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Workshop Wednesday: Exploring Disability
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 | 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. | Online
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SafeZone: LGBTQIA+ Allyship Development Workshop
Friday, July 15, 2022 | 9a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | In-Person
myUMBC Event Post: Link | The Commons
Where My People At?: Multicultural Engagement
A Virtual Mosaic Open House for New & Prospective Students
Tuesday, August 9, 2022 | 3pm - 4:15pm | Online
myUMBC Event Post: Link | Webex Link TBA
Where My People At? LGBTQ+ Engagement
A virtual Pride Center Open House for New & Prospective Students
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Where My People At? Spiritual Engagement
A virtual Interfaith Open House for New & Prospective Students
Thursday, August 11, 2022 | 3pm - 4:30pm | Online
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General Associate/Coordinator – Part Time
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General Associate – Part-time Dresher Center for the Humanities
Funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Inclusion Imperative is a six-year initiative to support diversity and inclusion in humanities scholarship and curriculum. This position is funded through August 2023.
The General Associate will assist with the management of the Inclusion Imperative Programs run by the Dresher Center for the Humanities. These programs include: the Visiting Faculty Fellowship for Diversity, the Diversity Teaching Network, and the Humanities Teaching Labs. Specific duties include: coordinating with those tasked with grants accounting and budgeting; coordinating among participating institutional partners; managing day-to-day operations for all three programs; coordinating subcontract with the National Humanities Alliance; coordinating other events and workshops and performing other duties as needed. Occasional in-state/local travel may be necessary.
Requires a Bachelor’s degree and experience in coordinating programs and/or events. The successful candidate must be able to: work both independently and on a team; collaborate effectively with staff, faculty, and external constituents; be detail oriented; possess good written, communication and organizational skills; and function efficiently & effectively in a fast-paced Center environment. Must be familiar with various computer software applications such as Peoplesoft, Microsoft Office, Adobe, Google Calendar.
A background check will be required.
Please include a cover letter, resume, and names and contact information of three professional references with your application.
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Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. This position does not carry benefits.
Part-time - Approximately 15-19 hours per week. Schedule to be determined.
Questions regarding the position, please contact Jessica Berman at jberman@umbc.edu
]]>Featherbed Lane Elementary School is seeking a kindergarten teacher for the 2022-2023 school year.
Interested candidates should apply to BCPS (scroll down to early childhood teacher and click the “Apply” button) and are welcome to contact Michelle Webster, the wonderful principal of FLES, with interest in the position.
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The incumbent will provide administrative support to the Department Chair, as well as the department’s faculty and staff.
Specific duties include: setting up meetings; handling course scheduling, grade changes, class lists, textbook adoptions, and key control; disbursing mail and other documents; overseeing parking requests, departmental room control, and rosters; preparing contracts for part-time faculty, and external stakeholders; handling faculty promotion and tenure processing, and faculty searches; providing front desk support, which includes fielding general phone inquiries; maintaining scholarship applications, posting employment announcements, assisting with faculty searches, and performing other duties as assigned.
This post is written by Special Collections Graduate Assistant Nikki Vietz, who recently finished processing the papers of prolific sci fi/fantasy author Lawrence Watt-Evans. Nikki, along with previous interns and student assistants, did a great job with this large collection of manuscripts, convention materials, correspondence, and more!
Do you believe that anyone can write a book? The highly acclaimed science fiction and fantasy writer, Lawrence Watt-Evans believes that all you need is a good idea, a keyboard, and some writing skills. According to him “there is no idea so stupid or hackneyed that a sufficiently-talented writer can’t get a good story out of it.” Whether you believe this or not, Lawrence Watt-Evans has recently donated a large amount of his manuscripts, proofs, science-fiction convention memorabilia, and other miscellaneous materials to UMBC’s Special Collections.
Born and raised in Arlington, Massachusetts, Lawrence Watt-Evans has been a full-time writer and editor for more than twenty years. His first attempt at writing science-fiction occurred at the young age of eight and after surviving twelve years of school, he followed in the footsteps of father and grandfather and attended Princeton University. Watt-Evans never finished his degree and in 1980, he published his first novel The Lure of the Basilisk with Del Rey Books. He went on to write three sequels and the highly popular Ethshar fantasy series, which was initially created for role-playing games.
A prolific author with an immense imagination, Watt-Evans’s other fantasy work includes the short novel The Rebirth of Wonder and the collaboration with Esther Friesner, another acclaimed fantasy writer, entitled Split Heirs. Along with fantasy, Watt-Evans has written one horror novel, The Nightmare People, and several science fiction novels, including two Star Trek novels, The Cyborg and the Sorcerers, and his Three World Trilogy: Out of This World, In the Empire of Shadow, and The Reign of the Brown Magician. He also edited and compiled an anthology about contemporary and futuristic New York called Newer York, which includes twenty-four stories from various authors including Susan Shwartz, Mike Resnick, and Esther Friesner.
Watt-Evans also served as the president of the Horror Writers Association for two years from 1994-1996 and was the co-owner of the horror magazine Deathrealm with Terry Rossiobefore it ceased publication in 1997. The magazine won the International Horror Critics Guild Award in 1995 for best horror magazine, which was awarded at the 1996 World Horror Convention. And, according to Lawrence Watt-Evans, Deathrealm #27 was banned in Canada for “disturbing” cover art.
His donation and gift will contribute significantly to UMBC’s growing collection of science fiction and fantasy literature. For more information, see the Lawrence Watt-Evans papers collection finding aid or contact Special Collections.
