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<Title>Free MARC tickets!</Title>
<Tagline>6 one-way MARC train tickets with Charmpass app download!</Tagline>
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    <p><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/civiclife/events?mode=upcoming" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Thursday, October 7, 2021</a><span> · 5 PM - 7 PM Dinner</span> with Friends will feature engaging, facilitated small-group conversations over dinner that will connect you with other members of the UMBC community. You will spend the evening sharing stories, learning about each other's experiences with important issues affecting UMBC students, faculty, staff, and alumni, and discussing how we can move forward together. </p>
    <p>An RSVP is required as spots in these popular virtual conversations are limited. Choose to join a facilitated small-group conversation about one of the following discussion topics:</p>
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    <li><p>Supporting mental health in challenging times</p></li>
    <li><p>Promoting civic agency and engagement between elections</p></li>
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    <p><strong>To RSVP, follow this <a href="https://forms.gle/zZB6ZvRuSpcvJ7cz9" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">link</a>.</strong></p>
    <p>Because we will meet online, this is a bring-your-own dinner event.</p>
    <p>Dinner with Friends is organized by the Center for Democracy and Civic Life in collaboration with the Student Government Association and the Graduate Student Association.</p>
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    <p>Original post for registration <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/civiclife/events/95251" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a></p>
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<Title>Invitation for Student Sustainability Writers</Title>
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    <p>The Sustainable Age is a student journal founded by students of the North Texas Regional Center of Expertise Network. The journal is seeking volunteer student writers to submit original articles centered on the 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals.</p>
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    <p>This project is led by students for students. It is focused on educating and raising awareness of the <a href="https://sdgs.un.org/goals" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">17 Sustainable Development Goals. </a>This student-led journal provides an environment for students from different universities across the world to develop academic research concerning different areas like Social Justice, Human Health and Well-being, Philosophy, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, Climate Action, and Business. </p>
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    <p>Writers can learn introductory level scholarly and peer-reviewed writing methods, supported by an editorial team of volunteer students, faculty, and staff. Every article published in the online journal is related to at least one SDG, is reviewed by at least one person of the editorial review team, and includes at least one cited reference using MLA format. View the author guidlines: <a href="https://www.thesustainableage.com/author-guidelines" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://www.thesustainableage.com/author-guidelines</a></p>
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    <p>Become an author today! <a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=U1R-1i9z3EqUpEiI8tl9XVux-F62LcROtJRCEx6ZRiVUQjYyVE05M0FSTjYyMlA2TDIyTTJFSFY2SS4u" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=U1R-1i9z3EqUpEiI8tl9XVux-F62LcROtJRCEx6ZRiVUQjYyVE05M0FSTjYyMlA2TDIyTTJFSFY2SS4u</a></p>
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    <p><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/sustainability/news/112537" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">View on myUMBC »</a></p>
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<Summary>The Sustainable Age is a student journal founded by students of the North Texas Regional Center of Expertise Network. The journal is seeking volunteer student writers to submit original articles...</Summary>
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<Title>J.P. Morgan Chase Information Session</Title>
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    <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/careers/events?mode=upcoming" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Tuesday, September 28, 2021</a><span> · 4 - 5 PM</span>
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    <div><em>This event is being hosted by a UMBC Career Center Partner and has been organized exclusively for UMBC students. Their partnership status shows their dedication and commitment to recruiting UMBC talent.</em></div>
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    <div>Attend this session to learn about JPMC’s SUMMER 2022 internship opportunities and connect with recruiters.  While the deadlines aren’t until late Fall for most, students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.   </div>
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    <div>FULL DETAILS and applications for these internships can be found <a href="https://careers.jpmorgan.com/us/en/students/programs?search=&amp;tags=location__Americas__UnitedStatesofAmerica" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">HERE</a>
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    <div>Examples of the internship programs are:</div>
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    <div>Corporate Client Banking &amp; Specialized Industries Internship Analyst</div>
    <div>Chase Associate Program Internship</div>
    <div>Wholesale Payments &amp; Corporate Banking Internship</div>
    <div>Compliance Associate Program Internship</div>
    <div>Middle Market Banking &amp; Specialized Industries Internship</div>
    <div>Global Finance and Business Management Internship</div>
    <div>Human Resources Internship</div>
    <div>Investment Banking Analyst Internship</div>
    <div>Wealth Management Internship</div>
    <div>Investment Banking Associate Internship</div>
    <div>Wealth Management Associate Internship</div>
    <div>Markets Internship</div>
    <div>Markets Associate Internships</div>
    <div>Securities Services Leadership Program</div>
    <div>Asset Management Internship</div>
    <div>Risk Management Internship</div>
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<Title>This week the GSA celebrates Emily Faber as GSotW!</Title>
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<Title>UPDATE!!! Zareen's Hazara family members fleeing Afghanistan</Title>
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    <div><div><span>UPDATE!!!! THANK YOU to everyone who donated and shared! You all are amazing. We've raised enough to cover ALL 8 of the humanitarian parole applications. I'm going to raise the fundraising limit to and see if we can't start raising funds for some of the visa applications and plane tickets for Zareen and Ali's family members. </span></div></div>
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    <div>Zareen and Ali are dear friends and colleagues of many of us and we know that they work tirelessly to advocate for the rights of people from their country of origin, Afghanistan. Both Zareen and Ali come from an ethnic minority group in Afghanistan, the Hazara, who have been brutally targeted by extremists; <a href="https://muckrack.com/zareen-taj" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Zareen has </a><a rel="nofollow external" class="bo">written extensively on the issue</a> for Ms. Magazine and other outlets.</div>
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    <div>At the present, Zareen and Ali are working to help bring 8 family members from Pakistan here to Baltimore. These family members have already survived harrowing ordeals to leave Afghanistan. They left Afghanistan with nothing. Zareen and Ali are the main financial supporters of them right now. While Zareen and Ali have been able to get pro-bono legal counsel for these family members, they want to file <a href="https://www.uscis.gov/archive/information-for-afghan-nationals-on-parole-into-the-united-states" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Humanitarian Parole</a> forms to bring them here to the United states. The fee for each applicant is $575.00. Right now, They need help to cover the fees to file the Humanitarian Parole applications and for them to get visas. Eventually, each of the 8 family members will need a plane ticket to come to Baltimore and some support locally while they get settled and find work. All 8 of the family members are in danger because of their ethnic minority status and several were also being targeted because of aid work they engaged in while in Afghanistan.</div>
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    <div><span>Let's show Zareen and Ali our care and support by helping them to raise the funds they need to safely bring their family members here.</span></div>
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    <div><span>View the website here to donate.</span></div>
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    <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/osl/events/95143" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">The Author of Your Leadership Story</a> - Wednesday, October 20th at 12:00pm</div>
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    <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/osl/events/95144" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Going Farther Together</a> - Thursday, November 18th at 12:00pm</div>
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