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<Title>GSO Registration Is Now Open</Title>
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<Title>Changing Maryland: Legislative Session Preview</Title>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="112101" important="false" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/gspd/posts/112101">
<Title>Graduate Writing Help offered by the GSA</Title>
<Tagline>Schedule tutoring with our new Writing Advisor Ivan Perez</Tagline>
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<Title>UMBC Writing Center Graduate Student Survey</Title>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="111966" important="false" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/gspd/posts/111966">
<Title>Call for Grad Student Presenters!</Title>
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<Title>Zachary Smith is the GSA's Grad Student of the Week</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><p>The <a href="https://www.nsfgrfp.org/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship Program</a> (NSF GRFP) is available to students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and STEM education (includes some social sciences and psychology fields), and come with a 3-year stipend, worth more than $100,000 for your graduate education (Master's or PhD).</p><p><span><span>Online</span></span></p><p>This event is a two day workshop, Part 2 will be hosted on Saturday, September 11, 2021 from 3PM - 5PM. </p><div>Our speakers, UMBC alums who have been winners themselves, have helped to produce several winners. You can be one of them!</div><div><br></div><div>The session is open to all<strong><u> graduate students, undergraduate seniors are welcomed, specially those from underrepresented backgrounds (Latinos/Hispanics, Blacks/African Americans, Native Americans, Native Hawaiias, Pacific Islanders).</u></strong></div><div><strong><u><br></u></strong></div><div>This funding is limited to US Citizens, nationals or permanent residents. </div><div><br></div><div>If you are interested in learning about this source of funding, eligibility, application process or get your application reviewed, this event is for you.</div><div><br></div><div><strong><em>Once you register, please go to the website </em><em><a href="https://ccom.uprrp.edu/~pordonez/NSFworkshop/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://ccom.uprrp.edu/~pordonez/NSFworkshop/</a>  </em><em>and click on the Participant Folder, please download the participants.zip.file. There are three worksheets you will need to fill out that start with the words WS.</em></strong></div><div><br></div><div>About our speakers:</div><div><br></div><div><ul><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/francescarter/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Dr. Frances Carter-Johnson</a>, Education Data Scientist, National Science Foundation</li></ul><ul><li><a href="http://ccom.uprrp.edu/~pordonez/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Dr. Patti Ordóñez</a>, Associate Professor, Computer Science, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras.</li></ul><div><br></div><div>The NSF GRFP fellowship program intends to support those at the beginning of their graduate career. The program supports graduate students who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees in fields like Geosciences, Life Sciences, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Engineering, Material Research, Psychology, Social Sciences, STEM Education and Learning, Chemistry, Mathematical Sciences and Physics and Astronomy. To learn more about this source of funding please visit: <a href="https://www.nsfgrfp.org/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://www.nsfgrfp.org/</a></div><div><br></div><div><strong>Please click below in the green button that states "Going" and make sure to add the event in your calendar. The link to the event is shared in the details of this post.</strong></div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><em>Once you register, please go to the website </em><em><a href="https://ccom.uprrp.edu/~pordonez/NSFworkshop/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://ccom.uprrp.edu/~pordonez/NSFworkshop/</a>  </em><em>and click on the Participant Folder, please download the participants.zip.file. There are three worksheets you will need to fill out that start with the words WS.</em></div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><strong>For accommodations, questions or concerns, please contact Yarazeth Medina <a href="mailto:yarazeth@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">yarazeth@umbc.edu</a>, Assistant Director for Graduate Student Development. </strong></div><div><br></div><div>This event is a two day workshop, Part 2 will be hosted on Saturday, September 11, 2021 from 3PM - 5PM.</div><div><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/95023" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">View on myUMBC »</a></div></div></div>
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<Title>Not Too Late to Get Your Permit</Title>
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<Title>Introducing Sunday Study Hall at Oca Mocha</Title>
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<Title>Catonsville Community Job Fair</Title>
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