Seeking Teaching Artists to facilitate creative classes in music, movement, and theater games. A minimum of two teachers per team collaborate to instruct and engage students of all ages in interdisciplinary creativity and connection. Our core community values are gratitude, patience, safety, and teamwork.

Spring and Summer Classes Available

• Pay: $20 - $60 per class
• Part-Time, Independent Contractor

ABOUT DANCE & BMORE PROGRAMS:

The Creative Achievement and Research Administration Team (CARAT) invites you to our inaugural Open House to meet our team and celebrate research and creative achievement in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Connect with faculty -- active and future PIs are welcome -- and those who support this work in CAHSS and beyond. 

The Open House will take place on Wednesday, March 13, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Please stop by the Public Policy Building, 4th floor, Room 438for hors d'oeuvres and desserts. Dean Moffitt will provide welcome remarks at 3:00pm.

RSVP at https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/carat/events/125882 by March 11.

Please bring a guest from your department that may be interested in research and creative achievement. We look forward to seeing you on March 13! 

For 2024, M.O.S.T. is seeking proposals for two grant programs. Learn more below. 
 

Faculty OER Grant Program
The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) initiative is seeking proposals for its Faculty OER Grant Program, which supports faculty efforts to increase access, affordability, and achievement for students at Marylands postsecondary institutions through the incorporation of open educational resources (OER) into teaching practice.

Available grants in 2024:

• Adopt/Adapt OER ($1,000 grant + Participation in the Lumen Circles Community of Practice)
• Create/Revise and Publish OER ($2,000 grant + Participation in the Rebus Textbook Success Program)
• OLI STEM Courseware Grant - Use & Evaluate Track ($1,500 grant + Participation in the NSF-Funded Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative (OLI) STEM Courseware Project) NOTE: Available for 2-year colleges only
• OLI STEM Courseware Grant - Use & Improve Track ($5,000 grant + Participation in the NSF-Funded Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative (OLI) STEM Courseware Project) NOTE: Available for 2-year colleges only

Institutional OER Grant Program
The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) initiative is seeking proposals for the Institutional OER Grant Program, which supports strategic institutional efforts to increase access, affordability, and achievement for students at Marylands postsecondary institutions through more systemic incorporation of open educational resources (OER) into teaching practice.

For 2024, selected institutions will be awarded $20,000 grants to support significant advances in OER adoption, scaling, and sustainability in support of student success. In addition, grantees will receive strategic planning and implementation support for their projects from M.O.S.T. in the form of consultations and regular monthly check-ins.

****Note: All institutional grants and faculty grants awarded to UMBC must be routed to the Office of Sponsored Programs prior to submission. Contact your unit's business manager or proposal development staff to discuss your application.

CAHSS faculty can request assistance from CARAT (Creative Achievement and Research Administration Team): https://carat.umbc.edu/request-assistance/ 

Deadline Extended! 
All proposals must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, March 8, 2024
 

Informational Webinar
An informational webinar about the 2023 M.O.S.T. OER Grant Opportunity was held on Monday, January 22, 2024.  Watch the Recording
 

Please feel free to share this information with interested faculty and staff. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at most@usmd.edu 

Thank you for your support in increasing access, affordability, and achievement for all Maryland higher education students through open educational resources (OER).
 

• Opening Date: February 6, 2024
• Closing Date: March 15, 2024
• Availability: U.S. Citizens Only
• Duration: 10 weeks

• Opening Date: February 6, 2024
• Closing Date: March 15, 2024
• Availability: U.S. Citizens Only
• Duration: 10 weeks

We had a glimpse of spring earlier this week, but winter is back this morning. In Japan, plum blossoms are out in full force! These bright pink flowers - an earlier cousin of the more famous sakura - are a tantalizing hint that the warmer weather is on the way. Closer to home, take a look at some of the springtime deadlines and opportunities for Asian Studies students:

URCAD Deadline - Friday, March 1

Have you been working on a big research project? Do you want to share your discoveries and insights with a wide audience? Apply to present at URCAD, UMBC's Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievements Day! 

You can apply here; if you worked with a particular faculty member for your research, let them know that you're applying! 

URCAD will take place on Wednesday, April 10, this year. 

Summer 2024 Registration Begins Friday, March 1

Are you thinking about a summer class this year? Registration for Summer 2024 begins tomorrow, Friday, March 1! Review information about the session at the Summer Session website - or browse the available courses here! 

Of particular interest for Asian Studies students, the following courses are available this summer: 

- ASIA 100 (six weeks, Session I)
- HIST 103 East-Asian Civilization (four weeks, Session II)
- HIST 381 From Samurai to Salariman: Japanese History Through Film and Literature (four weeks, Session I)
- JPNS 102 Elementary Japanese II (six weeks, Session II)

Upcoming Dates and Deadlines

March 1 - URCAD application deadline
March 1 - Summer 2024 Registration Begins
March 16-24 - Spring Break; no classes

[thumbnail image: vibrant pink plum blossoms on a tree on the grounds of Nara's Himuro Shrine in February 2020]