To the UMBC Grant Community,
This is a reminder that Effort Reports for Spring 2020 are available and ready for certification. The Spring 2020 period includes Payroll 2020015 through Payroll 2020026 (from January 05, 2020 through June 20, 2020). Certifications are due September 30, 2020.
Please remember that Effort Reports are both a Compliance Tool and a Grants Management Tool. After reviewing payroll charges, work with your business managers if any changes are needed. Payroll cost transfers (retros) must be processed prior to certification of Effort Reports.
To find out whether you have open effort reports (see page 6, Year: 2020 Period: Spring) and to learn how to certify them, see the attached updated Effort Report Quick Reference Guide with screenshots and contact information for your convenience.
Your timely commitment to this process is appreciated.
]]>Please join us in congratulating Dr. Takashi Yamashita (Assoc Prof, Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health) and his team on receiving a grant from The Institute of Education Sciences for their study: Literacy, Numeracy, and Problem-Solving Skills in Technology-Rich Environment in the STEM-Related Subbaccalaureate Programs in the United States
https://ies.ed.gov/funding/grantsearch/details.asp?ID=3392
]]>Check some ways you and/or your office can stay connected with the wider UMBC community this week by informing you of select events, programs, resources, as well as some tips and tricks to maximize your virtual campus experience.
Here are some items to check out this week through next Monday (July 6th - 13th):
Stories of the Week
Queer POC Culture: Its Impact on American mainstream Posted on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Written by Sofia Encarnacion.
Staff Editorial: Our call to rename the Columbus Center in Baltimore Posted on Sunday, July 5, 2020. Written by The Retriever Editorial Board
Events and Engagement
For Students & Alumni: Ready to Launch - Alumni Advice on How to Stand Out
Wednesday, July 8th, 2020 | Noon - 1:00 p.m. | Online
Celebrating the end of the Career Launch Summer Series and your next steps into the professional world. Alumni and employers will share practical advice on how students and recent grads can be most competitive through each step of the job search process and stand out from the crowd. Simply click on the GOING button below to also let us know you are attending. Follow this link to attend.
Event number: 120 379 3326
Event password: iG8X2uviTB8
For Faculty: Building Community Online from Day One
Wednesday, July 8th, 2020 | Noon - 1:00 p.m. | Online
Key to students’ motivation and learning is a feeling of connectedness to the class--to the instructor, to other students, and to content. Such feelings foster engagement--an essential element for students to succeed. For many of us creating that sense of community seems easier when we can meet with our students face-to-face. How can we establish connections online? Join with colleagues for a virtual discussion about ways to structure student interactions, demonstrate and manage your presence in the class, teach for inclusion, and convey caring and support in your online course.
For Faculty: Virtual Pedagogical Happy Hour
Thursday, July 9th, 2020 | 3:00- 4:00 p.m. | Online: Webex
Back by popular demand! Join the FDC for Virtual Pedagogical Happy Hour. Bring your teaching challenges and best ideas and just de-stress with a group of colleagues. Drop in and drop out as you want and come as you are. Please click “Going” below to reserve your seat for this session and we will send you a Google calendar invitation with a WebEx link one hour before the session. If you register less than an hour before the session, you will receive the WebEx link when you register. Please email fdc@umbc.edu if you have any questions.
Click here for a full listof UMBC Events.
Tip of the Week
Events not showing up on the main UMBC Together page?
Even if the myUMBC group page you manage is public, events will not appear on the main page unless you click it to be visible on the University Calendar. To check whether an event is visible, go to the event post, click “edit” located on the right side of the page. Under the Events Calendar section, click on “Show in this group AND on the university calendar.” You will be given the opportunity to select up to three categories for which your event should be categorized as. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click “Post Event” to save the changes. Your event should show up momentarily on the UMBC Together page.
Contact Info
Website: umbc.edu/together
Email: together@umbc.edu
Social Media: #UMBCTogether
This week, we’re featuring Maurice Berger’s Race Stories article, “Photos That Challenge Stereotypes About African-American Youths.” This article looks at photographs from “Picturing Children,” the fourth volume in a series of books published by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. Works from “Picturing Children” explore the routines of everyday life in Black communities and the added weight Black children are pressured to shoulder because they are being raised in a world that already has preconceived notions and prejudices about them because of their skin color. The photographs also consider how Black children are forced to grow up in a society with systems that do not allow them to be children and, instead, must face the discrimination and injustices that infiltrated their schools and communities.
Article:https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/african-american-children-empowered-by-photography/
Today's talk is The art of stillness by Pico Iyer. The place that travel writer Pico Iyer would most like to go? Nowhere. In a counterintuitive and lyrical meditation, Iyer takes a look at the incredible insight that comes with taking time for stillness. In our world of constant movement and distraction, he teases out strategies we all can use to take back a few minutes out of every day, or a few days out of every season. It's the talk for anyone who feels overwhelmed by the demands for our world.