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<Title>*Important* - Working FY24 Files Due</Title>
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    <span>Please note, the correction to the body of the email below, the due date for FY24 Working Budget files is </span><strong><u>Thursday, May 25, 2023</u></strong>.<div><br></div>
    <div>Due to a typo in the previous post, the date was previously noted as Thursday, May 24th in error, Thursday is the 25th not the 24th.</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>We apologize for the oversight, and hope this did not cause undue confusion.</div>
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    <div><span>Thank you,</span></div>
    <div>AAOU SSC Team</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>=======</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>Good Afternoon,</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>Leadership has received implementation guidance for the Merit effective 07/01/2023, which was communicated by HR as part of the FY2024 Salary Guidance UMBC email that went out to supervisors and the payroll preparers/approvers my UMBC group last Thursday, May 18th.  </div>
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    <div>Therefore, all working budget files will be due this Thursday, May 24th at 1:00pm. Please ensure your control numbers balance after your merit considerations have been entered into your working file, and submit your finalized working budget files to <em><a href="mailto:aaoussc_budgeting@umbc.edu">aaoussc_budgeting@umbc.edu</a></em> for review and submission to the CBO.</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>Best,</div>
    <div>Michael Renda</div>
    <div>Assistant Director</div>
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<Summary>Please note, the correction to the body of the email below, the due date for FY24 Working Budget files is Thursday, May 25, 2023.    Due to a typo in the previous post, the date was previously...</Summary>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="133662" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/posts/133662">
<Title>End of Year Chair's Message</Title>
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    <div>Dear AAAFSC Community,</div>
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    <div>Before we leave for our well-deserved summer, I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation of your engagement with AAAFSC this year. To rebuild our community that was interrupted by the pandemic, we had monthly events throughout the year to provide multiple opportunities for members to interact. I was glad to meet so many new colleagues who joined UMBC in the past three years and reconnect with lots of friends I have known for years. Your engagement has made a huge big difference. Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts and ideas with me. I will incorporate them into our future events. </div>
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    <div>I am happy to report that we had significant increases in membership this year. As of today, we have 10 staff members and 76 faculty members. All faculty and staff members who identify with AAAFSC are welcome to join. Please spread the words about our group. I expect another big increase in the Fall semester as we welcome new faculty to UMBC. </div>
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    <div>Each year, we receive $3,000 from the Provost's Office for community-building efforts and public programming. This year's financial report can be found <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/18YZi2PzID13Vy8HGdz5P7KlY57krymC2/view?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a> (access restricted to UMBC users only). If you have any questions about the report, please do not hesitate to contact me. We will receive the fund for 2023-2024 on July 1, 2023. Ideas about using the fund are welcome and highly appreciated.</div>
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    <div>I invited President Valerie Sheares Ashby to our Fall 2023 opening event and will work with her office to identify a date over the summer. I look forward to seeing everyone in the Fall! </div>
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    <div>Finally, I would like to thank AAAFSC executive board members for their time and efforts to fulfill the mission of AAAFSC. Lots of appreciation to <a href="https://provost.umbc.edu/office-of-the-provost/autumn-reed/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Autumn Reed </a>and Sarah Wong for their excellent administrative support. </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>However you choose to spend your time in the next three months, I hope you have the opportunity to relax, recharge, and reconnect with your family, friends, and communities. </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>Have a great summer!</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>Best,</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>Shuyan</div>
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<Summary>Dear AAAFSC Community,     Before we leave for our well-deserved summer, I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation of your engagement with AAAFSC this year. To rebuild our community...</Summary>
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<Title>New Wisdom Weaver Officers Announced!</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Please join me in congratulating our new Wisdom Weaver officers for the 2023- 2024 academic year!<div><br></div>
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    <p><strong>Kanza Ahmad, Co-President</strong>:</p>
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    <p><strong>Nidhi Lad, Co President:</strong><span><span>  </span></span></p>
    <p><span><strong>Lily Severson, Secretary:</strong> </span></p>
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    <p><strong>Elizabeth Liedahl, Historian:</strong><span> </span></p>
    <p>We are excited to bring on this new team.  The Wisdom Weavers will resume meetings and activities in the fall.</p>
    <p>I would also like to take a moment to thank our officers who worked so hard this past year. I can't thank you enough for your enthusiasm and leadership!</p>
    <p>A special thanks to:</p>
    <p>Rachel Nguyen</p>
    <p>Peter Cao</p>
    <p>MaryRose Cohn</p>
    <p>Kanza Ahmad </p>
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<Title>Three Unused MP C8003 Printer Cartridges</Title>
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    <span>These fit SAVIN MP C6503 printers and Ricoh MP C8003 printers. </span><div><span>Email <a href="mailto:etien1@umbc.edu">etien1@umbc.edu</a> if you'd like them!</span></div>
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<Summary>These fit SAVIN MP C6503 printers and Ricoh MP C8003 printers.  Email etien1@umbc.edu if you'd like them!</Summary>
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<Title>Finals Tip: Take a Breather!</Title>
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<Title>Quarterly patching downtime - 5/25 &amp; 6/3</Title>
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    group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Thursday, May 25th</span><span> and Saturday, June 3rd.  While 
    many of the systems will be 
    patched without any service disruption, there are some systems which 
    require the downtime of key services.  The schedule below outlines which
     key services will be offline and for how long.</span></p>
    <p><span>Thursday, 05/25/2023 between 5pm and 10pm (most systems will only be down for a short period during this time): <br></span></p>
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    <li><span>Access to Cyrus (legacy) email (accounts not migrated to UMBC Gmail)</span></li>
    <ul><li><span>All mail will be queued up and delivered after the server is patched</span></li></ul>
    <li>All HFS (afs) servers - gl.umbc.edu home directories will be offline</li>
    <li><span><strong>Between 9:00pm and 10pm only: </strong>Certain software licenses will be unavailable (autodesk, cadence, idl, schrodinger, xilinx, mathematica). </span></li>
    <li><span><strong>Between 9:00pm and 10pm only: </strong>The
     web hosting environments (virthost) will be partially unavailable 
    (pages will be available but any database calls will not work)</span></li>
    <li><span><span><span><strong>Between 5:00pm and 6:30pm only: </strong></span>LDAP-Master and Webadmin will
     be taken down for system maintenance.  During this time account 
    creations and password changes will be unavailable.  Account 
    authentication and logins will not be affected.</span></span></li>
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    <div>Saturday, 06/03/2023 between 7am and 8am <span>(most systems will only be down for a short period during this time): </span>
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    <li><span><span>Wiki will be unavailable</span></span></li>
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    <p><span><br></span></p>
    <p><span>Please let us know if you have any concerns or questions.</span></p>
    <p><span>Thanks!</span></p>
    <p><span>Tim Champ</span></p>
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    <p>If there are topics you learn about in class such as water treatment, air pollution, etc that seem interesting or you want to learn more about, there is probably a UMBC professor who is actually doing research that is advancing our understanding of that topic!</p>
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<Title>Undergraduate Research: MartenLab, UMBC</Title>
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    <p><em>January 2021 in </em><a href="https://martenlab.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><em>MartenLab</em></a> at UMBC, Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering</p>
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    <p>I am focused on characterizing the <em>Aspergillus nidulans</em> kinase deletion library for increased septation in response to cell wall stress. More broadly, I use microscopy techniques to investigate gene deletions in filamentous fungus in order to determine the gene products' role in the upkeep and repair of the cell wall. </p>
    <p><strong>What advice do you have for students who are interested in getting involved in research or an internship?</strong></p>
    <p>Do not be afraid to reach out to professors, older students, or others for advice! Getting involved can seem overwhelming, especially when you do not know where to start. Turning to those with experience can be really helpful as they can provide guidance and mentorship. The real world advice and support they can provide is invaluable as you discover your own path. </p>
    <p><strong>Are you a member of any clubs/campus organizations?</strong></p>
    <p>Center for Women in Technology (CWIT) Scholars Program, Phi Mu Fraternity for Women</p>
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    <p><span>Congratulations to those who have completed their finals, and good luck to those who will be taking theirs this week.</span></p>
    <p>You are invited to join Nigeria Graduate Student Association in celebrating the end of the semester and graduation on the 27th of May, 2023.</p>
    <p>The scheduled events are as follows;</p>
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    <p><strong>(1) Hiking</strong></p>
    <p><span>Take off time: 8 AM from UMBC</span></p>
    <p><span>Hiking venue: Sugarloaf Mountain.</span></p>
    <p><span>Mode of transportation: Carpooling</span></p>
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    <p><strong>(2) Cookout</strong></p>
    <p><span>Time: 4 PM</span></p>
    <p><span>Venue: Ericsson Field UMBC</span></p>
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    <p><span>Please feel free to contact me by email at <a href="mailto:ug86132@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">ug86132@umbc.edu</a> or by mobile number: 4435708496 if you want to be part of any of the events. This will enable me communicate any last-minute change.</span></p>
    <p><span>See you all on Saturday.</span></p>
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    <p><span>Chinonso</span></p>
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