UB to Hold Minority Student Graduate School Conference

By Mary Beth Spina

Release Date: September 16, 1997 This content is archived.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Julian M. Earls, deputy director for operations at NASA's Lewis Research Center in Cleveland and a nationally recognized author, scholar and humanitarian, will be the keynote speaker at a luncheon to be held at noon on Saturday, Oct. 11, as part of the first annual Minority Student Graduate School Awareness Conference.

The conference, which will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the University Inn and Conference Center, 2401 N. Forest Road, Amherst, will provide minority students with information about the possibilities and opportunities associated with attending graduate school.

Earls earned a bachelor’s degree from Norfolk State University, a master's degree in radiation physics from the University of Rochester and a doctorate in radiation physics from the University of Michigan. He has been inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame and holds life membership in the NAACP.

In addition to Earls’ luncheon address, other highlights of the conference will include workshops and panels on such topics as the requirements for graduate-school admission and managing academic, financial, personal and career challenges.

The conference is supported by a National Science Foundation grant that funds the State University of New York Alliance for Minority Participation Consortium (SUNY AMP) and a New York State Department of Education grant that funds the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP).

SUNY AMP is a consortium composed of the SUNY university centers at UB, Binghamton and Stony Brook, and the colleges at New Paltz and Old Westbury. CSTEP, which operates on 38 SUNY campuses, is a student-support program for science, technology and the licensed professions.

Other sponsors are the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Office of Public Service and Urban Affairs, both at UB.

Reservation deadline for the conference, which is free of charge, is Oct. 1. For further information or to make reservations, call 716-645-2234 or 645-2002.