Program Directors and Coordinators

We invite you to join us in encouraging underrepresented students, to consider graduate school at our 9th Bi-Annual Statewide Student Graduate School Awareness Conference entitled “Beyond the Bachelors Degree” on Saturday, October 11, 2008 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The conference will take place at the University at Buffalo (UB) Student Union. In previous years, over 300 students from 25 colleges and universities attended this conference. With your participation, this year’s conference will be as successful.

Students from all disciplines will benefit from the workshops, keynote speaker and graduate school fair. Workshops will focus on issues students must consider as they prepare and search for graduate programs in their fields of interest. Presenters will include professionals from various fields, faculty members, graduate students, and graduate school admissions representatives.

The conference is FREE. It will begin with a dinner on Friday evening at 6:00 pm at the Buffalo/Niagara Marriott. On Saturday, breakfast and a buffet style lunch will be served in Pistachios on the second floor of the UB Student Union. We are limiting the attendance to 300 participants. Please register at www.ubevents.org/events/gac2008 before the Wednesday, October 1st deadline.

Please note: the University has reserved a block of FREE rooms at the Buffalo/Niagara Marriott for a limited number of student participants. Each program is allowed a maximum of two (2), free rooms (gender specific) on a first come, first served basis.

Student participants must be registered by Program Coordinators/Directors ONLY.

For reservations, contact the Buffalo/Niagara Marriott at (716) 689-6900, and mention “The UB Graduate Awareness Conference.” For staff in need of overnight accommodations, the Buffalo/Niagara Marriott has provided a $119.00 conference rate for those making reservations by the Wednesday, October 1st deadline.

Questions? Please contact Shanna Crump-Owens at (716) 645-2234 or sicrump@acsu.buffalo.edu. We look forward to seeing you at the Conference!

Last Modified: 09/02/08