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Welcome First Year Students!
The University of Maryland Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry's Graduate Student Organization (GSO) would like to extend a warm welcome to you! It is our hope that the GSO is an additional resource for you in the coming months and years during your graduate school career. We will be hosting informative monthly meetings as well as fun events throughout the semesters, both of which we hope you take advantage of in order to enhance your graduate school experience and meet new and exciting people. Our website has been recently overhauled and is still under construction, but we invite you to check back with us frequently as we update the site to better serve you. Welcome to the Department and best of luck as you start your journey.
Best Regards,
Kelli Golanoski
GSO President 2010 - 2011
How May I Access My TA Evaluations?
Teaching evaluations may be accessed on the ARES system.
- Go to http://ares.umd.edu/home/
- Log In (upper left hand corner) using your UMD ID and Password
- In the menu on the left hand side of the page, click on Faculty Services
- Then, click on CourseEvalUM Reports
- Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and find the link "You taught courses which have been evaluated. Please click here to view.
- Your evaluations will be listed by semester.
Article on Leadership
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Becoming a leader is like making a sound investment. What actions you take today will impact the results tomorrow. Leadership by definition is the position or function of a leader. What matters the most in the development of a leader is what occurs day by day over a long period of time. Leadership develops daily, not in a day.
Leaders are not just born. It is true that some individuals are born with greater natural talents than others. However, the ability to lead is a development and collection of skills. Most every one of these skills can be learned, sharpened and honed. Leadership is complicated. The important thing to remember is that it requires due diligence daily and it will not occur overnight. There are many aspects to leadership; people skills, emotional composure and strength, discipline, vision, dedication, momentum, timing, respect and the list goes on. With so many of these aspects to develop that is why it takes development and a long period of time to become seasoned as some would say. There is no magical age when you will begin to understand the many aspects of leadership, but one thing will be certain is when clarity of these aspects begins to occur you will know it. Your focus, demeanor and actions will clearly be different than previous.
According to John Maxwell there are four phases of leadership growth.
