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<Summary>Looking for resources to help in your mentoring skills?  The Department of Human Resources and Strategic Talent Management have a resource listed on their site.  Click on the "Skillsoft/Percipio...</Summary>
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<Title>Follow-up - USM Professional Development Week 2025</Title>
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<Title>Volunteer at Homecoming 2025!</Title>
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<Title>**Reminder** - Spring Workshop - Virtual</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Steve and Jess read Tim Gunn: <a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Tim-Gunn-The-Natty-Professor/Tim-Gunn/9781476780078" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">The Natty Professor</a>, and while it's not strictly about mentoring (and there's a lot of non-linear storytelling, gossip, and a few transphobic comments...) there are some really nice tidbits we can draw from. If you feel compelled to read the book, it's a very easy read, and if you're a Tim Gunn fan, he does read the audio version.<div><br></div><div>The Mentoring Committee has designed an engaging workshop pulling from some of his mentoring themes. <strong>You don't need to read the book to participate!</strong><div><br></div><div>RSVP <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/essmentoring/events/137362" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a>!</div></div></div>
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<Summary>Steve and Jess read Tim Gunn: The Natty Professor, and while it's not strictly about mentoring (and there's a lot of non-linear storytelling, gossip, and a few transphobic comments...) there are...</Summary>
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