• Advising
• AEW-N. Sci. 40T
• Bridge to Doctorate
• Conferences
• Community College Transfer Student Merit Award
• Fellowships, Scholarships, Internships
• GRE Preparation
• International Activities
• Peer Mentoring
• Personal Statements
• Research Opportunities
• Scholars Program
• Student Meetings
• Student Study Area and Computers

Conferences

The LSAMP program supports students attending various conferences

throughout the year.

SACNAS:

The 2012 SACNAS National Conference "Science, Technology, and Diversity for a Health World " will take place in Seattle, Washington Oct. 11-14, 2012. If you plan on submitting an abstract and you are selected to present, LSAMP may be able to help reimburse some of your registration fees (you will need to pay for it first & we reimburse you).  Make sure to also apply for the travel scholarship. See link below for more details

SACNAS Student Presentation Information

California Forum for Diversity in Graduate Education

Northern California and spring semester in southern California.  The Forum provides students the opportunity to attend various workshops pertaining to graduate education, listen to motivational speakers and network with over 100 graduate program representatives. 

Fall: October 29, 2011 University of San Francisco

Spring: April 14, 2012 San Diego State

 

 

 

 

 

For general information regarding the forum visit the following link: California Forum for Diversity in Graduate Education

Annual Berkeley Edge Conference

The Berkeley Edge Conference is designed to encourage underrepresented minority students who are competitively eligible for Berkeley’s Ph.D. programs in science, math and engineering to apply to UC Berkeley.

For general information about the conference please visit http://ls.berkeley.edu/bep/conference and to recommend your students online visit http://ls.berkeley.edu/bep/recommendation-form. Students can access the online application directly at: http://ls.berkeley.edu/bep/student-application.

ABRCMS

ABRCMS is a national conference designed to encourage students to pursue advanced training in the biomedical, behavioral sciences and mathematics while providing faculty mentors and advisors with resources for facilitating students’ success.  With 12 scientific disciplines, including two new disciplines added this year in cancer biology and immunology, students have more opportunities than ever to present at ABRCMS.  Sophomores, juniors, seniors, postbaccalaureates, and graduate students in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, including mathematics, are invited to submit an abstract

Visit, www.abrcms.org , for more information. Again, we thank you for your interest and look forward to another stimulating conference.

Summer Enrichment Conference: Sacramento State

This conference provides students important information regarding summer research opportunities and workshops pertaining to the process of applying to research programs i.e. letters of recommendation, personal statements, etc.  Additionally, the conference enables students to present their summer research poster boards and encourages other students to apply to research experiences.  Next conference: Saturday, December 1, 2012.

LSAMP students attending the Forum at USC April 2, 2011:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LSAMP supports student with funding to attend professional scientific conferences such as SACNAS, ACS, ABRCMS with priority given to students presenting undergraduate research. 

Pictured below: LSAMP students who attended the 2010 Summer Enrichment Conference at Sacramento State and students attending the California Forum for Diversity in Education at CSU Channel Islands (spring 2010).