Wednesday, September 7 -- BE THERE

12:00 p.m. - 12:50 p.m.

COMMONS 331

Independent research/scholarship/creative work allows you to

• Experience the work of professionals in your field
• Try out a new area in your field; see if you like it
• Work closely with a mentor
  
• Get paid or earn academic credit
• Apply what you learn in the classroom
• Contribute to the advancement of your field
  

NOW is the time to understand PAID summer programs for NEXT SUMMER. Attend this session and be ready to apply.

Also, learn about UMBC programs to support research/creative work:

• Undergraduate Research Award (URA) FUNDING for your own project
• Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD) where students present their results
• Travel Funding for when your work is accepted at a professional conference
• Publication opportunities in UMBC Review.
  

NOW is the time to get started. Learn how. Sign up here: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/undergradresearch/events/40944

Three years after UMBC first opened, students and faculty expressed their interest in creating a coat of arms for the developing school. One student, Arthur L. Kahn, wrote to Chancellor Albin O. Kuhn and offered him his own design which included the Maryland coat of arms, the UMBC retriever, and the year in which UMBC was founded (see image above). In his letter to Chancellor Kuhn, Kahn expressed his belief that creating an emblem or coat of arms for UMBC would "serve as a symbol in the college community, helping to display UMBC's individuality among other U of M branches in particular." Unfortunately, UMBC never developed a coat of arms but it has had, and continues to have, official logos and seals that represent the school.  

-History of UMBC Research Guide 

-University Archives Webpage

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Friday, October 14, 2016 · 1 PM - 5 PM

The Commons : 329

This fun, inspiring workshop will help you identify your most remarkable, reliable strengths. We will focus on how to describe your arts, humanities, or social science degree to potential employers in a way that emphasizes your most relevant and transferable skills.

Meet Isabel,

She is a Global Studies major (with a Spanish Minor), and a Winter researcher. In her free time, Isabel is the director and founder of the Reach Initiative, a mentorship program that assists Baltimore high school women who have an interest in the STEM fields. She is also the Director of SGA’s Service and Community Outreach department as well as the Vice-President of UMBC’s all-female acapella group, the Stilettos.

Her research investigates Fair Trade through a feminist economics lens to see whether it truly can aid in preventing gender violence and discrimination in Latin America. Last winter, she traveled to Honduras where she visited various coffee plantations and “fincas” and interviewed about 25 women about working conditions. Her next step in the process is to transcribing, translating, and analyzing all the qualitative data.

Read more about her research project here...

The first dorms on the UMBC campus opened in March of 1970. Each dorm initially housed 150 students and were co-ed, with women on the top two floors and men on the bottom floor. These early dorms were given numbers as their names- Dorm I, Dorm II, and Dorm III- until 1979 when the university, after popular support of the students, decided to change their names. Similar in style to the dorms of University of Maryland, College Park which were named after Maryland counties and cities, the UMBC dorms were renamed after Maryland bodies of water (Susquehanna, Chesapeake, Patapsco, and Potomac Hall).  

Learn More: 

-History of UMBC Research Guide 

-University Archives Webpage 

-Article in The Retriever (Volume 4, Number 12) entitled "Dorms to Open March 1" 

-UMBC Magazine: Histories and Mysteries: Dorms 

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The first Stress Free Zone was implemented at UMBC by the SGA in the spring of 2005 to provide an anxiety free space during final exam week. The event provided students with games, activities, music, and food, but more importantly, the SGA intended for the event to serve as a declaration of UMBC students' ability to work together and provide an active space for fun and community. This first Stress Free Zone was an outstanding success, starting an ongoing tradition of a Stress Free Zone each exam period at UMBC.  

Learn More: 

-History of UMBC Research Guide 

-University Archives Webpage 

-UMBC Co-Create Blog "Secrets of the Stress Free Zone" 

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