Campus Life Operations Graduate Assistant

Preferred Experience:

- Performing building maintenance including working with power tools and paint
- Using and troubleshooting audio-visual equipment like projectors, laptops, tablets, displays, etc.
- Doing elevated work on ladders and motorized scissor lifts

Please submit a cover letter and resume to Abdias A. Irizarry (airiza1@umbc.edu) for consideration.  This is a rolling deadline and the position will be open until filled.  

Join us for the Inaugural Conference for Antiracist Teaching, Language and Assessment
An opportunity for instructors across a variety of disciplines to meet, share ideas and build antiracist approaches to teaching and learning.

A Free Online Virtual Conference held via Zoom

• Friday, September 17, 2021 (11:00 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.)
• Friday, October 1, 2021 (11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)

Registration deadline: September 16 at 11:00 a.m.

Keynote Speakers: Vershawn Ashanti Young, Victor Villanueva, Ana Milena Ribero and Asao Inoue; with roundtable discussion moderated by Jesse Stommel 

This conference is funded through an endowment housed at Oregon State University that was generously given by Asao and Kelly Inoue in 2021. The endowment is supported in part through the sales of Asao Inoue’s book Above the Well: An Antiracist Argument from A Boy of Color (WAC Clearinghouse and Utah State University Press).

The multidisciplinary Sherman Center for Early Learning in Urban

Communities (Sherman Center) was established to advance George and Betsy Sherman’s vision of improving learning experiences and outcomes for young children in Baltimore City. To achieve this mission, the Sherman Center connects theory, research, and practice, and schools, families, and communities to promote the educational success of children ages three through eight.

Start Date: Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 (schedule – TBD)

For more information and to apply, download the attached word document.

If you’re new to working with the NIH grants process as an investigator or administrator, then mark your calendar for Monday, November 1 – Thursday, November 4 for a unique opportunity to learn, share and meet virtually with NIH and HHS experts. The NIH is offering a virtual seminar that you won’t want to miss! Here are our top five reasons:

#1: Four days of sessions with live and simu-live sessions, as well as an on-demand video library

#2: Three tracks designed around grants policies, processes, case-studies and Q&As

#3: Live chats one-on-one with NIH & HHS experts on the grants process and policies

#4: Downloadable resources to reuse and/or share with others at your institution

#5: Registration is free! Yes, you read it right.

Are you excited yet? Visit our Save the Date page and sign-up to be notified when registration opens. We hope to “see” you there!

To learn more about this and similar events check out the NIH Regional Seminar Home Page and sign up for our listserv while you’re there.

This event, hosted by PROMISE AGEP program volunteers from across the University System of Maryland, will be held virtually on August 18, 2021 from 1 PM - 3 PM.

If you are looking for a sense of community and you self identify as a member of an underserved community please attend! Welcome to our PROMISE family!

Register here!!!!! (FREE)

PROMISE is the Maryland AGEP, initially founded in 2003 by the National Science Foundation, this program has been serving students from underrepresented backgrounds to aid them to successfully complete their degrees. During the academic year we host events, seminars and workshops to boost professional development of students to better prepare them for a successful career. 

This program focuses on connecting graduate students, particularly those from underrepresented backgrounds currently working towards their higher education degrees (masters, doctoral degree, professional studies). We aim to provide guidance and tools to ensure your success in completing your degree and create a sense of community during your tenure in grad school. 

We have Dr. Canessa Swanson and Dr. Alexis Williams who will be sharing some insights about their graduate experience! You will be paired with peers from the same areas of research from different institutions and you will have the opportunity to meet staff and administrators from your institution.

The event is funded in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), Division of Human Resource Development (HRD). NSF AGEP HRD Awards: University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) (1820984), University of Maryland College Park (UMCP) (1820975), University of Maryland at Baltimore (UMB) (1820983), and Salisbury University (SU) (1820971), and Towson University (TU) (1820974), and the Division of Engineering Education and Centers NSF EEC Awards: University of California, Davis (2051599), University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) (1734741).

If you need any special accommodations or have questions please reach to Yarazeth Medina at yarazeth@umbc.edu.

Sincerely,

The PROMISE Team

Dr. Robin Cresiski & Yarazeth Medina

University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) has partnered with 3rd Millennium, whose mission is to help students address critical life skills such as alcohol abuse prevention, drug abuse prevention, relationship violence prevention and sexual assault prevention, in high schools and higher education institutions across the country.

As part of our comprehensive prevention program for new incoming first year and/or transfer undergraduate and graduate students, UMBC requires that undergraduate students complete Alcohol-Wise and Other Drugs and graduate students complete Other Drugs. These online courses will empower you to make healthy, well-informed decisions about issues that affect your college years and beyond.

Important: For each of the courses: 

• Part 1 is due August 13, 2021 and
• Part 2 is due October 22, 2021 [Alcohol-Wise ONLY]

All courses open July 2, 2021.

Alcohol-Wise For College 

1. Always sign in at: https://my.umbc.edu/go/alcoholwise
2. You will be directed to the myUMBC login page. Sign in with your UMBC username and password, and you will then be taken directly to the registration page for the Alcohol-Wise course.

Passing Exam Score: 75%

Other Drugs

1. Always sign in at: https://my.umbc.edu/go/otherdrugsprevention
2. You will be directed to the myUMBC login page. Sign in with your UMBC username and password, and you will then be taken directly to the registration page for the Other Drugs course.

Other Important Information:

• You will need Internet access and audio capabilities.
• To avoid technical issues, please use any major web browser released within the previous two years.
• You may take the course(s) in multiple sittings.
• The courses may include surveys to help personalize your experience and measure students’ attitudes and behaviors.
• Should you experience any technical issues, including issues with course login, 3rd Millennium has technical support and can be accessed by emailing help@3rdmil.com or clicking on the “Help” link within the courses.
• Should you experience login problems related to myUMBC, contact the DoIT Help Desk by visiting https://my.umbc.edu/go/request-help or call 410-455-3838.
• If you have any additional questions or concerns about these courses, please email uhs@umbc.edu.
• Upon completion of this course, you DO NOT need to send a copy of your completion certificate to University Health Services.

Thank you, and welcome to UMBC!