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  <Title>Super Human Moments: Firing First</Title>
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    <div><div><div><div><div><em><span>Everyone has had them: moments when things have gone wrong partly because of our own lack of experience or perspective.  In this new series of posts, I'm asking members of the UMBC community to reflect on their own 'super human moments.'</span></em></div></div></div></div></div>
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    <div><div><div><div><span><strong>Name:</strong> Jen Dress</span></div></div></div></div>
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    <div><div><div><div><div><strong><span>Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?</span></strong></div></div></div></div></div>
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    <div><div><div><div><div><span>A: <span>Assistant Director Extraordinaire, Office of Student Life</span></span></div></div></div></div></div>
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    <div><div><div><div><div><strong><span>Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?</span></strong></div></div></div></div></div>
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    <div><div><div><div><div><span>A: <span>I work with amazing students to make magic happen!</span></span></div></div></div></div></div>
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    <div><div><div><div><div><strong><span>Q: What title would you give your Super Human Moment?</span></strong></div></div></div></div></div>
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    <div><div><div><div><div><span>A: The first person I ever fired.</span></div></div></div></div></div>
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    <div><div><div><div><div><strong><span>Q: What happened?</span></strong></div></div></div></div></div>
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    <div><div><div><div><div><span>A: When I was in graduate school, I supervised a very high functioning RA staff.  I was a new professional and really came in with a ton of energy and connected with my staff pretty quickly.  Through those connections, I found out some information that ultimately led to dismissing one of my employees.  I remember struggling to come up with the perfect thing  to say "as the boss" and I remember how impersonal it all felt.  I felt like there had to be this very tangible gap between the personal and professional.  I took a moment that should have been from a place of care and learning and made it very much about the rules.  I like rules, they give us structure and a covenant to exist together, but this was a moment that was about the rules and so much more and I missed it.  In some way I was protecting myself from the difficulty in all of it by doing what was procedurally the proper thing to do.  I <span>believe firmly that we don't so students or ourselves any good by not holding a standard of accountability, but I love my work because it's about learning from mistakes, and successes, and carving a path from there.  </span></span></div></div></div></div></div>
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    <div><div><div><div><div><strong><span>Q: How have you applied what you learned?</span></strong></div></div></div></div></div>
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    <div><div><div><div><div><span>A: I think I have learned how important it is to both be prepared, but also be present.  I like having a playbook and to make a football reference, being able to call an audible is crucial.  I can't give students a prescribed playbook or set of rules for every situation that life throws at them, but I like to think that I have helped provide some opportunities to get to know themselves and to know that meeting people where they are at in a moment is crucial.  It is often a struggle for me to balance the tasky "to do" with the life in front of me "to do."  I am still learning.</span></div></div></div></div></div>
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    <div><div><div><div><div><strong><span>Q: Do you have any advice you can pass along to others?</span></strong></div></div></div></div></div>
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    <div><div><div><div><div><span>A: Be here now.  I think knowing that you are who you are and that comes out in all the roles in your life is really important. We all have to play different roles at different moments in our lives, but knowing who we are and how those roles impact us is very important.  </span></div></div></div></div></div>
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  <Summary>Everyone has had them: moments when things have gone wrong partly because of our own lack of experience or perspective.  In this new series of posts, I'm asking members of the UMBC community to...</Summary>
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  <PostedAt>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:31:00 -0400</PostedAt>
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    <Title>Benyam Kinde &#8217;10, Biological Sciences, Named Gilliam Fellow</Title>
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          <p>Benyam Kinde ’10, biological sciences, is one of 10 students in 2011 to be named a Gilliam Fellow by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Kinde, who was UMBC’s 2010 valedictorian and a member of the 18th cohort of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program, is in the Harvard-MIT combined MD-PhD Program.</p>
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    <Summary>Benyam Kinde ’10, biological sciences, is one of 10 students in 2011 to be named a Gilliam Fellow by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Kinde, who was UMBC’s 2010 valedictorian and a...</Summary>
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    <Title>Google Calendar Update from DoIT</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">Here is an update regarding Google Calendar from DoIT:  <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/03/umbc_moving_to.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/03/umbc_moving_to.html</a> .<br>
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    <Summary>Here is an update regarding Google Calendar from DoIT:  http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/03/umbc_moving_to.html .</Summary>
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    <Title>This Week's Events: 3/14-3/20</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">Monday 3/14:<div><strong>Pie eating contest:</strong></div>
          <div>//When: 4-5pm</div>
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          <em>Come celebrate Pi Day in the best way possible, by engorging yourself on as much pie as humanly possible in a short amount of time. Earn your spot among the math/culinary elite and party with Pythagoras and Bobby Flay. FREE PIE! Email Joe Kelly at <a href="mailto:josephk2@umbc.edu">josephk2@umbc.edu</a> if you wish to compete.</em><br>
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          <div><strong>NCAA Tournament Selection:</strong></div>
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          <em>In order to get in the spirit of March Madness, SEB is offering a 26" LG HDTV as a prize for the     winner of the official SEB NCAA March Madness Bracket. Brackets will be available in the Breezeway during free hour and can be picked up from the SEB office all day long (10am-5pm). In order    to be entered into the running for the Grand Prize the bracket must be submitted to the SEB office    by 2pm the following day (March 15). The winner will be announced on April 4th at the SEB Championship game party which will be in the Sports Zone starting at 8:30 pm, food and<br>drinks included.<br>ONE FINAL NOTE: STUDENT ATHLETES SHOULD NOT ENTER CONTEST DUE TO ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS/CONTRACTUAL REASONS!!!</em><br>
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          <div>//When: 7pm</div>
          <div>//Where: Skylight</div>
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          <div><strong>Breakfast and Bingo:</strong></div>
          <div>//When: 9-10pm</div>
          <div>//Where: Sports Zone</div>
          <em>Nothing's better than a rousing game of bingo while you stuff yourself full of pancakes and bacon. Come out and play bingo!!! Its free and there are awesome prizes for winning as well as free breakfast for everyone. We'll have different prizes and breakfast items at each event.</em><div><br></div>
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          <div>Thursday 3/17:</div>
          <div><strong>Shamrockapalooza</strong></div>
          <div>//When: 7-9pm</div>
          <div>//Where: Sports Zone</div>
          <em>Free Food. Sunny In Philly. Crafts. Irish Stuff. Should be better than what your doing in your room.</em><div><br></div>
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    <Title>Building Maintenance 3/18/11</Title>
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    <p>The <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/cyber/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">UMBC cybersecurity graduate MPS program</a> will host an informal information session from Noon to 1:00pm on Wednesday, April 6 in ITE Lecture Hall 7. Attend to hear the benefits and practical applications of the program and meet staff members who will be available to answer questions.</p>
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    <Title>Happy Pi Day!</Title>
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