Here’s a tutorial on layer blending and creating textures. There’s so much you can do with blending modes, and this is a basic tutorial of how to utilize those features. Did you find this helpful? or did you already know about layer blending?

SGA Senate Meeting

March 7, 2011

This week’s meeting started off with an introduction to a new member of the SGA Senate, Chatura Nagaradona. Chatura’s position as a senate member was confirmed officially at today’s meeting. Following the introduction of Chatura, the Senate members voted for an increase allocation in the Student Organizations Fund. This will allow the Finance Board to maintain their position of providing funds for multiple Student Organizations’ events.

The next topic of discussion during this meeting was the funding by SGA for the Retriever Learning Center. For those of you who are not aware of what exactly this is, the Retriever Learning Center will be a new 24/7 study area in the library for UMBC students to utilize throughout the year. The Senate is currently working towards deciding the commitment SGA will make to support the Retriever Learning Center. Following the RLC discussion, an introduction and confirmation was made for the new Director and Assistant Director of Department of Service, Voluntarism and Awareness. Yasmin and Liz are currently working on an assortment of projects through this organization. They have many ideas and plans for the remainder of the semester.

Next, the Senate discussed this past week’s outreach hour topic. The topic of this past week was the idea of the removal of free hour. After much feedback from a variety of UMBC students, there was a general consensus that students opposed the idea of eliminating free hour. Students stated that free hour was the time for their organizations to meet collectively, for them to eat their lunch, and to meet up with friends. Commuters find that free hour is beneficial to their schedule, in order to get a break while being on campus all day. The next outreach hour, members of SGA plan to discuss registration and advising with students. Do you have any ideas on how to improve advising? Do you have any specific questions concerning registration?  Come out and talk with members of SGA during outreach hours to get your answers! Stay tuned for updates from next week’s senate meeting!

You can make your own magnet set today! Come to Mainstreet from 12-1!

There is still a chance for you to particpate on our Mosaic Art Wall located on Commons Mainstreet.  Part Three will be up through tomorrow for you to respond to "Who is UMBC?" as it relates to UMBC diversity.  Please tack your response to the board before the end of the week.

After each state of the project has been completed, we will compile a mosaic of what diversity means to UMBC by UMBC.

See the attached flyer for more information.