Did you know that Graduate Assistants are eligible for the Faculty Meal Plans? These meals do not expire and cost less per meal than the student plans ($6.95-$8.70 per meal depending on the plan selected). 

Meals in your plan can be used almost everywhere there is food sold on campus - even at the Peake (Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Arena)! Look for a sign indicating what menu items are eligible and included in a meal.

Faculty Meals can even be used at Dunkin! Student meals are not valid there.

All the information and a link to purchase via credit card are here: https://campuscard.umbc.edu/meal-plans-2/faculty-and-staff-meal-plans/

We’re back with a classic! Learn all about WHY we procrastinate and how to avoid it and finish the semester on a high note. We'll go over time management and habit building, how to break down tasks into manageable pieces, and how to get a head start on studying for finals!

Students, I am sharing an opportunity to learn more about Art internships through Studio Institute. Below is a short blurb about their summer program. Please explore their website to learn more. They have information sessions in December and January if you have internship in their summer internships. 

Website: https://www.studioinstitute.org/arts-intern 

From Studio Institute: "We are reaching out to introduce our program, Arts Interns. We provide support for apprenticeship-based opportunities to undergraduate students (Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors) interested in the art field. To do so, we partner with non-profit institutions that have and can provide an opportunity for our interns to learn through experience. We are currently recruiting students for Arts Intern! Studio Institute has been offering immersive internships at museums and cultural institutions and we're excited to announce our Summer 2024 opportunity for Baltimore students! 
Arts Intern is a grant-supported program that pairs financial aid-dependent students with paid positions at arts and cultural organizations, where they gain real-world experience and forge professional relationships at institutions such as the Evergreen Museum & Library. Positions available will be in the range of departments, including but not limited to Curatorial, Collections, Education, Design, and Marketing."

"Food traditions like snowballs and seafood connect New Orleans and Baltimore, two places with their own complex histories as major Southern port cities. But beyond the crabs and snowballs, our team-- Andy Dahl, Fernando Lopez, and I-- wanted to examine links between the two places through themes of migration and Mexican food. Thus, as part of the Homegrown Foodways Series: Baltimore and New Orleans, we introduce "El Camino del Pan y el Mole," which takes a visual ethnography approach to document these rich stories and relatively new Mexican foodways traditions in each city." (excerpt from Prof. Fouts LOC American Folklife Center Blog Post)

Behind the scenes selfie with Fernando Lopez, Andy Dahl, Sarah Fouts, and Jose Vargas lounging while his wife, Angela, is being interviewed at their house in Rosedale, Maryland. Photo by Fernando Lopez.

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Jose Vargas in front of his bakery on S. Highland Avenue, East Baltimore, Maryland. Photo by Andy Dahl.

El Camino del Pan a Baltimore

Gilberto (left) and Ivan, stars of El Camino del Mole a New Orleans, posing for Project Neutral Grounds in New Orleans's City Park. Photo courtesy of Fernando Lopez.

El Camino del Mole a New Orleans

"Food traditions like snowballs and seafood connect New Orleans and Baltimore, two places with their own complex histories as major Southern port cities. But beyond the crabs and snowballs, our team-- Andy Dahl, Fernando Lopez, and I-- wanted to examine links between the two places through themes of migration and Mexican food. Thus, as part of the Homegrown Foodways Series: Baltimore and New Orleans, we introduce "El Camino del Pan y el Mole," which takes a visual ethnography approach to document these rich stories and relatively new Mexican foodways traditions in each city." (excerpt from Prof. Fouts LOC American Folklife Center Blog Post)

Behind the scenes selfie with Fernando Lopez, Andy Dahl, Sarah Fouts, and Jose Vargas lounging while his wife, Angela, is being interviewed at their house in Rosedale, Maryland. Photo by Fernando Lopez.

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Jose Vargas in front of his bakery on S. Highland Avenue, East Baltimore, Maryland. Photo by Andy Dahl.

El Camino del Pan a Baltimore

Gilberto (left) and Ivan, stars of El Camino del Mole a New Orleans, posing for Project Neutral Grounds in New Orleans's City Park. Photo courtesy of Fernando Lopez.

El Camino del Mole a New Orleans