FYI. Particularly of interest to anyone
considering MD/PhD programs.
Dear LSAMP
Colleagues:
The
Indiana University Graduate School would like to make you aware of our
fall recruitment program, "Getting You into IU" for
promising minority students who are underrepresented in doctoral studies in the
natural and physical sciences, mathematics and technology disciplines. The
recruitment event will held Wednesday, October 1 through Saturday, October 4,
2008, at Indiana University on the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses.
Invited
students will participate in a number of activities designed to provide insight
into life as a graduate student and allow them to make an informed decision
about pursuing their graduate degree at IU. Recruits will also be paired
up with current graduate students from their prospective graduate program. Indiana University Graduate School will provide all
travel, lodging, and meals for the students selected for this program.
We invite
faculty, research scientists and other mentors to nominate undergraduate or
masters-level students wanting to apply to a PhD program listed below:
Astrophysics, Bloomington campus
Biology, Bloomington campus
·
Evolution,
Ecology and Behavior
·
Molecular
Biology and Genetics
Biochemistry,
Bloomington campus
Biostatistics,
Indianapolis campus
Biophysics,
Bloomington campus
Chemical
Physics, Bloomington campus
Cognitive
Science, Bloomington campus
Computer Science,
Bloomington campus
Environmental
Science, Bloomington campus
Geological
Sciences, Bloomington campus
Informatics,
Bloomington campus
Informatics, Indianapolis campus
Information Science,
Bloomington campus
Mathematics, Bloomington
campus
Mathematical
Physics, Bloomington campus
Medical Sciences, Indianapolis
campus
·
Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology
·
Biomolecular Imaging and Medical
Biophysics
·
Cellular and Integrative
Physiology
·
Medical and Molecular
Genetics
·
Pathology and
Laboratory Medicine
Neuroscience,
Bloomington campus
"Getting You into
IU" is sponsored in part by the National
Science Foundation's Midwest Crossroads Alliance for Graduate Education and the
Professoriate (AGEP) program at IU. This program is designed to encourage
underrepresented minority students who are competitively eligible for Ph.D.
programs in the STEM disciplines to apply to Indiana University.
The recruitment program includes:
Applications
are invited from LSAMP students who are US citizens and permanent
residents.
Thursday, August 28, 2008, is the deadline
for faculty, research scientists and other mentors to recommend students for
the "Getting You into IU"
program. To recommend your LSAMP students on-line, fill out the
online recommendation form at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=7u6mrVeSV4o2tB0kClH3TA_3d_3d.
Please let your students know that you have recommended them, and inform them
that their on-line applications must be completed at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=HNSPDez1mqjzl9kkHbm6bA_3d_3d.
Selections will be based on their area of academic interest, space
availability and application date.
Thank you
for your commitment to broaden participation in the STEM disciplines.
Please contact Christy Campoll, AGEP Program Administrator, at (812) 855-4039
or [log in to unmask]
should you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Yolanda
Treviņo, Ph.D.
Director
of Midwest Crossroads IU AGEP and
Assistant
Dean
Indiana
University Graduate School
Kirkwood
Hall 111
130 S.
Woodlawn Avenue
Bloomington,
IN 47405-7104
Tel:
812-855-5697
Fax:
812-855-4266
--
Kaleefa Munroe
Coordinator, Black Male Initiative
Hunter College, #1239 East
695 Park Avenue
New York, NY, 10065
(212) 650-3458
All programs and activities of the Black Male Initiative are open to all
academically eligible students, faculty and staff, without regard to race,
gender, national origin or other characteristic.