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<Title>UMBC Relay for Life: Support a Cure4Cancer</Title>
<Tagline>Join a Team to Particate: Friday, 5/6, 1-7PM.</Tagline>
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    <span>The Relay For Life movement is dedicated to helping communities attack cancer. Through funds donated, time given, or awareness raised, our communities are teaming up - virtually or in person - to make a difference. When we rally together in the fight against cancer, we can accomplish anything.</span><div><span><a href="https://secure.acsevents.org/site/STR?pg=entry&amp;fr_id=101531" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><br></a></span></div>
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<Title>USM Student Scholarship Available up to $1000</Title>
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    <p>Applications for the USM Women’s Student Scholarship applications are OPEN and due <strong>June 15, 2022. </strong> International students are eligible for the awards. <strong><em><br><br></em></strong></p>
    <p>Awards are open to any student who meets the following criteria:</p>
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    <ul><li>Earned a minimum of 48 undergraduate OR 12 graduate credits (by June 1, 2022).</li></ul>
    <ul><li>Plan to enroll as a student for the Fall 2022 term.</li></ul>
    <ul><li>Currently has a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 for undergraduate OR 3.25 for graduate at your USM institution (upload an unofficial university transcript).</li></ul>
    <ul><li>Demonstrated financial need (upload FAFSA or explanation of financial need)</li></ul>
    <ul><li>Students are eligible for only one scholarship per lifetime.</li></ul>
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    <p>You can apply here: <a href="http://www.usmwomensforum.org/awards.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://www.usmwomensforum.org/awards.html</a> </p>
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<Title>Wellness Wednesday Yoga w/ Erica</Title>
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    <h2>TODAY At 4:15pm ALL ARE WELCOME</h2>
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    <div><a href="http://maps.google.com/?t=k&amp;z=18&amp;q=The%20Quad@39.254085,-76.711789" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">The Quad</a></div>
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    <div><strong>The Quad is the grassy space between the Commons and the RAC.</strong></div>
    <div><br></div>Join us for a beginner friendly outdoor yoga session hosted by Erica from the RAC. <div>Yoga Mats will be provided but you are welcome to bring your own.<br><div>All Are Welcome! <br><div><br></div>
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<Title>4/21 COEIT GSA Town Hall</Title>
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    <span><p><span>Date and Time: </span><span><strong>Thursday, April 21st from 2:30pm - 3:30pm.</strong></span></p></span><p><span>Hosted by </span><a href="https://gsa.umbc.edu/graduate-senators/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>The College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT)</span></a><span>Senators, in our upcoming session, we will share important graduate student resources, including: PROMISE, the Career Center, library resources, RIH (resources for mental and physical health) , GSA grants, and ISSS.</span></p>
    <span><p><span>In our second town hall, we invite you to come with your questions, and share your experiences so far this year. All participants will automatically be entered into our raffle for 5x $25 UMBC bookstore gift cards!</span></p>
    <p> <span>Before our session, we would love to hear from you about your pre-event expectations and any questions you would like to get answered. <strong>Please fill out the Google form</strong></span><strong><a href="https://forms.gle/1aDn5xXiQFhNPrWf6" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>here</span></a><span>.</span></strong></p></span>
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<Title>Speakers at Earth Day Symposium</Title>
<Tagline>Full List of Speakers Below</Tagline>
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<Title>Quick Survey to Improve the Library for Grad Students</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Improve Library services for Grad Students!
    Consider taking this brief, anonymous survey to
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    By clicking on the survey link, you agree to
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    <div>Participation in this survey is voluntary, and there are no negative
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    No identifying information will be collected, and survey data will be stored
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    Please feel free to reach out to Erin Durham, Reference &amp; Instruction Librarian,
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    <p><span>Applications for the USM Women’s Student Scholarship applications are OPEN and due <strong>June 15, 2022. </strong> International students are eligible for the awards. <strong><em><br><br></em></strong></span><span></span></p>
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<Title>Pell Grant Student Advocacy Webinar</Title>
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    <li><p><span>Michele Streeter (Associate Director of Policy and Advocacy, The Institute for College Access &amp; Success (TICAS))</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Katie Berger (Senior Policy Advisor, Senate HELP Committee)</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Tom Schnurr (Director of Government Affairs, Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities and Executive Director, Council of Governing Boards (CGB))</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Esmeralda (Esme) Quintero-Cubillan (President, University of California Student Association)</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Bre'Ahynna Barton (Student, Macomb Community College)</span></p></li>
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    <span>This free webinar will take place on T</span><span>uesday, April 26 from 1 - 2:15 p.m. EDT. Students and other interested parties can register </span><a href="http://go.aplu.org/NjAzLVVSVy0xMjcAAAGDnsqpYub5dMB9BL74wUu9oJqkHkbTXNwzCjkCaSCG3_WcroiYvhTkBoGNN5zYDxqwXpTeV4Y=" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>here</span></a><span>.</span></span></div>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="118390" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa/posts/118390">
<Title>EMERGENCY FOOD DRIVE - WE NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE!</Title>
<Tagline>Due to very high demand for groceries this semester we need</Tagline>
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    <span><span>In front of Sherman 205</span></span><span><br><span>Shriver Center (through 4/30)</span></span><span><br><span>Admin Building</span></span><span><br><span>The Commons</span></span><span><br><span>AOK Library Atrium</span></span><span><br></span><div><span><span>Campus Police Station</span></span></div>
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