<?xml version="1.0"?>
<News hasArchived="false" page="594" pageCount="630" pageSize="10" timestamp="Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:14:09 -0400" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa/posts.xml?page=594">
<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="13533" important="false" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa/posts/13533">
<Title>Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 4/13 to 1 am Sat. 4/14</Title>
<Body>
<![CDATA[
    <div class="html-content">The UMBC Blackboard server will be down for three hours of <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/08/blackboard_week.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">scheduled maintenance</a> from 10 pm Friday, April 13 to 1 am Saturday, April 14. DoIT staff will be applying security updates required by Blackboard during this time.
    
    We appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconveniences that this down time may cause.</div>
]]>
</Body>
<Summary>The UMBC Blackboard server will be down for three hours of scheduled maintenance from 10 pm Friday, April 13 to 1 am Saturday, April 14. DoIT staff will be applying security updates required by...</Summary>
<Website>http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2012/04/blackboard_down_29.html</Website>
<TrackingUrl>https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/13533/guest@my.umbc.edu/e10ec6ca9a2158aeb3664192737f75a2/api/pixel</TrackingUrl>
<Tag>blackboard</Tag>
<Tag>general</Tag>
<Tag>hybrid</Tag>
<Tag>teaching-and-learning</Tag>
<Group token="doit">Division of Information Technology (DoIT)</Group>
<GroupUrl>https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/doit</GroupUrl>
<AvatarUrl>https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xsmall.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="original">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/original.JPG?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxlarge">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xxlarge.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xlarge">https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xlarge.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="large">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/large.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="medium">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/medium.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="small">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/small.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xsmall">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xsmall.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxsmall">https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xxsmall.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<Sponsor>Division of Information Technology</Sponsor>
<PawCount>0</PawCount>
<CommentCount>0</CommentCount>
<CommentsAllowed>false</CommentsAllowed>
<PostedAt>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:24:21 -0400</PostedAt>
</NewsItem>

<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="13451" important="false" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa/posts/13451">
<Title>UMBC&#8217;s President, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, celebrates graduate students this afternoon, April 4, 2012</Title>
<Body>
<![CDATA[
    <div class="html-content">UMBC’s President, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski will speak to graduate students this afternoon. His address celebrates graduate students as part of the National Graduate – Professional Student Appreciation Week.  The following information was sent to graduate students at UMBC.  Graduate students from all PROMISE institutions, and all campuses in Maryland are welcome to attend this talk. [...]</div>
]]>
</Body>
<Summary>UMBC’s President, Dr. Freeman Hrabowski will speak to graduate students this afternoon. His address celebrates graduate students as part of the National Graduate – Professional Student...</Summary>
<Website>http://promisesuccessseminars.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/umbcs-president-dr-freeman-hrabowski-celebrates-graduate-students-this-afternoon-april-4-2012/</Website>
<TrackingUrl>https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/13451/guest@my.umbc.edu/ad6db2c20b1b30eed623874c8a97d508/api/pixel</TrackingUrl>
<Tag>agep</Tag>
<Tag>freeman-hrabowski</Tag>
<Tag>grad-student-success-seminar</Tag>
<Tag>gradstudents</Tag>
<Tag>promise</Tag>
<Tag>promise-marylands-agep</Tag>
<Tag>seminars</Tag>
<Tag>the-graduate-school-at-umbc</Tag>
<Tag>umbc</Tag>
<Tag>umbc-grad-school</Tag>
<Tag>university-of-maryland-baltimore-county</Tag>
<Tag>workshops</Tag>
<Group token="gspd">Grad Student &amp;amp; Postdoc Development </Group>
<GroupUrl>https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/gspd</GroupUrl>
<AvatarUrl>https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xsmall.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="original">https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/original.jpg?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxlarge">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xxlarge.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xlarge">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xlarge.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="large">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/large.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="medium">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/medium.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="small">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/small.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xsmall">https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xsmall.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxsmall">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xxsmall.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<Sponsor>PROMISE @ UMBC: Support for Graduate Students</Sponsor>
<PawCount>0</PawCount>
<CommentCount>0</CommentCount>
<CommentsAllowed>false</CommentsAllowed>
<PostedAt>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:08:46 -0400</PostedAt>
<EditAt>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:08:46 -0400</EditAt>
</NewsItem>

<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="13447" important="false" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa/posts/13447">
<Title>Yes, professors *DO* make more than $100,000/year! Here are some recent salaries &#8230;</Title>
<Body>
<![CDATA[
    <div class="html-content"><p>Throughout the last several years, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduate students who participate in PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP have given various reasons for and against planning to choose careers in the academy.  Among reasons against becoming a faculty member, students have told us that “professors don’t make any money” or that “professors are poor.”  Students may be surprised to learn that they are often making assumptions without any data.  We’ve found it interesting that students who really wanted to teach and have a research program were considering going to industry because they thought that they wouldn’t make a decent living as a professor.  To combat this notion, over the years, PROMISE has been giving students opportunities to hear from, and talk with, STEM faculty  from around the country during our <a href="http://promisesuccessseminars.wordpress.com/promise-summer-success-institute-ssi/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">PROMISE Summer Success Institutes (SSI)</a>.  The students learned that not only were many of the professors making a very comfortable salary, but that many were, by their own admission, “living large!”  Students were not aware that many faculty salaries are based on a 9 month scale, which means that faculty can do something else for 3 months in the summer, including taking advantage of other opportunities to make even more money.  Some faculty choose to supplement incomes through grant funding, teaching a summer class, or working on a project in another university/industry/government lab.  Some faculty choose to take the summer off to travel, spend time with family, or as PROMISE  faculty “Mentor-in-Residence”  put it, “go fishing.”</p>
    <p>The following table presents a sample of faculty salaries from a few STEM fields at different ranks:  Assistant Professor (entry-level, immediately following completion of a PhD or postdoctoral appointment), Associate Professor (after tenure, which generally requires 7 years of experience and a strong record of research and publications, teaching, and service), and Full Professor (promotion after having the qualifications of Associate Professor, achieving national/international reputation for scholarship, continued service to the university.) <em>For more information on faculty rankings, see the 2011 “Promotion and Tenure” policies for UMBC as an example:   <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/provost/Faculty_Handbook/section6.pdf" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://www.umbc.edu/provost/Faculty_Handbook/section6.pdf</a>.  </em>The numbers in the table showcase a range of salaries based on faculty rank for a few STEM fields. Some of the ranges represent high end or top levels of salaries, and others are medians. The time frame also varies as some numbers represent salary paid out over 9 months, while others represent an annual 12 month salary.</p>
    <table width="1016" border="1">
    <tbody>
    <tr>
    <th><strong>Department</strong></th>
    <th><strong>Assistant </strong></th>
    <th><strong>Associate</strong></th>
    <th><strong>Full</strong></th>
    <th>Time frame</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td><strong>Biomedical Engineering</strong></td>
    <td>$83,508</td>
    <td>$98,328</td>
    <td>$138,162</td>
    <td> 9 month (As of 2011)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td><strong>Electrical and Computer Eng.</strong></td>
    <td>$84,582</td>
    <td>$96,183</td>
    <td>$123,568</td>
    <td> 9 month (As of 2011)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td><strong>All, Community College</strong></td>
    <td>$86,501</td>
    <td>$95,431</td>
    <td>$105,300</td>
    <td>12 month (As of 2010)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td><strong>Chemistry</strong></td>
    <td>$74,000</td>
    <td>$91,000</td>
    <td> $142,550</td>
    <td>11-12 month (As of 2009)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td><strong>Physics</strong></td>
    <td>$76,000</td>
    <td>$102,000</td>
    <td> $174,000</td>
    <td>11-12 month (As of 2006)</td>
    </tr>
    </tbody>
    </table>
    <p>NOTES.  <em>Information has been compiled from the following sources:</em></p>
    <ul>
    <li>Salaries 2009: Analysis of the <a title="American Chemical Society" href="http://www.acs.org/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">American Chemical Society</a>‘s 2009 Comprehensive Salary and Employment Status Survey, published by the American Chemical Society. <em>Range in table represents median salaries. </em><a href="http://portal.acs.org/portal/PublicWebSite/careers/salaries/surveys/CNBP_026817" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://portal.acs.org/portal/PublicWebSite/careers/salaries/surveys/CNBP_026817</a></li>
    <li><a title="Community College of Baltimore County" href="http://www.ccbcmd.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Community College of Baltimore County</a> (CCBC) Faculty Salary Scale, FY 2010.   <em>Range in table represents Grade 13, “High or Top” level. </em><a href="http://www.ccbcmd.edu/media/hr/faculty_salary_ranges.pdf" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://www.ccbcmd.edu/media/hr/faculty_salary_ranges.pdf</a></li>
    <li>“The Bent” Magazine of <a title="Tau Beta Pi" href="http://www.tbp.org" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Tau Beta Pi</a>, Engineering Honor Society, Spring 2012, reporting American Society for Engineering Education salary data from 2010-2011. <em>Range in table represents median salaries.  </em> <a href="http://www.asee.org/papers-and-publications/blogs-and-newsletters/connections/2012March-special-issue.html#Faculty" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://www.asee.org/papers-and-publications/blogs-and-newsletters/connections/2012March-special-issue.html#Faculty</a></li>
    <li>Salaries of PhD Physicists and Related Scientists During Spring 2006: Summary Report, published by the <a title="American Institute of Physics" href="http://www.aip.org/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">American Institute of Physics</a>.   <em>Range in table represents “Top” level.</em> <a href="http://www.aip.org/statistics/trends/highlite/salary/salsum06.pdf" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://www.aip.org/statistics/trends/highlite/salary/salsum06.pdf</a></li>
    </ul>
    
    <div><a title="The Chronicle of Higher Education" href="http://www.chronicle.com" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">The Chronicle of Higher Education</a> has additional data that breaks out median, 9 month salaries based on type of institution.  These data are based on information from more than 1,000 colleges and universities <a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Faculty-Salaries-at-More-Than/127041/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://chronicle.com/article/Faculty-Salaries-at-More-Than/127041/</a>.  The Chronicle also has an American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Faculty Salary Survey that will allow readers to look at 2010-2011 salary data by state, name of institution, year, or category of institution.   <a href="http://chronicle.com/stats/aaup/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://chronicle.com/stats/aaup/</a>.  To learn more about categories or classifications of institutions, see the Carnegie Foundation’s classification descriptions:  <a href="http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/descriptions/basic.php" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/descriptions/basic.php</a>.</div>
    
    
    
    <div>PROMISE is Maryland’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP), and as one of the more than 20 AGEPs across the country that serve graduate students, we present students with options related to careers in the academy.  PROMISE is sponsored by the <a href="http://www.nsf.gov" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">National Science Foundation</a>, therefore the information provided here has primarily focused on STEM fields, although data from the Chronicle and CCBC charts do not specify disciplines.  As we conclude, we return to the initial question: “Can you earn a comfortable living as a professor?” The answer is, “Yes, indeed you can.”</div>
    
    
    
    <div>****************************************************************************************************</div>
    
    <div>[<span><strong>Note (Added 4/6/12, 12:57 PM):</strong></span><em><strong><span> The salaries listed in the table have different time frames; the 5th column on the far right of the table indicates these time periods and specifies whether the salaries are based on a <span>9 month scale</span> or an annual 12 month scale.</span> </strong> </em>For example, according to the table, an assistant professor in biomedical engineering has a median salary of $83,508 on a <strong><span><em>9 month scale</em></span></strong>.  This corresponds to an annual salary of $111,344. Similarly, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering has a median salary of $96,183 <em><strong><span>over 9 months</span></strong></em>, which corresponds to a 12 month salary of $128,244.  The salaries posted for the community college are on a 12 month scale as indicated by the far right column.  In this case, the community college salary posted represents a median for all disciplines.  This grouping of all disciplines differs from the posted salary for the engineers which only includes a median among engineering faculty salaries.  Salaries for faculty STEM fields are higher than those for many other disciplines. Salaries for medical school faculty, not included here and excluded from the AAUP's survey posted by The Chronicle, are much higher than those in other fields.  Faculty often receive 9 months of salary from their academic departments, and they supplement three additional months of "summer salary" with grants funding or other activities. ]</div>
    <div>
    <p>_____________________________________________</p>
    <p>This post may be copied, but please reference “PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP, <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/promise">http://www.umbc.edu/promise</a>.”</p>
    <p>_____________________________________________</p>
    <p><strong>The text content of this post was compiled and written by the staff of PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP and may not be copied without referencing the PROMISE organization, as <em>“PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP”</em>.<br>
    </strong></p>
    <p><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nd/3.0/88x31.png" alt="Creative Commons License" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a><br>
    PROMISE AGEP Online Information by <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/promise" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP</a> is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License</a>.</p>
    </div>
    
    
    <p><span><span><br>
    </span></span></p>
    <h6>Related articles</h6>
    <ul>
    <li><a href="http://promiseagep.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/15-things-to-consider-as-you-prepare-for-your-faculty-interview/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">15 Things to Consider as You Prepare for Your Faculty Interview</a> (promiseagep.wordpress.com)</li>
    <li><a href="http://promiseagep.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/postdoc-and-faculty-jobs-down-under-consider-australia/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Postdoc and Faculty Jobs “Down Under.” Consider Australia!</a> (promiseagep.wordpress.com)</li>
    </ul>
    <br>   </div>
]]>
</Body>
<Summary>Throughout the last several years, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduate students who participate in PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP have given various reasons for and against...</Summary>
<Website>http://promiseagep.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/yes-professors-do-make-more-than-100000year-here-are-some-recent-salaries/</Website>
<TrackingUrl>https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/13447/guest@my.umbc.edu/44e65cc5b3e5f5ca238e3fb5b9e9282e/api/pixel</TrackingUrl>
<Tag>advising</Tag>
<Tag>agep</Tag>
<Tag>american-association-of-university-professors</Tag>
<Tag>chronicle-of-higher-education</Tag>
<Tag>community-college-of-baltimore-county</Tag>
<Tag>development</Tag>
<Tag>gradschool</Tag>
<Tag>gradstudents</Tag>
<Tag>jobs</Tag>
<Tag>jobs-and-funding</Tag>
<Tag>learning</Tag>
<Tag>maryland</Tag>
<Tag>national-agep</Tag>
<Tag>nsf</Tag>
<Tag>ph-d-completion</Tag>
<Tag>postdoc</Tag>
<Tag>preparing-future-faculty</Tag>
<Tag>prof-it</Tag>
<Tag>professor</Tag>
<Tag>professoriate</Tag>
<Tag>promise</Tag>
<Tag>promise-marylands-agep</Tag>
<Tag>stem-fields</Tag>
<Tag>support</Tag>
<Tag>tau-beta-pi</Tag>
<Tag>teaching</Tag>
<Tag>umbc</Tag>
<Tag>university-of-maryland-baltimore-county</Tag>
<Group token="gspd">Grad Student &amp;amp; Postdoc Development </Group>
<GroupUrl>https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/gspd</GroupUrl>
<AvatarUrl>https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xsmall.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="original">https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/original.jpg?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxlarge">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xxlarge.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xlarge">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xlarge.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="large">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/large.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="medium">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/medium.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="small">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/small.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xsmall">https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xsmall.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxsmall">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xxsmall.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<Sponsor>PROMISE @ UMBC: Graduate Student Development</Sponsor>
<PawCount>1</PawCount>
<CommentCount>0</CommentCount>
<CommentsAllowed>false</CommentsAllowed>
<PostedAt>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:43:02 -0400</PostedAt>
<EditAt>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:43:02 -0400</EditAt>
</NewsItem>

<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="13448" important="false" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa/posts/13448">
<Title>Yes, professors *DO* make more than $100,000/year! Here are some recent salaries &#8230;</Title>
<Body>
<![CDATA[
    <div class="html-content"><p>Throughout the last several years, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduate students who participate in PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP have given various reasons for and against planning to choose careers in the academy.  Among reasons against becoming a faculty member, students have told us that “professors don’t make any money” or that “professors are poor.”  Students may be surprised to learn that they are often making assumptions without any data.  We’ve found it interesting that students who really wanted to teach and have a research program were considering going to industry because they thought that they wouldn’t make a decent living as a professor.  To combat this notion, over the years, PROMISE has been giving students opportunities to hear from, and talk with, STEM faculty  from around the country during our <a href="http://promisesuccessseminars.wordpress.com/promise-summer-success-institute-ssi/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">PROMISE Summer Success Institutes (SSI)</a>.  The students learned that not only were many of the professors making a very comfortable salary, but that many were, by their own admission, “living large!”  Students were not aware that many faculty salaries are based on a 9 month scale, which means that faculty can do something else for 3 months in the summer, including taking advantage of other opportunities to make even more money.  Some faculty choose to supplement incomes through grant funding, teaching a summer class, or working on a project in another university/industry/government lab.  Some faculty choose to take the summer off to travel, spend time with family, or as PROMISE  faculty “Mentor-in-Residence”  put it, “go fishing.”</p>
    <p>The following table presents a sample of faculty salaries from a few STEM fields at different ranks:  Assistant Professor (entry-level, immediately following completion of a PhD or postdoctoral appointment), Associate Professor (after tenure, which generally requires 7 years of experience and a strong record of research and publications, teaching, and service), and Full Professor (promotion after having the qualifications of Associate Professor, achieving national/international reputation for scholarship, continued service to the university.) <em>For more information on faculty rankings, see the 2011 “Promotion and Tenure” policies for UMBC as an example:   <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/provost/Faculty_Handbook/section6.pdf" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://www.umbc.edu/provost/Faculty_Handbook/section6.pdf</a>.  </em>The numbers in the table showcase a range of salaries based on faculty rank for a few STEM fields. Some of the ranges represent high end or top levels of salaries, and others are medians. The time frame also varies as some numbers represent salary paid out over 9 months, while others represent an annual 12 month salary.</p>
    <table width="1016" border="1">
    <tbody>
    <tr>
    <th><strong>Department</strong></th>
    <th><strong>Assistant </strong></th>
    <th><strong>Associate</strong></th>
    <th><strong>Full</strong></th>
    <th>Time frame</th>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td><strong>Biomedical Engineering</strong></td>
    <td>$83,508</td>
    <td>$98,328</td>
    <td>$138,162</td>
    <td> 9 month (As of 2011)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td><strong>Electrical and Computer Eng.</strong></td>
    <td>$84,582</td>
    <td>$96,183</td>
    <td>$123,568</td>
    <td> 9 month (As of 2011)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td><strong>All, Community College</strong></td>
    <td>$86,501</td>
    <td>$95,431</td>
    <td>$105,300</td>
    <td>12 month (As of 2010)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td><strong>Chemistry</strong></td>
    <td>$74,000</td>
    <td>$91,000</td>
    <td> $142,550</td>
    <td>11-12 month (As of 2009)</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td><strong>Physics</strong></td>
    <td>$76,000</td>
    <td>$102,000</td>
    <td> $174,000</td>
    <td>11-12 month (As of 2006)</td>
    </tr>
    </tbody>
    </table>
    <p>NOTES.  <em>Information has been compiled from the following sources:</em></p>
    <ul>
    <li>Salaries 2009: Analysis of the <a title="American Chemical Society" href="http://www.acs.org/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">American Chemical Society</a>‘s 2009 Comprehensive Salary and Employment Status Survey, published by the American Chemical Society. <em>Range in table represents median salaries. </em><a href="http://portal.acs.org/portal/PublicWebSite/careers/salaries/surveys/CNBP_026817" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://portal.acs.org/portal/PublicWebSite/careers/salaries/surveys/CNBP_026817</a></li>
    <li><a title="Community College of Baltimore County" href="http://www.ccbcmd.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Community College of Baltimore County</a> (CCBC) Faculty Salary Scale, FY 2010.   <em>Range in table represents Grade 13, “High or Top” level. </em><a href="http://www.ccbcmd.edu/media/hr/faculty_salary_ranges.pdf" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://www.ccbcmd.edu/media/hr/faculty_salary_ranges.pdf</a></li>
    <li>“The Bent” Magazine of <a title="Tau Beta Pi" href="http://www.tbp.org" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Tau Beta Pi</a>, Engineering Honor Society, Spring 2012, reporting American Society for Engineering Education salary data from 2010-2011. <em>Range in table represents median salaries.  </em> <a href="http://www.asee.org/papers-and-publications/blogs-and-newsletters/connections/2012March-special-issue.html#Faculty" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://www.asee.org/papers-and-publications/blogs-and-newsletters/connections/2012March-special-issue.html#Faculty</a></li>
    <li>Salaries of PhD Physicists and Related Scientists During Spring 2006: Summary Report, published by the <a title="American Institute of Physics" href="http://www.aip.org/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">American Institute of Physics</a>.   <em>Range in table represents “Top” level.</em> <a href="http://www.aip.org/statistics/trends/highlite/salary/salsum06.pdf" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://www.aip.org/statistics/trends/highlite/salary/salsum06.pdf</a></li>
    </ul>
    
    <div><a title="The Chronicle of Higher Education" href="http://www.chronicle.com" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">The Chronicle of Higher Education</a> has additional data that breaks out median, 9 month salaries based on type of institution.  These data are based on information from more than 1,000 colleges and universities <a href="http://chronicle.com/article/Faculty-Salaries-at-More-Than/127041/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://chronicle.com/article/Faculty-Salaries-at-More-Than/127041/</a>.  The Chronicle also has an American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Faculty Salary Survey that will allow readers to look at 2010-2011 salary data by state, name of institution, year, or category of institution.   <a href="http://chronicle.com/stats/aaup/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://chronicle.com/stats/aaup/</a>.  To learn more about categories or classifications of institutions, see the Carnegie Foundation’s classification descriptions:  <a href="http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/descriptions/basic.php" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/descriptions/basic.php</a>.</div>
    
    
    
    <div>PROMISE is Maryland’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP), and as one of the more than 20 AGEPs across the country that serve graduate students, we present students with options related to careers in the academy.  PROMISE is sponsored by the <a href="http://www.nsf.gov" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">National Science Foundation</a>, therefore the information provided here has primarily focused on STEM fields, although data from the Chronicle and CCBC charts do not specify disciplines.  As we conclude, we return to the initial question: “Can you earn a comfortable living as a professor?” The answer is, “Yes, indeed you can.”</div>
    
    
    
    <div>****************************************************************************************************</div>
    
    <div>[<span><strong>Note (Added 4/6/12, 12:57 PM):</strong></span><em><strong><span> The salaries listed in the table have different time frames; the 5th column on the far right of the table indicates these time periods and specifies whether the salaries are based on a <span>9 month scale</span> or an annual 12 month scale.</span> </strong> </em>For example, according to the table, an assistant professor in biomedical engineering has a median salary of $83,508 on a <strong><span><em>9 month scale</em></span></strong>.  This corresponds to an annual salary of $111,344. Similarly, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering has a median salary of $96,183 <em><strong><span>over 9 months</span></strong></em>, which corresponds to a 12 month salary of $128,244.  The salaries posted for the community college are on a 12 month scale as indicated by the far right column.  In this case, the community college salary posted represents a median for all disciplines.  This grouping of all disciplines differs from the posted salary for the engineers which only includes a median among engineering faculty salaries.  Salaries for faculty STEM fields are higher than those for many other disciplines. Salaries for medical school faculty, not included here and excluded from the AAUP's survey posted by The Chronicle, are much higher than those in other fields.  Faculty often receive 9 months of salary from their academic departments, and they supplement three additional months of "summer salary" with grants funding or other activities. ]</div>
    <div>
    <p>_____________________________________________</p>
    <p>This post may be copied, but please reference “PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP, <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/promise">http://www.umbc.edu/promise</a>.”</p>
    <p>_____________________________________________</p>
    <p><strong>The text content of this post was compiled and written by the staff of PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP and may not be copied without referencing the PROMISE organization, as <em>“PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP”</em>.<br>
    </strong></p>
    <p><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nd/3.0/88x31.png" alt="Creative Commons License" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a><br>
    PROMISE AGEP Online Information by <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/promise" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP</a> is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License</a>.</p>
    </div>
    
    
    <p><span><span><br>
    </span></span></p>
    <h6>Related articles</h6>
    <ul>
    <li><a href="http://promiseagep.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/15-things-to-consider-as-you-prepare-for-your-faculty-interview/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">15 Things to Consider as You Prepare for Your Faculty Interview</a> (promiseagep.wordpress.com)</li>
    <li><a href="http://promiseagep.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/postdoc-and-faculty-jobs-down-under-consider-australia/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Postdoc and Faculty Jobs “Down Under.” Consider Australia!</a> (promiseagep.wordpress.com)</li>
    </ul>
    <br>   </div>
]]>
</Body>
<Summary>Throughout the last several years, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduate students who participate in PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP have given various reasons for and against...</Summary>
<Website>https://promiseagep.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/yes-professors-do-make-more-than-100000year-here-are-some-recent-salaries/</Website>
<TrackingUrl>https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/13448/guest@my.umbc.edu/382764ba0d91c8601d11d5ef476ab088/api/pixel</TrackingUrl>
<Tag>advising</Tag>
<Tag>agep</Tag>
<Tag>american-association-of-university-professors</Tag>
<Tag>chronicle-of-higher-education</Tag>
<Tag>community-college-of-baltimore-county</Tag>
<Tag>development</Tag>
<Tag>gradschool</Tag>
<Tag>gradstudents</Tag>
<Tag>jobs</Tag>
<Tag>jobs-and-funding</Tag>
<Tag>learning</Tag>
<Tag>maryland</Tag>
<Tag>national-agep</Tag>
<Tag>nsf</Tag>
<Tag>ph-d-completion</Tag>
<Tag>postdoc</Tag>
<Tag>preparing-future-faculty</Tag>
<Tag>prof-it</Tag>
<Tag>professor</Tag>
<Tag>professoriate</Tag>
<Tag>promise</Tag>
<Tag>promise-marylands-agep</Tag>
<Tag>stem-fields</Tag>
<Tag>support</Tag>
<Tag>tau-beta-pi</Tag>
<Tag>teaching</Tag>
<Tag>umbc</Tag>
<Tag>university-of-maryland-baltimore-county</Tag>
<Group token="gspd">Grad Student &amp;amp; Postdoc Development </Group>
<GroupUrl>https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/gspd</GroupUrl>
<AvatarUrl>https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xsmall.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="original">https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/original.jpg?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxlarge">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xxlarge.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xlarge">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xlarge.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="large">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/large.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="medium">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/medium.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="small">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/small.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xsmall">https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xsmall.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxsmall">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xxsmall.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<Sponsor>PROMISE @ UMBC: Graduate Student Development</Sponsor>
<PawCount>0</PawCount>
<CommentCount>0</CommentCount>
<CommentsAllowed>false</CommentsAllowed>
<PostedAt>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:43:02 -0400</PostedAt>
<EditAt>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:43:02 -0400</EditAt>
</NewsItem>

<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="13437" important="false" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa/posts/13437">
<Title>FA2012 Lab &amp; Lecture Hall Software Requests Deadline is May 1</Title>
<Body>
<![CDATA[
    <div class="html-content">In order to load all lab and lecture hall PCs with our standard set of software (known as an "image"), all requests for additions or changes for Fall 2012 must be received by Tuesday, May 1. For Spring 2013, the lab &amp; lecture hall software "image" deadline is Monday, October 1. All software requests must be made <em>each semester </em>(they do not carry over from semester to semester).
    
    To be added to the lab &amp; lecture hall image, DoIT must have the following:
    
    * Proof of purchase/licenses
    * Media and software installation instructions
    
    Please <a href="https://my.umbc.edu/go/request-help" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">submit an RT ticket </a> containing the required information or contact 410.455.3838 and a Technology Support Center (TSC) staff member will assist you.  If the request is not received by the deadline, there is no guarantee the requested software will be made available.
    
    For an instructor-only demo of software, please use a laptop. If you don't have a laptop, you can <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/oit/classroomtechnology/avrequest.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">reserve</a> and pick up one at <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/oit/classroomtechnology/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">AV Services</a> (020 ENGR Bldg).
    
    If you need software installed on the lab image for a one-time purpose (for example, a 2-day workshop in which all users need access to the software), the request should be submitted no less than six (6) weeks prior to the first lab reservation for that class. The software will be removed once you are done.
    
    An e-mail will be sent to the requester once the software is installed, typically 1-2 week(s) before the first use of the software; faculty/instructors need to then test the software to ensure everything is working as expected for class. Support for the software is the responsibility of the instructor or department who requested that the software be installed.
    
    Again, proof of purchase and/or license must be provided for as many copies as will be needed for the students in the class. We cannot install software without appropriate proof of licensing.
    
    Although DoIT will make a reasonable effort to get all software packages to work, we can not guarantee that they will. Some packages may not function because of the network, computer hardware, and lab setup. DoIT cannot be held responsible for software that does not work by class time. Please contact the TSC at 410.455.3838 if you have any additional questions.</div>
]]>
</Body>
<Summary>In order to load all lab and lecture hall PCs with our standard set of software (known as an "image"), all requests for additions or changes for Fall 2012 must be received by Tuesday, May 1. For...</Summary>
<Website>http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2012/04/fa2012_lab_lect.html</Website>
<TrackingUrl>https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/13437/guest@my.umbc.edu/921d4ce0e3fac02195c201d0d0e519bd/api/pixel</TrackingUrl>
<Tag>classroom-technology</Tag>
<Tag>general</Tag>
<Tag>software</Tag>
<Tag>teaching-and-learning</Tag>
<Group token="doit">Division of Information Technology (DoIT)</Group>
<GroupUrl>https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/doit</GroupUrl>
<AvatarUrl>https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xsmall.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="original">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/original.JPG?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxlarge">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xxlarge.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xlarge">https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xlarge.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="large">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/large.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="medium">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/medium.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="small">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/small.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xsmall">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xsmall.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxsmall">https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xxsmall.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<Sponsor>Division of Information Technology</Sponsor>
<PawCount>0</PawCount>
<CommentCount>0</CommentCount>
<CommentsAllowed>false</CommentsAllowed>
<PostedAt>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:35:49 -0400</PostedAt>
</NewsItem>

<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="13438" important="false" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa/posts/13438">
<Title>Hybrid Teaching and Learning Resources Lunch &amp; Learn on 5/7 at 12 pm</Title>
<Body>
<![CDATA[
    <div class="html-content">Are you interested in learning more about hybrid teaching and learning? Are you curious about what resources are available to you on campus? Bring your lunch and join the conversation on Monday, May 7, from 12-1 pm in ENGR 023. Representatives from <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/doit" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">DoIT</a> and the <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/summer/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Office of Summer, Winter &amp; Special Programs</a> will give an overview of the <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2012/04/hybrid_course_r_3.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Hybrid Course Redesign Workshop</a>, the <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit-hybrid/documents/719" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Alternate Delivery Program</a>, and resources available through <a href="http://www.qmprogram.org/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Quality Matters</a> and the <a href="http://sloanconsortium.org/workshops" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">SLOAN-C College Pass </a>program. All faculty are welcome to attend. Cookies and beverages will be provided for registered participants.  To register, please go to <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/training/events/11392" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">this event</a> on the <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/training" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">myUMBC Training site</a>.</div>
]]>
</Body>
<Summary>Are you interested in learning more about hybrid teaching and learning? Are you curious about what resources are available to you on campus? Bring your lunch and join the conversation on Monday,...</Summary>
<Website>http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2012/04/hybrid_teaching.html</Website>
<TrackingUrl>https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/13438/guest@my.umbc.edu/ab10502279c6116d007af7d71508dfed/api/pixel</TrackingUrl>
<Tag>hybrid</Tag>
<Tag>teaching-and-learning</Tag>
<Group token="doit">Division of Information Technology (DoIT)</Group>
<GroupUrl>https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/doit</GroupUrl>
<AvatarUrl>https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xsmall.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="original">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/original.JPG?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxlarge">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xxlarge.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xlarge">https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xlarge.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="large">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/large.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="medium">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/medium.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="small">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/small.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xsmall">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xsmall.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxsmall">https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xxsmall.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<Sponsor>Division of Information Technology</Sponsor>
<PawCount>0</PawCount>
<CommentCount>0</CommentCount>
<CommentsAllowed>false</CommentsAllowed>
<PostedAt>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:15:40 -0400</PostedAt>
</NewsItem>

<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="13435" important="false" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa/posts/13435">
<Title>Hybrid Course Redesign Workshop, 6/8</Title>
<Body>
<![CDATA[
    <div class="html-content"><a href="http://www.umbc.edu/doit/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">DoIT</a> and the <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/fdc/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Faculty Development Center</a> will be offering the Course Redesign/ Hybrid Course Redesign Workshop on June 8, 2012 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm in ENGR 023 on UMBC's Main Campus. In the morning participants will learn the principles of good course design, including designing assignments and assessments that help students achieve the goals for their learning. Lunch will be provided and participants will hear from a panel of faculty experienced in teaching hybrid courses. In the afternoon  faculty will apply the principles of good course design from the morning session to planning a hybrid course (part-online, part face-to-face), and gain hands-on experience with some of the technology tools that are effective in online teaching. This workshop is open to all full or part time UMBC faculty and is limited to 14 participants. To register, please go to <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/training/events/11393" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">this event</a> on the <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/training" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">myUMBC Training site</a>.
    
    The workshop will also help meet the <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit-hybrid/documents/720" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">requirements</a> for a one-time course-redesign stipend through the Alternate Delivery program (ADP), which is sponsored by both the <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/provost/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Office of the Provost</a>, and the Office of Summer, Winter and Special Programs (<a href="http://www.umbc.edu/summer/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">OSWSP</a>).</div>
]]>
</Body>
<Summary>DoIT and the Faculty Development Center will be offering the Course Redesign/ Hybrid Course Redesign Workshop on June 8, 2012 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm in ENGR 023 on UMBC's Main Campus. In the...</Summary>
<Website>http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2012/04/hybrid_course_r_3.html</Website>
<TrackingUrl>https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/13435/guest@my.umbc.edu/a6e3e349045d02222dfa3eedc038cd2c/api/pixel</TrackingUrl>
<Tag>blackboard</Tag>
<Tag>hybrid</Tag>
<Tag>teaching-and-learning</Tag>
<Tag>training</Tag>
<Group token="doit">Division of Information Technology (DoIT)</Group>
<GroupUrl>https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/doit</GroupUrl>
<AvatarUrl>https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xsmall.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="original">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/original.JPG?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxlarge">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xxlarge.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xlarge">https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xlarge.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="large">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/large.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="medium">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/medium.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="small">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/small.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xsmall">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xsmall.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxsmall">https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/021/d27760c5de12c74b73faec8d0e631acf/xxsmall.png?1727453227</AvatarUrl>
<Sponsor>Division of Information Technology</Sponsor>
<PawCount>0</PawCount>
<CommentCount>0</CommentCount>
<CommentsAllowed>false</CommentsAllowed>
<PostedAt>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:05:53 -0400</PostedAt>
</NewsItem>

<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="13449" important="false" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa/posts/13449">
<Title>Got S.W.A.G.? (Secrets to Winning in Academia&#8217;s Game) Workshop &#8211; Friday, 3/30/12</Title>
<Body>
<![CDATA[
    <div class="html-content"><div>Dr. Raheem Beyah and Dr. William Robinson, 2011 <a href="http://promisesuccessseminars.wordpress.com/promise-summer-success-institute-ssi/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">PROMISE SSI</a> Mentors-in-Residence, will present their annual “Got S.W.A.G.?” workshop for advanced Ph.D. students, postdocs, and assistant professors, at the <a href="http://www.nsbe.org/Convention/Convention/Graduate-School-%28GSC%29.aspx" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">2012 National Convention for the National Society of Black Engineers </a>on Friday, 3/30/12.  Dr. Beyah and Dr. Robinson were former graduate students in the NSF FACES AGEP at Georgia Tech, and both are now tenured engineering professors at Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt respectively.  Graduate students who are going to be in Pittsburgh this week should make it a priority to attend this workshop.  Students who are not attending the NSBE conference, or who will not be traveling to Pittsburgh on Friday, should read the abstract so that you can take time to think about some of the issues that need to be addressed to be prepared for success in academe.</div>
    
    <div>
    <div>
    <div>**********************************************************************</div>
    </div>
    <div>CALL FOR PARTICIPATION</div>
    </div>
    
    <div>**********************************************************************</div>
    <div><strong><em>2nd Annual Got S.W.A.G.? (Secrets to Winning in Academia’s Game) Workshop</em></strong><br>
    38th Annual Convention</div>
    <div>
    <div>Westin Convention Center Hotel</div>
    <div>Pennsylvania East Meeting Room<br>
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</div>
    </div>
    <div>
    <div>Friday, March 30, 2012</div>
    </div>
    <div>
    <div>3:45pm –  5pm</div>
    </div>
    <div>
    <div>**********************************************************************</div>
    </div>
    
    <div>
    <div>ABOUT THE WORKSHOP</div>
    </div>
    
    <div>—————————————————————————————</div>
    
    <div>
    <div>Title: <em><strong>Got S.W.A.G.? (Secrets to Winning in Academia’s Game)</strong></em><br>
    Presenters: W<em>illiam H. Robinson, Ph.D. and Raheem A. Beyah, Ph.D.</em></div>
    </div>
    <div>
    <div>Target audience: Assistant Professors, Post-docs, and Senior Ph.D. students</div>
    </div>
    
    <div>—————————————————————————————–</div>
    
    <div>
    <div><strong>Abstract:</strong></div>
    
    
    <div>Maybe you are on the tenure-track now, or you are planning to accept a tenure-track position soon. But do you have the SWAG to surf the unwritten rules of academia and win tenure at a university? You must avoid being a “one-hit wonder” by sustaining your excellence in research, teaching, and service. The workshop presenters have compiled a list of lessons they learned during the tenure-track process, and will share those experiences with the audience. We will discuss how to maximize your “street cred,” which translates to the impact of your research program. Is your research valued by the community? Can you obtain strong external letters for your dossier? High-impact publications and invited seminars are keys to visibility within the academic community. We will also discuss how to build your “entourage,” which translates to your research group. What is your recruiting and management style? Hiring and mentoring good graduate students is the lifeblood of scholarly impact. We will discuss how to “make it rain,” which means winning competitive grants and young investigator awards. Do the program managers at the funding agencies know you personally? Have you leveraged your first grant (i.e., your startup package)? Faculty members are evaluated by the amount of funds brought to the university. Finally, we will discuss “winning time,” which is the art of preparing your dossier. You must make your case to win tenure with strong summaries of your scholarly contributions in research, teaching, and service. We envision an interactive discussion with the audience in an effort to diversify the landscape of academia [1].[1] D. E. Chubin, G. S. May, and E. L. Babco, “Diversifying the engineering workforce,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 94, January 2005.
    </div>
    </div>
    
    <div>
    
    
    <div>
    <div>ABOUT THE PRESENTERS</div>
    </div>
    
    </div>
    <div>
    <div>William H. Robinson received his B.S. in electrical engineering from the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in 1996, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1998 and 2003, respectively. In August 2003, Dr. Robinson joined the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Vanderbilt University as an Assistant Professor, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2010. His research explores hardware and software tradeoffs to improve system performance, system reliability, and system security. Dr. Robinson’s major honors include a National Science Foundation CAREER Award and selection for DARPA’s Computer Science Study Panel, both in 2008. Dr. Robinson is a Senior Member of both the IEEE and the ACM, and has additional memberships in ASEE and NSBE.</div>
    </div>
    
    <div>
    <p>Email: <a href="mailto:william.h.robinson@vanderbilt.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">william.h.robinson@vanderbilt.edu</a>, URL: <a href="http://www.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/%7Erobinswh" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">www.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/~robinswh</a></p>
    
    </div>
    
    <div>
    <p>Raheem Beyah is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech where he leads the Communications Assurance and Performance Group (CAP) and is a member of the Communications Systems Center (CSC). Prior to returning to Georgia Tech, Dr. Beyah was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Georgia State University, a research faculty member with the Georgia Tech CSC, and a consultant in Andersen Consulting’s (now Accenture) Network Solutions Group. He received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina A&amp;T State University in 1998. He received his Masters and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1999 and 2003, respectively. Dr. Beyah served as a Guest Editor for MONET. He is an Associate Editor of several journals including the (Wiley) Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal. His research interests include network security, wireless networks, network traffic characterization and performance, and security visualization. He received the National Science Foundation CAREER award in 2009 and was selected for DARPA’s Computer Science Study Panel in 2010. He is a member of NSBE, ASEE, and a senior member of ACM and IEEE.</p>
    </div>
    
    <div>Email: <a href="mailto:rbeyah@ece.gatech.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">rbeyah@ece.gatech.edu</a>, URL: <a href="http://www.ece.gatech.edu/cap" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">www.ece.gatech.edu/cap</a>
    
    </div>
    
    <br>   </div>
]]>
</Body>
<Summary>Dr. Raheem Beyah and Dr. William Robinson, 2011 PROMISE SSI Mentors-in-Residence, will present their annual “Got S.W.A.G.?” workshop for advanced Ph.D. students, postdocs, and assistant...</Summary>
<Website>https://promiseagep.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/got-s-w-a-g-secrets-to-winning-in-academias-game-workshop-friday-33012/</Website>
<TrackingUrl>https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/13449/guest@my.umbc.edu/b754ebc7070cfb4974b97ee2e8198833/api/pixel</TrackingUrl>
<Tag>academic-enrichment</Tag>
<Tag>advising</Tag>
<Tag>agep</Tag>
<Tag>development</Tag>
<Tag>georgia-institute-of-technology</Tag>
<Tag>georgia-tech</Tag>
<Tag>gradschool</Tag>
<Tag>gradstudents</Tag>
<Tag>learning</Tag>
<Tag>maryland</Tag>
<Tag>national-science-foundation</Tag>
<Tag>national-society-of-black-engineers</Tag>
<Tag>nsbe</Tag>
<Tag>nsf</Tag>
<Tag>pittsburgh</Tag>
<Tag>postdoc</Tag>
<Tag>prof-it-professors-in-training</Tag>
<Tag>professor</Tag>
<Tag>professoriate</Tag>
<Tag>promise</Tag>
<Tag>promise-marylands-agep</Tag>
<Tag>raheem-beyah</Tag>
<Tag>support</Tag>
<Tag>teaching</Tag>
<Group token="gspd">Grad Student &amp;amp; Postdoc Development </Group>
<GroupUrl>https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/gspd</GroupUrl>
<AvatarUrl>https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xsmall.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="original">https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/original.jpg?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxlarge">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xxlarge.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xlarge">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xlarge.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="large">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/large.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="medium">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/medium.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="small">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/small.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xsmall">https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xsmall.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxsmall">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xxsmall.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<Sponsor>PROMISE @ UMBC: Graduate Student Development</Sponsor>
<PawCount>1</PawCount>
<CommentCount>0</CommentCount>
<CommentsAllowed>false</CommentsAllowed>
<PostedAt>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:07:01 -0400</PostedAt>
<EditAt>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:07:01 -0400</EditAt>
</NewsItem>

<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="13278" important="false" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa/posts/13278">
<Title>Got S.W.A.G.? (Secrets to Winning in Academia&#8217;s Game) Workshop &#8211; Friday, 3/30/12</Title>
<Body>
<![CDATA[
    <div class="html-content"><div>Dr. Raheem Beyah and Dr. William Robinson, 2011 <a href="http://promisesuccessseminars.wordpress.com/promise-summer-success-institute-ssi/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">PROMISE SSI</a> Mentors-in-Residence, will present their annual “Got S.W.A.G.?” workshop for advanced Ph.D. students, postdocs, and assistant professors, at the <a href="http://www.nsbe.org/Convention/Convention/Graduate-School-%28GSC%29.aspx" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">2012 National Convention for the National Society of Black Engineers </a>on Friday, 3/30/12.  Dr. Beyah and Dr. Robinson were former graduate students in the NSF FACES AGEP at Georgia Tech, and both are now tenured engineering professors at Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt respectively.  Graduate students who are going to be in Pittsburgh this week should make it a priority to attend this workshop.  Students who are not attending the NSBE conference, or who will not be traveling to Pittsburgh on Friday, should read the abstract so that you can take time to think about some of the issues that need to be addressed to be prepared for success in academe.</div>
    
    <div>
    <div>
    <div>**********************************************************************</div>
    </div>
    <div>CALL FOR PARTICIPATION</div>
    </div>
    
    <div>**********************************************************************</div>
    <div><strong><em>2nd Annual Got S.W.A.G.? (Secrets to Winning in Academia’s Game) Workshop</em></strong><br>
    38th Annual Convention</div>
    <div>
    <div>Westin Convention Center Hotel</div>
    <div>Pennsylvania East Meeting Room<br>
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</div>
    </div>
    <div>
    <div>Friday, March 30, 2012</div>
    </div>
    <div>
    <div>3:45pm –  5pm</div>
    </div>
    <div>
    <div>**********************************************************************</div>
    </div>
    
    <div>
    <div>ABOUT THE WORKSHOP</div>
    </div>
    
    <div>—————————————————————————————</div>
    
    <div>
    <div>Title: <em><strong>Got S.W.A.G.? (Secrets to Winning in Academia’s Game)</strong></em><br>
    Presenters: W<em>illiam H. Robinson, Ph.D. and Raheem A. Beyah, Ph.D.</em></div>
    </div>
    <div>
    <div>Target audience: Assistant Professors, Post-docs, and Senior Ph.D. students</div>
    </div>
    
    <div>—————————————————————————————–</div>
    
    <div>
    <div><strong>Abstract:</strong></div>
    
    
    <div>Maybe you are on the tenure-track now, or you are planning to accept a tenure-track position soon. But do you have the SWAG to surf the unwritten rules of academia and win tenure at a university? You must avoid being a “one-hit wonder” by sustaining your excellence in research, teaching, and service. The workshop presenters have compiled a list of lessons they learned during the tenure-track process, and will share those experiences with the audience. We will discuss how to maximize your “street cred,” which translates to the impact of your research program. Is your research valued by the community? Can you obtain strong external letters for your dossier? High-impact publications and invited seminars are keys to visibility within the academic community. We will also discuss how to build your “entourage,” which translates to your research group. What is your recruiting and management style? Hiring and mentoring good graduate students is the lifeblood of scholarly impact. We will discuss how to “make it rain,” which means winning competitive grants and young investigator awards. Do the program managers at the funding agencies know you personally? Have you leveraged your first grant (i.e., your startup package)? Faculty members are evaluated by the amount of funds brought to the university. Finally, we will discuss “winning time,” which is the art of preparing your dossier. You must make your case to win tenure with strong summaries of your scholarly contributions in research, teaching, and service. We envision an interactive discussion with the audience in an effort to diversify the landscape of academia [1].[1] D. E. Chubin, G. S. May, and E. L. Babco, “Diversifying the engineering workforce,” Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 94, January 2005.
    </div>
    </div>
    
    <div>
    
    
    <div>
    <div>ABOUT THE PRESENTERS</div>
    </div>
    
    </div>
    <div>
    <div>William H. Robinson received his B.S. in electrical engineering from the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in 1996, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1998 and 2003, respectively. In August 2003, Dr. Robinson joined the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Vanderbilt University as an Assistant Professor, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2010. His research explores hardware and software tradeoffs to improve system performance, system reliability, and system security. Dr. Robinson’s major honors include a National Science Foundation CAREER Award and selection for DARPA’s Computer Science Study Panel, both in 2008. Dr. Robinson is a Senior Member of both the IEEE and the ACM, and has additional memberships in ASEE and NSBE.</div>
    </div>
    
    <div>
    <p>Email: <a href="mailto:william.h.robinson@vanderbilt.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">william.h.robinson@vanderbilt.edu</a>, URL: <a href="http://www.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/%7Erobinswh" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">www.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/~robinswh</a></p>
    
    </div>
    
    <div>
    <p>Raheem Beyah is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech where he leads the Communications Assurance and Performance Group (CAP) and is a member of the Communications Systems Center (CSC). Prior to returning to Georgia Tech, Dr. Beyah was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Georgia State University, a research faculty member with the Georgia Tech CSC, and a consultant in Andersen Consulting’s (now Accenture) Network Solutions Group. He received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina A&amp;T State University in 1998. He received his Masters and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1999 and 2003, respectively. Dr. Beyah served as a Guest Editor for MONET. He is an Associate Editor of several journals including the (Wiley) Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Journal. His research interests include network security, wireless networks, network traffic characterization and performance, and security visualization. He received the National Science Foundation CAREER award in 2009 and was selected for DARPA’s Computer Science Study Panel in 2010. He is a member of NSBE, ASEE, and a senior member of ACM and IEEE.</p>
    </div>
    
    <div>Email: <a href="mailto:rbeyah@ece.gatech.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">rbeyah@ece.gatech.edu</a>, URL: <a href="http://www.ece.gatech.edu/cap" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">www.ece.gatech.edu/cap</a>
    
    </div>
    
    <br>   </div>
]]>
</Body>
<Summary>Dr. Raheem Beyah and Dr. William Robinson, 2011 PROMISE SSI Mentors-in-Residence, will present their annual “Got S.W.A.G.?” workshop for advanced Ph.D. students, postdocs, and assistant...</Summary>
<Website>http://promiseagep.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/got-s-w-a-g-secrets-to-winning-in-academias-game-workshop-friday-33012/</Website>
<TrackingUrl>https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/13278/guest@my.umbc.edu/954696ed4e3d2f5ec802d5abb013c9da/api/pixel</TrackingUrl>
<Tag>advising</Tag>
<Tag>agep</Tag>
<Tag>development</Tag>
<Tag>georgia-institute-of-technology</Tag>
<Tag>georgia-tech</Tag>
<Tag>gradschool</Tag>
<Tag>gradstudents</Tag>
<Tag>learning</Tag>
<Tag>maryland</Tag>
<Tag>national-science-foundation</Tag>
<Tag>national-society-of-black-engineers</Tag>
<Tag>nsbe</Tag>
<Tag>nsf</Tag>
<Tag>pittsburgh</Tag>
<Tag>postdoc</Tag>
<Tag>prof-it-professors-in-training</Tag>
<Tag>professor</Tag>
<Tag>professoriate</Tag>
<Tag>promise</Tag>
<Tag>promise-marylands-agep</Tag>
<Tag>raheem-beyah</Tag>
<Tag>support</Tag>
<Tag>teaching</Tag>
<Group token="gspd">Grad Student &amp;amp; Postdoc Development </Group>
<GroupUrl>https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/gspd</GroupUrl>
<AvatarUrl>https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xsmall.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="original">https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/original.jpg?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxlarge">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xxlarge.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xlarge">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xlarge.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="large">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/large.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="medium">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/medium.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="small">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/small.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xsmall">https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xsmall.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxsmall">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/066/fd3771a0ce0803416cfb6a914448d0d0/xxsmall.png?1695134616</AvatarUrl>
<Sponsor>PROMISE @ UMBC: Graduate Student Development</Sponsor>
<PawCount>1</PawCount>
<CommentCount>0</CommentCount>
<CommentsAllowed>false</CommentsAllowed>
<PostedAt>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:07:01 -0400</PostedAt>
<EditAt>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:07:01 -0400</EditAt>
</NewsItem>

<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="13275" important="false" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa/posts/13275">
<Title>Don't Miss these Treasures</Title>
<Tagline>Library Treasures Revealed</Tagline>
<Body>
<![CDATA[
    <div class="html-content">Interested in learning about the many treasures that the UMBC Library <br>has to offer? We are coming to you with some tips on how to get them. <br>Meet us at Chick-fil-A, at the UC, on 03/29 at 11:30-12:30.</div>
]]>
</Body>
<Summary>Interested in learning about the many treasures that the UMBC Library  has to offer? We are coming to you with some tips on how to get them.  Meet us at Chick-fil-A, at the UC, on 03/29 at...</Summary>
<AttachmentKind>Flyer</AttachmentKind>
<AttachmentUrl>https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/attachments/bdfd771e19cbd778c8360b356598d17d/69ec0752/news/000/013/275/ce059ef4192cbdcb40df4422c090f1c3/Library Treasures Poster 8X11.jpg?1332962641</AttachmentUrl>
<Attachments>
<Attachment kind="Flyer" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa/posts/13275/attachments/5304"></Attachment>
</Attachments>
<TrackingUrl>https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/13275/guest@my.umbc.edu/70344372f0b19ddbbce013260b3a0cb2/api/pixel</TrackingUrl>
<Tag>library</Tag>
<Tag>services</Tag>
<Tag>students</Tag>
<Group token="library">Albin O. Kuhn Library &amp;amp; Gallery</Group>
<GroupUrl>https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/library</GroupUrl>
<AvatarUrl>https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/xsmall.png?1279120404</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="original">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/original.png?1279120404</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxlarge">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/xxlarge.png?1279120404</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xlarge">https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/xlarge.png?1279120404</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="large">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/large.png?1279120404</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="medium">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/medium.png?1279120404</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="small">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/small.png?1279120404</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xsmall">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/xsmall.png?1279120404</AvatarUrl>
<AvatarUrl size="xxsmall">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/016/854d6fae5ee42911677c739ee1734486/xxsmall.png?1279120404</AvatarUrl>
<Sponsor>Albin O. Kuhn Library &amp; Gallery</Sponsor>
<ThumbnailUrl size="xxlarge">https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/013/275/fa4181f0908262b9a921cbf04f821dc6/xxlarge.jpg?1332962512</ThumbnailUrl>
<ThumbnailUrl size="xlarge">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/013/275/fa4181f0908262b9a921cbf04f821dc6/xlarge.jpg?1332962512</ThumbnailUrl>
<ThumbnailUrl size="large">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/013/275/fa4181f0908262b9a921cbf04f821dc6/large.jpg?1332962512</ThumbnailUrl>
<ThumbnailUrl size="medium">https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/013/275/fa4181f0908262b9a921cbf04f821dc6/medium.jpg?1332962512</ThumbnailUrl>
<ThumbnailUrl size="small">https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/013/275/fa4181f0908262b9a921cbf04f821dc6/small.jpg?1332962512</ThumbnailUrl>
<ThumbnailUrl size="xsmall">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/013/275/fa4181f0908262b9a921cbf04f821dc6/xsmall.jpg?1332962512</ThumbnailUrl>
<ThumbnailUrl size="xxsmall">https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/013/275/fa4181f0908262b9a921cbf04f821dc6/xxsmall.jpg?1332962512</ThumbnailUrl>
<PawCount>3</PawCount>
<CommentCount>0</CommentCount>
<CommentsAllowed>true</CommentsAllowed>
<PostedAt>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:26:37 -0400</PostedAt>
</NewsItem>

</News>
