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<Title>Welcome,  Spring 2016 PRAC students! PLEASE READ</Title>
<Tagline>Getting started with the Intern/Research Practicum</Tagline>
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    <div>Here are your next steps to get started with the Intern/Research Practicum:</div>
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    <div><strong>STEP 1:</strong></div>
    <div>Watch the <span><a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/intern-research-prac/documents/6656" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">PRAC Orientation Video</a>, especially if have not met with your PRAC coordinator in person. </span><span>(Note: There is a voice narration! If you can't hear it, try turning up the volume or clicking the link to the "old version" of the Prezi player.)</span>
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    <div><span><strong>STEP 2:</strong></span></div>
    <div><span>Read through the syllabus under the Files tab.</span></div>
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    <div><strong>STEP 3:</strong></div>
    <div>Choose the Professional Development Activities you'd like to attend this semester. You'll find a list of qualifying workshops under the Events tab. Remember, first-time PRAC students <strong><u>must complete</u></strong> the online workshop called "Intern Like a Pro"!</div>
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    <div>(See pg. 2 of the syllabus, or ask your PRAC coordinator, to find out how many Professional Development Activities you'll need to attend this semester.)</div>
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    <div>Your first assignment, the Basic Information/Learning Objectives, is due on March 7th. If you have questions, check the FAQ's under the Files tab, or e-mail us at <a href="mailto:internships@umbc.edu">internships@umbc.edu</a>.</div>
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    <p><span>Your PRAC Coordinators</span></p>
    
    <p><span>(Christine, Kerry, Kate,
    Susan, Jeremiah, and Kacie)</span></p>
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<Summary>Here are your next steps to get started with the Intern/Research Practicum:     STEP 1:  Watch the PRAC Orientation Video, especially if have not met with your PRAC coordinator in person. (Note:...</Summary>
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<Title>Shawn Bediako, Psychology, Receives 2014 Champion Award from the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America</Title>
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<Title>Scott Farrow, Economics, Named Economics Coordinator for the Department of Homeland Security&#8217;s National Center on the Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE)</Title>
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<Title>Laura Hussey, Political Science, in The Christian Post</Title>
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<Title>Thomas Schaller, Political Science, in The Washington Post and The Baltimore Sun</Title>
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    <p><span>Please join Dr. Charles<br>Eggleton and the Mechanical Engineering Department in congratulating Dr. Anne<br>Spence, winner of this year’s Outstanding Faculty Award.Dr.<br>Spence is a Professor of the Practice in the Mechanical Engineering Department<br>and our Undergraduate Program Director.</span></p>
    <br><p><span>This award was presented<br>by the UMBC Alumni Association to Dr. Spence in honor of her outstanding track<br>record in Engineering Education, her commitment to our students, and her ability to help our UMBC/ME grads excel, achieve, and plot their path beyond our campus. Dr.<br>Spence consistently inspires our undergraduate students and has shown<br>dedication to our program and our University that stands out even among the<br>excellent Undergraduate faculty all over campus.</span></p>
    <br><p><span>Winners of this award<br>must be nominated by alumni and chosen by a committee comprised of the alumni Board<br>of Directors and alumni leaders, and the recipient must show “extraordinary<br>teaching as demonstrated by effectiveness in motivating students in ways that<br>have a lasting influence on their lives.”<span><br></span></span></p>
    <br><p><span>The award will be<br>presented on Thursday, October 9 at 6:30 pm in the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery,<br>UMBC Main Campus.</span></p>
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