Moms and parents who plan on using the Women's Center lactation room throughout the spring semester are encouraged to reserve their preferred reservation times now. 

All parents who reserve times will be added to the lactation room google calendar and a group email list in order to support communication and best navigate multiple people using the space. 

For questions and concerns, stop by the Women's Center during our hours of operation, give us a ring at 410-455-2714, or send us an email at womens.center@umbc.edu. 

The Capital Area Women in Computing Celebration, sponsored by ACM-W, will be held at Georgetown University on Friday, February 24th and Saturday, February 25.

The celebration will bring together women at the high school, undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels to promote the recruitment, retention, and progression of women in computing fields.

The cost of student attendance is modest: $50 with shared hotel room, or $25 without hotel. Scholarships are available as well.

To get more infomration and to register, visit the CAPWIC 2017 Web site.

Reasons to Attend

• Share your work and ideas with your peers and experts during the poster session, flash talk, or technical short.
• Be inspired. Meet technical women like you and celebrate your accomplishments together.
• Hear success stories of technical women who made it this far!
• Broaden your skills by attending a workshop.
• Meet recruiters from business, industry, and academia for internships, jobs, or graduate programs.
• Find a new job or internship. Bring your resume to our career fair to apply for job and internship opportunities.
• Did we mention that it is FUN!

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The Capital Area Women in Computing Celebration, sponsored by ACM-W, will be held at Georgetown University on Friday, February 24th and Saturday, February 25.

The celebration will bring together women at the high school, undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels to promote the recruitment, retention, and progression of women in computing fields.

The cost of student attendance is modest: $50 with shared hotel room, or $25 without hotel. Scholarships are available as well.

To get more information and to register, visit the CAPWIC 2017 Web site.

Reasons to Attend

• Share your work and ideas with your peers and experts during the poster session, flash talk, or technical short.
• Be inspired. Meet technical women like you and celebrate your accomplishments together.
• Hear success stories of technical women who made it this far!
• Broaden your skills by attending a workshop.
• Meet recruiters from business, industry, and academia for internships, jobs, or graduate programs.
• Find a new job or internship. Bring your resume to our career fair to apply for job and internship opportunities.
• Did we mention that it is FUN!

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Following President Trump’s inauguration on January 20, several UMBC faculty weighed in on his first week in office and provided commentary and reaction to a range of domestic and foreign policy issues.

Kate Drabinski, lecturer of gender and women’s studies, attended the Women’s March on January 21 and joined WEAA’s The Marc Steiner Show to discuss how she thought the event could be a starting point for inspiring people who haven’t been involved in the political process before to have their voices heard.

“Solidarity is a practice, not a moment,” she said. “I think what it is for me is an opening, an opening for people who haven’t been involved in politics …I’m really excited about welcoming them in.”

Drabinski also talked about how the Women’s March highlighted the power of local organizing, reflected in different regions across the country.

“We all don’t want the same things. We will never all be on the same page…that is a truth about politics. It is really messy. I hope that we can stay flexible for people to organize…and I’m hoping that the organizing on the local level continues.”

Kimberly Moffitt, associate professor of American studies, was a guest on The Baltimore Sun’s “Roughly Speaking” podcast with Dan Rodricks to discuss President Trump’s inauguration speech.

Moffitt was joined on the podcast by Richard Cross, Maryland Republican analyst and speech writer, and they also discussed a range of other topics including President Trump’s cabinet selections and potential future policies.

John Rennie Short, a professor of public policy, was a guest on Radio Sputnik to share his thoughts on how the new administration has vowed to prevent China from taking over territories in international waters in the South China Sea. He argued that it is difficult to predict how President Trump will react because there is no political record to look back on.

“I think for a new president with no government experience, there is a strong sense of making a statement, drawing a line touting their position very early on. And since China is a major power in the world, it is obviously important for the Trump administration to respond to China in the South China Sea,” Short said.

Complete radio segments can be found below:

National news roundtable: Trump’s Inauguration and Saturday’s Women’s March (The Marc Steiner Show) 
Roughly Speaking podcast: Trump refries a stump for his inaugural address (The Baltimore Sun)
‘South China Sea dispute can figure into broader bilateral talks and access to markets’ (Radio Sputnik) 

Image: The White House. Photo by Angela N., CC by 2.0.

As part of a UMBC Dean’s Travel Grant, Honors College Professor Ellen Handler Spitz recently traveled to India where she presented a plenary address at an international conference and taught two lengthy seminars to 25 masters-level English literature students on “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” The experience promoted cross-cultural understanding and the significance of language and history in understanding many contemporary issues.

During the trip, Spitz presented a plenary address at a conference focused on the implications of studying English literature in non-English speaking environments in an era of globalization. The event was covered by The New Indian Express.

Professor Spitz also traveled to Utkal University in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, where she was invited to teach English language graduate students about Mark Twain’s 1885 book, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” and to grapple with how she feels the work continues to reflect much of the division that is seen in contemporary society.

“The struggle in Huck’s heart and mind reflects the deep, tragically ongoing American rift between our country’s dedication to ‘liberty and justice for all’ on the one hand and a recidivist, seemingly ineradicable racial prejudice on the other,” Spitz said.

The seminars centered around discussions of language, history, and the symbolism of the Mississippi River in Twain’s book. The Utkal graduate students engaged with Spitz in a discussion about the themes in the novel and through converting the classroom into an imaginary raft to help the students experience the power of the novel, Spitz explained that it “proved truly effective, and we managed to erase all boundaries between us of color, age, gender, and nationality.”

Spitz is the author of six books on the arts and psychology. She teaches interdisciplinary seminars in aesthetics, literature, psychology, and the visual arts. Read more on the Honors College website.

Header image: Ellen Handler Spitz presents a paper at an international conference on the implications of studying English literature in an era of globalization. Photos courtesy of Pulastya Jani, Lecturer in English, Department of English, Utkal University.