Professional development events Sponsored by PROMISE: Maryland's AGEP
Dear Graduate Student Community,

Please see the upcoming Professional Development Events events below. 

PROF-it Series: Inclusive Pedagogy workshop: Friday, April 13, 2018, from 12 PM - 2 PM @ AOK Library, 7th Floor, Open Area.

Free lunch will be provided. Are you interested in learning a method of teaching that incorporates dynamic practices and learning styles and multicultural content to promote student academic success? This is the workshop for you!

To RSVP, if you are NOT a UMBC student, please email promisestaff@umbc.edu with the subject "PROF-it April" and include your full name, campus and department. You will have to pay to park at UMBC. For parking information please see: https://parking.umbc.edu/

PROMISE Friends and Family Celebration of Graduates Cookout: Saturday, May 5, 2018, from 1 PM - 4 PM @ Centennial Park, Pavilion D, Ellicott City, MD.

Free lunch will be provided. Join us to celebrate the new graduates (masters and PhDs) from the PROMISE community, this event is System Wide, 14 schools are invited to attend, please make sure to RSVP every person attending the event. Family and friends are welcomed! Bring your sport gear! 

All PROMISE grads (Master’s and Doctoral) will be celebrated! If you are graduating (December 2017, May 2018), please send an email to promisestaff@gmail.com with the subject “Graduate! – PROMISE Cookout” with your full name, department, and degree obtained so that you can be recognized.

For future updates regarding this event, please refer to the main webpage:

https://promiseagep.com/2018/03/16/2018-promise-agep-friends-and-family-cookout/


Please RSVP here

We look forward to seeing you.

Best,
PROMISE Team 
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The SGA Finance Board 

Membership:  The Finance Board’s members include the Vice President for Student Organizations, the Treasurer, and five Representatives, all of whom are elected by the student body.  In addition, the Finance Board can add up to three nonvoting First Year Ambassadors each fall.  Also, the President, Executive Vice President and SGA Advisor, as well as UMBC’s President and Vice President for Student Affairs, are ex-officio (nonvoting) Finance Board members. The voting members elect a Chair, who runs the weekly meetings and organizes the Finance Board’s work, and a Vice Chair who fills in when the Chair is absent.

Key Responsibilities: 
  • Allocating Funds to Student Organizations:  The Finance Board is responsible for managing the portion of SGA’s annual budget that is set aside to support student organizations.  Throughout the academic year, student organizations can request funds by completing an Allocation Request Form and submitting it to the Treasurer.  The total amount requested each year is far larger than the total amount of funding available. At its weekly meetings, the Finance Board reviews these forms and (for larger requests) meets with officers of the student organizations that submitted them, and considers whether each request meets the following criteria:
    • The rules governing Finance Board allocations do not prohibit funding the request (i.e., it was not submitted after the deadline, the funds will not be used to purchase alcohol, the funds will not be donated to charity, etc.); and
    • The proposed use of these funds is so worthwhile that the Finance Board is willing to turn down other requests in order to devote these funds to the group’s objective.
The Finance Board takes a vote on each request, approving it, disapproving it, or postponing consideration until a later date.  A majority of members must vote in favor of a request in order to approve it.  The President may veto allocations approved by the Finance Board, and the Finance Board can override the President’s veto by a 2/3 vote.
  • Communicating with Student Organizations: The Finance Board communicates with student organizations about how to submit requests, the rules governing Finance Board allocations, what makes for a good request, and whether requests have been approved, disapproved or postponed.
  • Participating in SGA Decision-Making: The Finance Board shares responsibility with the Senate and other SGA officers in connection with decisions about the annual budget and approval of certain appointed officers.
  • Participating in SGA Initiatives and Activities: Finance Board members work with members of the other branches of SGA to contribute to positive change on campus.  It is especially helpful when Finance Board members identify and develop ways to support student organizations more effectively, such as improvements to the event planning and implementation process.
Guiding Philosophy:  Student organizations are key forums for students to participate in creating campus life and enhancing the experiences of every member of the UMBC community.  When student organizations are active and inspired, they can energize the entire campus.  When student organizations are poorly supported, confused and frustrated, their inability to contribute to campus life diminishes everyone’s experience. 

However, because financial resources are limited, the Finance Board often finds itself in the position of saying “no” to student organization requests.  Sometimes the Finance Board must decline requests for worthwhile activities simply because there is only so much money to go around, and the Finance Board wants to use it to support the most beneficial events and projects.  By dealing fairly, openly and courteously with every request, and by making hard judgments to ensure that the available funds go to support the best initiatives, the Finance Board makes an important contribution to every UMBC student’s experience of campus life.

One of the Finance Board’s key concerns is being consistent in its judgments.  Two groups with equally good track records who submit identical requests a couple of months apart should not receive different treatment, both because it would be unfair and because it would confuse other organizations about what the Finance Board is interested in funding.  So with each decision, a part of what the Finance Board considers is whether it would be able to accommodate other groups making the same request.  For example, if the Finance Board receives a request to pay for one group’s promotional buttons, it should consider whether it would be willing to pay for any other group’s promotional buttons if the circumstances were the same.

Eligibility Requirements and Time Commitment: 

From the SGA Constitution: "In order to be eligible to seek and hold elected SGA offices, or appointed offices for which a stipend is provided and/or the officer is responsible for supervising other appointed officers, an individual must be a UMBC undergraduate, have at least a cumulative 2.25 GPA, maintain at least a 2.25 semester GPA while in office, and neither be on academic probation nor under disciplinary suspension (whether in effect, imposed for a future time period or held in abeyance). [...] [A]ll Senate and Representatives must adhere to the attendance requirements determined by their respective legislative body and as outlined in each respective body’s procedural rules to maintain eligibility."

The Finance Board Representative position requires attendance at weekly meetings. The Finance Board meets every Tuesday starting at 5:30 p.m. (Anyone can attend, but all members of the Finance Board MUST attend). If you are running for Finance Board Representative, you are not able to enroll in a class that will be in session after 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays during the 2018-2019 academic year. (Meetings occasionally run as late as 11:00 p.m.).

Questions about the Finance Board, or about running for a position in SGA? Contact Election Board Chair Sophia Lopresti (soph3@umbc.edu) or send me an email (dhoffman@umbc.edu)  Be sure to get your application in by the deadline! 

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SGA candidate applications for 2018-2019 are due on Monday, March 26th at 12:00 noon ET. The candidate application can be found here. 20 positions will be elected next month (April 23-25; voting will take place on MyUMBC): President, Executive Vice President, Vice President for Student Organizations, Treasurer, 11 Senators, and 5 Finance Board Representatives.

The SGA Senate

Membership: The Senate’s members include 11 Senators elected by the student body. In addition, the Senate can add up to three nonvoting First Year Ambassadors each fall. Also, the President, Executive Vice President, Vice President for Student Organizations, Treasurer and SGA Advisor, as well as UMBC’s President and Vice President for Student Affairs, are ex-officio (nonvoting) members of the Senate.

The voting members elect a Speaker, who runs the weekly meetings and organizes the Senate’s work, and an Assistant Speaker, who helps the Speaker and organizes members’ participation on UMBC committees.

Key Responsibilities: 
  • Communicating with the Student Body: More than any other branch in SGA, the Senate’s job is to listen to the voices of UMBC undergraduates and find new ways to respond to their needs, concerns and aspirations. Senators find and develop multiple avenues for connecting with students, sparking and collecting their ideas, and supporting them in their own projects to improve the UMBC experience.  
  • Initiating Action to Improve Students’ Experiences: The Senate is where many of SGA’s new initiatives are born: an incubator of ideas and plans to improve UMBC policies, programs and practices. Senators work together, both at the weekly meetings and in smaller groups throughout each week, to envision needed changes, develop practical plans, and coordinate the work of implementing them, involving and receiving support from Executive Branch officers as appropriate.  

    For example, the Senate could decide that what the student body needs is new dining options in The Commons. A team of Senators would work together, coordinating with the President, to determine how to pursue these new options (identifying key decision-makers, researching the history of the existing dining options, developing a plan for advocating changes, engaging and informing the student body), and work to make the change happen. If the Senate develops an initiative that requires steady, ongoing attention in subsequent years, the initiative may shift to the Executive Branch for implementation after the first year.  
  • Taking Positions/Considering Legislation: When SGA formally takes a position on an issue, such as a bill being considered by the state legislature, it does so in the form of legislation approved by a majority vote of the Senate (which can be vetoed by the President, subject to override by a 2/3 vote of the Senate). The Senate also has or shares responsibility for approving the annual Student Activity Fee budget and appointing certain SGA officers. In addition, the Senate manages a fund from which it can make allocations to SGA projects. 
  • Representing the Student Body: Senators represent all students on UMBC committees (consisting of staff, faculty and students) that establish campus policies and practices. Fulfilling this responsibility entails both attending and participating actively in committee meetings and communicating with other SGA members and the student body about what the committees are doing. (This responsibility is shared with the Executive Branch). 
  • Participating in SGA Initiatives and Activities: Senators work with members of the other branches of SGA to contribute to positive change on campus. 
Guiding Philosophy: The Senate is a focal point for creativity and action. The Senator’s job description is intentionally more flexible than those in other branches, because the specific work Senators take on from year to year is most likely to change in response to new opportunities and needs. 

The Senate typically works most effectively when students outside of SGA are involved in its work from the early brainstorming stage through the end of an initiative’s implementation. Members of the UMBC administration and faculty are far more likely to take Senators and their ideas seriously when it is clear that many other students are involved and committed to the same goals. While the Senate sometimes can serve as a problem-solver and advocate on other students’ behalf, it strives to keep other students at the center, and may even play a secondary but crucial role as a supporter of other students’ initiatives. 

Because its initiatives can yield new programs and services that require implementation year after year, the Senate must cultivate support and cooperative relationships within SGA, especially with the Executive Branch. Doing so diminishes the possibility that Senators’ good work will be abandoned at the end of their terms.  

Eligibility Requirements and Time Commitment: From the SGA Constitution: "In order to be eligible to seek and hold elected SGA offices, or appointed offices for which a stipend is provided and/or the officer is responsible for supervising other appointed officers, an individual must be a UMBC undergraduate, have at least a cumulative 2.25 GPA, maintain at least a 2.25 semester GPA while in office, and neither be on academic probation nor under disciplinary suspension (whether in effect, imposed for a future time period or held in abeyance). [...] [A]ll Senate and Representatives must adhere to the attendance requirements determined by their respective legislative body and as outlined in each respective body’s procedural rules to maintain eligibility." 

Senators are required to attend weekly meetings. The Senate meets every Monday starting at 5:30 p.m. (Anyone can attend, but Senators MUST attend). If you are running for Senator, you are not able to enroll in a class that will be in session after 5:30 p.m. on Mondays during the 2018-2019 academic year. (Meetings occasionally run as late as 11:00 p.m.). 

Questions about the Senate, or about running for a position in SGA? Send Election Board Chair Sophia Lopresti (soph3@umbc.edu) or me (dhoffman@umbc.edu) an email. 

Be sure to get your application in by the March 26th deadline!

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The LLC has just released the schedule of classes for this coming Fall (see schedule here). Registration begins on April 2nd. Keep in mind that these are the classes offered by our department's faculty and affiliate faculty.

As a reminder, you cannot register for any classes without first obtaining permission from your LLC advisor, so you are encouraged to consult with your advisor in a timely fashion. 
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Alyse Minter (cohort 20) was selected to participate in the Santa Fe Institute Complex Systems Summer School this summer. It is a professional development and learning opportunity that brings scholars from around the globe together to apply interdisciplinary lenses to problem solving and research through complexity science.

Congratulations, Alyse.


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2017 PROMISE Cookout

On Saturday, May 5, 2018, PROMISE AGEP will be hosting its annual PROMISE AGEP Friends and Family Cookout! You are invited to come, bring your friends, family, and anyone who supported your journey through graduate school. This event is free! Graduate students from all schools within the University System of Maryland (USM) are invited!

Here is a list, if your school is listed, you are invited! http://www.usmd.edu/institutions/

Alumni, faculty, and staff are invited as well.

Friends and family members of students who have participated in PROMISE are invited. 

If you are from another school, e.g., Howard, Hopkins, GW, and have come to a PROMISE event in the past such as SSI, you are also invited to participate.

Event: PROMISE AGEP Friends and Family Cookout

Date: Saturday, May 5, 2018

Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

UPDATE 5/5/18 – 9:15 AM: There is a forecast for rain, but it is not scheduled to start until later in the afternoon. This event is under a pavilion. We will have music, games, and food until 2:30, and will start the recognition of graduates at 2:30 and likely end at 3 PM to avoid the pending rain.

Location: Centennial Park – Pavilion D, MD

Address: 10000 MD-108 Ellicott City, MD 21042

UPDATE: Music feature, DJ TechnoFist, https://promiseagep.com/2018/05/05/dr-damon-bradley-dj-technofist-nasa-engineering-leader-international-dj-brings-his-music-to-the-promise-cookout-5-5-18-100-pm/. Dr. Damon Bradley, NASA Scientist, is also an international DJ. Dr. Bradley received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from UMBC, and leads an award-winning engineering team at NASA. He will be the featured artist at the cookout. 

Damon Bradley NASA TechnoFist

Parking: There is on-site free parking. Centennial Park has many entrances, the Pavilion that we rented (D) is near the Main/South entrance (the address is 1000 Clarksville Pike, Ellicott City, MD 21042). We suggest that you carpool since spaces might be limited.

REGISTER HERE:

Eventbrite - PROMISE Friends and Family Cookout & Celebration of Graduates 2018

All PROMISE grads (Master’s and Doctoral) will be celebrated! If you are graduating (December 2017, May 2018), please send an email to promisestaff@gmail.com with the subject “Graduate! – PROMISE Cookout” with your full name, department, and degree obtained so that you can be recognized.

Make sure you register each and every one of your guests, no exceptions! Thank you! Looking forward to meeting you at the Cookout!

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Starting tomorrow, March 16th, the GSA will be transitioning to a new grants policy. This policy will be available in our Points of Policy on the GSA website.

We will no longer have a lottery system for grants. If you would like your grant application to be considered in the lottery system, you must submit your application by the close of business today, March 15th.

Beginning tomorrow, grant applications will be considered through a review process. In each month, applicants will be selected based on financial and academic need by a review panel of their peers. Decisions will be made by the end of each month. Funding approved by these decisions will be available for use within the 120 days following the decision. The deadline for applications will be the 15th of each month. Therefore, if you want to use grant funds in May, you must apply by April 15th.

More information about the new policy will be forthcoming. If you would like to serve on the review panel for grants, please look for a call for reviewers which will go out soon.

Thank you,
GSA
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Did you earn less than $54,000 in 2017? If you did, why waste your money on paid tax preparers when you can get your taxes done for free by IRS-trained and certified volunteers from VITA@UMBC?  Make an appointment at bmorefreetaxes.org or by calling 410-234-8008.  Just ask to be scheduled with UMBC and you’ll meet with UMBC volunteers at the Apartment Community Center across from Walker Garage.  Questions?  Contact us at VITA@umbc.edu.



Click the 'Website' button below for an FAQ on UMBC VITA, or click the 'Download Flyer' button for a PDF with more information. 
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The panel was part of a session on "Raising Your Visibility Locally,” with representatives from Cornell University. Berman, Brubaker, and Winnick spoke about collaborations between the Dresher Center, humanities faculty, and UMBC's communications office, which have generated significant media and social media attention to humanities work at UMBC. 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Dr. Christine Mallinson will be speaking at Baltimore's Light City 2018 - A Festival of Light, Music and Innovation, in the EduLab panel, on Wednesday, April 18 from 8am-noon. Her talk will be on Baltimore as an Incubator of Language Diversity -- including how her research with students at UMBC is helping make Baltimore a more linguistically inclusive place. Here is the link to register to attend:  

http://www.lightcity.org/innovation/edulab 
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