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<Title>Retriever Day!</Title>
<Tagline>Student Service Members &amp; Veterans at Retriever Day!</Tagline>
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    <p><span>Members of the UMBC SSMVF greeted prospective students and
    future Retrievers at the Retriever Day event at the RAC. We talked with quite a
    few high school students interested in both UMBC and the role of SSMVF on
    campus. We also talked with several parents with military ties who are looking
    forward to their kids using GI Bill benefits to help pay for college, and we
    met two Veterans who plan to pursue their degrees now that they are separated
    from military service. I think at least one was motivated enough by our
    presence that UMBC was now a more likely selection among prospective colleges. Since UMBC has no significant outreach to the vast prospective military service member and Veteran population in the Mid-Atlantic region, we were happy to help out.<br></span></p>
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<Title>Represent!</Title>
<Tagline>Student Service Members &amp; Veterans at Involvement Fest</Tagline>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="136382" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/veterans/posts/136382">
<Title>Quick Recap from our September Meeting</Title>
<Tagline>Past, Present, Future!</Tagline>
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    <p><span>Greetings All!</span></p>
    
    <p><span>I know many of you were unable to attend our Sep 27 meeting
    on campus, so here is a brief recap. We had a full room, tasty lunch, and many
    new faces- thanks to everyone who could attend! Each week we meet new service
    members and Veterans who haven't yet joined UMBC SSMVF or who are unable to
    make it to events, and we appreciate the time, effort, and support from
    everyone. A big thanks to Alex Getachew and our OCSS supporters for their partnership,
    and we welcomed Mr. Dennis Walker, Jr., UMBC’s new Assistant Director for
    Adult-Learners and Veteran Student (student service member) Success. We know
    Dennis will be a great addition to UMBC, and we look forward to working as
    partners to improve the UMBC experience for service members and their families.</span></p>
    
    <p><span>After introductions, we reviewed our progress over the last
    18 months, from the dissolution of the previous student Veteran group, to our
    formation of a new organization for student military service members, Veterans,
    and their families. We discussed our meetings with various leaders of UMBC and University
    of Maryland system, discussed problems and concerns, and laid out a vision for
    what we’d like to achieve over the next 18 months. We also discussed future fun
    events. Watch for a brief survey- we hope you’ll add your input, suggestions,
    and ideas.</span></p>
    
    <p><span>On behalf of SSMVF, thanks again for your time &amp;
    support!</span></p>
    
    <p><span>-S.</span></p>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="135783" important="true" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/veterans/posts/135783">
<Title>Room Change for Tomorrow</Title>
<Tagline>Get free lunch and meet our new advisor!</Tagline>
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    <div>The room for tomorrow's meeting has changed to Commons 318. We look forward to seeing you from noon to one. If you are going to be late that's fine too. Lunches will be provided!<br><br>Please RSVP here if you haven't already: <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/ocss/events/122012" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/ocss/events/122012</a>
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<Title>DoIT's Technology Support Center Hiring for the Fall</Title>
<Tagline>Are you looking for a part-time job? Come work for us!</Tagline>
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    <h3>TSC Student Consultant Job Description</h3>
    <p>Technology Support Center (TSC) student consultants are the first points of technical contact for the UMBC community and those who do well often go on to work in other areas of the Division of Information Technology (DoIT). Minimally, consultants are expected to provide initial triage and support for a wide range of information technologies including accounts, hardware, instructional technologies, networking, software, telecommunications, and basic web development.</p>
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    <h4>Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:</h4>
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    <li>Provide technical assistance to users by phone, online and in person;</li>
    <li>Answer TSC phones in a professional and courteous manner;</li>
    <li>Create, update and resolve tickets in the Request Tracker (RT) ticketing system;</li>
    <li>Create, update, suggest and recommend relevant FAQ articles to users (<a href="http://www.umbc.edu/faq">www.umbc.edu/faq</a>);</li>
    <li>Provide direct assistance to users on technical issues they cannot easily resolve on their own;</li>
    <li>Respond to all work-related communications in a timely manner;</li>
    <li>Escalate urgent problems to the Full-Time staff, as appropriate.</li>
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    <li>Demonstrated writing ability.</li>
    <li>Demonstrated ability to achieve successful outcomes in handling difficult situations and customers.</li>
    <li>Demonstrated analytical and troubleshooting skills.</li>
    <li>Ability &amp; willingness to learn coupled with a clear understanding of one’s technical abilities, so as to triage and escalate an issue that leads to an effective solution for the user.</li>
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<Title>Join Us! Lunch on Wed 9/27, The Commons building, Room 327.</Title>
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    <div>Greetings All,</div>
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     us on Wednesday, Sept 27, from 12 to 1:00, to eat lunch, meet one 
    another, review the past 12 months, and discuss ideas, plans, and 
    concerns for the next 12 months. This is an open invite to all students 
    in support of our Veterans, service members, family members, and 
    students using GI Bill benefits. This is a great chance to meet others 
    with similar concerns, hear about the progress we have made, and share 
    your hopes for the future. <br>
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    <div>What: Open meeting for Veterans, student service members, their family members (and our supporters and helpers).</div>
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    <div>When: 
    Sept 27, from Noon to 1:00 (free hour). Yes, we will finish early in case you have a 1:00 class.</div>
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    <div>Where: The Commons building, room 327.</div>
    <div><br></div>Free lunch? Not this time, but soon.</div>
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    <div>Most user-facing services were back up within a few minutes but the infrastructure groups were working through several issues and validating or correcting the state of systems for the next several hours. As of 2:00am we believe almost everything is back online and fully operational. </div>
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    <div>One of our central research computing systems, the Ada GPU cluster is only partially online and we will be working to bring it fully back online later this morning. </div>
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    <div>If you do experience any issues with IT services in the morning, please put in a ticket through <a href="https://rt.umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://rt.umbc.edu</a>or call 410-455-3838 and we will quickly address any lingering problems from the storms or outage. </div>
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    <div>We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the outages, and as always, if you have any further questions or would like additional information, please feel free to reach out to me directly. </div>
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    <div>Damian Doyle</div>
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    <div>Thank you all for taking the time to stop by our table today. It was so wonderful to meet you all and hear your stories! Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns about GI Bill usage, VA claims, amenities/support on campus, etc. </div>
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    <div>Everyone may have noticed a 30 second blip in service as all of the connections automatically failed over. </div>
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    <div>I wanted to thank the network team for their work having built such a resilient network over the years as well as their work throughout the day yesterday identifying the cause of the issue, pinpointing the exact location of the damage and working with crews to expedite the repairs. Our fiber was repaired around 1am and everything was switched back to our primary links. </div>
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    <div>If anyone has questions about the outage, the campus internet connections, or anything else related to this, please don't hesitate to contact me.  </div>
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