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    <Title>Internship Opportunities with Exotic Cats!</Title>
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    <Title>Ecology and Evolutionary Biology</Title>
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    <Title>Become an Astro Scholar!</Title>
    <Tagline>Interested in astronomy and research? Check this out!</Tagline>
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    <Title>Veterans: Department of Homeland Security is hiring</Title>
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    <Title>Critical Language Scholarship</Title>
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          <div class="html-content"><span>Dear Faculty and Staff,<br><br></span><span>We are pleased to announce this year’s Open Enrollment for State of Maryland benefits will be online in SPS Workday from October 15 to November 14, 2019. During this time, employees can make changes to their health benefits for a January 1, 2020 effective date.<br><br>We encourage you to join us for the <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/zxemmd/jdozdbc/jphytq" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Annual Health Benefits Fair</a> today, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., in the University Center Ballroom to learn more.<br><br>For detailed information on signing in to SPS Workday using your SPS ID and temporary password, or getting hands-on help during Open Enrollment, please visit the <a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/zxemmd/jdozdbc/zhiytq" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Human Resources Open Enrollment webpage</a>. It is also recommended that you log in to myUMBC and review your employee profile to ensure all of your contact information is current.<br><br>Please contact Human Resources with questions at <a href="mailto:hrbenefits@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">hrbenefits@umbc.edu</a>. Thank you.</span><span><em><br><br><span><em>UMBC Human Resources</em></span></em></span></div>
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