Exodus 33:7-11

The Tent of Meeting

7 Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the “tent of meeting.” Anyone inquiring of the Lord would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp. 8 And whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose and stood at the entrances to their tents, watching Moses until he entered the tent. 9 As Moses went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance, while the Lord spoke with Moses. 10 Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and worshiped, each at the entrance to their tent. 11 The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.

Reflection:

Again, this is another very significant moment when Moses is meeting God at the tent of meeting. When the cloud of God comes and settles on the tent, and all Israel is watching, there is Joshua, already inside! And when Moses is finished, Joshua remains in the tent! We can only speculate what he was doing…Praying? Perhaps furiously taking notes about everything that has transpired? Soaking it in? Whatever the possibility, he was becoming more familiar with God’s presence.

Response:

Let’s ask the Lord that we will become more familiar with His presence. May we grow in being close to the Lord, soaking in His presence, and walking in His Spirit.

The Alternate Delivery Program (ADP), sponsored by the Office of the Provost, and the Office of Summer , Winter and Special Programs, provides funding to faculty redesigning a course for hybrid delivery. Instructional design and technology support are also provided by the Faculty Development Center (FDC) and Division of Information Technology (DoIT). Faculty need to complete a series of requirements including developing and presenting two online course exercises. The WT 2012 ADP cohort will begin in mid-September. Interested faculty should read through the requirements and self enroll in the Hybrid Course Design Workshop Bb Organization by September 9. For more information contact Karin Readel at readel@umbc.edu.

At approximately 1:51 p.m. a 5.9 magnitude earthquake occurred that was centered in Mineral Virginia (near Richmond). The earthquake was felt up and down the entire east coast to include the UMBC campus. UMBC Police sent out a text alert at 1:56 p.m. advising people on campus to evacuate all buildings. The police checked critical infrastructures on campus to assess any damage and monitored the situation. It was determined at approximately 2:10 p.m. it was safe to reenter campus buildings. This decision coincided with the Federal Government’s decision to reopen the Pentagon and other Federal buildings. UMBC Police also conferred with the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) who advised they had no reports of any structural damage to buildings within Baltimore County.

Please take care and exercise caution when opening cabinets that might house volatile or heavy materials due to shifting during the earthquake. Please refer to the FEMA webpage at http://www.fema.gov/hazard/earthquake/eq_during.shtm for tips on what to do during an earthquake.

Robert Deluty, associate dean of the graduate school, has published a new book of poetry, “Between Nothing and All.”
In his review, Richard Berlin writes, “The French poet and critic Stephane Mallarme said that poetry purifies the language of the tribe and puts it on display. Robert Deluty’s poems take this idea a step further by purifying our vision of ourselves: our behavior, our love and our humanity. He has achieved full mastery of his poetic form, and uses his skill to make us laugh out loud and to make us cry over our heartbreaks. ‘Between Nothing and All’ is another volume of Deluty’s poetry to cherish.”

Copies of “Between Nothing and All,” as well as of Deluty’s other books, are on sale at the UMBC Bookstore.

In 2002, Suzanne Ostrand-Rosenberg, professor of biology, found hundreds of WWII-era family letters in her parents’ home. She contacted Rebecca Boehling, professor of history and director of the Dresher Center for the Humanities, and the result is was a collective biography about a German Jewish family in Nazi Germany.

Co-authored with Uta Larkey, of Coucher College, Life and Loss in the Shadow of the Holocaust reveals the family’s struggle over whether to go or to stay while confronting ever increasing obstacles to emigration and immigration. The book documents family members’ hopes and fears as they are scattered over three continents, forced to contend with wartime postal delays and the deafening silence of loved ones left behind.

Boehling will read from and sign copies of Life and Loss on Wednesday, September 14, at 4 p.m. on the seventh floor of the Albin O. Kuhn Library.

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