Real People Profiles: Sarah Swatski We're asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.

Name: Sarah Swatski

Hometown: Bel Air, MD

Q: How long have you been at UMBC?

A: Since August 2011.

Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?

A: I am the President of Tau Sigma National Transfer Honor Society and Secretary of Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society.

Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus? 

A: Mathematics student, Advocate for Transfer Students, Leader, Friend.

Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?

A: I enjoy being a leader on campus and being involved in different organizations.   Through my involvement I have gotten to know many people on campus.  I also enjoy the variety of courses I have taken as I have learned so much from them. 

Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?

A: There are so many activities and clubs on campus you can get involved with.  You will meet new people, learn a lot about yourself, and have a lot of fun!

Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"

A: Country music, chocolate, hiking, mystery novels,...

Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?

A: When the weather is nice there are so many great places to sit outside, like the benches by the pond by Undergraduate admissions.  Also, the third floor of the Commons is pretty nice!

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The "before" picture.
Rumor has it there were 350 wood pallets on the pile.
At the beginning, it was easy to stand close.





Approximately the moment people began to back away quickly
Craig Berger: "It's like an animal!"
There's nobody close to that thing now.


After the grass caught fire, the fire department stepped in.
Never saw that at a Homecoming Bonfire before!


And so the UMBC community tamed the fire . . . until next year.
--Craig Berger and David Hoffman

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 I had that stone for decades. It was in my pocket when I spoke at my high school commencement; when the results were announced in my student government election at UCLA; when I proposed marriage; and when I came to UMBC for the first time to interview for a job. Whenever I succeeded, I attributed a part of my success to the stone. When I failed, I blamed only myself. In this way, I developed a sense of myself as a loser-but-for-luck. I didn't quite believe that the stone actually had special powers, but I fully embraced a self-image in which my deep flaws and failings were just barely prevented from undoing me by repeated strokes of luck.

 And then, one night about eight years ago (which I remember because it was the night of a U.S. Presidential debate), the stone was gone. It had fallen from a pocket I didn't realize was torn, somewhere on the UMBC campus.

 Then a remarkable thing happened: I continued succeeding and failing at more or less the same rate as before. But every success was my own, or shared with other human beings. I wouldn't have guessed that it would matter to me, or that in my 30s I still had something important to learn about my own responsibility for the good things in my life. But I've never been happier than I am right now, eight years distant from my good luck charm.

 Do you have a good luck charm of your own--and is it playing the same role for you (for better and worse) that mine did for me? Also . . . um, has anyone spotted a perfectly smooth, perfectly black oval stone on campus?

--David Hoffman

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 When I think of unsung heroes on this campus, a number of people come to mind.  One is Collier Jones, the architect of MyUMBC, who is dedicated to providing an vibrant online gathering space and information hub that works for the whole community.  Another is Shail Thakker, an SGA member who quietly helps other SGA members feel welcome and connected, sometimes by sharing an abundance of baked goods.  I'm glad both of them are here and doing what they do.

 Who are your unsung UMBC heroes?  Here's a chance to acknowledge them, and to share their contributions with the whole community.

 --David Hoffman

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BreakingGround is philosophy of campus and community engagement reflected in courses, programs, projects, and stories from UMBC change agents.  And now it's also a MyUMBC group open to all.   Join to get the latest updates and invitations, and to help spread the word by "pawing" content you like on MyUMBC.

If you haven't visited the BreakingGround website in the past couple of weeks, here is some of what you missed:


--David Hoffman

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Name: Michelle Kuah

 Hometown: Rockville, MD
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?

A: Since Fall 2008 :)

Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?

A: Vice President for Student Organizations (VPSO) of UMBC's SGA!!!

Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus? 

A: Encourage students to see the infinite possibilities of their "undergraduate experience." 

Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?

A: I was actually surprised I only have one on-campus role to list now haha! But honestly, I think that's what I'm loving most about the VPSO position. Not only do I get to be a part of an amazing organization (woot woot SGA!), serve on the Finance Board, and find myself surrounded with ambitious and talented people everyday, but I'm able to put my all past experiences to use by supporting the undergraduates at UMBC. Of course, student orgs are my passion.. so I feel incredibly blessed to work so closely with so many of them!

Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?

A: This is such a loaded question >_< I think the most important thing I've come to learn at UMBC is that no matter who you are or where you are in life, things may not turn out the way you planned - and that's okay! Over the last four years, I've been a fierce warrior in the never-ending battle of future career decisions, weighing responsibility and practicability with personal interests and talents...From med to grad to law to culinary to business to work to the arts to fed to private to non-profit....etc.... I've pretty much explored them all. Whether you're a take-life-one-day-at-a-time or a plan-everything-out-now type of person, allow yourself infinite chances to explore something new. Take advantage of the connections you make with other students, faculty, staff, and pay attention to what ISN'T being said your conversations. College is full of opportunities to learn, but even more importantly, college is where YOU as a person truly grow. What you will learn and how you will grow might just surprise you again and again.

Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"

A: New experiences, or even new insight into past events (sort of those "epiphany" moments!)

Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?

A: I didn't think this was a little-known fact about UMBC until recently, but am I one of the only people who can recall the days when CFA and Sbucks was actually a study space??! Also, who else remembers when the dining hall (yes, D-HALL) went through a new makeover each week?

 Favorite spots on campus include: My new Walker Apartment, the Student Involvement Center (SIC) and SGA Offices, the dance studios in Fine Arts, and the Commons Fireside Lounge.

 I also love talking to and meeting new people, so feel free to drop by the SIC or send me an email :)

 BONUS VIDEO QUESTION: What else would you like to share? Ask yourself a question and answer it.


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 Throughout this time, I spent many mornings and nights on the phone with my mom. Those conversations helped me realize that what was truly bothering me was the guilt and loneliness I felt from being away from everyone who, to that point, had been important in my life. I kept visualizing my parents and brother sitting in the living room, watching TV together following dinner, and wanting to be there. I felt like I was doing something that was abnormal--borderline "wrong"--by being away from them. After these conversations, though, I realized that I missed my family and friends so much because they had invested their love, time, and energy to see me succeed and grow, and their support for me was going to be most helpful in times like what I was experiencing by fueling engagement with my new environment, not serving as a crutch for remaining withdrawn. I was going to have to move forward, not only because I recognized that I owed it to everyone who had given me this support, but because I owed it to myself and my future goals and aspirations. The thought of trying to connect myself with this new world was scary, but I knew I needed to stick with it.

 In moving forward, weeks away from the comfort of home, I used a trick my mom had suggested (I still use it):  I learned to view time from the other side. For instance, instead of thinking about how long twelve weeks seemed to be, I went back in time twelve weeks to see how fast time passed. Twelve weeks before that middle of February, the point when I was feeling the most stressed, was Thanksgiving. Suddenly, twelve weeks wasn't so menacing. While I initially was using this trick to wish time away, it ultimately helped me to realize just how precious time is and how much I needed to treasure who I was becoming, the new community in which I had found myself, and the family and old friends who were supporting me from afar. 

 What about you? Have you experienced homesickness at UMBC? If going home immediately wasn't an option, how'd you deal with it?

 --Craig Berger

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Name: Debòrah F. Kadiri
Hometown: Silver Spring, Maryland

Q: How long have you been at UMBC?

A: Since September of 2009.

Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?

A: I am the President and Chaplain of UMBC's Gospel Choir and I also work with UMBC's Residential Life. 

Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus? 

A: Seeker of and advocate for fundamental, internal, absolute and indisputable Truth. 

Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?

A: I most enjoy meeting and getting to know so many different people. Everyone has unique ideas, opinions, and beliefs and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE being challenged to think in defense of my beliefs just as much and as often as from the perspectives of other people. 

Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?

A: Throughout my time here at UMBC, I've learned lifelong lessons, met lifelong friends, made lifelong commitments...all that good stuff. 

 But what always comes to the forefront of my mind in trying to sum up my experience at UMBC is a specific version of a quote that President Hrabowski is notorious for repeating at annual convocations: 

 "Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Choose your words, for they become actions. 
Understand your actions, for they become habits. 
Study your habits, for they will become your character. 
Develop your character, for it becomes your destiny.""

Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"

A: Wisdom, Shakespeare, The Theatre, Traveling, Indian Food, Falling Asleep under the Stars, Innovative Thinkers, The New Performing Arts and Humanities Building...

Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?

A: There are at least three different rooftop courtyards on this campus that I frequent. They're all open to everyone and I really like reading, thinking, sleeping or sometimes even just people watching (not in a creepy way) on a rooftop.

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On behalf of UMBC, PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP is pleased to announce the following job openings:

Cell Biology Faculty Position Opening at UMBC

Excerpt:  The Department of Biological Sciences at UMBC invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in eukaryotic cell biology, especially as it relates to neurobiology, to complement existing departmental strengths in neuroscience and cell and developmental biology, and to interact with faculty whose interests range from genomics and molecular genetics to ecology, evolution, and behavior. The successful applicant will have a Ph.D. in a relevant field of biological sciences, post-doctoral experience and a strong publication record and is expected to establish a vigorous, externally funded research program, supervise doctoral-level graduate students, and teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels

Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, summary of current research and future plans, and a statement of teaching interests and philosophy to biosearch@umbc.edu in a single PDF in the above order. The applicant should also arrange to have three letters of reference in PDF format, sent to biosearch@umbc.edu. For full consideration, applications should be submitted by November 15, 2012 but will be accepted until the position is filled. Read more …

 

 

Postdoctoral Fellowships available at UMBC

UMBC has a postdoctoral program for faculty diversity. Graduate students or recent PhDs are eligible to apply. The deadline is November 16, 2012. Read more … 

 

 

Engineering Faculty Positions at Vanderbilt

 

This announcement was shared by PROMISE SSI 2011 Mentor-in-Residence and former Georgia Tech AGEP Scholar, Dr. William Robinson.  Openings are in Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Mechanical Engineering. Read more … 

 

Faculty Positions at Harvey Mudd College

PROMISE has had a fruitful connection with Harvey Mudd College and they have sent us information about the following openings:

1) tenure track position in biology (especially computational or mathematical biology)

2) tenure track position in mathematics (to be listed on the university’s website soon.)

3) postdoctoral position in mathematics (to be listed on the university’s website soon.)

 

Students who have participated in any PROMISE activity should email promisestaff@gmail.com and rtull@umbc.edu with the subject “Applying for Posted Positions through PROMISE” so that we can follow up with you and provide you with additional information. Please use your university email address.

 

 

See more job announcements on the PROMISE Career Partners page.  This website is updated weekly. You may subscribe to the jobs listing post.

 

Coming soon to UMBC October 31: “Developing a Teaching Portfolio.”  For more October events, see our PROMISE events page: http://promiseagep.wordpress.com/about/events/.

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On behalf of UMBC, PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP is pleased to announce the following job openings:

Cell Biology Faculty Position Opening at UMBC

Excerpt:  The Department of Biological Sciences at UMBC invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in eukaryotic cell biology, especially as it relates to neurobiology, to complement existing departmental strengths in neuroscience and cell and developmental biology, and to interact with faculty whose interests range from genomics and molecular genetics to ecology, evolution, and behavior. The successful applicant will have a Ph.D. in a relevant field of biological sciences, post-doctoral experience and a strong publication record and is expected to establish a vigorous, externally funded research program, supervise doctoral-level graduate students, and teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels

Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, summary of current research and future plans, and a statement of teaching interests and philosophy to biosearch@umbc.edu in a single PDF in the above order. The applicant should also arrange to have three letters of reference in PDF format, sent to biosearch@umbc.edu. For full consideration, applications should be submitted by November 15, 2012 but will be accepted until the position is filled. Read more …

 

 

Postdoctoral Fellowships available at UMBC

UMBC has a postdoctoral program for faculty diversity. Graduate students or recent PhDs are eligible to apply. The deadline is November 16, 2012. Read more … 

 

 

Engineering Faculty Positions at Vanderbilt

 

This announcement was shared by PROMISE SSI 2011 Mentor-in-Residence and former Georgia Tech AGEP Scholar, Dr. William Robinson.  Openings are in Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Mechanical Engineering. Read more … 

 

Faculty Positions at Harvey Mudd College

PROMISE has had a fruitful connection with Harvey Mudd College and they have sent us information about the following openings:

1) tenure track position in biology (especially computational or mathematical biology)

2) tenure track position in mathematics (to be listed on the university’s website soon.)

3) postdoctoral position in mathematics (to be listed on the university’s website soon.)

 

Students who have participated in any PROMISE activity should email promisestaff@gmail.com and rtull@umbc.edu with the subject “Applying for Posted Positions through PROMISE” so that we can follow up with you and provide you with additional information. Please use your university email address.

 

 

See more job announcements on the PROMISE Career Partners page.  This website is updated weekly. You may subscribe to the jobs listing post.

 

Coming soon to UMBC October 31: “Developing a Teaching Portfolio.”  For more October events, see our PROMISE events page: http://promiseagep.wordpress.com/about/events/.

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