3 Days of Celebration!!! Africana Studies Dept Turns 50 November 9th-11th

The Africana Studies 50th Anniversary and the 44th Annual W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture, November 9-11, 2022



Join us on November 9-11, 2022 as the UMBC Department of Africana Studies celebrates its 50th Anniversary. For additional information on the 3-day anniversary activities, click on this link: https://africanastudies.umbc.edu/events-2/event/111057/

November 9 at 5-8 p.m. , University Center Ballroom: The 44th Annual W.E.B. Du Bois Distinguished Lecture with special keynote addresses by UMBC alumna and former professors, Dr. Christel Temple, '94, and Mr. Donald G. Murray, Jr. They will speak on the respective topics of "Cultural Memory and Mythology: Africana Agency in the Face of Exile" and "Africana Studies: Creating a Program Space and Place at UMBC and the Greater Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Communities."


November 10 at 4-7 p.m.,  Albin O. Kuhn Library Room 767:  Roundtable discussions with AFST current students, alumni, and faculty. This event will also include the showing of a 50th anniversary video (run time appx. 50 mins). Register for Roundtable discussions here.  
Since packaged meals will be served, we need a headcount. UMBC students who plan to attend should email wsoares@umbc.edu by Wednesday, Nov. 2.

November 11 at 6-9 pm, Skylight, The Commons: The Anniversary Gala. See the information below.

The special gala event includes remarks from current and former departmental faculty, staff, students, and alumni; performances; showing of a video; dinner, and dancing.

 

Africana Studies 50th Celebration Gala
November 11, 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Skylight Room, The Commons
UMBC Campus
Tickets: $50 per person (limit two)

UMBC students are not to purchase any ticket. An interested student needs to email wsoares@umbc.edu by November 6 to reserve one of the available 20 seats for students.

Purchase Your Gala Tickets

Your ticket includes a seated dinner and a drink ticket.

A cash bar will also be available.

 

Ticket sales extended to November 6.

I hope to see you soon!

Gloria Chuku, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Africana Studies
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Folks,

I hope you got this email from our Secretary-Javan

"Good morning All,

I just sent out a Google Calendar invite, to everyone, for our next UMBC Optica Student Chapter meeting.

The meeting will occur next Tuesday (Nov. 1st), 4:30-5:30pm, TRC Rm 206.

Please let me know if anyone has any questions or concerns.

Thanks,
Javan"

Have a great week.

Chinonso
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On this episode we hear a rebroadcast of the 2022 UMBC Constitution Day lecture with Dr. Robinson Woodward-Burns of Howard University.  Dr. Woodward-Burns delivered remarks based on his recent book, published in 2021 by Yale University Press.

Hidden Laws: How State Constitutions Stabilize U.S. Politics (2021, Yale)

Click here for the full lecture recording.  

On Campus Connections, we hear about a recent co-authored paper by Dr. William Blake, Associate Professor of Political Science at UMBC. 

“Social Capital, Institutional Rules, and Constitutional Amendment Rates”


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Retrieving the Social Sciences is a production of the UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship.  Our podcast host is Dr. Ian Anson, our director is Dr. Christine Mallinson, our associate director is Dr. Felipe Filomeno, and our production assistant is Alex Andrews. Our theme music was composed and recorded by D'Juan Moreland.  Special thanks to Amy Barnes and Myriam Ralston for production assistance.  Make sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where you can find full video recordings of recent UMBC events.

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The Webex recording from the College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT) Pre-Law Interest Session held on October 19 is now available.

To access the recording, please click here.  

Please sure to bookmark the Pre-Law Advising website for additional pre-law advising resources and to stay informed about upcoming events!

If you would like to schedule a pre-law advising appointment, please email Molly Timko at mtimko@umbc.edu.

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Volunteers needed! Did you know that there are folks in our community who experience high levels of food insecurity and don't have access to hot meals?

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This program is in partnership with Food Recovery Network and Campus Dining. We will be doing this every Monday through Thursday, so keep an eye out for future signups as well.
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B.S. INDS: Biomimetic Materials
Biology Minor


Degree Mentors:

Why did you choose to major in INDS?
I chose this major in INDS because the nature of biomimicry is interdisciplinary. Emulating the uniquely powerful and multifunctional properties found in living things onto other materials requires an understanding of engineering, biology, and everything in between. The INDS program allowed me to create a degree that covered these fields, allowing me to approximate an undergraduate degree in biomimicry, which does not currently exist anywhere in the country. 

What are your plans for after graduation, and how do you see using your INDS degree?
My plans after graduation are still being decided. There are several paths I am still choosing between. Aside from the goal of acquiring a biomimicry master's degree from ASU's biomimicry program (the most established in the country), my other options involve entering materials-related field and using what I have learned within my INDS degree to research and produce nature-based solutions. Regardless of which direction I decide to go in the end, I will be able to use what I have learned in the INDS program to further myself as a learner, a practitioner, and a person. I also already have some ideas for biomimetic products I would like to make, and this degree will help me create them.

Extracurricular
I was a member of UMBC's Kinetic Sculpture team, featuring a drivable work of art (MC Hammerhead is the best, you can quote me on that), from Fall 2019 to the pre-covid part of Spring 2020. I was a contributor to the team's online URCAD presentation on the sculpture in 2020. 

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