2 Timothy 2:8 (NIV) - “Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel…”

Romans 8:11, 37 (NIV) - “And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you…No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.”

Have you ever found yourself saying? - “I don’t know how I am going to make it through.” Or, “this is just too hard. I can’t do it.” Sometimes, the things that we are going through or need to walk through just become too much or seem so overwhelming. Especially if it is something we need to face or work through day after day, sometimes, we simply feel so “exhausted” or “too tired” to do anything.

But, it is in moments like these, our selves and our own strength come to an end. And, we have nowhere else to turn but to Jesus and remember Jesus who was raised from the dead.  His word reminds us that the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead is living in us. That is a power-full reality that we have in Christ. The Holy Spirit is living in us and we can ask for help and power to overcome.

We no longer need to give into our old “tired” or “defeated” attitudes. Through Jesus’ resurrection, we can overcome our weaknesses and struggles especially as we walk through difficult things or times. Let’s continue to remember - “Jesus Christ, resurrected from the dead” and let’s ask for his power to fill us today to live this day fully and well in him.

Let’s worship to this song, “Strong In Us” by Brian Johnson and Bethel Music: https://youtu.be/5MPNMqUbc7k

-EK

A message from President Freeman Hrabowski and Provost Philip Rous:

Dear Members of the UMBC Community,

UMBC is committed to maintaining a safe and caring learning environment for all--one that embraces freedom of thought, expression, and speech. At the same time, our community views racist and discriminatory language, imagery, and actions as deeply harmful and counter to our values.

Unfortunately, over the weekend, we received reports of racist language and imagery found in the Information Technology and Engineering Building. Because property was damaged and specific groups of people were targeted, the UMBC Police are investigating the incident as a hate crime. We encourage anyone with information that may be helpful in the investigation to contact Paul Dillon, Deputy Chief of Police, at 410-707-6012 or pdillon@umbc.edu.

We would like to thank members of the community for reporting this incident to campus authorities. We are reminded that all of us have a responsibility to protect and support each other. We encourage anyone who witnesses or is the victim of a hate/bias incident, harassment, or a hate crime to report the matter to the UMBC Police Department, Office of Student Life, Office of Human Resources, or Office of Human Relations.

Students seeking support in light of this incident can access campus resources, including the following:

• Counseling Center: (410) 455-2472
• USG Center for Counseling and Consultation (301) 738-6273
• Interfaith Center: (410) 455-2686
• Student Life’s Mosaic Center: (410) 455-2686
• Women’s Center: (410) 455-2714

Faculty and staff can request counseling through the Inova Employee Assistance Program by calling 1-800-346-0110.

Our campus community is and will remain one that values diversity, inclusion, and respect for all its members.

The Schedule Planner offered by UMBC is a dynamic tool that can generate multiple possible schedules, and then send them to checkout in PeopleSoft. You can access it by navigating to myUMBC, selecting topics, and then selecting classes & grades. 

It’s important to note that the scheduler does not replace Peoplesoft when adding classes, but it does make scheduling classes easier. 

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Baltimore Choral Arts is seeking a full- time Audience Development Manager that handles Marketing, Box Office, and Administrative duties and reports to the Executive Director.

Start the New Year with a New Commute on Zimride!

With the new year upon us, now is a good time to post a new commute or update your existing commute on Zimride. UMBC’s private ride-sharing software provides employees an easy way to share rides. Carpooling saves money, decreases stress and helps reduce your carbon footprint. Zimride connects you with others headed the same way for enjoyable, sustainable travel.

In seconds you can set up a profile, search for open seats, post a commute of your own, and get to know more of the friendly faces around you.For more information go to zimride.com/umbc and help us build the Zimride community at UMBC.

For questions contact:

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Baltimore cybersecurity firm OptioLabs names new CEO

Morgan Eichensehr
Reporter
Baltimore Business Journal

Baltimore cybersecurity firm OptioLabs Inc. has promoted Bill Anderson, formerly a chief product officer, to CEO. He replaces Gregg Smith, who took over the company's top spot two years ago.

Smith began scaling up operations at the five-year-old mobile security company, making several hires and growing the team from just a handful of engineers to about 35 employees. The company is based in the B&O Warehouse at Camden Yards and has a second office in Nashville.

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Gregg Smith, right, is stepping down as CEO of Baltimore-based cybersecurity company… more

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Smith led the company through a period of "really rapid expansion," Anderson said, and put OptioLabs in good position to be able to advance and commercialize its products. Anderson said after over two years, Smith decided it was time to move on to a new venture, but he could not disclose what Smith's next moves would be. He continues to advise Anderson as the company makes the transition.

Anderson has a background in developing and marketing security hardware, software and intellectual property and has been working with OptioLabs since 2015. He holds a bachelor's degree and PhD in electrical engineering, with specialization in cryptography and prior to joining the company, Anderson founded another data security startup, Oculis Labs in 2007, and led it through an acquisition by OptioLabs in 2015.

He has also served as vice chair for the Maryland Technology DevelopmentCorp.'s board of directors and vice president of encryption products for SafeNet Inc, a Belcamp identity and data protection firm.

Anderson said his focus going into 2017 is on piloting and building out OptioLabs' security products to help meet the security needs of its commercial and government customers.

"Now is the time to execute on products. We have a working team and a good process, and now we’re going to start closing deals, aiming for repeated sales, more exposure and more credibility within the targeted markets we’re going after," Anderson said. "It's going to be a big year for us. We have a lot of promising technology and not a lot of companies can do what we can do. We’re going to start proving that."

Hamilton Turner, chief technology officer, Patrick Geritz, vice president of sales, and Andy Meister, vice president of engineering, will make up Anderson's management team.

Morgan is a reporter for the Baltimore Business Journal. She covers technology, education and health care.