Researcher of the Week: Asif Majid Undergraduate researchers explore their interests! Juxtaposing their experiences against a backdrop of living in the Global North, members of the Moroccan diaspora undergo a unique identity struggle, given the already complex nature of Moroccan society. A multicultural environment, Morocco is influenced by Berber, Arab, African, and European traditions with incredible variety ranging from north to south. Accordingly, this research project seeks to examine the challenges that Moroccans living outside Morocco experience in cultural, political, social, geographic, and economic terms. Through an interdisciplinary analysis, I plan to explore how this identity struggle is experienced and what lessons may be derived from it so that peace may develop or be maintained despite whatever diasporic challenges exist. Through a video documentary, I plan to then extrapolate the multicultural and identity-based nature of this research project into possible implications for peace both in Morocco and within the diaspora community. ]]> Juxtaposing their experiences against a backdrop of living in the Global North, members of the Moroccan diaspora undergo a unique identity struggle, given the already complex nature of Moroccan... http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/research/ResearcherProfiles/AsifMajidProfile.htm https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/7379/guest@my.umbc.edu/bfde34e3254d1064b57b94a996259bad/api/pixel Undergraduate Research https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/undergradresearch https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/xsmall.png?1600355057 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/original.jpg?1600355057 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/xxlarge.png?1600355057 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/xlarge.png?1600355057 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/large.png?1600355057 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/medium.png?1600355057 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/small.png?1600355057 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/xsmall.png?1600355057 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/xxsmall.png?1600355057 Undergraduate Research https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/007/379/c71df24045cfddab4a963d3ac9bdc9a3/xxlarge.jpg?1309184653 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/007/379/c71df24045cfddab4a963d3ac9bdc9a3/xlarge.jpg?1309184653 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/007/379/c71df24045cfddab4a963d3ac9bdc9a3/large.jpg?1309184653 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/007/379/c71df24045cfddab4a963d3ac9bdc9a3/medium.jpg?1309184653 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/007/379/c71df24045cfddab4a963d3ac9bdc9a3/small.jpg?1309184653 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/007/379/c71df24045cfddab4a963d3ac9bdc9a3/xsmall.jpg?1309184653 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/007/379/c71df24045cfddab4a963d3ac9bdc9a3/xxsmall.jpg?1309184653 29 2 true Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:25:48 -0400 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:30:08 -0400 The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and... Full Title: The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism - Database Trial - June 21 - August 4, 2011

UMBC now has trial access to The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism. The trial runs through August 4, 2011.

The Johns Hopkins Online Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism is an indispensable resource for scholars and students of literary theory and discourse. Revised extensively to reflect a decade of rapidly changing scholarship, the Online Guide features 48 new entries and subentries. Compiled by 275 specialists from around the world, the Online Guide presents a comprehensive historical survey of the field's most important figures, schools, and movements. It includes more than 240 alphabetically arranged entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.

For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (http://vpn.umbc.edu), and follow the link to the UMBC Library Homepage. Then follow the link under "News & Events" on the library homepage. For more info on remote access, see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php.

Please let us know what you think. Send your comments to Janet Hack at jhack@umbc.edu.

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Give us a break, we just started.   The Nitty Gritty will be up and rolling for fall 2011.  Keep us bookmarked so you don’t miss out.

In the meantime you can Like us on Facebook, Follow us on Twitter, and shop online.

 


]]> Give us a break, we just started.   The Nitty Gritty will be up and rolling for fall 2011.  Keep us bookmarked so you don’t miss out. In the meantime you can Like us on Facebook, Follow us on... http://umbcbookstore.com/2011/06/21/hello-world/ https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/7643/guest@my.umbc.edu/a0928d51c9b71ea8b66772a19994d7fe/api/pixel bookstore uncategorized Bookstore https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/bookstore https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/032/4ae67a7dd7e491f8fb6f9ea0cf25dfdb/xsmall.png?1282440796 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/032/4ae67a7dd7e491f8fb6f9ea0cf25dfdb/original.png?1282440796 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/032/4ae67a7dd7e491f8fb6f9ea0cf25dfdb/xxlarge.png?1282440796 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/032/4ae67a7dd7e491f8fb6f9ea0cf25dfdb/xlarge.png?1282440796 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/032/4ae67a7dd7e491f8fb6f9ea0cf25dfdb/large.png?1282440796 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/032/4ae67a7dd7e491f8fb6f9ea0cf25dfdb/medium.png?1282440796 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/032/4ae67a7dd7e491f8fb6f9ea0cf25dfdb/small.png?1282440796 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/032/4ae67a7dd7e491f8fb6f9ea0cf25dfdb/xsmall.png?1282440796 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/032/4ae67a7dd7e491f8fb6f9ea0cf25dfdb/xxsmall.png?1282440796 Bookstore 2 0 false Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:38:24 -0400 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:38:24 -0400 Researcher of the Week: Daniel Graham Undergraduate researchers explore their interests! In early 1953, the North Sea was experiencing uncommonly high tides for the season. On the evening of January 31, this high tide combined with a tidal surge and a fierce windstorm to inundate over 1,000 square miles of the Netherlands, and over 350 square miles along the coast of England. Within six hours, the flooding claimed the lives of nearly 2,000 people in the Netherlands (primarily in the provinces of Zeeland and South Holland), and over 500 British people drowned in the flood waters. The circumstances of the North Sea flood of 1953 shares a number of important similarities with the flooding of New Orleans in 2005 arising from Hurricane Katrina. My study will consist of a comparison of the North Sea disaster of 1953 and the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe of 2005. I will consider water-management efforts in the Netherlands, Great Britain, and the United States, and will analyze the events of each flood in light of these efforts. I will further investigate and compare flood responses in each country.

For more information about Daniel's project and to read a q&a, click the url below! ]]> In early 1953, the North Sea was experiencing uncommonly high tides for the season. On the evening of January 31, this high tide combined with a tidal surge and a fierce windstorm to inundate over... http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/research/ResearcherProfiles/DanielGrahamProfile.htm https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/7331/guest@my.umbc.edu/ad176b03b2586d7601d378bc6743a2a4/api/pixel Undergraduate Research https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/undergradresearch https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/xsmall.png?1600355057 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/original.jpg?1600355057 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/xxlarge.png?1600355057 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/xlarge.png?1600355057 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/large.png?1600355057 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/medium.png?1600355057 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/small.png?1600355057 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/xsmall.png?1600355057 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/xxsmall.png?1600355057 Undergraduate Research https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/007/331/61a10e6abb1149ad9d08f303267f9bc4/xxlarge.jpg?1308580387 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/007/331/61a10e6abb1149ad9d08f303267f9bc4/xlarge.jpg?1308580387 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/007/331/61a10e6abb1149ad9d08f303267f9bc4/large.jpg?1308580387 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/007/331/61a10e6abb1149ad9d08f303267f9bc4/medium.jpg?1308580387 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/007/331/61a10e6abb1149ad9d08f303267f9bc4/small.jpg?1308580387 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/007/331/61a10e6abb1149ad9d08f303267f9bc4/xsmall.jpg?1308580387 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/007/331/61a10e6abb1149ad9d08f303267f9bc4/xxsmall.jpg?1308580387 10 1 true Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:34:17 -0400 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:32:21 -0400 Library Account Access Problems

Patrons have been reporting problems accessing their library (catalog) accounts. This problem has been reported to ITD and we are waiting for a response.

Here is a brief description of the problem. When you try to log into your catalog account (either through the 'My Library Account' link on our website our through the 'my account' link in the catalog) the log in process starts as expected. You are asked to select your campus, then you get taken to the UMBC single sign-on screen (if you are not already logged into a UMBC account). After logging in you get a blank screen for a lengthy time which eventually switches to a basic catalog search, but it doesn't show you as being logged in you and have no access to your account.

We have a similar problem with Research Port. You are able to get into Research Port both on and off-campus. From on-campus, as long as you don't try to log into Research Port, everything seems to work fine. If you try to log in (either on or off-campus) it doesn't show as being logged in (your name doesn't appear) and there is a limited selection of databases available. The odd thing is that when we access the databases from off-campus via the proxy links on our website we are able to log in with no problem.

We hope to have this issue fixed soon. Thank you for your patience.

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Any major, any year, even students new to UMBC can find research and independent creative opportunities. Free how-to session, Wednesday September 7 at noon in Admin 911.

]]> Any major, any year, even students new to UMBC can find research and independent creative opportunities. Free how-to session, Wednesday September 7 at noon in Admin 911. http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oue/2011/06/start_now_to_find_research_opp.html https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/7211/guest@my.umbc.edu/0d1561993da9e6fd328f31bbebcb0386/api/pixel undergraduate-research Undergraduate Research https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/undergradresearch https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/xsmall.png?1600355057 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/original.jpg?1600355057 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/xxlarge.png?1600355057 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/xlarge.png?1600355057 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/large.png?1600355057 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/medium.png?1600355057 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/small.png?1600355057 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/xsmall.png?1600355057 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/006/875606ced2b629148af4caa1a4e8dd3c/xxsmall.png?1600355057 Undergraduate Research 21 0 true Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:04:01 -0400 Women's Center at UMBC is Now on Facebook Come visit us!
In order to keep you connected, we've created a Facebook page. Yes, the Women's Center is now on Facebook. Come and visit us to see our latest events, news and pics. Feel free to make comments or suggestions regarding the center or anything else. We always appreciate feedback. Also, don't forget to "Like" our page! We thank you all for your support and hope to see you soon.

Please click on link below or search for us on FB by typing "Women's Center at UMBC"


--Women's Center Staff


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I remember when I was a college student hearing members of the faculty and administration talk about how much they had learned from students.  I didn’t believe a word of it.  It seemed like a throwaway phrase, appropriate to certain occasions but not to be taken literally, much like when someone winning an important award would contend that they had been “humbled” by the recognition.  

Now, decades later, I’m genuinely humbled to realize how wrong I was.  I learn from UMBC students all the time, and I’m particularly mindful of their lessons this week as some of those who have taught me the most are getting ready to graduate.  The truth is that I’m not the complete, polished master of my circumstances that I once imagined most adults to be.  Like every other person I know, I’m still learning how to live, and how to be my best self.  And students, even (especially?) when they have experienced themselves as underprepared, overwhelmed or confused, have taught me plenty.

The most powerful lessons I learn from students come in two contexts.  One is when they navigate everyday challenges on campus: choosing a major and a career path, dealing with an uncooperative peer, striving to build a positive culture within a student organization, balancing conflicting responsibilities.  The contours and nuances of these challenges are the stuff of life, not just on campus but everywhere.  So when I work with students as they figure things out, I identify strongly with them.  Their successes and setbacks help me understand my own.  And when despite the uncertainty and ambiguity they take action that is profoundly wise, or courageous, or self-sacrificing, or even just surprising—and this happens every day—I absorb their example. 

One of our graduating seniors was (and in some ways still is) a shy person: just like me, especially when I was in college.  But from her freshman year, whenever her work in SGA could be advanced by speaking in public—to rooms full of older peers or powerful adults, or to an entire class of new students at Convocation—she faced her fears and met the challenge.  Another graduating senior struggled with his choice of a major.  Even as he sifted through options and ultimately found his path, he was building an organization to help younger students find inspiration and fulfillment in their education.  How could I fail to become a little braver, a little more willing to take risks to support good causes, with people like these showing me the way?  And what more valuable lessons could there be than the ones that actually make me a stronger, more capable person?

The other context in which I learn a lot from students is when they share ideas and life experiences different from my own.  Their diverse stories are new windows on the world, helping me gain much-needed perspective on what’s happening at UMBC and beyond.  For example, after eight years at UMBC I feel quite comfortable and welcome.  But students help me see this familiar place through a different lens, and to recognize and address features that can make it difficult for newcomers to feel at home in our community.

So thanks to the many UMBC students who have been my teachers, especially the ones about to graduate.  I'm grateful for your lessons, and will carry them with me long after you've walked across that 1st Mariner Arena stage.
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Last month, I had the opportunity to go on a Safety Walk around campus at night with Paul Dillon (Deputy Chief of UMBC Police), Ben Goldberg (Acting Director of Off-Campus and Transfer Student Services), and Joseph Regier (Director of The Commons). We walked around campus checking for potential safety hazards such as broken lights, blue lights, hiding spots for burglars, and necessary sidewalks and speed limits.

Problems noticed during the Walk:
Assistant Vice President of Facilities Management, Rusty Postlewate, has also been extremely helpful in trying to remedy these potential safety concerns.

In the next post, I will go more in detail about some of these safety hazards; specifically, regarding Park Road and a new program that the UMBC Police Department will be proposing similar to Emergency Blue Light Phones. I will also keep you updated on what gets fixed. Meanwhile, e-mail me at divya.patel@umbc.edu or comment below if you have any safety concerns or questions.

--Divya Patel
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