Hey all!  So next week is an abnormal week for us in terms of events because of Involvement Fest, so here’s a breakdown of what’s going on, when, and where:

We also have two invitationals lined up – our invitational on Saturday, March 3rd, and Penn State’s Invitational on Saturday, April 14th.

If you can volunteer to help in any way with our invitational (acting, set up, moderating, and of course housing), please fill out this form.

For a full listing of all our events, please see our calendar.

Baltimore social media entrepreneur Sean Carton ’90, English, headlined UMBC’s inaugural Social Media Strategy Summit today, speaking to a group of more than 80 from local colleges and universities about the “Myths & Realities” of social media in higher education.

Founder and director of the Center for Digital Communication, Commerce, and Culture at the University of Baltimore, and chief creative officer of idfive, a Baltimore-based advertising, web design, brand consulting, and digital media agency focused on higher ed and non-profits, Carton joked that as long as viral videos like “Charlie Bit My Finger Again” rise to the top of Internet viewership, social media practitioners will have to continually change to stay relevant.

“Until then, we all have to kind of work together to figure it out,” said Carton, who was named an Outstanding Alumnus of the Year by UMBC in 2005.

Read more about the Summit here. Stay tuned for video of Carton’s talk.

Image thanks to ABC News (and pretty much every other news source too)

It’s the picture seen ’round the world…if by the world, you mean the political blogosphere and U.S. news media.

AZ Governor Janet Brewer, of draconian immigration measures fame, gave Obama a talkin’ to when he got off the plane in Arizona.  If you haven’t been following the story, check it out the photographer’s story of how the photo came to be, hear why Brewer called Obama “thin-skinned” after the encounter, and read how the White House declared that the whole thing has been “blown out of proportion.”

In the meantime, this picture has the promise to become the next greatest Internet meme…but only with your help!  What would you like to see Gov. Brewer scolding President Obama about?  Leave us a comment!