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<Title>Apply to be a Woolie!</Title>
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    <p><span>Welcome Week:</span> a week and a half long series of social and educational events designed to help new students meet other students and learn about opportunities in and out of the classroom</p>
    <p><span>Welcome Week Leaders (Woolies)</span> will develop relationships and encourage a group of 25-35 new students to engage with Welcome Week events while also helping with the logistics of Welcome Week</p>
    <p><span>*Welcome Week 2020 is August 22-September 2, with the main Woolie responsibilities occurring August 22-26*</span></p>
    <p>Interested? Find more <a href="null" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">information here</a>, and follow this <a href="https://forms.gle/hnuXgwALcxz5dePs8" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">link to apply</a>!</p>
    <p>Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. Qualified candidates will be invited to a video interview.</p>
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<Title>EXTENDED: Apply to be a Woolie or IHU/TRS Peer Facilitator!</Title>
<Tagline>Support students new to UMBC as they transition to campus!</Tagline>
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    <span><strong>DEADLINE EXTENDED: </strong></span><br><br>We will now be accepting applications for IHU/TRS Peer Facilitators and Welcome Week Leaders (Woolies) until<br><strong>Thursday, April 9th at 11:59 PM<br><br><span><a href="https://forms.gle/RXLVcuYhaTb3ZMis6" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">APPLY NOW!!</a></span></strong><br> </div>
    <div>Members of the New Student Success Team serve as UMBC representatives to incoming students during Welcome Week and throughout the academic year in first-year courses. In each of these roles students not only enhance their own leadership skills, but make a difference in the lives of new students.</div> <div>Visit the<strong> New Student Success Team <a href="https://sites.google.com/umbc.edu/peer-facilitators-woolies-2019/home" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">WEBSITE</a> </strong>to learn more!</div> <div>
    <span><strong>NEW Application Deadline: Thursday, April 9th, 2020 at 11:59 PM</strong></span><br> </div>
    <div>Questions?? Email <a href="mailto:successteam@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">successteam@umbc.edu</a>!<br> </div>
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    <div><u><strong>IHU/TRS Peer Facilitators</strong></u></div>
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    <div>Introduction to an Honors University (IHU) seminars and Transfer (TRS) seminars are semester-long courses designed to help new students transition to UMBC, develop academic success skills, and learn about campus resources. <br> </div>
    <div>Students serving as Peer Facilitators for these courses will co-teach with a staff instructor on a weekly basis during the fall and/or spring semesters, essentially serving as a TA for these courses.<br> </div>
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    <div>Welcome Week is a week and a half long series of social and educational events designed to help new students get connected and learn about opportunities to get involved both in and out of the classroom.<br><br>Welcome Week Leaders (also known as Woolies) will work with groups of 25-35 new students to engage in Welcome Week events while also helping to coordinate the logistics of hosting Welcome Week.</div>
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