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  <Title>Addressing Graduate Students&#8217; Feelings of Stress</Title>
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    <div>This Friday, <a href="http://psychology.umbc.edu/people/corefaculty/deluty/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Dr. Robert Deluty (UMBC’s Associate Dean of the Graduate School, Associate Professor of Psychology)</a> will talk with graduate students about stress. This is an important seminar that is back by popular demand. Each year, following the seminar, students have said that their stress was reduced, that they felt that anxiety had been reduced, and that they were given encouragement to continue to press forward.</div>
    
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    <div>Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, 4:30 – 6:00 PM</div>
    <div>UMBC Campus</div>
    <div>Public Policy Building, Room 206</div>
    <div><a href="http://promiseagep.wordpress.com/about/contact/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Parking and Directions</a></div>
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    <div>This seminar is for <strong><em>all</em> </strong>graduate students, at all levels. We will be serving coffee, tea, fruit, and cookies. Please plan to attend. Graduate students who attend any school within the University System of Maryland are invited attend.</div>
    
    <div>UMBC students:  RSVP here: <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/18777" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/18777</a>.</div>
    <div>If you are from another school in the USM and can’t access the link above, you may RSVP with a comment to this post. This post will also appear on our PROMISE AGEP Facebook page.</div>
    
    
    <div><em>Special note: Dr. Deluty generously provided some of the resources that we used for our research when we wrote the <a href="http://promiseagep.wordpress.com/2013/09/18/new-nsf-promise-agep-grant-funded-until-2017-includes-university-system-of-maryland-ccbc-aacc-and-agmus/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">PROMISE AGEP-T grant proposal</a> to the National Science Foundation for our current round of funding. His insight was instrumental with respect to our studies on providing community and outlets for good mental health. </em></div>
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    <Title>TODAY: National Call Congress Day</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">At the December GSA Senate meeting, the GSA discussed one of their current initiatives<a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa/events/21382" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"> #GradsHaveDebt2 National Call Congress Day</a>.
           The initiative is nation wide and serves to raise awareness of the 
          inequality in student loans between undergraduate and graduate students.
           The National Call Congress Day will take place <span><span>tomorrow</span></span>, <strong>December 4th</strong> from <strong><span><span>11:00am to 5:00pm</span></span></strong> in the <strong>Commons 308</strong>. There will be two session: Session #1 (<span><span>11:00am-2:00pm</span></span>) &amp; Sesion #2 (<span><span>3:00pm-5:00pm</span></span>). GSA will provide a script and pizza. You only have to commit to one call, which will take about 5 minutes. </div>
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  <NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="38695" important="false" status="posted" url="https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/llc/posts/38695">
    <Title>UMBC's Student Regent Nominee: Inte'a DeShields</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">Inte'a DeShields has been selected as UMBC's nominee for Student Regent for 2014-2015. Inte'a is a doctoral student in UMBC's Language, Literacy and Culture program.</div>
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    <Summary>Inte'a DeShields has been selected as UMBC's nominee for Student Regent for 2014-2015. Inte'a is a doctoral student in UMBC's Language, Literacy and Culture program.</Summary>
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    <PostedAt>Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:22:09 -0500</PostedAt>
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  <NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="38668" important="false" status="posted" url="https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/llc/posts/38668">
    <Title>PhD Candidacy Reception</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">Congratulations to our candidates who were honored at the Nov 14 
          Candidacy Reception: <strong>Emerald Christopher, Latasha Eley, John Fritz, Romy
           Jones, Zuotang Zhang</strong>. <br><br><img src="http://llc.umbc.edu/files/2013/11/Fall-13-LLC-Candidates.jpg" height="596" width="795" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><br><br>If you have additional photos from the event that you would like to share, please email them to <a href="mailto:llc@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">llc@umbc.edu</a>.<div><br></div>
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    <Summary>Congratulations to our candidates who were honored at the Nov 14  Candidacy Reception: Emerald Christopher, Latasha Eley, John Fritz, Romy  Jones, Zuotang Zhang.     If you have additional photos...</Summary>
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  <NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="38660" important="false" status="posted" url="https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/llc/posts/38660">
  <Title>Inte'a DeShields is UMBC's Student Regent Nominee</Title>
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    <span>by David Hoffman</span><br><span><br></span><br><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KU3tqEwj_70/Uo0RRWjHBTI/AAAAAAAADXk/XvTa8RHe_n8/s1600/Inte'a+DeShields.jpg" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KU3tqEwj_70/Uo0RRWjHBTI/AAAAAAAADXk/XvTa8RHe_n8/s1600/Inte'a+DeShields.jpg" height="200" width="175" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a></div>
    <span>Inte'a DeShields has been selected as UMBC's nominee for Student Regent for 2014-2015. Inte'a is a doctoral student in UMBC's Language, Literacy and Culture program. She serves as a graduate research assistant  and a Graduate Student Association Senator. Previously Inte'a was Director of Forensics at Morgan State University.<br><br>The Student Regent is the sole student member of the <a href="http://www.usmd.edu/regents/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">University System of Maryland Board of Regents</a>, which governs a state public higher education system that includes the UMBC, the University of Maryland College Park, Towson University and 9 other institutions, along with two regional higher education centers. As UMBC's nominee for the position for 2014-2015, Inte'a will be interviewed early in December by the University System of Maryland Student Council, which will forward the names of three finalists for consideration by Governor O'Malley.<br><br>The past 11 UMBC nominees all have been selected as finalists, and three have been appointed Student Regent: Phil Shockley (2003-2004), Josh Michael (2008-2009) and <a href="http://cocreateumbc.blogspot.com/2011/02/real-people-profiles-collin.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Collin Wojciechowski</a> (2011-2012).</span><br><br><span>Best wishes, Inte'a!</span><br><span><br></span><em><a href="http://cocreateumbc.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Co-Create UMBC</a> is a blog for and about UMBC, written by David Hoffman and Craig Berger from the Office of Student Life. Join the <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/co-create" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Co-Create UMBC group</a> on MyUMBC. Like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cocreateumbc" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Co-Create UMBC on Facebook</a>. And follow <a href="https://twitter.com/CoCreateUMBC" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">David</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/CraigBerger" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Craig</a> on Twitter.</em><span> </span>
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  <Summary>by David Hoffman     Inte'a DeShields has been selected as UMBC's nominee for Student Regent for 2014-2015. Inte'a is a doctoral student in UMBC's Language, Literacy and Culture program. She...</Summary>
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  <PostedAt>Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:52:00 -0500</PostedAt>
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  <Title>LLC at the National Women's Studies Association conference</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">LLC Cohort 14 student Latasha Eley presenting her paper, "Black Women in
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    <Title>Last Chance to Apply for STRiVE</Title>
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          <span>by David Hoffman</span><br><span><br></span><span>The application deadline for UMBC's annual STRiVE leadership retreat is this Friday, November 15th at 11:59 p.m.  To learn about STRiVE and</span><span> apply, follow <a href="http://tinyurl.com/strive2014" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">this link</a> (and check out <a href="http://youtu.be/Kge8qbN2BUI" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">this short video</a> covering some of the logistics). </span><span>Don't miss your chance to be a part of this <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/co-create/news/22568" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">incredible experience</a>!</span><br><span><br></span> <br><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8NaoUCblejk/UoPBswH9fFI/AAAAAAAADW0/HvPZKuut9hU/s1600/1.JPG" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8NaoUCblejk/UoPBswH9fFI/AAAAAAAADW0/HvPZKuut9hU/s1600/1.JPG" height="300" width="400" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a></div>
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          <em><a href="http://cocreateumbc.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Co-Create UMBC</a> is a blog for and about UMBC, written by David Hoffman and Craig Berger from the Office of Student Life. Join the <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/co-create" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Co-Create UMBC group</a> on MyUMBC. Like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cocreateumbc" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Co-Create UMBC on Facebook</a>. And follow <a href="https://twitter.com/CoCreateUMBC" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">David</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/CraigBerger" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Craig</a> on Twitter.</em><span> </span>
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    <Title>November GSA Senate Meeting</Title>
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          <p><span>Please see below for information from the November GSA Senate meeting. <br>
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          </span><span>Sean Astrakhan, Barbara Church, Jesse Fox, Romy Hübler, Dan Miller, Afsoon Saadin,
          and </span>Stephanie Ward <span>are
          attending the National Association of Graduate and Professional Students
          (NAGPS) National Conference in </span>Kalamazoo, Michigan this weekend. All
          UMBC graduate students are <a href="http://nagps.org/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">NAPGS</a> members and
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          <p><span>The November <strong>GSA Social Hour </strong>will be in
          Flat Tuesdays on <strong><span><span>November 21st</span></span> </strong>from<strong> <span><span>6:00 to 8:00pm</span></span></strong>. </span></p>
          <p><span>The second <strong>GSA IMDA Gallery </strong>is open. Please stop </span><span>by
          the GSA Office to view the beautiful artwork of </span><span>fellow graduate students. </span></p>
          <p><span>The GSA Senate <strong>approved </strong>the </span><strong><span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/GradsHaveDebt2" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">#GradsHaveDebt2 Resolution</a></span></strong><span>. </span></p>
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          Bangladesh Graduate Student Organization</strong> has been <strong>approved</strong> by the GSA Senate. </span></p>
          <p>If you should have any concerns that you would like to bring before the GSA
          Senate, feel free to send an email to Romy at <a href="mailto:rjones12@umbc.edu">rjones12@umbc.edu</a>.  </p>
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          <br>As you move towards the end of the semester, you know how important it is for you to go bowling. Here at the LLC GSO, we know exactly how you feel. We have therefore arranged for you a perfect event for your end of semester blues- an evening of bowling, eating, talking, and lotsa cathartic laughing.<br>
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          <br><strong>Where:</strong> Brunswick Zone, 8419 Baltimore National Pike, Ellicott City, Maryland</div>
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          <strong>When:</strong><span><span> November 15, 2013</span></span> (<span><span>5pm-9pm</span></span>)<br><br>
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          <u>Please note that you will need to print, sign, and return the liability form attached to Uzma (<a href="mailto:urashid1@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">urashid1@umbc.edu</a>) or to Satarupa Joardar (<a href="mailto:joardar1@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">joardar1@umbc.edu</a>) before the event</u>.</div>
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  <Title>When I Was in College, I Didn't Know ... (Part 2)</Title>
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    <span>by David Hoffman</span><br><span><br></span><span>Here are the rest of the life lessons I mentioned <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/news/37891" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">earlier this week</a>: Things I had not yet worked out or did not feel confident about when I was in college, but began to gain clarity about later. Many of these observations also have been made by others, but I came to them through my own experiences.</span><br><span><br></span>
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    <span><strong>26.</strong></span><br><div><span><br></span></div>
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    <span>College is not merely preparation for life. It is life.</span><br><span><br></span>
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    <div><strong>27.</strong></div>
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    <div><span>People always respond to the entire context of a communication, not just to the words it contains.</span></div>
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    <div><strong>28.</strong></div>
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    <span>Criticism reveals and reflects upon the critic.</span><br><br>
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    <div><strong>29.</strong></div>
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    <div><span>In-the-moment negative emotions such as guilt or fear can be extremely useful in illuminating a situation. They can provide clues about the motives, understandings, insecurities and emotional states of other people, especially those whose behavior is sparking the negative emotions. They can deepen self-understanding. The trick is to learn to read these emotions without either suppressing or being overwhelmed by them.</span></div>
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    <div><strong>30.</strong></div>
    <div><span><br></span></div>
    <div><span>Sometimes the hardest thing in the world to see is what is right in front of you.</span></div>
    <div><span><br></span></div>
    <div><strong>31.</strong></div>
    <div><span><br></span></div>
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    <span>People sometimes view choices you make for yourself, but which they would not (or did not) make for themselves, as judgments against them. This is all the more true if the path you choose is one which, at some level, they regret not having chosen. It is easy to be confused by their resulting hostile reactions, but it would be a mistake to be deterred by them.</span><br><span><br></span>
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    <div><strong>32.</strong></div>
    <div><span><br></span></div>
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    <span>Every new insight subtly alters your knowledge and perspective about everything you thought you already knew. Each new experience subtly alters your perspective on every aspect of your past.</span><br><span><br></span>
    </div>
    <div><strong>33.</strong></div>
    <div><span><br></span></div>
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    <span>You aren’t really <em>from </em>somewhere until you go somewhere else.</span><br><span><br></span>
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    <div><strong>34.</strong></div>
    <div><span><br></span></div>
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    <span>Changing the world for the better does not mean seeking a stable point beyond which the world stops changing. People need to be involved in ongoing, challenging, cooperative work to advance the common good. An essential aspect of being human is confronting and contributing to the mitigation of life’s imperfections.</span><br><span><br></span>
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    <div><strong>35.</strong></div>
    <div><span><br></span></div>
    <div>
    <span>Love involves giving and receiving permission to be who you truly are.</span><br><span><br></span>
    </div>
    <div><strong>36.</strong></div>
    <div><span><br></span></div>
    <div>
    <span>A mouse trapped in a maze never sees the maze, only a series of straight paths and corners.</span><br><span><br></span>
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    <div><strong>37.</strong></div>
    <div><span><br></span></div>
    <div>
    <span>Knowledge derived from breaking things or processes down into their smallest component parts is incomplete. It excludes the broadest patterns, most subtle and profound connections and deepest meanings.</span><br><span><br></span>
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    <div><strong>38.</strong></div>
    <div><span><br></span></div>
    <div>
    <span>All people yearn, at some level, to become whole, connect authentically with the universe, be who they really are and fulfill their potential.</span><br><span><br></span>
    </div>
    <div><strong>39.</strong></div>
    <div><span><br></span></div>
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    <span>What feels like inability and weakness may actually be undiscovered or unrevealed talent and strength.</span><br><span><br></span>
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    <div><strong>40.</strong></div>
    <div><span><br></span></div>
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    <span>Winning an argument is not the same thing as achieving progress toward the objective at the heart of the argument. Sometimes winning an argument can hinder such progress.</span><br><span><br></span>
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    <div><strong>41.</strong></div>
    <div><span><br></span></div>
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    <span>Staying too close to an admired person for too long can stunt one’s growth. When the admired person is nearby, adopting the person’s admirable behaviors and thought processes may feel presumptuous or unnecessary.</span><br><span><br></span>
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    <div><strong>42.</strong></div>
    <div><span><br></span></div>
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    <span>All conscious perceptions involve value judgments and assumptions, as do all descriptions of things or situations in the world. No word can precisely express any objective meaning.</span><br><span><br></span>
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    <div><strong>43.</strong></div>
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    <span>A part of the judgment involved in human perceptions is the filtering and prioritization of inputs. In order to focus on the highest-priority information, people take vast portions of their experiences and environments for granted. They adapt to their environments unconsciously, absorbing and relying on a common set of values and assumptions, some of which they might reject if they ever became fully aware of them.</span><br><span><br></span>
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    <span>Instincts, intuitions, emotions and dreams are extremely important sources of knowledge. The knowledge they reveal is intrinsic: located within the unconscious mind and relatively untainted by conditioning. Much intrinsic knowledge relates to people’s own true identities and deepest yearnings. The suppression of intrinsic knowledge causes depression and anxiety, and stunts personal growth.</span><br><span><br></span>
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    <div><span>Symbols need not take the form of words, numbers and pictures. All things, people, actions and failures to act are symbols. Symbols can reveal fundamental truths because the unconscious mind invokes intrinsic knowledge to decode them.</span></div>
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    <span>The contributions of the greatest scientists, poets, authors, artists, builders and leaders change not just our experience but our capacity to imagine. As a result of great works, there are more available thoughts.</span><br><span><br></span><div><strong>47.</strong></div>
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    <span>Great teachers empower students to think new thoughts, and expand the scope of their free will.</span><br><span><br></span><div><strong>48.</strong></div>
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    <span>Excellent teaching is not primarily about transmitting academic content from the mind of the teacher to the mind of the student, but about liberating knowledge and capacities already present in the student.</span><br><span><br></span><div><strong>49.</strong></div>
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    <span>True teaching transforms the teacher. True leadership transforms the leader. True love transforms the lover. True life is transformation.</span><br><div>
    <span><br></span><span><br></span><span>So ... what should observation #50 be?</span>
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