• Introductions

• CREST: Program mission, goals, and objectives

• Roles of faculty and students

• Expectations of CREST students

• Student presentations

• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Each Fellowship

• Other things

• CREST students and faculty

• The Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) program provides support to enhance the research capabilities of minority-serving institutions through the establishment of centers that effectively integrate education and research.

• The goal of the CREST program is promotes the development of new knowledge, enhancements of the research productivity of individual faculty, and an expanded presence of students historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines.

• It aims to enhance the research capabilities of CSUB through the establishment of a center that effectively integrates education and research.

• Our goals are addressed through our CREST research projects and it’s activities. We stress research because we strongly feel that this is the best approach.

• All CREST students are working on research that support the goals of CREST.

• This work would not be possible if it were not for our collaborative partners from UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, US Geological Survey, and many others.

• Subproject 1 studies the landscape response and predicted time intervals for preferential occurrence of mass wasting events, floods, and wildfires.

• Subproject 2 examines the ecological response of plant communities and focus on the sensitivity, adaptive capacity, and resilience of vegetation to drought.

• Subproject 3 studies the human response to climate change through the sequestration of CO2 into mature oil fields and saline aquifers and the predictive mapping of treatable groundwater from the same saline aquifers.

• Our research is aimed at better understanding the role of drought, evaluating potential responses, and assisting with adaptive planning in response to these changes.

• Publishing in peer-reviewed journals

• Present at regional and national meetings

• Provide support for student research activities

• Provide on-going support/exposure to career, training, and research opportunities

Faculty:

• Provide timely and thorough guidance to a student on the various elements necessary for the planning and execution on their plan of study

• Be accessible to students

• Advise/remind students on deadlines

Students:

• Take personal initiative to move your project or thesis forward and to discuss with your advisor any problems that may arise

• Be financially responsible
  • For graduate students: The support that CSUB CREST is providing exceeds the COA budget!

• Submit your own original work, and as appropriate to the conduct of research, properly cite the works of others

• Be aware of and accountable to established deadlines

• Be responsive to feedback provided in a timely manner if you expect the same from your advisor

• Please contact Stephanie Perez with any questions or concerns.

• Stephanie deals will issues pertaining to CREST funding in Financial Aid.

• Phone: 654-3273

• Email: sperez37@csub.edu

• Expectations include:
  • Graduate students: choose a thesis topic in a timely manner.
  • Graduate students: continue progress toward thesis completion by Spring 2019 (2018 for 2nd year students).
  • Maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.3 and an academic plan.
  • Give updates on your progress at CREST meetings.
  • Consider applying to Ph.D. programs during your last year of study.
  • Submit proposals to present at a societal meeting.
  • Submit proposals for travel assistance to societal meetings.

• • Meet with your advisor regularly
  • List as co-authorship your advisor on abstracts submitted, if applicable
  • Complete 20 hours of assigned project work each week. Support is always given on a semester basis with the assumption that proper progress is being made
  • Do not work outside of the CREST program during the AY. You are given support that is comparable to the amount given to Ph.D. students are many R1 institutions.
  • Present at a CREST meeting
  • Summers should be spent conducting research
  • Apply for additional sources of funding, especially for the summer for the summer if needed/desired

• Presentations develop your aptitude and ability to present your work to others. This is the purpose of your CREST presentation.

• Don’t have a result, stuck, early stages on the project, etc.? — No worries! The purpose is to improve your aptitude and ability to present your work to others

• Close to finishing, have a conference coming up, etc.? — Great! Use the CREST meetings to present updates on your progress of your thesis or research project, to practice for a conference presentation, or prepare for a thesis defense.

• Your presentation should include the most important points up to date. This will vary depending on how long you’ve been working on your research.

• September 19th, 2019 – Alejandro

• October 3rd, 2019 – Erin

• October 17th, 2019 – Vidi

• October 31st, 2019 – Angela

• November 14th, 2019 – Dr. Jacobsen

• December 5th, 2019 – AGU fall meeting talk/poster feedback session

• Each Fellowship consists of three years of support during a five-year fellowship period. Currently, NSF provides a stipend of $34,000.

• Basic requirements are:
  • US Citizen, US National, or permanent resident
  • Currently a graduating Senior or First/Second year graduate student. NOTE: Some exceptions if you started a program but then took time off, but I don’t understand them, sorry.
  • Graduate students may only apply in their first or second year but NOT both.

• Any student who has completed only two terms (i.e. fall and spring semesters), but who have not taken any additional graduate units (no summer units) can apply to the program as long as they will graduate this AY.

• The official requirements and more details may be found at the NSF GRFP website (google “nsf grfp”)

• Deadline: mid-to-late October.

• Please consult with our resident expert if you are interested.

• https://www.csub.edu/crest

• The CREST website will have important announcements, such as upcoming deadlines, scheduled talks, etc.

• If there are any resources that may be good for the website — let me know

• We’ll discuss some resources during our next meeting

• Talk to your advisor about potential venues to present your work.
  • The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, AGU Fall Meeting, Natural Areas Conference, Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference*

• Also known as: Resum? or CV (for short)

• Latin for “course of life”

• Everything a prospective employer or grad program would want to know

• But not things they would not want or need to know

• Streamlined and to the point

Should include:

• How to reach you - phone, e-mail, website

• Education (Bachelor’s degree and beyond)

• Relevant experience - teaching, research, internships related to your discipline. (including TA and RA)

• Relevant awards and honors - fellowships, best paper, societies, special honors, etc.

• Presentations given, published abstracts, and papers published or in progress (full citations)

• Professional society membership(s)

Consider including:

• Research interests

• Title of dissertation and name of advisor

• GPA

Should NOT include:

• Education before college

• Irrelevant experience and awards/honors

• Hobbies, political leanings, religious affiliations

• SPELL CHECK!!!

• GRAMMAR!!!

• Correct dates, citations

• Discuss your career objectives with your advisor and other faculty

• They can advise on your CV, target jobs, career paths, graduate programs, etc.

• Faculty may have contacts with academia, industry, government

• Keep your advisor informed throughout the process

• The amount of funding given to you by CREST above what is generally given for support. Make the most of this unique oppurtunity.