Virtual Interviewing A short guide on how to rock the virtual interview!

With all the craziness going on with COVID-19, job searching is a challenge. For now, everything has been moved online, and it’s harder to make a real human connection with other people who may want to hire you when there’s a screen between the two of you. Today, I wanted to talk about the virtual interview and how to perform the best you can. For further tips, check out the Career Center website.


  1. Practice your interviewing skills using Big Interview, our mock interviewing platform. You can get advice on how to answer tricky questions and how interviews are conducted, and you can record yourself answering sample questions and have others rate your answers! If you would like the Career Center to review your interview answers, send a note to interviews@umbc.edu and a Career Peer will watch your video and rate it.

  2. Test your equipment! Make sure your camera and microphone are working before the interview, that way if you need to make a new purchase, you have time to do so.

  3. Dress professionally! Wear appropriate business attire for your virtual interview. Not only can your interviewers see your professionalism based on what you are wearing, but it’ll give you a little confidence boost too.

  4. Pick a neutral background! Make sure the background in view of your camera is neutral and not distracting.

  5. Do your research! As with all interviews, be prepared for the questions they might ask, as well as have the knowledge about the company that you need. It is okay to have notes for your interview, just don’t make a script. Organize your notes according to your skill sets with corresponding anecdotes that exemplify those skills.

  6. Sit up straight and smile! You can’t shake the interviewer’s hand, so you need to show enthusiasm and attentiveness through your body language. Sit up straight, but be sure to appear relaxed enough that you don’t seem nervous or tense. Smile at your interviewers when greeting them and at appropriate times throughout the interview.

  7. Finally, look in the direction of the camera, rather than to the side, above it, or below at the interviewers face. That is the best way to simulate eye contact when you can’t be in the room with someone yourself.


These are unprecedented and challenging times we live in, but that doesn’t mean that life should be put on hold. You can still job search and interview during COVID-19, it’ll just all be online! The Career Center is here to help you with every step of the process.


Makayla Gleeson, UMBC Graduate Student and Career Center Career Peer


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In the absence of physical space to learn, create, and come together, the Women’s Center is taking Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) 2020 online. Each week during April, we will focus on a specific topic/theme as it relates to sexual violence awareness and prevention (see image below). Together, via out social media platforms like Facebook,Twitter, and Instagram, we can watch videos, read articles, and engage in other content for learning and skill-building.

UMBC’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month online calendar includes weekly themes to help explore important concepts related to sexual violence awareness and prevention. 

Have you been taking a break from social media? Missed a few posts? That’s okay! In addition to posting on social media throughout the month, at the end of each week, we’ll provide a round-up of all the content we shared along with some action items to consider doing.

We just wrapped up week two of SAAM and spent the last several days exploring rape narratives and myths through the following content:

1.What is rape culture? Rape culture is a sociological concept for a setting in which sexual violence is pervasive,  normalized, or encouraged due to societal attitudes about gender and sexuality. As exemplified in this image, tolerance of things at the bottom leads to excusing the behaviors at the top. 

This pyramid describes rape culture, with words on the bottom including catcalling, rape jokes, and stalking. The top includes rape, molestation, and and drugging. 

2. The prevalence of rape myths reinforces a very narrow definition of what sexual violence/rape is and how and when it happens. By deconstructing rape myths, we enable survivors to better access support and healing by ending a culture that blames victims. Learn more at Everyday Feminism

Want even more to read about this topic? Check out this list of books!

3. The phrase “Boys will be boys” is an “explain-away” that can work to reinforce rape culture (think back to that pyramid!). 

Here is a helpful article from the Good Men Project that further explains the importance of unlearning to use this phrase, but first, take a listen to one of Dua Lipa’s newest songs, “Boys Will Be Boys” which adresses sexual harassment some women (and also some LGBTQ folks) experience. What do you think?

4. What about implicit biases? So much of media is focused on “the perfect victim,” but this stereotype perpetuates dangerous myths that limit our understanding of the broad ways in which rape impacts people. Check out this video to learn more. 

What about LGBTQ survivors?  We live in a world where “heterosexuality” is default, and also where we are told that victims are women and rapists are men; however, in creating and perpetuating this rape myth, we are silencing a vast majority of survivor stories whose experiences reflect their LGBTQ identities. Read more in this vice article.

The Women’s Center’s pronoun pins!

Important Take-Away:

→ Remember the pyramid! Tolerance of sexist attitudes, rape jokes, and catcalling all contribute to perpetuating rape culture. 

→ Examine your implicit biases. There’s no such thing as a “perfect victim”, and far too many LGBTQ survivors are silenced by steryotypes and rape myths. 

→ Cut out language that promotes rape culture. Never say “Boys will be boys”! 

Boys will be held accountable for their actions!

Now that you’ve got some good readings in your tool kit, what will you do with them? Here’s some Action Items:

Follow the Women’s Center on myUMBC,  Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for SAAM updates and information throughout the month of April. You can also stay up-to-date by following #UMBCsaam 

Throughout this time of distance learning, campus staff are still here and available for support. Do not hesitate to reach out for questions, concerns, or care.

On-Campus Resources Available for Virtual Support: 

To report a complaint of sexual misconduct or discrimination, please submit this online form. 

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Abstract:
In nineteenth-century America, the parlor piano carried immense symbolism. The piano represented wealth, taste, position, and duty. My research explores how a large, cumbersome instrument aligned itself with the most influential, but intangible aspects of everyday life for the nineteenth-century middle class American. Inside the home, the piano had a significant impact on interior design, family dynamics, and gender roles. It showed visitors that their hosts were a strong family with a hardworking husband and father, a stylish, caring wife and mother, and disciplined, cultured children. Meanwhile, outside the home, these compact pianos played a major role in American manufacturing, commercialism, and consumerism while also bringing about the birth of the modern music industry. By understanding the role of the parlor piano in nineteenth-century America, one cannot only learn a great deal about American culture and society of the period, but also appreciate how much of an impact everyday objects have on modern life and the stories they will be able to tell in the future.

Mentor: Melissa Blair, History, UMBC

Image: 1885 advertisement for the Sterling Piano Company

Come see Sarah's research and other undergraduate research and creative work, April 22-29th at URCAD.umbc.edu!

Want to be like Sarah and get up to $1500 for your research or creative work? Become a URA Scholar:
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Join us for Virtual URCAD, April 22-29, 2020!

You will be able to view student presentations and interact with the presenters.

URCAD.umbc.edu


Jonathan Acuna-Lopez | English

Seeing in Parts: Borderlands Consciousness in Bless Me, Ultima

Mentor: Sharon Tran

 

Kiara Bell | English

Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: Using Afrofuturist Theory to Examine Themes of Black Visibility

Mentor: Maleda Belilgne

 

Anna Hartman| English

Understanding Uprisings: Media Discourse and Maryland Race Uprisings (1845-2015)

Mentor: Lindsay Dicuirci

 

Anna Hartman| English

Timed Writing: Perfecting This Essential College-Readiness Skill

Mentor: Cheryl North

 

Ajay Kharkar| English

Developing More Effective Tutoring Strategies for Multilingual Writers in the Writing Center

Mentor: Elaine MacDougall

 

Tanya Ramsey| English

Peer Education Impacts on Student Outcomes: A Case Study from the UMBC McNair Scholars Program

Mentor: Elaine MacDougall

 

Tiwalade Topia| English

Poems About Homes

Mentor: Lia Purpura

 

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Join us for Virtual URCAD, April 22-29, 2020!

You will be able to view student presentations and interact with the presenters.

URCAD.umbc.edu

Theodore Addo | Biological Sciences

Effects of Oxygen on NDRG1 Function

Mentor: Rachel Brewster

 

Olusayo Adeleye | Economics

Links Between Air Pollution and Student Academic Achievement

Mentor: Christine Moser

 

Assefa Akinwole| Biologial Sciences

DETERMINING THE EFFECT OF PHOSPHORYLATION ON THE LYSINIE METHYLTRANSFERASE ACTIVITY OF THE YEAST ENZYME, SET5

Mentor: Erin Green

 

Fabian Amurrio| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Phosphorus Recovery from Poultry Litter Slurries Using Donnan Dialysis

Mentor: Lee Blaney

 

Shandon Amos | Biological Sciences

Investigation of the Protein-Protein Interactions of the Chromatin Associated Protein Set4 in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae

Mentor: Erin Green

 

Nahum Arefeayne | Chemistry and Biochemistry

Characterization of HIV-1 Unmyrostolated Gag Polyprotein Interactions with the MAL HIV-1 Genome

Mentor: Michael Summers

 

Nicole Attram| Mechanical Engineering

Chitosan-based Polymer Gel as an Electrolyte in Rechargeable Zn-MnO2 Alkaline Batteries

Mentor: Deepa Madan

 

Christopher Bain | Physics

X-Ray Luminous AGN and the Quenching of the Main Sequence

Mentor: David Sanders

 

Peter Bailer | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

The Molecular Basis For Discrimination Of DNA And RNA By The Human Mutator Enzyme APOBEC3A

Mentor: Rahul Kohli

 

Peter Bailer| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Music By Numbers: Writing a Process Piece in the Minimalism Style of the Late 20th Century

Mentor: April Householder

 

Karis Barnett | Chemistry and Biochemistry

Optimizing the Detection of Praziquantel for Monitoring Aquarium Systems Using High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography(HPLC)

Mentor: William LaCourse

 

Elshaday Behailu| Biological Sciences

The Effect of CREB on the Immune Response of Drosophila Melanogaster

Mentor: Fernando Vonhoff

 

Keynon Bell| Chemistry and Biochemistry

Improving the Surface Adhesion of Lipid-Based Nano-Chambers

Mentor: Minjoung Kyoung

 

Dominique Brooks| Biological Sciences

Evidence for Conserved Mechanisms of Neurulation in the Zebrafish Forebrain

Mentor: Rachel Brewster

 

Allyson Caldwell| Biological Sciences

Apical Constriction Molecular Machinery Within the Zebrafish Medial Hingepoint

Mentor: Rachel Brewster

 

Emily Cannistraci| Chemistry and Biochemistry

Characterizing the Protein/RNA Interactions in the Initial Events Of HIV-1 Assembly

Mentor: Michael Summers

 

Tyler Carlyle| Chemistry and Biochemistry

Synthesis of Flex-Guanosine Analogues as Potential Antiviral Therapeutics

Mentor: Katherine Seley-Radtke

 

Katherine-Ann Carr| Mechanical Engineering

Thermoelectric Analysis of Tetrahedrite Samples

Mentor: Deepa Madan

 

Noah Carver | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Automated Monocular Exploration With DonkeyCar

Mentor: Tim Oates

 

Ridhi Chaudhary | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

INITIAL RECOGNITION OF THE HIV-1 RNA PACKAGING SIGNAL

Mentor: Michael Summers

 

Jessica Cooley | Mathematics and Statistics

Effects of the Geometry of Extracellular Space On Border Cell Activation Patterns

Mentor: Bradford Peercy

 

Tobias Coombs| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Investigating the Impact of Nanoparticle Surface Charge on Compliment Activation Related Pseudo Allergy

Mentor: Erin Lavik

 

Eliana Crentsil| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

The Effect of Cell Tension on Cell Growth

Mentor: Sean Sun

 

Faith Davis | Sociology and Anthropology

MODEL FOR ASSESSING AND INFORMING ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS OF THE RISK OF CHRONIC DISEASE

Mentor: Katie Birger

 

Gabrielle Davis| Physics

Cloud Climatology over Baltimore, Maryland

Mentor: Ruben Delgado

 

Jason Ejimogu | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

HIV-1 Matrix Protein Interactions With Cellular TRNAs

Mentor: Michael Summers

 

Nna-Emeka Ejimogu| Chemistry and Biochemistry

Expression and Purification of Caenorhabditis elegans ATE1 in Escherichia coli C43(DE3) Cells

Mentor: Aaron Smith

 

Olumide Fagboyegun| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Set6 Plays A Role In Proteostasis Via Interactions With The GIM/Prefoldin Chaperone Complex

Mentor: Erin Green

 

Hana Flores| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Characterizing High Affinity Gag Binding Sites on the HIV-1 Genome

Mentor: Michael Summers

 

Noel Getachew | Chemistry and Biochemistry

Characterizing Pulmonary Vessels in Preclinical Models Of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Mentor: Guarav Choudhary

 

Frances Ghinger| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Determining The Structure of The HIV-1 5’ Leader Monomeric and Dimeric Confirmations

Mentor: Michael Summers

 

Darin Gilchrist | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Characterization of CDK12 Protein Inhibitor in Osteosarcoma

Mentor: Rani George

 

Ellen Gulian | Physics

Using Density Functional Theory (DFT) to Determine the Effects of Molecules on Top of Monolayer WS2

Mentor: Michael Hayden

 

Lauren Harris| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Impact of DOM, PH, and Divalent Cations on the Absorbanceand Phototransformation of Tetracycline Antibiotics

Mentor: Lee Blaney

 

Andrew Hennigan| Biological Sciences

Assessing the Impact of Phosphomimetic Mutations on Mouse Melanopsin Signaling

Mentor: Phyllis Robinson

 

Keren Herran | Inderdisciplinary Studies

Children Raising Children: A Qualitative Study of the Social Determinants of Adolescent Pregnancy in Rural Ecuador

Mentor: Ivan Palacios

 

Rudolph Holley| Mechanical Engineering

N-Type Bi2Te2.7Se0.3 And P-Type Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3 Thermoelement Characterization

Mentor: Deepa Madan

 

Malakhi Hopkins| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Autonomous, Low-Cost, and Accessible Design for an Electric Mobility Vehicle

Mentor: E.F. Charles LaBerge

 

Nneamaka Iwobi| Biological Sciences

The Developmental Role of Drosophila Melanogaster

Mentor: Fernando Vonhoff

 

Jafira Johnson| Biological Sciences

Investigating the Role of the Planar Cell Polarity and Shroom3 in Forebrain Morphogenesis

Mentor: Rachel Brewster

 

Yianni Karabatis| Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Using Deep Learning to Increase the Accuracy of Breast Cancer Diagnoses

Mentor: Konstantinos Kalpakis

 

Kassidy Kollmann| Physics

The Unexpected Turnover in the Spectral Energy Distributions of Active Galactic Nuclei

Mentor: Eileen Meyer

 

Gerson Kroiz| Mathematics and Statistics

A Comparison of Stochastic Precipitation Generation Models For The Potomac River Basin

Mentor: Matthias Gobbert

 

Nguyet Le| Biological Sciences

ROLE OF N-MYC DOWNSTREAM REGULATED GENES FAMILY IN LOW OXYGEN ADAPTATION

Mentor: Rachel Brewster

 

Karan Luthria| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Enhancing and Visualizing Human Disease Networks to Reduce Healthcare Cost

Mentor: Maricel Kann

 

Darius McKoy| Biological Sciences

Role of N-myc Downstream Regulated Gene 3 (NDRG3) in Cellular Arrest Under Anoxia

Mentor: Rachel Brewster

 

Dexter Merritt | Mechanical Engineering

Laser Welding and Analysis of Copper Alloy

Mentor: Shengmin Guo

 

Nidhi Naik| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Investigating the Role of Surface Modifications in Complement Mediated Hypersensitivity Reactions

Mentor: Erin Lavik

 

Ryan Mbagna Nanko | Mechanical Engineering

Structural Characterization Of 2D Layered Complex Hetero-Ion Systems


 Mentor: Vinayak Dravid

 

Howard Nicholson| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Sickle Cell Disease Mediates Middle Cerebral Artery Shear Stress Profiles that Affect Endothelial Cell Responses

Mentor: Manu Platt

 

Favour Nwagugo | Biological Sciences

Light-Dependent Endocytosis of Mouse Melanopsin

Mentor: Phyllis Robinson

 

Oluwateniayo Ogunsan| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Automatically Generated Phase Portraits for Understanding Biological Systems

Mentor: Daniel Lobo

 

Chelsea Okeh| Biological Sciences

The Effects of Hyperglycemia on Neurulation

Mentor: Rachel Brewster

 

Oluwatomiwa Oladunni| Chemistry and Biochemistry

Gadolinium-Chelating Tag Synthesis for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of Dendronized Nanocarriers

Mentor: Marie-Christine Daniel

 

Yaw Owusu-Boaitey| Biological Sciences

Roles for Steroid Hormone Signaling Targets in Border Cell Migration in the Drosophila Ovary

Mentor: Michelle Starz-Gaiano

 

Crystal Parry | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

IL-1β-VEGF-A Signaling Axis In Atherosclerotic Calcification

Mentor: Alan Morrison

 

Hannah Ramcharan | Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Identifying Spatial and Temporal Gene Expression Dynamics From Multiple Sequencing Data

Mentor: Daniel Lobo

 

Jeremy Rubin | Mathematics and Statistics

Letting The LaxKAT out of the Bag: Packaging, Simulation, and Neuroimaging Data Analysis for a Powerful Kernel Test

 Mentor: Russell Shinohara

 

Alexandra Seas| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Synthesis of Immunosuppressive Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Mentor: Gregory Szeto

 

Joshua Slaughter | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Towards Detection of Misinformation Through Machine Learning and Latent Variable Methods

Mentor: Tulay Adali

 

Taylor Stephen| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Phosphate removal by Lanthanum-containing Materials: Effect of Inorganic Carbon and PH on Treatment Effectiveness

Mentor: Detlef Knappe

 

Fatima Talib| Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Use of Methane Combustion to Produce Clean Water and Energy

Mentor: Mariajose Castellanos

 

Sedzro Tamakloe | Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering

Economic Benefit of Photovoltaics in Michigan Field Crop Farms

Mentor: Annick Anctil

 

Ayo Telli| Psychology

The Comparison of Virtual Reality and Cell Phone Distractors as an Influence on the Perception of Acute Pain

Mentor: Lynnda Dahlquist

 

Jordan Troutman | Information Systems

Subset Feature Selection with Considerations of Fairness

Mentor: James Foulds

 

Claudia Walker| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Elucidation of HIV-1 5' Leader Secondary Structure Through Novel Long Range Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Techniques

Mentor: Michael Summers

 

Sierra Wallace| Biological Sciences

Generation of dp2 Mutant in Volvox carteri through the CRISPR/Cas9 Editing System

Mentor: Stephen Miller

 

Jalaysia Weems | Biological Sciences

Mentor: Weihong Lin

 

Brian Woronowicz | Mechanical Engineering

Development of Conceptual Design for Displacement Amplification Mechanism (DAM) Using Design Optimization Technique

Mentor: Soobum Lee

 

Anna Yaschenko | Biological Sciences

Identifying the Genetic Basis of Drug Response Using Drosophila Melanogaster in the Era of Personalized Medicine

Mentor: Jeff Leips

 

Rianna Zacharias| Biological Sciences

The Effects of Hyperglycemia on Neurulation

Mentor: Rachel Brewstere

 


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Irene is a Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication major. She will be presenting her research, "Learning In A Multilingual World: South Africa", at Virtual URCAD 2020!

Co-presenters: Nicole Barkley, Johanna Caba

Abstract:
South Africa has a long history of multilingualism with its multitude of indigenous languages and the history of colonialism and apartheid. It has eleven official languages, nine of which are indigenous to South Africa, as well as English and Afrikaans. Multilingualism and translanguaging are common outside of the classroom, but have only recently started to enter the classroom on a wider scale. The information gained from a real world application of translanguaging can help other countries learn how to create a culture and systems that support a wide array of languages within a society. This qualitative research has been conducted collaboratively. The data were gathered from various sources such as research papers, news articles, websites, books, and videos. The in-depth study of these sources showed that teachers receive more responses when they speak in a language with which the student is more familiar; however, students feel more comfortable when translanguaging in a non-classroom setting than in the classroom.

Mentor: Irina Golubeva, Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication, UMBC

Come see Irene's  poster and other undergraduate research and creative work , April 22-29th at URCAD.umbc.edu!
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Sonali is an Information Systems major. She will present her research, "An Analysis of Where a New Guest Would Book their First Travel Experience" at Virtual URCAD 2020!


Co-presenters: Harveer Kaur and Muhsina Helal


Abstract:
Machine learning, data mining algorithms and data analytics were discussed, researched and implemented. In a collaboration of a team of 5, data analytics were performed on datasets from Kaggle through utilizing data mining tools such as Weka and Rapidminer in order to gain insight into where a new guest would book their first travel experience.  A supervised learning approach along with decision trees, random forest classifiers and the ROC curve were utilized on the Airbnb data provided by Kaggle in our project. Data pre-processing, data collection, and data evaluation on the various datasets provided by Kaggle were implemented. After conducting the data mining algorithms using Weka and Rapidminer, the Random Forest Classifier and Decision Tree algorithm provides the most accurate results. Age, language, month of the first booking and gender were the major features that gave the most insight and analytics into where a new guest will book their first trip. Overall, data mining methods and algorithms proved to determine where a new guest will book their first travel experience for Airbnb guests.


Mentor: James Foulds


Come see Sonali's poster, and other undergraduate research and creative work, April 22-29th at URCAD.umbc.edu!

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Campus Status: The University is open, with employees working remotely. Facilities will remain closed. Maryland is currently under a Stay at Home Order.

For the most updated information and more information on actions to reduce COVID-19 risks in our community, please visit covid19.umbc.edu.

Student Services and Support

  • The Counseling Center is providing services remotely, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. on weekdays. Please visit their website or call 410-455-2472 for more information.
  • University Health Services is providing services remotely, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. on weekdays. Please visit their website or call 410-455-2542 for more information. 
  • The Behavioral Risk Assessment and Consultation Team (BRACT) assists faculty, staff and students address situations where a person is displaying concerning behavior. The team is designed to provide information, recommendations, and referrals.
  • Haven at UMBC recovery and sober living resources for students is now operating virtually.
  • The Stay Black and Gold Fund helps provide emergency assistance that supports well-being or academic success.
  • The Career Center will continue to provide services through alternative formats, including a virtual lobby Monday through Friday, 12 – 1 p.m.

Academic Continuity

  • There will be a Research Town Hall for students, faculty, and staff on April 17. More details to come.
  • Summer Session 2020 will be offered entirely online. The Office of Summer, Winter & Special Programs is working with academic departments to revise the schedule of classes to reflect changes in course delivery formats. Please monitor schedule updates at summer.umbc.edu.
  • Katherine Seley-Radtke, chemistry and biochemistry, talks to NPR about Hydroxychloroquine as a way to treat coronavirus.
  • Charissa Cheah, psychology, describes her research in The Washington Post on discrimination faced by Chinese Americans as a result of the coronavirus, and its roots in racist tropes.
  • Lia Purpura, English, was featured in The Baltimore Sun for her work to uplift her neighborhood.

Business Continuity and Staff Support

  • It is critical for UMBC to provide details to the University System of Maryland on the incurred COVID-19 expenses.  Please journal incurred expenses to your COVID-19 Project. For those Units that have not created a COVID-19 Project, please work with your Dean's office or Business Manager and review COVID-19 Expense Tracking. 
  • The ONE UMMS Emergency Staffing Pool is a Temporary Per Diem/PRN float pool that deploys additional resources to hospitals. Learn more here.
  • From this point forward, employees will not be reimbursed for purchases made during this period of telework without the proper documentation and prior approval from their supervisor. Email approvals are acceptable at this time. The University cannot reimburse for sales tax.

Facilities

  • Only employees with a letter from their supervisor or students that are approved for late stay should be on campus. If you have an emergency need to visit campus, call UMBC Police Deputy Chief Bruce Perry at 443-677-2195 or Lieutenant Derrick Johns at 410-207-0850.

#UMBCtogether

In the midst of challenging times, the UMBC community always finds ways to support each other. Check out how Retrievers are staying #UMBCtogether even though we’re physically apart:

https://twitter.com/UMBC_ACSA/status/1248619487072419842
https://twitter.com/womencenterumbc/status/1248251263973761028
https://twitter.com/umbcbookstore/status/1248249623874949120
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-znuqqn1tI/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-xQtbEJIhH/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-uwTt1hTEc/

If you have questions or concerns, please email covid19@umbc.edu.


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Abstract:
Sea Monster is an animated PSA that uses hand drawn animation and is 1:14 minutes long. It depicts a role-reversal of a common scene, a shark attack on a nice day on the beach. Marine wildlife is a strong fascination of mine and this animated PSA’s purpose is to show viewers the endangered state that sharks are in. Many endangered creatures are given constant attention, but I don’t see enough press about sharks. I believe it is because unlike pandas or sea turtles, people think that sharks are one of nature’s super predators, monsters that don’t need our help to live. This animation will show who the real sea monster is. After developing a storyboard, I used a drawing tablet to bring my ideas to life in Adobe Photoshop. Each scene was drawn and colored in separate Photoshop files and assembled using Premiere Pro. A calm building quickly to a dramatic climax and ending abruptly, similar to a storm at sea. The animation plays on the emotions and informs viewers on the topic of shark endangerment. Drawing and animals are two of my most favorite things and using both to entertain and spread awareness made me passionate about this project.

Mentor: Corrie Parks

Come see Julius' film and other undergraduate research and creative work, April 22-29th at URCAD.umbc.edu!
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Join us for Virtual URCAD, April 22-29, 2020!

You will be able to view student presentations and interact with the presenters.

URCAD.umbc.edu

Octavia Ashton | Visual Arts

Two Passions in One

Mentor: Corrie Parks

 

Zachary Barker-Frey | Visual Arts

Practice Makes Perfect: An Animated Self-Portrait

Mentor: Corrie Parks

 

Joanna Bigelow | Visual Arts

Portraits: An Exploration of the Human Spirit

Mentor: April Householder

 

Zippora Cahn, Yvonne-Crystel Monterrosa, Zhenbang Weng, Nynna Vu, Marielle Fabregas, Sean Huber | Visual Arts

Monster Mash-Up

Mentor: Eric Jordan

 

Zippora Cahn, Yvonne-Crystel Monterrosa, Zhenbang Weng, Nynna Vu, Marielle Fabregas, Sean Huber | Visual Arts

Taco Tuesday

Mentor: Eric Jordan

 

Dylan Chao | Visual Arts

ASMRtist: Art in Relaxation

Mentor: Timothy Nohe

 

Emilia Cieslak| Visual Arts

The Process of 3D Printing for Stop Motion Animation

Mentor: Corrie Parks

 

Courtney Culp | Visual Arts

A Mile in My Cleats

Mentor: Amy Oden

 

Julius Echipare | Visual Arts

Sea Monster

Mentor: Corrie Parks

 

Angela Endres| Visual Arts

Sirius: An Animated Short

Mentor: Corrie Parks

 

Liam Garrett | Visual Arts

The Digital Art Movement: Its Role in Spreading Awareness About Endangered Animals

Mentor: April Householder

 

Brianna Harper | Visual Arts

Astrological Analysis of Modern Art: Hilma Af Klint’s Visions of the Universe

 Mentor: Preminda Jacob

 

Kyle Hartford | Visual Arts

The Last Roadshow

Mentor: Cathy Cook

 

Matthew Haworth, Yitzhak Oshry, De’Andrea Harmon, Courtney Culp, Dalton Mongue| Visual Arts 

Sherlock Romes

Mentor: Eric Jordan

 

Sam Herring, J.D. Byron, Silas Dunigan, Matt Vermont| Visual Arts

High Definition Real Time Zoetrope (HDRTZ)

Mentor: Eric Dyer

 

Valerie Kilchenstein, Justin Pham, Joel Okpara, Junior Sei, Sean Hill| Visual Arts

Monster Mash-Up

Mentor: Eric Jordan

 

Brent Lance, Jr.| Visual Arts

Gotham, How An American Typeface Shaped Barack Obama's 2008 Hope Campaign

Mentor: Margaret Re

 

Olivia Mills| Visual Arts

Authorship and Animation

Mentor: Evan Tedlock

 

Wyatt Mumford, Alex Donaldson, Brandon Liu, Gavin Prather, Isaac Thompson| Visual Arts

One Bard Band

Mentor: Eric Jordan

 

Noah Nies| Visual Arts

Huey's Blues: White Cultural Appropriation of Blues Music

Mentor: Corrie Parks

 

Skyler O’Neill, Benjamin Prysucha, Harrison Trinh, Evan Morris, Zach Hale | Visual Arts

Lone Mech Pilot

Mentor: Eric Jordan

 

Shawn Oppermann, Aaron Reamer, Locke Wingate, Joshua Ludlow, Alex Patel | Visual Arts

PLEG: The Putting Legs on Everything Game

Mentor: Eric Jordan

 

Samantha Papastephanou| Visual Arts

Goopl

Mentor: Corrie Parks

 

Bella Possidente| Visual Arts

Lighthouse

Mentor: Corrie Parks

 

Alex Schobitz| Visual Arts

Emotional

Mentor: Corrie Parks

 

Taylor Steen| Visual Arts

Prolonged Surprise

Mentor: Corrie Parks

 

Connor Thomas, Jacob Hoffman, Brandon Thomas | Visual Arts

Block Turn: Cube-Flipping, Puzzle-Solving Fun

Mentor: Eric Jordan

 

Raychel Thress| Visual Arts

The Movement of Otherworldly Creatures

Mentor: Corrie Parks

 

Jacob Yepez| Visual Arts

Rat-Boy Christmas

Mentor: Corrie Parks

 

Michelle Young| Visual Arts

Many Hats, One Face: The Life of Cooper Black

Mentor: Margaret Re


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