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Please join us for the second event for the series of “Go Live” success seminars on “Financial Literacy.” Mrs. Lori Jankalski (Executive Vice President CCCS of MD & DE, Inc.) be talking to us about credit scores, credit reports, and consumer debt.

Venue: UMBC Commons 331

(RSVP, UMBC students: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/27279

Students from other schools may RSVP in the comment section for this post, or by sending email to promisestaff@gmail.com)

 

If you cannot attend in person, we plan to host a live webcast of the event. Here is the link:

http://goo.gl/lHsDb9

Speaker: Lori Jankalski

Since 2008, Lori Jankalski is the Executive Vice President of Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Maryland and Delaware, Inc., (CCCS) a 501 (c) (3) non-profit credit and housing counseling organization that was founded in 1966.CCCS’s missionis to stabilize communities by creating hope and promoting economic self-sufficiency to individuals and families through financial education and counseling.CCCS provides services nationwide.

Lori retired in 2008 from Equifax Credit Information Services Inc., a national credit reporting agency after 40 years in various management positions. At the time of her retirement Lori was the Senior Executive Director of Credit Marketing Services and Analytics. Lori is a graduate of the College of Notre Dame, Baltimore, MD. Lori is a lifelong resident of Maryland and currently resides with her family in Sparks, MD.

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ABOUT THE FINANCIAL LITERACY SERIES:

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) has been selected to participate in an “Enhancing Student Financial Education” project for 2013-2015. Chosen as one of 15 awardees in a national competition, UMBC received a grant from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS), a non-profit organization (www.cgsnet.org) dedicated to advancing graduate education and research. Funded by a grant from TIAA-CREF, a leading financial services organization, CGS will develop models for providing financial education resources that help undergraduate and graduate students manage their money and hone their financial and debt management skills.   

GoLIVE! Seminars: UMBC will develop “Go Live” seminars that will showcase financial literacy resources on a new, interactive website. The online topics and segments will be coupled with “live” seminars that will be held throughout the year. Seminar topics include: Graduate Funding, Improving Credit Ratings, Financial Transitions, Life-long, Financial Planning, Budgets, and more. 

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This seminar is co-sponsored by CGS. 

Please join us for the second event for the series of “Go Live” success seminars on “Financial Literacy.” Mrs. Lori Jankalski (Executive Vice President CCCS of MD & DE, Inc.) be talking to us about credit scores, credit reports, and consumer debt.

Venue: UMBC Commons 331

(RSVP, UMBC students: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/27279

Students from other schools may RSVP in the comment section for this post, or by sending email to promisestaff@gmail.com)

 

If you cannot attend in person, we plan to host a live webcast of the event. Here is the link:

http://goo.gl/lHsDb9

Speaker: Lori Jankalski

Since 2008, Lori Jankalski is the Executive Vice President of Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Maryland and Delaware, Inc., (CCCS) a 501 (c) (3) non-profit credit and housing counseling organization that was founded in 1966.CCCS’s missionis to stabilize communities by creating hope and promoting economic self-sufficiency to individuals and families through financial education and counseling.CCCS provides services nationwide.

Lori retired in 2008 from Equifax Credit Information Services Inc., a national credit reporting agency after 40 years in various management positions. At the time of her retirement Lori was the Senior Executive Director of Credit Marketing Services and Analytics. Lori is a graduate of the College of Notre Dame, Baltimore, MD. Lori is a lifelong resident of Maryland and currently resides with her family in Sparks, MD.

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ABOUT THE FINANCIAL LITERACY SERIES:

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) has been selected to participate in an “Enhancing Student Financial Education” project for 2013-2015. Chosen as one of 15 awardees in a national competition, UMBC received a grant from the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS), a non-profit organization (www.cgsnet.org) dedicated to advancing graduate education and research. Funded by a grant from TIAA-CREF, a leading financial services organization, CGS will develop models for providing financial education resources that help undergraduate and graduate students manage their money and hone their financial and debt management skills.   

GoLIVE! Seminars: UMBC will develop “Go Live” seminars that will showcase financial literacy resources on a new, interactive website. The online topics and segments will be coupled with “live” seminars that will be held throughout the year. Seminar topics include: Graduate Funding, Improving Credit Ratings, Financial Transitions, Life-long, Financial Planning, Budgets, and more. 

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This seminar is co-sponsored by CGS. 

Adobe Creative Cloud Software now available on Faculty and Staff Personal Machines

As previously announced, UMBC is now licensed site wide for the use of the full Adobe Creative Cloud Suite of software on all UMBC owned computers.  These applications include:

Acrobat XI Pro

AfterEffects CC

Audition CC

Bridge CC

Dreamweaver & Muse CC

Edge Animate CC

Edge Code CC

Edge Reflow CC

Exchange Panel

Extendscript Toolkit CC

Extension Manager CC

Fireworks CS6

Flash Builder Premium

Flash Professional CC

Gaming SDK 1.3

Illustrator CC

InCopy CC

InDesign CC

Lightroom

Media Encoder CC

Photoshop CC

Prelude CC

Premier Pro CC

Scout CC

SpeedGrade CC

In addition to site wide use of the full Adobe Creative Cloud on all UMBC owned computers, the Adobe license, acquired with the help of the Maryland Education Enterprise Consortium, provides availability for Faculty and Staff to install the Creative Cloud on up to two personally owned computers.  The details of the agreement are as follows:

·        Faculty & staff are entitled to the same applications at home (the full collection) as the institution itself.

·        Upon redemption, the Creative Cloud Manager desktop application is installed. That application allows Faculty and Staff to download some or all of the Creative Cloud applications at their discretion and convenience. If Faculty or Staff originally downloaded some number of applications – and later determines they need others - they can certainly come back at a later time to download any additional applications by using the Creative Cloud Manager application.

·        Redemption codes are tied to a Faculty and Staff’s Adobe ID

·        Redemption codes will work on up to (2) Faculty and Staff personal computers, on either the Windows or Mac platform.

In order to obtain the Adobe Creative Cloud software suite for personal use, please see our instructional wiki at:

https://wiki.umbc.edu/display/faq/How+to+Install+Adobe+Creative+Cloud+on+a+Personal+Computer

Adobe On-line Training Materials

Adobe has also provided the UMBC community with access to their entire library of training material.  Using the Adobe ID created through the process explained in the wiki, Faculty and Staff will have access to all the video tutorials and reference material available on the Adobe website.  This includes, but is not limited to, an extensive collection of Lynda.com video tutorials on various Adobe applications. These resources are available by logging in to the Adobe website using your Adobe ID, and are available immediately upon redemption of a personal use redemption code.

What are Achievements?

PROMISE AGEP – University System of Maryland: We have been on a journey and you have been given an assignment. In Atlanta, at this past weekend’s SREB Compact for Faculty Diversity/Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, UMBC’s President Hrabowski told you that you are pioneers, and that your academic contributions will set the groundwork for generations to come. Dr. Sandra Murray from the University of Pittsburgh (full professor, Department of Cell Biology) told you to “Fantasize! Focus! Know what shoes you will wear when you win your Nobel Prize.” As you climb, Dr. Orlando Taylor reminded you to remember to include people from all races and backgrounds so that you don’t become the new models of marginalization. You are going to fly. You are going to conquer. Picture it!

Tell us who you are. Introduce yourself. Tell us your SREB experience, and your dream. Here is a guide.

1. Name.

Write “Dr. _____” if you already have your PhD., and “Future Dr. _____” if it is forthcoming

2. School, position (e.g., graduate student, PhD candidate, Postdoc), department

3. Your SREB experience

4. Your contribution to STEM and to your field at large (current and future … dream!)

5. Fast forward to 2034 – Your vision of your achievements as a professor and beyond

Grad students and postdocs from schools around Maryland with Dr. Tull and UMBC’s President, Dr. Hrabowski