Real People Profiles: Janet McGlynn
I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty and staff, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.
Name: Janet McGlynn
Hometown: Baltimore
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: Nine years.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: Facilitate undergraduate research programs and other work for the Office of Undergraduate Education.
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: Helping students to find opportunities they didn't know about at UMBC. One of these is the chance to pursue independent research, scholarship, and creative work.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: Talk with your professors. Seek their advice about your future plans. Tell the professor (right away!) when you start to have a problem in a course.
Q: Complete this sentence: “I am a big fan of __________”
A: The classes designed for students in their first year at UMBC: First-Year Seminars (FYSs) and the Introduction to an Honors University courses (IHUs, the "Y" classes). Students who take any of these classes get so much information about making the most of their time at UMBC.
Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?
A: I love the Fireside Lounge. I am amazed by the number of paid summer research fellowships available for undergraduates, mostly in the sciences, but some for students in other fields. The Career Services Center and Shriver Center staff are fabulously helpful to students who bring in their resumes for review.
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Snowmageddon in My Neighborhood (Photos)
From an upstairs window.
My car. Compare with the final photo, below.
Barrington Road (my street).
The trench I helped to dig across said street. When my neighbor started to dig in my direction, I found that I couldn't say 'no.' (Or, 'what's the point exactly?').
The same intersection on Sunday (trench is at right).
My wife Sharon walking our dog
Bucky. Well . . . carrying.
Indeed, the cars should go slowly to avoid the playing children.
Another neighborhood intersection, with evidence that some fool brave soul has managed to drive through it.
Explanation for my aching shoulders and back (and goofy sense of accomplishment).
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Egg Day
When you've lived long enough, there are specific moments that stand out in memory as the true turning points. Had those brief instances played out in a different way, you would have lived a completely different life, never having the experiences, meeting the people or traveling to the places that came to mean everything to you.
Sometimes those moments hinge on strokes of luck, for better or worse: the random encounter, the missed connection. More rarely (it seems to me), they involve someone else's intentionally grabbing the dice and changing your game.
23 years ago today, my friend Barak changed my life forever by eating an egg. Here's the story.
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Real People Profiles: Brandon Cottom
I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty and staff, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.
Hometown: Montgomery Village, MD
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: 3 years.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: I make events happen with SEB, and am vice president of SEA.
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: The part of my role here I enjoy most is being able to improve my home (UMBC) by changing our gym into a huge party three times or more a year with Comedy, Concerts and Quadmania. Also by building the trashmonster with trash from around campus.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: Here at college I learned you have to make all of your decisions for yourself. no one is here to tell you what is best for you or how to go about doing it. Which at times can be frustrating but its the kind of thing that really makes you grow.
Q: Complete this sentence: “I am a big fan of __________”
A: Quadmania.
Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?
A: While working as an OPA (Orientation Peer Advisor) I heard from an old student that Erickson field didn't used to have that steep hills it has on three sides, but they were dug out to make way for some project that never went through. Also through the Goddard Earth Sciences Technology center I was able to take advantage of UMBC being second in the nation in funding from NASA.
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Real People Profiles: Meron Tesfaye
I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty and staff, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.
NOTE: This profile, of undergraduate Meron Tesfaye, is especially timely. Meron played a leading role in envisioning and producing this semester's Involvement Fest, which just concluded its successful three-day run on Main Street. If you enjoyed some snacks or entertainment, joined a student organization or just connected with old friends at Involvement Fest, Meron deserves your thanks. Nice work!
Name: Meron Tesfaye
Hometown: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: One year, five months.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: I learn and grow to share my experience with others.
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: I really enjoy the learning part. It's just really exciting when you learn something new or when you see something in a different light and you wonder if everyone sees it and that feeling that makes you wanna tell everyone about it and change the world is really amazing.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: To try new things, to never forget how amazing you are and how amazing others can be.
Q: Complete this sentence: “I am a big fan of __________”
A: People who write comics and screen writers of animation and cartoon movies (some how I always wonder how they have such a wonderful imagination?) and people who hike really high places (coz it really scares me).
Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?
A:
- The Women Center : Something about it makes me feel like I'm at home .......and the naps I take there even if it is for 20 minutes between classes feel like heaven :)
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The pond by admissions office: Go there during summer around 7 or 8 pm ..... and just sit or lie on the side of the pond(make sure you don't fall though ...lol)....then tell me how it feels.
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The loop: sometimes I just get really tired, or annoyed and I just want to step out ..but can't go far because I have classes the next morning and I would just walk or run the loop when it's not too hot......somehow it revives me.
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The stadium: ....no one ever hangs out there....I don't know why.
- For such a small campus it's amazing how much UMBC has to offer and the cool thing is that there is always room for change - and more opportunities. I luv that about UMBC.
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Real People Profiles: B. Rose Huber
I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty and staff, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.
Name: B. Rose Huber
Hometown: Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: 1.5 years.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: I am a UMBC storyteller.
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: I love hearing students' stories and sharing their successes through writing, photography and videos.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: The most important thing I learned in college was how to communicate. When I say "communicate," I don't necessarily mean in the academic sense. Sure, I learned how to structure a story and how to give a presentation to a room. But more importantly, I learned how to communicate with people - how to listen to their stories, share some of my own and establish meaningful relationships with others. (I should note that I am still, and continuously, learning how to be a better communicator.)
I also learned the importance of friendship by surrounding myself with an insanely talented and beautiful group of people. My dad always said you are who you surround yourself with.
Q: Complete this sentence: “I am a big fan of __________”
A: Lobsters. But not to eat. Just to look at and decorate with. And admittedly, it's more like an "obsession" than a "big fan."
Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?
A: Even though it gets crowded quickly, the RAC has become a second home for me (especially when it's too cold outside to run). One day a few months ago, I was running on the treadmill and noticed this girl staring at me. I figured it was my mismatched outfit or the food on my face (that I always feel is there for some reason - even if it's not). Instead she shouted across treadmill noise and pounding sneakers that I looked familiar. I told her she was probably thinking of someone else, that there was no way we knew each other. It turns out she was a student, had read my blog before and remembered my picture from the site. "Does your blog have something to do with lobsters?" she asked. I immediately starting laughing.
This is just one example of the many "small world" connections I've made at UMBC. I keep meeting people who know people that I know or know me; it's great! It was also my first blog sighting, so that was pretty cool :).
For two and a half years, I practiced law at a Los Angeles firm. I learned a lot, including what I do not want to do with my life.
But even after I left, I kept paying my Bar dues every year. Walking away from membership in the California Bar would have meant giving up my license to practice. It would have meant that if I ever wanted, or needed, to work as a lawyer again, I would have had wait many months and take the bar exam again. There was no way I wanted to do that. Paying the $100+ annual dues (for members on "inactive status") seemed like a reasonable hedge, even in years when the $100 was awfully hard to come by.
The latest bill sits on the table in front of me. For another $125, I can extend my membership into 2011. It seems ridiculous, a relic from another life in another world. I'm an educator now. I think it's going to stick.
And so I'm going to keep that $125, and say goodbye to the California Bar.
When I told Sharon that's the direction I was leaning, she said, "I like that. Letting go, moving on." She never even met the lawyer me.
I like it too. I said, "Shall I make that the title of a blog post?" She laughed and said, "Sure!"
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Real People Profiles: Haley Martin
I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty and staff, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.
Name: Haley Martin
Hometown: Fredericksburg PA
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: Three and a half years.
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: I am a singing, ice-breaking, serving, fundraising, greek-life-ing, over-achieving environmental science student.
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: I enjoy the challenges the most. I also enjoy the feeling of connectedness that comes with being involved with so many different things and helping others get involved.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: I think the most important think I've learned at UMBC is that sometimes you just need to suck it up and push yourself. Whether it be a really challenging class, an audition or meeting new people, the achievements you'll feel most proud of are the ones that you challenged yourself and overcame huge obstacles (or what seemed like huge obstacles to you) to succeed.
Q: Complete this sentence: “I am a big fan of __________”
A: Food Network. I can watch it all day and I love recreating the dishes in my own kitchen. I also am a big fan of mud, music of any variety and being goofy with friends late at night.
Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?
A: Favorite spots: I love walking the trails in CERA, especially early on Saturday morning when everything is quiet. I don't spend a lot of time in the library, but those big comfy chairs are my favorite for studying and sleeping.
Little-known facts about UMBC: The people in The Commons are going to hate me for this, but The Commons are the best place on campus to play sardines. Get a group of friends together, have one person hide and then everyone else has to find them. The catch is, once you find the person, you have to hide with them, so eventually everyone is crammed into the hiding space. It's a really fun way to get to know where everything is in The Commons (and the rest of the campus).
Things you should do: Go to a show at the UMBC theater. They do some really interesting things and its neat to see how talented that kid who lives down the hall from you is. Also, check out an a capella concert because they're lots of fun. Everyone should go to at least one of the cultural events on campus too. There's usually some great food and its really interesting to learn about the cultures of other UMBC students.
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The Proposal
I would ask the question at the top of Lookout Mountain: That was the plan. The symbolism was many-layered. From atop the peak you could see clearly in all directions, seven states in a single sweeping glance. At the base of the mountain sat Chattanooga, a place with sentimental resonance for me, where Sharon and I had shared what turned out, in retrospect, to be significant moments long before we started dating. The very name Lookout seemed right, connoting both vision and cooperation against external threats: It seemed to say, ‘I have your back.’
On the morning of the chosen day (nine years ago this week), we left our Chattanooga hotel room and headed down the street for coffee and a late breakfast at a local hangout called Greyfriar's. Sharon, unaware of my intentions and looking forward to a leisurely vacation day, sipped slowly at her drink and flipped casually through the pages of a book. I sat across from her, my heart racing at triple speed, wondering why she was moving so unbelievably slowly when our entire lives were waiting for us. I started to fidget, and to talk very fast. Somewhat annoyed, Sharon finished her drink, and I was out the door with her trailing behind. To the mountain we went.
We headed for the famous Incline Railway, the romantic venue I had been envisioning for weeks. When we discovered it was closed my heart sank, my plan destroyed. Sharon suggested that we go see the other big attraction at the top of Lookout Mountain, a group of natural rock formations known as Rock City. I was reluctant, but realized that I had to find somewhere on that mountain to propose before I lost my nerve. I had never seen Rock City and, it occurred to me, that fit the occasion well enough: We were going to explore something new, together.
As we followed the tourist path from cavern to bluff, I looked for the perfect spot to make a memory. But nothing fit. There were always too many people nearby, or the outcropping would have a name that wasn’t suitable at all, and anyway my stomach was aching and my hands were sweating. Lover’s Leap might have worked but for the annoying family with the kids making all the noise, and the spot with the view of seven states was just a zoo. I was feeling desperate by the time we walked into a cavern that had been decorated like a scene from a fairy tale, and was ready to grab Sharon’s hand and burst out with my question. But at the crucial moment she turned suddenly and complained that she found all the little gnomes and dwarves creepy and frightening.
So Rock City was a bust, but there was more of Lookout Mountain left to see. We headed for the national military park, a collection of Civil War memorials and exhibits, which offered commanding views of the Tennessee valley below. Proposing marriage in what was basically a cemetery didn’t seem ideal, but I kept looking for a spot that might work: someplace peaceful and beautiful, and not too close to one of the stone monuments to the many people who had been slain there. I thought I might have found the place when we slipped into a little museum-like room near the edge of a cliff. I could barely breathe as I started to grope for the perfect words. But as I opened my mouth Sharon mentioned that one of the soldier mannequins in one of the glass cases seemed to be following her with its eyes, so I closed my mouth and scrapped my script once again.
Down the mountain we drove, with me feeling like a failure and trying to conceal my anxiety. We headed for a rural elementary school, one of the places connected to the project that had brought me to the region as a consultant more than 40 times in the preceding few years. I was talking fast, trying to work out a new plan. By the time we headed from the school back to Chattanooga the sun was setting. As I drove past a lake Sharon mentioned how beautiful a scene it was, and I practically shouted, “Really? You like it? Do you want me to pull over?” I was grasping at straws. She said she’d prefer to keep driving; she was getting hungry for dinner.
We made a quick stop at the hotel so I could use the bathroom, and the car stalled out. I started to panic—why was every single thing going so badly wrong? I blurted out something like, “How the heck are we supposed to get to the airport tomorrow?” Sharon thought I had lost my mind. Five minutes later, the car started, and I headed for a favorite restaurant perched on a bluff over the Tennessee River.
My new plan was to propose late in the meal, hopefully after the room had cleared out a little; I didn’t want to put on a show for the other customers. While we ate, Sharon started to speculate inconveniently about our relationship and where we were headed. I tried to divert her with noncommittal generalities: We’ll see, no need to figure it all out now, I’m sure it will work out for the best. Sharon didn’t say so, but she became so discouraged at that moment that she resolved to break up with me within a couple of months if we had not gotten engaged. The room was still crowded. Dessert arrived, and I started to chew more slowly, drawing things out, hoping the loud patrons at the next table would just go away.
At last it was just the two of us and the empty plate that had held the tiramisu we had shared. The room was quiet, the night perfect. I lost my doubts and found my words. I interrupted the flow of events with my life-altering question. Sharon’s beautiful green eyes gazed back at me as she uttered a single syllable:
“What?”
I dropped to one knee at her side, and repeated my question. She said, “You want to marry me?” I said I did, tears flowing down my cheeks. Sharon stared at me with what seemed to be confusion. Or was it wonder? She was crying too as she said, “Say it again.” So I did. And she said yes.
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Name: Janet McGlynn 
