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Gym Class Heroes: VH1 Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam

Watch Gym Class Heroes perform ‘Ass Back Home’ with Neon Hitch and ‘Stereo Hearts’ with Adam Levine at the VH1 Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam in Indianapolis last week!

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The STAR Program is funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) #5R25 HL103180-02.  Basic overview …

• Each STAR participant must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident who has completed one college level mathematics and one college level science series (Freshman level); with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA.  **Preferred candidates for positions will also have 2 or 3 quarters, mentored experience in a biomedical/biobehavioral laboratory.

• According to each individual’s background, laboratory participants will receive a mentored laboratory experience

• Each participant will receive up to $5500 for the summer experience (paid in installments), round-trip travel funds are available to out-of- area students, who meet criteria

• Program dates are either:   

1.  June 18 through August 17, 2012:  Semester system school

           2.  June 18 through September 7, 2012:  Quarter system school  

• STAR students will present in two poster sessions: 

1.     UW Summer Research Poster Session:  Wednesday, August 15, 2012

2.   STAR Program Poster Session:  Tuesday, August 14, 2012 (TENTATIVE)

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WE WANT YOUR ART! Come check out our HUGE posters in the commonvision storefront. Don’t forget to pick up your Gallery Submission Form for Art Week 2012 in commonvision any time!

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The Diversity Educator Interns are a mix of six, talented undergraduate and graduate students who work to fulfill the Mosaic Center's mission and vision by promoting cross cultural programs, education and collaboration. Want to know more? Contact mosaic@umbc.edu.

Name: Andrea Duval

Major: Modern Languages and Linguistics major studying French and Intercultural Communication

Hometown: Native New Yorker

Q: Favorite animals? Random facts? 

A: I love dogs (especially big cuddly ones), hamsters, and my baby betta fish! Random facts...  There's no pizza quite like a Brooklyn pizza. 

Q: How did you learn about the Diversity Education Internship (DEI)? Did you know right away that you wanted to do it?

A: I heard about it in an email I received from the MLL department here.  I thought "This sounds perfect!" and decided to apply.  I knew that this was right up my alley, and I'm glad I went for it. 

Q: Have you volunteered in any other diversity positions before you started? How did you learn skills you needed to know for this internship? 

A: My freshman year I volunteered in the English Language Institute as  conversation partner, helping international students develop their conversational English. It was a great experience and put me in a position where I had to develop the necessary skills to communicate across cultures.  And those skills are invaluable as a DEI. 

Q: How many hours each week do you work in the OSL Mosaic Center? What do you do during that time? 

A: I work an hour a day in the Mosaic as a part of the Marketing Team, keeping our information updated on myUMBC to inform the student population of our upcoming events, and to put the word out about what the Mosaic is and what we do. 

Q: What is the most difficult thing you have encountered so far into the internship? What is the most interesting thing you have encountered?

A: Learning to let go of your fears and volunteering to do something I might not usually be comfortable doing, like sharing a personal story and stepping out of my comfort zone.  It's important in this internship to be able to put yourself out there, or else it would be hard to help anyone else. 

Q: What would you say to other students inquiring about becoming the next generation of DEIs?

A: Do it! Apply, inquire, ask questions, and most importantly be willing to be active in the center.  Come in and talk to an intern, find out what goes on in the Mosaic, and think of ways to help make it even better! 

Q: What are your plans/goals for after UMBC? 

A: I feel that graduate school is a definite for me.  Whether it happens right after graduation or a few years down the road depends.  But I plan to further my education, and I can't wait to find out what opportunities await me.