UMBC Swimming and Diving Announces 2012-13 Schedule BALTIMORE � Looking to reclaim the America East titles, the UMBC swimming and diving teams have put together a challenging dual meet season schedule, head coach Chad Cradock announced Monday. ]]> BALTIMORE � Looking to reclaim the America East titles, the UMBC swimming and diving teams have put together a challenging dual meet season schedule, head coach Chad Cradock announced Monday. http://www.umbcretrievers.com/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=7146 https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/15744/guest@my.umbc.edu/0020b60ee4f6962f8a64324efff46a62/api/pixel UMBC Athletics https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/athletics https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xsmall.png?1709304849 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/original.jpg?1709304849 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xxlarge.png?1709304849 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xlarge.png?1709304849 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/large.png?1709304849 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/medium.png?1709304849 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/small.png?1709304849 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xsmall.png?1709304849 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xxsmall.png?1709304849 UMBC Athletics 0 0 true Mon, 23 Jul 2012 01:00:00 -0400 UMBC Women's Basketball Announces 2012-13 Non-Conference Slate The UMBC women's basketball program solidified its non-conference schedule for the 2012-13 season, as announced by head coach Phil Stern on Monday. The slate features squads from nine different conferences, including three teams that competed in postseason tournaments last year. ]]> The UMBC women's basketball program solidified its non-conference schedule for the 2012-13 season, as announced by head coach Phil Stern on Monday. The slate features squads from nine different... http://www.umbcretrievers.com/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=7144 https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/15739/guest@my.umbc.edu/1585a0e10b1ca9885adad552609796c9/api/pixel UMBC Athletics https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/athletics https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xsmall.png?1709304849 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/original.jpg?1709304849 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xxlarge.png?1709304849 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xlarge.png?1709304849 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/large.png?1709304849 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/medium.png?1709304849 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/small.png?1709304849 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xsmall.png?1709304849 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/009/69595c9b99f609d75fbb8232d9bd73d3/xxsmall.png?1709304849 UMBC Athletics 0 0 true Mon, 23 Jul 2012 01:00:00 -0400 A Power Outage Diary After the derecho swept through the Baltimore area on Friday night, June 29th, the power was out at my house for more than five days.  Here's how I spent them.  (Do you have a story of your own to share?)

Friday, 11:30 p.m., high temperature 107°F:  I’m standing at a window watching the wind whip through the neighborhood when the lights go out, along with the TV and the window air conditioners.  We wait in the quiet and dark in the hope of a quick reprieve.  An hour later we resign ourselves to a hot, humid night.  I think thoughts the faulty logic of which will only become apparent later: that we won’t have milk for morning coffee, for example, not recognizing that the coffee maker, not just the refrigerator, is inoperative.  In the eerie absence of the everyday hum of appliances, our two Chihuahuas bark out nervous warnings whenever they hear a sound.  I toss, turn and perspire.

Saturday, high temperature 100°F:  The sweltering crowd at Dunkin’ Donuts is irritable, but I take some comfort in the numbers: We’re not the only ones powerless.  BGE forecasts restoration for my neighborhood by 2:30 p.m.  I make a hotel reservation just in case.  There’s not much to do but sit indoors, read, sweat, and resist the temptation to open the refrigerator for food.  We snack on donuts and crackers.  Heading to an air-conditioned mall or theater isn’t an option because of the dogs.  2:30 comes and goes.  We’re groggy.  We’re holding out hope.  At 4:00 we load the car, figuring that doing so will magically cause the power to come back on.  It doesn’t.  We’ve packed an ice chest full of fridge and freezer food for cold storage at the hotel.  We head to the Residence Inn, try not to think about the cost (the pet fee alone is $100), and eat take-out while watching the news.  BGE is offering no further prediction about the time of restoration.

Sunday, high temperature 103°F:  I make the 26-mile roundtrip home in the morning to confirm that the power is still off.  Regardless, we can’t afford a second night’s hotel stay.  At noon we’re at a grocery store, Sharon heading in for non-perishables while the dogs and I sit panting in the car.  Our freshly charged smartphones allow us to monitor the restoration effort and access BGE’s Twitter feed, the content of which strikes my weary and overheated eyes as defensive and self-serving.  We sit, we read novels, we sweat.  As the sun sets I grill sausages (from the ice chest)—the grill being our only appliance that doesn’t work on electricity.  After dark we continue to read by candlelight, accepting the additional heat in the room as the price of sight.  The muggy warmth is affecting our appetites and our digestion.  I’ll lose 5 pounds before the power comes back.

Monday, high temperature 95°F:  I’m up at 6:00; who can sleep?  I stumble out early to buy ice.  The local grocery stores are cleared out, but at my third stop I find a few bags left in the freezer case.  Sharon takes me to work at UMBC, partly so she can have the car for the day (a source of air conditioning and battery charging, if need be), partly so we can have a cup of coffee together in the cool comfort of The Commons.  We both feel like zombies, like our sweaty sleeplessness must be highly visible to passers-by.  I spend the day trying to focus (and charging up my laptop, so we can use its battery to charge the phones at night) while Sharon swelters at home.  We’re both following the BGE numbers, waiting.  After work we head to my morning ice store, but the case is empty now, so we drive on.  When we find a store with ice we dawdle there, wandering the aisles, enjoying the air conditioning, imagining a future shopping run when we can buy perishable food.  Dinner is leftovers from the night at the hotel, preserved in the ice chest and heated in aluminum foil on the grill.  Later, reading by candlelight, I remember that I have a doctor’s appointment in the morning; too late to cancel, wish I could sleep.  I keep seeing news via Facebook (on my phone) of locals getting their power back.  I’m glad for them.  I hate them.  I’m glad for them.  I hate them.

Tuesday, high temperature 99°F:  Big news of the morning is that BGE finally has a new restoration time for our neighborhood: 5:30 p.m. that very day.  I return from the doctor’s office with coffee from Starbucks and hope that this purgatory will end.  It’s quiet on campus, the day before a holiday, and I savor the cooled air and dearth of meetings.  I’m waiting for Sharon’s call to tell me the power is back at last.  And waiting.  At 5:30 p.m. the BGE message switches to a generic “we will restore your power as soon as possible.”  We start to think about where we can do laundry.  On a run for ice, I see a BGE truck parked in the neighborhood with two workers sitting inside, looking bored.  Back home, we read and perspire by candlelight.

Wednesday, high temperature 100°F: It’s the 4th of July.  I make a run to Dunkin’ for coffee, past a new utility truck where the BGE truck had been.  Sharon tosses the spoiled food from our fridge and freezer, carefully draining and straining the contents so we can recycle the containers.  The BGE automated response system informs us that that power should be restored in our neighborhood by 4:30 p.m. that day.  The spoiled food stinks in the heat, and our trash can lost its lid in the derecho, so I head out to Home Depot to buy a new lid.  But Home Depot doesn’t sell lids separately from cans, so I buy a new can, just another $16 down the drain after the cost of the hotel, the spoiled food, the ice, etc.  When I get home, my neighbor is setting up a generator outside his garage.  He gets it started an hour later.  Through our open windows 20 feet away, it sounds like a jackhammer.  Sharon and I sit in our living room, sweating, reading, and trying to ignore the overwhelming, pulsating, nerve-rattling, peace-shattering noise. 

The laptop doesn’t have enough power to keep the phones charged for long, so when the power does not return by 4:30 p.m. as predicted, I take the phones out to my car to charge them and sit there, in the driveway, running the air conditioner and reading.  The noise of the air conditioner partially muffles the pulsating din of the generator.  BGE’s message now says the power should be back by 10:30 p.m.  At 6:30, Sharon emerges from the house with the dogs in a carrier.  She can’t take the noise any more.  So we drive for a while as the sun sets, catching bursts of fireworks from time to time.  We’re running on fumes, having a hard time hearing and understanding each other.  We wind up in Ellicott City, and have a dinner of frozen yogurt in the car.  Sharon asks me to drive on interstate highways so the dogs won’t keep jumping up at every stop.  So I drive.  We’re clinging to the hope that BGE’s fourth prediction will come true: 10:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m.  The power just has to come back tonight.  Tomorrow is supposed to be hotter.  We need a break.  Back home, powerless and enduring the throb of the generator, we have to make decisions about which windows to open, and what balance to strike between stagnant, stifling air and obnoxious clatter.  We can’t bear to add to the indoor heat by lighting candles to read by, so we sit in the dark and surf our smartphones as 10:30 passes and recedes.  BGE changes its message again to the generic version, offering no further predictions.  I’m convinced that the power will return overnight.  It just has to.  But it doesn’t.

Thursday, high temperature 102°F:  Something has to give.  We’re so tired.  The noise from next door is oppressive.  We’re slow-witted, and having a hard time identifying and evaluating our options.  I make another bitter trip to Dunkin’ Donuts so we can throw coffee at our problems.  I’m in the parking lot when I get the call from Sharon:  The lights are on.  The fridge and freezer are empty; the house is a mess; the laundry has been piling up for well over a week.  The air conditioning units will have to work a while before the house gets anywhere close to comfortable.  But the power is back.

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The 2012 Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Compact for Faculty Diversity/Institute for Teaching and Mentoring will be held in Tampa, Florida, Thursday, October 25- Sunday, October 28. Several of the PROMISE mentors have led sessions at the SREB conference in the past, including Dr. Johnetta Davis (Founding Co-PI for PROMISE at UM College Park), Dr. Wendy Carter-Veale (PROMISE Dissertation Coach), and Dr. Renetta Tull (PROMISE Director). Last year, 25 of our PROMISE AGEP graduate students from all campuses attended the 2011 SREB conference in Atlanta. As of 7/21/12,  7 students have been nominated for the 2012 conference, and others are on the waiting list.

This year, the PROMISE AGEP would especially like to encourage Instructors, Postdocs, and Assistant Professors to participate in the concurrent “Jr. Faculty Professional Development Conference” for SREB. This will be the 3rd year for this kind of extension. Here is the link with information: http://promiseagep.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/junior-faculty-conference-2012-tampa.pdf. Instructors, Postdocs, and Assistant Professors should seek funding from their respective departments for this worthwhile conference.

More about SREB -  watch the video:

(See PROMISE Alumna and Former Peer Mentor, Dr. Frances Carter (Public Policy, UMBC) at 3:10-3:23.

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UPDATE November 8, 2012

Photo of PROMISE Participants (subset) at the SREB Conference, Tampa, October 2012.


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The 2012 Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Compact for Faculty Diversity/Institute for Teaching and Mentoring will be held in Tampa, Florida, Thursday, October 25- Sunday, October 28. Several of the PROMISE mentors have led sessions at the SREB conference in the past, including Dr. Johnetta Davis (Founding Co-PI for PROMISE at UM College Park), Dr. Wendy Carter-Veale (PROMISE Dissertation Coach), and Dr. Renetta Tull (PROMISE Director). Last year, 25 of our PROMISE AGEP graduate students from all campuses attended the 2011 SREB conference in Atlanta. As of 7/21/12,  7 students have been nominated for the 2012 conference, and others are on the waiting list.

This year, the PROMISE AGEP would especially like to encourage Instructors, Postdocs, and Assistant Professors to participate in the concurrent “Jr. Faculty Professional Development Conference” for SREB. This will be the 3rd year for this kind of extension. Here is the link with information: http://promiseagep.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/junior-faculty-conference-2012-tampa.pdf. Instructors, Postdocs, and Assistant Professors should seek funding from their respective departments for this worthwhile conference.

More about SREB -  watch the video:

(See PROMISE Alumna and Former Peer Mentor, Dr. Frances Carter (Public Policy, UMBC) at 3:10-3:23.

Related articles

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Are you ready to intern within a Nonprofit or Social Venture this Fall?

If yes, apply to the Shattuck Family Internship Program for Entrepreneurship Innovation and Social Change.

DEADLINE TO APPLY:  Friday, July 27th

The Shattuck Family Internship Program for Entrepreneurship Innovation and Social Change prepares UMBC students for the rigors and rewards of entrepreneurship and social innovation.  This program places highly-motivated students from diverse backgrounds in mentored internships to better prepare them to launch nonprofit or social ventures.  Students get training and experience to empower them to become the next generation of social entrepreneurs–working largely in the not-for-profit world, developing and delivering innovative solutions to some of our region’s most urgent social problems.

Internships last one semester (15 weeks) and students will work, on average, 8 to 10 hours per week.  Students receive a stipend of $1,000 toward their compensation.  In addition to the internship, students engage in projects and activities that further expose them to the social entrepreneurial mindset.
BONUS:  The Shattuck Interns can apply to become Family Entrepreneurial Scholars/Fellows which provides selected interns who successfully completed their placements, and have demonstrated particularly strong proclivity to become social entrepreneurs with awards up to $5,000.  The awards can be used as “seed funding” to launch new ventures or community-based social entrepreneurship projects or as academic scholarships.

Why Participate?
- Earn a competitive stipend of $1,000 plus an opportunity to potentially earn credit and obtain up to $5,000 for “seed funding” to launch a new venture or community-based social entrepreneurship project or use as an academic scholarship.
- Gain valuable experience in your career field by interning 120 hours over the course of the semester (8-10 hours per week)
- Be exposed to the knowledge, skills, and mindset required to successfully launch and manage a nonprofit/social venture
- Develop a network of contacts in the nonprofit community for future references and opportunities
- Apply classroom knowledge in a realistic work environment and apply lessons learned in the workplace to academic coursework

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS MUST:
Have completed a minimum of 30 credits with a GPA of 3.0 or above, and possess an interest in social change.  ALL majors are encouraged to apply.

TO APPLY:
Interested students are asked to submit a Resume and a Cover Letter answering the following questions:
Discuss your interest in both social entrepreneurship/social change and this intern program.  What has been your involvement in nonprofit/social leadership thus far such as coursework completed, seminars, etc. (if applicable)?  What type of nonprofit/social venture would you like to intern for and why? 

Credentials can be e-mailed to:   
Christine Routzahn, Director of Professional Practice
The Shriver Center, UMBC, routzahn@umbc.edu, 410-455-2493 ]]> Do you have an interest in Becoming a Nonprofit Leader or Social Entrepreneur? Are you ready to intern within a Nonprofit or Social Venture this Fall? If yes, apply to the Shattuck Family... Flyer https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/attachments/07a34e15952694d7826b98233188e82c/6a7fc654/news/000/015/732/3d191ef6e236bd1b9bdb9ff4743c47fe/ShattuckNonprofitFlyer.pdf?1342837828 https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/15732/guest@my.umbc.edu/d163c763f3cfbd6a10d18e24b4f76c6c/api/pixel fall intern nonprofit paid The Shriver Center https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/shriver https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/008/0bfad113286cf6b1bc6dedbdbfc7e5ef/xsmall.png?1441293069 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/008/0bfad113286cf6b1bc6dedbdbfc7e5ef/original.jpg?1441293069 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/008/0bfad113286cf6b1bc6dedbdbfc7e5ef/xxlarge.png?1441293069 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/008/0bfad113286cf6b1bc6dedbdbfc7e5ef/xlarge.png?1441293069 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/008/0bfad113286cf6b1bc6dedbdbfc7e5ef/large.png?1441293069 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/008/0bfad113286cf6b1bc6dedbdbfc7e5ef/medium.png?1441293069 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/008/0bfad113286cf6b1bc6dedbdbfc7e5ef/small.png?1441293069 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/008/0bfad113286cf6b1bc6dedbdbfc7e5ef/xsmall.png?1441293069 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/008/0bfad113286cf6b1bc6dedbdbfc7e5ef/xxsmall.png?1441293069 Shriver Center:Intern, Co-op, Research & Service-Learning https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/015/732/b681006b27581d5351925dcd2039a79b/xxlarge.jpg?1342837495 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/015/732/b681006b27581d5351925dcd2039a79b/xlarge.jpg?1342837495 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/015/732/b681006b27581d5351925dcd2039a79b/large.jpg?1342837495 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/015/732/b681006b27581d5351925dcd2039a79b/medium.jpg?1342837495 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/015/732/b681006b27581d5351925dcd2039a79b/small.jpg?1342837495 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/015/732/b681006b27581d5351925dcd2039a79b/xsmall.jpg?1342837495 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/015/732/b681006b27581d5351925dcd2039a79b/xxsmall.jpg?1342837495 0 0 true Fri, 20 Jul 2012 22:30:39 -0400 Get Paid to Intern & Learn about Entrepreneurship! Apply - Shattuck Internship Program for Entrepreneurship

Do you have an interest in Entrepreneurship?

Are you ready to intern within a Start-up this Fall?

If yes, apply to the Shattuck Family Internship Program for Entrepreneurship Innovation and Social Change.


DEADLINE TO APPLY:  Friday, July 27th

The Shattuck Family Internship Program for Entrepreneurship Innovation and Social Change prepares UMBC students for the rigors and rewards of entrepreneurship and social innovation.  This program places highly-motivated students from diverse backgrounds in mentored internships to better prepare them to launch for-profit ventures

Internships last one semester (15 weeks) and students will work, on average, 8 to 10 hours per week.  Students receive a stipend of $1,000 toward their compensation.  In addition to the internship, students engage in projects and activities that further expose them to the entrepreneurial mindset.

BONUS:  The Shattuck Interns can apply to become Family Entrepreneurial Scholars/Fellows which provides selected interns who successfully completed their placements in companies, and have demonstrated particularly strong proclivity to become entrepreneurs with awards up to $5,000.  The awards can be used as “seed funding” to launch new ventures or community-based social entrepreneurship projects or as academic scholarships.

Why Participate?
Earn a competitive stipend of $1,000 plus an opportunity to potentially earn credit and obtain up to $5,000 for “seed funding” to launch a new venture or community-based social entrepreneurship project or use as an academic scholarship.

Gain valuable experience in your career field by interning 120 hours over the course of the semester (8-10 hours per week)

Be exposed to the knowledge, skills, and mindset required to successfully launch and manage a growing business

Develop a network of contacts in the entrepreneurial community for future references and opportunities

Apply classroom knowledge in a realistic work environment and apply lessons learned in the workplace to academic coursework

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS MUST:
Have completed a minimum of 30 credits with a GPA of 3.0 or above, and possess an interest in entrepreneurship.
ALL majors are encouraged to apply.

TO APPLY:
Interested students are asked to submit a Resume and a Cover Letter answering the following questions:

Discuss your interest in both entrepreneurship and this intern program.  What has been your entrepreneurial involvement thus far such as coursework, seminars, etc. (if applicable)?  What type of start-up would you like to intern for and why? 


Credentials can be e-mailed to:    

Christine Routzahn, Director of Professional Practice

The Shriver Center, UMBC, routzahn@umbc.edu, 410-455-2493

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TO APPLY:  Send your resume and cover letter to Christine Routzahn, Director of Internships, at the Shriver Center at routzahn@umbc.edu or apply on-line via UMBCworks

Position Title: Impact Strategies Access to Healthy Food Initiative Intern

GENERAL OVERVIEW: United Way of Central MD (UWCM) is dedicated to helping individuals and families who are vulnerable and at risk meet their emergency needs, stabilize their lives and ultimately achieve a better quality of life. By drawing upon local knowledge, data and expertise to understand the community’s needs, UWCM is able to identify where gaps exist and concentrate on what works in addressing them, serving as a powerful advocate on critical health and human service issues.

POSITION SUMMARY STATEMENT: Provides support to the Access to Healthy Food Initiative by assisting with United Way of Central Maryland’s’ healthy food drives, food access research, and document creation.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include, but are not limited to:
Healthy Food Drives
- Work with Impact Strategies Program Specialist to organize healthy food drives via email and phone with United Way of Central Maryland work place campaigns and independent schools in central Maryland, as well as food drive data management.
- Help to strategize innovative ways to reach college age students.

Food Access Research
- id as needed with the research of food access issues information including: statistics, current programs and best practices. Information may be collected via internet research, cold calling organizations and attending informational meetings/sessions.

Document Creation
- Assist with the creation and management of Access to Healthy Food Initiative documents, including one pagers. ]]> Open to ALL Majors, $1,000 Stipend for 120 hours over the course of the Fall Semester TO APPLY:  Send your resume and cover letter to Christine Routzahn, Director of Internships, at the Shriver... Flyer https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/attachments/52352fc4a6d45e77dc8cb4f67c380c23/6a7fc654/news/000/015/730/3b199f42a9909061516b6ce6d334af6d/United Way Intern Position Description.pdf?1342833630 https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/15730/guest@my.umbc.edu/a58b260bef1a3ee988bf702d606d34bf/api/pixel health intern paid The Shriver Center https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/shriver https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/008/0bfad113286cf6b1bc6dedbdbfc7e5ef/xsmall.png?1441293069 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/008/0bfad113286cf6b1bc6dedbdbfc7e5ef/original.jpg?1441293069 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/008/0bfad113286cf6b1bc6dedbdbfc7e5ef/xxlarge.png?1441293069 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/008/0bfad113286cf6b1bc6dedbdbfc7e5ef/xlarge.png?1441293069 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/008/0bfad113286cf6b1bc6dedbdbfc7e5ef/large.png?1441293069 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/008/0bfad113286cf6b1bc6dedbdbfc7e5ef/medium.png?1441293069 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/008/0bfad113286cf6b1bc6dedbdbfc7e5ef/small.png?1441293069 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/008/0bfad113286cf6b1bc6dedbdbfc7e5ef/xsmall.png?1441293069 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/008/0bfad113286cf6b1bc6dedbdbfc7e5ef/xxsmall.png?1441293069 Shriver Center:Intern, Co-op, Research & Service-Learning https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/015/730/00e53a7bf746f90a6700232281a0a6d0/xxlarge.jpg?1342833681 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/015/730/00e53a7bf746f90a6700232281a0a6d0/xlarge.jpg?1342833681 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/015/730/00e53a7bf746f90a6700232281a0a6d0/large.jpg?1342833681 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/015/730/00e53a7bf746f90a6700232281a0a6d0/medium.jpg?1342833681 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/015/730/00e53a7bf746f90a6700232281a0a6d0/small.jpg?1342833681 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/015/730/00e53a7bf746f90a6700232281a0a6d0/xsmall.jpg?1342833681 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/015/730/00e53a7bf746f90a6700232281a0a6d0/xxsmall.jpg?1342833681 7 0 true Fri, 20 Jul 2012 21:21:46 -0400 UMBC Beats Giving Goals for FY12

UMBC’s alumni showed themselves to be true “Retriever Believers” this fiscal year, helping UMBC to exceed its goals for alumni giving for Fiscal Year 2012, the Office of Development reports.

Final numbers for the fiscal year, which ran from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012, showed that:

Annual Fund gifts have an immediate and direct impact on academic and other resources for UMBC students. Because State funds provide less than 25% of the University’s operating budget and tuition and fees alone do not cover the full cost of a UMBC education, these yearly gifts to the University help to keep a UMBC education within reach for our students and families and support the core elements of UMBC’s academic programs.

This year has been very successful for UMBC’s annual giving program,” said Dayna Carpenter, coordinator of Annual Giving. “For the first time in five years, we’ve had an across the board increase in all of our donor numbers including alumni, parents, and faculty and staff.”

UMBC’s Office of Development beefed up Annual Giving operations this year, most notably unveiling a new student Phonathon calling program. Students in the program enjoyed talking with alumni, sharing stories, comparing notes about classes – and even taking away valuable career advice.

“We are truly grateful to all of the donors who made gift to UMBC this year,” said Carpenter.  “They’ve helped to create and sustain scholarships and other important programming that enhances the lives of students at UMBC.”

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In a Baltimore Sun op-ed, Kimberly Moffitt, assistant professor of American studies, criticizes the number of “promotion ceremonies” held for schoolchildren and questions whether “milestones” are being overemphasized.

While acknowledging the appeal for parents of celebrating their children’s accomplishments, Moffitt noted that such ceremonies can involve valuable time and considerable financial resources from our already-strapped school systems, and proposes an alternative awards program more modest in scope for the whole of a school, with divisions in terms of elementary and middle school.

Moffitt wrote that the recently-released Maryland School Assessment (MSA) scores for Baltimore “[confirm] that more instruction time, not less, is needed for all of our children. And limiting the weeks of planning, rehearsing, celebrating and then ‘promoting’ our children might prove to be one area where we can help shift our educational culture to the business of educating, and not prematurely celebrating.”

The piece, “Too many celebrations, not enough education,” appeared in the Baltimore Sun on July 16.

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