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<Title>REMINDER Freeman-Asia Scholarship Workshop</Title>
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<Summary>Friday 9/29 Admin 218  12pm     Find out how you can earn $3-5000 to study in South and East Asia.      Don't miss out!     https://www.iie.org/programs/freeman-asia</Summary>
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<Title>Climate Action Forum TOMORROW 9/25</Title>
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<Summary>Monday, September 25, 2017 12-1 pm | Commons 329 5-6 pm | Commons 331   Share your ideas to shape strategies for our campus community to set and achieve bold new goals for acting on climate...</Summary>
<Website>https://my.umbc.edu/groups/sustainability/events/53194</Website>
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    <div class="html-content">Apply to join the Eco-Ambassadors in the quest to make UMBC greener by educating peers, collaborating with faculty, volunteering, and developing speaking, writing, and presenting skills. <div><br></div><div>Apply here:</div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScvIPltoCTj-OGdj6X6RKkiqa8sGaQ54VJvrMx818Ko77RuLg/viewform?c=0&amp;w=1">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScvIPltoCTj-OGdj6X6RKkiqa8sGaQ54VJvrMx818Ko77RuLg/viewform?c=0&amp;w=1</a></div><div><br></div><div>Attend the info session on the 18th:</div><div><a href="https://my.umbc.edu/groups/sustainability/events/52964">https://my.umbc.edu/groups/sustainability/events/52964</a></div><div><br></div><div>More info:</div><div><a href="https://my.umbc.edu/groups/sustainability/posts/70192">https://my.umbc.edu/groups/sustainability/posts/70192</a></div></div>
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<Summary>Apply to join the Eco-Ambassadors in the quest to make UMBC greener by educating peers, collaborating with faculty, volunteering, and developing speaking, writing, and presenting skills.     Apply...</Summary>
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    <div class="html-content">The Public Policy and International Affairs Program (PPIA) is offering a Junior Summer Institute (JSI). This is an intensive 7 week summer program where you will take classes and participate in activities to develop professionally and personally as future public service leaders. Build skills in economics, statistics, policy analysis, writing, and public speaking. <div><br></div><div>Apply by Nov 1 for consideration: </div><div><a href="https://www.ppiaprogram.org/ppia/what-we-do/junior-summer-institutes/how-to-apply/">https://www.ppiaprogram.org/ppia/what-we-do/junior-summer-institutes/how-to-apply/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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<Title>Advising Workshop</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><h5>A $5,000 grant is available for CIEE's Open Campus Program. <span>CIEE’s Global Institutes are located in six major international cities. </span><span>Each Global Institute offers a number of courses across five academic disciplines, offered in six week blocks.  This Open Campus Academic Model allows you to study in one location for a full semester, or create a custom, comparable study abroad experience that takes you to up to three international cities in CIEE’s Global Quad.</span></h5><h5><span><br></span><span>For more information check out the link below! </span></h5><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><br></span></div></div>
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