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<Title>Phi Kappa Phi Initiation (4/19)</Title>
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    <p><img src="http://www.umbc.edu/studentlife/orgs/pkp/images/welcome.gif" alt="" width="233" height="233" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;">The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (PKP), Chapter 22 UM-UMBC, will hold its annual initiation ceremony at UMBC on April 19, 2014, at 1 p.m. in the UC Ballroom. The chapter cordially invites all UMBC faculty, staff, and students affiliated with any PKP chapter to join us in our celebration of the outstanding achievements of those who will be initiated.</p>
    <p>There will be light refreshments after the ceremony. Please inform Peter Andes at <a href="mailto:andes1@umbc.edu">andes1@umbc.edu</a> if you plan to attend, so we have an accurate count for seating and refreshments.</p>
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<Summary>The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (PKP), Chapter 22 UM-UMBC, will hold its annual initiation ceremony at UMBC on April 19, 2014, at 1 p.m. in the UC Ballroom. The chapter cordially invites all...</Summary>
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<Title>Aging-Self-Stereotypes: Obstacle or Pathway to Health? (4/13)</Title>
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    <p>Dr. Levy’s research explores psychosocial factors that influence elders’ cognitive and physical functioning, as well as their longevity. She is credited with creating a field of study that focuses on how positive and negative age stereotypes, which are assimilated from the culture, can have beneficial and adverse effects, respectively, on the health of older individuals.</p>
    <p>This event will take place on <span><span>April 13, 2015</span></span> at <span><span>2:00 pm</span></span> in Commons 331.</p>
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<Title>ADVANCE Distinguished Speaker Series (4/13)</Title>
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    <p>On <span><span>Monday, April 13, 2015</span></span>, from <span><span>4:30-5:30pm</span></span> in the AOK Library Gallery, Dr. Volkow will deliver her talk, “The Science of Drug Abuse and Addiction: What Do We Know? The talk is open to the entire campus community with a reception to follow.</p>
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<Title>Dr. Amy Bhatt in the Wall Street Journal</Title>
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    <div>An article published March 20 in the <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/expat/2015/03/20/when-indians-renounce-their-citizenship-an-expat-explains/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><em>Wall Street Journal’s</em> “Expat” blog</a> looked at the recent growth in numbers of Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cards, which grant people of Indian origin who have passports in another country lifetime entry into India with several economic benefits.</div>
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    <div>Amy Bhatt, an assistant professor of gender and women’s studies, was quoted in the article and provided historical perspective on OCI cards.</div>
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    <div>“The economic benefits of the OCI scheme, introduced in 2005, made it easier for citizens to keep their economic ties with India while changing to another passport for convenience,” said Bhatt. “Ms. Bhatt’s research found that more Indian nationals were applying for American Permanent Residency status with an ultimate aim to gain a U.S. passport,” the article stated.</div>
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    <div>Bhatt also discussed the Indian government’s decision this year to phase out a similar system to the OCI cards called Person of Indian Origin (PIO) cards, which gave non-resident Indians a 15-year entry into the country.</div>
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    <div>The Indian government likely did this to “reduce confusion between the two programs,” said Bhatt, “but also to make it easier for Diaspora Indians to have a lifetime connection with India.”</div>
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    <div>To read the full article in the Wall Street Journal titled “When Indians Renounce Their Citizenship: An Expat Explains,” click <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/expat/2015/03/20/when-indians-renounce-their-citizenship-an-expat-explains/">http://blogs.wsj.com/expat/2015/03/20/when-indians-renounce-their-citizenship-an-expat-explains/</a>
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<Title>Performance Management Process (PMP)</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">March 31 marked the end of the PMP rating period (April 1, 2014 through March 31, 2015). UMBC requires supervisors to evaluate the performance of all regular/grant-funded exempt and non-exempt employees. The deadline for submission of the PMP forms to the Department of Human Resources is Friday, May 1, 2015. For additional information, visit <a href="http://hr.umbc.edu/pmp/">http://hr.umbc.edu/pmp/</a>. If you have any questions, please contact Elmer Falconer at ext. 5-3645 or Shobhna Arora at ext. 5-1638.</div>
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<Title>Dr. McCann on Innovative Curriculum &amp; Pedagogy Strategy</Title>
<Tagline>Learn more about her important role in strategic planning</Tagline>
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    <div>The primary goal of the <a href="http://planning.umbc.edu/strategy-groups/innovative-curriculum-and-pedagogy/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Innovative Curriculum and Pedagogy</a> strategy group is to develop strategies and goals that will enable UMBC to continue its leadership in innovative curricula and academic programs that support and enhance undergraduate and graduate student success; prepare students for meaningful careers, lifelong learning, and engaged citizenship; and thereby maintain and enhance UMBC’s position as a national leader in undergraduate and graduate education.</div>
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    <strong>Jeff Leips</strong>, associate professor, biological sciences, and <strong>Carole McCann</strong>, professor and chair, gender and women’s studies, bring significant experience in building programs at UMBC to their roles as co-chairs. Leips has helped implement major curriculum and program changes in UMBC’s undergraduate biological sciences, including new interdisciplinary minors. McCann has spent her career building the emerging scholarly area of gender and women’s studies, and also was part of the workgroup that developed the new global studies program. </div>
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    <div>The Innovative Curriculum and Pedagogy <a href="http://planning.umbc.edu/strategy-groups/innovative-curriculum-and-pedagogy/members/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">strategy group</a> is examining the current profile of faculty, students and mix of programs; lessons learned from studies of retention and graduate rates at UMBC and elsewhere, as well as additional measurements for success; best practices at peer institutions and nationally for supporting curricular innovation; how best to balance existing and new programs and instructional duties of faculty; enhancement of classroom infrastructure, technology and faculty development; and best practices in faculty rewards and recognition. A complete list of research questions can be found on the <a href="http://planning.umbc.edu/strategy-groups/innovative-curriculum-and-pedagogy/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Innovative Curriculum and Pedagogy strategy group page</a>.</div>
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    <div>McCann says that one of the challenges that comes with studying curriculum and pedagogy is anticipating the changes that inevitably come with each new generation of students. “Classes aren’t static. Faculty have to reinvent classroom strategies and need the support to develop new approaches to student learning. At the same time, UMBC’s commitment to diversity takes continued thinking and planning.”</div>
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    <div>Read more here: <a href="http://planning.umbc.edu/planning-conversation/?id=44319">http://planning.umbc.edu/planning-conversation/?id=44319</a>
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