Share Your Story on UMBC’s First-Gen Wall!
Are
you the first in your family to attend college, or proud to support someone who
is? Join us in celebrating National First-Generation College Celebration Day by
sharing your story on social media!
Your
posts will appear on our UMBC First-Gen Wall for the entire campus community to
see!
How
to Participate
- Post to your favorite platform:
Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn
- Share your First-Gen pride! Ideas
include
- A photo of yourself, your friends, or
your favorite study spot
- What being First-Gen means to you
- A message of encouragement for other
First-Gen Retrievers
- Use these hashtags so your post appears
on the wall: #UMBC #FirstGen #FirstGenProud #UMBCFirstGen
See
Your Post Live!
Check
out the UMBC First-Gen Wall to see your post and others from across campus:
my.walls.io/umbcfirstgen
Quick
Tips
- Make
sure your post is public so it can appear on the wall.
- Tag @UMBC and @UMBCFirstGen for
more visibility.
- Keep
it positive, celebratory, and Retriever-strong!
Thank
you for helping us celebrate UMBC's First-Gen community. Your stories inspire
others and show that First-Gen pride runs deep at UMBC!
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UMBC Writing Tutors Present at MAWCA
The Academic Success Center would like to recognize our amazing writing tutors and staff who presented at the 2020 Mid Atlantic Writing Center Association Conference!
Here are some highlights:
Partnering for student success: Centering student agency in the writing and research process.
Presenters: Erin Durham, Elaine MacDougall, Allison Jennings-Roche, Beck Hertl, Emma Jett, and Kyndall Hardwick
The library and writing center staff have developed a strong collaborative relationship to center student agency in the research and writing process at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).
What Do “Diversity” and “Social Justice” Mean to Writing Center Practitioners?
Presenters: Violeta Brito, Uchendu Uchendu, Fleurine Amouzou Guiffo
This roundtable will engage participants to think critically about diversity and social justice in writing centers. We will analyze the past, present, and future pedagogies of writing centers in the context of social justice.
Creating Trauma-Informed Writing Workshops: Reflection and Intervention in the Narratives of Our Lives.
Presenter: Elaine MacDougall, Writing Center Director.
Trauma-Informed writing workshops allow space for reflection and intervention in our own thought processes. Writers can reflect on their own sense of a “dominant cultural narrative” and work to transform that narrative if necessary, giving voice to silence when imposed on individuals in our communities, including writing center spaces.
Developing more effective tutoring strategies for multilingual writers in the Writing Center.
Presenters: Ajay Kharkar, Jamie Denton
This Data Dash presentation features the early findings of research on strategies to increase comfort for multilingual writers in our Writing Center.
To our presenters, we thank you for your work to make our Writing Center more inclusive and supportive to all learners.
Would you like help with your writing? Make an appointment with the Writing Center for your next paper!
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Early Alerts Program
What it means for you
Hi Retrievers!
We are officially in the fourth week of the semester, which means it’s time to talk about one of the LRC’s lesser known programs! The Early Alert Program (formerly known as the First Year Intervention) is one of the many services that the Learning Resources Center offers UMBC students. The purpose of the program is to let students know that they are in danger of receiving a D or F in a certain course. From now through March 30th, you may receive an alert in myUMBC. So before you panic (and please don’t panic!), we are here to answer some of your questions about alerts!
Help! I got an alert in one of my courses! What should I do?
Uh oh! Your professor sent you an alert because you are in danger of receiving a D or an F in that course. The first thing you should do is to contact your professor to figure out what your exact grade is and what you can do about it. Next, visit our Action Resource Center to see if there’s any services at UMBC that can help you improve your grade.
If I’m in danger of receiving a D or an F, doesn’t that mean I could still be passing?
It is possible, but you could just barely be passing. If you are in a course that has a second level to it (such as MATH 150, or BIOL 141), you MUST receive a C or higher to move on to the next level. If you are trying to fulfill your GEP requirements with a course, you MUST have a C or higher for it to count. This is why we ask professors to let you know if you are in danger of receiving a D.
So remember, if you get an alert, don’t panic! Talk to your professor and figure out what you need to do to be successful in your course.
Did we miss a few questions? Ask them in the comments section below, or you can post them on our Facebook page!
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