Who doesn’t love trains? Guests got to revisit their love of the rails at the B&O Railroad Museum on Friday, May 19 for the Chapter of Young Alumni’s 12th Annual Wine Tasting & Silent Auction. Members and supporters of the UMBC community came together for a night of fundraising that raised over $4,800 for student scholarships.

The night featured remarks from Leslie Walker-Wilson ’74, psychology, past president of the UMBC Alumni Association, and Courtney B. Wilson, Executive Director of the B&O Railroad Museum.

Another highlight: a special video message from Dr. Freeman Hrabowski.

While guests mingled and ate delicious food, they listened to music from UMBC’s own Jazz Ensemble. They also had the opportunity to purchase raffle tickets and bid on silent auction items. Thanks to our local business partners, we featured packages such as Charm City Date Night and Northern MD Wine Tour.

Relive the night by visiting our Facebook album or the Pixilated photobooth gallery.

Want to help us raise more scholarship funds? It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1. Visit giving.umbc.edu and select Give Now from the menu.
2. Select Event when asked what prompted you to give to UMBC.
3. Select Other from the gift designation drop-down, and add Alumni Association Scholarship – Current Use in the field below.

Thank you!

— The Chapter of Young Alumni Board

All photos by Marlayna Demond ’11 for UMBC.

Our advising offices are located in ITE 202-206. Email and telephone contact information is available here.

The new SPS system has many features such as online enrollment, upload of documentation, ability to view benefit information online and more.  In addition, there are two key policy changes that will become effective on September 1st with regards to effective dates of coverage for new hires and termination dates of coverage for employees who separate service.

The State of Maryland requires employees to review their personal/demographic information.  Employees should log into myUMBC and review current personal information under their profile by July 31, 2017).  Instructions can be found on the UMBC SPS Workday webpage.

Please see the full memo outlining verification needed by you and important policy changes.  Human Resources will be providing training and guidance through this implementation period and open enrollment.  If you have questions please contact Rochelle Sanders rsanders@umbc.edu or Zahira Meyers zmeyers@umbc.edu.

Thank you and stay tuned for more information! 

Acts 2:38-41 (NIV) - “Peter replied, ‘Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off-for all whom the Lord our God will call.’ With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, ‘Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.’ Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.”

We know at the time of Pentecost there were 120 believers gathered in the upper room and we see in this passage 3,000 people were added to their number that same day. In the Great Commission, Jesus told the eleven disciples to “go and make disciples” and this is a command that was likely told to these new believers. What a testimony they would be taking back to their towns, spoken by them in their different languages…this good news was meant for sharing and spreading.

For many of us, our testimonies begin with small group, a place where we encountered and came to experience God’s love and rescue over our lives. A place where we learned what it meant to be a disciple of Christ and made decisions to live as Christians. Many of us grew through the years and now are the ones helping to lead others to live this way. Only a disciple can go and make another disciple; therefore you’ll only have other disciples if those who are disciples go. In small group, we are making disciples and continuing this growing of believers.

As the early church experienced life together, more people were added and cared for resulting in more believers going out. From 3,120 disciples, we see the following references on how the church was growing.

Acts 4:4 - the number of men who believed grew to about five thousand.
Acts 5:14 - more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number.
Acts 6:1 - In those days when the number of disciples was increasing
Acts 21:20 - “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed”

Response:  Let’s pray for the adding of those being saved and baptized in our churches. Let’s pray for the Spirit-lead and Spirit-empowered going out to make disciples - for divinely appointed meetings of persons to invite into our small groups. You can also worship with “Your Love Awakens Me”.

https://safeshare.tv/x/As1UZM2AAnw

-AK

• be in good academic standing;
• provide a letter of support from the Chair of the Dissertation Committee that
  1. describes the state of the dissertation and the probable impact of receipt of the Fellowship on the progress toward     completion; and,
  2. verifies that no UMBC-administered financial support is available for the student;
• provide, if employed outside the university, written evidence from the student’s employer indicating the employer’s willingness to reduce job time and duties in order for the student to participate in the Fellowship;
• submit a dissertation abstract of no more than two pages in length; and
• submit a 1-2 page management plan signed by the Chair of the Dissertation Committee describing the status of the dissertation work, the steps required to complete the work, and the feasible time line for completion; and
• Identify, if a prior recipient of a Dissertation Fellowship, the prior term (e.g., Spring 2016) in which the Fellowship as received.