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   <updated>2013-02-22T16:33:57Z</updated>
   
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   <title>Need Funding? Consider URA.</title>
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   <id>tag:www.umbc.edu,2013:/blogs/oue//76.17166</id>
   
   <published>2013-02-22T16:01:41Z</published>
   <updated>2013-02-22T16:33:57Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Apply for up to $1,500 to carry out your undergraduate research, scholarship, or creative work. Apply by March 4 for an Undergraduate Research Award (URA)...</summary>
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      <name>Janet McGlynn</name>
      
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      <![CDATA[Apply for up to $1,500 to carry out your undergraduate research, scholarship, or creative work. Apply by March 4 for an Undergraduate Research Award (<a href="http://umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/research/URA/">URA</a>)]]>
      
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   <title>Want to share your research? Try URCAD.</title>
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   <id>tag:www.umbc.edu,2013:/blogs/oue//76.17165</id>
   
   <published>2013-02-22T15:58:46Z</published>
   <updated>2013-02-22T16:34:57Z</updated>
   
   <summary>February 27 is the deadline for applying for Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD)....</summary>
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      <name>Janet McGlynn</name>
      
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      <![CDATA[February 27 is the deadline for applying for Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (<a href="http://umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/research/URCAD/info.html">URCAD</a>). ]]>
      
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<entry>
   <title>Meet the Family!</title>
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   <id>tag:www.umbc.edu,2012:/blogs/oue//76.16889</id>
   
   <published>2012-08-30T13:53:07Z</published>
   <updated>2012-08-30T13:56:39Z</updated>
   
   <summary>The whole campus was talking about The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks on August 27. You can meet her son David Lacks on October 9. Mr. Lacks and Dr. Ruth Faden at bioethicist at Johns Hopkins will speak at 7...</summary>
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      <name>Janet McGlynn</name>
      
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      <![CDATA[The whole campus was talking about The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks on August 27. You can meet her son David Lacks on <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/book/">October 9</a>. Mr. Lacks and Dr. Ruth Faden at bioethicist at Johns Hopkins will speak at 7 p.m. in the University Center ballroom. Free and open to all. ]]>
      
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<entry>
   <title>Transfer Students</title>
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   <id>tag:www.umbc.edu,2012:/blogs/oue//76.16888</id>
   
   <published>2012-08-30T13:51:20Z</published>
   <updated>2012-08-30T13:52:27Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Welcome to UMBC! See resources and programming designed just for you: http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/fys/transferStudents.html...</summary>
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      <name>Janet McGlynn</name>
      
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      <![CDATA[Welcome to UMBC! See resources and programming designed just for you:
<a href="http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/fys/transferStudents.html">http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/fys/transferStudents.html</a>]]>
      
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<entry>
   <title>Find a Great Course</title>
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   <id>tag:www.umbc.edu,2012:/blogs/oue//76.15763</id>
   
   <published>2012-06-13T21:34:19Z</published>
   <updated>2012-06-13T21:45:48Z</updated>
   
   <summary>New Students, Check out these small classes designed for incoming freshmen and transfer students. Also consider a First-Year Seminar (FYS). For an FYS, professors select a topic they are passionate about and teach only one section of it to a...</summary>
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      <name>Janet McGlynn</name>
      
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      <![CDATA[New Students, 

Check out these <u>small </u> classes designed for incoming <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/ihu/">freshmen</a> and <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/fys/trsSeminars.html">transfer students</a>. Also consider a <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/fys/">First-Year Seminar </a>(FYS). For an FYS, professors select a topic they are passionate about and teach only one section of it to a group of only 20 incoming students. Both freshmen and transfer students can take these special courses, which meet GEP requirements. Sign up now while classes still have room!]]>
      
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<entry>
   <title>New Students - Read This!</title>
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   <id>tag:www.umbc.edu,2012:/blogs/oue//76.15557</id>
   
   <published>2012-02-13T19:26:41Z</published>
   <updated>2012-06-13T21:33:22Z</updated>
   
   <summary>The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot will be the UMBC campus book read by new students arriving in August, 2012. The book is already available in the bookstore at 30 percent off!...</summary>
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      <name>Janet McGlynn</name>
      
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      <![CDATA[<em>The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks</em> by Rebecca Skloot will be the UMBC campus book read by new students arriving in August, 2012. The book is already available in the bookstore at 30 percent off!]]>
      
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<entry>
   <title>Our office moved! </title>
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   <id>tag:www.umbc.edu,2012:/blogs/oue//76.15556</id>
   
   <published>2012-02-13T19:23:52Z</published>
   <updated>2012-02-13T19:25:34Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Looking for undergraduate petitions? Information about undergraduate research? Support for students new to UMBC? The Office of Undergraduate Education is now located in Academic IV, A Wing, Suite 114. Come by and see us....</summary>
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      <name>Janet McGlynn</name>
      
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      Looking for undergraduate petitions? Information about undergraduate research? Support for students new to UMBC? The Office of Undergraduate Education is now located in Academic IV, A Wing, Suite 114. Come by and see us. 
      
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<entry>
   <title>Did you read</title>
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   <id>tag:www.umbc.edu,2011:/blogs/oue//76.15157</id>
   
   <published>2011-07-25T18:55:59Z</published>
   <updated>2011-07-25T19:00:07Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Outcasts United? Find out who else did. Talk about the campus book on Monday, August 29 at 3 p.m. Ask your Woolie where your discussion will be....</summary>
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      <name>Janet McGlynn</name>
      
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      <![CDATA[<em>Outcasts United</em>? Find out who else did. Talk about the campus book on <strong>Monday, August 29 at 3 p.m.</strong> Ask your Woolie where your discussion will be. ]]>
      
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<entry>
   <title>After you move in...</title>
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   <id>tag:www.umbc.edu,2011:/blogs/oue//76.15156</id>
   
   <published>2011-07-25T18:43:33Z</published>
   <updated>2011-07-25T18:55:06Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Find out about the Office of Undergraduate Education. Open House Wednesday, August 31, 2 p.m. Administration Building, Room 911. Inside information on making the most of your time at UMBC....</summary>
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      <name>Janet McGlynn</name>
      
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      <![CDATA[Find out about the<a href="http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/index.php"> Office of Undergraduate Education</a>. <strong>Open House</strong> Wednesday, August 31, 2 p.m. Administration Building, Room 911. Inside information on making the most of your time at UMBC. ]]>
      
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<entry>
   <title>New to UMBC?</title>
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   <id>tag:www.umbc.edu,2011:/blogs/oue//76.15155</id>
   
   <published>2011-07-25T18:31:17Z</published>
   <updated>2011-07-25T18:41:32Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Check out these courses, which meet GEP requirements and are designed for freshmen and transfer students in their first semester at UMBC: FYS 101 S Creating Stories about Times of Change - This course explores common themes in both adolescence...</summary>
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      <name>Janet McGlynn</name>
      
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      <![CDATA[Check out these courses, which meet GEP requirements and are designed for freshmen and transfer students in their first semester at UMBC:
<strong>FYS 101 S Creating Stories about Times of Change</strong> - This course explores common themes in both adolescence and aging, stages in life that can transform a person’s sense of identity.
<strong>IHU</strong> <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/ihu/IHUCurrentCourses.html">Y Sections</a> - a great way to add a credit and jump-start your UMBC career
<strong>Just for <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/fys/tranferStudents.html">Transfer Students</a></strong> courses in IS, CS, and MLLI

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<entry>
   <title>Start now to find research opportunities</title>
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   <id>tag:www.umbc.edu,2011:/blogs/oue//76.15082</id>
   
   <published>2011-06-07T13:04:01Z</published>
   <updated>2011-06-07T13:08:16Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Any major, any year, even students new to UMBC can find research and independent creative opportunities. Free how-to session, Wednesday September 7 at noon in Admin 911....</summary>
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      <name>Janet McGlynn</name>
      
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      <![CDATA[Any major, any year, even <strong>students new to UMBC</strong> can find <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/research/index.html">research</a> and independent creative opportunities. Free how-to session, Wednesday September 7 at noon in Admin 911. ]]>
      
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<entry>
   <title>Sneak a Peek!</title>
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   <id>tag:www.umbc.edu,2011:/blogs/oue//76.14898</id>
   
   <published>2011-04-15T13:20:33Z</published>
   <updated>2011-04-15T13:23:25Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Check out these student presentations scheduled for http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/research/URCAD/URCAD2011.html. Wednesday, April 27 from 9:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the University Center and Fine Arts Building....</summary>
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      <name>Janet McGlynn</name>
      
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      <![CDATA[Check out these <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/research/URCAD/SneakPeek2011.html">student presentations</a> scheduled for http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/research/URCAD/URCAD2011.html. Wednesday, April 27 from 9:15 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the University Center and Fine Arts Building. ]]>
      
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<entry>
   <title>CSI at UMBC</title>
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   <id>tag:www.umbc.edu,2011:/blogs/oue//76.14897</id>
   
   <published>2011-04-15T13:09:18Z</published>
   <updated>2011-04-15T13:10:56Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Entering freshmen check out summer CSI at UMBC. Enroll in Collegiate Success Institute to earn college credit this summer and prepare for a great freshman year....</summary>
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      <name>Janet McGlynn</name>
      
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      Entering freshmen check out summer CSI at UMBC. Enroll in Collegiate Success Institute to earn college credit this summer and prepare for a great freshman year. 
      
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   <title>Summer 2011 NIST SURF applications are out</title>
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   <id>tag:www.umbc.edu,2010:/blogs/oue//76.13941</id>
   
   <published>2010-10-19T13:15:02Z</published>
   <updated>2010-10-19T13:21:50Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Science, Engineering, Math, and Computer Science students check out the paid summer research fellowship at NIST. If you are considering applying to this program, sign up now for more information by e-mailing mcglynn@umbc.edu. Ten UMBC students were research fellows at...</summary>
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      <name>Janet McGlynn</name>
      
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      <![CDATA[Science, Engineering, Math, and Computer Science students check out the paid summer research fellowship at <a href="http://www.nist.gov/surfgaithersburg/upload/apchklst2.pdf">NIST</a>. If you are considering applying to this program,<strong> sign up now</strong> for more information by e-mailing mcglynn@umbc.edu. Ten <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/research/ResearchProfiles.htm">UMBC students</a> were research fellows at NIST last summer. Students in all years as well as graduating seniors may apply to this summer research program.  ]]>
      
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<entry>
   <title>Employers Looking for Science Students</title>
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   <id>tag:www.umbc.edu,2010:/blogs/oue//76.13938</id>
   
   <published>2010-10-18T16:15:03Z</published>
   <updated>2010-10-18T16:17:15Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Engineering; BIOL; CHEM; CMPE; CMSC; ENGM; IS; MATH;BINF; ECON ; FIEC; PHYS; BTEC; ENCH; ENEE, all science majors You Are Invited to a Diversity Recruitment Event ALL Students are Welcome to Attend Tuesday, October 26, 2010 5:30pm-8:00pm University Center Ballroom...</summary>
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      Engineering; BIOL; CHEM; CMPE; CMSC; ENGM; IS; MATH;BINF; ECON ; FIEC; PHYS; BTEC; ENCH; ENEE, all science majors

You Are Invited to a Diversity Recruitment Event
ALL Students are Welcome to Attend

Tuesday, October 26, 2010
5:30pm-8:00pm
University Center Ballroom
Register Today: http://careers.umbc.edu/news_events/diversity.php.
This is an excellent opportunity to networking with top employers who want to hire students in your major, including

·        Constellation Energy Group
·        CSC
·        National Security Agency
·        SRA International Inc.
·        T. Rowe Price
·        Target
·        General Electric Company
·        Osiris Therapeutics
·        Osiris Therapeutics, Inc.
·        Morgan Stanley
·        NRD Philadelphia Officer Recruiting
·        Accenture
·        Space Telescope Science Institute
·        U.S. Department of State
·        Federal Highway Administration
      
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