Graduate Programs

Graduate Students of Color
Dinner/Speaker Series, 2009-10

Inter-University Graduate Students of Color

Dinner/Speaker Series, 2009-10

Past Dinners' Presentations

Dinners will alternate between the Carnegie Mellon and University of Pittsburgh campuses. Locations and times below. 
Carnegie Mellon dinners will be held in the University Center (UC), East Campus.
University of Pittsburgh dinners will be held in the William Pitt Student Union Building which is located at the corner of 5th Ave and Bigelow Blvd. 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, members of our university communities will provide advice, mentoring, and share their experiences through talks, panels, discussions, and exercises with graduate students. Students are encouraged to build broad support networks.

THEME: Finding Resources in Your Own Backyard

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, October 5, 6:00-8:00 PM:
WELCOME BACK DINNER, POETRY READING, AND FACULTY PANEL:
"COMMITTING TO THE WORK: The Purpose, Potential and Promise of Academic Work"

Pitt Student Union Bldg
Registration is now closed
 

First, a poetry reading by CMU Professor of Creative Writing, Terrance Hayes
Then, a CMU and Pitt faculty of color panel will speak to questions of purpose and potential in academic work.

Tuesday, November 10th, 6:00-8:00 PM:
FUNDING THE WORK: Star Grant-Writers Share Their Secrets

Connan Room, UC
Register between:
Oct 29 and Nov 6
  Faculty and graduate students who have successfully raised money for their research and/or projects will speak about how they did it. We will have representation from a variety of academic fields.
Speakers: Dr. Marios Savvides, Assistant Research Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at CMU; and Dr. Edda Fields-Black, Associate Professor of History at CMU

End of January dinner (date TBD), 6:00-8:00 PM:
STAYING STRONG FOR THE WORK: Time Management, Stress Management, Health Management

 Location TBD
Register between:
Jan 11 and Jan 22
 
Resource personnel from both universities who work with students on degree requirements (advisors), psychological support, and healthcare. Speakers TBD.
Thursday, February 25th, 5:00-7:00 PM:
A BREAK FROM THE WORK (CMU-only event): Mid-winter mixer! 		 Connan Room, UC
Register between:
Feb 11 and Feb 22
  Co-hosted by GPO and student organizations, TBD

Wednesday, April 14th, 6:00-8:00 PM:
CHANNELING THE WORK WHERE IT IS NEEDED: What Are Your Next Steps and Where Will Your Work Serve? AND: Farewell Dinner and Recognition of Those Completing their Degrees 

 Connan Room, UC
Register between:
March 31 and Apr 12
 

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