D. C. Bus Trip - SOLD OUT!

Student Events Board

March 31, 2012

Bus departs The Commons Circle @ 10:00am

Orioles Game Bus Trip

Friday, April 6, 2012

Bus departs The Commons Circle @ 2:15pm

All Guests = $15.00

Ticket #: 1 of 29

Gym Class Heroes

Student Events Board

April 22, 2012

9:00pm

Retriever Activity Center

UMBC ID = $18

General Admission = $20 (Must present photo ID)

Ticket #: 457 of 2500

Friday, April 6, 2012

Bus departs The Commons Circle @ 2:15pm

All Guests = $15.00

Visit the latest issue of UMBC Magazine online to read some great new stories — and view exclusive web extras! This issue includes features on:

• UMBC professor of political science Thomas Schaller talking about the success of his book, “Whistling Past Dixie,” and putting the 2012 presidential race into perspective.
• The coolest jobs (you never knew existed) at UMBC, including a glass blower, rat caretaker and more. (Plus, video!)
• We’ve also got a story about one of the biggest controversies in UMBC history: the 1969 literary magazine that featured nude photographs from a rising star in the Washington, DC art scene.

We’ve got some great alumni stories in this issue, too, from a really special alumni story told and drawn by comics whiz Monica Gallagher ’01, as well as UMBC employee George Vitak ’73; TV cameraman and children’s television producer George Stover ’73 and distinguished artist Kelley Bell ’06.

We’ve also got stories about everything from our Shady Grove campus anniversary, to tattoos of the new dog logo, to poet faculty member Michael Fallon, to research that may help children’s vaccinations become more effective, to “How to be Fast,” featuring an interview with track coach David Bobb ’02. We even made a  video in which members of the magazine staff put Coach Bobb’s suggestions to the test!

Read the latest issue of UMBC Magazine.

This semester, the students in Susan Mitchell’s Software Design and Development course were hand-picked. After applying and being interviewed, ten students were chosen based on their “go-getter” attitude.

Why the selectivity? Susan ’s CMSC 345 course this semester is a trial course that’s being taught in collaboration with Next Century Corporation, a Maryland-based technology company. Though Mitchell has been teaching CMSC 345 for ten years, this is a first.

Designed around the completion of one software-design project, the course provides students with a “customer” (normally a faculty member) who gives them specific guidelines for the “product” they need to complete. In years prior, students were given the task of developing a program that plans a student’s UMBC course career. Mitchell explains that the product for this semester will be especially real-world focused.

In fact, essentially everything about the course is meant to simulate working in the software industry. A writing intensive course, students are asked to write formal documents, and at the end of the semester, they must give a formal presentation.
Mitchell explains that the course isn’t so much about coding as it is about understanding the “software development lifecycle.” It’s the process that’s important, she explains, from conception to carry through. Understanding what the customer wants and then turning out a product that fits those guidelines is the goal.

Chris Stepnitz, a software engineer at Next Century, is the “customer” of this semester’s pilot course. Stepnitz, who graduated from UMBC in 2006 with a degree in Computer Science, took the very same course with Mitchell years ago. “We wrote an accounting system,” remembers Stepnitz, who admits she was considering changing majors before taking the course. She credits it with opening her eyes to the reality of a career in software development and the rewarding experience of programming with a team.

So, when Stepnitz heard that Next Century, who has been reaching out to the community through local colleges, was about to reach out to her alma matter, she jumped at the chance to participate. “I’m very excited,” says Stepnitz. “For the students, I really want to make sure that they both enjoy [the class] and get the taste of what it’s like to really be in the development world.”

The arrangement is meant to be mutually beneficial. Students in the course learn how to succeed in an industry setting, while Next Century builds bonds with universities that may provide them with future staff members (In fact, roughly 20% of their staff are UMBC alumni). If all goes well, Mitchell hopes to collaborate again and maybe even branch out to other local businesses.

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation is seeking approximately three full-time, paid, summer 2012 interns.  Candidates should be enrolled in or completing a graduate level program and have an overall GPA of at least a 3.0.

Intern (2)

Program/Grants Support

The internship will provide students with relevant and constructive work experience in a philanthropic setting.  Interns will be given the opportunity to explore the field of philanthropy within a dynamic and active setting.  In doing so, the intern will be expected to analyze and synthesize information and create reports for review and decision making at the Foundation. The internship will expose the student to all five areas of grantmaking, including our Maryland Small Grants program. The individual should have excellent writing and verbal skills and a strong interest in best practice research and program evaluation.

Interns must be able to commute to our Owings Mills office where parking is available and provided.  A minimum of 37 hours per week is expected for summer interns.   This is a paid position with availability in to begin May or June.  There will be a possibility of extending the internship beyond the summer based on needs and professional fit with the Foundation. Interested applicants should apply by sending a cover letter and resume to gradinternship@hjweinberg.org to be considered for an interview in April 2012. Please put “Internship Opportunity” in the subject line of the email.

Intern (1)

Communications/Public Relations/Marketing

 The internship will provide students with relevant, constructive work experience involving public and media relations, marketing, web management and social media in a philanthropic setting.  The Foundation is seeking one intern whose academic concentration, ideally, includes marketing, public relations, media or a related field who will assist with Weinberg Foundation communications both externally and internally. The candidate should have a strong interest in communications and public relations as well as exceptional writing skills. Web management (WordPress) and social media experience are highly desirable.

Interns must be able to commute to our Owings Mills office where parking is available and provided.  A minimum of 37 hours per week is expected for summer interns.   This is a paid position with availability in to begin May or June.  There will be a possibility of extending the internship beyond the summer based on needs and professional fit with the Foundation. Interested applicants should apply by sending a cover letter and resume to gradinternship@hjweinberg.org to be considered for an interview in April 2012. Please put “Internship Opportunity” in the subject line of the email.

Luke 4:18-21 (NIV)

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your
hearing.”

Reflection:
What Jesus quotes here from the prophet Isaiah isn’t just part of a lofty speech that we find in a typical inspirational kind of movie - Jesus was proclaiming that He Himself is the fulfillment and perfect embodiment of these words!  Encounter after encounter Jesus would subsequently have with ordinary people like us would be a powerful, life-transforming demonstration of this declaration.  Every act of healing, every miracle performed, and each proclamation of forgiveness was with a passionate purpose and desire for the people to taste true freedom from the captivity and oppression of sin and life lived apart from God.

Response:
Jesus has come with a very passionate heart to set us free! And the freedom we receive from Christ is truly epic - no part of our lives is left untouched. Are there areas in our lives that still feel seemingly
enslaved or crippled though?  Let’s bring those areas before the Lord in prayer today, asking for a full realization of the freedom we have in Christ.  May we hear the Lord proclaim freedom over our lives once again. The truth is that in Jesus Christ, every chain has been broken!