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<Title>GAAC Graduate Assistant Town Hall &#8212; Oct 15 (Hybrid)</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><h6>Calling All Graduate Students! </h6><div><br></div>Join the writing accountability group to commit to your writing goals. We had our Kickoff meeting on Friday (10/03) and we have already formed some groups! <div><br></div><div>But it is not late! You can still join WAGs to commit to your writing project. Sign up now!</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Register with this </strong><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/gearsgsa/posts/153196/50266/3328d3195f57d7f9232554d2b68dde58/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Fgearsgsa%2Fposts%2F152510%2F50266%2Fa56e5621dc27c1c420732da37d8c5615%2Fweb%2Flink%3Flink%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fdocs.google.com%252Fforms%252Fd%252Fe%252F1FAIpQLSfp2Yotw9TYUyrjOOm55NQFIKTuqNwv05duTwtKm3b7xlF2OQ%252Fviewform%253Fusp%253Ddialog" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">link</a><strong>. </strong></div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><br></div><div><h6>What are Writing Accountability Group, or WAGs at UMBC?</h6><ul><li><p>What: Writing Accountability Groups (WAGs) are voluntary and facilitated by fellow UMBC graduate students</p></li><li><p>Who: WAGs are comprised of a group of graduate students (usually 4-8 participants per group) interested in developing writing habits and accountability </p></li><li><p>Why: Develop habits of writing every day for a short, manageable period of time by setting goals and being accountable to WAG peers </p></li><li><p>When: WAG groups meet once a week for 60-90 minutes for 10-12 weeks. The group finds a weekly time mutually convenient to all group members.</p></li><li>Where: The group decides on a mutually convenient location to meet, whether in person or online via WebEx or other video conferencing platform</li></ul><div><br></div></div><div><h6>Want to Learn More?</h6><ul><li><p>AOK Library's Faculty has created a guide for facilitating Writing Accountability Groups. Visit here for more: <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/gearsgsa/posts/153196/50266/d1bdb3780abadeaa636c692c78d18edc/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Fgearsgsa%2Fposts%2F152510%2F50266%2Fd1486059197fd9fb0f65c5be4493bdc0%2Fweb%2Flink%3Flink%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%252Fgroups%252Flibrary%252Fposts%252F130724%252F50266%252F9c89217203012bb9af888f665011ec54%252Fweb%252Flink%253Flink%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Flib.guides.umbc.edu%25252Fwags" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://lib.guides.umbc.edu/wags</a> </p></li><li>WAGs were developed by Dr. Kimberly A. Skarupski, Ph.D., MPH. Visit here for more: <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/gearsgsa/posts/153196/50266/0d0c62d21f118091db25067c1d4d9f83/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Fgearsgsa%2Fposts%2F152510%2F50266%2F69078cbca4dd86749b8820f4108109a3%2Fweb%2Flink%3Flink%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%252Fgroups%252Flibrary%252Fposts%252F130724%252F50266%252Fa0349670123d670f90ed7398fd3399c0%252Fweb%252Flink%253Flink%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.wagyourwork.com%25252F" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://www.wagyourwork.com/ </a></li></ul></div></div>
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