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<Title>Bill LaCourse, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Describes STEM Retention Efforts in eCampus News</Title>
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    <div>A National Center for Education Statistics report found that 48% of undergraduate students who entered science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) fields in 2003-2009 left those majors by spring 2009, sparking discussions about how the U.S. can increase the number of qualified candidates in STEM fields. Bill LaCourse, dean of the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, spoke to eCampus News this week about strategies used at UMBC to retain students in those majors.</div>
    <p><a href="wp-content/uploads/2015/06/billlacourse.jpg" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img src="wp-content/uploads/2015/06/billlacourse.jpg?w=101" alt="billlacourse" width="101" height="150" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a>“Students come into college interested in STEM, but [schools] do a lot of things to push them away,” LaCourse said. He urged colleges to rethink the way they teach STEM courses and make student retention a campus-wide effort. LaCourse also discusses STEM BUILD@UMBC, a holistic student support initiative supported by a National Institutes of Health grant. The initiative uses professional advisors, supportive student communities, and inter-collegiate collaboration to better engage students. “This country needs more scientists, more medical professionals, and more technology gurus… and achieving that goal starts with active, interesting learning that keeps students engaged throughout their educational careers and beyond,” he said.</p>
    <p>The article also quoted a <a href="http://www.ecampusnews.com/funding/future-research-universities-728/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">previous conversation</a> with President Hrabowski on the same topic. In the article, Dr. Hrabowki spoke about “weed-out” classes as part of the problem in students leaving STEM majors.</p>
    <p>Click <a href="http://www.ecampusnews.com/top-news/best-practices-stem-931/?" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a> to read “Universities share best practices to retain STEM students.”</p>
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<Summary>A National Center for Education Statistics report found that 48% of undergraduate students who entered science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) fields in 2003-2009 left those majors by...</Summary>
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<Title>Faculty and Staff Encouraged to Update Directory Listings</Title>
<Tagline>Log into your myUMBC profile and make the necessary changes</Tagline>
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    <div>The <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=30542289" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">UMBC Directory Search</a> offers a browse by department feature that shows people affiliated with a university department. At times, people may incorrectly appear as part of a department, so it’s important to keep the directory updated as correcting this problem depends on the person’s affiliation with UMBC. </div>
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    <div>To navigate to the directory listings page, log in to myUMBC and mouse over your name, on the drop down menu <a href="https://my.umbc.edu/settings" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">click profile</a> and then navigate to Online/Print Directory Info link at the bottom. If you do not see your department listed, <a href="https://rt.umbc.edu/SelfService/Create.html?Queue=408" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">submit a ticket with the UMBC Technology Support Center</a> to have it made available.</div>
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    <div>Damian Doyle, Director of Enterprise Infrastructure and Support says “The process is quick and easy, it only takes a minute and is intuitive once you are on the page.” Actions such as <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=55836778" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">removing a former employee</a> or <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=26280649" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">updating a job title</a> are quick and easy, and require only a minimum amount of steps. </div>
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    <div>“As people are searching for who to contact across campus it can be very frustrating for parents/students and other faculty and staff if information in the directory is inaccurate and leads people on wild goose chases,” says Doyle.</div>
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<Title>Campus Resources: Supplemental Instruction (SI)</Title>
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    <p>Supplemental Instruction (SI) provides regularly scheduled study sessions outside of class. A trained student peer helps students compare notes, discuss readings, develop organizational tools and practice for tests. The Learning Resources Center will coordinate SI for selected courses in the summer sessions.</p>
              
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    <div class="html-content">The inspiring video “Strength in Numbers: Inside the Meyerhoff Scholars Program” has won a 2015 Telly Award. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) created this video for a feature article in The HHMI Bulletin focused on the supportive community at the heart of UMBC’s Meyerhoff Scholars Program. “Strength in Numbers” was filmed at the UMBC Meyerhoff Scholars retreat in the fall of 2013 and featured several scholars speaking about how the program has helped them. It is available to view through the HHMI website. Blossom Tewelde ’14, biochemistry and molecular biology, spoke to The HHMI Bulletin about the importance of diversity in the sciences. …</div>
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<Title>Freshmen Honors Orientation 2015 Pics</Title>
<Tagline>The freshmen ran the Amazing Race!</Tagline>
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