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    <div class="html-content"><div><span>Dear members of the campus community,</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>I am writing to inform you that we have begun a national search for the UMBC’s permanent Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs (UAA) in order to identify a worthy successor who can build upon Dean Lee’s legacy and decades of service to our community.</span></div><div><span> </span></div><div><span>Dr. Scott Casper, Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and Professor of History, has kindly agreed to chair the search committee. Under Dean Casper’s leadership, I have appointed a search committee and the names of the members of the committee are listed below. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to each of the committee members for both their willingness to serve and their commitment in agreeing to take on this critical institutional responsibility.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>In the coming weeks the committee will reach out to the University to receive input on the desired personal and professional characteristics of our new Vice Provost and Dean in order to develop the criteria that will guide the search and selection process. The committee will also share with our community the progress of the search over the coming months. I know that all of us will do what we can to support the committee in their execution of this important task.</span></div><div><span> </span></div><div><span><strong>SEARCH COMMITTEE MEMBERS</strong></span></div><div><ul><li><span>Tamara Bhalla, Associate Professor, American Studies</span></li><li><span>Stephen Bradley, Associate Professor, Visual Arts</span></li><li><span>Mariajose Castellanos, Senior Lecturer, Chemical, Biochemical &amp; Environmental Engineering</span></li><li><span>David Eisenmann, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences</span></li><li><span>Keith Harmon, Director, Meyerhoff Scholars Program</span></li><li><span>Linda Hodges, Director, Faculty Development Center</span></li><li><span>Antonio Moreira, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs</span></li><li><span>Jess Myers, Director, Women’s Center</span></li><li><span>Jill Randles, Assistant Vice Provost and Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Academic Affairs</span></li><li><span>Rouben Rostamian, Professor and Chair, Mathematics and Statistics</span></li><li><span>Mavis Sanders, Professor, Education</span></li><li><span>Nancy Young, Vice President for Student Affairs</span></li></ul></div><div><span>Thank you for your support during this important process.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><em><span>Provost Philip Rous and Dean Scott Casper</span></em></span></div></div>
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<Summary>Dear members of the campus community,     I am writing to inform you that we have begun a national search for the UMBC’s permanent Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs (UAA) in...</Summary>
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<Title>&#8220;Technology Support Center, This is Saiful Islam Speaking&#8221;</Title>
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<Title>Job Offer Scam</Title>
<Tagline>Personal Assistant Job Offer is a Fraudulent Check Scam</Tagline>
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<Summary>We have received complaints about people receiving fraudulent job offer emails from con-artists.  In some of the job offers, the con-artist offers to pay $200 weekly for running errands,...</Summary>
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<Title>Come Fly With Me: Goabroad Makes it Easy to Study Abroad</Title>
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A student could apply to study in one country but change their mind and SAO would have no idea. </div><div><br></div><h3><em>“Everyone just got used to it being limited.”</em></h3><div><br></div><div>It wasn't until sometime later where, <a href="http://studyabroad.umbc.edu/study-abroad-office/caylie-r-zidwick/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Caylie Zidwick</a>, Assistant Director for Study Abroad, had enough. “I started working here, and finally had it,” said Zidwick. “Everyone just got used to it being limited.” She decided to reach out to DoIT, where <a href="http://doit.umbc.edu/about/directory/person/dk57601/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Bryan Lee</a>, a Cloud Business Analyst, worked with her to find an improved solution, and that solution was <a href="http://goabroad.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Goabroad</a>. </div><div><br></div><div>Lee and Zidwick worked together to specify the needs and requirements of SAO and set out to integrate PeopleSoft data and Single Sign On (SSO) capabilities, which allows a student to sign in with their myUMBC credentials rather than creating a separate account. </div><div><br></div><div>“Not only is this is an important step in securing student’s data, but also it removes the hassle of students needing to create and remember yet another username/password combination,” said Lee.</div><div><br></div><h3><em>“We’re going to eliminate approximately 6 weeks of data entry…”</em></h3><div><br></div><div>With the integration of PeopleSoft, Zidwick now could have up-to-date information for any students applying to the study abroad program, which was essential to eliminating  the laborious, manual data entry they had to previously conduct. “The information we were inputting was already in PeopleSoft,” said Zidwick. “We're going to eliminate approximately 6 weeks of data entry that we previously did with our old system.” </div><div><br></div><div>Working with Bryan was a great experience for Zidwick, and not one she was expecting from IT. “Bryan was my hero,” said Zidwick, “We couldn't have done it without him. IT was very helpful as well in making sure all of the elements that needed to be in place by the deadline.” With the collaboration a success, the Goabroad tool was successfully implemented. </div><div><br></div><div>Goabroad is robust compared to the old process. Before, SAO had a static website that pointed to four different programs students had to use depending on where and how they wanted to study abroad. Now, everything is easily accessible in one place with multiple search options to help narrow down specific results. You can do an advanced search, a simple search, or even a map search. </div><div><br></div><div><img src="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/65612/attachments/23033" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div><div><em>Screenshot of the Map Search function. It’s easy for users to click on a region that they want to travel to, and see a list of all available programs for that area. </em></div><div><br></div><div>Other features include the ability to embed Powerpoints, videos and custom questionnaires. If a faculty member wants to know more about a student applying, they can create a custom questionnaire for their respective program. Students can also submit recommendations on Goabroad and even send out recommendation requests to faculty members.</div><div><br></div><div>SAO has more control and an easier way to keep track of students and where they are in the application process, in addition to what they need to complete. The system checks for what the student is missing allowing SAO to reach out if needed to give a reminder of what is needed for submission. </div><div><br></div><div>Goabroad also integrates several forms that were previously in paper form. Now students can sign all their documents easily and both SAO and students can keep track of them with a checklist of things that need to be completed. Best of all, SAO can log into other devices instead of the old process of coming into the office to check on students. </div><div><br></div><div><img src="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/65612/attachments/23034" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div><div><em>Screenshot of what a user would find on the profile view. The Goabroad tool can keep track of what you have submitted, and what you need to do next.</em> </div><div><br></div><h3><em>“The capabilities are much better than what we had before…”</em></h3><div><br></div><div>Thanks to Goabroad and help from DoIT, SAO was able to transform their entire departmental process for addressing study abroad requests. “The capabilities are much better than what we had before,” said Zidwick, “We can focus more on the student, and not the student’s papers.”</div><div><br></div><div><img src="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/65612/attachments/23035" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><div><em>If you or your department is looking for a software solution, you can <a href="https://docs.google.com/a/umbc.edu/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDLWLfoGpVpcOzhSrM1Vuei-pJFDssC865XIh2J3Xs5aaoIQ/viewform?c=0&amp;w=1" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">fill out a cloud solution request form here.</a></em></div><div><br></div><div><strong><em>Note: The implementation is not always a linear process, so often, it takes some time to fully implement a cloud solution for an office or department.</em></strong></div><div><br></div><div><em>Interested in another software solution? Read about <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/posts/65086" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">how Student Disability Services ditched their paper system</a> </em></div><div><em><br></em></div><div><em>Follow the <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">DoIT group on myUMBC</a> and <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/studyabroad" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Study Abroad Office</a> for more updates.</em></div></div>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><span>Dear members of the campus community,</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>We want to provide a brief update on the university’s response to the recent White House executive order banning travel to the United States from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>UMBC’s Office of International and Education Services (IES) and other campus offices are working proactively to determine the immediate effect of the executive order on our campus. To our knowledge, no UMBC students from the seven countries have been prevented from entering the U.S. IES has contacted the approximately 40 students potentially from the designated countries and offered individual guidance and support. Currently, we know of no faculty or staff whose ability to travel has been adversely affected by the executive order.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>We are aware that the impact of this executive order is felt broadly in our inclusive campus community and on campuses across the nation. One of American higher education’s great strengths—and one of its significant contributions to our nation—is its ability to bring together the best minds from around the world to create scholarly communities that benefit from diversity of experience, background, and thought. We take great pride in the fact that UMBC is home to students, faculty, and staff from more than 100 countries. We know firsthand the educational, societal, and economic benefits of bringing together people from across the globe to solve our nation’s, and our world’s, most pressing challenges.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>For that reason, we have joined the American Council on Education and hundreds of individual institutions in sending a <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/j9kql/nwtbnbb/3cxd5c" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security</a>, expressing deep concerns about the impact of the recent White House executive order.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>As we are all aware from news reports about legal challenges to the executive order, this is a very fluid situation, subject to change on an almost daily basis. As previously advised, those who are citizens of the countries affected by the executive order or dual citizens of one of the countries and a country not on the list should seek legal advice before making a decision about traveling outside the United States. IES continues to post updated information regarding implementation of the executive order on its <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/j9kql/nwtbnbb/j5xd5c" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">website</a>.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>In addition to responding to immediate questions regarding the executive order, campus leaders are addressing the broader effects this development may have across our diverse campus community in such areas as campus climate, advocacy, enrollment, and student success. We will continue to keep the campus updated about this work on the <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/j9kql/nwtbnbb/zxyd5c" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">UMBC Diversity and Inclusion website</a>.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><em><span>President Freeman Hrabowski and Provost Philip Rous</span></em></span></div></div>
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    <p>You are invited to participate in the <strong>NextProfScience 2017</strong> workshop being offered at the <strong>University of Michigan</strong> on <strong>May 2-5, 2017 </strong>(see <a href="http://sites.lsa.umich.edu/nextprof-science" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">link</a>). NextProf Science is aimed at future faculty—advanced doctoral students or postdoctoral fellows who are interested in an academic career in science at an exceptional academic research institution and who have demonstrated a commitment to diversity.</p>
    <p>The science and mathematics departments of the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and Arts will host ~50 future faculty participants on the U-M campus to show them the rewards of an academic career, help them understand the faculty search process, and connect them with faculty in their research area, as well as academic leaders, and other participants.</p>
    <p>The <strong>NextProf<em> </em>Science<em> </em>2017</strong><em> </em>workshop is free to participants, who must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Underrepresented minorities and women are especially encouraged to apply. Travel, lodging, and meals will be covered by the program.</p>
    <p>Applicants may nominate themselves or be nominated by a faculty mentor. Find <strong>additional information about the workshop and application materials on the NextProf Science website at: </strong><strong><a href="http://sites.lsa.umich.edu/nextprof-science" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">sites.lsa.umich.edu/nextprof-science</a></strong></p>
    <p>The deadline to receive all applications and supporting materials is: <strong>February 15, 2017.</strong></p>
    <p>If you have additional questions, please contact <a href="mailto:um-nextprof-science@umich.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">um-nextprof-science@umich.edu</a>.</p><br>   </div>
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