This week at LUG we are hosting the long awaited InstallFest, club members are invited to show off their Linux setups and congregate at our table as we spread the word about Linux!

InstallFest is happening tomorrow Wednesday 9/17 The Commons Mainstreet from 12:00 - 2:00

Weekly meetings are continuing as always!

Wednesday 9/17 - SOND 204 - 7:15PM

This weeks topic: An Introduction to the Command Line

Best,

Alex Merryman

President, UMBC Linux Users Group

The Finance Board Priority Feedback Form is now LIVE!!!

As a reminder, this is an optional form that can finalize your budgets BEFORE you submit them through Qualtrics.

Please note: This is different application from you Semesterly Budget Applications, which are due Oct. 15th @ 11:59 PM. 

Once you've submitted the form, your liaison will reach out to you and start a converstation about what you can do to improve your peliminary budget(s).

Steps on how to fill out the form:

• Copy the Allocation document
• You can include as much information as you have/can.
• Found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WMdN9eTy0bDNfjmnNV4TJWRl5uj6E5fVwOSAkeN5gwM/edit?usp=sharing
• Fill out the Feedback form
• Treasurer Name & Email
• Finance Board Liaison
• Check here:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1aQrB5T62vXgVrsI4s2cj-bzO5vf4h5TBWIXQubCkEHE/edit
• Your preference of communication
• Attach the filled out Allocation document
• Form link found here:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1r5wkwpHWOoi3NxLKSowkrnbF7vSq6MueuRwvYYU-k_M

 1. Constitution Day lecture/discussion with Maryland State Senator William C. Smith, Jr. 

Lunch and snacks will be provided!

Senator Smith will share insights from his leadership on key legislative issues shaping civil rights, criminal justice reform, and constitutional protections in Maryland. His work offers an important window into how state-level policymaking both reflects and shapes the principles of the U.S. Constitution in action.

 Location: AOK Library Gallery

 Date: Wednesday, September 17

 Time: 12:00-1:30 p.m.

2.  Annapolis Internship Information Session with Maryland State Senator Charles E. Sydnor, III

Free dinner and snacks will be provided!

Maryland State Senator Charles Sydnor and Yaakov (Jake) Weissmann '06, UMBC's Vice President for Government Relations and Community Affairs, will be on hand to answer questions. You do not have to be a political science major to benefit from an internship in Annapolis.  Join us to learn more!

Location: AOK Library Gallery

Date: Thursday, October 9

Time: 6:00–7:30 p.m.

Important: Please register here by Monday, October 6, so we can get an accurate headcount for the catering. 

Hello Sprouts! We have plots available to rent for this semester.

Please use the google form to express interest in renting. Use the Current Garden Plots spreadsheet to see available plots (in green).

Renting is free and open to all alumni, graduates, undergraduates, staff/faculty, and commuters!

Join the Center for Social Justice Dialogue in The Mosaic Center (Commons 2b23) biweekly on Thursdays 3:00pm - 4:30pm for SistaCare!

"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare."

SistaCare is a community-care and dialogue group that explores the ways undergraduate and graduate students who identify as Black/Africana women and femmes, regardless of their gender expression, experience campus communities. Weekly sessions will explore experience, impact, and connection and are open to all individuals regardless of their sex, gender, race, ethnicity, or national origin. Come to learn, share, and connect!

This semester's sessions are as follows:

• 9/25: Kickoff: Who are We?
  (RSVP here)

• 10/9: Representation and Socialization

• 10/23: Intersecting Identities and Intersectionality

• 11/6: Bodies + Body Politics - All Shapes and Sizes

• 12/4: Skin + Hair and the Spectrums of Color and Texture

• 12/18: Radical Care and Reflection

To request accommodation(s) or to inquire about event accessibility, please get in touch with us via email, csjdialogue.umbc.edu, with "Sistacare" in the subject line. All sessions are open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected category under applicable federal law, state law, and the University's nondiscrimination policy.