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  <Title>Congratulations to Mustafa Al-Adhami!</Title>
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  <NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="75300" important="true" status="posted" url="https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsawritingadvisor/posts/75300">
  <Title>RAC Renovation Survey</Title>
  <Tagline>Share your experiences and feedback!</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content"><div>We value your input! </div><div><br></div><div>Please <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSegYF-whFFszU0LWpCLQ5Huw1Ybg2qwXVOZ3xLbYj5bX5VhRw/viewform" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">click here</a> to give input regarding the upcoming RAC renovations! With multiple athletic offices moving to the Event Center, there is an opportunity for students to state what they want to see!</div><div><br></div><div>The current plan is to expand recreational space, update fitness equipment, and add University Health Services and the Counseling Center to the building! If you have opinions, please fill out the survey! The results to this survey will be sent to Facilities Management to better inform the university's future decisions! </div><div><br></div><div>The survey contains about fifteen questions and should take no more than five minutes to fill out! If you have any questions, feel free to contact Markya Reed, Executive Vice President, UMBC Student Government Association at <a href="mailto:markya1@umbc.edu">markya1@umbc.edu</a>. </div></div>
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    <Title>Important Change to GSA Grants Policy</Title>
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          <div class="html-content"><div>Starting tomorrow, March 16th, the GSA will be transitioning to a new grants policy. This policy will be available in our <a href="https://gsa.umbc.edu/points-of-policy/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Points of Policy</a> on the GSA website.</div><div><br></div><div>We will no longer have a lottery system for grants. If you would like your grant application to be considered in the lottery system, you must submit your application by the close of business <strong>today</strong>, <strong>March 15th.</strong></div><div><br></div><div>Beginning tomorrow, grant applications will be considered through a review process. In each month, applicants will be selected based on financial and academic need by a review panel of their peers. Decisions will be made by the end of each month. Funding approved by these decisions will be available for use within the 120 days following the decision. The deadline for applications will be the 15th of each month. <strong>Therefore, if you want to use grant funds in May, you must apply by April 15th.</strong></div><div><br></div><div>More information about the new policy will be forthcoming. If you would like to serve on the review panel for grants, please look for a call for reviewers which will go out soon.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>GSA</div></div>
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  <Title>Scholarships and Awards Available</Title>
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  <Title>Make your voice heard! Take the 2018 Student Fee Survey!</Title>
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    which students can get their thoughts and concerns about fees heard.</p>
    
    <p>The Student Fee Advisory Board makes a formal
    recommendation to approve or amend each mandatory fee, and will base
    this recommendation in part on your responses to the <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhoxBh_Wy4TsqQgQ9jLTwv6L6rUVbbssOy5ekPXy6SXm7MMQ/viewform" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">survey</a>. Please follow the links on <a href="https://fees.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">this</a> page under the heading ‘Mandatory Fee
    Changes’ to review proposed fee increases for Academic Year 2017-2018 and
    provide your feedback about the fees and the activities they support.</p>
    
    <p>It is the policy of the <a href="http://www.usmd.edu/regents/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">USM Board of Regents</a> that each USM
    campus forms its own advisory committee involved in the processes of
    setting student fees and is comprised of appropriate numbers of students and
    stakeholders (Section VII; 2.50: 5 of BoR Bylaws).</p>
    
    <p>The Student Fee Advisory Board (SFAB) at UMBC is a team of
    students (undergraduate and graduate) who represent student interests in the
    annual mandatory fee review process. After hearing presentations from
    administrators representing the departments who own the six mandatory student
    fees, SFAB conducts outreach to determine what recommendations students have
    with respect to the size and specifics of those planned expenditures. SFAB is
    comprised of seven members, each member serves as a liaison to a different
    demographic of students.</p>
    
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     <li>Commuter
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     <li>Undergraduate
         Students</li>
     <li>Graduate
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     <li>Student
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  <NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="74172" important="false" status="posted" url="https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsawritingadvisor/posts/74172">
  <Title>NVivo Qualitative Research Software Now Available</Title>
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          PROMISE AGEP! Their guest speakers will discuss writing topics for professional
          development. Susan Hindle, Assistant Director of Internships and Employment at
          the Career Center, will be talking about writing to acquire employment -
          personal statements, cover letters, resume. Susan will also likely touch on
          other resources available through the career center. Dr. Kevin Omland,
          Professor in the Biological Sciences Department, will discuss writing for
          publications:  how to choose journals to submit to, how to evaluate
          those journals to curtail one's own writing, how to improve one's chances at
          finally acquiring publication. Dr. Christine Mallinson will touch on
          topics like writing for Theses, Dissertations and other
          academia-facing projects. Please come to listen to seminars on writing for
          professional development! </span></p><p><span>Lunch
          boxes will be provided.</span></p><p><span>Event
          Details: </span></p><p><span>Event:
          Graduate Student Writing for Professional Development </span></p><p><span>Date:
          November 16, 2016</span></p><p><span>Time:
          4:30 PM - 6:00 PM </span></p><p><span>Location:
          Performing Arts, Room 214 </span></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span>Agenda:</span></p><p><span> 4:30
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          Arrivals</span></p><p><span> 4:45
          - 5:00                             Susan
          Hindle</span></p><p><span> 5:00
          - 5:15                             Dr.
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           Christine Mallinson</span></p><p><span> 5:30
          - 6:00                             Panel
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  <Title>Career Paths for Graduate Students Networking Dinner</Title>
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     annual "Career Paths for Graduate Students" networking dinner seminar 
    on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 4:30 PM in UC 312. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Employers will be 
    discussing expectations for hiring, and will share information about 
    alternative careers. This seminar is for students at all levels, 
    master's and doctoral, including those in their first year of graduate 
    school. It's never too early to develop a network! Some of our UMBC 
    alumni will be present at this event. This seminar utilizes a "speed 
    dating" format to expose students to different sectors of government, 
    industry, and academe. </div><div> </div><div>This seminar is part of our <em>"Pathways Through Graduate School and Into Careers"</em> initiative, based on the <a title="This external link will open in a new window" href="http://pathwaysreport.org/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><u>2012 report by the Council of Graduate Schools</u></a>.  <u>*All guest representatives have job openings available.*</u></div>
    <div><br></div><div><br></div><div><strong>Please RSVP</strong> here so that we can order enough food: <a title="This external link will open in a new window" href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/16894" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><u>http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/16894</u></a></div><div>Dinner will be served. </div>
    <div>Time: 4:30 - 6:00 (program and dinner), 6:00 - 6:30 (additional networking)</div><div>This event is free!</div><div><br></div></div>
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