DEADLINE EXTENDED: February 15, 2021
Call for student artwork for SPARK IV: A New World?
UMBC and Towson undergraduate and graduate students with visual art major concentrations are invited to submit artwork for consideration for the fourth installment of the collaborative SPARK exhibition and related programming, SPARK IV: A New World? April 29 through June 26, 2021.
With A New World? as our theme, we seek artworks that are inspired by the events and conditions of 2020 and the associated implications for the future.
Conceptual, representational, experimental, or abstract work responding to this theme in any media will be considered for the exhibition and related video screening(s).
1/26/21: Though this fourth installment of Spark has a theme, ���a new world���, I want to encourage you to consider it broadly. Do you have work that addresses climate change, countercultural philosophy or history, political activism, racial justice, deep listening, or other kinds of observational or meditative practice through art, or other responses to the condition of the last year? Please consider submitting as I will curate the exhibition, and accompanying video screening, according to the currents evident in the work submitted. ���Catherine Borg, SPARK Curator
A limited number of student contributions will hang in the MAP gallery alongside work from Towson and UMBC faculty, while a more expansive presentation of student work will be presented in an online extension of the exhibition (or expansion, as a virtual version of the gallery exhibition, is likely due to Covid restrictions) accessed via the Maryland Art Place website.
Students who apply will also be considered for a SPARK Student Award with a stipend of $50 to $250. There is no cost to submit work for consideration.
MAP gallery space images and floorplan can be viewed here.
How to apply
To be considered for the exhibition please submit on or before February 15, 2021:
an image file or link to images and/or video of up to two existing works for consideration via email to sparkIV.submissions@gmail.com
along with supporting information:
the title, year completed, dimensions, materials ��� and if you think it necessary you can also submit a short description.
Please also note your major concentration and expected graduation year in your email.
DO NOT send image files larger than 3 MB, please and PLEASE NOTE submission of images and videos grants permission to MAP/UMBC/TU to include these in an online exhibition of student work (images will appear with a caption noting the artist���s name, the title of work, etc.)
Send your submission to sparkIV.submissions@gmail.com
If you have any questions, send them to exhibition curator Catherine Borg (cborg@umbc.edu) ]]>Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD) features research, scholarship, and creative work carried out by UMBC undergraduates. Student work is shared through oral presentations, posters, artistic exhibits, performances, and film. Over 300 presenters participate annually. Researchers work with faculty mentors on independent research, or research that is part of the mentor's on-going projects. They are from all disciplines, and can be working on a thesis, capstone project, part of a scholars or honors program, or they can be unaffiliated.This campus-wide celebration of achievement affirms UMBC's commitment to the twin goals of research and a distinctive undergraduate experience.
All current undergraduates who have conducted research, scholarship or creative work in the last year may apply to present their results at URCAD. Mentors, fellow students, friends, family members, high school teachers and students, graduate school recruiters, and the general public are invited to attend.
Last day to change grade method
Last day to drop a course without a W grade
All schedule adjustments after this date must be submitted via help ticket to the Registrar’s Office
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Student Participation (LSAMP) is looking for 1-2 undergraduate student employees who are experienced in web design. The flyer is attached. Please send any questions to the LSAMP email address lsamp@umbc.edu. For best consideration, any interested students should submit their materials to lsamp@umbc.edu by February 22, 2021.
Student Employees in Website Design and Online Outreach
The Office of Academic Opportunity Programs
Position Responsibilities: We are seeking 1 – 2 student employees (10 - 20hrs/week) to come be a part of our team, helping with several initiatives to enhance the recruitment, retention, and advancement of underrepresented undergraduates, graduate students and postdocs at UMBC and across the University System of Maryland. In particular, we seek students that will help redesign and maintain websites for several related programs, including UMBC LSAMP, The USM LSAMP Alliance, LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate, and GEM. In addition, the students will assist with online outreach, designing posts and posting through social media platforms and myUMBC. As needed, the students will provide technological and/or administrative support for events through our programs (virtual or in-person) or complete general administrative tasks.
Qualifications: As website design and support is a major responsibility of these student positions, website design experience is required, and experience with WordPress and UMBC sites specifically is preferred. This position also requires excellent written communication and organizational skills. Finally, the applicant is required to have a genuine commitment to diversity and inclusion in higher education.
Application: Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the positions are filled. For best consideration, please submit the following to lsamp@umbc.edu by February 22, 2021:
1. Cover Letter
o This position requires a genuine commitment to diversity and inclusion in higher education. Please include in your cover letter any past experience and leadership in diversity and inclusion and/or your potential to make contributions in these areas here at UMBC.
2. Current Resume
3. A document with URLs that can serve as examples of your previous work (please indicate your level of responsibility in the creation of each site listed). If you have already provided a list in your resume, you need not submit an additional document.
(note: UMBC’s Career Center offers good advice and examples of both cover letters and resumes).
Last day to change grade method
Last day to drop a course without a W grade
All schedule adjustments after this date must be submitted via help ticket to the Registrar’s Office