Last semester we launched everybody’s fave, the Women’s Center Scouts! And it was really, really popular.

Like really popular and if you missed out you’re probably feeling a little sad right now. Well, don’t be because we’re rolling out the Women’s Center Scouts Spring Challenge!

BINGO!!!!

We still have the Women’s Center Scouts, but this semester it’ll be a little different. If you haven’t already, start by joining the Women’s Center myUMBC page and following at least one of our social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram). If you’re already a member and following one of our pages, great! You’re one step closer.

Now, instead of completing three different Women’s Center events throughout the semester, you’ll be racing to get a Connect 5 on our brand new bingo board (aka Punch the Patriarchy Card)!

• Attend any one Women’s Center event
• Bring a friend to the lounge and give them a tour
• Donate paper towels, tissues, or food to the Women’s Center
• Attend one program before Spring Break Attend one Women’s Center workshop
• Color a coloring page in the Women’s Center
• Bring a friend to a Women’s Center event or group
• Fill out the question of the week on the whiteboard
• Attend one Knowledge Exchange
• Make a ~new~ friend in the Women’s Center!
• Read a Women’s Center blog on womenscenteratumbc.wordpress.com and ask the author a question
• Introduce yourself to a Women’s Center student staff member and learn about their astrological sign
• Free Space (Because We Love You)
• Share a Women’s Center post or event on your social media and tag or mention us!
• Follow us on social media (Facebook | Twitter | Instagram) and comment on one of our posts!
• Attend a Women’s Center Pop Culture Pop-Up (look out for when they’re announced but they’ll always fall on Wednesdays at noon)
• Attend one discussion group (i.e. Between Women, Women of Color Coalition, Returning Women Students, or We Believe You. Not sure if the discussion group is for you? Check out our website to learn more about each group’s purpose and community).
• Attend one Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) event (calendar coming later this semester. All SAAM events will take place in April)
• Celebrate Galentine’s Day with the Women’s Center on 2/13/19
• Donate coffee or tea!
• Check out a book from the Women’s Center Library
• Bring back a book from the Women’s Center library
• Make a Take Back the Night rally sign
• Go to the Clothesline Project Display on 4/8/19 on Main Street
• Attend Trans Day of Visibility film screening on 3/27/19

A few rules! It is completely up to you to track your progress. The Punch the Patriarchy Cards are already printed and ready for you to claim in the Women’s Center. Each person’s card will stay with us at the Women’s Center front desk, but you’re welcome to take a picture to help map your moves and keep track of your progress. When you complete a square, it’s up to you to “punch” it with a pen or marker of your choice. Don’t forget to date the square when it is completed. And finally, we’ll trust you to keep a scouts honor and mark challenges you ~actually~ did complete.

Any UMBC community member who completes the challenge by May 1st gets a Women’s Center T-shirt! If you already have one, you’ll get a shout-out on our social media pages for being a stellar scout (or maybe, just maybe you might be able to get one of our awesome Take Back the Night t-shirts).

All UMBC students, faculty, and staff are welcome to participate!

IT’S BINGO TIME WOMEN’S CENTER STYLE!

For questions, stop by the Women’s Center or email us at womenscenter@umbc.edu.

Topic: Windows OS System Hardening Challenge

Laptops are provided!

No experience necessary.

On behalf of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Corporate Recruitment Unit (CRU) would like to promote an upcoming Engineering Pathways Internship Program opportunity to students and recent graduates (graduated within 2 years).

Interns will work with the Office of Research Facilities (ORF), Division of Design and Construction Management (DDCM).

The Pathways Internship program is a paid opportunity for students and recent graduates that seek a dynamic, career development program with training and mentorship. 

To be eligible for the upcoming opportunity, applicants must have a cumulative GPA of a 3.0 or above.

For more information, please email The Corporate Recruitment (NIH/OD) at corporaterecruitment@od.nih.gov.

You can also learn more here: jobs.nih.gov

*UPDATE: For your convenience, someone will be stationed at the Hilltop Circle entrance to Patapsco Residence Hall to collect your last minute donations starting at 8 am Thursday, March 7th.

"UMBC Suits You" is collecting new and gently used professional clothing as part of Career Month.

Students will have the opportunity to learn about dressing professionally and will then be able to select one free outfit to use in their job search. We are asking staff,faculty, alumni, and affiliates to donate new and gently used professional clothing at collection bins around campus from February 18th - March 6th.

Starting February 18th, Professional Clothing can be dropped off at the following on-campus locations:

• Career Center, Math/Psych, Room 201, 8:30am-5pm
• Financial Services, Administration Building, 4th Floor in the Lobby, M-F 8:30am-4:30pm.
• Human Resources, Administration Building 532, M-F 9am-3:30pm.
• Division of Professional Studies, Sherman Hall East-4th Floor (reception area near elevators), M-F 9 am – 3:30 pm.
• Residential Life Office, Erickson Hall, M-F, 8:30am-5pm.
• The Shriver Center, Public Policy, M-F, 8:30am-5pm.
• The Mosaic Center, The Commons 2B23, M-Th 10am-7pm.; F 10am-5pm
• CWIT, ITE452, M-F 8:30am-5pm
• Student Conduct and Community Standards, Student Development and Success Center, M-F 8:30am-4:30pm
• The Y Preschool at UMBC, Center Road M-F 7:00am - 6:30pm

The Summer Research Initiative (SRI) was created in 1999 by the Office of the Dean in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) and is supported by the Office of the Provost, the Graduate School, the Office of the Vice President for Research and the College. The program is designed to encourage and enhance the diversity of scholars working in the social and behavioral science fields.

In that spirit, we are interested in receiving applications to the program from a broad spectrum of students, including African Americans, Latino/Hispanics, American Indian/Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders, as well as students with research interests related to diverse communities.

The goals of the SRI are to:

• Increase the knowledge of, and interest in, doctoral-level training in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences;
• Provide rising juniors and seniors an opportunity to learn about graduate studies and the range of research and scholarship in the social, behavioral and economic sciences at the University of Maryland;
• Provide a laboratory experience that enhances basic research knowledge and skills;
• Provide lectures, workshops, didactic exchanges and other programming to enhance students' knowledge of the graduate application process, negotiating the academic rigors and professional and personal challenges encountered in graduate school, and developing career paths in social, behavioral and economic sciences; and
• Provide mentoring and networking opportunities for students to advance their training in the social, behavioral and economic sciences.

The SRI is part of the College's longstanding commitment to increasing the number of underrepresented minorities who pursue graduate degrees in the social, behavioral and economic sciences. According to 2016 data from the magazine Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, the university ranks 12th in the country in the number of graduate and professional degrees awarded and 28th in the number of undergraduate degrees awarded to underrepresented minority students. The Summer Research Initiative is an integral part of our efforts.

The application for the 2019 SRI will be available from November 1, 2018 to February 10, 2019. Applications will be reviewed February – March 2019, and selection announcements will be made beginning April 2019. 

The actual program runs 8 weeks, from June 3 – July 26, 2019. Students are required to arrive on campus on Saturday, June 1 for mandatory Saturday and Sunday program orientation, but SRI programming will officially begin on Monday, June 3.

We are pleased to announce the abstract “Disposable cardboard low-cost incubator for thermoregulation of stable preterm infants - a non-inferiority trial”, co-authored by Dr. Govind Rao and team members at Phoenix Medical Systems and Clinical team at Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, India was selected as the winner of the 2019 Academic Pediatric Association Global Health Research Award. Funding for this research is provided by FDA and Venturewell. The award will be presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) meeting in Baltimore, Maryland. The meeting begins Saturday, April 27th and ends Tuesday, April 30th.

NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED!!

STUDENTS CAN EARN ACADEMIC CREDIT, A TRANSCRIPT NOTATION, AND WORK EXPERIENCE

Available through the Shriver Center if volunteering for 30 hours or more this semester, students can register for our 096 Service-Learning practicum to receive a transcript notation. In addition, students can register for SOCY 396 to earn upper level elective credits. Work with clients one-on-one and gain skills in relationship building.

EVERYONE CAN GIVE BACK TO THE BALTIMORE COMMUNITY

Help support a highly-demanded service in your local community! 

INTERESTED?  

Please fill out the form linked below; it can be whatever level of commitment you would like (with the exception of students interested in a transcript notation or academic credit):

https://goo.gl/forms/8VoGcU3pLAVmeqmA2.

For additional information on VITA, please contact Evan Avila at eavila1@umbc.edu or 240-454-4951.

For additional information on the Shriver Center's transcript notation or academic credit, please contact Shirley Carrington atshirleyc@umbc.edu or 410-455-2493.