What are Writing Accountability Group, or WAGs at UMBC?

• What: Writing Accountability Groups (WAGs) are voluntary and facilitated by fellow UMBC graduate students

• Who: WAGs are comprised of a group of graduate students (usually 4-8 participants per group) interested in developing writing habits and accountability 

• Why: Develop habits of writing every day for a short, manageable period of time by setting goals and being accountable to WAG peers 

• 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.

• Where: The group decides on a mutually convenient location to meet, whether in person or online via WebEx or other video conferencing platform

Want to Learn More?

• AOK Library’s Faculty has created a guide for facilitating Writing Accountability Groups. Visit here for more: https://lib.guides.umbc.edu/wags 

• WAGs were developed by Dr. Kimberly A. Skarupski, Ph.D., MPH. Visit here for more: https://www.wagyourwork.com/ 

• Here is a video of the WAG startup meeting if you missed it: https://umbc.webex.com/umbc/ldr.php?RCID=76d796ad411b1cb89ac042410e86b41a

Date: March 9th  from 12pm- 1:00pm

Where: Library Gallery

Attention future entrepreneurs, come join us for our first in-person event in over two years! 

The Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship will host the second Speaker Series of 2022 at the Library Gallery Wednesday, March 29th from noon to 1pm. Come see Founder & CEO of B360, Brittany Young, present “Empathy to Action: How to use Entrepreneurship to Grow Community &  Impact”. 

Brittany plans to talk about how to control the narrative and make systemic change by empowering the people closest to the problem.   The session is designed to uplift participants to become change agents, allies and accomplices to develop ideals that can be shared and incorporated to create systemic change.

You won’t want to miss our first event back in person- check out the flier below for more information! 

We have two rounds of participants attending the event, this is with the purpose of keeping the event under in-person limit according to UMBC campus policy. One round will arrive at 4 PM and other at 5 PM. Please make sure you register to the correct time you aim to attend.

If you are a current graduate student or postdoc at UMBC and are looking for career path possibilities or searching for job opportunities we would like to invite you to join this event.

Career Paths for Graduate Students 

Thursday, April 7, 2022 from 4 PM - 5 PM

This networking event offers the opportunity to meet and have discussions with companies and organizations who hire candidates with advanced degrees, giving the candidates opportunities to learn about the application process, the job opportunities in the company, current openings, expectations and more! Many of the representatives are UMBC alumni or part of organizations that hire UMBC alumni. The list of companies will be updated before the event.

Upload your CV or resume!

We strongly recommend graduate students to have their resume reviewed by a Career Center advisor and to make sure their profile is updated in their UMBC Works account. Please keep a copy of your resume available in your email. 

All of the organizations who are participating have job openings in a variety of fields, for graduate students.

The list of companies will be added in this event description as soon as they are confirmed to attend.

This event is co-sponsored by UMBC Career Center and Office of Graduate Student Development - PROMISE

As this is an in-person event, please RSVP by clicking the “Going” button below so we can be sure we are following safety guidelines per UMBC. Additionally, if you must cancel, please be sure to do it within 24 hours of the event's occurrence. 

Please remember: Face masks are required inside the building.

If you need any accommodations or have questions please contact PROMISE Staff a promise@umbc.edu at least a week before the event date.