Senior Success Seminar Saturday, September 25, 2010 9:30am-4pm Commons 3rd Floor UMBC 2010 and 2011 graduates…YOU need to start your full-time job search in the FALL. Yes, the FALL! Employers will be on campus starting in early October looking for December 2010 AND May 2011 grads! This employer led event will offer presentations, resume critiques and mock interviews to workshop participants. Below is a sample of the topics and presenters that will be offering their expertise to you: -Resumes and Cover Letters: Northrop Grumman -Developing Your Brand: General Electric -Acing the Interview: Centric Business Systems -What You Can Expect Your First Year on the Job: Next Century Throughout the afternoon, resume critiques and mock interviews will be offered by representatives from General Electric, National Security Agency, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Next Century, Centric Business Systems, Northrop Grumman and Global Design Interactive. Sign up for this event to learn more about taking advantage of the on-campus interview program (application deadlines start mid-September), maximizing UMBCworks, networking, the how-to's of effective job searching, and building resumes and cover letters that work. Due to the length and extent of this program, the cost of this all day workshop is $35. Registration and payment must be received by Friday, September 17. Visit our website to register. ]]> Saturday, September 25, 2010 9:30am-4pm Commons 3rd Floor UMBC 2010 and 2011 graduates…YOU need to start your full-time job search in the FALL. Yes, the FALL! Employers will be on campus... http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/careers/2010/09/senior_success_seminar_1.html https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/2466/guest@my.umbc.edu/f024502ffe6b48f92bbda0365ba74531/api/pixel featured-on-career-path-website workshops Career Center https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/careers https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/018/729f2c7eeeab66f50f4ab3677539a585/xsmall.png?1411655278 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/018/729f2c7eeeab66f50f4ab3677539a585/original.jpg?1411655278 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/018/729f2c7eeeab66f50f4ab3677539a585/xxlarge.png?1411655278 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/018/729f2c7eeeab66f50f4ab3677539a585/xlarge.png?1411655278 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/018/729f2c7eeeab66f50f4ab3677539a585/large.png?1411655278 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/018/729f2c7eeeab66f50f4ab3677539a585/medium.png?1411655278 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/018/729f2c7eeeab66f50f4ab3677539a585/small.png?1411655278 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/018/729f2c7eeeab66f50f4ab3677539a585/xsmall.png?1411655278 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/018/729f2c7eeeab66f50f4ab3677539a585/xxsmall.png?1411655278 Career Services Center 0 0 true Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:30:00 -0400 Professional Outplacement Assistance Center presents... Full Title: Professional Outplacement Assistance Center presents Twilight NetworkingSeptember 20, 2010 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Front Parking Lot of the Columbia Workforce Center Who holds the key to your next opportunity? You might meet people who are looking for someone with your background and skills or are connected to others who may be looking for a talent such as yours. Attire: Business-casual Come prepared with your résumés, personal marketing cards (business cards), and a successful attitude that will allow you to expand your personal network. We will also have meaningful door prizes! To RSVP, send a blank email by September 16th to Sierra Morgan at smorgan@dllr.state.md.us and on the Subject line include your name and profession. ]]> Full Title: Professional Outplacement Assistance Center presents Twilight NetworkingSeptember 20, 2010 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Front Parking Lot of the Columbia Workforce Center Who holds the key to... http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/careers/2010/09/professional_outplacement_assi_1.html https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/2467/guest@my.umbc.edu/0e175d8097acc383d3bb616957b01147/api/pixel workshops Career Center https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/careers https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/018/729f2c7eeeab66f50f4ab3677539a585/xsmall.png?1411655278 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/018/729f2c7eeeab66f50f4ab3677539a585/original.jpg?1411655278 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/018/729f2c7eeeab66f50f4ab3677539a585/xxlarge.png?1411655278 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/018/729f2c7eeeab66f50f4ab3677539a585/xlarge.png?1411655278 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/018/729f2c7eeeab66f50f4ab3677539a585/large.png?1411655278 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/018/729f2c7eeeab66f50f4ab3677539a585/medium.png?1411655278 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/018/729f2c7eeeab66f50f4ab3677539a585/small.png?1411655278 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/018/729f2c7eeeab66f50f4ab3677539a585/xsmall.png?1411655278 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/018/729f2c7eeeab66f50f4ab3677539a585/xxsmall.png?1411655278 Career Services Center 0 0 true Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:25:00 -0400 Out for Work - 2010 LGBTQ College Student Career Conference When: September 25-26 Where: Washington Plaza Hotel, Washington D.C. What to Expect: -Breakout sessions, workshops and panel discussions focused on being "out" in the workplace -Well known speakers and representatives from America's top organizations share their coming out at work stories -Get the skills to get the job, including networking, resume writing and interviewing techniques -Find an internship or job at the Pride Career Fair Who Should Attend: Undergraduate and graduate students, alumni, professionals, faculty, staff and friends! Anyone who is LGBTQ or LGBTQ friendly (ally) is welcome and encouraged to attend. Cost: Student - $45 Professional - $75 Group of 10 - $325 Group of 20 - $575 Register here. Additional information including agendas, hotels and transportation is available online at http://www.outforwork.org/conferences/2010/national/default.asp. For any questions, please visit www.outforwork.org or contact Alex Gant at alex@outforwork.com or 1-866-571-LGBT. ]]> When: September 25-26 Where: Washington Plaza Hotel, Washington D.C. 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Presented by NASPA Region II and Towson University This conference is an chance for Students (Undergraduate and Graduate Students) to learn more about the field of Student Affairs. Schools from all over the region will be in attendance so it will also provide valuable networking opportunities. Please Register Online for the Conference Using the Link Below http://tinyurl.com/2010CareersConference ]]> Saturday, October 2, 2010 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Towson University in Towson, Maryland. 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Check it out at careers.umbc.edu. ]]> The new Career Services Center website is up and running! 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Stop by Yum Shoppe on the ground floor of The Commons to enter to win a mini refrigerator filled with New Leaf Tea. Contest open to current UMBC students only. See store for rules and details. 

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I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty and staff, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses. 

Name: Sabah Ghulamali 

Hometown: Germantown, MD 

Q: How long have you been at UMBC? 

A:  This is the start of my fourth year 

Q:  What is your current title (job or student organization position)? 

A:  Cultural Peer and Women's Collective Treasurer 

Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus? 

A:  I am a student advocate, Mosaic/Interfaith Center representative, advice-giver, feminist, practical joker. 

Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most? 

A: I love meeting new people, getting students mobilized and empowered to make a difference at UMBC, and throwing awesome events. 

Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC? 

A: Not to be dismissive of an opinion just because I disagree. Everyone has their reasons, and I find it impossible to debate without an understanding of the opposing viewpoint.  On a different note -- network, network, network. 

Q: Complete this sentence: “I am a big fan of __________” 

A: Making a schedule and then breaking it.  Weekend trips.  Anthony Bourdain.  Thrift stores. Undergraduate research. Dancing. The Mosaic Center. Airplanes (I'm still convinced I will be a flight attendant one day). 

 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 would just like to say how awesome UMBC art/music/theatre performances are. It is incredibly fun to go to plays from the Theatre department, see student musicians/a cappella/musical theatre groups, or view art displays in AOK Library for example.

Also, take advantage of the fact that UMBC requires such a variety of classes to graduate. I've found that taking classes from history, philosophy, american studies, political science, and more has been really enriching. I even ended up loving french! And if you can't find a class on what you would like to learn, it is totally possible to do an independent study. I am completing one this semester on feminist and post-colonial literary theory. 
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The Translator by Daoud Hari was the New Student Book Experience (NSBE) book for 2010. Did you like it? Was it a good choice for welcoming new students to intellectual life at UMBC? What book would be just as good or better? Each year the book for NSBE is selected from nominations by students, faculty and staff. Review the goals and selection criteria for NSBE and nominate your favorite book today.

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I had some time to think last week, as I crossed the campus from a distant parking lot to my office in The Commons and then back again at each day’s end.  After seven years, the lot across from the Commons Garage was no longer available to me, every space occupied by the time I arrived a little before 9:00 each morning.  The change was unsettling and unwelcome, a disruption of my routines and expectations. 

A few weeks ago the big news on campus was that we were once again named the #1 Up-and-Coming university in the United States.  The phrase “up-and-coming” is appropriately kinetic:  It hints at both progress and instability, at sketches and erasures; at flux.  Last week there was the flux of thousands of new students, the campus alive with voices after a quiet summer.  New black and gold banners lined the walkways, the completion of a creative community project two years in the making.  At Involvement Fest, many hundreds of students endured the heat of the day to reach out, make connections, and pull each other into the life of this place.  At Patapsco Hall there was a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new building, and the promise of more beds, a more residential campus, and pickup basketball games to be played on new courts in the years ahead.
 
At the groundbreaking, Resident Student Association President Carl Grun described having worked with other members of the UMBC community to envision and plan the new facilities.  He spoke of the opportunities students have to make their mark on this campus: to enter a history still being lived, and make contributions that matter.  It was inspiring to hear him name one of the things I appreciate most about this place: It is self-consciously becoming what it will one day be, and is not yet complete, and the flux itself is an invitation to join and create and become.

But the construction and the messiness of growing do take a toll, as anyone who waited in a line of cars just to reach Hilltop Circle discovered last week.  I was relatively fortunate—I experienced the full lots but not the traffic—but I was surprised at how disorienting it was to walk in from the outskirts each day instead of parking in my old familiar territory.  I found myself fighting the irrational feeling that I might not be quite as welcome or included in this fresh version of UMBC.  I can understand how other members of our community might be feeling that way.  Here’s hoping that in week two and beyond, the felt experience of the campus is of excitement at boundless opportunities to make history and create community, and that our growing pains subside.
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The Math Lab and Writing Center are two of the best UMBC resources for students.Drop in for help with formulas, functions, & beyond.Walk in with your next writing assignment for any class and get advice on how to make it shine. But where are they? Starting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 14 the Math Lab and the Writing Center can be found on the first floor of the library, just behind the glass quiet area. If you prefer a regular appointment with a tutor to help you understand your class, go to www.umbc.edu/lrc and sign up for a tutor. Tutoring takes place in Academic IV B-wing, room 345. For A students and those who want to be: The Learning Resources Center.

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