URA Applications Are Open! Provides up to $1500 to support your research

URA’s provide up to $1,500 to undergraduate students to support their research or creative work with a UMBC faculty mentor on an original project. UMBC students of all years and disciplines are invited to apply, as long as they will remain enrolled at UMBC long enough to complete the proposed work.

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To apply:
ur.umbc.edu/ura

Click the SS URA button.  Applications are due by May 1, 2019 and require a research proposal and mentor letter of support.

For more information, contact Christine Mallinson, Director, Center for Science Scholarship, via email at socialscience@umbc.edu.
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Friday, March 1, 2019 · 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Dance Cube : 337
In recognition of Women's History Month, join us for a dance performance and panel discussion with INDS student and Women's Center student staff Alexia Petasis, to deepen our understanding of human trafficking in the United States through empathy and conversation.



For questions or more information, contact the Women's Center at womenscenter@umbc.edu or 410-455-2714. The Women's Center is located in Commons 004.

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As a way to have broader outreach on campus and throughout the University of Maryland System, we have created an Instagram handle (@usm_lsamp). 

Find us at: https://www.instagram.com/usm_lsamp/ and please follow to see all the great activities students take part in when they engage with the USM LSAMP community!

Follow us and comment. Let us know your thoughts.

Peter DeCrescenzo
Project Coordinator for the USM Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation


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Do you have mentored-research, artwork, music, performance, film, scholarship? Come be a part of UMBC's largest undergraduate research event of the year!

Apply now at:
urcad.umbc.edu

200 word abstract and mentor approval required.
Apply by 5pm TODAY!

Questions? aprilh@umbc.edu
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Applications are due by 5pm tomorrow, 2/22.

ur.umbc.edu/urcad
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200-word abstract required.  Your mentor will automatically receive an email with the link to approve your abstract.

Go to:
URCAD.umbc.edu

Questions?  Email: aprilh@umbc.edu
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Filmmakers! Painters! Musicians! Poets! Digital Artists! Dancers! Actors! Costume Designers! Photographers!

Come hear about how to put together an application for Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD), and how to write an effective abstract that summarizes your work as an artist. 

Monday, Feb. 18
12-12:50pm
113 Sherman Hall, A wing

URCAD is Wednesday, April 24th, and all artists are invited to present! Applications are due by Feb. 22 and can be found at :
ur.umbc.edu/urcad

Questions?  Email: aprilh@umbc.edu
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The Summer 2019 Orientation season is approaching and the Office for Academic and Pre-Professional Advising is looking for new members to join its team of orientation advisors! 

 Faculty, staff and graduate students are invited to apply. 

Graduate students and 9½-month faculty members will receive up to $100.00 per session.

12-month faculty members' compensations will be sent to their departments.

Staff members are not eligible to receive additional compensation, but they will have an opportunity to improve their advising competencies, work with a diverse body of students, and enhance their leadership and interpersonal skills.  

Comprehensive training will be provided for all orientation advisors on June 4 and 5.

Want to learn more about this opportunity? Attend an info session:

February 27, 2019    12:00pm-12:45pm   SHER 220 (B-WING)

March 13, 2019         12:00pm-12:45pm   SHER 220 (B-WING)

March 27, 2019         12:00pm-12:45pm   SHER 220 (B-WING)

April 10, 2019            12:00pm-12:45pm   SHER 220 (B-WING)

April 24, 2019            12:00pm-12:45pm   SHER220 (B-WING) 

We are currently accepting new applications through May 1st.

Contact Monique Ransom, Asst. Director, OAPA at mransom@umbc.edu or (410)455-2451 with questions.

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Title of your research project: Alternative Theatrical Lighting Control System 

Describe your project: I am researching a lighting control system called GrandMA2. The GrandMA2 is mostly used to program lights for concerts and other live performances, rather than Theatre. 

Who is your mentor(s) for your project?
My mentor for my project is Mr. Adam Mendelson, Lecturer in Lighting and Sound Design, Theatre. I have had classes with my mentor previously. I chose him, because he understands the technical aspects of lighting systems. He is also hands-on with his students and takes interest in their development and projects. I knew he would be committed to my project, inspire me, push me to work harder, and be able to give quality feedback on my progress.

How did you become interested in this project?
My interest for lighting has existed my entire life. In 5th grade I wrote to myself that "I want to do light shows for a living". I have been in pursuit of my childhood dream since. Once I found out about the GrandMA2 system, I knew I had to learn it to advance my dreams to the next stage.

What has been the hardest part about your research/what was the most unexpected thing about being a researcher?
I have had a lot trouble estimating how long things will take. By its nature research is doing something you have never done before. I would plan for something to take 2 hours, for example, but in reality, it would take 6. This would be difficult when I would try to plan my schedule. As a researcher, I did not expect the overwhelming support I would receive. Many times, I received support from people and companies, only through sharing that I am researcher. The best example was I shared with an usher at a Cirque Du Soleil that I am doing research on lighting and she moved my seat from the last row in the building, to the closest section. 

What has been the most rewarding part?
My research took me to different places, one being a lighting conference in Las Vegas. At this conference I was able to sit in on presentations of professionals in the industry who are doing extremely innovative things. This sparked my inspiration and made me want to explore the boundaries of existing technology, and imagine what/ who will be the things/ones to break those boundaries. I also was able to see shows that feature the highest level of lighting design. These sparked my interest and were extremely rewarding to spectate.

How will you disseminate your research (URCAD presentation, conference, publication, etc?)
I will be sharing my research on February 15th. I am hosting a public light show, as well as programming lights for a live band. This exercises two different strengths this system has over others. The console has the ability to easily program to music in "timecode" while also being able to be used for live playback with a band "busking". After the show I am hosting a master class about my research and the GrandMA2 for other interested students, or members of the public.

What is your advice to other students about getting involved in research?
The best advice I could give to interested students is to just start. I will process information in my head for a long time, but it wasn't until I started to ask questions and find people who share my interests that my research began to take off. Everyone's research will be different in many ways, and in my case I had many challenges. Every obstacle has the potential to be another triumph, but you will never know unless you start. I found that setting deadlines would require me to get started on things promptly. I broke my research into many incremental deadlines, the times I stuck to the deadlines I was successful; the times I wasn't my research was less fruitful.

What are your career goals?
I plan to take the information I received from my research and apply it to my career. I now have a level of proficiency in a lighting system that is incredibly popular, but specialized. The skills I received from my research are in high demand and I have many different ways that I can use those skills in my future work. 

 ** Come see Scott's light show on Friday, February 15th, 2019 Proscenium Theater in PAHB - Please no food/ drink in the Theater Doors will open at 6:50pm Light show will start promptly at 7:00pm with doors closing Fayo and The Rollup Collective will perform following the programmed light show.
All are welcome and invited to stay after; He will be hosting a master class about his research on the GrandMA2 lighting system concluding at 9:00pm. Tickets are not needed, and seating will be given on a first come first serve basis.
 
Here is the link to the public Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/396070837863911/?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22dashboard%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22calendar_tab_event%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%7B%5C%22dashboard_filter%5C%22%3A%5C%22upcoming%5C%22%7D%22%7D]%2C%22ref%22%3A2%2C%22source%22%3A2%7D
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