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<Title>Placement Test Scheduling</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Find information about scheduling placement tests for english, math, and reading on the LRC website here <div><a href="https://lrc.umbc.edu/placement-testing/">https://lrc.umbc.edu/placement-testing/</a></div></div>
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<Summary>Find information about scheduling placement tests for english, math, and reading on the LRC website here  https://lrc.umbc.edu/placement-testing/</Summary>
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<Title>Congrats to Kourtney Rutkowski!</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Congrats to Kourtney Rutkowski, for being named the Undergraduate Research's Researcher of the Week!<div><br></div><div>Click <a href="https://my.umbc.edu/groups/undergradresearch/posts/72081" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a> to read about Kourtney's research while she studies at one of our Exchange Partnerships, Universidade do Porto in Portugal.</div></div>
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<Summary>Congrats to Kourtney Rutkowski, for being named the Undergraduate Research's Researcher of the Week!    Click here to read about Kourtney's research while she studies at one of our Exchange...</Summary>
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<Title>Full &amp; Partial Winter Session 2018 Scholarships Available</Title>
<Tagline>Funding Available to Help Students Catch Up or Get Ahead!</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content"><p>The Office of Summer &amp; Winter Programs awards scholarships to UMBC degree-seeking students who enroll in Winter Session 2018.<br></p><p><strong>Scholarship Eligibility Requirements:</strong></p><p><span>·<span>    </span></span>GPA of minimum 3.2</p><p><span>·<span>    </span></span>100 undergraduate or 23 graduate credits earned by the end of the fall 2017 semester </p><p><span>·<span>    </span></span>Demonstrated financial need based on FAFSA</p><p>Both full and partial tuition scholarships are awarded. The deadline <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/winter/scholarships#scholarships" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">to apply</a> is <strong><span><span>Friday, December 1, 2017</span></span>. </strong>For more information, visit the winter session website at <strong><a href="http://umbc.edu/winter" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">umbc.edu/winter</a></strong> or email to <a href="mailto:winter@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">winter@umbc.edu</a></p></div>
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<Summary>The Office of Summer &amp; Winter Programs awards scholarships to UMBC degree-seeking students who enroll in Winter Session 2018.   Scholarship Eligibility Requirements:  ·    GPA of minimum 3.2...</Summary>
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<Title>Mentors Wanted!</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><span>Refugee Youth Project, in partnership with UMBC, is seeking UMBC student <span>mentors</span> to empower junior and senior high school refugee students in Baltimore to acquire the knowledge, skills, and mindset to gain admission and feel prepared for success in post-secondary institutions.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>We have a few more spots left in our 2017-2018 program and we're looking to fill them soon. If you know any sophomore, juniors, or seniors that you think would be great candidates for our program please send them my way!</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>For information for fall 2017 please contact Alexis Logan-Brown @<a href="https://my.umbc.edu/groups/shriver/posts/alexislb@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Alexislb@umbc.edu</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>Check out our flyer and Mentor description for more information on the Shiver Center page on my.umbc! </div><div><a href="https://my.umbc.edu/groups/shriver/posts/69568" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://my.umbc.edu/groups/shriver/posts/69568 </a></div><div><br></div><span>To Apply: </span><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/MByFbqfIVdcSFRSm2" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://goo.</a><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/MByFbqfIVdcSFRSm2" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">gl/forms/MByFbqfIVdcSFRSm2</a></div>
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<Summary>Refugee Youth Project, in partnership with UMBC, is seeking UMBC student mentors to empower junior and senior high school refugee students in Baltimore to acquire the knowledge, skills, and...</Summary>
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<Title>Study Abroad Summer 2018 Applications Are Now Open!</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Are you interested in studying abroad this coming summer? All applications are open! Be sure to check out our <a href="https://goabroad.umbc.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.SearchResults&amp;Program_Name=&amp;Program_Type_ID=1&amp;pi=%7F&amp;pc=%7F&amp;pr=%7F&amp;pt=Summer%7F&amp;p_10468=%7F&amp;p_10468_t=MULTI&amp;p_10477=UMBC+Faculty-led+Program%7F&amp;p_10477_t=MULTI&amp;p_10478=%7F&amp;p_10478_t=MULTI&amp;p_10546=%7F&amp;p_10546_t=MINIM&amp;p_10547=%7F&amp;p_10547_t=MULTI&amp;p_10548=%7F&amp;p_10548_t=MULTI&amp;p_10549=%7F&amp;p_10549_t=MULTI&amp;p_10550=%7F&amp;p_10550_t=MULTI&amp;p_10626=%7F&amp;p_10626_t=MULTI&amp;Sort=Program_Name&amp;Order=asc&amp;pp=10468%2C10477%2C10478%2C10546%2C10547%2C10548%2C10549%2C10550%2C10626" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">summer faculty-led programs</a>! </div>
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<Summary>Are you interested in studying abroad this coming summer? All applications are open! Be sure to check out our summer faculty-led programs! </Summary>
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<Title>Global Studies Special Topics Course for Spring 2018</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><span>GLBL 409 Technology, Culture and Society</span></div><div><span>Instructed by Dr. Tania Lizarazo</span><span> </span></div><div><span><span>Course will be offered on Tuesday</span></span><span> </span><span>evenings from</span><span> </span><span><span>4:30 to 7:00</span></span></div><div>This is a combined section with MLL 490, recommended prerequisite is GLBL 101</div><div><br></div><div>This seminar will explore how cultural identity is constructed through media and will examine the role of technology <span>in defining humanness in an increasingly digital world.</span></div></div>
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    <div class="html-content">Make sure to reserve your space now!<div><br></div><div>Click <a href="https://my.umbc.edu/groups/summerwinter/events/54266" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a> for more information and to reserve a spot.</div></div>
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<Title>TONIGHT Final Fall 2017 "Goodnight Sarge" hours</Title>
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