CBIC form goes LIVE on February 10th!

Hello Retriever Entrepreneurs! 

The CBIC is almost here! The submission form for the annual Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition will be live on February 10th!  

The CBIC is designed for students who are serious about starting a business or social impact venture. Students selected to go to the final competition will be paired with mentors to flesh out their business idea. This year, the ABCEI will offer 2 tracks: the Technology & Innovation Track and Social Impact Track. Winners in each track can win up to $3,000 with an opportunity to win an additional $2,000 after a 6 month progress review. 

Here are the important dates to remember:

  • Deadline for submissions: March 3 at 1pm

  • Final Event: April 17 from 6:30 - 8:30pm at bwTECH South

For more information and to submit YOUR idea, visit:  entrepreneurship.umbc.edu/competitions/the-cangialosi-business-innovation-competition/


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Hello Retriever Entrepreneurs!

Did you know the Alex. Brown Center offers two scholarships for students who demonstrate a strong interest in entrepreneurship? Check out the The Joseph and Frieda Faiman Eisenberg/VPC Endowed Scholarship and The PNC Scholars/Fellows Program! The deadline for submission is March 3, 2025.

To access the PNC Scholars/Fellows Program, click here!

To access the Joseph and Frieda Faiman Eisenberg/VPC Endowed Scholarship, click here! 
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If interested, please complete this form to help us gauge what time works best for this semester. 
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This event will be taking place on Wednesday, February 5, from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM.

We are hosting an informal gathering at Commons 318 and hope you will join us for coffee, tea and snacks!

We (Dr. Robin Cresiski and Yarazeth Medina) will be available to talk about the Grad Student and Postdoc Development Office (GSPD), PROMISE, CIRTL, SEA CIRTL Fellows, interests, career exploration, professional development opportunities, campus resources, and hopefully, create even more of an opportunity for you to meet fellow grad students in other departments. We would love to help you develop a deeper sense of community here on campus. If you just feel like stopping for free coffee, you are more than welcome to do so as well! We will have representatives from the Latin and Hispanic Graduate Student Association and the Black Graduate Student Organization stopping by to talk about the importance to joining student groups on campus for information, resources and to amplify your voices.

We hope to see you tomorrow morning.

Best,
GSPD staff
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A message from our colleagues in the Center for Social Science Scholarship. Original post here. The Center for Democracy and Civic Life is co-sponsoring this program.

Monday, February 10, 2025 · Noon - 1 p.m.
University Center : Ballroom Lounge (302)

This workshop will be presented by Jake Weissmann, Vice President for Government Relations and Student Affairs and Dr. Laura Antkowiak, Professor and Director of the Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program.  

UMBC students:  Join us for an informative and engaging event!  Lunch will be provided so come ready to engage, learn, and enjoy a meal.


Organized by the Center for Democracy and Civic Life, the Center for Social Science Scholarship, the Department of Political Science, the Institute of Politics, the Office of Government Relations and Community Affairs, and the Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program. Cosponsored by the Graduate Student Association and the Student Government Association.
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Reminder that the last day to add a class or drop without a "W" is Friday, February 7th!

If you need help with a schedule adjustment or have general questions please see the information below for the various ways to connect with a COEIT Advisor.

Schedule an online or in person appointment here.

For quick questions email coeitadvising@umbc.edu

Attend Walk In Advising:

Wednesday, February 5:  10:00 - 12:00

Thursday, February 6:  1:00 - 3:00

Friday, February 7:  10:00 - 12:00


Please bring your laptop to Walk In Advising if you need to make schedule adjustments.


A sign in sheet will be located on the table outside ITE 204.
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Schedule:

Modern Taolu: Mondays & Wednesdays, 7 - 8:30 pm, RAC Court 1

Tai-chi: Fridays, 6 - 8:30 pm, RAC Room 144 (Studio A)

Wing Chun/Self-defense: Sundays 4 - 6 pm & Tuesdays 4 - 5 pm, RAC Rm 130 (Fitness Studio)

Additional Information + Pricing:

All Modern Taolu Practices will be completely free during the semester.

For the months of February and March, Tai-Chi classes will be free of charge. After the month of March, Tai-Chi classes will revert back to the following payments: 
- First class is free 
- $10 for 1 class 
- $15 for 2 classes 
- $25 for 4 classes

The first Wing Chun practice will be free of charge, and payment for subsequent practices is $15/class. Alternatively, you could opt in for $75/month.

Practices will start on the following days:

Taichi: February 7th, 2025

Wing Chun/Self-defense: February 9th, 2025

Taolu: February 10th, 2025

All practice days/times above are as stated unless specified. As always if you have any questions or concerns about anything, please contact either our President at rpatel24@umbc.edu or Vice President at fa90810@umbc.edu.

Also, feel free to join our discord at https://discord.gg/P5YZB67NgR
and follow us on instagram @umbcwushu!
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Advanced registration by February 12 required for lunch at this event. 

On Monday, February 17 at noon, teaching professor Sally Shivnan will deliver a talk about storytelling and place titled, "Taking Notes, Taking Pictures: Turning Details of Place into Works of Fiction," for the spring semester CURRENTS series. Shivnan provided some context for her talk:
"As someone who has done a lot of travel writing, I've always been fascinated with the ways that multi-sensory perceptions of place translate into words. In my creative writing classes, we look at the relationships characters have to their environments, and ways of capturing details of place that show those relationships. My presentation will focus in part on some travel I did this past summer, which was funded by my summer Dresher Center fellowship and gave me detail-rich settings for my current writing project."
The full event description can be found below.

The Dresher Center’s CURRENTS: Humanities Work Now lunchtime series showcases exciting new work in the humanities in a dynamic and inter-disciplinary setting. This CURRENTS event will be held in person in PAHB 216, but people may also attend virtually. 

To register / RSVP for this event, please use the Dresher Center's event page linked here. You can find the Webex link on this page if you'd like to attend virtually. If you want to reserve a spot for lunch in PAHB 216, you must register by February 12. 

We hope to see you there, whether in person or virtually!


Taking Notes, Taking Pictures: Turning Details of Place into Works of Fiction

Sally Shivnan, Teaching Professor, English; Summer 2024 Dresher Center Fellow

Stories that do not happen somewhere end up seeming to happen nowhere, an unsatisfying experience for readers, but capturing settings in writing involves more than sketching colorful descriptions. Place in storytelling is about the relationships between people and the points in space they inhabit; landscapes affect people and people affect landscapes, contributing to the wondrous variety we see in culture, history, and daily life around the world. Like many aspects of writing, evoking a place is “detail work.” Sally Shivnan will share the details she collected in words and photos on trips to France and Florida, a methodology that comes from her background in travel writing, although she uses it now in her fiction. She will also share examples from various authors who engage with place in their own works set in these same locations, as part of examining how writers turn the raw data of observation into sentences and stories.
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