Transfer Student Week Shirt Design Show off your graphic design skills!

For Transfer Student Week, we're looking for unique T-shirt designs straight from our students! If you'd like to submit a design, use this Google form to submit your proposal: https://forms.gle/qCVuuBEm8AJaznCP9. The winner will receive a $20 bookstore gift card, a free T-shirt, and a shoutout from OCSS! The form will close on September 15th at 11:59PM, so be sure to get your designs in soon. If you have any questions, send an email to ijustice@umbc.edu!

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Hello everyone!

CWIT Student Council's Fall elections is now live for the "Freshman Representative" and "New Transfer Representative" positions!

The application period is August 31 (today) through September 16th. Voting will take place from September 18th through September 25th and results will be revealed on September 26th.

Details on these positions is included in the application links below. We look forward to seeing your applications!

 If you have any questions at all, please either:

1) email Shaniah Reece - sreece1@umbc.edu or Ouriel Ndalamaba - ondalam1@umbc.edu

2) Ping us in Discord

3) DM us on Instagram @umbc_cwit!

Freshman Rep Application Link
New Transfer Representative Link


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Professional Development Opportunity:
Artificial Intelligence & Careers in Tech


UMBC and nonprofit AI4ALL have partnered to offer UMBC undergraduate students the opportunity to apply to the free College Pathways Discover AI program. 

Apply online by Wednesday, September 14, 2022

WHEN
  • The Discover AI program runs from September 30 to December 9 and include  weekly synchronous and asynchronous Instruction. Review the program's application page for more details.
WHAT
  • Discover AI is a virtual program in partnership with select schools that provides students with a project-based introduction to computer science, machine learning, data, artificial intelligence and tech careers through the lens of societal and ethics impact. In addition, students get access to AI industry leaders and are guided through a roadmap with the goal of cultivating a future career in the AI industry.
  • What are both the positive and negative implications of AI technology on society? How can (and does) AI affect communities in today's world?  Through research, discussions, and reflection, you will explore the intersectionality of AI with other fields and articulate your own mindful perspective of AI. The program is facilitated at no cost to students.
  • Students that complete the program will emerge with actionable next steps in pursuing an academic or career path in AI - and the opportunity to continue in the following semester to our second program, Apply AI and direct mentorship from industry leaders in the AI and tech industry from companies like Google, Capital One, Facebook, Slalom Consulting, Accenture, Pearson, and more.
  • At the end of the  Discover AI program, participants receive an AI4ALL Discover AI certificate of completion.
WHO
  • The program is designed for Freshman, Sophomores, and Juniors with any level of coding and/or Computing/AI experience,  including everything from none to advanced.
  • For computing majors, the program is a great supplement to your existing course work.
  • Other majors are welcome as well! If accepted, you will have the opportunity to learn more about AI in a safe and thoughtful environment that offers you the opportunity to consider AI as a future career option and as a presence in your major industry/discipline
  • AI4ALL programs are designed to bring together and highlight voices that have been historically excluded, and that will lead and shape the future of AI.
 Apply online by Wednesday, September 14, 2022.

For more information, contact ai4all@csee.umbc.edu
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As part of UMBC's Welcome Week activities, the Shriver Center welcomes you all to meet students, staff, and faculty involved with our initiatives.   

We look forward to a great semester and year ahead!  

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Opportunities in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering


D'Juan Moreland '23, biological sciences and music; Rachel Myers '23, chemical engineering; Christopher Slaughter '23, computer engineering; and Tobi Majekodunmi '23, mechanical engineering are our representatives for 2022. Will you join them in 2023?

The Goldwater Scholarship supports outstanding students interested in research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering. The scholarship covers undergraduate eligible expenses for tuition, fees, books, and room and board up to $7,500 per academic year for up to 2 years.

ELIGIBILITY
To be considered for nomination, a student must:
  • Have a minimum of one semester and no more than two years of undergraduate study remaining beginning September 2023.
  • Be pursuing a bachelor's degree on a full-time basis.
  • Have an average GPA > 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
  • Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
  • Have a demonstrated interest in a research career in the natural sciences, mathematics, or engineering.
  • Be nominated by his or her college or university via the official online nomination application.

HOW TO APPLY
Colleges and universities nominate students for Goldwater Scholarships. See your Goldwater Scholarship Campus Representative, Dr April Householder for more information. aprilh@umbc.edu

NOMINATION PERIOD
First Tuesday in September through 5:00 p.m., CT on the last Friday in January. 

Internal campus deadlines will be earlier. Contact Dr April Householder as early as possible. 

For additional information visit: 
https://goldwater.scholarsapply.gov
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Chiad Onyeje, '24 chemical engineering

Internship experience
Over the summer, Chiad delved into an Undergraduate Research Internship combining Biomedical Engineering and Nanoscale Science at the Vanderbilt Institution of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) program. Chiad learned about cell culturing techniques, microparticle formulation strategies, research project design & communication, and microfluidic device development along with the various tools and techniques often required in the growing field. The microfluidic devices fabricated were made to both refine and optimize the production of antioxidant microparticles by flowing separate aqueous and organic phases together, all studied in the Duvall Lab where Chiad worked. The Engineering Marvels have the potential to reduce internal inflammation and a plethora of differing degenerative diseases as a further cascading effect if taken to the public one day.

What advice would you give to students interested in internships?
"Always step out of your comfort zones when looking for and being a part of the internship. I debated for a while about where to do my internship and ultimately decided on Vanderbilt because of how different the atmosphere would be, along with the differences between Baltimore and Nashville. Furthermore, every internship opportunity is a chance to explore a new side to yourself: tack on a goal or skill you'd want to learn alongside the experience that you wouldn't/couldn't do otherwise. Advice like this is what makes the experience far more impactful and way more fondly remembered!" 

What are your plans after graduation?
"Moving up to graduate school to pursue a Masters and eventually a Ph.D! Aiming to inspire change in the greater Chem. E. field there on"

Way to go Chiad! Keep up the great work and continue to positively impact the world!

Here is the link to view Vanderbilt Institution of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) program Linkedin post on Chiad: LinkedinPost

If you are a prospective student and interested in applying to the Vanderbilt Institution of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) program send an email to vinse@vanderbilt.edu.

Photo Credit: Vanderbilt Institution of Nanoscale Science and Engineering 


Did you participate in a summer research opportunity or a summer internship? Tell us more about it
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Welcome to fall kick off at UMBC! We are so excited to start the semester in community with all of you!

Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion & Belonging (i3b) helps faculty, staff, students, and students develop the knowledge, awareness, and skills to cultivate an inclusive and social justice-oriented campus community. In short, we provide student-facing diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice programming, leadership development, dialogue facilitation, and training, in addition to lounge and community building spaces in our three identity, inclusion, and belonging spaces across campus.


 Join us for a few opportunities to learn more about i3b and our work on campus.


  1. Join us TODAY for in-person open houses in our three identity, inclusion, and belonging spaces: The Mosaic: Center for Cultural Diversity, The Pride Center, and The Gathering Space for Spiritual Well-Being. Stop by in between your classes or meetings to learn more about our spaces and how they support, affirm, and celebrate our students. All open houses will take place from 10:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m. Pop in for free popcorn and giveaways, while supplies last

    1. The Mosaic: Center for Cultural Diversity, 232B Commons Building

    2. Gathering Space for Spiritual Well-Being, 103 Center for Well-Being

    3. Pride Center, 201D University Center

  2. Join Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion & Belonging (i3b) for our annual Campus Partner Connect

    1. The i3b Campus Partner Connect/Lunch & Learn is a session geared toward new faculty and staff joining our UMBC community. During this 45-minute session, we will introduce participants to who i3b is and how we support students. We will also share opportunities and updates on our semester initiatives, how you can engage with us, and highlight campus partners supporting underrepresented and/or marginalized UMBC students. Lastly, attendees will also learn how i3b can provide consultation, training, and workshops for your classroom, department, or staff team.

      1. Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2022

      2. Time: 12:00 - 12:45 p.m.

      3. Location - Virtual: https://umbc.webex.com/umbc/j.php?MTID=mee728afd0db5b0bda6e7aef76aa0ce43

  1. Join Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion & Belonging (i3b) for our annual Fall Reception for light refreshments and connection opportunities. 

    1. Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2022

    2. Time: 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

    3. Location: Commons Terrace

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Unable to attend any of the events above? No worries! See below for departmental information and resources:



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The first 3 BXB Fests have been fabulous!  We’re excited for the upcoming Baltimore by Baltimore festival on Saturday, September 3rd from 12pm-8pm (link)   This month’s BxB will have a special focus on supporting our young creatives in Baltimore.  The Five Pillars of Hip Hop theme will feature amazing local talent, makers, and entrepreneurs brought to us by Media Rhythm Institute. This will be the 4th event in our 6 month festival series and it is exactly the kind of creative, inclusive, locally-sourced celebration of homegrown Baltimore talent and culture that we hoped for in Reimagining the Harbor (link)  

What are you doing this Labor Day Weekend?  First and foremost, mark your calendars, spread the word and plan to Come to the Baltimore Inner Harbor on Saturday Sept 3rd between 12-8pm to enjoy, connect, and celebrate at BxB.

But that’s not all…We need Volunteers to help us out during the event too! We’re happy to be partnering with Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore (the Festival organizers) and hope you’ll consider jumping in and joining us to make the festival a big success!  Please check out the info below and follow up asap.  Drop me a line if you have questions...

What:  Volunteer at Baltimore by Baltimore (volunteers will help us with survey outreach, and with other Waterfront Partnership event coordination needs) 
When: Saturday Sept 3rd.  (Choose a two hour time frame 12-2pm / 2-4pm / 4-6pm / or 6-8pm for your volunteer shift; and you’ll also be able to walk around and enjoy the festival too).
Sign Up!:  To volunteer please email me (Joby Taylor  joby.taylor@umbc.edu ) including your time availability and also copy Melody Thomas ( melody@waterfrontpartnership.org ).
Benefits:  Volunteers will get a free Baltimore by Baltimore tee shirt and other WFP swag…AND you’ll have the satisfaction of enjoying and supporting Baltimore by Baltimore as we Reimagine the Harbor together! 
Parking note: We want to make it easy...Volunteers can park at 204 E Lombard street, at the Arrow Garage, on the right side of Lombard. When you exit the garage you will show them the ticket we provide you. No need to grab it before you park, you will only show this when you are leaving. 

I’ll be there enjoying the day and proudly sporting a BXB festival shirt too…Hope to see you Saturday at Baltimore By Baltimore!

Joby Taylor
Director, Shriver Peaceworker Fellows

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NSA will hold a 2022 Codebreaker Challenge Technical Talk online at 6:00pm ET on Thursday, September 1. You'll meet the team and get an overview of the challenge this year. Join the talk using this MS Teams link.

The annual NSA Codebreaker Challenge consists of a series of tasks for students that are worth a varying amount of points based on their difficulty. Schools are ranked according to the total number of points accumulated by their students. Solutions may be submitted at any time during the challenge, which ends early in January, 2023.

Each task in this year's challenge will require a range of skills. It starts with easy tasks but advances to harder ones, so it's a great learning experience even if you are know little about cybersecurity. To solve all of the tasks, you will need to call upon your technical expertise, your intuition, and your common sense.

Getting started is easy. Go to the challenge webpage, create an account and identify yourself as a student, instructor, or alumnus of UMBC. After you've verified your email address, you will get an invitation to join the Codebreaker Discord server. Joining will earn you (and UMBC) your first point!  

As you work on the problems, you can track how UMBC is doing on the leaderboard. Of the more than 340 schools currently registered, UMBC is #2 in terms of the number of its participants, but only #45 in based on its score. 
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Precious Oyinloye, ‘23, chemical engineering was interviewed for the article ‘A Bright Spot in the Fight for Equality’ by Susan Milligan on Aug. 25, 2022, at 6:00 a.m. in U.S. NEW & World Report. 

The story includes powerful reflections from Carolyn Seaman (CWIT/IS), Autumn Reed (provost's office), President Sheares Ashby, CNMS Dean LaCourse, Phyllis Robinson (biological sciences), student Precious Oyinloye (chemical engineering), and graduate student Alexis Nobleman (biological sciences), highlighting CWIT, ADVANCE, WISE, and many other units and programs.


Link to full article: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/equality-is-evasive-in-stem-but-there-is-progress


Photo Credit: Marlayna Demond of Deepan Madan (mechanical engineering) with a student

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