Sabah Muktar '17 introduces Pres. Obama at Baltimore mosque On February 3rd, President Barack Obama visited a US mosque for the first time. The Islamic Society of Baltimore is the mosque that many of our local students go to, but one of our students had the thrill of introducing the President. Honors College junior Sabah Muktar, a Biology major, delivered a powerful introduction describing what this historic event means to her personally and to all the diverse people who share her faith. 

Watch Sabah's speech at:
 http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/02/03/baltimore-mosque-president-obama-introduction-sot-wolf.cnn
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Read her interview here: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/careers/posts/57509
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http://my.umbc.edu/groups/co-create/posts/57374
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Apply now to be a part of a youth development program at Arbutus Middle School. Volunteer for only 3 hours a week and you will: Tutor and mentor a middle school student; create curriculum and plan your own teaching methods; bring students to UMBC to learn about college (and occasionally get some snacks).

 All applicants must be available during the following times beginning on February 9th: Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:15 to 4:00pm. Transportation from UMBC is provided.


Students who have a passion for education and have experience tutoring students in math and reading please email Max Poole at maxpool1@umbc.edu

 Now is your opportunity to spark success in the next generation!

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“Be a Voice, Not an Echo” a UMBC sponsored talk by Sharon Cooper, social justice activist and sister of the late Sandra Bland. Join us Saturday, Jan. 30th, 2016 at Red Emma’s, 30 W. North Ave, Baltimore, MD 21201 at 5:00pm. There will be a free shuttle loading at Commons Circle at 3:45pm leaving by 4:00pm and returning at UMBC at 7:30pm. Co-sponsored by The Department of American Studies and Language, Literacy, and Culture doctoral program at UMBC.

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Revisit your old favorites with a new understanding, one of the things Dr. Spitz is known for!

If you want to know more, there is still room in her seminar for the spring, Cultures of Childhood, where you could examine issues like this in more detail. The course meets Tuesdays from 4:30-7:00pm. 
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Read her interview here: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/careers/posts/56741
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Real People Profiles: Jodi Kelber-Kaye

We're asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.

Name: Jodi Kelber-Kaye

Hometown: Boston, MA

Q: How long have you been at UMBC?

A: 12 years

Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?

A: Associate Director of the Honors College

Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus? 

A: Student advisor, administrator, teacher, collaborator, motivator

Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?

A: Hands down, working with students. I love getting to teach them and advise them and design programs for them. I would be lying, though, if I didn't say I also enjoy some of the problem-solving skills I get to use as an administrator!

Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?

A: Ask for help. I used to be painfully shy so I would always try to figure out how to do things on my own, even when I had no idea how to do it, and would never ask for help. At one dark point in my life, I knew that if I didn't ask for help, I might not survive. And so I was forced to ask, and I try to remember that asking for help is the greatest gift I can give myself because I then get to work with some incredible people as a result.

Q: What is one way you have worked with others to make a positive difference at UMBC or in another community?

A: Just one? Well, I think the thing I'm most proud of recently is UMBC's new Americorps/VISTA project that came about as a result of some great work students did in my Honors seminar, Race, Poverty and Gender in Baltimore. College JUMP is a mentoring and college readiness program for high school aged refugee youth in Baltimore City and County and the program was partly designed by students in my class. Now, College JUMP is off and running, led by Sondheim/Honors alum Christie Smith in conjunction with the Refugee Youth Project, and has 18 mentees and 15 mentors. This matters because the students in my class can see the real-world impact of a class project that has the potential to positively affect so many people--the refugee youth, their families, their communities and the UMBC student mentors. Little by little, we each make a great impact in this world and I'm glad I was able to help this program happen.

Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"

A: Nutella

Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?

A: During a program for a new partnership I'm helping to create with Baltimore City, I was recently on the Library 7th floor with a group of Baltimore City public high school students and one of the students noted the view from the windows. I'm up there so often that I forget how incredible the view is, and so we stood there together for a minute and picked out some distant Baltimore landmarks together. As two people who love Baltimore so much, it was a nice way for us to connect and to look at a spectacular view. It also reminded me to look up sometimes!

Co-Create UMBC is a blog for and about UMBC, written by David Hoffman and Craig Berger from the Office of Student Life. Join the Co-Create UMBC group on myUMBC. Like Co-Create UMBC on Facebook. And follow David and Craig on Twitter.

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During the summer 2015 program, MIT hosted 15 visiting scholars who engaged in research under the supervision of MIT’s foremost faculty and leading researchers. In addition to the visiting scholars, five MIT undergraduates participated in the program. Over the past nine summers, 232 students have conducted research through the Amgen-UROP Scholars Program.

They are now soliciting applications for students to engage in research as part of the summer 2016 Amgen-UROP Scholars Program. While spending a summer in Boston and gaining research experience, students will be paid a stipend; room, board and transportation to and from Boston will also be covered by their appointment. All students will live on-campus in an undergraduate residence. This community of young scholars will share in the excitement of research by participating in a faculty-led seminar series, workshops, poster session and a mid-summer symposium at UCLA (travel, room and board are covered).

MIT is delighted to invite undergraduate students from other colleges and universities to join our research enterprise. We value the knowledge, experience and enthusiasm these young scholars will bring to campus and appreciate this opportunity to build a relationship with other faculty and campuses.
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