The Special Collections department of the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery at UMBC is pleased to be celebrating our Second Annual American Archives Month! Using UMBC's 45th anniversary as our starting point, we've put together several exhibits and resources for interested students, staff, and alumni to learn more about the past 45 years at UMBC:
Retriever Fever! Visit for more information on UMBC's 2011 Homecoming celebrations, October 12-15
Archives Month webpage on the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference website: Celebrating Advocacy for Archives
American Archives Month at the Society of American Archivists
Find out how you can be involved in undergraduate research by attending a "How to Get Involved in Research" workshop:
Phone: 410.381.2284
There is a GREAT line up of events for this year's DVAM that we're hoping will generate some great discussion and awareness. Please save the date and try to come to one or more of these events!
For more questions, feel free to contact the Women's Center!
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celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at The Mosaic with great free food and
music! Got questions or want to RSVP? Contact Mosaic@umbc.edu
National Hispanic Heritage Month, September
15-October 15.Starting in 1968 as National Hispanic Heritage Week and incorporating September
15 and 16, the independence days for Central American nations and Mexico,
respectively, the period was expanded in 1988 to National Hispanic Heritage
Month. Each year the National Council of Hispanic Employment Program Managers
Council and the Hispanic Foundation select a theme for the month and commission
a poster to reflect that theme.
October 2-8 is Mental Illness Awareness Week. MIAW is a time to learn about serious mental illnesses such as major depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
Mental illnesses are biological, psychological and social in nature. They affect all communities and cultures.
One in four adults experiences a mental disorder in any given year. One in 17 adults lives with serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, major depression or bipolar disorder. And in America, more people die by suicide (50% more) each year than by homicide.
MIAW is especially important this year as severe budget cuts threaten mental health services in many communities around the country. People who do not receive treatment may end up in hospitals, shelters, in jail or dead.
Treatment works—and saves lives.
Learn more about mental illness and support, education and advocacy to improve the lives of individuals affected by serious mental illnesses at www.nami.org. Please join the public dialogue during MIAW.
You can also take part in Depression Screening Day on October 5th, from 11am-3pm. UCS will offer free screenings for depression and anxiety to all UMBC students (http://my.umbc.edu/groups/ucs/events/8543).
]]>An Alabama pharmaceutical company issued a voluntary nationwide recall Friday for "multiple lots" of birth control pills due to what it described as a systemic "packaging error."
A spokesman for Qualitest Pharmaceuticals said that "there are no immediate health issues currently" because of the packaging problems. Rather, he said, the chief concern is that women may unintentionally become pregnant after taking the oral contraceptive.
"The unintended consequence of pregnancy is really the issue," spokesman Kevin Wiggins said. "That's why the company took a drastic action."
Wiggins said the recall involves 1.4 million packages that have been distributed to pharmacists and customers since last year.
According to a statement for the Huntsville-based company, "select blisters (found inside the pill box) were rotated 180 degrees within the card, reversing the weekly tablet orientation." This helped to leave the pills' lot number, as well as the expiration date, "no longer visible."
"As a result of this packaging error, the daily regimen for these oral contraceptives may be incorrect and could leave women without adequate contraception, and at risk for unwanted pregnancy," the company said.
A pharmacist noticed the issue and contacted the company by phone, Wiggins explained.
Qualitest urged those with such products to begin using a "non-hormonal" form of birth control and consult a health care provider or pharmacist. Pharmacies have been told to contact those who have gotten the faultily packaged pills.
The recall affects these products: Cyclafem 7/7/7, Cyclafem 1/35, Emoquette, Gildess FE 1.5/30, Gildess FE 1/20, Orsythia, Previfem and Tri-Previfem.
Customers can call 1-877-300-6153 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT to get their questions answered, arrange to return their pills or report problems. Information is also available at http://www.qualitestrx.com/pdf/OCRecall.pdf.
Wiggins said Qualitest is working with authorities "at a very high level," as well as with the product's manufacturers, to determine what happened.
"We're dedicated to ensuring the safe use of our products, (and) this recall reaffirms our high standards," he said. "It's an error, nonetheless, and we put patients at the center of what we do."