Position:

Art Handler/Installer/Driver responsible for the proper handling, loading, unloading, wrapping and transport of artwork in our fast paced art gallery. Other responsibilities include assisting in hanging the gallery, handling & installing artwork on in home/office appointments, preparing artwork for inter gallery transfers, traveling between our four locations.

Successful candidates must be motivated and responsible, have an excellent/clean driving record and be able to pass D.O.T. medical exam. Carpentry skills are a plus.

The Digital & Database Associate reports to the Director of Advancement and works within a team that is tasked with creating, managing, and executing a unified strategy for institutional development, including all activities related to short-term and long-term advocacy, fundraising, marketing, and public relations. The position also works with other staff and Board committees that oversee advancement functions. Key goals include:

• Ensure efficient, accurate maintenance and administration—including training—for the organization’s customer relationship management (CRM) database
• Ensure the timely and engaging creation, posting, and updating of content to social media and website in alignment with brand and design guidelines
• Support the Department of Advancement administratively to ensure fundraising and communications goals are met

A more complete description of all duties is posted on the Maryland Humanities website at www.mdhumanities.org.

The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) seeks a Program Manager for the Baltimore Creatives Acceleration Network (B/CAN), a new 10 year city-wide initiative providing strategic and as needed, just in time support for arts entrepreneurs of all disciplines and backgrounds in an effort to foster a stronger, more equitable creative ecosystem and economy in Baltimore.

The B/CAN Program Manager will function as the lead logistics person for the effective delivery of all B/CAN programs, reporting directly to the Executive Director. We are looking for a highly collaborative, passionate, and detail-oriented person who can not only help make sure all programming runs smoothly, but will also contribute their ideas and passion for strengthening Baltimore’s creative community to the program.

The purpose of the PNC Scholars/Fellows Program is to provide awards up to $3,000 to outstanding UMBC students interested in becoming an entrepreneur. This award is associated with UMBC’s Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship.  The scholarship will be awarded for the 2017 - 2018 academic year. 

 The awards will be used as academic scholarships (up to $1,000), or as “seed funding” (up to $2,000) to launch new ventures or community based social entrepreneurship projects.  

CRITERIA:

Students interested in applying for this award should:

Ø  Submit a 1-2 page personal statement about their interest in entrepreneurship.  The statement should:

Ø  Describe the impact an academic scholarship will have on their future as an entrepreneur or social innovator or

Ø  Describe how the award money will be used as “seed funding” to launch a new venture, or “seed funding” to launch a community based social entrepreneurship project.  Submit a preliminary budget outlining anticipated expenses.

Ø  Submit an updated resume

Ø  Have a minimum GPA of 3.0 

Instructions for submission are located at the bottom of the application (attached). 

The deadline is October 27, 2017 and any questions should be directed to Vivian Armor at armor@umbc.edu. 

The purpose of the PNC Scholars/Fellows Program is to provide awards up to $3,000 to outstanding UMBC students interested in becoming an entrepreneur.  This award is associated with UMBC’s Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship.  The scholarship will be awarded for the 2017 - 2018 academic year. 

 The awards will be used as academic scholarships (up to $1,000), or as “seed funding” (up to $2,000) to launch new ventures or community based social entrepreneurship projects.  

CRITERIA:

Students interested in applying for this award should:

Ø  Submit a 1-2 page personal statement about their interest in entrepreneurship.  The statement should:

Ø  Describe the impact an academic scholarship will have on their future as an entrepreneur or social innovator or

Ø  Describe how the award money will be used as “seed funding” to launch a new venture, or “seed funding” to launch a community based social entrepreneurship project.  Submit a preliminary budget outlining anticipated expenses.

Ø  Submit an updated resume

Ø  Have a minimum GPA of 3.0 

Instructions for submission are located at the bottom of the application (attached). 

The deadline is October 27, 2017 and any questions should be directed to Vivian Armor at armor@umbc.edu. 

• U.S. citizens, nationals, permanent residents (holders of a Permanent Resident Card), or individuals granted deferred action status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA) program, and political asylees and refugees regardless of race, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation
• Individuals planning a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in a research-based filed of science, social science or humanities

• Predoctoral--$24,000 per year for three years
• Dissertation--$25,000 for one year
• Postdoctoral--$45,000 for one year

• Predoctoral: December 14, 2017 (5:00 PM EST)
• Dissertation: December 7, 2017 (5:00 PM EST)
• Postdoctoral: December 7, 2017 (5:00 PM EST)

Celebrate National Tutor Appreciation Week by getting to know a tutor!

Thomas Chapin

Tell us a little about yourself.

​I'm an Environmental Sciences (B.S.) major, and I aspire to be a Plant Ecologist. I grow a bunch of herbs and ethnobotanical plants (stevia, St. John's wort, etc.). I love to be outdoors and care for and study plants and animals.

Tell us about how you are involved on campus.

​Other than tutoring Writing, Environmental Science and Conservation (GES 120) , and Biology 141, I am part of the Garden Club and sometimes I show up to Astronomy Club meetings to talk about space. ​

How and why did you get involved in being a tutor?

​My instructor suggested that I become a writing tutor after I took English 100 with her. I took the training course and became one because I had always been an effective teacher and loved talking to people about things they are interested in.

What is your favorite thing about being a tutor?

​My favorite part about being a tutor is the happiness that I feel when someone comes to me lacking direction and passion for their paper and leaves with a newfound hope and interest in the subject matter. I love brainstorming with students to help them find what they find most interesting about a subject, then helping them to develop a question or thesis that explores and answers it.

Why should students utilize the tutoring?

​Tutoring is free and I've found things that could be improved upon in nearly every paper that I've seen. Why would someone pass up a better grade out of pride?​

What advice would you give students about how to prepare for a tutoring session? 

​I would advise that they actually have background knowledge about the subject matter. If they don't know what else to write about, the answer is always to do more research and draw connections with new information. If you do not know something, at least know a reference where it can be found (and cite it).​

When and where can someone work with you through the Learning Resources Center?

​Though I only offer a few hours a week ​tutoring in the Writing Center (Tues, Thurs 1-2pm), I often pick up the hours of other tutors when they call out, and I am often doing homework at the writing center. Unfortunately, I'm fully booked tutoring Biology and GES 120, but I'm always available if anyone has questions about the subject matter.