from explaining her academic andcareer trajectory to giving and advice and considerations for the entire process fromhow to decide whether to complete graduate work through every detail. Thegraduate coordinator for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineeringtalked about the role of graduate coordinators in their departments and programs inthe Virginia Tech College of Engineering, and encouraged the participants to talk withtheirs early and often throughout the applications process and graduate school. Ayoung faculty panel Q&A with two Black and Hispanic male faculty members followeda break for lunch, then the program director's discussion of the GEM fellowship andother funding opportunities. In the afternoon, the personal
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