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  <Title>English Presenters at URCAD</Title>
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          <p><span>James Jones | <strong>From Texts to Text: Developing Narrative Writing through Consistency </strong>| Prof. Sheila Robinson | English</span></p>
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          <p><span>Harley Nguyen | <strong>Exploring Aspects of the Asian-American Identity through Contemporary Poetry </strong>| Prof. Lia Purpura | English</span><span></span></p>
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  <Title>Dance Presentations at URCAD</Title>
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          <p><span>Michaela Emmerich | <strong>"Under This Roof"- Examining the Effect of Power Imbalances in a Family </strong>| Prof. Ann Sofie Clemmensen | Dance</span></p>
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          <p><span>Joshua Gray | <strong>Exploring Stories Of Political Activism And Ideological Perpetuation In Black Religious Institutions</strong></span><strong><span> | </span></strong><span>Prof. Ann Sofie Clemmensen | Dance</span></p>
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          <p><span>Kayla Massey | <strong>Choreographing Intersectionality: A Compositional Exploration of the Challenges Black Women Face </strong>| Prof. Shaness Kemp | Dance</span></p>
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  <Title>History Presentations at URCAD</Title>
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          <p><span>Devon Fick | <strong>“Monopoly Money”: A Study of Military Payment Certificates (MPC’s) in Vietnam </strong>| Dr. Meredith Oyen | History and Asian Studies</span></p>
          <p><span> </span></p>
          <p><span>Yoni Isaacs | <strong>At the Birth of Modern Socialism: A Comparative Study of the Ideas of Thomas Paine and Thomas Spence </strong>| Dr. Daniel Ritschel | History</span></p>
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          <p><span>Tyler Kruzshak | <strong>Negligence, Factionalism, and the Formative Period of the Communist Party of Germany </strong>| Dr. Brian Van Wyck | History</span></p>
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          <p><span>Matthew Langfitt | <strong>The Salman Rushdie Affair, Multiculturalism, and the Emergence of British Muslims </strong>| Dr. Brian Van Wyck | History</span></p>
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          <p><span>Alexa Smith | <strong>Little Mountain Town: A Small Community’s Struggle with its Difficult History </strong>| Dr. Denise Meringolo | History</span></p>
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          <p><span>Giuliana Weiss | <strong>Exploring Autistic America: Changing Persepctives of Autism Spectrum </strong>| Prof. Elaine MacDougall | English </span></p>
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  <Title>Ancient Studies presentations at URCAD</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">Come see URCAD project from the Ancient Studies department!<div>URCAD.umbc.edu</div>
          <div>April 18-24, online</div>
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          <p><span>Tara Donovan | <strong>Marcus Sergius Goes To War: Disability, Self-Advocacy, And The “Supercrip” Archetype In Pliny The Elder Book 7</strong></span><span> | Dr. Molly Jones-Lewis | Ancient Studies</span></p>
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  <Title>URCAD Sneak Peek: Ayah Aligabi</Title>
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    <div><strong>Investigating the Neurological Links Associated with Immunity using Drosophila Melanogaster as a Model Organism</strong></div>
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    <div><span>Presenter: Ayah Aligabi- URA Scholar and McNair Scholar</span></div>
    <div><span>Mentor: Jeffery Leips (Biological Sciences)</span></div>
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    <div>Seven CBEE undergraduate students participated in <a href="https://www.aiche.org/community/awards/cheme-jeopardy-competition" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">AIChE ChemE Jeopardy Competition</a> during the AIChE Mid-Atlantic Regional conference at NJIT in two teams. The team members, represented all student levels, first year through senior year. The teams competed against teams from University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, University of Pennsylvania, Youngstown State University, and Pennsylvania State University. </div>
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    <div>Team 1, qualified for the Nationals, with their second place finish. </div>
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    <div>This is the <a href="https://cbee.umbc.edu/news/?tag=jeopardy" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">third year in a row</a> UMBC will complete at the National  AIChE ChemE Jeopardy competition.</div>
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    <div>Congratulations to the all team members! </div>
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    <div>Photo: (Left to Right) Colin Jones (Freshman), Max Bobbin (Junior), John Laporte (Senior), Sakina Esterberg (Senior), Catherine Wraback (Junior), Pavan Umashankar (Sophomore), Sumana Peddibhotla (Senior)</div>
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  <Title>Women's Center Advisory Board Applications for 2022-24</Title>
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    <h5><span>The <a href="https://womenscenter.umbc.edu/who-we-are/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Women’s Center
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    in supporting and cultivating the work of the Women’s Center at UMBC and
    advancing gender equity and social justice on UMBC’s campus.</span></h5>
    
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    in monthly board meetings, scheduled for the first Friday of each month during
    the academic year. This forum allows Women’s Center staff to share information
    about the Center and similarly allows the board members to share their
    knowledge, wisdom and unique perspectives to advance the mission of the Women’s
    Center.</span><span> </span></p>
    
    <p><span>In addition to advising the professional staff of the Women’s Center, Board members and affiliates help and give support in the planning, programming, and advocacy of the Women’s Center. Board members and affiliates are encouraged to attend Women’s Center events when possible and volunteer at larger events such as Critical Social Justice, Take Back the Night, or the Returning Women Students networking event.  </span><span>These responsibilities may </span><span>occasionally</span><span> entail additional
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    <p><span>Students are invited to join the Board via an affiliate position and can do so by completing the same application process as faculty and staff. </span></p>
    
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    to serve a diverse community of people interested in women’s, gender, and
    social justice issues.  We seek a diverse
    board to assure that varying needs and interests are represented. <br>
    For more on the Women’s Center mission, guiding principles, and priorities,
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  <Title>Congratulations Dr. Blaney and Victor Fulda</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Two CBEE faculty and staff members were recognized at the <a href="https://facultystaffawards.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">2022 UMBC faculty and staff awards</a>.  <br><div>
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    <strong>Lee Blaney</strong>, associate professor of chemical, biochemical, and environmental engineering, received the <strong>2022 USM Board of Regents Award for Excellence in Teaching</strong>. Blaney has received awards previously for exceptional mentoring and for engaging his students in high-impact research. His laboratory focuses on contaminants of emerging concern, such as compounds found in pharmaceuticals and personal care products, in waterways such as Chesapeake Bay.</div>
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    <strong>Victor Fulda,</strong> engineering technician, chemical, biochemical, and environmental engineering 2021 University System of Maryland Board of Regents Award for Exceptional Contribution to the Institution or Unit to which the Person Belongs</div>
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    <div>[<a href="https://news.umbc.edu/umbc-faculty-and-staff-award-recipients-place-community-at-the-core-of-their-success/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">read full article</a>]</div>
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    <div>~ <a href="https://cbee.umbc.edu/faculty-and-staff-excellence-awards/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Full list of CBEE Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards</a> ~</div>
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  <Title>CWIT Student Council Applications Due Soon!</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Hey everyone!<div><br></div>
    <div>Don't forget the CWIT Student Council Application's deadline is quickly approaching! Apply to be part of an amazing group of people who want to create fun events for the CWIT community! </div>
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    <div><strong>Applications are due this Thursday (3/14)</strong></div>
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    <span>CWIT Student Council's election form is here: </span><a href="https://forms.gle/AM9ooRWWWqmGkQH26" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://forms.gle/AM9ooRWWWqmGkQH26</a><span>. </span>
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    <span>We look forward to seeing you apply! If you have any questions at all, please email </span><a href="mailto:mariahq1@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">mariahq1@umbc.edu</a><span> and </span><a href="mailto:cquach1@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">cquach1@umbc.edu</a><span> or ping us in Discord/DM us on Instagram @umbc_cwit.</span>
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    <div><strong>*NOTE*</strong></div>
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    <div>*Available positions include - </div>
    <div>1) President</div>
    <div>2) Vice President</div>
    <div>3) Treasurer</div>
    <div>4) Secretary</div>
    <div>5) Social Media Chair</div>
    <div>6) Public Relations Chair</div>
    <div>7) Affiliates Representative</div>
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    <div>* Freshman and transfer student representative elections occur in fall semesters. </div>
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  <Title>URCAD Sneak Peek: Ahmad Ndir</Title>
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    <strong>Perceptions of Online Learning and COVID-19 Disruptions among Undergraduate Meyerhoff Scholars</strong><div><strong><br></strong></div>
    <div><span>Presenter: Ahmad Ndir</span></div>
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    <span>Mentors: Mariano Sto. Domingo (Psychology), </span><span>Meghan Flynn (Psychology)</span>
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    <div><span><span>The advent of the global pandemic in late 2019 had wide-ranging impacts across the world. Students, in particular, were a vulnerable population that faced a multitude of educational and personal challenges. The current study explores students' reactions to individual and societal stressors due to COVID-19 and their relationship with sense of community and online learning in the year 2021. A total of 204 undergraduate students completed an online survey in May 2021 (49%  cisgender men; 81% self-reported non-White). All students were enrolled at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) at the time of data collection. Participants were members of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program, a program designed to facilitate, enhance, and support the learning experience of underrepresented minority students in the STEM field. We hypothesize that: a) student sense of community will be negatively correlated with perceptions of COVID-19 disruption; that is, the higher students’ sense of community, the less they perceive disruption due to COVID-19, and b) students who reported lower disruptions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic will report positive perceptions of online learning. Correlation, t-tests, and mediation analyses will be conducted to test our hypotheses.</span></span></div>
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    <div><span><span>URCAD is online April 18-24</span></span></div>
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