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<Title>Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit for Maryland State Employees</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><span><p><span>The Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) encourages you to apply for the </span><span><strong>Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit</strong></span><span>, a program that helps state employees reduce their student loan debt. The application period is now open for the 2025 tax year.</span></p>
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    <p><span>APPLICATION PERIOD</span></p>
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    <li><span><span><strong>Opens:</strong></span><span> July 1, 2025</span></span></li>
    <li><span><span><strong>Closes:</strong></span><span> September 15, 2025</span></span></li>
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    <p><span>Completing the brief application could result in a significant tax credit, helping you pay down your existing student loan balances. Many Maryland state employees have received the credit, and many have received the </span><span>maximum</span><span> credit of $5,000.</span></p>
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    <p><span>ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS</span></p>
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    <li><span><span>Must be a Maryland resident for the 2025 tax year.</span></span></li>
    <li><span><span>Must file Maryland state income taxes for the 2025 tax year.</span></span></li>
    <li><span><span>Must have incurred at least $20,000 in undergraduate and/or graduate student loan debt.</span></span></li>
    <li><span><span>Must have a minimum of $5,000 in outstanding student loan debt at the time of application.</span></span></li>
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    <p><span>Recipients of the tax credit must demonstrate that the entire amount awarded was directly applied to eligible student loan payments.</span></p>
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    <p><span>APPLY NOW!</span></p>
    <p><span>Visit the MHEC website: </span><a href="https://mhec.maryland.gov/preparing/pages/studentloandebtrelieftaxcredit.aspx" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit Application</span></a><span>.</span></p>
    <p><span>​</span><span>Questions? Email: </span><a href="mailto:studentdebttaxcredit.mhec@maryland.gov" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>studentdebttaxcredit.mhec@maryland.gov</span></a></p>
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    <p><span>Don’t miss out on this opportunity to significantly reduce your student loan debt.</span></p>
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<Title>Lockheed Martin is hosting Virtual Interviews this Month</Title>
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    <p>Lockheed Martin is hosting virtual interviews for both intern and 
    full-time positions, specifically for students majoring in Computer 
    Science, Software Engineering, AI/ML and Cyber Security.  </p>
    <p>If you are interested in this interview opportunity, be sure to <a href="https://email.mail.joinhandshake.com/c/eJw8kEtvEzEQgH_N7AUROZ74kYMPhdXyEIeKFnFc-THNuo3txfaC4NejhNDrNzOfNF8wWnunBzJ7JQ78oPDIhsUoraTkAi0enA5CBafwSPJJaEbsie-HxebQFvtCc7KtzZRsPM8xmL1mWig5RMMZF0wz3Gshke3UUQknKDjNjwy9gwO73OyeS8yvsp0vaTibpfe1Ad4Bn4BPz8W1nau2tRrz6bICfHr8kOnXt0_Apwey1S_Ap6UkAj59LIm-x77cV_pSbACc7u2JHn-vBDh-Lm6kbuO5AZerrT1TjQFw5IKhAi5b7HQFgkkJXN5V-gE4yqNUKN59BS7PpQKODLjceppb2aq_mK8ZLh9RvY0ShbglwPEa5wZ9yZ1yBxxvpf5zm1YbTxlw3HKcu60n6hT-hW3DWkvYfJ_d5l-om_e2EtU3nnKnOlRTy9b_2CXDgW3J-R2FbegGGcO3D34p5Tz8NPxvAAAA__9VVp3s" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">apply right away</a>. US Work Authorization is required for positions within this company. These include summer intern positions.</p>
    <p><strong>About the Company</strong></p>
    <p>Lockheed Martin is a leading global aerospace and defense company 
    that plays a major role in developing advanced technologies for 
    security, space exploration, and aviation. Headquartered in Bethesda, 
    Maryland, it designs and builds everything from fighter jets like the 
    F-35 to spacecraft for NASA and missile defense systems. With a strong 
    focus on innovation, the company also invests in areas like artificial 
    intelligence, cybersecurity, and autonomous systems.</p>
    <p><strong>LOCKHEED MARTIN VIRTUAL HIRING EVENT</strong></p>
    <p>Interested in Interviewing with a Company Where the Best are Built?<br>Want to join a team that values sharp thinkers, curious builders, and problem solvers ready to learn and grow?  </p>
    <p>Lockheed Martin will be hosting a virtual interview event August 26, 
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    and internship positions in: Computer Science, Software Engineering, 
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<Title>Looking for permanent accommodation in Downtown Baltimore</Title>
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<Title>Apply to Direct a Showcase Number!</Title>
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    <div>As we approach the start of fall semester, there's still time to apply to be a Showcase director! We’re currently halfway to our goal of ten numbers. <div><br></div>
    <div>As a reminder, this year's theme is Decades. If you need inspiration, we would love to see numbers from the 1920s, 70s, and 80s! <div><br></div>
    <div>Apply by <strong>August 27th</strong> using this form: <a href="https://forms.gle/jx2R6UGCFkUgUn387" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://forms.gle/jx2R6UGCFkUgUn387</a> </div>
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    <div>We look forward to receiving your application!</div>
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    <div>If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to email us at <a href="mailto:umbc.mtc@gmail.com">umbc.mtc@gmail.com</a>.</div>
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    August-September 2025. The intern will collect oral histories and 
    conduct digital community archiving as part of the
     EBHL church history archiving project, as well as interpreting this 
    material for a display at EBHL. Documenting the history of East 
    Baltimore Black churches is pivotal to preserving the legacies of Civil 
    Rights activists, community organizers, business leaders,
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    <strong>Details:</strong>
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    <strong>Qualifications:</strong>
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    writing for a public audience. Strong communication skills
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    <strong> How to apply:</strong>
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    <span>Send a CV and a short (1-2 paragraph) 
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    coordinator, Alicia Puglionesi:
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    <strong>About this project:</strong>
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    <span>The internship is supported by the State of Maryland’s
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    States. The EBHL archiving project supports recent efforts nationwide to
     find, reclaim and preserve Black cultural history. It also supports 
    efforts to document the history of East Baltimore,
     a neighborhood which has been home to a succession of racial, ethnic, 
    and religious groups, and which for the past twenty years has undergone 
    extensive redevelopment. The American rights to “life, liberty, and the 
    pursuit of happiness” are not equally available
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    Community archiving honors those local-level struggles, and allows 
    communities to reflect on their achievements and contributions,
     especially at significant milestones such as the nation’s 
    250th anniversary. The display at EBHL will interpret the stories of 
    local residents as they relate to major themes in the American story: 
    slavery and freedom, migration and immigration, faith and community,
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<Title>Opportunity: MD Two Fifty Fellows Paid Internship at the East Baltimore Historical Library</Title>
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    <span>The </span><span><u><a href="https://eastbaltimorehistoricallibrary.org/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">East Baltimore
     Historical Library</a></u></span><span> (EBHL)
     seeks a paid intern to work on a 6 week public history project in 
    August-September 2025. The intern will collect oral histories and 
    conduct digital community archiving as part of the
     EBHL church history archiving project, as well as interpreting this 
    material for a display at EBHL. Documenting the history of East 
    Baltimore Black churches is pivotal to preserving the legacies of Civil 
    Rights activists, community organizers, business leaders,
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    archives. EBHL will draw from its network of pastors and church elders 
    to match the intern with 4-6 interviewees.</span>
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    <div><strong>Details:</strong></div>
    <div>Compensation is $25/hour, and work hours are 8 hours per week. Expected 
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    portrait photographs of participants, digitization of community archive 
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    <strong>Qualifications:</strong>
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    writing for a public audience. Strong communication skills
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    <div><br></div>
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    <strong> How to apply:</strong>
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    <span>Send a CV and a short (1-2 paragraph) 
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    coordinator, Alicia Puglionesi:
    </span><span><u><a href="mailto:apuglio1@jh.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">apuglio1@jh.edu</a></u></span>
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    States. The EBHL archiving project supports recent efforts nationwide to
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    and religious groups, and which for the past twenty years has undergone 
    extensive redevelopment. The American rights to “life, liberty, and the 
    pursuit of happiness” are not equally available
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    Community archiving honors those local-level struggles, and allows 
    communities to reflect on their achievements and contributions,
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    250th anniversary. The display at EBHL will interpret the stories of 
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<Title>The evolution, existence, and extinction of butch culture</Title>
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    <p>One of Oslon’s favorite parts of teaching is guiding students through the research process for their writing. Some of Olson’s research for the 20 poems in <em>Born Backwards</em> draws on her life growing up in the South. She shares episodes of her time on her grandmother’s farm doing chores, learning to drive from her father—starting with a push mower—and helping her mom tend a large vegetable garden. Alongside these experiences are reflections on questions of being queer and the decision to leave in search of a more queer-friendly place. </p>
    
    
    
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    					Butches are not being erased<br>
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    											<p>“Let Me Not Forget Me Not,” one of the poems in Born Backwards, was featured in the DC 2025 Pride Poem-A-Day Series.</p>
    					
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    <p><em>Get tickets to see Tanya Olson at <a href="https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/profsandpints/baltimore-queer-country" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Profs &amp; Pints Baltimore: Queer Country </a>on Monday, August 18, 2025.</em></p>
    
    
    
    <p><em>Read more of Tanya Olson’s poetry in<a href="https://www.yesyesbooks.com/product-page/boyishly-by-tanya-olson" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"> Boyishly</a> (Yesyes, 2013) and <a href="https://www.yesyesbooks.com/product-page/stay-by-tanya-olson" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Stay</a> (Yesyes, 2019).</em></p>
    
    
    
    <p>Header graphic: Design by Jill Blum/UMBC. Book cover and headshot courtesy of Tanya Olson.</p>
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