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.
12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
HBCU & BSI Chairs Summit 2020 |
12:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. |
Tour: Kennedy Space Center |
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 |
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. |
Breakfast |
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Parallel Workshops Workshop 1A: Creating Effective Resumes for Physics Careers (Student) Workshop 1B: Departmental Inclusivity Resources (Faculty) Workshop 1C: Grad School 101: Is Grad School for Me? (Student) Workshop 1D: Student Oral Presentations |
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 |
11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. |
Plenary I: A Wrinkle In Spacetime: Connecting Gravitational Waves and Albert Einstein with Blackfoot Culture |
1:05 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. |
Parallel Workshops Workshop 2A: Navigating academic spaces to advance your physics career (Student) Workshop 2B: Advising students about non-academic career paths (Faculty) Workshop 2C: Finding and Leveraging Undergraduate Research Experiences (Student) Workshop 2D: Poster Set Up |
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) Workshop 3B: Collective Tools for Empowered Mentoring (Faculty) Workshop 3C: Grad School 102: Applying and Thriving (Student) Workshop 3C: Student Oral Presentations Workshop 3D: Poster Set Up |
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 |
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. |
Plenary II: The Value of Mentoring: Personal Perspectives |
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 |
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 |
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Networking Fair |
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Parallel Workshops Workshop 4A: Bystander Training(Faculty and Student) Workshop 4B: Advising Students with Different Identities (Faculty) Workshop 4C: Building and Maintaining a Support Network(Student) Workshop 4D: Seeking Balance: How to Manage School Expectations and Life (Student) |
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
Closing Session: Conference Report Out |
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.