AstraZeneca is seeking multiple SUMMER INTERNS.
OPPORTUNITIES IN:TAKE A LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITIES HERE:
https://astrazenecapharmaceuticalsinc.appone.com/
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Hackathon – Embracing Neurodiversity
AstraZeneca and our friends at Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, Intel and ComputaCenter would like to invite you to take part in a 24 hour virtual hackathon.
On March 26th, like minded university students will come together to try and build solutions to help people with neurodiversity navigate their daily challenges.
Hear from our staff talking about what neurodiversity means to them and how they cope with the things they find difficult.
All outputs will be open source and placed in GitHub so that anyone and everyone can benefit from the work done in the hack.
You can build an app, write some code, design a process or create a physical device. Whatever helps you to help other people.
Solutions that peak the interest of our judges could get the chance to work with our partners to develop the ideas further!
The event is virtual and will run from 09:00 (26th) to 09:00 (27th) in your local timezone.
If you’re interested, click on the button below and follow the link to register for the event.
You can register yourself and a team of up to 4 others (with their permission).
Registration closes on Friday 12th March at 7pm GMT (we reserve the right to close registration early if capacity is reached)
Scott Resource Group will hold a drawing for ten [10] $50 Amazon.com gift cards following the survey closing date, and all students who have submitted a completed survey by then will be eligible to win!
Scott Resource Group, a well-established university recruitment consulting firm, is partnering with selected career centers nationwide, including UMBC, to conduct an important student research project. The findings of this study will influence how employers recruit students using virtual platforms going forward – and with so many unknowns remaining as we look ahead, this is your opportunity to weigh in on your experiences and their impact – along with your preferences for post-pandemic job search practices and tools.
The survey, ‘The Virtual Candidate Experience: Early Talent Benchmarks’ will take a deep-dive into this year’s pandemic-induced plunge into the world of digital recruiting. Topics will include job boards, virtual career fairs, online recruiting events, and digital interviewing. You’ll be asked to confidentially evaluate your experiences with both the ‘most effective and impressive’ employers during your job search – as well as those that, in your opinion, have “the biggest opportunity to improve”. The ultimate objective is to help employers and career centers understand how students differentiate among opportunities in a virtual recruiting world so that everyone can up their game.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, please respond to ScottResourceGroup@comcast.net indicating your interest by indicating ‘VCX Survey’ in the subject line.. Survey links will be sent beginning the week of March 8th, and the fielding period will extend until Friday, March 26th.
We appreciate your consideration – Let your voice be heard!
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Spring break is March 14-21.
Residence halls will remain open during break.
Travel by any community member is strongly discouraged.
All community members approved to be on campus must continue to symptom track.
Dear UMBC Community,
As we approach Spring Break, March 14 ﹘ 21, we want to remind our community of the essential health and safety precautions we will need to incorporate into our spring break plans. While UMBC has continued to maintain a positivity rate that is substantially lower than surrounding communities, minimizing your exposure and risk over the break will be an essential part of our ability to continue our plans for the remainder of the semester.
Faculty, staff, and students who are approved to be on campus have already received detailed instructions for the break. Current residential students are strongly encouraged to remain on campus during the break and those that stay on campus must continue to test. All other community members approved to be on campus should pause their regular testing schedule, unless they come to campus for work or research during that week. Please do not visit campus during the break unless it is required. All community members approved to be on campus must continue daily online symptom tracking 7 days a week throughout the entire break in order to remain in compliance.
In addition to on-campus safety measures, please keep in mind that travel restrictions remain in place in Maryland and we strongly discourage any travel, particularly traveling outside of the state. We also ask that you continue to follow state restrictions and not participate in large gatherings and limit your exposure in public places and other high risk situations. Please continue to practice physical distancing, mask wearing, and frequent hand washing.
This has been a challenging year and many people are experiencing fatigue and frustration at the continued isolation and physical distancing required of us during this pandemic. We know that this has been a sacrifice and we appreciate all that you have done and continue to do to keep yourselves, your families, and our community safe. We hope that you find a way to relax and recharge over break and we look forward to connecting with you after the break.
Provost Philip Rous
Vice President for Administration and Finance Lynne Schaefer
COVID-19 Planning Coordinating Committee Co-Chairs
Payments: During Spring Break, all Academic Buildings will be closed. If you would like to make a payment the easiest and fastest way to pay is online. Click on this link for more information https://sbs.umbc.edu/payments/.
Questions: Questions can be submitted through our RT system and we will respond to all inquires within 48 hours of our return to campus on March 22, 2021 – Submit an RT ticket
Account Balance: If you want to know your current Account Balance please follow the instructions found at this link https://sbs.umbc.edu/billing/account-inquiry/
1098-T tax form: You can view your 1098-T tax form online by following the directions at this link https://sbs.umbc.edu/1098-t/
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Residential Life is currently accepting applications for the following hourly positions for 2021-2022. Information about each position can be found below. The application deadline is Friday, March 26, 2021. Click here to apply for these positions today!
Please see the latest updates on UMBC’s Retriever Ready website. Questions? Email covid19@umbc.edu.
Recently, four Asian-owned Maryland restaurants were broken into and burglarized at the start of the Lunar New Year. Urban Hot Pot, Kung Fu Tea and Bonchon in the Columbia Mall, and East Moon Asian Bistro in Ellicott City were all victims of Anti-Asian xenophobic hate crimes. These harmful events are not only happening in our backyard. Over the past year, we have been witnessing a dramatic uptick, by 1900%, in Anti-Asian xenophobic hate crimes against the broader Asian/American, Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. In particular, East Asian Americans and immigrants have been repeatedly blamed for the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to harm, exclusion, and emotional distress.
Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion & Belonging (i3b) actively stands with our AAPI community, and strongly denounces hate and violence in all its forms. We know that toxic misinformed scapegoating has dangerous impacts on marginalized communities, like the ones we see now and throughout our country’s history. It’s more than just a broken window or harmful anti-AAPI jokes, these events symbolize patterns and are symptomatic of systemic racism and xenophobia. We also know that daily experiences with racism and xenophobia can lead to racial trauma, excessive stress, hypervigilance, physical illness, and so much more.
To our AAPI community, we see you, you matter, and we are here to offer support in any way that we can. Your pain is not going unseen or unheard. Please reach out to us as you feel comfortable. Stay tuned for continued conversations from i3b in the upcoming weeks highlighting our AAPI community. You can also connect with the Asian American Faculty and Staff Council on myUMBC and find this post on Instagram (@umbc_i3b).
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