Check out our upcoming events!
From Feb. 3, 2023 - Feb. 15, 2023
NIH led fitness class for heart health month
Friday, February 3, 2023 12 - 12:30 PM Online
Each year on the first Friday in February, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, The Heart Truth® and others around the country celebrate National Wear Red Day® to bring greater attention to heart disease as a leading cause of death for Americans and steps people can take to protect their heart.
Join us Friday, February 3 to get #OurHearts pumping!
Wear red and join The Heart Truth, the NIH Fitness Center, and NHLBI leaders for 25 minutes of heart-pumping activity! During this live event, Drs. Gary Gibbons, NHLBI director, and David Goff, director of NHLBI's Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, will join NIH Fitness Instructor Linda Bessacque and others around the country for a sampling of fun aerobic exercises including kickboxing, dance, and flowing stretches. All fitness levels are welcome to participate.
When it comes to physical activity, aim for at least 2 hours and 30 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity each week. This can reduce your risk for heart disease and your chances of developing other risk factors, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and being overweight.
Join here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1327819681129086external link or https://videocast.nih.gov
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Wednesday, February 15, 2023 6 - 7:30 PM
The Commons : Fireside Lounge
Are you looking to start a relationship and want some advice?
Do you and your partner want tips to keep your romance alive?
Come ask our Sex-perts at Sex in the Dark!
Bring all your questions and let our panel of Sex-perts answer them. This sex-positive event is welcome to all gender identities and all sexual orientations.
Anonymously submit your burning questions to our Sex-perts using this form.
No question is too simple or too outrageous - let's keep sex and relationships fun and safe!
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2022 W-2s Are Available
Access W-2s via POSC and paper W-2s were mailed.
Mailed W-2 Information
The IRS requires W-2s to be mailed out by January 31st. Employees have begun getting them in the mail. You may also access your W-2 via the Payroll Online Service Center (POSC).
Electronic W-2 Information via POSC
If you are a new user, you will need to sign up. You will need the UMBC Agency Code (360231) and your last paycheck/pay advice number (only pay stubs issued within the last 8 weeks can be used). This information can be obtained by the departmental payroll preparer via the final gross pay report or review paycheck in the PeopleSoft system.
Employees who have terminated more than 8 weeks prior, lived in more than one state during the year, will receive a corrected W2, or will be receiving a 1042S (Non-Resident Aliens for Tax Purposes) cannot use the online service and must call the Central Payroll Bureau directly.
Your 2022 W-2: What You Need to Know
Questions About your W-2
Any additional in depth tax questions or concerns should be directed to the following:
Comptroller of Maryland's Taxpayer Service (410) 260-7980 or
(800) MD-TAXES is available 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday. Email your tax questions to Comptroller of Maryland's Taxpayer Service
taxhelp@comp.state.md.us.
For federal filing questions, please call IRS (800) 829-1040
Please be aware that the Central Payroll Bureau, MD Taxpayer Services, and the IRS are working on a limited schedule and may have delayed processing time.
Dear AAAFSC Community,
I hope you had a lovely winter break and a great start of this new semester.
One of the conversations we had during our January lunch meeting was career development. The book was recommended by Hua Lu (Biology). If you are interested in reading this book, please submit your information using the Google Form below by Wednesday 2/8/2023. We will purchase the book and deliver it to your campus mailbox. If there is sufficient interest among us, we will have a book discussion in Fall 2023.
An essential career guide for every Asian American—and all their co-workers and managers—that explains how traditional Asian cultural values are at odds with Western corporate culture.
Leading Asian American career coach and advocate Jane Hyun explains that the lack of Asian Americans in executive suite positions is brought about by a combination of Asian cultures and traditions strait-jacketing Asian Americans in the workplace, and how the group’s lack of vocal affirmation in popular media and culture, afflicts them with a “perpetual foreigner syndrome” in the eyes of Americans who don’t know enough to understand the challenges placed on Asian Americans in the corporate environment.
Filled with anecdotes and case studies from her own consulting experience covering the gamut of Asian Americans from various backgrounds, the book discusses how being Asian affects the way they interact with colleagues, managers, and clients, and will offer advice and real world solutions while exposing the challenges encountered.
For the Asian reader, the book will help them to see the cultural barriers they subconsciously place in their own career paths and how to overcome them. For the non-Asian reader, the book serves as a primer for promoting optimal working relationships with Asians, and will help start a dialogue that will benefit all.
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Spring 2023 Schedule
We offer modern Taolu, Tai Chi and Wing Chun
Welcome to the spring 2023 semester! We hope you all had a restful break. Below are the start dates and times for practices this semester:
- Modern Taolu practices start Monday, February 6th
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Time: 7-8:30pm every Monday and Wednesday
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Location: the RAC Arena floor
- These practices are free of charge
- Tai-Chi practices start Friday, February 10th
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Time: 6-8pm every Friday
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Location: 6-7pm in Fitness Studio B (room 130)
7-8pm at the RAC Arena floor
- For the month of February only, Tai-Chi classes will be free of charge. After February, Tai-Chi classes will revert back to the following payments:
- First class is free
- $10 for 1 class
- $15 for 2 classes
- $25 for 4 classes
- Wing Chun practices start Sunday, February 12th
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Time: 4-6pm every Sunday
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Location: the RAC Fitness Studio (Room 130)
- Each student's first class is free. After that, the fee is 15$/class.
All practice days/times above are as stated unless specified. As always if there are any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to drop them in the Discord chat. Hope everyone has a strong start to the semester, and we look forward to seeing everyone at practices
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Pre-Health Society Spotlight: Pre-Medical Society
Student org spotlights all week!
Welcome or welcome back to campus! This week our office is shining a spotlight on pre-health student organizations on campus. Joining an organization is a great way to connect with others who share your career aspirations. If you're interested in one or more of these organizations, be sure to check them out during Involvement Fest on Wednesday, February 8th from noon-2pm in the Retriever Activities Center (RAC) (details here) or visit their myUMBC Groups page.
Pre-Medical Society
The Pre-Medical Society was formed to increase student awareness of medicine and other health-related fields and to develop the skills necessary to prepare for medical school, all in a community of like-minded undergraduates at UMBC. We aim to help our members develop an understanding of and deep concern for health care by providing education and guidance throughout the admissions process, broadening member knowledge of the various fields, degrees, and subspecialties in medicine, and providing various activities that strengthen the core interpersonal and intrapersonal competencies necessary to become a successful medical professional.
Our weekly meeting takes place every Friday from 12:00 pm-1:00 pm. Our activities include hosting presentations from different medical school directors of admissions, current medical students who previously attended UMBC, and undergraduate research programs. We hope that through society membership, our members are empowered to move boldly and surely toward their career goals.
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Welcome Dr. Ricky Blissett, Associate Director
We are thrilled to share that Ricky Blissett ’11 (he/they) has joined the Center for Democracy and Civic Life staff team as associate director. In their role, they develop and coordinate Center programs and initiatives, including holistic evaluation and strategic communication.
Ricky has served as a faculty member in educational leadership and policy at the University of Georgia, Seton Hall University, and Vanderbilt University; the coordinator for the Just Education Policy Institute; section chair for the Policy and Politics division of the American Educational Research Association; and principal investigator for the Democracy and Equity in Education Politics research group. They have also conducted and published research exploring citizen, activist, and policymaker ideologies in educational justice, democratic and equitable approaches to evaluation and methodology, and student advocacy and power. They received their Ph.D. in Leadership and Policy Studies at Vanderbilt University, and they are an alumnus of UMBC with a B.S. in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. During their time as a UMBC student, Ricky was a participant in the first STRiVE leadership for social impact retreat in 2009, coordinator for an education service organization through the Shriver Center, and active member of UMBC’s Student Government Association both as director of academic affairs and executive vice president.
Outside of their work at UMBC, Ricky volunteers, manages a dog with a lot of opinions about her management, conducts independent research, and collects as many different varieties of mint plants as they can fit in their house.
Please join us in welcoming Ricky to the Center for Democracy and Civic Life staff team. You can reach them by email at rblissett@umbc.edu or by phone at 410-455-3457.
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Field and Job Fair Tomorrow for Juniors and Seniors
Come see the different field opportunities
This will be a chance for Juniors to be able to get some information about the different field placement opportunities to help figure out what you would be interested in. So if any of you are a junior, please come to ask any questions you may have or just want more information. It will be at the University Center Ballroom.
In addition, there will be a job fair for graduating seniors!
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Celebrating Section 504 at 50
Paving the way for disability inclusion and acceptance
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a national law that protects qualified individuals from
discrimination based on their disability. The nondiscrimination requirements of the law apply to employers
and organizations that receive financial assistance from any Federal department or agency. It paved the way for the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990.
Why is it important? It has paved the way forward for independence and autonomy for people with disabilities with access to education, employment, transportation, public buildings - all those subtle but important issues that are fundamental to disability-friendly communities.
UMBC Resources:
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Retriever Essentials Spring 2023 Hours & FAQs
Starting today, The Essential Space (located in RAC 235) has new hours for the Spring 2023 semester:
Mondays: 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Tuesdays: 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM and 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Wednesdays: 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM and 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Thursdays: 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM and 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM
**Please note that during any days the RAC is closed, The Essential Space will also be closed.
Retriever Essentials FAQs:
Q: Do you have [food/toiletry item] in stock?
A: Maybe! Currently, it's hard to predict what we will have, but we make an effort to stock toiletries, frozen meat and veggies, milk, gluten-free items, ready-to-eat meals, and even baby items as often as we can. We can't guarantee any one item will be available, but there's always a variety of items to choose from.
Q: What are the eligibility requirements to get food at The Essential Space, Free Farmer's Markets, and Food Zones?
A: None! Everyone is welcome and encouraged to come. We know financial decision-making is complex, so come fill up or just drop by to check us out. We won't ask you for any documentation.
Q: If I get food and toiletries from The Essential Space, won't I be taking it away from someone who needs it more?
A: No, we have enough to go around. Our community has generously provided items to us so we can redistribute them to you to make your semester just a little bit easier. As a student and a human being, you're entitled to a filling and nutritious diet.
Q: How often can I come to The Essential Space?
A: As often as you want to. Welcome!
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Sustainability Office's Fellow Published!
B. Dastvan published in Journal of Horitculture & Landscape
Our SEI Climate Corps Fellow, Bella Dastvan (UMBC '22), work on Dahlias was published in the the most recent edition of The Journal of Horticulture & Landscaping. Bella was the lead author for the article entitled, “Growing
Dahlias, Dahlia coccinea Cav., for Commercial Cut Flower Production in
Aquaponics and AutoPots”.
Abstract
Commercial floriculture is years behind food agriculture in
the adoption of organic and sustainable practices and enacts a heavy toll on
the environment, resulting in excessive water usage, soil erosion, heavy
pesticide use, and a massive carbon footprint. In this study, Dahlias (D.
Coccinea) were grown in AutoPots fed by an established aquaponics system to explore
the sustainability and environmental impacts of aquaponics on commercial
floriculture. Dahlias were grown starting from both tubers and cuttings, for a
six month period, in a greenhouse setting, assessing the bloom time, bloom
quality, stem count, pesticide usage, water usage, and tuber formation. Dahlias
bloomed in a typical time frame, compared to field grown plants, the quality of
the blooms was equivalent to field grown, the stem counts were significantly
lower than field grown, pesticide usage was slightly decreased, water usage was
dramatically lower than field grown, and tuber formation was not impacted. To
date, this is the first published evidence that Dahlias can be grown in
aquaponics, that typical environmental benefits were observed when growing
Dahlias via this method, and tuber formation was not hindered by the high
moisture conditions produced by a coupled aquaculture system.
The full paper is available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366484660_Growing_Dahlias_Dahlia_coccinea_Cav_for_Commercial_Cut_Flower_Production_in_Aquaponics_and_AutoPots
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