Scenes from Convocation (photos/video) I had the pleasure of walking ahead of the procession of new UMBC students down our main academic corridor to today's Convocation.  Here is some of what I saw, including video of the addresses given by SGA President Kaylesh Ramu, former University System of Maryland Student Regent Collin Wojciechowski and President Freeman Hrabowski.  You might have to turn up the volume on the videos to hear the wonderful speakers.

I was especially thrilled and inspired by Dr. Hrabowski's charge to new students to get involved in changing the world. That portion of his address starts at around the 20:20 mark.

A beautiful day for a walk across campus
Faculty and staff get ready to welcome new students
New students streaming across the campus to the RAC.
The main RAC arena was unavailable due to flooding.
The smaller arena was filled.

Provost Rous welcomed new students into our scholarly community.





Vice President for Student Affairs Nancy Young
led the pinning ceremony.
President Hrabowski: "Watch your character, for
it becomes your destiny."
--David Hoffman

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This afternoon, Dissertation House co-founders Dr. Wendy Carter-Veale and Dr. Renetta Tull joined Oregon State University Physicist Dr. Rubin Landau, and Dr. Phoebe Lenear from the Empowering Leadership Alliance at Rice University to lead a webinar on “The Dissertation Proposal.”   The next webinar will discuss “The Final Defense.” If you want to join, here are the instructions:

*The Final Defense: Thursday, August 30, 10 AM Pacific, 12 PM Central, 1 PM Eastern.  Sign up for this session here by Wednesday, August 29, 2012.  If you previously signed up for the webinar, it is not necessary to register again.  

This webinar is sponsored by the Empowering Leadership Alliance and is open to any graduate student, from any school.  About the Empowering Leadership Alliance:

The Empowering Leadership Alliance (ELA) is a program that was launched in 2007 and is funded by NSF. The program’s director and PI is Professor Richard Tapia at Rice University, and engages underrepresented minority students in computing disciplines at research institutions in a nationwide network composed of dozens of leading universities, professional societies, laboratories, research centers, and corporations.  Read the original press release here.   


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This afternoon, Dissertation House co-founders Dr. Wendy Carter-Veale and Dr. Renetta Tull joined Oregon State University Physicist Dr. Rubin Landau, and Dr. Phoebe Lenear from the Empowering Leadership Alliance at Rice University to lead a webinar on “The Dissertation Proposal.”   The next webinar will discuss “The Final Defense.” If you want to join, here are the instructions:

*The Final Defense: Thursday, August 30, 10 AM Pacific, 12 PM Central, 1 PM Eastern.  Sign up for this session here by Wednesday, August 29, 2012.  If you previously signed up for the webinar, it is not necessary to register again.  

This webinar is sponsored by the Empowering Leadership Alliance and is open to any graduate student, from any school.  About the Empowering Leadership Alliance:

The Empowering Leadership Alliance (ELA) is a program that was launched in 2007 and is funded by NSF. The program’s director and PI is Professor Richard Tapia at Rice University, and engages underrepresented minority students in computing disciplines at research institutions in a nationwide network composed of dozens of leading universities, professional societies, laboratories, research centers, and corporations.  Read the original press release here.   


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 Mine took place on a Monday. I had an 8:00 a.m. class, to which I arrived absurdly early, just in case. When I saw that the room was empty, I was mortified.  I didn't want to be branded on the first day as "that weird guy who shows up super early." I felt like my whole college identity was at stake. So I rushed back out and, trying not to be obvious about it, watched until enough others had gone in that I felt safe returning to the room.  

 I had never been in a classroom with so many seats. I carefully chose one neither in the front row nor the back, neither far to the left nor far to the right. I hoped the professor wouldn't notice me, much less call on me.

 I was scared to death. I felt like I had earned my college admission, but I had no data on which to base any assumption about my prospects for success. Throughout that anxious day, I couldn't help but assume that every single thing I was seeing for the first time was normal, and a sure indication of "what college is going to be like."

In hindsight, I know that almost nothing about that first day was "normal," especially that feeling of anxiety. I didn't know that it was perfectly OK to be the first to arrive for a class. I didn't pick up on the fact that everyone around me was at least a little nervous too.

 What I also didn't know was that a person who would become a close friend was sitting two rows ahead of me. That together we would join the student government, and make our campus a home, as familiar and comfortable as any community we had ever known. That in the next four years I would make friends and have experiences that would help me discover and define myself. And that before I graduated, I would make meaningful contributions to that institution and help to shape its future.

 We all have first days, and I hope yours is a good one. But what really counts are the years, the ones you have in front of you now, in which you will grow and thrive and make UMBC yours. What you're going to discover is that UMBC is not a collection of buildings and classes, but a confluence of stories, including, now, your own. That we can be true to ourselves with each other, and value the differences that make each of us unique. That we are a community of ground breakers and difference-makers, empowering each other to use our talents for the common good.

 I'm glad you're here, and I look forward to all that we're going to do together.

 --David Hoffman

 P.S.--Anyone else have a "first day of college story" you'd like to share? Please do so in 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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 Participants will work together with the Parks & People Foundation and Project T.O.O.U.R. on a community garden, playground and painting projects.  Read more about the Welcome Week Service Project here, and complete the online application here.  Be sure to complete a liability waiver form, which you'll find on this page.  See you Saturday!

 --David Hoffman

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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Thank you to the students who took time to come to our seminar, thank you to the "Top TAs" who took time out of their schedules to be panelists, and thank you to all of the speakers who spent time with our community today.


1. “TA Training/Teaching and Learning Workshop”
  http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/12437
2. Life/Work Balance Lunch Seminar with Dr. Robert Deluty 
 http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/12438


Here are some highlights and follow-up points.

1) WORKING WITH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: The handout that accompanies Vice Provost Cynthia Hill's talk on "Working with students with disabilities" can be found here: http://my.umbc.edu/system/shared/attachments/d3aaa37f65812ec1795d5a06403030f2/5037dd38/group-documents/000/002/346/64ff7983a47d331b13a81156e2f4d29d/8-24-12%20-%20Working%20with%20Students%20with%20Disabilities%20-%20Teaching%20and%20Learning%20Workshop%20for%20TAs%20and%20Graduate%20Students.pdf?1345838384.  It is also attached at the bottom of this message.

2) DR. DELUTY'S TALK: Dr. Deluty's books are available in the bookstore. Take care to remember his "Perfectionist" poem. It is a favorite. Remember that your comfort should not be brief ... don't stifle the hope of lasting relief!

3) TEACHING A FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR: More information about the IHU and teaching one of those courses can be found here: http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/ihu/.  Assistant Vice Provost Jill Randles is the contact person.

4) PROF-it opportunities will be listed here throughout the year: http://promisesuccessseminars.wordpress.com/professors-in-training-prof-it/, however, Dr. Judith Pollack maintains the PROF-it Blackboard site with all of the latest information. Go to Blackboard, look under "organizations" and type in "PROF-it." The group is listed under PROF-it: Professors-in-training.

5) QUOTE to remember from John Fritz (DOIT) about Blackboard: "Students who get a 'D' or 'F' use Blackboard 40% less than students who get a 'C' or higher."

6) SKILLSOFT: Jill Wardell from UMBC's Training and Organization Development unit is working with us to pilot SkillSoft e-learning tools and preparation for certifications that can enhance your career. Please take the poll to let us know about your interests: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/discussions/4964.

7) DELUTY: Paraphrased quote from Dr. Deluty: "If you get a 'C' or less and have to take a course again, don't view it as a failure, view it as an opportunity to master the material." 

8) PROF-IT: Save the dates for other upcoming PROF-it seminars: Fridays from 12 noon to 2:00 PM on October 5, November 2, and December 7 in Commons 329. 

Topics: Creating a Syllabus, Using Groups in the Classroom, Learning Styles. NOTE: Students who want to apply for the $2000 UMBC/CCBC Teaching Fellows program must attend each of the seminars. 

Guests include Dr. Linda Hodges (leader of today's "Teaching Disciplinary Thinking" session), and Dr. Anne Spence of Mechanical Engineering/Engineering Education. A supplemental workshop on teaching a class, overcoming fear, and getting your point across will be led by Dr. Pollack.  

9) Office of Human Relations Programs: http://www.umbc.edu/humanrelations/.  Refer to Stephanie Lazarus' "Got Conflict" handout for other resources.

10) UMBC's Counseling Center: http://www.umbc.edu/counseling/

Best wishes for a successful semester!


Kind regards,
Renetta Tull
Assistant Dean for Graduate Student Development
Director of PROMISE: Maryland's AGEP
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Please consider joining the Co-Create UMBC group on MyUMBC.  Check out the Co-Create UMBC archives.  Follow me on Twitter.  And enjoy the last few days of summer, and the start of a new year!

Thanks,

--David Hoffman

]]> For almost five years, Co-Create UMBC has been solo enterprise.  This semester, it becomes a collaboration.  My Student Life colleague Craig Berger is going to start contributing posts along with... http://cocreateumbc.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-change-for-co-create-umbc.html https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/16097/guest@my.umbc.edu/fe7caf0306371e8881aeaec2e84de832/api/pixel 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 22 3 true Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:49:00 -0400 TA Training/Teaching & Learning Workshop, and Life/Work Balance Lunch – Both on Friday, August 24, 2012 at UMBC   The following seminars will be held at UMBC on Friday, August 24, 2012: 1. “TA Training/Teaching and Learning Workshop” This workshop is for all new teaching assistants *and* all students who want to learn more about teaching. 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If you have participated in the Dissertation House in the past, and if you still have work to complete, then you are invited to join us for the Dissertation House at the 2012 PROMISE Summer Success Institute (SSI).  “Alumni” of the DH know how to get down to business immediately. So if you need time and space to jump right into DH mode, use the regular application process, and use “DH @ 2012 SSI” in the subject line of your email. This invitation is open to any graduate student, from any school, who has participated in at least one FULL 3 or 4-day DH Session (e.g., any campus, at a PROMISE retreat, any year) or the 2011 SSI DH Marathon in Columbia.  This event will take place on Friday, August 17, 2012, from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, in Room Commons 329, on UMBC’s campus.

Guidelines and Requirements

Coach: Dr. Wendy Carter-Veale

This DH session includes breakfast refreshments, a buffet lunch, and an afternoon snack. 

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