Real People Profiles: Okemeteri Esiekpe 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: Okemeteri Esiekpe

Hometown: Lagos, Nigeria

Q: How long have you been at UMBC?

A: I'm in my second year of graduate school.

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

A: I am the Graduate Coordinator for LGBTQ Programs in the Office of Student Life.

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

A: Helping to foster an inclusive campus community.

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

A: I absolutely enjoy getting to know the students! I am inspired and energized by them on a regular basis. 

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

A:  The most important thing I have learned in college is that sometimes, the most unlikely people become your lifelong friends. 

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

A: Great conversations, great friends, laughter, and sleeping!

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: My favorite spot on campus is the Women's Center. Jess Myers, Galina Portnoy, and other staff members keep this center welcoming and inviting for everyone - not just women :). If you need a moment's rest, an engaging conversation, or a laugh, stop by. 

Co-Create UMBC is a blog for and about UMBC, written by David Hoffman and Craig Berger from the Office of Student Life. Join the Co-Create UMBC group on MyUMBC. Like Co-Create UMBC on Facebook. And follow David and Craig on Twitter.
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 Involvement Fest was rescheduled for Monday, and it was perfect.

 I was standing in a corner with Co-Create UMBC coauthor Craig Berger interviewing students for a long while, so I didn't get photos of the musical performances.  But here is some of what I did see.
First came the tables and the tents.
Setting up under a ridiculously gorgeous sky.
Again, that sky . . .

Vanquishing the green balloon.




In the middle of free hour, it got a little crowded
on the main walkway . . .










The theme: Pirates. Ergo: Parrots.

From my office, as the event wound down . . .

No, our work in Student Life is not always glamorous,
but we do it together, and . . . 

sometimes we end up making new
friends. That's Virginia Byrne
on the right.

--David Hoffman

Co-Create UMBC is a blog for and about UMBC, written by David Hoffman and Craig Berger from the Office of Student Life. Join the Co-Create UMBC group on MyUMBC. Like Co-Create UMBC on Facebook. And follow David and Craig on Twitter.



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The choices were mine to make, or so it seemed to me at the time.  Pick a major.  Decide on a career path.  Figure out where to apply to graduate school, and where to go.  Find a mate for life.  The potential consequences were vast.  And I felt lost. 

How was I supposed to know where to find the door with my name on it, the portal to a satisfying life and the fulfillment of my potential and hopes?  I couldn’t have named an older adult whose path I would willingly have committed to follow, or whose life I would have chosen for my own, at least not forever.  I had no way of knowing, really, what it was like to be a middle-aged lawyer, or manager in a business, or professor.  How could I choose to shackle myself to any plan to become one of them, especially when I didn’t know what I was going to be like years down the line?  I felt like I had far more information when it came to choosing a brand of toothpaste than I did in shaping my trajectory.

And so, whenever I was forced to choose, I made the choice that committed me least, even in small things.  When people asked if I could participate in an event, I said probably, not yes.  In personal relationships, I made no promises.  I elected the path through graduate school with the most potential branches.  I imagined that one day, certainty would descend upon me, and I would know who I really was and what I wanted, and I would gain the power to choose, and to commit.

As my friends began making life commitments all around me, I began to think I was badly broken, or born without some crucial gene.  Sometimes I’d read books or watch movies where the main characters faced life-determining choices, and circumstances conspired to illuminate their paths and set them free, and I’d experience an agonizing lump-in-throat, tears-welling-up sense of futility, because circumstances were not conspiring for me.

Those years of struggle seem distant now, though I treasure their memory, since they are the primary source of whatever wisdom I have.  If you’re like I was, you may have to live through your own years of hedging and doubt, because no words from me could fully awaken you to the reasons you can’t find your real home and your real path.

But here are the words I might send back in time to myself if I could: You are not broken. Your sense of being lost is completely understandable, and it’s OK. The choices you face are not easy ones, regardless of how easily and quickly some people may want you to make them. Your future happiness does not depend on being certain today. But understand this: The real barrier to your making commitments is not a lack of information. It’s not external to you at all, so you won’t overcome it solely by gathering data about your options. The real barrier is that you’ve internalized some deeply problematic notions: that you have a lifelong obligation to fulfill other people’s hopes and expectations for you; that your own instincts and intuitions are not trustworthy; that your real life has not started yet; and that making commitments necessarily means giving up the possibility of continuing to grow into some better, happier, more complete version of yourself. Give yourself permission to live, see yourself as fully alive, trust yourself, indulge yourself, know yourself, and promise yourself that you will always be open to self-discovery. None of these things will fully dispel the pain and ambiguity. But they will help you make a start.

Here are a couple of stories from my own process of making life choices: one professional, one personal.

--David Hoffman

Co-Create UMBC is a blog for and about UMBC, written by David Hoffman and Craig Berger from the Office of Student Life. Join the Co-Create UMBC group on MyUMBC. Like Co-Create UMBC on Facebook. And follow David and Craig on Twitter.

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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: Valerie Parks

Hometown: Millers MD

Q: How long have you been at UMBC?

A: This is my second year here. 

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

A: Right now I'm working as a Senator in SGA.

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

A: I work to encourage civic engagement and vibrant student life. 

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

A: I think that feeling of collaboration when I'm working with other students to accomplish a task is what I enjoy the most. When I can see the results of a combined effort it just reminds me how much more we can accomplish together than we could alone, and its a comforting feeling to know that I have other people in SGA who are always willing to help out.

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

A:  Perhaps the most memorable thing I've learned is to be as open as possible to new ideas. More so now than ever in my life I am encountering a variety of different viewpoints and opinions, and I think being at UMBC has taught me to try to understand those different principles, and even embrace some as my own.

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

A: Star Wars.

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 love finding a quiet nook among the serials on the second floor of the library. Perhaps I'm a bit nerdy but the relative silence and the smell of old books makes me quite happy and at ease.

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


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 --David Hoffman

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PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP is dedicated to increasing the numbers and diversity of Ph.D.s in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math fields. PROMISE also provides a strong support system for underrepresented students of all fields, and for all graduate students. Come out for dinner and connections.

We have continually heard many of the same questions:

The answer for each of the questions above is yes … we have graduate students from these diverse backgrounds and you can meet or re-connect with them at the PROMISE Opening Meeting!

This connection meeting will allow you to meet other students, staff, postdocs, and faculty members who also have similar experiences. Did you know that some of our faculty and staff are also from HBCUs, MSIs (Minority-Serving Institutions) or South America, or had the same kinds of experiences that you may be having now? Come out and meet them! We have faculty, postdocs, staff, and graduate students from Colombia, Panama, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Spain, etc. We have members in our community who went to either undergrad or grad school or taught at Howard, FAMU, NC A&T, and more! We have people who have been active in the National Society of Black Engineers, Society for the Advancement of Chicano and Native American Scientists, the Compact for Faculty Diversity (includes social sciences and education programs), and other organizations that serve the needs of populations that are underrepresented in a variety of disciplines! Come on out and meet peers and mentors!

Dinner will be served. Please feel free to bring your family members, including children. If you are bringing family members, please let us know how many in the comments below. Children of our students always love it when we have programs in the game room!

RSVP today! 
Students from UMBC should RSVP on http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/13055.  Students from other schools may RSVP by writing a comment below this post.  (Please RSVP so that we can order the right amount of food. We serve a full hot dinner at the PROMISE Opening Meeting.)
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PROMISE: Maryland’s AGEP is dedicated to increasing the numbers and diversity of Ph.D.s in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math fields. PROMISE also provides a strong support system for underrepresented students of all fields, and for all graduate students. Come out for dinner and connections.

We have continually heard many of the same questions:

The answer for each of the questions above is yes … we have graduate students from these diverse backgrounds and you can meet or re-connect with them at the PROMISE Opening Meeting!

This connection meeting will allow you to meet other students, staff, postdocs, and faculty members who also have similar experiences. Did you know that some of our faculty and staff are also from HBCUs, MSIs (Minority-Serving Institutions) or South America, or had the same kinds of experiences that you may be having now? Come out and meet them! We have faculty, postdocs, staff, and graduate students from Colombia, Panama, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Spain, etc. We have members in our community who went to either undergrad or grad school or taught at Howard, FAMU, NC A&T, and more! We have people who have been active in the National Society of Black Engineers, Society for the Advancement of Chicano and Native American Scientists, the Compact for Faculty Diversity (includes social sciences and education programs), and other organizations that serve the needs of populations that are underrepresented in a variety of disciplines! Come on out and meet peers and mentors!

Dinner will be served. Please feel free to bring your family members, including children. If you are bringing family members, please let us know how many in the comments below. Children of our students always love it when we have programs in the game room!

RSVP today! 
Students from UMBC should RSVP on http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/13055.  Students from other schools may RSVP by writing a comment below this post.  (Please RSVP so that we can order the right amount of food. We serve a full hot dinner at the PROMISE Opening Meeting.)
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Dr. LaTese Briggs invites all to a special opportunity to meet world-renowned scientists on Sept. 9, 2012. Dr. Briggs is a former PROMISE Peer Mentor (Biochemistry/Structural Biology, UMBC), Meyerhoff Biomedical Graduate Fellow, and Gates Fellow. After she finished the PhD at UMBC, Dr. Briggs was a postdoctoral fellow at the Broad Institute for Genomics which is a collaborative between MIT and Harvard, followed by a stint as an Analyst at Decision Solutions in the Boston area. Dr. Briggs is now a Program Analyst with Faster Cures, a Washington DC Think Tank that serves as the Milken Institute’s “Center for Accelerating Medical Solutions.”

A Message from Dr. Briggs: 

I am personally inviting all of my PROMISE family to the Sunday program of the official CELEBRATION OF SCIENCE hosted by FasterCures. I hope that you will join me on Sunday September 9th to marvel at the amazing speaker panel that we have lined up, including Dr. James Watson – Mr. DNA himself! Don’t miss out on an opportunity of a lifetime! 
To register, please email smayberry@fastercures.org with your name, affiliation, and email address.
http://www.celebrationofscience.org/
You are invited to join more than 1,000 leaders on Sunday, September 9 from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. for a series of compelling short panels and talks at the George Washington University Marvin Center. Topics of these panels will include:
  • Basic, translational and clinical research
  • Maximizing the economic and societal return on investments in bioscience
  • The fate of American research universities
  • Bolstering our science and technology education programs
  • Addressing major diseases like cancer, AIDS and Alzheimer’s
  • Drug development
  • The contributions of life science to areas like energy, clean water, agriculture, and protection from pandemics and bioterrorism
Experts in health, science, education, the economy; policy makers; business leaders; Presidential advisors, and Nobel Laureates are among the panelists participating in a dynamic discussion about ensuring science remain a top national priority.
 
To register, please email smayberry@fastercures.org with your name, affiliation, and email address.
Speakers include:
·         Deborah Brooks, Co-founder and Executive Vice Chairman, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
·         Jean-Lou Chameau, President, California Institute of Technology
·         Peter Chiarelli, CEO, One Mind for Research; General (ret.), U.S. Army
·         Steven Chu, Nobel Laureate; United States Secretary of Energy
·         Alan Krueger, Chairman, White House Council of Economic Advisers
·         Eric Lander, President, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
·         Subra Suresh, Director, National Science Foundation
·         James Watson, Nobel Laureate; Chancellor Emeritus, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

For more information about the Celebration of Science program, please visit www.celebrationofscience.org.

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Dr. LaTese Briggs invites all to a special opportunity to meet world-renowned scientists on Sept. 9, 2012. Dr. Briggs is a former PROMISE Peer Mentor (Biochemistry/Structural Biology, UMBC), Meyerhoff Biomedical Graduate Fellow, and Gates Fellow. After she finished the PhD at UMBC, Dr. Briggs was a postdoctoral fellow at the Broad Institute for Genomics which is a collaborative between MIT and Harvard, followed by a stint as an Analyst at Decision Solutions in the Boston area. Dr. Briggs is now a Program Analyst with Faster Cures, a Washington DC Think Tank that serves as the Milken Institute’s “Center for Accelerating Medical Solutions.”

A Message from Dr. Briggs: 

I am personally inviting all of my PROMISE family to the Sunday program of the official CELEBRATION OF SCIENCE hosted by FasterCures. I hope that you will join me on Sunday September 9th to marvel at the amazing speaker panel that we have lined up, including Dr. James Watson – Mr. DNA himself! Don’t miss out on an opportunity of a lifetime! 
To register, please email smayberry@fastercures.org with your name, affiliation, and email address.
http://www.celebrationofscience.org/
You are invited to join more than 1,000 leaders on Sunday, September 9 from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. for a series of compelling short panels and talks at the George Washington University Marvin Center. Topics of these panels will include:
  • Basic, translational and clinical research
  • Maximizing the economic and societal return on investments in bioscience
  • The fate of American research universities
  • Bolstering our science and technology education programs
  • Addressing major diseases like cancer, AIDS and Alzheimer’s
  • Drug development
  • The contributions of life science to areas like energy, clean water, agriculture, and protection from pandemics and bioterrorism
Experts in health, science, education, the economy; policy makers; business leaders; Presidential advisors, and Nobel Laureates are among the panelists participating in a dynamic discussion about ensuring science remain a top national priority.
 
To register, please email smayberry@fastercures.org with your name, affiliation, and email address.
Speakers include:
·         Deborah Brooks, Co-founder and Executive Vice Chairman, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
·         Jean-Lou Chameau, President, California Institute of Technology
·         Peter Chiarelli, CEO, One Mind for Research; General (ret.), U.S. Army
·         Steven Chu, Nobel Laureate; United States Secretary of Energy
·         Alan Krueger, Chairman, White House Council of Economic Advisers
·         Eric Lander, President, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
·         Subra Suresh, Director, National Science Foundation
·         James Watson, Nobel Laureate; Chancellor Emeritus, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

For more information about the Celebration of Science program, please visit www.celebrationofscience.org.

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@ArtsAtUMBC
@cadvc_UMBC (UMBC Center for Art, Design & Visual Culture)
@Cleftomaniacs (UMBC Cleftomaniacs a capella group)
@CoCreateUMBC (you really should follow this one, because it’s informative, inspiring, witty … and oh, yeah, it’s me: David Hoffman, UMBC Office of Student Life)
@commonvisionx (UMBC Commonvision print, copy, design & marketing center)
@CraigBerger (Craig Berger, UMBC Office of Student Life)
@RetrieverWeekly (The Retriever Weekly, UMBC’s student newspaper)
@UMBC
@UMBCAlumni (UMBC Alumni Association)
@UMBCAthletics (UMBC Athletics Department)
@UMBCBookstore
@UMBC_BSU (UMBC Black Student Union)
@UMBCCampusLife (Sara Leidner, UMBC Office of Student Life)
@UMBCClubSports
@UMBCDining
@UMBCeats (UMBC Eats food blog)
@UMBCEvents (Jackie Aliotta, UMBC Events)
@UMBCfasa (UMBC Filipino-American Student Association)
@UMBCGSA (UMBC Graduate Student Association)
@UMBCGreek
@UMBCHillel
@UMBCHonors (UMBC Honors College)
@UMBCHumanities
@UMBCLibrary
@UMBCLove
@UMBCMamasBoys (UMBC Mama’s Boys a capella group)
@UMBC_OFAS (UMBC Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships)
@UMBCPolice
@UMBCRecycles
@UMBCResLife (UMBC Residential Life)
@UMBC_RSA (UMBC Resident Student Association)
@UMBCseb (UMBC Student Events Board)
@UMBCServes (UMBCServes, sharing service opportunities at UMBC)
@UMBCSGA (UMBC Student Government Association)
@UMBCShriverCtr (The Shriver Center)
@UMBCSocSci (UMBC Social Sciences)
@UMBCStilettos (UMBC Stilettos a capella group)
@WeLeadUMBC (Virginia Byrne, UMBC Office of Student Life)
@WomenCenterUMBC (UMBC Women’s Center)
@YourOwnUMBC
@YumShoppe (UMBC snack shop in The Commons)

Beyond following these accounts, check out and use the #UMBC hashtag. Also, use #digUMBC to share your reflections, opinions and information about making a difference on campus and beyond.

--David Hoffman

 Co-Create UMBC is a blog for and about UMBC, written by David Hoffman and Craig Berger from the Office of Student Life. Join the Co-Create UMBC group on MyUMBC. Like Co-Create UMBC on Facebook. And follow David and Craig on Twitter.

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