Dear UMBC Community,
Spring 2022 Student Course Evaluations (SCEs) are in progress. If you have not already completed your evaluations, I am encouraging you to do so soon. Evaluations are accessed online and will be available through Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at midnight.
Completing your SCEs is helpful for understanding and evaluating student and faculty experiences, especially as we've experienced changing learning environments throughout the pandemic. All responses are anonymous and confidential and are not released until after spring semester final grades are submitted.
You can access the online SCE with any device (e.g., desktop, laptop, tablet, smartphone). The survey application is accessible by email link, a BlackBoard building block link, and a "Student Course Evaluations" link that is available on myUMBC. Your myUMBC credentials are used to login to "profiles." Once logged in, students see a list of courses in which they are enrolled and can complete a survey.
Faculty are encouraged to promote the SCE survey and to remind students that the survey can be completed 24/7 from now through May 17, 2022, at midnight.
Provost Philip Rous
]]>Cords are available for First-Gen Students to pick up between May 3 and May 20th from the following locations:
Tuesday, May 3rd, 10th, and 17th: Math/Psych 007 (Office of Academic Opportunity Programs), 9 am - 4 pm.
Wednesday, May 18th, 1 - 3 pm: Sports Zone in the Commons
Friday, May 6th, 13th, and 20th: LSAMP Lounge (ILSB 237), 12 noon - 4 pm
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Beginning in January 2023, all new proposals must be prepared and submitted in Research.gov or Grants.gov. FastLane will no longer be a preparation and submission option. The National Science Foundation strongly urges proposers to prepare and submit all eligible proposals in Research.gov now, to support a smooth transition from FastLane proposal preparation and submission to Research.gov in January 2023.
New Research.gov Proposal Preparation Functionality Available May 2nd
New Postdoctoral Fellowship Proposal Type
· The Postdoctoral Fellowship proposal type is available in Research.gov for proposals submitted in response to postdoctoral fellowship solicitations that do not contain reference letter requirements. The postdoctoral fellowship solicitations will be updated to include information about proposal preparation and submission in Research.gov.
· To initiate a postdoctoral fellowship proposal in Research.gov, the proposer must first have the Postdoctoral Scholar/Principal Investigator (PI) role, which is different from the PI role.
· Refer to the Postdoctoral Fellowship Proposals topic Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the Research.gov About Proposal Preparation and Submission page for instructions to add the Postdoctoral Scholar/PI role. Additional guidance is available in the Add a New Role – Postdoctoral Fellowship Principal Investigator section of the Account Management Guide on the Research.gov About Account Management page.
· Postdoctoral fellowship program solicitations will only display in Research.gov and be available for selection for proposers preparing a proposal as a Postdoctoral Scholar/PI.
New Research.gov Proposal Features
· Expanded Where to Apply Options: Proposers now have to the ability to choose additional Directorate/Division/Program options (i.e., secondary units of consideration) to direct proposals to NSF. Refer to the Managing Where to Apply topic FAQs on the Research.gov About Proposal Preparation and Submission page for additional information.
· Project Data Form: The Project Data Form is now available in Research.gov and must be included in proposals for selected funding opportunities in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR)/Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE). See the Project Data Form topic FAQs on the Research.gov About Proposal Preparation and Submission page for details.
· Separate Uploads of Multiple Supplementary Documents: Proposers can now upload multiple PDF documents in the Other Supplementary Documents proposal section and will no longer need to combine documents into a single PDF prior to uploading.
NSF Public Access Repository (NSF-PAR) Enhancements Effective May 2nd
PIs and co-PIs can now remove research datasets from NSF-PAR without assistance from the NSF Help Desk by disassociating the NSF award(s) from the dataset. Disassociating all NSF awards from a dataset removes the dataset from the NSF-PAR publicly facing search.
Deposit of dataset information in NSF-PAR remains optional, and there are no changes at this time to NSF’s Public Access policy or project reporting requirements.
Training resources are available on the Research.gov About Public Access page. Information about the NSF Public Access Initiative including FAQs is available on the NSF Public Access Initiative page. Feedback about the PAR 2.0 pilot may be submitted to publicaccess@nsf.gov.
For information about Research.gov proposal functionality planned for release in the coming months, please see the Proposal Submission Capabilities on the Research.gov About Proposal Preparation and Submission page. All enabled proposal and submission types are also available to try out on the Research.gov Proposal Preparation Demo Site (you will be prompted to sign in to Research.gov if you are not already signed in). Demo site FAQs can be found on the Research.gov About Proposal Preparation and Submission page left navigation menu.
Questions? If you have IT system-related questions regarding the new functionality and enhancements, please contact the NSF Help Desk at 1-800-381-1532 (7:00 AM - 9:00 PM ET; Monday - Friday except federal holidays) or via email to rgov@nsf.gov. Policy-related questions should be directed to policy@nsf.gov.
Should you have any questions, please contact the Office of Sponsored Programs.
Just a reminder that if you have a disability-based accommodation, please schedule SDS finals now to avoid time conflicts! Read all the way to the end of this message!
For students with SDS testing accommodations at the UMBC main campus, please use our Accommodate software (https://sds.umbc.edu/accommodated-testing/) to schedule your final exams. During finals, May 19th through May 24th,
SDS will be open for testing between 8:30 am and 6:00 pm each testing
day. (NOTE - There are no 7:00 pm extended hours during finals at UMBC
SDS-main campus.) Remember that finals must be booked in SDS a minimum
of two business days in advance, BUT you should schedule all of them NOW. SDS actually ran out of space during midterms but can advocate for additional rooms for Finals if demand is known in advance.
For students registered with SDS who take classes at Shady Grove (USG), please follow the directions on the USG testing website at https://www.shadygrove.umd.edu/student-services/center-for-academic-success/dss. In general, USG test request forms must be submitted at least 7 days prior to the exam date.
Important Notes:
Please contact the SDS office via email (disability@umbc.edu), phone (410-455-2459), or dropping by (Math/Psych 212) if you have any questions, or if we can assist you in scheduling your finals on the Main Campus.
Resources:
Welcome to Week 11 of the Tabletop Gaming Club!
As a reminder, we will be In-Person both Tonight (5/3) and Thursday (5/5) from 7:00 pm-10:00 pm!
Both of these meetings will be in ILSB 116b, where we will be hosting Board Games and DnD!
This week, join us for some more Dice Throne action with Dice Throne Duos! Pair up with a friend to compete against other teams to share the crown this week!
Signups will be in person!
Moving on, we still got games for you all!
For board games, this week we have Wavelength and Mysterium!
On the DnD side of things we have adventures you can join, and we will be hosting Journey to the Lost Laboratories!
As always, if you want to recruit for your own DnD games or bring your board games to the club, we greatly encourage it!
Finally, we have our time to allow players to come in and out as they please; you are welcome to join at any time and stay as long as you wish!
Hope we see you there!
- Tabletop Gaming Club Team
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