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    <strong>Happy Winter Break everyone!</strong> Please note the following closures and adjusted hours we will have starting Monday, Dec. 23, 2024:<div><br></div>
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    <div>UMBC and the Career Center will be <strong>closed for winter break Dec. 24 – Jan. 1</strong>, and <strong>Jan. 20 for MLK day</strong>.</div>
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    <div><strong>RECEPTION</strong></div>
    <div>Thursday, Jan. 2 – Friday, Jan. 17, 2025</div>
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    <div>Standard reception hours will resume on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.</div>
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    <div>Friday, January 3</div>
    <div>Friday, January 10</div>
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    <strong>DROP-INS:</strong> In-Person, No Appointment Needed</div>
    <div>Tuesday, Jan.  7 – Thursday, Jan. 23</div>
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    <strong>Express Appointments:</strong> Virtual</div>
    <div>Mon &amp; Fri, select times</div>
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<Title>Congratulations to our Fall 2024 Global Studies Graduates!</Title>
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<Title>URCAD (Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day)</Title>
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    <p>All current undergraduates who have conducted research, scholarship or creative work in the last year may apply to present their results at URCAD. Mentors, fellow students, friends, family members, high school teachers and students, graduate school recruiters, and the general public are invited to attend.</p>
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    <p><span>Hi </span><span>Retriever</span><span> </span><span>Entrepreneurs! </span><span>The Shriver Center is looking for a cohort of students to participate in UMBC’s Intercultural Engagement Prep course in SP25 semester. This course is designed to grow your intercultural competency and skills. It also serves as the introduction for students interested in UMBC’s </span><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://peacecorpsprep.umbc.edu/&amp;source=gmail-imap&amp;ust=1734738917000000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2DUA_FcFVpPFDzpbBbejjQ" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Peace Corps Prep Program</span></a><span>.   </span></p>
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    <p><span>This program is open to:</span></p>
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    <li><span>Future or returned study abroad students (Prep for or reflect upon your abroad experience!)</span></li>
    <li><span>Students interested in applying to the Peace Corps or similar international service programs after graduation (Get ready to learn and serve abroad!)</span></li>
    <li><span>Students who have an interest in preparing for other intercultural experiences or international development careers (Is this the path for you?!)</span></li>
    <li><span>Students who want to prepare themselves as global citizens in a multicultural world (Everyone, right?)</span></li>
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    <p><span>As a participant in the Intercultural Engagement Prep pilot program, you will:</span></p>
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    <li><span>Develop your critical analytical skills;</span></li>
    <li><span>Increase your cultural self-awareness and critically reflect on your own unconscious bias;</span></li>
    <li><span>Develop strategies to improve your intercultural communication and how you’ll apply it in your future career;</span></li>
    <li><span>Recognize cultural differences, commonalities, perceptions, power and privilege dynamics, and how they can lead to conflict; and</span></li>
    <li><span>Understand the importance of intercultural dialogue and intercultural citizenship competencies for fostering social justice.</span></li>
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    <p><span>This non-credit/no-fee course, PRAC 103 (course # 6928), will meet twice in the Spring 2025 semester at a mutually agreeable time, but the majority of the course is accessed through asynchronous learning. Students will be required to attend two globally themed events or activities and will also have independent assignments to complete in Blackboard. <strong>Upon successful completion of the program, participants will earn two UMBC certified digital badges</strong> <strong>titled </strong></span><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://badges.umbc.edu/portfolio/increasing-cultural-self-awareness/&amp;source=gmail-imap&amp;ust=1734738917000000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1_UMvbN_GCtEmMQqtCwhQr" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Increasing Cultural Self-Awareness</span></a><span> and </span><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://badges.umbc.edu/portfolio/reinforcing-intercultural-dialogue/&amp;source=gmail-imap&amp;ust=1734738917000000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0mumqxR_pR0PXwjN0kN5Xc" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Reinforcing Intercultural Dialogue</span></a><span>.</span></p>
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    <p><span>You can register for the course under PRAC 103 and course number 6928 in the SP25 <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://csprd-web.psg.umbc.edu/psp/ps/EMPLOYEE/SA/s/WEBLIB_HCX_CM.H_BROWSE_CLASSES.FieldFormula.IScript_Main?&amp;source=gmail-imap&amp;ust=1734738917000000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3-zY4KpYfvxHy03S0z_luF" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Schedule of Classes</a>.</span></p>
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<Title>Mind Spa Closure</Title>
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    <p> All Mind Spa locations will be <strong>closed </strong>starting today, December 18, 2024 and will reopen on Monday, January 27, 2024.</p>
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    <p>For questions, please contact <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/healthed/posts/145925/6fef5/ee0ff7dcb397bbd1a400c11cdcd0a858/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Fhealthed%2Fposts%2F142125%2F2f56b%2F9b256cba115dbc6792844287658b6edf%2Fweb%2Flink%3Flink%3Dmailto%253Aohp%2540umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">ohp@umbc.edu</a></p>
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<Summary> All Mind Spa locations will be closed starting today, December 18, 2024 and will reopen on Monday, January 27, 2024.     For questions, please contact ohp@umbc.edu</Summary>
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