Date: TODAY from 12pm- 1:00pm
For accesses go to:
https://umbc.webex.com/umbc/j.php?MTID=mc5d1c09555d00b6cca66d42ce2b4d46f
Attention future entrepreneurs, join us for our first Speaker Series of the spring semester!
The Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship is pleased to share the first Speaker Series of 2022 will take place TODAY noon to 1pm, virtually. Come see Air Photon CEO, Gary McDaniels present The 5 “Cs” of Business: Essential Basics for Success.
Gary plans to share what he believes to be the five common themes of business in everyday practice, and how they are essential to keep things on track. Over the course of his career, Gary has raised over $50 million in capital, published two technical papers, and owns four US Patents.
You won’t want to miss this talk- check out the flier below for more information!
https://entrepreneurship.umbc.edu/files/2022/01/Final-Gary-McDaniel-Speaker-Series-Flyer.pdf
Port Discovery Children’s Museum, one of the top Children’s Museum in the United States and a top cultural institution in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, is seeking a relationship building and goal-oriented individual to be our new Group Sales Manager. The mission of Port Discovery is to connect purposeful play with learning. If our mission resonates with you, and you have innovative sales and administration strengths, then we welcome you to apply!
General Summary of the Job:
]]>The Maryland Center for History and Culture seeks an enthusiastic Educational Programming Intern to join the Department in person. This position will assist the Education Department in expanding our reach with diverse youth and adult audiences. While the intern will support overall operations, the central project throughout this internship will be the redevelopment and updating of MCHC’s traveling trunk program. MCHC’s traveling trunks are used by nearly 10,000 students per year across Maryland and the United States.
Responsibilities
]]>Date: February 21st from 12pm- 1:00pm
For accesses go to:
https://umbc.webex.com/umbc/j.php?MTID=mc5d1c09555d00b6cca66d42ce2b4d46f
Attention future entrepreneurs, join us for our first Speaker Series of the spring semester!
The Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship is pleased to share the first Speaker Series of 2022 will take place Monday, February 21st from noon to 1pm, virtually. Come see Air Photon CEO, Gary McDaniels present The 5 “Cs” of Business: Essential Basics for Success.
Gary plans to share what he believes to be the five common themes of business in everyday practice, and how they are essential to keep things on track. Over the course of his career, Gary has raised over $50 million in capital, published two technical papers, and owns four US Patents.
You won’t want to miss this talk- check out the flier below for more information!
https://entrepreneurship.umbc.edu/files/2022/01/Final-Gary-McDaniel-Speaker-Series-Flyer.pdf
Date:Wednesday, February 16th from 12pm- 1:00pm
For accesses go to:
https://umbc.webex.com/umbc/j.php?MTID=mb0a54d635be9902b8499d7f60c95c86c
Attention all Retriever Entrepreneurs!
52.png The Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship is pleased to announce its first Workshop of the Spring Semester entitled “I Have a Good Idea…..Now What?”. Come listen to Stephen Auvil, Chief Program Operations Officer at TEDCO, discuss how to assess your ideas and make them better!
This session will be interactive, so students are encouraged to bring any ideas they have! This event will be held virtually via Webex February 16th, from 12pm- 1:00pm. You won’t want to miss this!
Check out the flier below for more information!
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We are looking for you!
If you have a talent for inspiring people to become the best versions of themselves. Value the power that art and creative outlets play in communities' overall well-being and desire to be a member of a team that supports equity for all - then we are looking for you!
Our Story
]]>Are you a dedicated UMBC student who is interested in becoming an entrepreneur? Then this scholarship is for you! Please read the information below for further information about the PNC Scholars/Fellows Program Scholarship. Application deadline is March 1, 2022 so be sure to apply soon!
PNC SCHOLARS/FELLOWS PROGRAM
The PNC Scholars/Fellows Program provides up to $2,000 to outstanding UMBC students interested in becoming an entrepreneur. The scholarship will be awarded for the 2022-2023 academic year. The funding can be used as academic scholarships (up to $1,000), or as “seed funding” (up to $2,000) to launch new ventures or community based social entrepreneurship projects.
MUST SUBMIT:
PNC Scholars/Fellows Application
A 1-2 page personal statement about their interest in entrepreneurship. The statement should:
Describe the impact an academic scholarship will have on their future as an entrepreneur or social innovator or
Describe how the money will be used as “seed funding” to launch a new venture, or “seed funding” to launch a community based social entrepreneurship project. Submit a preliminary budget outlining anticipated expenses.
An updated resume
Applicants must have a minimum GPA of 3.0.
Apply Here:
https://entrepreneurship.umbc.edu/resources/students/scholarships/
Are you interested in becoming an entrepreneur? Has entrepreneurship always intrigued you? Apply for the Joseph and Frieda Faiman Eisenberg/VPC Endowed Scholarship. This scholarship was established by UMBC alum Eli Eisenberg '86, Entrepreneur and CEO of VPC, Inc. a full service production and video content company. https://vimeo.com/520974028/3762a56011
Read the information below! Application deadline is March 1, 2022 so be sure to apply soon!
JOSEPH AND FRIEDA FAIMAN EISENBERG/ VPC ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
The Joseph and Frieda Faiman Eisenberg/VPC Endowed Scholarship provides a $500 scholarship award to an outstanding UMBC undergraduate interested in becoming an entrepreneur. The scholarship will be awarded for the 2022-2023 academic year.
MUST SUBMIT:
Eisenberg/VPC Endowed Scholarship Application
A 1-2 page personal statement about their interest in entrepreneurship
An updated resume
Must be a full-time degree-seeking student in good standing at UMBC with a minimum of a 3.0 GPA.
Apply Here:
https://entrepreneurship.umbc.edu/resources/students/scholarships/
Do you have a good idea for a company or social impact venture? Do you want to win up to $5,000 and get valuable mentoring?Are you ready to offer something new, take a risk and launch your own business?Submit your ideas to the Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition (CBIC) by March 11th at 1pm! You don’t want to miss this opportunity! More info and application in the link below!
Link:
https://entrepreneurship.umbc.edu/competitions/the-cangialosi-business-innovation-competition/ ]]>The abstract submission deadline for the 10th International Digital Storytelling Conference “Rise Up! Reconnect. Rebuild. Recreate” (Loughborough University, UK, 20-23 June 2022) has been extended. Please consider submitting an abstract by the 27th of February 2022.
More details on the CfP are posted below.
Rise Up! Reconnect. Rebuild. Recreate
10th International Digital Storytelling Conference
Monday the 20th of June – Wednesday the 22nd of June 2022
Loughborough University, UK
Call For Papers and Presentation Proposals
We invite you to join us at Loughborough University, UK, in the coming Summer for an amazing gathering of digital storytelling professionals, academics, museum educators, students, community partners, and activists.
Our conference is part of a multi-institutional, multinational, three-year process and programme, started last year with our successful 24hour online marathon – organised by Loughborough University (UK), StoryCenter (US) UMBC – University of Maryland Baltimore County (US), Smithsonian Office of Educational Technology (US), Montgomery College (US), Patient Voices (UK) – that includes a face-to-face event in Loughborough in June 2022 and a series of follow-on activities in the Washington, D.C. area and in Maryland, USA, in 2023.
Our conference will host various events (both in person and online) in its structure for inclusion of diverse perspectives and voices. In addition to academic papers, workshops, and roundtable discussions, we encourage practitioners from community settings, artists and students to contribute and express their creativity through various formats (short performances, artworks, video/audio submissions, etc.).
Within the umbrella theme of Story Work for a Just Future ,explored across our three-year programme of events, and in response to the current pandemic, for DST 2022 Rise Up! we are particularly interested in proposals with a focus on how our Story Work could help us and our communities Reconnect, Rebuild, Recreate.
To frame your ideas you could also consider (but not limited to) the following Re-words and use them as lenses through which look at context, content or practice:
All interested conference contributors are invited to share their work through six types of contributions, but we also welcome other formats.
Conference Formats:
Submission guidelines & key dates:
Included in the Registration fee are coffee and tea breaks, lunch, access to all conference sessions, social activity (true-life storytelling club) during the opening evening, publication of the abstract in online conference proceedings.
Additional and optional social activity will be booked separately by each participant.
For further submission requirements and information on accommodation, please write to the Storytelling Research Team at Loughborough University: Saedstorytelling@lboro.ac.uk
Conference Chairs: Antonia Liguori and Michael Wilson (Loughborough University, UK)
Conference Committee Members: Lyndsey Bakewell (DeMontfort University, UK), Jessica Berman (University of Maryland, Baltimore County UMBC, US), Bev Bickel (UMBC, US), Matthew Decker (Montgomery College, US), Patrick Desloge (Hong Kong University), Lindsay DiCuirci (UMBC, US), Sara Bachman Ducey (Montgomery College, US), Mark Dunford (University of Westminster/DigiTales, UK), Daniela Gachago (Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa), Jamie Gillan (Montgomery College, US), Pip Hardy (Patient Voices, UK), Grete Jamissen (OsloMet, Norway), Tricia Jenkins (DigiTales, UK), Charlotte Keniston (UMBC, US), Joe Lambert (StoryCenter, US), Michalis Meimaris (University of Athens, Greece), Daniel Onyango (HopeRaisers, Kenya), Ngozi Oparah (Loughborough University, UK / StoryCenter, US), Philippa Rappoport (Smithsonian Office of Educational Technology, US), Bill Shewbridge (UMBC, US), Burcu Simsek (Hacettepe University, Turkey), Tony Sumner (Patient Voices, UK), Pam Sykes (University of the Western Cape, South Africa), Chris Thomson (Jisc, UK).
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Story Work for a Just Future
Exploring Diverse Experiences and Methods within an International Community of Practice
Storytelling has been defined as ‘the artform of social interaction’ (Wilson, 1998), not only for its inner dynamics, but also for its power to unlock grass-roots knowledge, explore dilemmas, develop community resilience, engender change.
Stories can generate empathy and trust in the audience and at the same time demonstrate their usefulness because they have the power to give meaning to human behaviors and to trigger emotions (Bourbonnais and Michaud, 2018). ‘This happens because stories are perceived as vectors of truth. They also challenge the meaning of truth itself and suggest a deeper reflection on how various perspectives embedded in personal narratives about contested themes and events can generate multiple truths’ (Liguori, 2020).
Yet we acknowledge the existence of multiple truths when we recognise, as the Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie observes, ‘the danger of a single story’ (2009). As she describes, ‘because our lives and our cultures are composed of a series of overlapping stories, if we hear only a single story about another person, culture, or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding’. In a time of worrying ‘critical misunderstandings’ worldwide, we want to explore with you the value of Applied Storytelling as a tool to co/re-develop ‘A Just Future’.
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Conference website: dst2022.org
The main contact for the DST Conference 2022 in Loughborough is Antonia Liguori.
As a vital part of the Guest Services Department and Port Discovery team, Museum Experience Associates are responsible for providing guests with an excellent, memorable experience, stellar customer service, and supporting the Museum’s mission and educational philosophy. As a member of our team, you’ll support playful learning and discovery through meaningful interaction with children and adults, ignite imaginations, and promote the power of play in children through hands-on experiences.
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