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  <Title>Diversity Summer Internship Program for Undergraduates</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><strong>The Diversity Summer Internship Program</strong> welcomes applicants from all over the United States, including applicants from underrepresented groups and economically disadvantaged areas. DSIP is designed to assist students in preparing for graduate school and includes:        </div><div><ul><li>Community or lab based research internship with a faculty mentor</li><li>Completion of a summer research paper</li><li>GRE workshop</li><li>Public health and professional development seminars</li><li>Oral and poster presentations</li></ul><div><strong>Benefits</strong></div><ul><li>Housing is provided to all interns who reside outside of local counties.</li><li>A stipend is provided to interns who are not already funded by their schools or federal programs. (Amount varies by faculty mentor)</li></ul><div><strong>Suggested Majors</strong></div></div><div>Students currently in their second year (or higher) from <strong>All Majors</strong> are encouraged to apply including: </div><div><ul><li>Biology, </li><li>Chemistry, </li><li>Public Health, </li><li>Environmental Health Science, </li><li>Health Education/Science, </li><li>Pre-Med, and </li><li>Psychology.</li></ul><div><strong>Application Deadline: FEBRUARY 1, 2018</strong></div></div><div><strong><em><br></em></strong></div><div><em>If you have any questions about finding summer research, or you need assistance with you application, please contact Dr. April Householder, <a href="mailto:aprilh@umbc.edu">aprilh@umbc.edu</a>.</em></div></div>
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    <Title>Retrieving Class Notes from Accommodate</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">Student Disability Services would like to remind students who are approved and utilizing the note-taking assistance accommodation this semester, that they need to download their notes from our Accommodate system. <strong>Notes will not be available in Accommodate after the last day of class, 12/12/17.</strong> If you have any questions or need assistance in downloading your notes, contact us at <a href="mailto:sdsnotetaking@umbc.edu">sdsnotetaking@umbc.edu</a> or 410-455-2459.</div>
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    <Title>Mosaic will close at 5PM Monday, December 11.</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">The Mosaic will close at 5PM Monday for our last SPECTRUM meeting. We will reopen on Tuesday, December 12 at 10AM. </div>
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    <Summary>The Mosaic will close at 5PM Monday for our last SPECTRUM meeting. We will reopen on Tuesday, December 12 at 10AM. </Summary>
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    <Title>Please Schedule Your Finals!</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">With finals starting next week, we at Student Disability Services would like to remind students who are approved for testing accommodations, to schedule your final exams with our office ASAP. Final exams start on Thursday, 12/14/17 and end on Wednesday 12/20/17. Please schedule your exams through our online <a href="http://sds.umbc.edu/scheduling-exams-in-accommodate/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Accommodate system. </a>If you need assistance in scheduling your exams, please contact us at <a href="mailto:disAbility@umbc.edu">disAbility@umbc.edu</a>, 410-455-2459 or visit us in person at our office located in Math/Psychology, 2nd Fl. Room 212.</div>
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    <Title>Women's Center Finals Week and Winter Term Hours</Title>
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          <div class="html-content"><h5><strong><em>The Women's Center will be operating under reduced hours beginning study day and through the winter term. Please plan accordingly!</em></strong></h5><div><br></div><div>Beginning study day (December 13th) and throughout finals week, the Women's Center will close at 5pm instead of 6pm. We will still close as usual on Friday, December 8th at 4pm. </div><div><br></div><div>The Women's Center Center will be CLOSED on the following days while UMBC is still open:</div><div>Thursday, December 21st and Friday, December 22nd.</div><div><br></div><div>The Women's Center will be closed throughout the winter break when UMBC is closed. </div><div><br></div><div>The Women's Center will re-open on Tuesday, January 2nd and will be open limited hours throughout the winter semester. Our January term hours will be:</div><div>Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 10am-3pm as staffing permits. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><em><strong>Community members needing access to the lactation room when the Women's Center is closed but UMBC is open should contact Jess at <a href="mailto:womenscenter@umbc.edu">womenscenter@umbc.edu</a> to set up arrangements for alternative access.</strong></em> </div><div><br></div><div>Women's Center staff will still be available throughout the January term for meetings and to provide support to UMBC community members. Please feel free to set up an appointment by contacting professional staff members directly or calling 410-455-2714 during our hours of operation. </div></div>
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    <Title>December Dining Promotions</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div>Thank you to those who were able to make our last PAWTalk a GREAT success! It was a privilege and an honor to have Amal Kassir share her personal story with our campus. </div><div><br></div><div>For those who missed it, please <a href="https://youtu.be/emvPAX3qJiQ" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">click here</a> to view the PAWTalk. </div><div><br></div><div>We highly encourage you to check out Amal Kassir's other works and presentations online.</div><div><br></div><div>Be sure to join us next semester's PAWTalks! For further questions on next semester's PAWTalks, please stay tuned to our myUMBC page or email Carlos Turcios, Program Associate for Diversity and Inclusion at <a href="mailto:carlos6@umbc.edu">carlos6@umbc.edu</a>.</div><div><br></div></div>
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