UMBC’s Prove It! Campaign has added greatly to the quality of campus life during its six years of existence, including the creation of a green space outside the Fine Arts Building and a system for tracking campus shuttle buses via GPS technology.

Last year’s winners have finally made their mark at UMBC – three new and vibrantly decorated Chesapeake Bay Retriever statues placed in prominent areas around campus.

The Retriever Project was the brainchild of UMBC students: Kelsey Krach’ 14, cultural anthropology and Spanish,
Travis Bell ’14, psychology and political science,
and Cami Sotela ’13, psychology.

With funding provided by UMBC’s Student Government Association, Prove It! gives undergraduates with a vision for ways to improve the campus a chance to compete to have their plan realized. Winners of the competition can receive up to $10,000 to implement a winning plan and cash prizes of up to $2,000.

The idea for the Retriever Project was based on a number of colorful “animals on parade” public art projects around the world – most notably two large projects in nearby Washington, D.C., which featured pandas and then donkeys and elephants.

Krach, Bell, and Sotela spent more than two years planning their Retriever Project entry. The first three statues were placed in front of the Albin O. Kuhn Library, The Commons, and the Performing Arts and Humanities Building. Each statue is painted to reflect a core UMBC value: diversity, academic and social exploration and the breadth and depth of UMBC’s academic program.

— Jessie Orsburn ’14

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Spring 2015 advising and registration will be occurring soon! Before you can register, you must be electronically cleared by an advisor and receive any advance permissions for particular classes, especially INDS classes.

Contact your INDS advisor to arrange an appointment. Many advisors in INDS are not meeting with students until AFTER the Spring 2015 schedule goes live on Monday, October 27. Unsure who your advisor is? Email Ms. Sauter - csauter@umbc.edu.

You have a pre-determined time to register based on the number of credits you have earned; it does not include the credits you are taking this semester: Spring 2015 Registration Appointments

The Winter class schedule is online. Any student can register for winter session without advising clearance starting Monday, October 27. However, you are strongly encouraged to check with your advisor about winter course ideas, especially if you want to take them at another school. The maximum number of credits you can take in Winter is 4.5 credits (1 academic course and a physical education course).

Your To-Do List:

- Make an appointment with your INDS advisor.
- Check to see when you can register online. Spring 2015 Registration Appointments
- Review the winter and spring schedules and prepare your list of course preferences with back-up options.  Winter and Spring schedules: http://my.umbc.edu/go/schedule
- Check your degree audit online. When making your course list, consider your general graduation requirements and things you want to take for your major.  

NOTE:
If you have a second major, scholar program, or following a pre-health guideline, make arrangements to see an advisor from that department. Pre-Health Students, see this link: http://www.umbc.edu/advising/docs/AdvisingSummaryforPreProfessionalStudents.pdf

An internationally recognized scholar of South Asian international relations (India-Pakistan and South Asia-US), Hagerty came to UMBC from the University of Sydney in 2001. Since then he has published two books, five articles, and 13 book chapters. He founded the journal Asian Security in 2003 and has served as its managing editor or co-editor ever since. He teaches courses in international relations and has won the Political Science Teacher of the Year award three times. He has served as chair of the political science department, currently chairs one of the working groups for the university’s strategic planning, and now directs our new, fast-growing global studies program—among a long list of service to UMBC. In November 2013, Hagerty wrote an op-ed published in Inside Higher Edin which he introduced UMBC’s global studies program and argued that a liberal arts education is essential in developing a “global competence” among students.

During his year as the Lipitz Professor, Dr. Hagerty will work on a book project entitled “Fear, Ambition, and the Sturdy Child of Terror: South Asia’s Triangular Nuclear Dilemma.”

UMBC Bookstore Homecoming Sale 

20% off UMBC apparel and logo merchandise. Monday, October 6 – Saturday, October 11, 2014

HUGE One Day Only Apple Sales Event!

October 9th All current MacBook Airs, MacBook Pro Macs, and iPad Airs will be on sale! Everyone that makes a purchase will be entered to win one of three Apple swag bags stuffed with cool Apple gear!

Yum Shoppe Halloween Costume Contest:

Stop by the Yum Shoppe on October 31st to have your picture taken and entered into the Costume Contest! All pictures will be posted onto our Facebook and Twitter accounts. The picture with the most “likes’ wins! Winner will receive $10 Bookstore Bob Bucks and Best Costume bragging rights.