Graduate Programs

Graduate Students of Color
Dinner/Speaker Series, 2008-09

Inter-University Graduate Students of Color

Dinner/Speaker Series, 2008-09

Past Dinners' Presentations

All dinners will take place on the University of Pittsburgh campus, in the Lower Lounge of the William Pitt Student Union Building at the corner of 5th Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard. Casual attire, please.


Students of color face unique challenges and bring invaluable experiences and perspectives to Carnegie Mellon. A series of inter-university dinners, co-sponsored with the University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne University seeks to sustain graduate students of color at all three institutions. In this highly interactive program, local community leaders will give a very brief description of their background, work environment, mission and goals and then move to structured small-group discussions and exercises with graduate students. Students are encouraged to build broad support networks.

THEME: Making Connections that Challenge

Please note, regarding missing a dinner:
Students who RSVP to attend a dinner and then do not come will not be eligible to attend the next dinner. In order to avoid this unfortunate outcome, should something unavoidable come up, please simply email or call us before the dinner, even if it is last minute, or get in touch with us the next day to let us know what happened. We routinely have to turn students away, for lack of space, and it is a shame to save a seat for someone who doesn't show up, when others would be so happy to attend. Many thanks for your thoughtfulness on this issue.

Register by the deadline noted below at the registration page or by calling x8-7970.


     

Monday, September 29, 6:00-8:00 PM:
Welcome Back Dinner: Connect with Local Foundations
The Challenge: Identifying Funding Connections and Writing Winning Proposals

Register between:
Sept 12 and Sept 24
 

Carmen Anderson, Program Officer, Children, Youth, & Families Program, Heinz Endowments; Yvonne Cook, Vice President for Community & Health Initiatives at Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield; Bomani Howze, Program Officer, Innovation Economy Program, Heinz Endowments; Clyde Jones, President UPMC Health Services Foundation; and Mark Lewis, President and CEO, POISE Foundation

(Music by Tangueros De Ley)
Thursday, November 13th, 6:00-8:00 PM:
Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses
The Challenge: Networking Yourself into the Mainstream

Register between:

Oct 28 and Nov 11
  Janai Williams, Chief Operating Officer & Partner of Ebony Development
January Date, TBD, 6:00-8:00 PM:
Non-Profit Organizations 
What You Bring to the Table 		 Register by: TBD
  Sandra Timmons, President of A Better Chance
February Date, TBD, 6:00-8:00 PM:
Student Discussion: Welcome to the Good Life: What It Means
Moving on Up		 Register by: TBD
  Discussion leaders TBD

April Date, TBD, 6:00-8:00 PM:
Farewell Dinner and Recognition of Those Completing their Degrees
Leaders in the Academy
The Challenge: Roadmap to the Top of the Academy 

 Register by: TBD
 

Academic Leaders TBD
Farewells: Nancy Klancher, Director, Graduate Support Programs Office, Carnegie Mellon and Lorie Osho, Assistant Dean, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pittsburgh