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<Title>UMBC Sustainability Needs YOUR Help!</Title>
<Tagline>Please report your community service hours!</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content"><div>Are you a UMBC community member (employee or student)? Have you participated in, or sponsored, any community service events this past school year (Aug '21 - May '22)? Have your hours been associated with something for UMBC?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>If so please take a moment to share that information with the Sustainability Office: </div><div><br></div><a href="https://umbc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ezjjlP76um6tGhE" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://umbc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ezjjlP76um6tGhE</a><div><br></div><div>***Please note that if you have performed your service with the Shriver Center you do <u><em>NOT</em></u> need to share that information as it is already captured and reported****</div><div><br></div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><strong>Why are we asking? </strong></div><div><br></div><div>Every couple of years UMBC submits a report to the<a href="https://stars.aashe.org/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"> Association for the Advancement of Sustainbility in Higher Education (AASHE).</a> This report called STARS, is like a report card for how well UMBC is doing with all aspects of sustainability. One of the many cateogories we're ranked on is community service. The more accurate our reporting the higher we score. UMBC is trying to earn a higher score than our 2020 submission and be tied with College Park! </div></div>
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<Summary>Are you a UMBC community member (employee or student)? Have you participated in, or sponsored, any community service events this past school year (Aug '21 - May '22)? Have your hours been...</Summary>
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<Title>First meeting of the semester Mon 02/03 at NOON, Common 332!</Title>
<Tagline>Be an ELEMENT of Change this semester and join The Force!</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content"><p>Hello Everyone!</p>
    <p>Looking forward to seeing each of you at our first meeting tomorrow,<strong> Monday Feb 3rd at NOON in the Commons</strong>,<strong> room 332</strong>!
     It will be an exciting and interesting one with free pizza and drinks. 
    Please make sure to come on time and be prepared to learn about our 
    upcoming service projects, leadership opportunities and group 
    discussions for this semester!</p>
    <p>If looking for something to do this Spring Break, make sure to 
    checkout this myUMBC post on ASB’s Environmental Trip (which spurred the
     creation of ETF) at <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/serve/news/40811">http://my.umbc.edu/groups/serve/news/40811</a></p><p>Also, we will be using our website (<a href="http://umbceforce.wordpress.com/">http://umbceforce.wordpress.com/</a>) as the main method of communication this semester, so make sure to follow us and stay updated!<br></p></div>
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<Summary>Hello Everyone!   Looking forward to seeing each of you at our first meeting tomorrow, Monday Feb 3rd at NOON in the Commons, room 332!  It will be an exciting and interesting one with free pizza...</Summary>
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