This semester, the CS Education Club has started a mini lecture series for students to interact with faculty outside of the classroom. They will have Dr. Marie desJardins as their next speaker. She will give an informal presentation followed by a discussion at 12:00 Noon on Monday May 8 in ITE 227. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided.

Dr. desJardins is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for the College of Engineering and Information Technology and a full Professor in the Computer Science and Electrical Engineering department. She has had an amazing career as a computer science researcher and educator. She has done research ranging from Artificial Intelligence to building a community of CS educators and improving CS education at the high school level in Maryland. She oversees the MAPLE lab, with a primary research interest in multi-agent intelligent systems. She has been an advocate for a better student experience as an administrator in COEIT, as well as the director of the Grand Challenges program at UMBC. Read more of her background on her website.

Please RSVP on myUMBC at the CS ED Club’s event page.

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Check out these recent contributions by Gender and Women's Studies majors! Our students rock!

• Marie Pessagno '17, social work and gender and women's studies, talks about the challenges associated with being a full-time student and having a young child who is not old enough for the child care offered on campus. 
  With number of student-parents up, availability of campus child care is down (The Hechinger Report) 
  
  
• Sondheim Scholar Maheen Haq '20, gender and women's studies, will perform at the Hagerstown rally to fight climate change
  Green Notes (The Frederick News-Post) 

 A brief reminder to take care of yourself, find your way to stay motivated, and shine on by student staff member Prachi Kochar. 

As we approach the end of the semester, it can be difficult to stay motivated and take care of ourselves while still prioritizing pursuing what is important to us. It has been a very difficult semester for me on multiple fronts, but reading the writings of feminist activists that I look up to has become something that helps me bolster my motivation and passion, even in hard times. While everyone’s goals, motivations, and needs look different, I hope that the following quotes will serve as inspiration for the dark times or as an extra push forward when it is needed. Feel free to save and share as much as you would like! 

Be sure to check out the following resources related to self-care, and remember, we’re all in this together. You can do it!

• A Time to Resist + A Time to Take Care by Women’s Center Special Projects Coordinator Amelia Meman
• What Does Self-Care Really Look Like? by Women’s Center Student Staff Prachi Kochar
• Self-Care: How to Survive Finals Week and Life in General