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<Title>Retriever Integrated Health Closed on Tuesday, August 9</Title>
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    <div>Due to an ongoing issue with the HVAC unit that serves Retriever Integrated Health, the physical office will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, August 9, 2022.</div>
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    <div>Staff will continue to telework and provide telehealth where appropriate.  We will post updates on hours and availability for the remainder of the week on the <a href="https://health.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">RIH website</a>.</div>
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    <div>In case of an emergency,  please contact UMBC Police at 410-455-5555. </div>
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    <div>If you have questions please feel free to contact Dr. Bruce Herman, Director, Retriever Integrated Health, at 410-455-2215.</div>
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    <div>We will be discussing Intercultural Awareness, Intercultural Dialogue, and Intercultural Competence. With this training series, we hope to expand on your intercultural talents and share the knowledge, skills, and behavior necessary to function effectively and appropriately in intercultural environments to have better and more fruitful relationships in a globalized school and workplace.</div>
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    <p><span>In case of an emergency on Wednesday, August 3, please contact UMBC Police at 410-455-5555. </span></p>
    <p><span>If you have questions please feel free to contact Dr. Bruce Herman, Director, Retriever Integrated Health, at 410-455-2215. </span></p>
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<Title>Tomorrow: You're Invited to Yappy Hour!</Title>
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<Title>Software Services Restored</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">The AWS Regional outage that took down services like WebEx and Zoom earlier today has been resolved and all services should be restored. <div><br></div>
    <div>If you would like additional information about what happened, I've posted a link from AWS that detailed the outage and its resolution from their side. Once it was restored from their standpoint, the vendors like Cisco and others had to bring services back online, which is why there was a delay from their fix until full service restoration. </div>
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    <div><a href="https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status">https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status</a></div>
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    <div>As always, if you have questions, please feel free to contact me for more information. </div>
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    <div>Damian Doyle</div>
    <div><a href="mailto:damian@umbc.edu">damian@umbc.edu</a></div>
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    <div>While these large scale outages are rare, they can often last a few hours before full service is restored. We will update the community as we get more information. </div>
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    <div>There are a few sites like <a href="https://downdetector.com">https://downdetector.com</a> you can go to and see some of the affected services, it is by no means a complete list. </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>Please let me know if you have any questions or would like additional information. </div>
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    <div>Damian Doyle</div>
    <div><a href="mailto:damian@umbc.edu">damian@umbc.edu</a></div>
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    <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/insights/events?mode=upcoming" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Monday, August 1, 2022</a><span> </span><span>· 1 - 2 PM</span>
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    <div><a href="http://maps.google.com/?t=k&amp;z=18&amp;q=The%20Commons@39.2548571,-76.7110675" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">The Commons : Main Street</a></div>
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    <div><div><span><p><span>All students, faculty, and staff are invited to welcome President Valerie Sheares Ashby to our community on her first day as the sixth leader of UMBC. All are welcome at this informal meet and greet; no RSVP is required.  </span></p>
    <br><p><span>Light refreshments will be served. The event is on Commons Main Street (outside of the UMBC Bookstore).</span></p>
    <br><p><span>Stay tuned for additional opportunities to meet President Sheares Ashby in the coming weeks and months. </span></p>
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    <p>GAAC (Graduate Assistant Advisory Committee) is looking for committee members. We are seeking graduate students who are dedicated to the service of our beloved graduate student community, who are forward thinkers, and who have good interpersonal skills.</p>
    <p>This is not an exhaustive list, but includes some of the responsibilities of GAAC committee members which are to:</p>
    <p>1.<span>  </span>Coordinate and help arrange events.</p>
    <p>2.<span>   </span>Help gather information through surveys and present survey outcomes through reports. </p>
    <p>3.<span>  </span>Attend bi-weekly meetings and/or meetings with the Graduate School when scheduled.</p>
    <p>4.<span>  </span>Help circulate news/announcements in different departments at campus.</p>
    <p>Why should you join GAAC? You get a chance to be a part of improvement and change, get to build connections, and you get a stipend every semester. </p>
    <span>Use this form to apply <a href="https://forms.gle/hoh4MQcKZNTBjaWy5" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://forms.gle/hoh4MQcKZNTBjaWy5</a>. The deadline to apply is <strong>11pm on August 5<sup>th</sup>, 2022.</strong></span><div><div><br></div></div>
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