2023 PROMISE Fall Harvest Dinner and Networking Reception

Dear graduate student,

The Graduate School at UMBC and the PROMISE program are cohosting the Annual Fall Harvest Dinner and Networking event on Friday, November 10, 2023, from 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM in person, at UMBC campus, The Commons Building, 3rd floor, Skylight Room.

We call this event a Fall Harvest Dinner to celebrate all that has been planted, sowed, and harvested this past year - in reality, and symbolically. Of course, our event occurs very close to November 24, when many American families celebrate a "Thanksgiving" meal. The Thanksgiving tradition often includes sharing food and verbal expressions of gratitude for what we have in our lives. Our PROMISE staff understands that this national holiday also has roots in a darker history, one of colonialism and the massacre of hundreds and thousands of indigenous Americans. Thus, we will be choosing to incorporate some non-traditional elements into our Fall Harvest celebration: we will pay our respects to the indigenous peoples of this land and their beautiful, deep connection to mother nature, and celebrate the diversity of our community. We hope this time together will be an opportunity to connect with grad students from other departments and share a delicious dinner with your peers. We hope you are available to join us!

The number of participants will be limited; you must RSVP to attend the event. Tickets are only for current UMBC graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and their families. The dress code is business casual. Bring your campus ID to enter the event!

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach us at promise@umbc.edu.

Please be sure to refer to the PROMISE web page for updates on this and other PROMISE AGEP events:

https://gspd.umbc.edu/

Sincerely,

The PROMISE team

2023 UMBC PROMISE Fall Harvest Dinner & Networking Reception