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<Tagline>Conference: Oct. 3, 2015. Grad students &amp; postdocs invited.</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><em><u>Graduate students have been invited to attend </u>by Professor Kathy Im, P<span>resident, Maryland Consortium for Adjunct Faculty Professional Development; </span><span>Program Chair, Gerontology and Social Sciences; </span><span>Collegiate Associate Professor</span></em></div><div><span><em>University of Maryland University College</em></span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><h3><strong><em><span>Ninth Annual</span></em><span> FALL CONFERENCE October 3, 201</span></strong><span>5<br>@ Anne Arundel Community College</span><br></h3><h2><strong><em>“The Heart of Engagement”</em></strong></h2><p><strong><em>MCAPD’s annual conference focuses on how all faculty and administrators engage students, themselves and each other in the teaching and learning process.</em></strong></p><div><h3><span><strong><em>Keynote Panel ~ "Mindfulness in the Classroom"</em></strong></span></h3><p><span>Panel Presenters: Leslie Tinios, Professor, Wellness, CCBC; Bradford Grant, Professor, Architecture, Howard University and incoming President of the Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education; and Robin Williams, Retired Art Teacher, St James Academy</span></p></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><h4>Please register here: <br><a href="http://ola.aacc.edu/mcapd/conference.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://ola.aacc.edu/mcapd/conference.html</a></h4><div><br></div><div>Costs: </div><div><br></div><div><p><span>Registration Fees*:</span></p><p><span>Includes Continental Breakfast and lunch</span></p><p><span>   </span></p><p><span>     </span><span>$50 for registrations received <strong>July 1</strong>6</span><span><strong>th through September 25th</strong></span><span><span>.</span></span></p><p><span>     </span><span>$55 for registrations received <strong>after September 2</strong>5</span><span><span><strong>th including walk-in registrations.</strong></span></span></p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Options: The Graduate Student Association offers professional development funds: <a href="http://gsa.umbc.edu/professional-development-workshop-training-grant/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://gsa.umbc.edu/professional-development-workshop-training-grant/</a></div><div><br></div><div>This conference was discussed at the UMBC Graduate Student Teaching and Learning Workshop on August 21, 2015. </div></div>
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<Summary>Graduate students have been invited to attend by Professor Kathy Im, President, Maryland Consortium for Adjunct Faculty Professional Development; Program Chair, Gerontology and Social...</Summary>
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<Title>Graduate Students' voice in the financial conversation</Title>
<Tagline>The Council of Graduate Schools wants to hear from UMBC</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content"><p>Dear Graduate Students at UMBC,</p><p><br></p><p>The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) is working with universities across the country to learn more about the financial needs of graduate students. We're asking all graduate students, including those who are working full-time, to participate in this conversation by completing a survey. </p><p><br></p><p>We launched the survey in April, but CGS is allowing us to offer a <strong>BONUS ROUND</strong> for the "Survey of Financial Standing" for those graduate students who did not complete the survey last month. We have winners for the initial round: $500 in prizes! For this BONUS ROUND, There will be three <em><strong><u>additional</u></strong></em> prizes of $50 gift cards! *ALL* graduate students from all disciplines are eligible, including both part-time and full-time students.  </p><p><br></p><div><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/?ui=2&amp;ik=3e24c4a25a&amp;view=att&amp;th=145d8d300ec14b9b&amp;attid=0.1&amp;disp=emb&amp;realattid=ii_hux5p3qi1_145d8a7188e09c61&amp;zw&amp;atsh=1" width="542" height="304" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div>​<br>​<br><p>The following information was sent to all graduate students on May 7th: </p><p><br></p><p>The Graduate School is administering the CGS Survey of Financial Standing, so that UMBC and graduate schools around the country can understand, and better serve, graduate students' financial needs.  If you did <em>not</em> take the survey in April 2014, please click:</p><p><br></p><p> <strong><span><span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PS8BHG9" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PS8BHG9</a></span></span></strong></p><strong><u> </u></strong><span> </span><p><span><br></span></p><p><br></p><div><br></div><div>This is the Survey of Financial <em>Standing.</em> It is <u>DIFFERENT</u> from the Survey of Financial <em>Perspectives</em> that you took in October 2013. If you did <em>NOT</em> take the Survey of Financial Standing last month during our April 2014 round, please click the green link to take the survey. <span>This </span><span>survey </span><span>should take about 10 minutes to complete.  </span><span><strong>When you enter the drawing for the $50 gift card, please use your UMBC email address.</strong> </span></div><div><p> </p><p><em>This survey is part of the Enhancing Student Financial Education project, which is being conducted by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS), a non-profit organization based in Washington, DC dedicated solely to the advancement of graduate education and research, with a grant from TIAA-CREF. The goal of the project is to provide best practices to universities to help them improve financial education, and we would like to hear about the financial circumstances you face as a graduate student. <span>Participation in this survey</span><span> </span><span>is voluntary. All responses will remain confidential and be used only for research purposes. Responses from across the U.S. will be aggregated, and the resultant findings will be available in 2015. We anticipate the emergence of many good recommendations for universities nationwide, and we hope that we can count on your response.</span></em></p><p> </p><p>Please click <strong><span> <span><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PS8BHG9" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PS8BHG9</a></span></span></strong></p><strong><u><span> </span></u></strong><span> to begin the survey. </span><p><span><br></span></p><p><strong><span> * Participants who take the survey</span><span> by May 9th will be entered into the drawing for a chance to win a gift card worth $50. We will choose three winners.</span></strong><br><br><br></p><p><em>Congratulations to our April winners:</em></p><div>$250: Colleen Bennett </div><div>$100: Steven Rodgers </div><div>$50: Amanda Patek, Lynn Matthews, and Erin McCarthy </div><p><br></p><p><br>Thank you in advance for participating in this BONUS ROUND!</p><p><br><br><br>Sincerely,<br><br>Renetta Garrison Tull, Ph.D.<br>Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Student Development and Postdoctoral Affairs,<br>Director, PROMISE: Maryland's Alliance for Graduate Education &amp; the Professoriate (AGEP)<br>The Graduate School at UMBC, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250<br>Office: <a rel="nofollow external" class="bo">(410) 455-2930</a> Email: <a href="mailto:rtull@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">rtull@umbc.edu</a><br><br><br></p><p>Janet C. Rutledge, Ph.D.<br>Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School<br>University of Maryland, Baltimore County<br>1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD  21250<br>Office: <a rel="nofollow external" class="bo">410-455-2199</a>,  Fax: <a rel="nofollow external" class="bo">410-455-1092</a><br><a href="mailto:jrutledge@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">jrutledge@umbc.edu</a><br><a href="http://www.umbc.edu/gradschool" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://www.umbc.edu/gradschool</a></p><p><br></p><span><br>Wendy Y. Carter-Veale, Ph.D.<br>Program Coordinator, The Graduate School at UMBC<br>1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD  21250<br><a href="mailto:drcarter@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">drcarter@umbc.edu</a></span></div></div>
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<Summary>Dear Graduate Students at UMBC,     The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) is working with universities across the country to learn more about the financial needs of graduate students. We're asking...</Summary>
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<Title>May Commencement 2013 - Information for Graduate Students</Title>
<Tagline>Please make your arrangements for May 22, 2013</Tagline>
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<Summary>Dear Graduating Student:     The Spring Commencement ceremony will be held on May 22, 2013.  If you plan to participate in this ceremony, you must rent your academic regalia (cap, gown and hood)...</Summary>
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