PROMISE at UMB (University of Maryland – The Founding Campus, downtown Baltimore), invites you to join them for the 2nd Biennial Henrietta Lacks Symposium: The Dignity of Differencepresented by The University of Maryland. From the website: “The event features Harriet Washington, author of Medical Apartheid, and artist (and TED speaker) Rick Guidotti, founder of Positive Exposure, as well as a panel of distinguished academicians.”
Journalist Sheryl McCarthy talks with Author and Bioethicist Harriet Washington in this video:
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Author Rebecca Skloot talks about Henrietta Lacks’ cells and science in this video:
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Former PROMISE Peer Mentor, Dr. Jocelyn Reader, postdoctoral fellow at the Greenbaum Cancer Center, will meet us for breakfast at 7:30 AM at UMB prior to the seminar. Our office and representatives from PROMISE at UMB will post any additional information on this thread. Please register for your free ticket, and write a short post below to let us know that you plan to attend.
Our thanks to Dr. Erin Golembewski, Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate School at UMB, organizer of the PROMISE “meet-up” for this event.
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PROMISE teachable moments:
All researchers working with human or animal subjects should have CITI certification and be well versed in responsible conduct of research. Know the rules, maintain ethics, and be a responsible researcher. Don’t ever be swayed by any lure of fame or fortune that will compromise your integrity.
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Name: Virginia Byrne
Hometown: Franklin, TN
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: Since Summer 2012
Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?
A: Coordinator for Leadership Development and Education in the Office of Student Life.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: Supporting self-discovery, community responsibility, and general world-changing for all of UMBC!
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: I love the conversations, ideas and visions that come from people willing to commit to the great person they can be tomorrow. I believe leadership development inspires courage - courage to be unique, to take action and to make a difference.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: To live where my feet are right now and to stop over-planning and scheduling my time but instead to learn to play life like basketball - with fast reflexes on the balls of my feet. STRiVE taught me that.
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
A: Saturday Night Live (all seasons, always).
Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?
: I got my Bachelors at the University of Illinois of Urbana-Champaign where I first met Pres Freeman Hrabowski III ---- because his photo hung in the alumni hall near my Student Life office. Maybe he was whispering to me to find my way to UMBC?? BONUS VIDEO QUESTION: What else would you like to share? Ask yourself a question and answer it.
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There are many ways to make a difference at UMBC, especially if you are interested in shaping or changing campus life. Most of them involve hard work, planning and determination. But once in a while students have an opportunity to influence the future of campus life simply by offering their opinions. Next week, some lucky freshman and seniors have that chance, because they will be invited at random by email to participate in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE).
NSSE is an annual survey administered by UMBC and other colleges and universities across the United States. UMBC's Office of Institutional Research explains that NSSE "gauges the extent to which colleges are providing experiences associated with a quality undergraduate education and the extent to which students are engaging in those educationally meaningful activities." Campus leaders have used the survey results to inform decisions about changes to programs and the curriculum. The Office of Institutional Research says that among the UMBC offerings that have been created in part based on students' responses to NSSE are first-year seminars, living-learning communities, Introduction to an Honors University courses, the new student book experience and the faculty mentor program. So if you are one of the lucky invitees, please take the survey.
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Name: Sayre Posey
Hometown: Myersville, MD Major: Social Work Major & Religious Studies minor
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: This is my second semester at UMBC (I'm a freshman!)
Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?
A: Right now, I'm a Staff Writer for The Retriever Weekly, a blogger for USDemocrazy.net, a staff member of the SGA Office of Community and Government Affairs, a student representative on the Neighbor Relations Committee, a STRiVEr, a volunteer for the Choice Program's Educational Team through The Shriver Center, a member of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, a research assistant in Dr. Kenneth Maton's psychology lab, and a student assistant in the Office of the President. I'm also a Sondheim Public Affairs Scholar and a member of the Honors College.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: Student, writer, Sondheim, volunteer, friend. And I love saying hi to people!
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: It's so easy to get involved on campus through different service and civic engagement efforts. Whether writing for TRW, participating in service learning through my Sondheim classes, or working with SGA to develop campus change initiatives, I love being active in different aspects of campus life. I never feel like I'm just a student attending a university. UMBC is my home.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: This school is made up of the most creative, wise, fun, intelligent, passionate, and kind people I have ever met. I say that with complete honesty. The dozens of people I've met in the past semester have shaped and molded me into someone quite different from the person I was on move-in day. Each individual's life is sacred, and new friendships provide the deepest of connections. So what's the most important thing I've learned at UMBC? People are amazing, so make friends and keep them. They can stay with you for a lifetime.
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
A: Hot tea, folk music, and Birkenstock sandals.
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: There's a little hill facing the West Hill Apartments that became my favorite spot on campus last semester. I've grown up with a love for the outdoors, and it's a peaceful spot that my friends and I go to sometimes. We just sit and talk and take a break from school stuff. I can't ever stress the importance of finding serenity at school, away from the busy-ness of writing papers and reading data and answering problems. Even though I can't really see the stars at night at UMBC like I can in the mountains back home, it's so relaxing just to look up at the night sky and breathe. Also, fun fact: It's actually possible for your Red Card to rip in half.
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Name: Natalie Scimonelli
Hometown: Columbia, MD Major:Psychology major, music minor
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: This is my 8th and final semester at UMBC!
Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?
A: I am a desk staffer in the apartments, but I also work off campus as an assistant director at Drama Learning Center.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: I bring positive positive energy and a love of music for all!
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: I love that UMBC is filled with so many connections. I have recently met so many wonderful and talented people who are helping me with a big journey I am embarking on!!! So many people take for granted the opportunities that UMBC holds, (including myself sometimes) and I love that being a part of reslife and a STRiVE attendee, I have met so many awesome people and created some amazing, lifelong friendships too.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: The most important thing I have learned in my time here at college is that life is unpredictable, and the best way to handle that is to have a positive attitude. I have achieved a lot more than I ever imagined with that motto.
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
A: Life. It's a roller coaster, but most of the time it's really amazing. Oh, and singing =]
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 just want to say that if you are a UMBC student, you should attend STRiVE. Not everyone gets to go, but it is honestly the most amazing experience that UMBC offers for leadership. Last January I attended, and it has officially become my favorite UMBC experience thus far.
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by David Hoffman
So, maybe you're one of the lucky ones whose hopes for themselves align perfectly with a specific career path. But maybe you're more like I was, once: a lot on your plate, decisions to make, your whole future seemingly at stake, and graduation already on the horizon. And maybe, to you, the so-called real world of graduate degrees and careers is as vague and remote as a continent you've never visited, or a decade in which you've never lived.
And maybe you don’t sense in yourself the interest or capacity to devote yourself to anything in particular, day after day after day, but you feel considerable pressure to just know. That little voice of doubt in your head may be saying: If you had a calling, wouldn't you be hearing it by now?
And maybe your anxiety is compounded by people projecting their hopes and beliefs onto you, so that their certainty is like a dinner ordered for you while you’re still looking for a place to hang your coat. It's frustrating, but you don’t want to appear ungrateful or irresponsible. Maybe you believe, or hope, that your tastes might change once you’ve stomached enough.
But maybe …
Maybe you are stronger and wiser than you think. Maybe for you, the very uncertainty that troubles you is an achievement, a refusal to succumb. The hardest thing in the world to know is your own heart when others have designs on it. Yet you insist on pushing to discover the path to your best self, your best contributions.
And maybe there are worlds behind the broad career categories: opportunities to carve out a niche wide enough for your hopes, if only you first gain a foothold. Maybe finding your starting point will require some casting about in the dark; some trial and some error, and patience.
It certainly did for me. I was a lawyer and then a community organizer before discovering how I could act on my passion and deepest sense of purpose in a profession, within a supportive (campus) community.
There are resources for you on campus: the Career Services Center, located in Math/Psych 212, can help you think about careers and connect you with opportunities; and The Shriver Center, on the first floor of Public Policy, can connect you with internships so you can explore. Pay them a visit.
And know that you're not alone.
If this post has resonated with you, I hope you'll make this struggle more visible, and connect with others, by leaving a comment.
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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Name: Christian Oyson
Hometown: Westland, Michigan
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: This is my 2nd semester here at UMBC.
Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?
A: I am a commuter at UMBC, a volunteer at Off Campus Student Services (OCSS) with Commuter Breakfast, and a STRiVER.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: I share my energetic personality to others and around UMBC.
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: I was really fond of the students here at UMBC, coming from all walks of life and from all over the world. I've never before seen such a diverse community here that's so active and proud of their culture and affiliations. UMBC is truly a melting pot of the world. Though I volunteer with OCSS, it really gives me an opportunity to interact with new people and also sets up a base-plate of my involvement here at UMBC. With its diversity of clubs, activities, sports, and events, there's so much I want to be involved in. But it also gives me an opportunity to make a difference in the campus community. My recent retreat with UMBC, STRiVE, gave me an opportunity to work with such a dedicated and determined small group of people that are willing to make a difference with the community. No matter how big or small the difference can be, if we can help one person, we can have the potential to help millions.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: One of the memorable things I've experienced at UMBC is being part of STRiVE, a week long Winter Retreat where we've not only improve our leadership skills, but also awaken our potential to make a difference in our community. Throughout the experience, I've met so many people that I'll keep in touch and work with and discovered many strengths I can share to everyone as well as drawbacks that I can improve upon. Before I started college, I've been active in numerous clubs and organizations. Those including National Honors Society, Liberty High Drama Club, SkillsUSA, and St. Joseph Youth Band. It's important to me that I strive to continue to become involved at UMBC and also to continue to be a positive influence in my community as I have in High School. However, it is also imperative to maintain my grades in College. While being active and involved is important, it's also important to maintain good academic standing. A challenge I decided to take upon myself is to find and maintain a good balance in life. Maintaining good standings while at the same time continue to be involved. STRiVE is a retreat I'll never forget. It gave me hindsight of my true potential and see how I can make a difference here at UMBC. STRiVE was something that gave me a reason to continue to work hard throughout my career, never settling less than my very best.
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
A: Four Square, Gaming, Creating Videos, Theater, Being Involved, Learning and Trying new skills, and being a UMBC Retriever.
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: There's one word I've always carried with me throughout my high school and now college career. "Inspiritu."It means "to breathe life into, to inspire." I knew a great friend of mine who passed away recently that carried this throughout her life. Her name is Kate McAfee. She was an inspiriting person that loved to act and perform on stage and also influenced a lot of people with her positive attitude before her passing. Not once have I seen her say or do anything negative to someone. Her genuine personality touched and saved the lives of many. After her passing, everyone mourned the loss but everyone also remembered her legacy that she left behind, to inspire. This is something I've carried with me after her passing. To me, her legacy of "inspritu" has helped shaped and redefined my purpose for living and also been deeply involved in what I actively do. I'm sure that she's looking after all of those who were touched by her and making sure that one of us, if not many, would carry out what she left behind. To continue to inspire and influence the lives of many.
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Name: Shanae Cole
Hometown: Lancaster Pennslyvania Major: Media and Communication Studies, with a Dance minor.
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: I am currently in my senior year...Yay!
Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?
A: I am a Promotions Intern for FOX45 and CW Baltimore. I am also a Student Assistant in the Undergraduate Admissions Office and I work as a Theater Host at the National Aquarium on the weekends. :)
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: I love helping others-and making someones day!
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: I enjoy talking to prospective students because I want them to get excited about college and know that they are in good hands when they come to UMBC!
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: The most memorable thing I learned in college was that anything is possible if you work hard and have faith and Dr. Freeman Hrabowski is living proof!
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
A: Superheroes
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 love to dance and my favorite spot on campus is Chick Fil A.
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