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Full Title: PROMISE Fall Harvest Dinner Welcomes Dr. Erica Corral, winner of Hispanic award for STEM, Nov. 19Join us for the annual PROMISE Fall Harvest Dinner! This is our “Thanksgiving Dinner” for graduate students! Friday, November 19, 2010 6:30 PM Adele’s Restaurant Stamp Student Union, UM College Park’s Campus You must RSVP via the official registration page: http://tinyurl.com/3a2atye. (This RSVP serves as your “free” ticket.) Dr. Erica Corral will be our special [...]
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Real People Profiles: Curtis Schickner
I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.
Hometown: East Windsor, New Jersey
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: I am a junior (2+ years).
Q:What is your current title (job or student organization position)?
A:Assistant Director of Finance and Operations in Student Government and Secretary of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: I play baseball and am involved in many departments at UMBC
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Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: My favorite role at UMBC is being a student-athlete. I enjoy competing against other schools and representing UMBC. I really enjoy working with student government and their finance and operations department. The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee has given me many opportunities to work with students from other colleges and universities. I get the most satisfaction out of mentoring an elementary school child from Baltimore City.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: The most important things that I’ve learned in college are to not regret your decisions, don’t let fear of embarrassment or failure stop you from achieving something, and lend a hand to someone in need of help or guidance.
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
A: UMBC Athletics.
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: One of my favorite moments at UMBC happened during my freshman year. My friends and I woke up early the day of a huge snowstorm on campus. We went sledding on every hill on campus before the rest of campus woke up. It’s spontaneous moments and activities that make the best college memories.
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Real People Profiles: Susan DuMont
I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.
Name: Susan DuMont
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: One month!
Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?
A:Coordinator of Student Life for Fraternities & Sororities.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: Advise and support a healthy, visible, vibrant Greek community.
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: I'm in the honeymoon stage and I'm enjoying everything about my role and UMBC so far! One thing I really like is that my role includes working in The Commons. I'm really extroverted and thrive in the high energy environment of The Commons. I've mastered a five minute walking loop around the building that I walk when I need an energy boost during the day. If you see me power walking through the building one afternoon now you know why! I also really like getting into my office early in the morning and feeling the building and campus sort of 'wake up' through the morning and early afternoon. And of course I really enjoy the students and staff I've worked with so far and how receptive to new ideas people have been.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: I learned that I love greek life, I'm good at helping people make it be what it's supposed to be about, and that I could do that professionally. That's pretty cool! The second most Chemistry and very clearly remember the day that I learned the chemical reaction that happens in your eyes when you cut onions that makes you cry. Fun fact, I decided I was going to be a greek advisor on my way to organic chem lab.
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
A: Doing things. I really like to DO. I have a lot of hobbies and I'm almost always up for trying something new. I like being active, outside, and taking risks. I'm also a really big fan of Linsey Corbin. She's the best female pro-triathlete in the US and she's greek!
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: This isn't 'little-known' but the circle around campus is SUCH a great run! My favorite way to do it (so far) is to start where Commons Drive meets the circle and run towards Poplar Ave. The grade up that side of the hill is perfect and feels like SUCH an accomplishment when I reach the top. Then I get to fly down the other side! I love that there is grass next to the sidewalk for almost the entire run so I can protect my body and run in the grass. Repeat as desired, and if the weather and timing are right, I go to the pool for a few laps as a cool down swim. It might be the most perfect workout!
Harry Boyte of the Center for Democracy and Citizenship has some strong words of praise for UMBC's SGA in a blog post today. Boyte offers reflections on last week's Civic Agency Institute in Washington, DC, a national meeting of partners working to focus American higher education on empowering citizens and building a stronger democracy. He calls UMBC's SGA "the outstanding example" of a government that serves as a meeting ground for its constituents and a catalyst for their civic contributions, and points to SGA as "a model for governments at every level to learn from."
UMBC has been an active participant in the Civic Agency Initiative and the American Democracy Project of which it is a part, and our students have played a leading role from the beginning. Seven UMBC students (and I) participated in last week's Institute.
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Mina's Legacies
I imagine the scene played out something like this: Bundled up in her winter coat, 12-year old Mina Appel longs to press through the throngs of passengers to claim a spot on the port side rail. But she has younger brothers and sisters to mind, and her mother Reise insists that they all stay away from the heart of the crowd, where little Franciska and Salli could be trampled. The breeze sweeping the deck of the Graf Waldersee stings Mina’s face and numbs her ears, but she welcomes the relief it provides from the sour smells of a damp 10-day voyage in steerage class.
Mina has a taste for adventure, but after the last two punishing weeks all she can think about is the life she has left behind in the town of Olublo, Hungary: her friends from school, the horses in their stables, the comforts of a house big enough for her family of 10. She knows she can expect a much harder life at the end of this voyage, in a foreign country whose language she does not speak, where her family does not have roots generations deep.
When Mina’s reverie is broken by cheers erupting from the rails and spreading across the deck, she stands on her toes and cranes her neck, eager to catch a glimpse of the copper-clad symbol of this new world: the Statue of Liberty. Later on this afternoon of December 29, 1905, Mina and her family will be processed on Ellis Island and, after some anxious hours, permitted to enter the United States at long last.
Mina’s father Sigmund awaits them in Milwaukee, where he has been staying with members of Reise’s extended family. In the old country, Sigmund had been a traveler by trade: a dealer in linens who carried his wares by horse and buggy from hamlet to hamlet across Eastern Europe. He is a stern and devout man, protective of Mina and his other children. One of Mina’s treasured possessions is a beautiful white kerchief embroidered with her initials, a special order Papa placed with one of his suppliers.*
In Sigmund’s mind this unwelcome, destiny-altering migration has been forced by events in Olublo. Anti-Semitism is on the rise. Sigmund believes he can no longer keep his family safe in Hungary. His inventory was looted on the night before Yom Kippur, and his oldest sons faced conscription into the army if they stayed. Sigmund sent the boys to Milwaukee two years ago, then followed them a year later, with plans for the rest of his family to join him once he had made arrangements in their new home.
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| Leo Spitz, 25, and Minnie Appel, 23, in July 1915. |
Mina will thrive in Milwaukee. An extraordinarily bright girl, she will learn English and catch up to her grade level in school within a year. Like most of the other members of her family, she will come to be known by an Americanized version of her name: “Minnie.”
Like her mother Reise (“Rose”) before her, Minnie will be married to a stern and industrious man through an arrangement by her parents. Leo Spitz, a tannery worker, will keep food on his family’s table during both the Roaring 20s and the Great Depression. Minnie will provide their four children, all girls, with a stable and comfortable home life.
Minnie and Leo’s third daughter, Ruth, an inheritor of her mother’s adventurous spark, will marry for love at age 19. Her husband Irv Krasno, a Russian immigrant, will work in his family’s Milwaukee egg business alongside his father and brothers. But the Krasno men are proud and stubborn, and their partnership will collapse into a battle of factions. Ultimately Irv and Ruth, with four daughters of their own, will seek their fortune in the west, in California, where they once spent an enjoyable vacation under sunny skies.
Irv and Ruth’s second daughter, Sandy, will meet her future husband Herb Hoffman at a college dance. They will marry in 1965, and have the first of three children in 1967. Sandy and Herb (the son of immigrants from Poland and Israel) will make steadiness and security priorities for their family. They will encourage their children to become members of stable and prestigious professions—doctor, lawyer, teacher—rather than risk-takers.
Their first child, a boy, David, will meet his great grandmother, Minnie Appel—Grandma Mimi—on two or three occasions when she visits from Milwaukee. She will pass away, at age 80, when he is five years old. He will retain only the vaguest firsthand impression of her personality: her affection, and her strength. But all his life he will navigate Mina’s legacies, and those of Sigmund and Rose, Leo, Ruth and Irv, Sandy and Herb: the yearning for adventure, and the bold, even rebellious willingness to risk everything for a better life, intertwined with the craving for stability and an end to upheavals, and the comforts of a well-worn path.
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| Minnie Appel Spitz (left), 75, and her younger sister Mary in December, 1967. The baby in Minnie's lap is me (age 2+ months); in Mary's lap, my cousin Julie. |
*More than a century later, Mina’s kerchief survives in a wooden box in my home.
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Real People Profiles: Ben Davis
I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.
Name: Ben Davis
Hometown: Finksburg, MD
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: 3 years.
Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?
A: Service Peer and Relay for Life: Event Chair.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: Empowering people to help other people and themselves.
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: I love working with so many driven and passionate people on campus. In my position I work with so many great leaders, and it is amazing to me the potential each and every person posses. I work with people from all over the campus, from SGA executive board members to random students who just want to get involved, and it is inspiring to me to know who they are and what they have accomplished.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: The relationships with other people you establish, and hold throughout your life can be more important than your job, the knowledge you carry, and the money you make. You can learn so much from the relationships you have throughout your life, they can be a safety valve when times are tough, and they can be a voice of reason when you are struggling to cope with life. Relationships, whether they be friends, family, co-workers, etc., can also provide you with a lot of happiness and fun!
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
A: Sports and Listening to people.
Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?
If you want to succeed in life, if you want to be a great doctor, lawyer, even a great person, then I would recommend that you get involved. You will learn so much more from interacting with other people and the real world, then from any textbook.
Get Involved! -- Just visit the Student Government Office, the Student Events Board, or the Student Involvement Center. Tell them you want to help and they will be more than glad to set you up with an amazing opportunity. And you know what, they are all located on the Second Floor of the Commons.
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Real People Profiles: Donique Lewis
I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.
Name: Donique Lewis
Hometown: Baltimore, Maryland
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: I have been at UMBC since November of 2004.
Q:What is your current title (job or student organization position)?
A:I’m currently holding the position of Executive Administrative Assistant in the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: My role is to provide executive level support to the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and to work with our student assistants.
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: I really enjoy the opportunities for personal/professional growth afforded you in this division. If there’s something you’re interested in, all you have to do is ask. I’ve recently expressed my desire to work more with the budget in my area, and without hesitation I was given a much larger role.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: I have learned how important it is to make your presence known and not fade into the background. Many opportunities may come your way, just by letting others get to know you.
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
A: Football “GO RAVENS”
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: The “Red Flag Campaign." I have really enjoyed participating with this event and being able to bring more awareness to the warning signs of relationship violence. It’s my hope that at least one student may be helped by this campaign.
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Real People Profiles: Alison Rohrbach
I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.
Name: Alison Rohrbach
Hometown: Towson, MD
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: 5 years.
Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?
A: Assistant Director of University Health Services.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: I educate the campus on health and wellness issues.
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: I am so proud of the work done by the UHS Peer Health Advocates. These students are some of the most amazing people I have ever worked with, and I could never thank them enough for all of their hard work and contributions. I also really enjoy the connections and friendships I have made with staff members at UMBC. From day one of working here, I have felt welcomed by so many people.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: The most important thing I learned in college, that has been reinforced during my time at UMBC is to embrace the diversity that is around you. Growing up in a small town, I was not exposed to a lot of diversity. After going away to college, I met so many people from different cultures, religions, etc. Being at UMBC has made this experience even greater for me. I feel very fortunate to work somewhere that has so much diversity.
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
A: Being a mom! I have an 18 month old son name Cole who keeps me on my toes and cracks me up every day! I just love being his mom.
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: When I came in for my interview in 2005, I had to do a health education presentation for UHS staff. I brought my presentation on a floppy disk! They had to call a staff person to convert it on their computer since no computers had floppy drives anymore. I cannot believe they still hired me! Hey, I have never claimed that technology was my strong point!
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Real People Profiles Mashup
The Real People Profile published yesterday (Faryal Khalid's, featuring the best Real People Profile photo to date) was the 60th to appear on this blog, and in honor of that milestone (or, really, just because I feel like it), I'm going to try something a little different with this post.
Microsoft Word has a feature called "Autosummarize," which assigns a score to each sentence in a document (based on whether it contains words used frequently in the document), then uses the scores to produce a summary. In my experience these "Autosummaries" are actually terrible summaries, but sometimes can produce interesting, almost poetic sequences of ideas.
So I've taken the 60 Real People Profiles published to date, cut and pasted each person's answer to the question 'What's the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?' into a single Microsoft Word document, and "Autosummarized'" it. Here is the result: 4,000 words boiled down to 400 representing, in an odd and very unscientific way, the collected wisdom of the UMBC community.
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I’ve learned not to postpone getting involved or devoting time to that which I find meaningful – as life will never get less busy and the time to act is generally now. I've learned the important skill of being able to listen to, appreciate, and grow from other people's lives.
College is a place where you make life-long friends. College is a time for all of us to learn and grow, and every new thing I've tried has helped me grow as a person. Throughout my time in college, I took service-learning classes that challenged me to take the theory from our texts and apply it to what I was learning through my service. Now, life has come full circle and I am helping to facilitate these service experiences for students here on this campus.
I also learned the importance of friendship by surrounding myself with an insanely talented and beautiful group of people. Time management. Because I am very involved in student life, I have had to learn how to balance my extracurricular activities along with my academics.
College isn't all about studying; it's about learning, learning that takes place both inside and outside of class. During my time at UMBC, I've learned a lot about myself. How to manage time. UMBC, being a relatively smaller institution to say, College Park, it is really easy to get involved in student organizations. There are also many job opportunities available for students, which leads to a very busy nonacademic life here. I’m still in college – hence, still learning! We were pretty much always stressed out about school, life, you name it.
College was an amazing experience for me. By getting involved as an RA, in serving learning projects and volunteering, event planning, church, etc I made life long friends, learned skills that have supplemented that put into practice what I was learning in my sociology and politics classes and broadened by understanding of the city and indeed the world.
UMBC is an incredible place. I have learned from students wherever I have worked, but UMBC students, whether in Res Life or SGA, SEB, RSA, or Service Learning, they have inspired me the most. Hard work and determination.
As for the patience aspect…time for a real-life experience story. The most memorable thing I've learned at UMBC so far is that staff are truly passionate about serving and supporting our students.
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Real People Profiles: Faryal Khalid
I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.
Hometown: Laurel, MD
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: This is my third year at UMBC.
Q:What is your current title (job or student organization position)?
A: I am a Leadership Consultant, Secretary of the Commuter Student Association and an SGA Sustainability Intern. I am also on the Art Staff of Bartleby and do some design work for different student organizations. I enjoy all these so very much.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: Encourage student leadership and school spirit through creative design work.
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: I enjoy running around campus (*laughs*). I keep myself quite busy and I love it that way. People who say there isn't much to do on this campus, just need to look around. There is something for everyone and that is what I enjoy most about my roles. Through my involvement in different student organizations I can meet many different people and its amazing how much I learn everyday from the variety of experiences and talents, they bring to the table.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: One thing I learnt at UMBC is that it is great to be different. The campus is ever so open to change and uniqueness. There is no wrong way, just a different way and if you follow your passion you can't really go wrong. It was this lesson that encouraged me to change my major to Graphic Design, even though I come from a predominantly science background and I have never been happier. UMBC gave me a chance to follow my passion.
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
A: Photography. There is something so gratifying about capturing beautiful memories, embarrassing moments and taking a piece of someones story with you. One of my greatest pleasures is to bug people with my camera!
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 have numerous favorite spots on this campus. I love the first floor of the Fine Arts building. Even though I have all my classes there and I shouldn't like it so much but the simple white walls and the warm lights help me relax and clear my mind of everything, so I can focus on the task at hand. Another great spot is the lake near the Research Park. There is a lot of quiet and peace in that area, and you get to go through the tunnel where a lot of UMBC students, over the years have left parts of their stories. Its a definite spot to check out!
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A: I play baseball and am involved in many departments at UMBC. 
