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Apply now for INDS scholarships at Scholarship Retriever. The Deadline is May 31, 2024 . 

Bolton Family Scholarship 

This scholarship will be awarded to INDS majors with:

• An approved degree plan involving significant quantitative skills (preference given to students with course concentrations in mathematics or science)
• Special attention will be given to students whose degrees are about innovation or entrepreneurship.

Zainab Damji Memorial Scholarship

 This scholarship will be awarded to INDS majors who has:

• Advanced beyond freshman year, has above a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
• Wishes to pursue a career in some form of education (this could include after school programs, adult learning, citizens science, etc.)
• Who has demonstrated leadership and service to an identified community. 

Pre-Law Students: 

The English Department will host two events relating to law and restorative justice on March 27, 2024, inspired by the career path of 2018 UMBC English Alumna Breia Lassiter. She will return to UMBC to share her experiences with the university community. 

12-1 pm. Library Gallery. "From the Classroom to the Courtroom: 2018 UMBC English Alumna Breia Lassiter Tells Her Story." Breia Lassiter (Juris Doctor, Michigan State University), Associate Attorney in the Employment Law practice group of Dinsmore & Shohl, a law firm in Cincinnati, Ohio, will discuss her personal history from her days as an English major at UMBC, through law school and work as a student clinician at Michigan State University, to taking the bar exam, passing it, and finally now working as an Associate Attorney at a law firm.  This talk will be of interest to all Alumni, and to Pre-Law, English, and other CAHSS majors, in particular, who are considering career paths in public service.  

4-5:30 pm. Library Gallery.  Panel, "Restorative Justice and the Rights of the Incarcerated."

Distinguished speakers will include:

Breia Lassiter, 2018 English Alumna, now working as an Associate Attorney for Dinsmore & Shohl. In her work as a law student clinician, Ms. Lassiter successfully advocated for the rights of an incarcerated man who was not receiving his religious meal accommodations from the prison. For months he could hardly eat anything that was served to him, and she was able to argue on his behalf as a student clinician at Michigan's Sixth Circuit. The court published the opinion ruling in his favor. She will speak on her work in this specific case. 

Walter Lomax, Executive Director, Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative.  Mr. Lomax was unjustly incarcerated in a Baltimore area prison for 39 years for crimes he didn't commit.  Since his exoneration and release in 2007,  he has used his voice to become a powerful, influential advocate for criminal justice reform in MD. He is the founder and leader of the Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative. In 2021, The Walter Lomax Act (Senate Bill 14) was signed into law, overhauling how the state compensates people who are wrongfully convicted, sentenced, and incarcerated for crimes.

Natasha Dartigue (J.D),  Office of the Public Defender, Baltimore, MD. She was just appointed in 2022 as Maryland's Public Defender and served in a related capacity in advocating for the rights of the incarcerated for more than twenty years.  She and her office have been associated with helping exonerate a number of individuals recently. Ms. Dartigue will speak about the work of the Maryland Office of the Public Defender. On March 18, 1963, the United States Supreme Court guaranteed the right to counsel to indigent defendants in criminal cases in the landmark case, Gideon v. Wainwright.  On July 1, 1971, the Maryland Legislature created the Maryland Office of the Public Defender (OPD). OPD opened its doors in 1972 and is an independent state agency. 

All majors are welcome to attend these two in-person events!

Cosponsors: Alumni Association; the following departments: English, GWST, History, Political Science, American Studies, Center for Social Science Scholarship (CS3); and the Dresher Center for the Humanities 

Reminder:  The English Department will host two in-person events relating to law and restorative justice on March 27, 2024, inspired by the career path of 2018 UMBC English Alumna Breia Lassiter. 

12-1 pm. Library Gallery. "From the Classroom to the Courtroom: 2018 UMBC English Alumna Breia Lassiter Tells Her Story." Breia Lassiter (Juris Doctor, Michigan State University), Associate Attorney in the Employment Law practice group of Dinsmore & Shohl, a law firm in Cincinnati, Ohio, will discuss her personal history from her days as an English major at UMBC, through law school and work as a student clinician at Michigan State University, to taking the bar exam, passing it, and finally now working as an Associate Attorney at a law firm.  This talk will be of interest to all Alumni, and to Pre-Law, English, and other CAHSS majors, in particular, who are considering career paths in public service.  

4-5:30 pm. Library Gallery.  Panel, "Restorative Justice and the Rights of the Incarcerated."

Distinguished speakers will include:

Breia Lassiter, 2018 English Alumna, now working as an Associate Attorney for Dinsmore & Shohl. In her work as a law student clinician, Ms. Lassiter successfully advocated for the rights of an incarcerated man who was not receiving his religious meal accommodations from the prison. For months he could hardly eat anything that was served to him, and she was able to argue on his behalf as a student clinician at Michigan's Sixth Circuit. The court published the opinion ruling in his favor. She will speak on her work in this specific case. 

Walter Lomax, Executive Director, Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative.  Mr. Lomax was unjustly incarcerated in a Baltimore area prison for 39 years for crimes he didn't commit.  Since his exoneration and release in 2007,  he has used his voice to become a powerful, influential advocate for criminal justice reform in MD. He is the founder and leader of the Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative. In 2021, The Walter Lomax Act (Senate Bill 14) was signed into law, overhauling how the state compensates people who are wrongfully convicted, sentenced, and incarcerated for crimes.

Natasha Dartigue (J.D),  Office of the Public Defender, Baltimore, MD. She was just appointed in 2022 as Maryland's Public Defender and served in a related capacity in advocating for the rights of the incarcerated for more than twenty years.  She and her office have been associated with helping exonerate a number of individuals recently. Ms. Dartigue will speak about the work of the Maryland Office of the Public Defender. On March 18, 1963, the United States Supreme Court guaranteed the right to counsel to indigent defendants in criminal cases in the landmark case, Gideon v. Wainwright.  On July 1, 1971, the Maryland Legislature created the Maryland Office of the Public Defender (OPD). OPD opened its doors in 1972 and is an independent state agency. 

All majors are welcome to attend these two in-person events!

Cosponsors: Alumni Association; the following departments: English, GWST, History, Political Science, American Studies, Center for Social Science Scholarship (CS3); and the Dresher Center for the Humanities 

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The Baltimore Museum of Art seeks a focused, detail-oriented person to assist the Exhibition Designer in the planning and development of special exhibitions, as well as the rotation and maintenance of permanent collection galleries. Under the guidance of the Exhibition Designer, the Exhibition Design Assistant will develop technical drawings, plans, and mock-ups that will guide the installation of our exhibitions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: