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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slni3GRhM0Q]
Before the first note sounds, the dance studio—with its heavy black tape stripes lining the floor—s like an enormous blank page of sheet music. Then, Ferdinand Maisel leans into the keys of the black grand piano in the corner, and suddenly students in sweats and bare feet dot the staff with whole-note pliés and staccato jumps.
Read more at umbc.edu/magazine.
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+ Art Week Kickoff Event
12pm-2pm // The Commons Mainstreet
+ Visual Aid – Art Week Exhibition Opening (10 Second Motion Competition)
7pm-9pm // The Commons Mainstreet & Mezzanine and Second Floor Galleries
Tuesday April 3rd
+ A Capella & Short Skit Performances
12pm-2pm // The Commons Terrace
4pm // Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
+Dance Expo
7pm-9pm // The Commons Mainstreet
Wednesday April 4th
12pm-2pm// The Commons Mainstreet
+ 48 Hour Film Festival and Awards Ceremony
7pm-9pm // Skylight Lounge
+ Enigma Artists Society
7pm-9pm // Sports Zone
+ InterArts Series & the Visiting Artist Lecture Series Presents : Robert Staples and Barbara Charles
7pm // Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
Thursday April 5th
12pm-2pm // The Commons Breezeway
+ Career Services and Art Week 2012 Present : Art With A Purporse
7pm-9pm // Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery
Friday April 6th
+ (seb) and Art Week 2012 – How To : Printmaking
12pm-1pm // The Commons Mainstreet
+ Art Week 2012 Artists Reception
2pm-5pm // Lower Flat Tuesdays
+ IMDA (Imaging and Digital Arts) Open Studio
6pm-11pm // 1100 Wicomico Street, Baltimore MD
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EE Graduate Seminar
From Backpack to Briefcase: Transition from
the Academic World to Corporate Culture
George W. Reynolds
Director, Industry and University Initiatives
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems
11:30-12:45pm Friday 16 March 2012, ITE 237
This seminar explores the pitfalls that new hires can encounter as they transition to the corporate world from academia. We explore the personal characteristics that people will evaluate, over and above performance. We will learn the importance of having appropriate, unbiased mentors and how to choose them, as well as strategies to develop key relationships that add value to our career growth and non-technical education. The importance of image and appropriate wardrobe for success will be addressed in addition to what top executives look for when selecting staff with leadership potential.
George Reynolds is a licensed professional engineer with over forty years of experience with the Westinghouse Electric and Northrop Grumman Corporations. His current responsibilities include establishing key strategic relationships with selected universities for long-term research, business and recruitment partnerships. He is also responsible for sector wide initiatives that include knowledge management and introducing lean thinking into engineering and manufacturing organizations.
Mr. Reynolds has served as industry liaison for the Lean Aerospace/ Advancement initiatives at MIT since its inception in 1992. He also serves as the chairman and/or member of numerous engineering Advisory Boards for major universities, and is the past Chairman of the Aerospace Industries Associations Engineering Management Committee. Mr. Reynolds was selected as National Black Engineer of the Year for Professional Achievement in Industry in 1991, and Black Engineer of the Year for Corporate Support of Engineering Education in 2008. He is one of three people in the nation to receive two of these awards. In 2001, he was awarded the Distinguished Black Marylander Award.
Mr. Reynolds holds a B.S. in Engineering from Howard University, an M.S. in Engineering Administration from George Washington University, and is a graduate of the Program for Management Development at Harvard School of Business. He is also a Johns Hopkins Fellow in the Management of Change. He holds a black belt in Six Sigma and is an expert in Lean Thinking. Mr. Reynolds holds a commercial pilots license with multi-engine and jet ratings.
Host: Prof. Joel M. Morris
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Applications are now available for AASHE's 2012 Sustainability Awards. AASHE will honor faculty, campuses and students in advancing sustainability research and leadership during the AASHE 2012 Conference in Los Angeles. The deadline to apply is July 2nd, 2012. Questions? Email awards@aashe.org
2012 award categories:
In addition, AASHE and the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council have partnered to offer the Innovation in Green Building Award for the second year in a row. The deadline to apply for this award is July 27th. A slideshow from last year's awards ceremony is below.
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