Employer Information Sessions - Fall 2012 Information sessions are a great opportunity to meet one-on one with company recruiters, to network, and to gather information on potential employers (and as a bonus, many employers offer food during their session).   Information sessions offer students the chance to make a great, in-person impression. 

The following employers will be at UMBC this semester to meet with students to discuss their organizations and employment opportunities. These sessions offer students the chance to network and really prepare for the application process and/or interviews with the hosting organizations. Please RSVP via the Events tab in your UMBCworks account (access myUMBC under the Jobs & Internships topic in myUMBC). The complete employer information session schedule can be viewed here.

New York Life - 10/10/12 - 5:00 - 6:30pm - Commons 331 - All Majors

Morgan Stanley - 10/11/12 - 11:30am - 4:00pm - Commons Main Street - All Majors

Northrop Grumman - 10/11/12 - 5:00pm - 6:30pm - Commons 331 - CMPE, CMSC, ENEE

Morgan Stanley-Baltimore - 10/16/12 - 5:00pm - 6:30pm - Commons 331 - All Majors 

For the full Information Session schedule visit our website.
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9254244 - Python Application Programmer - UMBC Georgraphy & Environmental Systems
9254052 - Online Editor - UMBC The Retriever Weekly


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The following part-time positions have been posted within the past week to UMBCworks. Login to your account (via the link in the Jobs & Internships topic in myUMBC) and find details and application instructions as well as hundreds of other job postings!

9254245 - Helpdesk & Field Support Technician - Chesapeake System Solutions
9254111 - Graphic Designer - Believe in Tomorrow National Children's Foundation
9254117 - iOSDeveloper - Koolspan
9254080 - Tier 1 Help Desk Support Technician - The Canton Group, LLC
9254244 - Python Application Programmer - UMBC Georgraphy & Environmental Systems



 
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The following full-time positions have been posted within the past week to UMBCworks. Login to your account (via the link in the Jobs & Internships topic in myUMBC) and find details and application instructions as well as hundreds of other job postings! 

9254111 - Graphic Designer - Believe in Tomorrow Children's Foundation
9254241 - Manufacturing Level I Assistant - Maxim Biomedical, Inc.
9254257 - Accounting Assistant - Ledo Pizza System, Inc.
9254170 - Courseware Engineer - C2Technologies, Inc.
9254125 - Associate Software Engineer - Interactive Intelligence

 

 
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 When I think of unsung heroes on this campus, a number of people come to mind.  One is Collier Jones, the architect of MyUMBC, who is dedicated to providing an vibrant online gathering space and information hub that works for the whole community.  Another is Shail Thakker, an SGA member who quietly helps other SGA members feel welcome and connected, sometimes by sharing an abundance of baked goods.  I'm glad both of them are here and doing what they do.

 Who are your unsung UMBC heroes?  Here's a chance to acknowledge them, and to share their contributions with the whole community.

 --David Hoffman

 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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Come meet Mr. David Lacks, son of Henrietta Lacks, and Dr. Ruth Faden, Executive Director of The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics  TONIGHT,  October 9, 2012 at 7PM in the UC Ballroom.  A book signing and reception to follow. 

Come early-- an overflow crowd is anticipated.

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BreakingGround is philosophy of campus and community engagement reflected in courses, programs, projects, and stories from UMBC change agents.  And now it's also a MyUMBC group open to all.   Join to get the latest updates and invitations, and to help spread the word by "pawing" content you like on MyUMBC.

If you haven't visited the BreakingGround website in the past couple of weeks, here is some of what you missed:


--David Hoffman

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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Name: Michelle Kuah

 Hometown: Rockville, MD
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?

A: Since Fall 2008 :)

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

A: Vice President for Student Organizations (VPSO) of UMBC's SGA!!!

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

A: Encourage students to see the infinite possibilities of their "undergraduate experience." 

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

A: I was actually surprised I only have one on-campus role to list now haha! But honestly, I think that's what I'm loving most about the VPSO position. Not only do I get to be a part of an amazing organization (woot woot SGA!), serve on the Finance Board, and find myself surrounded with ambitious and talented people everyday, but I'm able to put my all past experiences to use by supporting the undergraduates at UMBC. Of course, student orgs are my passion.. so I feel incredibly blessed to work so closely with so many of them!

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

A: This is such a loaded question >_< I think the most important thing I've come to learn at UMBC is that no matter who you are or where you are in life, things may not turn out the way you planned - and that's okay! Over the last four years, I've been a fierce warrior in the never-ending battle of future career decisions, weighing responsibility and practicability with personal interests and talents...From med to grad to law to culinary to business to work to the arts to fed to private to non-profit....etc.... I've pretty much explored them all. Whether you're a take-life-one-day-at-a-time or a plan-everything-out-now type of person, allow yourself infinite chances to explore something new. Take advantage of the connections you make with other students, faculty, staff, and pay attention to what ISN'T being said your conversations. College is full of opportunities to learn, but even more importantly, college is where YOU as a person truly grow. What you will learn and how you will grow might just surprise you again and again.

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

A: New experiences, or even new insight into past events (sort of those "epiphany" moments!)

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 didn't think this was a little-known fact about UMBC until recently, but am I one of the only people who can recall the days when CFA and Sbucks was actually a study space??! Also, who else remembers when the dining hall (yes, D-HALL) went through a new makeover each week?

 Favorite spots on campus include: My new Walker Apartment, the Student Involvement Center (SIC) and SGA Offices, the dance studios in Fine Arts, and the Commons Fireside Lounge.

 I also love talking to and meeting new people, so feel free to drop by the SIC or send me an email :)

 BONUS VIDEO QUESTION: What else would you like to share? Ask yourself a question and answer it.


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. 
]]> We're asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are... http://cocreateumbc.blogspot.com/2012/10/real-people-profiles-michelle-kuah.html https://dev.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/17367/guest@my.umbc.edu/de76ff3bc4b0ba188765b8ea4bdbe9ec/api/pixel Co-Create UMBC https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/co-create https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/xsmall.png?1499890363 https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/original.jpg?1499890363 https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/xxlarge.png?1499890363 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/xlarge.png?1499890363 https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/large.png?1499890363 https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/medium.png?1499890363 https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/small.png?1499890363 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/xsmall.png?1499890363 https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/002/5b8f025dafb56cb8d3088b7259aadcfb/xxsmall.png?1499890363 Co-Create UMBC 43 10 true Mon, 08 Oct 2012 11:35:00 -0400 Being Homesick During my freshman year of college, I got homesick. It happened in February, though, instead of September or October. Things piled on: my great-grandpa died once I returned from winter break; an off-campus fire took the life of a student a week or so later, making me realize how fragile life is; the gloomy weather, with more snow and colder temperatures than I was used to (Meadville, Pennsylvania, a.k.a. the "Snow Belt"), had no apparent end in sight; and then I caught the flu. Having been used to the attention of my mom every other time I was sick, her absence became quite apparent at that point. Finally, in switching schedules at the start of the new semester, many of the people I had grown used to seeing every day disappeared. All of these things combined to form an intense longing for familiarity, for home.

 Throughout this time, I spent many mornings and nights on the phone with my mom. Those conversations helped me realize that what was truly bothering me was the guilt and loneliness I felt from being away from everyone who, to that point, had been important in my life. I kept visualizing my parents and brother sitting in the living room, watching TV together following dinner, and wanting to be there. I felt like I was doing something that was abnormal--borderline "wrong"--by being away from them. After these conversations, though, I realized that I missed my family and friends so much because they had invested their love, time, and energy to see me succeed and grow, and their support for me was going to be most helpful in times like what I was experiencing by fueling engagement with my new environment, not serving as a crutch for remaining withdrawn. I was going to have to move forward, not only because I recognized that I owed it to everyone who had given me this support, but because I owed it to myself and my future goals and aspirations. The thought of trying to connect myself with this new world was scary, but I knew I needed to stick with it.

 In moving forward, weeks away from the comfort of home, I used a trick my mom had suggested (I still use it):  I learned to view time from the other side. For instance, instead of thinking about how long twelve weeks seemed to be, I went back in time twelve weeks to see how fast time passed. Twelve weeks before that middle of February, the point when I was feeling the most stressed, was Thanksgiving. Suddenly, twelve weeks wasn't so menacing. While I initially was using this trick to wish time away, it ultimately helped me to realize just how precious time is and how much I needed to treasure who I was becoming, the new community in which I had found myself, and the family and old friends who were supporting me from afar. 

 What about you? Have you experienced homesickness at UMBC? If going home immediately wasn't an option, how'd you deal with it?

 --Craig Berger

 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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