On behalf of the
Multicultural Center and the Diversity Week Planning Committee, we
are extending an invitation to all departments and graduate
programs to nominate graduate students to participate in the 1st
Annual Promising Scholars: Graduate Student Symposium on
Diversity. The symposium is sponsored jointly
by the URI Multicultural Center and the Psychology Department
during Diversity Week, October 1-5, 2001. Selected nominees will
be asked to conduct a brief presentation featuring their scholarly
research during the symposium program
and will receive a certificate of recognition. Please
lend your support by encouraging faculty to nominate promising and
deserving graduate students, and by attending the symposium.
Goals:
To RECOGNIZE graduate students in various disciplines
as
promising scholars whose scholarly research contributes to our
knowledge of diversity and promotes multicultural understanding.
To ENCOURAGE graduate students at URI to consider the
important influences of culture and diversity in thesis
and
dissertation research.
To PROMOTE interdisciplinary linkages between departments
and programs around multicultural and diversity issues in ways
that
enhance the graduate student experience.
When: Monday,
October 1, 2001, at 3:30 ¨C 5:45 p.m.
Where:
Multicultural Center, Hardge Forum
Eligibility: Graduate students from all disciplines
are eligible to participate. Graduate program or department
faculty must nominate students
using the attached form. Nominees
should be currently enrolled and
in good standing in their respective programs, and engaging
in scholarly research appropriate to their field.
Graduate students at
all levels are welcome, however those students whose thesis or
dissertation research projects are in progress or completed are
encouraged to participate. The symposium is particularly designed
to recognize students whose research has the potential for
contributing to our knowledge of human diversity and promoting
multicultural understanding.
Nominations: Nominations
are due no later than
August 31st, 2001.
Return attached form to the Diversity
Week Symposium
Committee, Multicultural Center, 74 Lower College Road,
OR submit online : nomination form.
Selection:
The Diversity Week Planning Committee will review all
nominations
and students with appropriate research topics will be
notified and invited to participate.
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