2018 APS Bridge Program & National Mentoring Community Conference

Program

The APS Bridge Program and 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. Check out the schedule below to plan your days ahead of time.

You can find a downloadable version of the final conference program here, and for epitomes, please visit the website here.

Note: All Friday Google events will take place in the MP3 building.

Friday, November 16
Saturday, November 17
Sunday, November 18

Google Headquarters

10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Google Roundtable & Lunch (Sold Out) Sandeep Giri Room: MP3-2 Raster
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Opening Plenary: An Introduction to the Bridge Program and NMC and a Look Forward Ted Hodapp, Monica Plisch Room: MP3-2 Raster
2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.	Welcome Room: MP3-2 Raster
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Break (transition to workshop locations)
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Workshop 1A.1: Key Strategies for Mentoring (Part 1) Christine Pfund, Steven Lee Room: MP5-2 Hot Air Balloon Workshop1B.1: Preparing Students for Careers in Industry Sandeep Giri Room: MP3-2 Raster Workshop1C.1: Preparing Yourself for a Career in the Public Sector Carol Scarlett, William Ratcliff, Alison Saunders Room: MP1-2 Hermann's Grid
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Workshop 1A.2: Time Management for the Physics Graduate Student Andreas Bill, Chris Porter Room: MP5-2 Hot Air Balloon Workshop 1B.2: Preparing Yourself for a Career in Industry Jenna Walrath, Larry Woolf, Tiffany Santos Room: MP3-2 Raster Workshop 1C.2: Building Departmental Connections with National Labs Carol Scarlett, William Ratcliff, Frank Graziani, Rose McCallen Room: MP1-2 Hermann's Grid
5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.	Dinner & Plenary 1: Designing Superconductivity: Manipulating Interactions in Arrays of Superconducting Islands (Sold Out) Nadya Mason Room: MP3-2 Raster

Stanford University

7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.	Breakfast Room: Tresidder Oak Lounge
8:00 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.	Plenary 2: Why Do Students Leave STEM? Heather Thiry Room: Tresidder Oak Lounge
8:50 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.	Break (transition to workshop locations)
9:10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Workshop 2A: Effecting Institutional Change Galen Pickett, Jon Pelz, Stuart Brown Room: Hewlett 201 Workshop 2B: Building Trust in Mentor/Mentee Relationships Ramon Lopez Room: Kistler 102/103 Workshop 2C: Addressing Stereotype Threat and Imposter Syndrome Geraldine Cochran Room: Shriram 104 Workshop 2D: Succeeding in Graduate School in Physics Jennie Guzman, Kirk Barrow, Rosa Wallace Everson, Lance Cooper Room: Spilker 232
10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.	Coffee Break (transition to poster session location) Room: Tresidder Lobby
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Student Poster Session Room: Tresidder Lobby
12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.	Lunch Room: Tresidder Oak Lounge
1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.	Plenary 3: Culturally Aware Mentoring Brian Zamarripa Roman, Michelle Lollie, Mike Lopez, Wendy Mendoza Room: Tresidder Oak Lounge
1:50 p.m. - 2:05 p.m.	Break (transition to workshop locations)
2:05 p.m. - 3:25 p.m.	Workshop 3A: Broadening Participation in Graduate Education Through Holistic Review Julie Posselt, Casey Miller Room: Shriram 104 Workshop 3B: Key Strategies for Mentoring (Part 2) Christine Pfund Room: Kistler 102/103 Workshop 3C: Preparing Yourself for a Career in Academia, and Applying to Graduate School Mario Borunda, Monika Schleier-Smith Room: Tressider Oak Lounge
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Conference Photo
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.	Recruitment/Networking Fair Room: Tresidder Lobby
5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Dinner Room: Tresidder Oak Lounge
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.	Plenary 4: INCLUDES Alliance: The Inclusive Graduate Education Network Theodore Hodapp Room: Tresidder Oak Lounge

Stanford University

7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.	Breakfast Room: Hewlett 200
8:00 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.	Plenary 5: Mental Health in Graduate Education: What Faculty, Friends, and Family Can Do Julie Posselt Room: Hewlett 200
8:55 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.	Break (transition to workshop locations)
9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.	Workshop 4A: Bridge Best Practices: Mentoring for Retention Jon Pelz, Talat Rahman, Keivan Stassun Room: Spilker 232 Workshop 4B: Sensitive Mentoring Conversations: Faculty Session Christine Pfund, Steven Lee Room: Kistler 102/103 Workshop 4C: Navigating and Making the Best of Mentoring Geraldine Cochran, Brian Beckford Room: Shriram 104
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Break (walk to plenary location)
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Plenary 6: Conference Closeout Erika Brown Room: Hewlett 200

The American Physical Society Bridge Program (APS-BP) and the National Mentoring Community (NMC) are efforts 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.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1143070. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.