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What Constitutes a community?

Here is one thought on community:

The Psychological Sense of Community: Theory of McMillan & Chavis (1986)

(Special Thanks to Professor Anne Brodsky, UMBC, Department of Psychology for introducing this information)

Guide to Community Services: Grocery stores, important phone numbers, bus schedules (UMBC Students) Maryland bus schedules, fares, passes METRO (subway) Washington/DC/VA Barbers and hair salons (coming soon) Places of worship (from Baltimore to DC) NEW! Come together and meet other students at the following monthly events: Graduate School Success Seminars (UMBC), PROMISE Reflections Seminars (UMB), and the Provost's Conversations on Diversity, Democracy and Higher Education (UMCP). Your peer mentors are available to help and support you! Contact your respective campus PROMISE offices for details. Stay tuned to the Calendar page for other PROMISE tri-campus Community Building Events: REFLECTIONS A Tri-campus event at UMB Fall Harvest Study Group Connection An Annual Tri-campus Event at UMCP Third Fridays in November

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