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    <Title>Recyclemania: Plastic Bag and Plastic Film Recycling</Title>
    <Tagline>Got a ton of grocery bags taking up kitchen space?!</Tagline>
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          <div class="html-content">Commuters, bring in your plastic grocery bags that are collecting dust and taking up space and recycle them in the marked boxes at one of four locations in The Commons, including the Off-Campus Student Services' office and lounge (next to the bookstore). Plastic bags and film like Saran Wrap will be collected for Recyclemania, the international recycling competition among universities, from February 17-March 18. For more information about Recyclemania and recycling on campus, visit the ReSET group page or contact Donna Anderson, ReSET co-chair, at 410.455.2283. <br></div>
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    <Summary>Commuters, bring in your plastic grocery bags that are collecting dust and taking up space and recycle them in the marked boxes at one of four locations in The Commons, including the Off-Campus...</Summary>
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    <Title>OCSS is hiring for 2013/14 academic year!</Title>
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          <div class="html-content"><p><span><em>Come work for us!</em> </span></p><p><span>Off-Campus Student Services has started the hiring process for the 2013/14 academic year. Stop by the OCSS office in Suite 1A02 (Commons, first floor) and pick up an application from our Coordinator Lauren Tabbacchino. The application is also available online at myUMBC.edu; click the Documents link on the right side of the page to access the file called “Commuter Assistant Application”... or download it here!  Applications must be submitted by Feb. 28 to be considered.</span></p><p><span><em>What will you do as an OCSS CA?</em></span></p><p><span>Our CAs plan and execute events and programs, assist in a variety of office tasks and provide support and resources for all UMBC students, staff, faculty and alumni.</span></p><p> </p><p><span><br></span> </p><p><span></span></p><p>
          
          
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  <NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="22872" important="false" status="posted" url="https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/firstgen/posts/22872">
  <Title>First-Year Experience for Transfer Students</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Transfer Student Seminars (TRS) are one or two-credit courses designed to assist in the successful transition of transfer students from their previous college or university to UMBC. It focuses on developing and understanding the skills needed and the academic expectations to achieve success at an Honors University. The materials covered will complement the work that is being done in upper-level courses in the major, and it will contain academic material selected by the Department that has been identified as a barrier to the success of transfer students in that particular major. <br><br>For more information, visit <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/oue">www.umbc.edu/oue</a> or contact Jarrett Kealey in the Office of Undergraduate Education at <a href="mailto:jkealey@umbc.edu">jkealey@umbc.edu</a> or (410) 455-1185.<br></div>
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  <Summary>Transfer Student Seminars (TRS) are one or two-credit courses designed to assist in the successful transition of transfer students from their previous college or university to UMBC. It focuses on...</Summary>
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  <NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="20855" important="false" status="posted" url="https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/firstgen/posts/20855">
    <Title>New Office Hours for OCSS</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">Off Campus Student Services will be open every day from 8:30am - 5:00pm in the Spring semester.  Please contact us at 410-455-2770, <a href="mailto:ocss@umbc.edu">ocss@umbc.edu</a>, or stop by the office on the first floor of the Commons next to the Bookstore.</div>
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    <Summary>Off Campus Student Services will be open every day from 8:30am - 5:00pm in the Spring semester.  Please contact us at 410-455-2770, ocss@umbc.edu, or stop by the office on the first floor of the...</Summary>
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    <Title>Looking for off-campus housing for the spring 2013 semester?</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">Search off-campus housing listings, find compatible roommates, and post available housing. Website services are FREE for UMBC students, faculty, and staff:<br><br><a href="http://www.umbc.och101.com/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">www.umbc.och101.com</a><br><br>Or, stop by the office of Off-Campus Student Services (OCSS), next to the bookstore, for help and housing resources. <br></div>
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    <Title>UMBC veterans highlighted in Baltimore Sun on Veterans Day</Title>
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    <Title>Attention Commuters</Title>
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    <Summary>No UMBC Transit Shuttle service from November 22nd-23rd.</Summary>
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    <Title>Commuter FACEBOOK Page!</Title>
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