatives

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MMAC Conference DesignConference Goals

To create an innovative collaborative effort among alliancesFoster multi-alliance community-building among studentsProvide sessions focused on professional development for students at varying stages

in their doctoral programsPlenary sessions and concurrent workshops

4 plenary sessionsNearly 35 workshops (most popular ones repeated)

Career fair Representatives from both academia and industry

Participants gave the conference an overall rating of 4.3 on a 5-point scale, with 5 being “excellent”

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MMAC Participant Comments“Conferences such as these are greatly needed and appreciated by scholars

of color. Please keep up the great work you are doing to assist scholars of color to learn and master the process of acquiring their Ph.D.'s.”

“I had an interest in many of the workshops and looked forward to the opportunity for networking (with) across so many disciplines and universities. Being hosted in Chicago was an added benefit.”

“The sessions about how to navigate through specific milestones as a professional (e.g. graduate school courses, grant writing, conflict resolutions). These specific sessions provided skills and helpful examples that were applicable across a variety of disciplines.”

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YOUR THOUGHTS?

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Programs Unique to CampusesAGEP Learning Community - MSUFrequent Flyer Program - UMDean’s Diversity Fellowship - WSUAGEP Fellowship - WMU

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Postdoctoral FellowshipPartners

Faculty PI contributes a minimum of $15KCollege of Engineering College of Literature Sciences and the Arts

Scope7 postdoctoral fellowsDepartments: Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical

Engineering, Material Science Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry

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Publications 3 In Preparation Stage

Applied Optics Journal of Fluids Engineering Journal of the American Helicopter Society

7 Submitted International Journal of Solids and Structures (Accepted) Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (in press Journal of Colloid Interfacial Science (November 2008) Journal of Fluid Mechanics (January 2009) Journal of Intelligent Materials Systems and Structure (December 2008) Journal of Rheology (in press)

3 Published AIAA Journal (January 2009) Journal of the American Helicopter Society (January 2009) Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine (November 2008)

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Conference Presentations, Awards & Future Plans

Conferences61st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid DynamicsAcoustical Society of America 156th MeetingExperimental Biology/American Physiological Society Annual MeetingNational Meeting of the American Chemical Society57th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry

AwardsAmerican Physiological Society Minority Scientist Travel FellowshipBeginning Investigator Award from the American Physiological SocietyDistinguished Athletic Trainer AwardPerrin Doctoral Dissertation Award

Future Plans 5 are in renewal stage 1 Naval Surface Warfare Center—Caderock Division 1 Returning to home state due to family matters.

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Michigan AGEP Scholars Mentoring Peer and near-peer

Mentoring Others Results in Excellence (MORE)Faculty Consultations, Presentations and workshopsStudent Training

MAA Mentoring Programs

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Advanced AGEP scholars mentor First- and Second-year Ph.D. students

First- and Second-Year Ph.D. students King/Chavez/Parks Scholars LSAMP scholarsUrban Scholars Leaders

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AGEP Scholars Mentoring

MORE 2008-2009 ActivitiesWorkshops

“Effective Mentoring” (New AGEP Mentors 2008)“Pathways to the Ph.D.” (MAA Fall Conference 2008)“Mentoring in the Research Lab” Mentoring Best Practices and Positive Mentor/Mentee

Interactions (Wayne State University, March 2009)“Provost Seminar on Mentoring” (May 2009) “Mentoring in the Graduate School Experience” (incoming

Ph.D. students 2008) Web Resources

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Recruitment on Individual Campuses

Campus visitation programs Preview WeekendsCollaboration with Student Organizations

AGEP support for Department and Faculty recruitmentGrad Fairs and Conferences

NSBE, SHPE, ABRCMS, SACNAS, California Diversity Forum, Big 10 Graduate School Expo, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, MAES

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