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<Title>Congratulate our Graduate Student of the Week!</Title>
<Tagline>NEW Questionaire for Spring GSotW COMING SOON!</Tagline>
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<Title>COEIT Graduate Student Town Hall Meeting of the AY22-23</Title>
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    <br><p><span>We want to hear from you, so please take the time to fill out the survey: </span><a href="http://shorturl.at/ovxT8" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>shorturl.at/ovxT8</span></a></p>
    <p><span>Completing the survey enters you into our raffle. We will be raffling off two (2) $20, one (1) $25, and one (1) $30 gift card!</span></p>
    <br><p><span>The meeting will take place through WebEx on <u>Friday, December 9th from 2-3PM.</u></span></p>
    <br><p><span>We hope to meet you soon!</span></p>
    <br><p><span>Click here to join the COEIT Graduate Student Town Hall:  </span></p>
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<Title>GSA Collective Bargaining Workshop</Title>
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    <div>Take a break from studying and help us get fresh food out to our UMBC community! We need volunteers Monday-Thursday this week. </div>
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<Title>REPOST: International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2022</Title>
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    <p>The theme for 2022 is t<span>ransformative solutions for inclusive development: the role of innovation in fueling an accessible and equitable world.  The theme reflects recent consideration of the impacts of COVID-19, climate change, and the invasion Ukraine. More information about <a href="https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/international-day-of-persons-with-disabilities-3-december/international-day-of-persons-with-disabilities-idpd-3-december-2022.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">the UN Virtual New York Commemoration event, including registration is linked here</a>.</span></p>
    <div><strong>UMBC is recognizing this important day with the <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/accessibility/events/111721" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">screening of the documentary,<u> I Didn't See You There</u> on Monday December 5 at 4p in Admin 101 (link)</a> - please join us for this award-winning film, which will be followed by discussion/Q&amp;A.</strong></div>
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    <div>Working toward an accessible future is everyone's responsibility. As a campus, we engage together to create a future which insists that people are not needlessly excluded due to health conditions that create substantial limitations in how people engage with the world. Report barriers when you encounter them - at UMBC our <a href="https://accessibility.umbc.edu/report-campus-accessibility-concern/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">accessibility concern form</a> is available 24/7 to report any issues that arise: <a href="https://accessibility.umbc.edu/report-campus-accessibility-concern/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://accessibility.umbc.edu/report-campus-accessibility-concern/</a>.</div>
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    <a href="https://accessibility.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">UMBC's Accessibility &amp; Disability Services</a> partners with the entire campus community -departments, groups, and individuals - to overcome barriers. <a href="https://sds.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Student Disability Services</a>  is a resource for all students with disabilities.</div>
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    <div>If there is an <a href="https://accessibility.umbc.edu/report-campus-accessibility-concern/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">accessibility concern on campus - report it via this linked form</a>.  With <a href="https://fm.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Facilities Management</a> maintenance or repair reporting - the best, first step is to report it to Work Control via 410-455-2550 or <a href="mailto:Workorder@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Workorder@umbc.edu</a>.  For residential hall repair conditions, non-emergencies can be reported to <a href="http://fxit.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://fxit.umbc.edu</a>, and emergencies can be called in to the FXIT line: 410-455-3948.</div>
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    <div>Looking for more content?  <a href="https://adalive.org/episodes/episode-88/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">ADA Live Episode 88 discusses IDPD</a>
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    <div>Need a theme song?  <a href="https://artscanvas.org/music/collective-voice-of-disability-community-captured-by-new-song-spaces" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Artist James Ian's song "Spaces" and inclusive, collaborative process with his Spinal Muscular Atrophy community were recently featured on CANVAS (link)</a>.  <a href="https://smamyway.com/the-song/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Spaces song link</a>.</div>
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    <div>Photo still from <u>I Didn't See You There</u> documentary accompanies this post: Closed reflective doors with fill the screen, showing a large red circus tent with a silouhette of a man in a power wheelchair in the foreground.</div>
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<Title>Earn Prizes by filling out our i3b Climate Survey</Title>
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<Summary>Hello fellow i3b community members!  We hope that you are all having a great start to your December. You are receiving this email because you have participated in Initiatives for Identity,...</Summary>
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<Summary>Meeting Link Here</Summary>
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<Title>Repost: Grad Student and Postdoc Mid-Day Coffee!</Title>
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    <div>Hi Everyone!<div><br></div>
    <div>We hope you were able to relax during this long weekend! As the end of the end of the semester is upon us, we here at PROMISE would like to invite you for an end of semester midday coffee! We will be offering snacks and coffee, games, relaxation from the stress of the end of the semester, mental preparation for finals! We look forward to seeing you on <strong>December 2nd, from 1:00PM to 2:30PM at Flat Tuesdays! </strong>Hang in there everyone, the end of the semester is almost here! </div>
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    <p>Original Event Post: <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/111999" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">View on myUMBC »</a></p>
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