The Empowering Leadership Alliance (ELA) webinars on “Proposal Writing” and the “The Final Defense” that were scheduled for today, Monday July 16, 2012, and tomorrow, Tuesday July 17, 2012, have been postponed. They will be rescheduled for a later date in either August or September, due to an unexpected and unfortunate event that affects the ELA family. ELA contacted Dr. Carter-Veale and Dr. Tull this morning with the news and sends apologies for the inconvenience. Dr. Carter-Veale and Dr. Tull look forward to presenting at another time, at the convenience of the ELA.

UMBC is pleased to announce our new on-campus banking partner, PNC Bank. A PNC Bank eOffice will be located in The Commons; the space is currently being remodeled with a tentative opening date of August 15, 2012. For information about PNC Bank services, please visit www.pnc.com or any PNC branch office. Presently, the closest PNC Bank branch is located at 728 Frederick Road in Catonsville ( 410-788-2200).

Should you wish to open an account on campus or have questions, you can visit with a PNC representative about their banking features in The Commons on Main Street during the interim remodeling period. PNC representatives will be available week days from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. beginning July 18, 2012. Once the PNC eOffice is open, business hours will be 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Further information and other announcements about banking with PNC will be available shortly on the web at myUMBC.

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If you're tired of sifting through sketchy jobs on Craigslist, why not try the TechCounil of Maryland (TCM)'s new job resource CORE (Career Opportunities REsources).   

CORE's database is full of jobs in the areas of biotechnology, information technology, and business. "CORE will help our region's companies attract and match talented individuals, students, recent graduates and professionals in search of their next challenge," says the website.

Based in Rockville, TCM is the areas largest technology trade association in Maryland. With over 500 members, TCM's mission is to promote the area's technology industry.

Photo courtesy www.techcouncilmd.com

If you're tired of sifting through sketchy jobs on Craigslist, why not try the TechCounil of Maryland (TCM)'s new job resource CORE (Career Opportunities REsources).   

CORE's database is full of jobs in the areas of biotechnology, information technology, and business. "CORE will help our region's companies attract and match talented individuals, students, recent graduates and professionals in search of their next challenge," says the website.

Based in Rockville, TCM is the areas largest technology trade association in Maryland. With over 500 members, TCM's mission is to promote the area's technology industry.

1 Peter 2:9-10 (NIV)

9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Reflection:

Because of the kindness, love and mercy that we have received in Christ, we have been given a new identity and new foundations to relate to others. Just as we have received God’s mercy, our hope is that those around us will experience the kindness and love of Christ and that we will reflect the Father’s heart to those who have not yet experienced it. As we live in our new identities in Christ, we are reminded to be His people revealing God’s love, mercy and kindness to others.

Response:

Let’s thank God that by His love and mercy, He has given us new identities. Let’s ask God to help us to relate to others in light of our new identity and as we do, let’s pray and hope that others will experience God’s love and mercy.

UMBC CSEE Professor Penny Rheingans received an NSF research award, Transforming the Freshman Experience of Computing Majors, to develop and evaluate an innovative first-year seminar for computing majors aimed at increasing retention, completion, and success among students, especially women and those from underrepresented groups. Dr. Rheingans will serve as the principal investigator for the three year, project that will also include Drs. Marie desJardins (CSEE), Carolyn Seaman (IS) and Susan Martin (CWIT).

The seminar will combine elements from successful first-year engineering courses, introductory computing courses, general first-year seminars and the new AP CS Principles course to give new computing majors an overview of the discipline, foundational technical skills, a group design experience and relevant professional development. The highly interactive and learner-centered course will be delivered by a team of computing professors, staff with student affairs experience, and undergraduate peer mentors and teachers. The project will also include regional workshops to share course materials and insights with computing faculty from local two and four-year institutions.

Dr. Wendy Carter-Veale and Dr. Renetta G. Tull of the PROMISE Dissertation House have been invited by the Empowering Leadership Alliance (ELA) Mentoring Program of Rice University to lead two webinars next week on preparing the proposal and the final defense.

*Proposal Writing: Monday, July 16, 10AM Pacific, 12PM Central, 1PM Eastern. Sign up for this session here by Sunday, July 15.

*The Final Defense: Tuesday, July 17, 10AM Pacific, 12PM Central, 1PM Eastern.  Sign up for this session here by Sunday, July 15.

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There will be a 5 minute overview of the topic at hand, and then the rest of the time will be devoted to responding to students’ questions.  Don’t miss out on this opportunity!  Graduate students from all schools are invited.

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Dr. Wendy Carter-Veale and Dr. Renetta G. Tull of the PROMISE Dissertation House have been invited by the Empowering Leadership Alliance (ELA) Mentoring Program of Rice University to lead two webinars next week on preparing the proposal and the final defense.

*Proposal Writing: Monday, July 16, 10AM Pacific, 12PM Central, 1PM Eastern. Sign up for this session here by Sunday, July 15.

*The Final Defense: Tuesday, July 17, 10AM Pacific, 12PM Central, 1PM Eastern.  Sign up for this session here by Sunday, July 15.

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There will be a 5 minute overview of the topic at hand, and then the rest of the time will be devoted to responding to students’ questions.  Don’t miss out on this opportunity!  Graduate students from all schools are invited.

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