Havdalah and Hang Canceled Havdalah and Hang is canceled this week. We will let everyone know when the next one is happening. Shabbat shalom! ]]> Havdalah and Hang is canceled this week. We will let everyone know when the next one is happening. Shabbat shalom! https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/118160/guest@my.umbc.edu/eff5961ff4d9cae9feee5817b5baa860/api/pixel Hillel Student Organization https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/umbchillel https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/671/f79c92562db681521600b79c6a4b7453/xsmall.png?1744739476 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/671/f79c92562db681521600b79c6a4b7453/original.jpg?1744739476 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/671/f79c92562db681521600b79c6a4b7453/xxlarge.png?1744739476 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/671/f79c92562db681521600b79c6a4b7453/xlarge.png?1744739476 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/671/f79c92562db681521600b79c6a4b7453/large.png?1744739476 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/671/f79c92562db681521600b79c6a4b7453/medium.png?1744739476 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/671/f79c92562db681521600b79c6a4b7453/small.png?1744739476 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/671/f79c92562db681521600b79c6a4b7453/xsmall.png?1744739476 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/671/f79c92562db681521600b79c6a4b7453/xxsmall.png?1744739476 Hillel Student Organization 0 0 true Fri, 01 Apr 2022 18:13:03 -0400 WELCOME: UMBC's Recently Hired Staff Please join the Department of Human Resources in extending a warm welcome to the University's recently hired staff:

Yusuf Cason, Shriver Center
Adam Watkins, Multicultural Affair
Jaime Kosiorek, Physical Education
Stephanie Taylor, Career Center
Djuana Kearney, Public Policy 
Zachary Wolfrey, Shriver Center
Marjorie Cota, Technology Center
Palmira Sodano, Student Affairs Business Service Center
Nicholas Beckwith, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Andrew Eisenhardt, Office of Marketing and Creative Services
Christal Cooper, Financial Services
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Please review post in UMBCworks, 9339581 or details below.

If interested, please send resume to:  internships@cbf.org

THE CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION

Established over 50 years ago, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is the nation’s leading conservation organization dedicated solely to restoring and protecting the Chesapeake Bay, our nation’s largest estuary. With 300,000 members, an annual operating budget of $26 million, and a $55 million endowment, CBF’s 190 full time staff work in offices in Annapolis and Easton, MD; Richmond and Virginia Beach, VA; Harrisburg, PA; Washington, DC; and in 15 field education program locations across the Bay watershed.

CBF's headquarters - the Philip Merrill Environmental Center – in Annapolis is the world’s first USGBC LEED platinum building. In 2014, CBF opened the Brock Environmental Center in Virginia Beach; the Brock Center is the tenth certified Living Building and one of the most energy efficient, environmentally smart buildings in the world.

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION 

EPR - CBF’s Environmental Protection and Restoration department defends and restores the Chesapeake Bay by protecting the Bay’s natural resources from pollution and other harmful activities by fighting for strong and effective laws and regu­lations; restoring the Bay’s essential habitats and filtering mechanisms; and involving citizens in CBF’s environmental efforts by recruiting, training, and incorporating them as effective partners and leaders.

CONTEXT OF THE POSITION

The Maryland Farm Stewardship Assistant (MFSA) will assist the MD Outreach Manager on outreach, restoration, and service-learning events CBF will be hosting in the Summer of 2022. Spending part of their time at sites across Maryland, and part at CBF’s Clagett Farm, the MFSA will gain exposure to both hands-on restoration practices and regenerative agriculture while working alongside CBF staff to defend the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint while engaging diverse constituents and stakeholders across the state.

Essential functions include:

Assisting with the Farm Stewardship Program at agricultural, wetland, and riparian restoration events by:

  • Loading and transporting trees from CBF’s Clagett Farm Tree Nursery (in Upper Marlboro, MD) to the restoration sites using a truck and 14’ trailer (training will be provided- experience is a plus)
  • Loading and transporting equipment to the site (prior to event days)
  • Marking holes for auguring (prior to event days), if necessary
  • Placing tree shelters and mulching trees (if needed) on planting days
  • Re-staking or removing/placing shelters on trees at previous planting sites
  • Help recruit a diverse contingent of volunteers for restoration events
  • Assist volunteers on event days (signing in, demonstrating planting and use of equipment)
  • Assist in maintaining tree nursery stock (weeding, watering, and organizing)
  • Assist with small group volunteer events and workdays at CBF’s Clagett Farm
  • Clean out and organize restoration storage areas at the Phillip Merrill Environmental Center
  • Assist with post-event organization and entering volunteer data into tracking spreadsheets
  • Tabling at fairs, festivals, and farmers' markets to promote the Farm Stewardship Program

PREFERRED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

Successful candidates should have a strong background and interest in environmental science, agriculture, or related field; with a desire to pursue restoration and/or outreach work as a future career. A combination of hands-on outdoor experience and background education is a plus. The assistant will be required to work certain weekdays, weekends, and some evenings. Candidate MUST be available at least three days a week, all day, and on some weekends. The assistant must be comfortable lifting at least 40lbs. In addition, the candidate should be familiar with environmental issues and problems facing the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries and be able to work with the general public and volunteers of all ages and backgrounds.

Salary $12.00/hour

WE ARE COMMITTED TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND JUSTICE

Just as biodiversity is the key to a thriving ecosystem, human diversity is the key to saving the Bay. Success depends on people from widely diverse backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities, identities, and races taking collective action. Clean water, clean air, and a safe environment are rights we all share.

To increase diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation will:

Recruit and retain staff, board, and membership that reflect the diversity of people living within the Chesapeake Bay region;
Strengthen and broaden the diversity of our partnerships;
Celebrate and value the diversity of staff; and
Fight to ensure that everyone has equal access to clean water, clean air, and a safe environment.

CBF requires that all staff be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.  The successful candidate will need to submit verification of vaccination or have a valid religious or medical reason not to be vaccinated.

CBF is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.


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Paid Opportunities for Undergrads!


The Center for Democracy and Civic Life has three intern positions available for 2022-2023: Graphic Design Intern, Community Civic Engagement Intern, and Political Engagement Intern. All are paid positions. Read more about the three positions here. The application is due April 4, 2022.


They also are looking for undergraduates to serve as Alternative Spring Break leaders, ConnectionCorps facilitators, and STRiVE coaches for 2022-2023. Students in these positions receive stipends and PRAC 096-08 transcript notations. Read more about all three positions here. The application is due April 4, 2022.

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Please consider signing up for one or more of the activities planned for the Mental Health Action Day on April 7, 2022.



10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.  Connecting with Nature at UMBC

Locations: Library Pond and Administration Circle

Audience: Open to all, with a 20 person cap on each saunter

Register here for the Library Pond meet-up

Register here for the Administration Circle meet-up


11 a.m. - Noon Cultivating Resilience with Mindfulness with Jill Wardell

Location: Virtual 

Audience: Open to all

More information and virtual event link here


11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Restorative Practices at UMBC with Jeff Cullen

Location: Hybrid; Center for Well-Being, Room 118, and Online

Audience: Open to all

Register for the in-person event (18 person limit) or get the virtual event link here


12:30 p.m. - 1 p.m. Mental Health Awareness Walk   

Location: Breezeway 

Audience: Open to all

More information here


1 p.m. - 2 p.m. Group Fitness Pop-Up 

Location: In front of the RAC

Audience: Open to all

More information here


2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Grief and Healing Circles 

Three concurrent in-person sessions capped at 12 attendees each


Staff Circle Led by Jill Wardell

Location: 231 RAC

Register and get more information here

Student Circle Led by Beatriz Gutierrez Malagon

Location: Apartment Community Center MPR

Register and get more information here

Faculty Circle Led by Bambi Chapin 

Location: 230 RAC 

Register and get more information here


3 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.  Behaviors of Concern: How and

Who to Report To 

Location: Virtual

Audience: Staff and Faculty

More information and virtual event link here


3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Graduate Student Mental Health Panel and Listening Session

Location: Retriever Room, Undergraduate Admissions Office, Albin O. Kuhn Library, Pondside, Room 012

Audience: Graduate Students; attendance capped at 34

Register and get more information here


3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Faculty Mental Well-Being with Susan and Orianne 

Location: Virtual

Audience: Faculty

More information and virtual event link here


4 p.m. - 6 p.m. Student Government Association: Snacks and Mental Health Chats

Location: SGA Office, Commons 2B20

Audience: Undergraduate Students

Register and get more information here


6 p.m. - 7 p.m. Community Conversations

Location: Library Gallery

Audience: Students

Register and get more information here

 

 

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In conjunction with the exhibition Louie Palu: Distant Early Warning, the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery presents a participatory installation and a panel discussion.

On Monday, April 4th from 12 to 5 p.m., the public is invited to view a set of four ice block installations near the entrance to the Albin O. Kuhn Library, each of which will gradually melt to reveal an enclosed photograph from the exhibition. A simultaneous hands-on display will be located inside the Gallery.

At 5 p.m. inside the Gallery, please join us for a panel discussion featuring artist Louie Palu with Nathan Kurtz, Ph.D. 09, physics, Chief of NASAs Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, Deputy Project Scientist for NASAs ICESat-2 satellite mission, and Brian Grodsky, Professor of Comparative Politics and Chair of the Political Science Department.








Admission to all events is free.

Please visit here for directions and parking information.

Please note: Masks are required in some indoor spaces at UMBC. Please visit here to view current information.

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What is stress?
Stress seems to be part and parcel of modern life. There are financial worries, social pressures, living up to the expectations of others (and ourselves), and relationship difficulties - the list is endless. They all make demands on our mental and physical resources – and sometimes that’s fine. It’s when these demands feel more than we can cope with that we become stressed.

A degree of stress is present amongst all the anxiety disorders. Stress is extremely prevalent, over 70% of people in various studies across multiple continents, state that they have regularly experienced mental distress and overwhelm that may lead to poor coping (APA 2017, YouGov UK 2018, NZ Health Monitor 2018).

Fight or flight? Physical symptoms of stress
The physical and mental changes we experience when we’re under stress evolved as a way of dealing with life-threatening situations: like coming face to face with a wild animal. Within seconds, our ancestors had to decide whether to stay and fight it –or run away –and their bodies produced the hormones to prepare it for either. Our bodies still go into ‘fight or flight’ mode when we’re faced with a threat or challenge.

Within seconds of sensing a threatening situation, your body releases adrenaline and noradrenaline to increase your blood pressure and heart rate to get oxygen and fuel-filled blood to the brain, muscles, heart, and lungs. Noradrenalin sharpens your senses so you’re more alert, causing tensing of the facial muscles, clenching of the teeth and your hair to stand more on end.

Cortisol converts fat stores into energy to power the muscles. But too much cortisol can weaken your immune system –which is why people suffering from chronic stress get a lot of colds and infections.

What you can do in times of extreme stress
The first thing is to recognize the warning signs of stress and the second is to accept that you need to do something about it. However much your life feels like it’s spiralling out of control, there is plenty you can do to reduce your stress levels. You can:
  • Think about what’s causing the stress –and how you respond to it.
  • Take steps to prevent or cut down on the stress.
  • Understand how your mindset affects how you deal with potentially stressful situations or people.
  • Develop healthy ways to deal with stress.
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"As the fifth generation (5G) of wireless technology ushers in a new era of connectivity, it is forever changing the way future generations and technology will coexist. Technologists envision an even more expansive vision for 6G, with ubiquitous and near-instantaneous connectivity that can bridge the human, physical, and digital worlds. Realizing these ambitious goals will require not only the development of new technologies, but even more so, new ways of collaborating across the ecosystem.

6G will leverage high data throughputs of 100 Gbps to perhaps as high as 1 Tbps, low latency, and artificial intelligence to improve the human experience, make infrastructure more sustainable, and businesses more efficient. Key drivers for 6G include bringing connectivity to rural areas, intelligent monitoring to improve energy and transportation efficiencies, and enabling immersive remote presence, digital twins, holographic telepresence, and extended reality."
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