Kramer Installation: Fine Art Services

Immediate need of a part time / full-time Art Handler / Installer based in Baltimore, MD. Willing to train the right person.

Packing / Transporting / Installing Artwork
This position will be responsible for residential and commercial installations with some museum work.

Our annual Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition (CBIC) is quickly approaching, and with one week left before the application deadline, we'd like to urge you to start applying as soon as possible.

The deadline for applications is March 8, 2017 at 5 pm sharp. 

The CBIC is designed for entrepreneurial students attending UMBC who know they want to start a company, or perhaps already have, and are seeking funding. This competition was designed for you! If you’re ready to start living your dream, click below to start applying today! 

Register Here 

What is the CBIC?
The CBIC is an opportunity for UMBC students who are serious about starting a business.

Who Should Participate?
Any UMBC student (full or part time, graduate or undergraduate) with a dream of launching their own business soon.

Why Participate?
The CIBC will give you "real world" experience.  You'll be paired with a business mentor and you'll get helpful feedback and guidance.  You'll also get connected to the local entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Winners also get: 

·         Free legal services

·         Accounting advice

·         Membership at the award winning Betamore campus in Federal Hill

·         Fundraising advice and Pitch practice with members of Betamore Angels. 

1ST PRIZE = $3,000

2ND PRIZE = $2,000

3RD PRIZE = $1,000 

Additional $2,000 available after 6 months. 

Our annual Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition (CBIC) is quickly approaching, and with  only a couple more days left before the application deadline, we'd like to urge you to start applying as soon as possible.

The deadline for applications is March 8, 2017 at 5 pm sharp.

The CBIC is designed for entrepreneurial students attending UMBC who know they want to start a company, or perhaps already have and are seeking funding. This competition was designed for you! If you’re ready to start living your dream, click below to start applying today!

Register Here 

What is the CBIC?
The CBIC is an opportunity for UMBC students who are serious about starting a business.

Who Should Participate?
Any UMBC student (full or part time, graduate or undergraduate) with a dream of launching their own business soon.

Why Participate?
The CIBC will give you "real world" experience.  You'll be paired with a business mentor and you'll get helpful feedback and guidance.  You'll also get connected to the local entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Winners also get:

·         Free legal services

·         Accounting advice

·         Membership at the award winning Betamore campus in Federal Hill

·         Fundraising advice and Pitch practice with members of Betamore Angels.

1ST PRIZE = $3,000

2ND PRIZE = $2,000

3RD PRIZE = $1,000

Additional $2,000 available after 6 months. 

Free hour is a luxury that most university students do not have. However, UMBC offers a free hour between 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays when classes are not scheduled. This mandatory allotted time slot gives students a break in their class schedule to attend club meetings and eat lunch. Over the years, it has proven essential to club recruitment and student life.

Free hour started in 1970 when UMBC students formed a student union to advocate for action and responsibility outside of the Student Government Association. After many widely-attended meetings, the union submitted three proposals to the Faculty Senate. One of these proposals called for the establishment of a free, unscheduled hour for student assembly, organization and advising.

The proposal was approved and the following semester, a free hour was created on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. In 2005, it was moved to 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Since the creation of free hour, an increasing number of club meetings and university events have been held during the designated break. Both staff and students have held strong and prevailed through attempts to abolish free hour, indicating that it is a positive experience for many Retrievers.

However, it seems odd that a policy that has proven to be such a success has not been expanded upon in the past 12 years. It is still unclear why free hour continues to be held only three days a week, instead of five. By having a free hour every day of the business week, UMBC could boost the quality of its student life experience and provide the opportunity for students with busy schedules to eat lunch.

The 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. window is prime time for lunch for many students on campus. Brendan Witt, a freshman computer science major, feels very strongly about having some reasonable free time to eat during his busy Tuesday schedule. “From 10[a.m.] to 3[p.m.] I have constant class and then 3-4[pm] I have a break, but then it’s back to class, so I’m not eating until 3:00 p.m…with scheduling on Tuesdays and Thursdays, you have to make a sacrifice between food and classes.”

The introduction of two more free hours during the week would also allow clubs to recruit and retain more people. “Club meetings would be easier to schedule if there were more free hours during the week,” said Samantha Frost, a freshman computer science major. “A lot of them overlap right now.”

As of now, many students struggle to attend clubs, since so many of them are held during the available free hours. Changing free hours to every day would allow students to have an enriching extracurricular experience and explore academic and hobby-based clubs.

However, if UMBC students want a free hour to be held every day, then they are going to have to come together, much like the student union did in 1970. Together, students can fight for the right to get involved and eat lunch every day of the week, not just Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

The post The need for five free hours of lunch appeared first on The Retriever.

As the semester unfolds, more students are looking for fitness options on campus and, in turn, more students are flocking to Zumba.

As part of the UMBC Wellness Initiative, the RAC hosts group fitness classes throughout the semester. As one of those group classes, Zumba continues to increase in popularity among UMBC students, many of whom use the sessions as their personal exercise routines. The hour-long class is one of the most popular group fitness courses this semester, taught by one of four experienced instructors four days a week.

For Pragya Shroti, a graduate information systems student, the sessions are a central part of her physical activity. “Zumba is a fun cardio exercise for me. It helps me burn more calories in less time,” said Shroti. “I feel more fat loss with Zumba than with plain cardio because of its variety.”

The cardio workout utilizes dance aerobics with various styles of music, such as hip-hop or salsa, all with a Latin base. According to the official Zumba website, the activity is also prevalent in 150 countries, reaching 15 million people globally and becoming incredibly popular in the United States.

The full-body workout combines muscle conditioning, flex training and general cardio in a series of dance sets led by instructors with minimal verbal instruction, relying on mimicry and general understanding in order to imitate and complete various routines. Classes have continued to grow over the past years and show no sign of stopping, especially due to the social nature of Zumba groups.

The routine can also serve as a gateway into the larger UMBC group fitness community, as Jennifer Burley, Zumba instructor at UMBC, explained. “A lot of people tend to bring their friends to Zumba,” said Burley.

Participants may be inclined to invite their friends because of the extent to which Zumba is a judgment-free zone.

“It’s one of the more relaxed settings where people don’t have to focus too much on their form; they’re able to freestyle, they’re able to dance in their own way, so I think that usually when people come to Zumba they feel more comfortable going into other classes because they’re used to the group setting,” said Burley.

Nonetheless, for those students interested in group fitness activities besides Zumba, the RAC offers plenty of options such as Rhythm Rumble and Cardio Party. These sessions also utilize a relatively loose routine influenced by popular dance or martial arts. Additionally, yoga and pilates workouts are an option for those students working to build muscle tone.

Zumba and other workouts are available to any and all students and these fitness routines can help improve students’ physical and mental fitness, but also their enjoyment of their time at UMBC.

The post Zumba: It’s not just for moms appeared first on The Retriever.

Important Notes

If you enrolled in the B.S. Chemistry Program prior to Fall 2015, you are NOT required to take CHEM420, and must replace CHEM420 with a second advanced elective; you are not required to take CHEM405L, but this can serve as one of your electives.

If you enrolled in the B.S. Chemistry Program in Fall 2015 or later, you are required to take CHEM405L and one advanced elective.

In spring 2018, both CHEM405 and 405L will be offered.  In subsequent academic years, CHEM405 will be offered in spring only and CHEM405L will be offered fall only.  Because 405 is a pre-requisite for 405L, B.S. Chemistry majors MUST take 405 in the spring of their junior year for on-time graduation.

Isaiah 62:4-5 - “No longer will they call you Deserted, or name your land Desolate. But you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the Lord will take delight in you, and your land will be married. As a young man marries a young woman, so will your Builder marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you.”

In this chapter of the prophet Isaiah, we find one of the most encouraging sections of the Bible. If we figure in the desolation and the calamity that had fallen on the people of God, these prophetic utterances are truly beacons of hope. Israel is to get new names: no longer called deserted and desolate while in the immediate, the city is deserted and the hope of a nation desolate; Hephzibah (My delight is in her) while the leaders of the nation know this calamity is the judgment of the Lord; Beulah (Married) while all are taken to exile. Verse 4 ends with the promise of the Lord’s delight and eventual marriage, signifying ultimate union.

The concept of marriage is used in the OT to depict the relationship between the Lord and His people and we are given the sense of how a young man marries a young woman illustrates how the Lord will marry his people. Perhaps we are to understand the zeal in which the Lord will be faithful to His people as we can picture young couples in love. Also, the Lord will rejoice over us as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride.

The Lord is zealous and rejoices over us the church.

Prayer: Let us ask for the Lord’s zeal to quicken our own hearts to respond to the Spirit. And also, for us to respond by living in the reality of His rejoicing over us.

Song: “How Great is Our God” by Chris Tomlin
https://youtu.be/KBD18rsVJHk

-MK

Date and Time: Monday, March 13th 6:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.

Location: LLC Conference Room