(REPOST) Zareen Taj successfully presents her dissertation proposal Congratulations!

The Language, Literacy, and Culture Program just announced that Zareen Taj of LLC Cohort 22 successfully and skillfully presented her dissertation research proposal on September 12, 2025.

Zareen's project is titled, Hazara Women's Resistance and Resilience: An Autoethnographic Study.

After her presentation, Zareen had a substantive discussion with her committee about the next stages of her work. The committee agreed that the project is worthy of doctoral research and helped Zareen consider some key issues as she moves forward into the research and writing.

Many thanks to Zareen's committee members:

Co-Chairs:

Tania Lizarazo, MA/Global Studies

Joby Taylor, Shriver Center

Members:

Tanya Saunders, Language, Literacy, and Culture

Sally Scott, Shriver Center

Melissa Skye Kerr Chiovenda, George Mason University 


Shriver Center friends and colleagues are so proud of Zareen!


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Our Habitat Team of garden volunteers will meet next Saturday, Oct. 4 from 8:00-9:30 AM, and, being spooky season, the invasive trees better be scared! We'll focus on eradicating invasive mulberry trees and others, using loppers and hand saws. As always, I will have something for everyone, so bring your family and friends, no experience necessary.

This will be our second-to-last meeting in the park, so please register! See you there.
https://md.audubon.org/events/habitat-team-volunteers-patterson-park-0

Thank you!

Erin Reed Miller

Senior Coordinator, Urban Conservation

410.558.2473

Pronouns: she, her, hers

Erin.Reedmiller@audubon.org 

 

Baltimore Program of Audubon Mid-Atlantic

2901 E. Baltimore St., Box 2

Baltimore, MD 21224

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On Monday, October 6th, UMBC will host a legal clinic at the Erickson School of Aging Studies  in partnership with Maryland Legal Aid and the Baltimore County Bar Association. This clinic is focused on advanced planning for seniors. 

At this clinic, volunteer attorneys will be paired with UMBC student volunteers to assist local seniors in completing Advance Directive forms. An advance directive allows a person to choose who will make health care decisions on their behalf if they are ever unable to do so

The event has already reached the maximum number of student volunteers. Planners are seeking both prospective volunteer attorneys and clients. 

We are currently recruiting attorney volunteers. We would also welcome additional support in getting the word out to the community for this inaugural event!

Although we are targeting seniors to attend the event, there are no minimum age requirements.

Please see this (1) registration link volunteer attorneys and (2) the attached flyer and registration link for community members. 

For any questions, contact:

Molly Timko, J.D.  
Pre-Law Academic Advisor
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
mtimko@umbc.edu
https://umbc.edu/pre-law
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
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We have some office supplies that we can give away and may be used in your department or by students.
For any questions, please contact me, Ella Sagan mailto:esagan@umbc.edu (Rm 485) or Chris Slack mailto:chris66@umbc.edu (Rm484).
If interested, please stop by Sherman Hall B, Rm 490 to check our supplies. Due to the move, all supplies must be picked up by Wednesday, October 1st. 
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Event details:

  • Beginner-friendly environment – no prior experience required

  • Team competitions solving real-world challenges

  • Workshops on AI/ML, Web Development, Game Development, and more

  • Over $5,000 in prizes and lots of swag

  • Networking opportunities with industry sponsors

  • Explore internships, mentorships, and career pathways

  • Free meals and snacks all weekend

  • Fun activities like cup stacking, karaoke, and gaming tournaments

Don't miss this incredible opportunity to learn, grow, and have fun!
Register for your spot now at:https://www.hackumbc.tech/sign-up

For more event information, visit the hackUMBC Website

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Meeting announcement,
This week our meeting will consist of Linux Trivia (Jeopardy style). We'll form teams and the winners will get USB drives! So study up on your Linux lore! The meeting will be held Today at 7:15PM in ITE239 - NOTE THE ROOM CHANGE In other news, the date for /bin/bash has been tentatively confirmed for October 5th @ 1PM ]]> Hey Retrievers! Meeting announcement, This week our meeting will consist of Linux Trivia (Jeopardy style). We'll form teams and the winners will get USB drives! So study up on your Linux lore!... https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/152874/guest@my.umbc.edu/313a5f994985f1fc73eeca079cf244cd/api/pixel Linux User's Group https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/lug https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/642/ed050d63932389c336ff5076c0c63341/xsmall.png?1758738957 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/642/ed050d63932389c336ff5076c0c63341/original.png?1758738957 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/642/ed050d63932389c336ff5076c0c63341/xxlarge.png?1758738957 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/642/ed050d63932389c336ff5076c0c63341/xlarge.png?1758738957 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/642/ed050d63932389c336ff5076c0c63341/large.png?1758738957 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/642/ed050d63932389c336ff5076c0c63341/medium.png?1758738957 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/642/ed050d63932389c336ff5076c0c63341/small.png?1758738957 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/642/ed050d63932389c336ff5076c0c63341/xsmall.png?1758738957 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/642/ed050d63932389c336ff5076c0c63341/xxsmall.png?1758738957 Linux User's Group 2 0 true Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:28:56 -0400 The UMBC's Office of Sustainability needs your help! Take a short sustainability survey.
UMBC's Office of Sustainability (OoS) is administering their annual sustainability survey and needs your help!

The OoS sends this survey every year to assess university knowledge, attitudes, and practices around sustainability. This is your opportunity to comment on our performance, identify priorities, and sign-up for future news from the sustainability office.  Click here to take the 2025 Sustainability Survey

This survey is our shortest ever and should take less than 5 minutes to complete.  Act now!  It is critical that our survey represents the views and experiences of our shared community of students, faculty, and staff.  Even if you have not engaged with sustainability in the past, we encourage your participation!  If you have any questions regarding this survey, please contact UMBC's Office of Sustainability directly at sustainability@umbc.edu.

Want to learn more?  The OoS recently published a draft Sustainability & Climate Action Plan on its website, along with a link for public comments.  The OoS will review every comment and work to adopt a final version by the end of the calendar year.  We hope you will take the chance to review and make your voice heard!
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Our second  gathering of the semester will be tomorrow, Thursday September 25, 4:00-5:00pm in the Center for Well-being, Room 103. 

Whether you're Orthodox, interested in the faith, or just want to hangout, all are welcome. 

Join us for fellowship and fun.

In Christ
The UMBC OCF board
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The Language, Literacy, and Culture Program is pleased to announce that Zareen Taj of LLC Cohort 22 successfully and skillfully presented her dissertation research proposal on September 12, 2025.

Zareen's project is titled, Hazara Women's Resistance and Resilience: An Autoethnographic Study

After her presentation, Zareen had a substantive discussion with her committee about the next stages of her work. The committee agreed that the project is worthy of doctoral research and helped Zareen consider some key issues as she moves forward into the research and writing.

Many thanks to Zareen's committee members:

Co-Chairs:

Tania Lizarazo, MA/Global Studies

Joby Taylor, Shriver Center

Members:

Tanya Saunders, Language, Literacy, and Culture

Sally Scott, Shriver Center

Melissa Skye Kerr Chiovenda, George Mason University 

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