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<Title>"Making Database Connections", Oracle Magazine, May/June 2008, Technology</Title>
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<Title>"The Power of Two", Oracle Magazine, May/June 2008, Technology</Title>
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<Title>"Wrap It Up", Oracle Magazine, May/June 2008, Customer Feature</Title>
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<Title>"It Takes All Types", Oracle Magazine, May/June 2008, Developer</Title>
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<Title>"Energizing the Efficient Enterprise", Oracle Magazine, May/June 2008, Customer Feature</Title>
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<Title>"Back Up and Recover", Oracle Magazine, May/June 2008, Technology</Title>
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<Title>Becoming Agents of Change</Title>
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    <p>The first graduating class of Gender and Women’s Studies majors has   gained critical skills and leadership experience essential to the 21st century.</p>
    <p>“Our program helps prepare students – both men and women – for   a world that has to understand gender in all of its strengths and complexities,” said <strong>Anne   Brodsky</strong>, director of Gender and Women’s Studies and associate   professor of psychology. “In addition, our classes stress that gender   is just one important identity and that ethnicity, race, class, sexual orientation   and disability are all critical elements as well.”</p>
    <p>The Gender and Women’s Studies program is interdisciplinary, with affiliate   faculty and staff from across the University, and emphasizes skills in critical   thinking and writing. In addition to their academic endeavors, students get   involved in a vast range of activities such as Women Involved in Leadership   and Learning, the Student Government Association, the Women’s Center,   Freedom Alliance and the Women’s Collective, among others. Students also   participate in internships with a variety of organizations, such as the International   Rescue Committee, and have an opportunity to study abroad to explore issues   of gender and culture throughout the world.</p>
    <p>Formerly known as women’s studies, the program also offers a minor,   as well as undergraduate and post-baccalaureate certificates. “Gender   and women’s studies has been a popular program at UMBC for 25 years,” said   Brodsky. “We have students who have gone on to a variety of fields, including   law, health, social service, public policy, activism and media.” </p>
    <p><strong>Jodi Kelber-Kaye</strong>, Gender and Women’s Studies faculty   member and director of WILL, said, “The students in our first class have   been committed to the program throughout their time at UMBC — some even delayed   graduating so that they could obtain the major. They are intelligent and articulate   on issues of structure and equality, and I know they will continue to be leaders   in the field.” </p>
    <p>All of the students in the first Gender and Women’s Studies cohort are   interested in pursuing graduate degrees now or in the future. <strong>Nardos   Bellete</strong>, for example, will attend Loyola College of Maryland’s   Master’s in Clinical Counseling program. <strong>Erin Fox</strong> will   continue to work in the legal advocacy department at the Domestic Violence   Center of Howard County, while <strong>Tavia Wright</strong> is an assistant   and project manager in the honors program at the Community College of Baltimore   County. <strong>Kate Furek</strong> and <strong>Martine Richards</strong> hope   to obtain positions with non-profit organizations.</p>
    <p>Bellette said, “The Gender and Women’s Studies program taught me to   know and analyze the world around me and its inequalities, know those inequalities   are changeable and find ways to make things better. The faculty see promise   in students and turn them into agents of change, and this is what I hope to   be as a therapist to individuals in need.”</p>
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    <p>    © 2007-08 University of Maryland, Baltimore County � 1000 Hilltop  Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250 � 410-455-1000 � </p>
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    <h2>First Class Graduates from Unique Media and Communication Studies Program </h2>
    <p>As communication becomes increasingly digital, interactive and pervasive,   knowledge of new media technology is essential. The first graduates of the   Media and Communication Studies program have received a strong foundation not   only in new media, but in critical media literacy and intercultural communication. </p>
    <p>“Our program is unique in that it doesn’t just prepare students   for a job in media and communication fields,” said <strong>Jason Loviglio</strong>,   director of Media and Communication Studies and associate professor of American   studies. “The program is grounded in the liberal arts tradition, with   a strong emphasis on written and oral communication skills. Students learn   to critically decode the media, communicate across lines of cultural differences   and be comfortable with using new media technologies.”</p>
    <p>Media and Communication Studies students have taken advantage of opportunities   to gain experience both on and off campus. <strong>David Etzel</strong> is   the co-winner of UMBC’s first-ever ProveIt competition, which provides   up to $50,000 to the student(s) who come up with the best idea to improve campus   life. Etzel’s project, Green Space, will be a public outdoor space next   to the Fine Arts Building where members of the UMBC community can gather, rest   and study. Etzel also was a marketing intern in the Office of Student Life,   and is planning a career in internet communication or television broadcasting. </p>
    <p>Last summer, <strong>Scott Gajewski</strong> was an editorial intern at <em>Smart     CEO</em>, where he gained experience in both administrative and editorial     work for a humanities-focused business magazine. Gajewski also works at Absolute     Quality in Hunt Valley, Maryland, where he tests games for cell phones. He     hopes to continue his career in the video gaming industry.</p>
    <p><strong>Jazzmon Morgan</strong> worked in the Office of Residential Life at   UMBC and completed a marketing and sales internship with University Directories.   She plans a career in public relations and wants to attend graduate school.</p>
    <p><strong>Kacie Smith</strong> interned with the Maryland Film Festival and   is applying to master’s programs in film studies. She received an Undergraduate   Research Award to study  representations of women in Swiss media, and   presented her work at Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day.   Her study was published in the 2008 <em>UMBC Review: Journal of Undergraduate   Research and Creative Works</em>. Smith also is applying for a Fulbright Scholarship   to continue her studies abroad.</p>
    <p>Smith said, “The Media and Communications Studies program has not only   introduced me to theoretical concepts of media, but has provided me with the   opportunity to learn applied skills as well. I also was placed in an internship   with the Maryland Film Festival, which was an extremely fulfilling experience   because I got to witness almost every stage of festival planning.”</p>
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    <p>    © 2007-08 University of Maryland, Baltimore County � 1000 Hilltop  Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250 � 410-455-1000 � </p>
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    <h2>Meyerhoff Scholar Receives Goldwater Scholarship</h2>
    <p><strong><a href="http://www.umbc.edu/meyerhoff" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Meyerhoff Scholar</a> Carla     Valenzuela</strong>, a sophomore with a 4.0 GPA, is one of 321 students receiving     2008 Goldwater Scholarships, considered the most prestigious U.S. award for     undergraduates in mathematics, science and engineering. </p>
    <p> The Goldwater Scholarship program honors outstanding students committed to   pursuing careers as research scientists. The Scholars were selected on the   basis of academic merit from a field of 1,035 students.    </p>
    <p> Valenzuela, a <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/biosci/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">biological sciences</a> major,   hopes to obtain a MD/Ph.D. in neuroscience and conduct research on the potential   of stem cells to serve as therapeutic tools for neurodegenerative disorders.   She became interested in the field as a sophomore in high school, when she   had the opportunity to work in a neuroscience laboratory. </p>
    <p> This summer, Valenzuela will travel to Tokyo, Japan for a research internship   at the Nutrition Metabolism, Metabolic Disorders Department at the Tsukuba   Research Institute, Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. She currently conducts research   in the laboratory of Margaret M. McCarthy at the University Of Maryland School   of Medicine, where she studies the effect of estradiol on glial cell genesis   and function in the development of the hippocampus. She has been a member of   Temple University’s Physician Scientist Training Program since her sophomore   year in high school, which enabled her to participate in internships across   the nation, including Temple University’s Center for Stem Cell Technology,   the National Institutes of Health and Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. this summer.   She also has interned at Wyeth Pharmaceutical Company.</p>
    <p>Valenzuela also is a National Science Foundation S-STEM Scholar and a member   of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society and the National Society for Collegiate   Scholars. </p>
    <p>“I feel so honored to have received the Goldwater Scholarship,” said   Valenzuela. “It really motivates me to continue working hard towards   getting my M.D./Ph.D. in neuroscience and someday becoming a leader in my field.”</p>
    <p>(5/14/08)</p>
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    <p>    © 2007-08 University of Maryland, Baltimore County � 1000 Hilltop  Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250 � 410-455-1000 � </p>
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