UMBC Transit will be providing shuttle services to transport passengers from BWI Airport and BWI Amtrak/MARC Train Station on Saturday, August 24, 2013 from - 8:00 am - 4:00 pm . Please bring your red UMBC ID card with you.

To schedule a pick up, please send an email from your umbc account to transit@umbc.edu with"BWI pick up on Aug. 24, 2013" as the subject line. In the body of the email tell us your name as it is on your UMBC ID, the airline or BWI Amtrak, and the pick up time.

You can also reach us at 410.455.2454

Safe travels!

Now celebrating its 25th year, the Meyerhoff Scholars Program boasts more than 800 graduates, many of whom have gone on to pursue careers as scientists, researchers, engineers and doctors. In a story entitled  “Where Are They Now?” in the August issue of Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, the magazine highlights the successes of six Meyerhoff alumni.

“The true strength of the Meyerhoff program is that we identify students who have a fire in the belly for sicence, who can’t see themselves doing anything else, who have a passion for inquiry and discovery,” the program’s director, Keith Harmon, told Diverse.

Among the alumni noted in the story:

• Isaac Kinde ’05 (M13), a graduate student at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, who was the lead author of research on a new version of the Pap smear;
• Gerald Lopez ’01 (M9), who earned his Ph.D. in computer engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and who now is in charge of support for a computer company with clients as diverse as Intel, government and university labs;
• Crystal Watkins ’95 (M3), an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University, where she earned her master’s and Ph.D.;
• Rabiah Mayas ’00 (M8), director of science and integrated strategies in the Center for the Advancement  of Science Education at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago;
• Kyla McMullen ’05 (M13), the first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Michigan, and who now is an assistant professor at Clemson University, and;
• Nwokedi C. Idika ’05 (M13), the first African-American male to earn a Ph.D. in computer science from Purdue, who now works on the staff of MIT Lincoln Labs.

As Lopez told Diverse magazine: “Meyerhoff meant a lot to me. It’s support for a lifetime. I use it as a resource even now. We help each other out a lot.”

Many of UMBC’s older trees are being strangled by English ivy (hedera helix), a non-native invasive vine (NNI). A one-credit course will explore the the problem of non-native invasive specieis and challenge participants to protect UMBC trees.

Participants may seek information, form teams, develop work-plans, and document their activities.

Shared leadership and collaboration will characterize the course.

•  Tools, hats, gloves will be provided
•  Online resources
•  Hands-on outdoors work to protect trees 
•  Understand the issue, gain knowledge and implement solutions to NNIs (Non Native Invasives)

"English ivy is an aggressive invader that threatens all vegetation levels of forested and open areas, growing along the ground as well into the forest canopy……" - Plant Invaders of Mid-Atlantic Natural Areas, p. 105.

Instructors:

Dr. Mary Rivkin, Faculty, Education Department

Donna Anderson- Manager of Recycling and Grounds, Certfied arborist and trained horticulture expert, UMBC Facilities Management

With Phil Cho, Landscape Architect, UMBC Facilities Management

Contact 

Dr. Mary Rivkin: rivkin@umbc.edu

Thanks to UMBC BreakingGround for their support.