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<Title>Retriever Essentials Update!</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><span><p><span>Hello everyone!</span><span><br><br></span></p>
    <p><span>First of all, we hope you all had a wonderful and safe holiday. Secondly, Retriever Essentials currently has a lot of things going on, and we wanted to share with you!</span></p>
    <br><p><span>As you may know, Giving Day is tomorrow, December 1st. Because of our Home for the Holidays Food Drive being such a success, we are low on a lot on a lot of items, including the following:</span></p>
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    <li><p><span>Toiletries (soap, toothpaste, and deodorant)</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Soups (especially vegan and vegetarian soups)</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Baby items (formula, diapers, baby food, soap, and lotion)</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Feminine health products</span></p></li>
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    <p><span>Condoms</span></p>
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    <p><img src="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/attachments/news/000/097/743/3c9e23a0c15bea3ded2046e8d86d7db9/Screen%20Shot%202020-11-30%20at%205.23.27%20PM.png" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></p>
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    <p><span>If you would like to donate to our pantry, items can be dropped off at our 24 hour Campus Police Station or donated contactlessly via our </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2VCZMHI54B6CZ/ref=cm_go_nav_hz" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Amazon Wishlist</span></a><span>. If using the Amazon wishlist, use the following address and contact information:</span></p>
    <p><span>Deveraux Smith</span></p>
    <p><span>Retriever Essentials</span></p>
    <p><span>Sherman Hall 205</span></p>
    <p><span>University of Maryland Baltimore County</span></p>
    <p><span>1000 Hilltop Circle</span></p>
    <p><span>Baltimore, MD 21250</span></p>
    <p><span>Delivery Instructions: This is not College Park. Please deliver to UMBC (on campus). If you have trouble finding the building, please get in touch with 202-704 7840!</span></p>
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    <br><p><span>The </span><a href="https://giving.umbc.edu/stay-black-and-gold-emergency-fund/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Stay Black and Gold Fund</span></a><span> also gives aid to the students of UMBC. Please consider donating to this fund as it helps provide financial support for things such as food, transportation, off-campus rent, medical care, child care, and utilities.</span></p>
    <br><p><span>Lastly, we would like to invite you to our</span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/retrieveressentials/events/88861" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span> Community Dinner</span></a><span> on Thursday, December 3rd at 7 PM via Google Meet. We are so thankful for all of the donors and donations who made our food drive possible. </span></p>
    <br><p><span>Wishing you all a safe and great end of the semester,</span></p>
    <p><span>Retriever Essentials</span></p>
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    <span>Enjoy this edition of the Graduate Student Department Biweekly Newsletter</span><div><br></div>
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    <div>Feel free to reach us at:</div>
    <div>FACEBOOK: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UMBCGSA" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://www.facebook.com/UMBCGSA</a>
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    <div>TWITTER: @umbcgsa</div>
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    <div>INSTA: umbc_gsa</div>
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<Title>A Special Thank You!</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Retriever Essentials wants to give a big thank you to some special people that played a huge role in Home for the Holiday's success.<div><br></div>
    <div>To our volunteers Fariha, Nyla, Sabrina, and Rebecca, thank you so much for helping get our Thanksgiving bags all together and ready to be given out.</div>
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    <div>A shoutout to The Chapter of Young Alumni, who raised a total of <strong><em>$813</em></strong> for our food drive. We are so thankful for their gracious contribution.</div>
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    <div>And last, but certainly not least, a big thank you to our donors. We appreciate everyone who donated items for our food drive.</div>
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    <div>Please join us in celebration of the holidays and in the spirit of (virtual) togetherness for our <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/retrieveressentials/events/88861" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Home for the Holidays Community Dinner.</a> This event will take place on Google Meet on December 3rd at 7 PM. <img src="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/attachments/news/000/097/677/63bad29d7bd81c84cfee6ab8e3890545/1.png" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><img src="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/attachments/news/000/097/677/5c1b3aaa46e89d0085111cb92212ecaa/2.png" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><img src="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/attachments/news/000/097/677/fed509800df41e8a2ec17e894a2626f0/3.png" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;">
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<Title>Use Your Voice on the Inclusion Council</Title>
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    <span>"We have consulted with campus leaders to appoint a UMBC Inclusion Council, consisting of students, faculty, staff, and alumni working with the campus community. The team’s work begins immediately, and their first meeting will be held in July. </span><br><br><span>The Inclusion Council has been given the charge of providing advice and guidance from a variety of perspectives to the Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI), to act as ambassadors for the office across campus, and to provide a venue for discussion of issues as they arise. The Council will hold monthly joint meetings with the University Steering Committee (USC) and the Campus Equity Advisory Council (CEAC), a subcommittee of the USC. </span><br><br><span>The Council will work with the campus community to identify short- and long-term goals and recommendations. In addition, they will bring many more colleagues into this work by establishing subcommittees."</span>
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<Title>Only a Few Days Left for the Food Drive!</Title>
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    <div>Hello UMBC Community,</div>There are only a few days left to donate to the food drive! The deadline for donating items in person or through Amazon, is Friday, November 20th. <div><br></div>We still are in URGENT need of the following items:<div>
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    <li>Visa Giftcards for families to purchase perishable foods($25-$100)</li>
    <li>Boxed Stuffing</li>
    <li>Canned or Instant Gravy</li>
    <li>Canned Cranberry Sauce</li>
    <li>Shelf Stable Milks</li>
    <li>Canned Sweet Potatoes</li>
    <li>Jello Pudding</li>
    <li>Boxed Instant Mashed Potatoes</li>
    <li>Can Openers</li>
    <li>Baby food</li>
    <li>Shampoo and Conditioner</li>
    <li>Deodorant </li>
    <li>Toilet Paper</li>
    <li>Toothpaste </li>
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    <div>Donations can be dropped off to our Campus Police Station or contactlessly donated via our <a href="https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1907O6L88W1C?ref_=wl_share" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Amazon wishlist</a>. If you are donating through Amazon, please make sure that the <em>delivery date</em> is by Friday, November 20th.</div>
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    <div>Ship to this address:</div>
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    <span>Deveraux Smith</span><br><span>Retriever Essentials</span><br><span>Sherman Hall 205</span><br><span>University of Maryland Baltimore County</span><br><span>1000 Hilltop Circle</span><br><span>Baltimore, MD 21250</span>
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<Summary>Hello UMBC Community, There are only a few days left to donate to the food drive! The deadline for donating items in person or through Amazon, is Friday, November 20th.    We still are in URGENT...</Summary>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="97412" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/graduate-student-life/posts/97412">
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    <p><span>Retriever Essentials is holding our Home for the Holidays Food Drive. The food drive will be running from Monday, November 9th to Friday, November 20th. If you are interested in supporting our community and would like to donate, we are accepting the following items:</span></p>
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    <li><p><span>Canned yams</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Canned cranberry sauce </span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Stuffing </span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Boxed instant mashed potatoes</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Canned potatoes</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Canned or boxed instant gravy</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Coffee/Tea (please no Keurig cups)</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Hot Chocolate</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Apple Sauce</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Instant Pudding </span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Canned fruit</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Rice-or-roni</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Can openers </span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Self stable milks (soy, dairy)</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Travel-sized shampoo and conditioner &amp; lotion</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Regular-sized shampoo and conditioner</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Vegetarian soups</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Chapstick</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Toilet paper</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Deodorant </span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Jellies</span></p></li>
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    <p><span>We kindly ask that you donate only items from this list, as these are our highest priority needs. </span></p>
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    <p><span>We are also accepting $25-50 gift cards to support families' needs for perishable items (pies, butter, turkeys, eggs, vegetables, etc.) that unfortunately we cannot provide through the pantry.</span></p>
    <p> </p>
    <p><span>Donations can be taken to the 24-hour UMBC Campus Police Station or delivered contactlessly via our </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1907O6L88W1C?ref_=wl_share" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Amazon Wishlist</a><span>. Please use the following contact info and address when ordering through Amazon:</span></p>
    <p><span>Deveraux Smith</span></p>
    <p><span>Retriever Essentials</span></p>
    <p><span>Sherman Hall 205</span></p>
    <p><span>University of Maryland Baltimore County</span></p>
    <p><span>1000 Hilltop Circle</span></p>
    <p><span>Baltimore, MD 21250</span></p>
    <p> Thank you so much!</p>
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    <span>Enjoy this edition of the Graduate Student Department Biweekly Newsletter</span><div><br></div>
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    <div>Feel free to reach us at:</div>
    <div>FACEBOOK: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/UMBCGSA" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://www.facebook.com/UMBCGSA</a>
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    <div>TWITTER: @umbcgsa</div>
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    <div>INSTA: umbc_gsa</div>
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    <p><span><strong>Friday, November 13, 2020</strong></span></p>
    <div><strong>10:30 AM - Noon</strong></div>
    <div><strong>WebEx</strong></div>
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    <p><span><strong>I</strong></span><strong>mpostor syndrome</strong> (also known as impostor phenomenon, impostorism, <strong>fraud syndrome</strong> or the impostor experience) is a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their skills, talents or accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a "fraud".</p>
    <p><span>UMBC being a diverse campus values the richness that diversity brings to our campus. The </span>Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion &amp; Belonging creates opportunities for students to build their awareness and knowledge of diverse people, cultures and belief systems (i3b). Through facilitated discussions, informal gatherings, educational engagements, presentations and campus-wide events, individual students, student organizations and classes learn the skills to create inclusive, just and mutually respectful communities at UMBC and beyond.<br><span><br></span></p>
    <p><span><strong>Please join us in this training and join the discussion after the presentation.</strong></span></p>
    <p><span><strong><br></strong></span></p>
    <p><span>Speakers:</span></p>
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    <p><span><strong><a href="https://news.umbc.edu/umbc-doctoral-student-ciara-christian-receives-aacu-2020-k-patricia-cross-award-for-equity-and-inclusion-work/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Ciara Christian</a></strong></span></p>
    <p><span><a href="https://news.umbc.edu/umbc-doctoral-student-ciara-christian-receives-aacu-2020-k-patricia-cross-award-for-equity-and-inclusion-work/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">UMBC Doctoral Student AAC&amp;U 2020 K. Patricia Cross Award for equity and inclusion work.</a></span></p>
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    <p><strong><a href="https://i3b.umbc.edu/about-us/staff/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Jasmine Lee, PhD. </a></strong></p>
    <p><a href="https://i3b.umbc.edu/about-us/staff/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Director for Inclusive Excellence and Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion &amp; Belonging</a></p>
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<Title>The Empowered University: Teaching and Learning</Title>
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    <span><em>How has this time of remote instruction transformed the way we think about teaching and learning going forward? What positive lessons and new ways of thinking will guide us in our continuing efforts to foster student success within and beyond this moment in our history? How has the University’s response shaped how we teach and learn from each other? </em><br><br><strong><span>The Empowered University: Teaching and Learning</span></strong><br>Wednesday, November 18, 2020<br>4 ﹘ 5:30 p.m. via WebEx</span><br>
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    <div><span>The UMBC community is invited to join together in this interactive campus-wide conversation about teaching and learning in the era of remote instruction. Colleagues from the Planning Instructional Variety for Online Teaching (PIVOT) group, Fostering Online Learning Improvement and Opportunity (FOLIO) group, and Student Affairs will share brief comments on their experiences followed by opportunities for a robust Q&amp;A and discussion. Please submit your questions about your experiences with remote teaching and learning in advance using the registration form linked above.<br></span></div>
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    <div><span>Opening remarks by <strong>President Freeman Hrabowski</strong> and <strong>Provost Philip Rous</strong><br></span></div>
    <div><span><strong>Brittini Brown, Ph.D.</strong>, Assistant Vice President in the Division of Student Affairs<br></span></div>
    <div><span><strong>Samantha Fries ‘18, Psychology and Sociology, M.A. ‘21, Applied Sociology</strong>, Graduate Student, Vice President of the Graduate Student Association, and FOLIO Committee Member<br></span></div>
    <div><span><strong>Delana Gregg, Ph.D. ‘19, Language, Literacy, and Culture</strong>, Director of Academic Learning Resources, Assessment, and Analysis in the Academic Success Center in the Division of Undergraduate Academic Affairs, and FOLIO Committee Member<br></span></div>
    <div><span><strong>Jamie Gurganus ‘04, M.S. ‘11, Ph.D. ‘20, Mechanical Engineering</strong>, Faculty in Mechanical Engineering, Associate Director of Engineering Education Initiatives, Director of the Center for Integrated Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL), and PIVOT+ Facilitator for the College of Engineering and Information Technology<br></span></div>
    <div><span><strong>Eileen O’Brien, Ph.D.</strong>, Principal Lecturer and Undergraduate Program Director in Psychology, Director of the Certificate in College Teaching and Learning Science, and PIVOT+ Facilitator for the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences<br></span></div>
    <div><span><strong>Liz Stanwyck, Ph.D. ‘11, Statistics</strong>, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics and Statistics and PIVOT+ Affinity Group Facilitator for the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences<br></span></div>
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    <div><span><strong>Linda C. Hodges, Ph.D.</strong>, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Inaugural Executive Director of the Center for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching<br></span></div>
    <div><span><strong>Kerrie Kephart, Ph.D.</strong>, Associate Director for Pedagogical Innovation, Research, and Assessment in the Center for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching<br></span></div>
    <div><span><strong>Jennifer M. Harrison, Ph.D. ‘13, Language, Literacy, and Culture</strong>, Associate Director for Assessment in the Center for the Advancement of Learning and Teaching</span></div>
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    <li>What is expected? </li>
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    <div>This workshop is open to all graduate students in all disciplines. </div>
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    <div><strong>The event is 2-3pm today (11/10)</strong></div>
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