Save these Spring/Summer 2013 dates! May 4: Cookout; July 9-12: Dissertation House; August 16-17: SSI

Dear Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fellows, Faculty, Staff, and Friends of PROMISE:

Please save the following dates for Spring and Summer 2013:

Location:
High Ridge Park
10100 Superior Ave
Laurel, MD 20723

1:00 – 4:00 PM

All PROMISE participants who are graduating with masters or doctoral degrees from any school within the University System of Maryland will be celebrated. If you are graduating this May or August, please send your name, school, department, and degree to promisestaff@gmail.com. (Graduates will be recognized at 3PM.) Family and friends are invited to celebrate with you. This cookout is for graduate students from all disciplines, part-time/full-time, and at all levels (1st year graduate student to PhD candidate.) Faculty, postdocs, alumni, staff, plus your family and friends are invited. This event is free, but please register so that we can have an accurate count and can use our funds wisely.

Please register for the cookout here: http://promisecookout2013.eventbrite.com/

Eventbrite - PROMISE Friends and Family Cookout & Celebration of Graduates 2013

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SAVE THE DATES! More information on the events below will be posted soon!

More information about applying for the 2013 Dissertation House at UMBC can be found here: http://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/save-the-date-summer-dissertation-house-july-9-12-2013-umbc/

Hosted by PROMISE, The Graduate School at UMBC, and the Graduate Meyerhoff Fellows Program

Hosted by UMB (University of Maryland, Baltimore – The Founding Campus)
SMC Campus Center
621 W. Lombard St.
Baltimore, MD 21201

Graduate students, Postdoctoral Fellows, and Professionals from any school within the USM are invited to attend.  An Eventbrite RSVP invitation page will be posted soon. Remembering SSI from past years:

SSI 2012

SSI 2011 (includes links to SSI events from 2003 to 2011.) 

Related articles

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Dear Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fellows, Faculty, Staff, and Friends of PROMISE:

Please save the following dates for Spring and Summer 2013:

Location:
High Ridge Park
10100 Superior Ave
Laurel, MD 20723

1:00 – 4:00 PM

All PROMISE participants who are graduating with masters or doctoral degrees from any school within the University System of Maryland will be celebrated. If you are graduating this May or August, please send your name, school, department, and degree to promisestaff@gmail.com. (Graduates will be recognized at 3PM.) Family and friends are invited to celebrate with you. This cookout is for graduate students from all disciplines, part-time/full-time, and at all levels (1st year graduate student to PhD candidate.) Faculty, postdocs, alumni, staff, plus your family and friends are invited. This event is free, but please register so that we can have an accurate count and can use our funds wisely.

Please register for the cookout here: http://promisecookout2013.eventbrite.com/

Eventbrite - PROMISE Friends and Family Cookout & Celebration of Graduates 2013

————————————————————————————————-

SAVE THE DATES! More information on the events below will be posted soon!

More information about applying for the 2013 Dissertation House at UMBC can be found here: http://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/save-the-date-summer-dissertation-house-july-9-12-2013-umbc/

Hosted by PROMISE, The Graduate School at UMBC, and the Graduate Meyerhoff Fellows Program

Hosted by UMB (University of Maryland, Baltimore – The Founding Campus)
SMC Campus Center
621 W. Lombard St.
Baltimore, MD 21201

Graduate students, Postdoctoral Fellows, and Professionals from any school within the USM are invited to attend.  An Eventbrite RSVP invitation page will be posted soon. Remembering SSI from past years:

SSI 2012

SSI 2011 (includes links to SSI events from 2003 to 2011.) 

Related articles

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The Graduate School at UMBC in partnership with the Career Services Center is sponsoring the annual "Career Paths for Graduate Students" networking dinner seminar on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 4:30 PM in UC 312.
 
 
Employers will be discussing expectations for hiring, and will share information about alternative careers. This seminar is for students at all levels, master's and doctoral, including those in their first year of graduate school. It's never too early to develop a network! Some of our UMBC alumni will be present at this event. This seminar utilizes a "speed dating" format to expose students to different sectors of government, industry, and academe.
 
This seminar is part of our "Pathways Through Graduate School and Into Careers" initiative, based on the 2012 report by the Council of Graduate Schools.  *All guest representatives have job openings available.*


Please RSVP here so that we can order enough food: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/16894
Dinner will be served. 
Time: 4:30 - 6:00 (program and dinner), 6:00 - 6:30 (additional networking)
This event is free!

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 In a multi-year study with profound implications for the fields of evolutionary biology, genetics and psychology, a team of UMBC scientists has determined that squirrels living on the university's Baltimore County campus possess extraordinary intelligence and motor skills. The findings, to be published simultaneously in Nature and Modern Rodent, include evidence that UMBC squirrels are capable of communicating and remembering complex messages, making and executing plans, completing arithmetic calculations, and anticipating the movements of UMBC's human population. 

 In one remarkable episode, two of the study's authors observed 18 squirrels crouching together near a campus eatery. When one squirrel raised a front paw and blinked, the others immediately fanned out and launched a raid that netted 2.6 pounds of pastry, french fries and other discarded foodstuffs. A message was later found scrawled in the dirt where the squirrels had been crouching: "Meat heer at nun." The scientists were unable to determine the message's source.

 "Everyone at UMBC knows that you walk out of Chick-fil-A at lunchtime at your own peril," observed Dr. Kyra Milgram, a biologist and the research team's leader. "We had heard rumors of organized squirrel activity for years. But the specific inspiration for this study came from an informal faculty meeting at Starbucks. Colleagues sitting near a window swore they saw two squirrels playing catch with a Chick-fil-A nugget. One professor claimed to have heard chirping that sounded exactly like Cee Lo Green's 'Forget You,' which is really shocking when you realize that the song was not even popular yet."

 The research team conducted extensive observations of squirrels at other universities in the region and found no evidence of elevated intelligence. Meanwhile, UMBC's squirrels have been seen moving pieces of trash in what the scientists have concluded are essentially elaborate games of chess. But the campus appears to have no squirrel football team.

 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.  ]]> by David Hoffman and Craig Berger In a multi-year study with profound implications for the fields of evolutionary biology, genetics and psychology, a team of UMBC scientists has determined that... http://cocreateumbc.blogspot.com/2013/04/scientists-prove-umbc-squirrels.html https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/27002/guest@my.umbc.edu/2a4c5e7be7e612730938953e5e11dcfb/api/pixel april-fools Co-Create UMBC https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/co-create https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/xsmall.png?1499890363 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/original.jpg?1499890363 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/xxlarge.png?1499890363 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/xlarge.png?1499890363 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/large.png?1499890363 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/medium.png?1499890363 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/small.png?1499890363 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/xsmall.png?1499890363 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/xxsmall.png?1499890363 Co-Create UMBC 419 27 true Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:10:00 -0400 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:10:00 -0400 The Good Stuff by Craig Berger

 How many times have you had a goal in mind but were discouraged or pushed away by some of the risks or uncomfortable tasks you'd need to confront in pursuit of that goal?

 A post I read this weekend made a point of how often many of us concentrate on "the good parts" of the dreams and accomplishments we pursue while fearing, regretting, or simply turning away from their less attractive, more threatening components.

 The author produced three examples in his post:

 1.) "I want to be an actress, but I don't want to go on auditions..."

 2.) "I want to play varsity sports, but I need to be sure I'm going to make the team."

 3.) "It's important to sell this great new service, but I'm not willing to deal with rejection."
This framework formed much of the rationalization for my procrastination habits in college: "It's important for me to finish my homework at a reasonable time, but I don't want to miss out on something fun happening with my friends." I wanted to feel on top of my academics. I also wanted professors to read my work and be impressed by my thoughts and my writing. I wanted to do exceptionally well. But because I was afraid of fully investing my energy in pursuit of that, and knowing that it was possible that other people were having fun and I wasn't a part of it, I lowered my standards and expectations. A B was okay; after all, if I had actually tried, I know I could have gotten the A.
The larger point this author makes is that if we took the element of risk away--if the good stuff was guaranteed to us--it would diminish our achievements. Being on the wrong side of the risks from time to time reminds us that we are engaged in reality, not a Utopian fantasy, and that the work we do is valuable and not just passing time.

 How about you? What are some of your largest goals or important pursuits in your life? What are the risks associated with chasing them?

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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Below is a list of the students who submitted applications to run for SGA positions in next month's election.  This list is preliminary in that the names listed below may appear differently on the ballot, including their order.

Candidates who do not have listed opponents are not automatically considered elected--they must receive a number of votes equal to least 5% of the number of total votes cast in the election.  Write-in votes are permitted in SGA elections.

The election will take place through MyUMBC from Monday, April 22nd at 12:00:01 a.m. through Wednesday, April 24th at 11:59:59 p.m. The results will be released on Thursday, April 25th at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Organization Space on the 2nd Floor of The Commons.

More information, including candidate profiles and scheduled Election Board-sponsored campaign events, will be posted soon at www.umbc.edu/studentvote.

President (3 candidates)
Executive Vice President (3 candidates) 
Vice President for Student Organizations (1 candidate) 
Treasurer (1 candidate) 
Finance Board Representative – 5 positions (7 candidates) 
  • Seth Ofosu-Ameyaw
  • Taylor Good
  • Sara Kim
  • Ayshah Mahmud
  • Morgan Mayer
  • Daniel Rodriguez
  • Gurbani Singh
Senator – 11 positions (12 candidates) 
  • Benjamin Alkon
  • Belawoe Akwakoku
  • Bentley Corbett-Wilson
  • Mayur Darji
  • Alex Lee
  • Hayden Marshall
  • Austin Nam
  • Jack Neumeier
  • Robert Roselle
  • Kabish Shah
  • Ali Shariati
  • Truptiben Sindhi


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And follow David and Craig on Twitter.  ]]> by Craig Berger Below is a list of the students who submitted applications to run for SGA positions in next month's election.  This list is preliminary in that the names listed below may... http://cocreateumbc.blogspot.com/2013/03/list-of-sga-candidates-2013.html https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/26885/guest@my.umbc.edu/8251828e689538ea89b5878319612f4f/api/pixel sga-election Co-Create UMBC https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/co-create https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/xsmall.png?1499890363 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/original.jpg?1499890363 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/xxlarge.png?1499890363 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/xlarge.png?1499890363 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/large.png?1499890363 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/medium.png?1499890363 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/small.png?1499890363 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/xsmall.png?1499890363 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/xxsmall.png?1499890363 Co-Create UMBC 63 1 true Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:30:00 -0400 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:30:00 -0400 April 2013 Seminars: 1) April 3: “Career Paths for Graduate Students” @ UMBC, 2) April 26: “Dissertation Proposals” @ College Park April Seminar at UMBC The Graduate School at UMBC in partnership with the Career Services Center is sponsoring the annual “Career Paths for Graduate Students” networking dinner seminar on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 4:30 PM in UC 312. Employers will be discussing expectations for hiring, and will share information about alternative careers. 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These are their responses.

Name: Lauren Tabbacchino

 Hometown: Waretown, NJ

Q: How long have you been at UMBC?

A: I started working at UMBC in January 2013

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

A: Coordinator, Off-Campus Student Services

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

A: I connect commuters to resources on/ off-campus and foster engagement in campus-life.

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

A:  I am still getting acclimated to the campus, but I have really enjoyed meeting students and staff as I explore UMBC. I have particularly enjoyed getting to know the staff in OCSS and all of our Commuter Assistants! That’s one of the great things about working at a place like UMBC—there are always new folks to meet and learn about!

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

A: I'm always excited when I learn something in a classroom that I find continuing, real-world application in. One of the best lessons I learned in college is: what is equal, is not always what is fair. In one of my abnormal psychology classes, we explored the importance of accommodating students' needs through individualized instruction. Up to that point in time, I don't think I really considered that there is no definite correlation between sameness and fairness. Basic as it may be, it remains with me-- and remembering this allows me to offer others help in the way that best meets their needs.

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

A: Country Music—particularly, blasting Kenny Chesney on a summer day boat ride across the Barnegat Bay.

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: I hope to have a wealth of little-known UMBC knowledge someday, but I'm afraid I have nothing fascinating to share just yet. I can tell you that my favorite spot on campus is Main Street- because I can generally pick up a free snack or tchotchke there at any given moment.

BONUS VIDEO QUESTION: What else would you like to share? Ask yourself a question and answer it.


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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by David Hoffman

Fees--and fee increases--are a fact of life in college. Programs and services cost money, and there is always an aging piece of equipment to replace or an adaptation required to meet shifting needs. Fortunately, thanks in part to good work by student leaders and members of the campus administration, at least we can talk about fees and their uses, and think together about UMBC's priorities.

Earlier this year UMBC created a new Student Fee Advisory Board in response to a University System of Maryland initiative championed by senior Collin Wojeciechowski. This week, the Student Fee Advisory Board will join SGA in hosting two community forums about UMBC's mandatory fees. Participants will be able to review requests from campus departments and organizations for increases to these fees for the coming academic year, hear about their budgets and plans (preview the Commons Fee and Transit Fee presentations), ask questions and make suggestions.

The forums will take place Wednesday (March 27th) and Friday (March 29th) during the free hour (noon - 1:00 p.m.), in the Student Organizations Space on The Commons' 2nd floor. Come join the discussion.

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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