National Mentoring Community Conference

Schedule

The APS National Mentoring Community Conference will bring together expert speakers and facilitators from industry and academia, leading inspiring sessions and workshops for mentors and mentees alike.

All workshops and activities will be held at the Fairwinds Alumni Center at 12676 Gemini Boulevard North, Orlando, FL.

Thursday, February 6
Friday, February 7
Saturday, February 8

12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.	HBCU & BSI Chairs Summit 2020 (Separate registration is required)
12:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.	Tour: Kennedy Space Center (Optional, limited slots)

7:30 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.	Shuttles from conference hotels to Fairwinds Alumni Center every 15 minutes. View shuttle schedule
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Registration opens Room: Fairwinds Lobby
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Breakfast Room: Grand Ballroom
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Parallel Workshops Workshop 1A: Creating Effective Resumes for Physics Careers (Student) Speaker: Crystal Bailey View presentation Workshop 1B: Departmental Inclusivity Resources (Faculty) Speakers: Mario Borunda, Arianna Long, Talat Rahman, Monica Plisch View presentation Workshop 1C: Grad School 101: Is Grad School for Me? (Student) Speakers: Chance Barrett, Leslie Davis, Jose Mendoza-Cortez Workshop 1D: Student Oral Presentations Room: SGA Boardroom
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Coffee Break Room: Grand Ballroom
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	Conference Welcome and Opening View presentation
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Lunch Room: Grand Ballroom
12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m.	Plenary I: A Wrinkle In Spacetime: Connecting Gravitational Waves and Albert Einstein with Blackfoot Culture Speaker: Corey Gray View presentation
1:05 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.	Parallel Workshops Workshop 2A: Navigating academic spaces to advance your physics career (Student) Speakers: Tommy Boykin, Charles Brown, Jessica Esquivel View presentation Workshop 2B: Advising students about non-academic career paths (Faculty) Speakers: Crystal Bailey, Jami Valentine-Miller, Myriam Newman View presentation Workshop 2C: Finding and Leveraging Undergraduate Research Experiences (Student) Room: Ballroom C Speakers: Camillo Mariani, Cristian Lacera, Zhi Liao, Julie Malicoat Workshop 2D: Poster Set Up Room: SGA Boardroom
2:20 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	Coffee Break (transition to poster set-up)
2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.	Parallel Workshops Workshop 3A: Getting the Most out of Your Mentoring Relationship (Faculty and Student) Speakers: Liza Chang View presentation Workshop 3B: Collective Tools for Empowered Mentoring (Faculty) Room: Ballroom B Speakers: Nicole Cabrera-Salazar Workshop 3C: Grad School 102: Applying and Thriving (Student) Speakers: Tommy Boykin, Lance Cooper, Abdelkader Kara View presentation Workshop 3C: Student Oral Presentations Room: SGA Board Room Workshop 3D: Poster Set Up Room: SGA Board Room
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Student Poster Session Room: SGA Board Room
6:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.	Dinner & Student Presentation (poster and oral) awards Room: Grand Ballroom
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.	Plenary II: The Value of Mentoring: Personal Perspectives Room: Great Ballroom Speakers: Elon Price, Xandria Quichocho, Dave Austin
7:40 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.	Shuttles depart from Fairwinds Alumni Center to conference hotels every 15 minutes
8:00 p.m.	Optional student social event Location: Lake Claire Recreational Area

7:30 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.	Shuttles from conference hotels to Fairwinds Alumni Center every 15 minutes. View shuttle schedule
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	Plenary III: The Time is Now: Findings from TEAM-UP Report to Increase the Number of African Americans with Bachelor's Degree in Physics and Astronomy Speaker: Tabbetha Dobbins View presentation
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.	Networking Fair Room: SGA Board Room
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.	Lunch Room: Grand Ballroom
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Parallel Workshops Workshop 4A: Bystander Training(Faculty and Student) Room: Ballroom A Speakers: Kirsten Wood, Caroline Simpson, Pete Markowitz Workshop 4B: Advising Students with Different Identities (Faculty) Room: Ballroom B Speaker: Jay Mathews, Nicole Cabrera Salazar Workshop 4C: Building and Maintaining a Support Network(Student) Room: Ballroom C Speaker: Kermin Martinez-Hernandez View presentation Workshop 4D: Seeking Balance: How to Manage School Expectations and Life (Student) Room: SGA Board Room Speaker: Sheri Waddill
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Closing Session: Conference Report Out Room: Grand Ballroom
3:45 p.m.	Shuttles depart from Fairwinds Alumni Center to conference hotels

The American Physical Society National Mentoring Community (NMC) is an effort by APS to increase the number of physics degrees earned by underrepresented minority students, defined by the project as African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans.

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