Retriever Integrated Health: Survivor First
Retriever Integrated Health hosts Survivor First:
A semester-long interpersonal processing group for students who have experienced sexual assault
A supportive space that empowers survivors of sexual assault through connection and discussion about trauma and recovery.
When:
Every Thursday
1-2pm
(Fall 2021)
Where:
WebEX
*students must be in the state of Maryland to attend group sessions
Some topics we may discuss include...
well-being and self-care, understanding trauma, relationships and trust, intimacy & sexuality, silence & secrecy, expressing emotions, shame & guilt, intersectionality & systems identity
The first step to joining any group is completing a triage appointment. Please use the self-scheduling feature in your patient portal:
https://myretrievercare.umbc.edu
Hello Students,
We are so delighted to be back on campus with
you! The Office of Student Disability Services (SDS) would like to share
some reminders and offer some additional ways that you can get
information and keep connected with us.
- Please follow our MyUMBC group where we list
events, reminders, changes or updates related to our office. Click on the link at
https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/sss.
Click the "follow" button, and under the
"Notifications" button, please be sure to click "All
Updates" to receive all of our posts.
-
Submit your "Semester Request" for
your accommodation letters to be sent to your faculty members. How? https://sds.umbc.edu/accommodate-semester-request/
If you wish to use your approved accommodations for courses
this Fall, you need to have submitted a Semester Request in
the Accommodate online student portal found on our SDS website. Review your selected accommodations and courses before clicking
on Submit.
If you have added/changed a course since you first
submitted it, please submit a new Semester Request. **NOTE: Your
faculty will not get your letters (nor will you be able to schedule
in-person tests in Accommodate) without a Semester Request submitted to
SDS.**
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Accommodated testing: Our
proctored testing hours have changed!
SDS testing is from 9 AM - 4 PM Monday through Friday. For
Fall 2021, we have limited seating available due to capacity/spacing
restrictions and staffing needs. Extended hours will be offered during
select days during Midterms and Final exams. Please remember, face masks
must be worn during testing.
a. If you are taking online or hybrid courses, you will
likely be taking tests online. You will NOT schedule these tests in
SDS. Instructors can provide extended time (for those with timed
tests) in the platform they are using. Make sure to remind your
instructor(s) that you have testing accommodations prior to each test.
b. For in-person tests for courses on the Main
Campus, you will need to schedule your tests with SDS at least 2
business days in advance of the test using the Accommodate
portal. You will not be able to
schedule in-person tests unless you have submitted a Semester Request and
you are approved for testing accommodations.
c. For in-person tests for courses on the Shady Grove
Campus (USG), you will need to follow the procedures established by
the Macklin Center for Academic Success (MCAS) DSS office https://shadygrove.umd.edu/student-services/center-for-academic-success/dss.
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Notetaking:
If you are approved for notetaking assistance as an accommodation, we
encourage you to try assistive technology for notetaking. We
have licenses available for web-based notetaking software
called Glean (formerly Sonocent). If you are experiencing a
disability-related barrier that prevents you from taking your own notes, please send
an email to SDSnotetaking@umbc.edu to discuss
solutions.
Note Taking Options: https://sds.umbc.edu/note-taking-assistance/ and https://sds.umbc.edu/assistive-technology/notetaking-support/
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SDS staff availability & office hours:
We are available Monday through Friday during regular
office hours (staff have both in-person and telework days). Appointments
are available in-person, via Webex, and by phone. You can drop in to
our "virtual front desk" for quick questions during the hours
listed on our website at https://sds.umbc.edu/, OR call our
front desk at 410-455-2459, OR email us at disAbility@umbc.edu.
You can also schedule appointments online using Accommodate!
Please contact us as soon as possible if you experience disability-related
challenges in your courses. We are here to assist you in navigating what
may be unfamiliar procedures in order to ensure that your accommodations
are implemented when needed. Staff are available to review your
accommodations and assist in finding solutions if new challenges arise.
Helpful Links:
Academic
Success Center (Main Campus) - tutoring,
academic support: https://academicsuccess.umbc.edu/asc-business-continuity/
Retriever
Integrated Health (RIH) for Counseling &
Health Services: https://studentaffairs.umbc.edu/departments/retriever-integrated-health-rih/
Visit https://covid19.umbc.edu/ for the most up to date
information from UMBC regarding health and safety operations on campus.
Did you know
we have a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/UMBCStudentDisabilityServices? Please follow us there if that is your preferred social media
platform.
We strongly suggest all
students check their UMBC email and UMBC social media accounts regularly
to not miss anything we want to share with you. Our team looks
forward to working with you, and we wish everyone a wonderful semester.
Stay healthy,
Retrievers!
Student Disability
Services staff
Email: disAbility@umbc.edu
Website: https://sds.umbc.edu/
Phone: 410-455-2459
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Gathering Space for Spiritual Well-Being Updates
We recognize that the return to in-person classes and on-campus activities, while navigating Covid compliance, has been difficult. We are excited to welcome students into our new Center for Well-Being (CWB), which was developed to support students' physical, mental and spiritual well-being. But, we also recognize that the transition from the former shared interfaith space to the new shared Gathering Space for Spiritual Well-Being has been challenging. We appreciate the work of students and student organizations who have advocated to ensure that students' concerns regarding the hours and access are being heard.
As a result of ongoing conversations with students about their needs, we can share the following updates regarding access to the Gathering Space:
Gathering Space Reservations:
Reservations for use of the Gathering Space are officially open. Religion and Belief organizations can reserve the space using 25Live. Reservations are approved by i3b and are prioritized for Religion and Beliefs organizations. Please note that the number of people who can use the space at any given time is currently limited by COVID requirements.
Gathering Space Hours:
The Gathering Space is now open 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. daily. Due to safety considerations, students are not able to use the space outside of staffed hours.
Our Next Steps:
We recognize that our students need safe, comfortable, and convenient spaces to gather and to pray. We also know that there is high demand for Religion and Belief students to use the Gathering Space. While we do not yet know what the ideal long-term solution is, we are working with impacted students to help them meet their spiritual needs. Our current work includes:
1. For instances where the Gathering Space is reserved and unavailable, we have identified other campus spaces for students. This includes two spaces on the first floor of the CWB including:
- The Mind Spa; and
- The shared spiritual advising office.
We also have spaces available including:
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The Mosaic Center (Commons 2B23)
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The Women’s Center (Commons 004).
- The Pride Center (UC 201D), and
We plan to share additional information about access to each space soon.
2. At the request of our students, the Division of Student Affairs has committed to making training available for their staff on inclusion of diverse religious communities and religious practices.
3. We know that the work is not yet done. We pledge to continue to work with students and community members to identify issues and to actively work toward solutions.
We thank our community for their commitment to our students and for their partnership in these sometimes challenging conversations. UMBC deeply values the diversity of our students, including the religious diversity represented across our campus. If you have concerns to share or would like to partner in this work, please contact Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion & Belonging (i3b) at i3b@umbc.edu or Dr. Jasmine Lee directly at jaslee@umbc.edu.
UMBC is proud to announce the projects selected to receive grants in the 2020-2021 rounds of the Hrabowski Fund for Innovation competition.
IMPLEMENTATION & RESEARCH AWARDS (Spring 2021)
The Educational Journey of Immigrant Children: An Interdisciplinary Course Using Gamification and Role-Play (Implementation and Research Grant) — A multidisciplinary team led by Kerri Evans (Social Work) will create, implement, and evaluate an interdisciplinary classroom activity (board game) which will be used in a new course (using gamification and role-play) that will help advanced level UMBC students to prepare for their careers in educational settings after graduation. The content of the game and course focuses on the immigrant experience in the U.S. from pre-Kindergarten to college, and ways that UMBC students who will become service providers across multiple disciplines can advocate for inclusion, and welcome and dismantle racism in our schools. The team aims to actively engage UMBC students in the game development process, beta testing, and in the course itself. They will evaluate the project using pre-post tests and focus groups.
Preventing Gender-Based Harm at UMBC: Designing and Teaching a Multidisciplinary Course (Implementation and Research Grant) — A multidisciplinary team led by Jodi Kelber-Kaye (Honors College) will create a 3-credit first-year seminar (FYS) course centered on educating undergraduate students about gender-based harm at all levels of society and empowering them to create change. In addition to traditional academic content consisting of lessons rooted in contemporary scholarship on gender-based harm and its impact, students will learn healthy relationship practices and skills through evidence-based prevention models and will exercise the knowledge they glean over the course of the semester through hands-on projects encouraging civic engagement and community activism. Evaluation of this project will entail short- and long-term studies on the impact of this course on campus sexual misconduct outcomes as well as a comparative study on the retention and well-being of students throughout their college careers. This project will create a context for further research on classroom-based prevention strategies, allowing UMBC to expand the field of gender-based harm prevention in higher education settings through evaluation and dissemination of this novel educational intervention model.
SEED AWARDS (Spring 2021)
Retrieving Energy: UMBC Green Labs Collaboration (Seed Grant) — A multidisciplinary team led by Ryan Kmetz (Facilities Management Sustainability Office) will establish a collaboration between the Sustainability Office and the Mechanical Engineering Senior Capstone (ENME 444) course to design, prototype, and deploy motion height sensing sash alarms. Laboratories are the most energy-intensive space on a campus, and laboratory fume hoods are often the predominant contributors to laboratory energy use. A single fume hood typically consumes about the same amount of energy as four U.S. households – and UMBC has over 300 fume hoods! Reducing energy consumption of UMBC’s laboratories is an important milestone towards reaching our carbon neutrality goals. Shutting the sash of fume hoods reduces the volume of exhausted conditioned air, thus, reducing energy. However, it is easy to forget to shut the sash, and research has shown that sensors with auditory reminders to shut the sash can reduce energy use of a fume hood significantly. This project-based learning experience will immerse students in the complex world of sustainability challenges and expose them to real-world applications for sustainable solutions. Efficacy will be determined by the energy reduction and the overall applicability and scalability of the project.
Assessing and Reversing Students’ Unpreparedness in Upper Level Biology Courses (Seed Grant) — Michelle Starz-Gaiano and Fernando Vonhoff (Biological Sciences) will collect data about why students do not prepare thoroughly before coming to class. The team will collect data to confirm their hypothesis that students do not have effective strategies for reading primary literature papers and thus find the content overwhelming, which decreases their motivation to carefully read the assigned learning materials. If this hypothesis proves to be correct, they will help students develop efficient strategies to bridge the gap between learning from textbooks and learning from primary, data-based literature by testing the method of annotating papers following strategies described on the AAAS Science In The Classroom website. By presenting the scientific content in a more digestible manner, the team will help students develop efficient strategies to read and understand scientific papers over time. The team will collect preliminary data on the efficacy of this method from the student’s perspective, from analysis on student performance using historical data from 2018-2020, and between course modules with and without annotated papers. The team will also collect preliminary data examining whether the application of this method can be used to stimulate students to be engaged in more complex assignments, which may lead to a deeper understanding of the class material and prepare them for future advanced challenges.
IMPLEMENTATION & RESEARCH AWARD (Fall 2020)
Identifying an Interdisciplinary Path to Social Responsibility Education across the COEIT Curriculum (Implementation and Research Grant) — A multidisciplinary team led by Helena Mentis (Engineering and Information Technology) will gather insights to develop a more comprehensive framework for incorporating Socially Responsible Thinking (SRT) throughout the College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT) curriculum. Universities are being called upon to incorporate greater attention to social responsibility, specifically for students expected to participate in technology development and innovation. At UMBC, several recent initiatives have aimed to incorporate SRT into engineering and computing education, yet they have been fairly disconnected from each other and from the social sciences. The team will collect and analyze surveys and interviews from students, faculty, and employers and ultimately form a Faculty Learning Community, host a campus-wide speakers event, and produce a final report for stakeholders. Multiple metrics will be used to assess the project’s impact vis-a-vis two main aims: to identify pathways to integrate SRT concepts into the engineering/computing curriculum, and to increase cross-college collaboration around SRT. Results from the project will speak to opportunities to improve academic persistence, engagement, and workforce participation for COEIT students, and greater interfacing across COEIT and the social sciences/College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
ADAPTATION AWARD (Fall 2020)
Digitizing the Funny Papers: A Student-Led Digital Humanities Collaboration with UMBC Special Collections (Adaptation Grant) — A multidisciplinary team led by Lindsay DiCuirci, Beth Saunders, and Susan Graham (English and Special Collections Library) will collaborate on an advanced undergraduate English seminar focused on digitizing UMBC’s Merkle Collection of English Graphic Satire and creating a public digital exhibition. In this semester-long, project-based course, students will learn theories and methods in the digital preservation of rare books and manuscripts; metadata creation and bibliographic description; exhibition writing and design; principles of curation; public outreach and promotion; and historical research and cultural critique. Students will not only build the exhibition, but will also develop pedagogical tools, guides, and best practices for digital exhibition building and will document their process through reflective writing and self-assessments. This course will serve as an innovative model for future student-led digital humanities initiatives that make use of the unique but largely undigitized materials held in Special Collections at UMBC.
SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING AND LEARNING AWARD (Fall 2020)
Access to Online and In-Person Interventions: Comparing the Impact on Student Success of Providing SI PASS in All MATH 151 Lectures (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant) — A multidisciplinary team led by Delana Gregg (Academic Success Center) will extend supplemental instruction (SI PASS) support for MATH 151, while collecting and analyzing data on its effects on student success during online and in-person learning. SI PASS (peer-led study sessions), a nationally recognized and widely researched student success intervention, targets historically difficult courses with high DFW rates. UMBC regularly offers SI PASS support for a number of such courses, typically in STEM. UMBC-based assessment and national research indicate that participation in SI PASS correlates with many positive student outcomes, including higher grades, higher retention, and student-reported gains in course learning and study skills. MATH 151 is a key gateway course for many majors and has high DFW rates (>25%). There are multiple large lecture sections for this course every semester, but only two SI PASS leaders. The team will extend the program so that there is one SI PASS leader for each lecture section, allowing for research on the effectiveness of this learning intervention. The team will also analyze the effects on SI PASS participation and student success of offering online course instruction and online SI PASS compared to in-person instruction and in-person SI PASS and continuing to offer online SI PASS after UMBC returns to in-person instruction compared to in-person SI PASS.
SEED AWARD (Fall 2020)
Keys to Inclusion: An Initiative to Imagine a More Inclusive Piano Canon (Seed Grant) — Daniel Pesca (Music) will co-lead a multi-institutional effort to bring music departments and piano studios from five institutions around the country together to research, perform, record, and teach the piano music of Black American composers. The program includes a range of online activities, including lectures by eminent scholars of the repertoire, a series of masterclass exchanges between institutions, and a final recording project. The lectures address many aspects of music-making, from considerations of social context to pedagogy, from historical inquiry to the creation of brand new work. Students will be empowered to grow as musicians as they enjoy the benefits of working with professionals from across the country, learning the process of making a high-level recording, and discovering unfamiliar repertoire. The fruits of this year-long effort will be shared via an online database. After the pilot year, the team intends to expand their reach by encouraging other institutions to join the initiative as a small but vital part of a larger conversation in classical music institutions of all sorts about inequities in representation.
Proposals for the next round of Innovation Fund grants are due by October 29, 2021. For more information and to apply, visit UMBC's
Faculty Development Center website.
The Hrabowski Fund for Innovation exemplifies UMBC's commitment to investing in faculty initiatives that fuel creativity and enterprise and also create opportunities for student engagement.
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Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion and Belonging (i3b) is excited to announce that we have FIVE student staff positions opening in our office to begin by mid-October. We are looking for excited, proactive, hard-working students to assist with our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, social justice identity-based programming, and help us build our community and belonging resources.
Please look at the UMBCworks website and our
i3b Linktree to learn about the available positions, application materials, and more! Applications for the 2021-2022 academic year will be accepted on a rolling basis until all the positions are full. The best consideration date for applying is
Monday, October 4th, 2021, by 9:00 a.m.
Vacant Positions UMBCWorks IDs
- i3b's Pride Center Intern: 9329908
- i3b's Gathering Space for Spiritual Well-Being Intern: 9329909
- i3b's Community Desk Evening Manager(s) (x3 positions): 9329907
Important Notes:
To find the applications on UMBCworks, please look up the respective UMBCworks ID. our RESUME must be submitted through UMBCworks.
Our position descriptions can be found here or via our Linktree. You MUST complete both portions of the application (UMBCworks and our Qualtrics Form) via UMBC.
For more information or any questions, please contact our team at i3b@umbc.edu or check out our Virtual (Link) and In-Person (Link) i3b Student Staff Info-Sessions hosted next week!
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Begins Sept 21st with the The LeadHERship Problem
Reposting to spread the word!
The Leadershops series consists of workshops that focus on various student centered leadership-related topics facilitated by Campus Life staff and student leaders. This program aims to contribute to the leadership development and ongoing learning of UMBC undergraduate students.
The following are the fall 2021 Leadershops sessions that are being offered for students to register through myUMBC:
This session is about taking a deeper look into the relationship between womxn and leadership. Attendees will learn about how our socialization affects our views regarding our own identity and our capacity to lead. This session will be done online.
The Author of Your Leadership Story is a leadership workshop that focuses on self-authorship; defining and creating you own individual sense of self, and making yourself as you go on your college journey. This session will be done in-person at The Commons.
Attendees will learn about the leadership process through team-building and capitalizing on difference. This session will be done in-person at The Commons.
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How have you experienced accessibility at UMBC?
An anonymous survey for next week’s CSJ 101 on 9/27!
Do you have a disability or have you experienced life with a disability?
Are you interested in disability justice?
Have you had any good, bad, interesting experiences with access at UMBC?
Fill out an anonymous survey to guide our upcoming discussion about disability justice on an institutional and interpersonal level, the current state of the movement, and what it means to be an ally!
As part of Monday 9/27's CSJ 101: Disability Justice at UMBC and Beyond, we invite you to share a little bit about your experiences with disability justice at UMBC or outside of campus. Please note: This survey is anonymous and is not collecting any identifying information unless you opt into it at the end.
Please note: UMBC is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive environment for all students, staff, faculty, and visitors. If you have difficulties accessing any of the materials on our site or any of our events or discussions, please contact us so that we can provide an alternative format and/or remedy any accessibility challenges.
Disability Resources at UMBC:
Office of Accessibility & Disability Services
- Coordinating accommodations for UMBC students with disabilities
- Advocating and advising students with disabilities
Math/Psychology Building, Room 212
Monday - Friday, 8:30 - 4:30 pm
Phone: 410-455-2459
More information at sds.umbc.edu
Office of Equity and Inclusion
- Managing UMBC’s efforts related to Title IX and other civil rights issues including discrimination, hate, and bias
- Promoting and coordinating inclusive excellence, equity, and diversity practices
Administration Building, 9th Floor
Phone: 410-455-1717
Confidential online reporting/referral form available at oei.umbc.edu
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REPOST: Leadership Development programs - Fall 2021
Check out and sign-up to Campus Life's leadership programs
This is a repost on behalf of Campus Life. The original post can be found here.
This semester, Campus Life is offering four different leadership programs for UMBC students! These programs are designed for skill-building, experiential learning, campus connections, and overall student development. Whether you're a student looking to get involved, become a leader, refine your skills, or add something extra to your résumé-- check us out! Below you will find a summary of each program, registration information, program dates and hyperlinks to event pages for more information:
The Leadershops series consists of workshops that focus on various student centered leadership-related topics facilitated by Campus Life staff and student leaders. This program aims to contribute to the leadership development and ongoing learning of UMBC undergraduate students.
The following are the fall 2021 Leadershops sessions that are being offered for students to register through myUMBC:
This session is about taking a deeper look into the relationship between womxn and leadership. Attendees will learn about how our socialization affects our views regarding our own identity and our capacity to lead. This session will be done online.
The Author of Your Leadership Story is a leadership workshop that focuses on self-authorship; defining and creating you own individual sense of self, and making yourself as you go on your college journey. This session will be done in-person at The Commons.
Attendees will learn about the leadership process through team-building and capitalizing on difference. This session will be done in-person at The Commons.
This program is about getting more out of, rather than cramming more into, UMBC. This 5 week program helps first year, sophomore, and new transfer students craft a more fulfilling college experience by sharing practical tools and ideas and relating them back to their leadership and involvement plans for UMBC. Topics include exploring your interests, finding your place at UMBC, designing plans for your leadership and involvement experience, and so much more. This seminar incorporates small group discussion, in-class activities, field exercises, and personal reflection.
There are two cohorts available starting the week of October 5th and ending the week of November 2nd, 2021:
- Tuesdays 10:00am – 11:30am
- Oct 5th, Oct 12th, Oct 19th, Oct 26th, Nov 2nd
- In-person meetings at The Commons
True Grit Cohort
- Wednesdays 1:00pm – 2:30pm
- Oct 6th, Oct 13th, Oct 20th, Oct 27th, Nov 3rd
- In-person meetings at The Commons
Chip Cohort
- Thursdays 3:00pm – 4:30pm
- Oct 7th, Oct 14th, Oct 21st, Oct 28th, Nov 4th
- Online meetings via Webex
To participate, you must be available to attend all of the sessions of your selected section of Leadership Blueprint. Registration closes at 11:59pm on Monday, September 27th, 2021.
Emerging Leaders is a day long experience for students who are interested in developing their leadership capacity and learning more about the Social Change Model (SCM) of Leadership Development. SCM at it’s core, approaches leadership as a purposeful, collaborative, values-based process that results in positive social change.
The Social Change Model sees leadership as purposeful, collaborative, and a values-driven process. Titles or positions are not needed in order to be a leader. Leaders work to improve the groups and communities they are part of. Through this approach, anyone can be a leader, because “leaders” are those who want to make a difference. This kind of collaborative process means that groups must have trust, which requires that group members act in ways that are consistent with their own beliefs and values as well as the group’s goals. Food will be provided at this event.
This program will take place in-person at The Commons 331 on Saturday, October 23rd, 2021 from 10:30am – 3:30pm.
Registration closes on Friday, October 1st at 12:00pm.
The purpose of the Multicultural Leadership Experience (MLE) is to provide a space for students and student leaders who identify with diverse or marginalized backgrounds to discover their own capacity to lead, while also promoting a better understanding of their experiences, issues, and outcomes in navigating their own collegiate careers.
This year's MLE Mini-Series theme is Deconstructing Grit and Greatness! Below you will find the event links to the three sessions we will be offering this semester. All meetings will be done in-person at The Commons. Students are welcome to sign-up for any or all available session(s):
Participants will connect their understanding of themselves to their leadership approach in relation to resiliency.
Participants will connect their understanding of themselves to their leadership approach by engaging in inter-cultural dialogue and utilizing emotional intelligent capacities.
Participants will connect their understanding of our campus community and tools learned in order to collectively co-create a new definition for Inclusive Excellence.
Stay tuned for more leadership development opportunities and events coming your way! Should you have any questions or are interested in receiving leadership development updates from Campus Life, please contact Coordinator for Leadership, Beatriz Gutiérrez-Malagón at bgutierrez@umbc.edu
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Featured Employer Partner: BGE/Exelon
All this week the UMBC Career Center is excited to feature one of our top employer partners, BGE/
Exelon!
Events this Week:
Wednesday, Sept. 22 is BGE, an Exelon Company’s
UMBC Connects day in which they will hold sessions on:
BGE/Exelon: Understanding Who We Are
11:00 – 11:45 a.m.
Hear it From Your Peers: Intern and Recent Hire Panel
Noon – 12:45 p.m.
Where to Go From Here: Human Resources Debrief
1:00 – 1:45 p.m.
About Exelon:
Exelon is a Fortune 100 company that works in every stage of the energy business: power generation, competitive energy sales, transmission and delivery. As the nation's leading competitive energy provider, Exelon does business in 48 states, D.C., and Canada and had 2020 revenues of $33 billion. We employ approximately 32,300 people nationwide.
Exelon’s six utilities deliver electricity and natural gas to approximately 10 million customers in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania through its Atlantic City Electric Company (ACE), Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd), Delmarva Power & Light Company (DPL), PECO Energy Company (PECO), and Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco) subsidiaries.
Featured Content:
Monday, 9/20
Tuesday, 9/21
Thursday, 9/23
Friday, 9/24
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Check back here for added content, recorded interviews and information sessions. Or follow us on
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Intern of the Week: Daniel Cleaver for Computer Engineering!
Check out Daniel's internship with BGE!
Name: Daniel Cleaver
Internship, Co-op, or Research Site: Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE)
Position Title: Emerging Techlologies & Innovation Co-op
Major or Program: Computer Engineering
Current Class Level: Junior
Work Term: Spring 21, Summer 21, Fall 21
Tell us about your internship, co-op, or research opportunity, including your day-to-day responsibilities.
I developed a dashboard for BGE's innovation team, introduced time savings, improved task efficiency, and most importantly, gained new insights into our program. I participated in engaging employee training events and worked hands-on with BGE/Exelon's innovation teams.
Describe the process of obtaining your position. When did you hear of the position and submit your application?
I received an email announcement from the UMBC Career Center that BGE was looking for a Spring 21 co-op, and they were specifically interested in undergraduates in my field. I was not planning to co-op during that semester, but I decided to apply anyway.
What have you enjoyed the most about your position or organization?
I enjoyed learning how to use Microsoft Power BI and being able to immediately apply those skills to a real-world project.
How do you believe you have made an impact through your work?
I built, and continue to update, a dashboard that my team uses throughout the day. This has improved our process, and even started conversations with BGE's sister utility companies about similar efforts.
What advice would you give to another student who is seeking an internship or similar experience?
Go for it! Be flexible with job descriptions and assignments, don't feel bad for not being an expert overnight, and remember you are there to learn.
Check out this post on our social media platforms!
#UMBCintern
Want to be the next Intern of the Week? Make sure to fill out this
form and stay tuned. New interns are announced every Monday!
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