[Allgsacstudents] Graduate Student Lunch and Seminar with Dr. Beronda Montgomery

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Dear CNAS Graduate Students,

*Dr. Beronda Montgomery, an award-winning leader in mentoring, academic
leadership, equity, diversity and inclusion, and a prominent biochemist,
will visit UCR on May 21-22 2025.*

The ARA Faculty Mentoring Program is sponsoring her visit and there are two
opportunities for graduate students to interact with Dr. Montgomery.

*Twelve* *CNAS graduate students are invited to lunch with Dr. Montgomery.*
This will be held on Thursday May 22 (location TBA).  Lunch is likely to
start at 11:45 AM.  A schedule will be sent to each student participating
in the lunch.

           We have capacity for 10-12 CNAS graduate students to attend the
lunch.

Please use the google form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdKrWLRQJVzdyNKI8VrOyGe1SXBG4i-_bEGorva6kGmh1Rn-A/viewform?usp=sharing>
to
register for lunch. The first 12 students will be chosen. Three sandwich
options will be provided.

*All interested graduate students are invited to attend* *Dr. Montogomery’s
seminar and the light reception that follows. Information about Dr.
Montgomery is at the end of this email.  Please register at this **LINK.*
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIcZN-EUw7BJJ6XjWGnTc3DQMgNshYJh9y6t0duI9nKk2KEw/viewform?usp=sharing>

Dr. Beronda Montgomery

https://www.berondamontgomery.com/

*Envisioning our future: How to enhance a culture of mentoring and equity.
How universities acknowledge faculty mentoring faculty efforts.*

Wednesday May 21, 2025

3:30-4:30 PM

School of Medicine 104

Light reception will follow the seminar (SOM Lobby and courtyard)

Sincerely,

Linda Walling

Professor of Genetics, Botany & Plant Sciences Department

Director, ARA Faculty Mentoring Program

*A brief introduction to Beronda Montgomery.*

Dr. Beronda Montgomery is a leader in mentoring, academic leadership, and
equity, diversity and inclusion, as well as being a prominent plant
biochemist. She is currently the Vice *President* for Academic Affairs and *the
*Dean of Grinnell College. Dr. Montgomery’s perspectives on mentoring and
leadership have helped form the foundations of the ARA Faculty Mentoring
Program within CNAS. Dr. Montgomery is a plant biochemist, writer, and
scholar who focuses on how individuals perceive, respond to, and are
impacted by the environments in which they exist; this theme unites her
research with her efforts for systemic change in mentoring and leadership.
Her 2021 book *Lessons from Plants* creatively joins the principles of
plant responses and adaptations to their environments with best practices
for mentoring and creating an equitable, diverse and inclusive university
environment.

Dr. Montgomery sports a wide variety of awards. Three of her most recent
awards are:

   - 2025 recipient of a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science,
   Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) (Jan 13, 2025).
   - 2024 recipient of the Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award from
   the American Society of Plant Biologists.
   - 2022 recipient of the Adolph E. Gude Award from the American Society
   of Plant Biologists in recognition of outstanding service to the science of
   plant biology.

Sincerely,


*Fidel Rivas*

CNAS Graduate Student Affairs Center

1140 Batchelor Hall

*fidelr at ucr.edu* <fidelr at ucr.edu>* | (951) 827-5688*

*Employment and Scholarship Manager/Interim Director of Graduate Student
Advising*

*Book An Appointment Here
<https://doodle.com/bp/fidelrivas1/book-an-appointment-here>*
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