Meet the Facilitator 2024: Meghna Chandrasekaran Facilitator of "I am, I can, iLead"

About the Facilitator:

Meghna Chandrasekaran (she/her/hers) is a Junior Political Science and Biological Sciences major. Outside of UMBC, she enjoys going for drives and exploring new places, listening to music, and sometimes writing music. Meghna believes that the best leader is an authentic one, what she strives to be in everyday life. Her goals as a Leadership Peer Facilitator is to model authentic leadership through understanding personal values and how it intersects in group settings. Aside from being an LPF, Meghna serves as the Executive Vice President of the Student Government Association and as a Research Intern and STRiVE Coach with the Center for Democracy and Civic Life. 


About the Leadershop:

We talk about how we show up in places, but have you looked at how you show up authentically when working with groups to make change? This session explores just that through interactive games.


What does Leadership mean to you:

Leadership means to be authentic. It is rooted in the idea that effective leadership involves being true to oneself and being genuine in interactions with others. Authentic leadership looks at aligning actions and decisions with their core values and beliefs. 


Ice-Breaker: Fun fact about yourself!

I have a motorcycle license in India and am working on getting my motorcycle license here!



The Leadershops series consists of 1 hour workshops that focus on various student centered leadership-related topics facilitated by Campus Life staff and Leadership Peer Facilitators. This program aims to contribute to the leadership development and ongoing learning of UMBC undergraduate students.


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We're thrilled to announce the commencement of elections for the upcoming GSA Senate, with senators elected to serve during the 2024-2025 term. Senators play a pivotal role by advocating for student concerns to the administration and actively working towards resolving issues that matter to you.

To make an informed decision, we encourage all graduate students to visit the Senator Elections page on the GSA website, where you can review the candidates' profiles.

Ready to cast your vote?

Click here to access the voting form. Please note that voting will remain open until April 26th, 8:00 PM.

As part of the process, you'll be asked to provide your campus ID for verification purposes, ensuring that only current UMBC students can participate in the voting process.

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On behalf of the current Executive council, I would like to extend a huge congratulations to the following graduate students who were elected and confirmed by the Senate to serve in Executive Council positions for FY 2024-2025. 


Please help me congratulate your classmates and colleagues as you interact with them around campus!


Executive Cabinet Member:
President: Jessica Burstrem

Vice President: Aminah Amjad

Treasurer: Unfortunately, no candidate has been elected, so nominations will be reopened.

Secretary: Daniel Douglas
________________________________________________________________

Committee Chairs :
GRPC Chair: Neha Saindane

GEARS Chair: Saad Ahmad Khan

GAAC Chair: Unfortunately, no candidate has been elected, so nominations will be reopened.

LCC Chair: Unfortunately, no candidate has been elected, so nominations will be reopened.

GSSC Chair: Lokesh Gupta

Equity of Funds: Mrunal Jadhav
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Research participants are needed for a 5 to 10-minute anonymous survey on food access at UMBC. 


After completion of the survey, participants can enter a raffle to win $25 in UMBC bookstore credits. Results will be shared with the UMBC administration and Retriever Essentials to improve the campus resources. Here is the link to the survey: https://umbc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3VRgLbSPIYDEtMi

For more information, please refer to the first page of the survey!


(IRB#1402), under the supervision of Dr. Nayak

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Saturday, April 20, 2024
8:00 - 9:30 p.m. • Theatre Rehearsal Studio, Performing Arts & Humanities Building 

With support from the Department of Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies. 

This event is in conjunction with i3b's 2nd Annual Pride Week and The Mosaic's 20th Anniversary.


TRAXXX: Black Queer Nightlife in High Fidelity, featuring madison moore, Kristy la rAt and lighting by Artemis, is an invitation for you to come and catch the beat. Black queer dance floors have always served something else — a vibrant and vibrating antidote to the here and now. The most important clubs in Black queer nightlife history, from The Warehouse (Chicago) to Paradise Garage (New York) were known for serving ovah beats, guiding clubbers eager to ride waveforms to other dimensions. What do these frequencies of Black queerness make possible? The performance will include a conversation with artist and DJ Kristy la rAt and lighting by Artemis. 


madison moore is an artist-scholar, DJ, and Assistant Professor of Modern Culture and Media at Brown University. madison (any pronouns)  holds a PhD in American Studies from Yale and has previously held positions in the Roski School of Art and Design at the University of Southern California, Virginia Commonwealth University, The New School, the University of Richmond and King’s College London, and has also been a visiting guest artist in the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. He is broadly invested in the aesthetic, sonic and spatial strategies queer and trans people of color use to both survive and thrive in the five alarm fire of everyday life. His first book Fabulous: The Rise of the Beautiful Eccentric (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018), offers a cultural analysis of fabulousness as a practice of resistance. They are currently working on a second book project, HOW TO GET YOUR (NIGHT) LIFE (under contract, Yale University Press), focused on Black queer nightlife as a method of living.


This event is open to all UMBC community members including undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Light refreshments will be provided at 7:15 p.m. in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building Atrium for attendees who RSVP on myUMBC.


Need to request a disability-based accommodation or have any questions? Email us at i3b@umbc.edu


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]]> [EVENT REMINDER] Saturday, April 20, 2024 8:00 - 9:30 p.m. • Theatre Rehearsal Studio, Performing Arts & Humanities Building  With support from the Department of Gender, Women's, and... Flyer https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/attachments/4b81cd12fc77590b1cddac50da74f570/69ecfac7/news/000/140/969/f44ea3289d6cc6b6870fbd84a0f1b2d9/moore PAWTalksB-CV.pdf?1713274788 https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/140969/guest@my.umbc.edu/1fcb637a5e989f917bd2341d52929162/api/pixel The Mosaic: Center for Cultural Diversity https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/themosaic https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/079/8da8369525d899e6fa49decd5a80b73f/xsmall.png?1755890395 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/079/8da8369525d899e6fa49decd5a80b73f/original.png?1755890395 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/079/8da8369525d899e6fa49decd5a80b73f/xxlarge.png?1755890395 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/079/8da8369525d899e6fa49decd5a80b73f/xlarge.png?1755890395 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/079/8da8369525d899e6fa49decd5a80b73f/large.png?1755890395 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/079/8da8369525d899e6fa49decd5a80b73f/medium.png?1755890395 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/079/8da8369525d899e6fa49decd5a80b73f/small.png?1755890395 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/079/8da8369525d899e6fa49decd5a80b73f/xsmall.png?1755890395 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/079/8da8369525d899e6fa49decd5a80b73f/xxsmall.png?1755890395 The Mosaic: Center for Cultural Diversity (i3b) https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/140/969/ad22b0fc08c9c2cb40ec5b1611c944ea/xxlarge.jpg?1713274641 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/140/969/ad22b0fc08c9c2cb40ec5b1611c944ea/xlarge.jpg?1713274641 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/140/969/ad22b0fc08c9c2cb40ec5b1611c944ea/large.jpg?1713274641 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/140/969/ad22b0fc08c9c2cb40ec5b1611c944ea/medium.jpg?1713274641 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/140/969/ad22b0fc08c9c2cb40ec5b1611c944ea/small.jpg?1713274641 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/140/969/ad22b0fc08c9c2cb40ec5b1611c944ea/xsmall.jpg?1713274641 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/140/969/ad22b0fc08c9c2cb40ec5b1611c944ea/xxsmall.jpg?1713274641 0 0 true Tue, 16 Apr 2024 09:40:07 -0400 GSA COEIT Town Hall Meeting April 19, 2-3 PM
The Graduate Student Association (GSA) is thrilled to host the Spring Edition of our COEIT Town Hall Meeting for the Academic Year 2023-2024. This event is a prime opportunity for you to express your views, partake in significant conversations on academic subjects with Dean Anupam Joshi, and help shape the future of our community.

 Here is the link to submit your academic questions: https://app.sli.do/event/aKZwCxBGNxvaTq9AMs1cdy/live/questions

Guidelines 
  •  Begin by exploring and voting for questions that resonate with your interests. Once you have voted on existing questions, feel free to pose new questions.
  •  Remember, this is an anonymous survey; no personal details are needed.
Meeting Number: 2634 036 3397
Meeting  Password: BGgJ8e2J4Q4

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Join the GSA team and make an impact! We're looking for passionate individuals to fill the following positions:

1. Communication Manager

2. Community Liaison

3. Writing Advisor

If you're ready to take on new challenges and contribute to our vibrant community, this is your chance!

For more details, check the attachments below or email gsa@umbc.edu



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We are happy to announce the lineup of programming for our second annual Pride Week (04/15 - 04/20)! Please take a look at the attached flyer to see all of the events curated in effort to spread visibility, awareness, and joy.

This week of programs, events and initiatives in collaboration with campus partners, highlight the vibrancy of the LGBTQIA2+ community on campus.

We hope to see you all this week!


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The Connectionary program series is hosted by the Center for Democracy and Civic Life to encourage and foster opportunities for conversation about issues that affect our lives here at UMBC. Facilitated by UMBC students in the ConnectionCorps civic dialogue program, these conversations help UMBC community members think about their own experiences and identify pathways to engagement, shared understanding, and opportunities for building a thriving campus community.

These sessions will be organized as dialogues, where the aim is to come to some shared understandings about what challenges and opportunities exist on campus. These will not be information sessions; participants should expect to be engaged in conversation about the issues, rather than just getting information.

Light refreshments will be provided. See below for a list of opportunities. Click on the event date links to go to the event pages for each of the sessions.

Affordability on Campus
Facilitator: Sebastian Zamora

The cost of college is on many people’s minds and is especially a concern for students who are navigating affordability on campus. What is there to be done about it? How should we make sense of what is needed for a college experience at UMBC to be affordable? What are the opportunities and challenges? Come join in a dialogue about affordability on campus and access to financial resources.

Fostering Professional Connections
Facilitator: Kathryn Rambo

Looking to form professional relationships with staff and faculty, but not sure where to start? Do you find it challenging to figure out how to have the right conversations with people to form professional connections? Join us for a dialogue about creating relationships between students and faculty and staff to generate genuine relationships in the atmosphere of professional academia as well as how to nurture it after first making a connection.

How To Be Involved
Facilitator: Manav Vaishnav

Being involved on campus can be challenging, especially when it comes to making choices about how you want to be involved, how much, and with whom. This dialogue is focused on the experience of being involved on campus. There are many different ways to get involved on campus and within student organizations. The goal is for people to come together and share experiences about involvement on campus. Come join in conversation about what it means to be involved on campus in a way that is healthy and fulfilling.

Rethinking Research
Facilitator: Khiara Diaz

How do you get involved in research opportunities on campus? How do you connect with others around research? This dialogue is focused on staff and students discussing their involvement with research on campus. The goal is for people with similar field interests to come together and talk about how they got involved with research, how to come up with research topics, or current projects they are doing. Whether you are a research expert or just getting started, this event can broaden the way we all think about research. Join us for a conversation about research experiences at UMBC. Each session is tailored for a different UMBC college (in parentheses below), but all are welcome at each.
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