How to Get Started in Research Workshop Friday, November 30th 12-12:50 ADMIN 101 Interested in research, but don't know how to get started?  Come to the Undergraduate Research Workshop on Friday, November 30th from 12-12:50 in ADMIN 101. 

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 A few minutes before the zero hour, people begin to stir in the large lecture hall. I look around nervously. I want to go to the protest at noon, but that would involve standing up and walking out of class, which is exactly what the organizers have called for. My feelings are mixed, and I'm not sure what I will do. I want to see the action. I want to stand for justice. But I don't feel close enough to the cause of the protest to claim it as my own. Such a big gesture would seem vaguely fraudulent. I'm just an anonymous freshman, cautious, unsure. The activists who have been visibly involved to this point seem to be operating with vastly greater assurance and passion than I feel. They seem full of concern for the victims of injustice, and driven by righteous rage on their behalf. I find their intensity alluring and repellent at the same time. I want to feel just as deeply, and because I don't, I wonder whether their passion can truly run as deep as it appears, or whether they just wish they could be involved in something big, a cause as stark and important as those of U.S. civil rights heroes from decades past.

 People start to stand up. I hesitate. But when my T.A. stands and shoulders his pack, I feel safe enough to follow, and join the stream of students heading to the rear of the hall. Minutes later I find a spot on the outskirts of a crowd of 2,000 people near the heart of UCLA's campus, and watch the Student Body President and other speakers address the cause: apartheid (a system of legal oppression of blacks by whites) in South Africa, and the University of California's investments in companies doing business there. The purpose of the protest is to demand that the university to divest (sell off) its South Africa-tainted holdings, in order to put pressure on the oppressive government to abandon the apartheid system. When some of the protest leaders move to occupy part of the administration building, I walk away, recognizing that they have crossed a line I feel I cannot, and wondering again about their motives and the source of their capacity to act on love and anger. The date is April 23, 1985.

 Fast forward more than a year, to July 18, 1986. Activists have built shantytowns on University of California campuses to dramatize conditions for black South Africans, and repeatedly have pressed their case to the university's Board of Regents, which has rejected proposals for divestment. But the activists have succeeded in shifting the politics of the issue. This time, when the divestment question comes to a vote of the Regents, they prevail, 13-9. I am one of the 13; the vote takes place at my first meeting as the Board's student member. I'm proud of this, but also well aware that I have done little to earn the glory of the moment. In the coming months other universities also will decide to divest, and will contribute to the international effort that ultimately will bring down the apartheid regime. 

 Fast forward more than 26 years, to the week before last: I am sitting at the front of a room full of UCLA students, part of an all-day conference. The students are mired in the everyday messiness of pursuing positive changes on campus and in the wider world. They have a lot of questions, but what seems to lie behind them is wanting the assurance that what they are doing is meaningful. The issues they face involve (as always) race relations, fair access to education, and social justice. To my surprise, they want to know what it was like to have been involved in the great and successful fight for divestment, which appears to occupy the same space in their imagination that the Civil Rights Movement had in mine. Walking in the shadow of a past they envision as pure and stark in its emotional imperatives, they seem to yearn to contribute to causes and actions equally big and bold, and to tap and harness their empathy, and perhaps their anger.

 To my left sits John Sarvey, who, like me, served as a UCLA Student Body President and pursued a career in higher education that has allowed him to do a lot of work with student leaders. John and I started as freshmen the same year. I never knew it, but he too was at the big divestment protest in spring 1985. He shares with the students what he felt that day: ambivalence. As it turns out, John hovered at the outskirts of the crowd, and tried to wrap his head around the motives and emotions of the activist leaders, and to understand what they signified for him. Just like me. Even after all this time, it's stirring to hear someone else voice these thoughts, especially given that John has devoted himself passionately to various causes in the years since. Just like the students in the room, I'm sifting through the meanings, processing the implications.

 In a few hours, at a gathering of the living former Student Body Presidents, I will talk with the president who led the 1985 protest, and let her know that her actions sent ripples forward in time to inspire and provoke a new generation of student leaders. After 27 years, I find I'm swimming in new lessons from that long-ago day.

 Fast forward to today: John Sarvey passed away yesterday at age 45, leaving behind his wife and two children. My mind is reeling. The meanings I made of the divestment protest, and the session with UCLA's student leaders, and the gathering of former Student Body Presidents are all in flux, all being reshaped again by my knowledge of their place in John's story. I see no resolution, no stable point where ambivalence, and love, and righteous anger, and the convergence of present and past all fit neatly into a narrative with an outcome and a moral. I only know that we are all vulnerable, all incomplete, and must strive with imperfect foresight and hindsight to find our causes and make our contributions.

 Co-Create UMBC is a blog for and about UMBC, written by David Hoffman and Craig Berger from the Office of Student Life. Join the Co-Create UMBC group on MyUMBC. Like Co-Create UMBC on Facebook. And follow David and Craig on Twitter. 

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On Veteran's Day, the Baltimore Sun highlighted UMBC as one of the local universities that supports veterans.  See the link below to read quotes from the UMBC Vets2Vets student coordinator:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-veterans-day-iraq-afghanistan-20121110,0,3878155,full.story
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Join the Peer Health Educators and The Office of Student Life in a campus-wide event all about spreading the knowledge, not the virus. 

*Free rapid and CONFIDENTIAL HIV testing!
*Activities!
*FOOD!
*Free stuff and more!

Location: Commons Mainstreet
Time: 11am-1pm

RSVP here
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CLIMB UP Summer 2013 will be held from early June 2012 through Friday August 2, 2013 (Monday-Friday 8:30-5PM).

Highlights include...

You will spend your days in the laboratory of your research mentor, whom you will be paired with based on your research interests. We will train you in various areas necessary to safely and efficiently perform your research and related activities

Our combination of research, academic, and social activities make for an exciting and worthwhile summer experience!

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I have been learning fundamentals of Assistive Technology and getting experience working with older adults. I have been learning how to design and build 3D prototypes for a 3D printer to explore the possibility of older adults building their own assistive technologies.

How did you find out about this opportunity? Was there a formal application process? 
Last semester I was in an independent studies class doing research with my professor and advisor, Ms. Galina Madjaroff. Through this I met Dr. Amy Hurst who offered me a summer internship to do research with her.

Who did you work with on this project? 
My supervisors are Dr. Hurst and UMBC undergraduate student Syed Rahman, a chemical engineering major.

Was this your first independent research project?
This is my second research project; my first research project was during the spring with Ms. Madjaroff and Dr. Shaun Kane on a touchscreen projector for older adults also known as Bonfire.

Do you get course credit for this work or get paid? How much time do you put into it?
I did get paid during this summer project. This summer I am working on my project and do research over 30 hours a week which is Monday through Friday and sometimes Saturday. 

What academic background did you have before you started?
I am majoring in Management in Aging Services alongside taking pre-physical therapy courses. The knowledge I have acquired over the past semesters about older helped me to understand the needs of the older population especially in using assistive technology and making them independent.

How did you learn what you needed to know to be successful in this summer project?
Dr. Hurst assisted me and gave me the necessary tools. If I had any questions she was more than willing to help. I also learned to use and care for the Makerbot tool for this project.

What has been the hardest part about your work this summer? 
I believe the hardest part about my work was trying to come up with ideas and brainstorming potential projects to design and print to present to the older adults.

How does this research experience relate to your course work?
I am majoring in Aging Studies and the primary focus of this research is providing older adults with assistive technology. Already having some background knowledge of the older population made it easier for me to tackle this project.

What is your advice to other students about getting involved in research? 
My advice is once you hear about a research opportunity take the initiative of getting involved. Don’t be shy and let an opportunity pass you by. Don’t wait for an opportunity to come to you; be willing to go after opportunities. Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can. There will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.

Being involved in research takes you far into your career and looks great on resume. It also helps you to network and meet people. I was nervous and shy doing research for the first time but I knew it would help me with my career. Not only has it given me the hands-on experience it has helped me to meet a lot of people.

What are your career goals?
I plan on doing my master’s in aging or a Master’s of Science in gerontology and going to a physical therapy school and/or a Ph.D. program. Hopefully one day I will own my own physical therapy practice and be able to travel all over the world to explain about the needs of older adults.

What else can you share? 

I have enjoyed learning 3D modeling and how to use a 3D printer, preparing materials for a focus group with older adults on rapid prototyping and helping run a focus group. I have also enjoyed the assistance and direction of my supervisor Dr. Hurst and other students and working as a team. One of my favorite quotes is “Never let the hands that hold you, hold you down”. I am also a member of the African Student Association and planning on joining the pre-physical therapy club.

Read more about Uvonne's research by visiting the link below...

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Name: Valerie Koury
Hometown: Osceola, Arkansas

Q: How long have you been at UMBC?

A: I've been at UMBC for 5 semesters. 

Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?

A: I am a Resident Assistant in Chesapeake Hall. I am an ally for QUMBC.

Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus? 

A: I impact the experience of residential students and spread smiles across campus!

Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?

A: I love how many opportunities UMBC presents to its students. My role as a Resident Assistant has showed me that there are tons of ways to make a difference in someone's life or to get involved with something that will change your life. I love that I am able to interact with residents daily and influence their residential experience.

Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?

A: The most important thing I have learned at UMBC is to get involved! There are a lot of unique opportunities presented to us as college students that you can't get (for free, anyway) many other places. Take advantage of every opportunity and have fun!

Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"

A: Nutella, nail polish, and Mexican cuisine.

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 think campus is very beautiful and I feel at home walking around here. Especially at this time of year with the trees changing colors and the view from the bridge near Library Pond, it's a wonderful place to live and to learn. 
BONUS VIDEO QUESTION: What else would you like to share? Ask yourself a question and answer it.



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