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Call for Submissions: Society for Cross-Cultural Research

Deadline: November 24, 2014

The Society for Cross-Cultural Research (SCCR) has recently posted a call for papers for their 44th Annual meeting which will be held February 18-21 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Prospect...

Posted: September 11, 2014, 1:03 PM

Do you know about the career/life balance policies for GAs?

As a graduate student you are entitled to different benefits

Sick Leave If a GA becomes ill, sick leave should be supported collegially, up to 40 hours during the contract year (this includes summer term for GAs supported during the summer session)....

Posted: September 9, 2014, 2:30 PM

Dr. Joan Kang Shin Featured in UMBC Magazine

UMBC Magazine has included in its more recent issue a wonderful article about Dr. Joan Kang Shin ’08. The article highlights Dr Shin’s important contribution to the professional development of EFL...

Posted: September 8, 2014, 10:18 AM

Your UMBC Bucket List

by Craig Berger If one of your goals was to attend a university with a nationally-ranked athletic team, you can cross that off your list. Now the question is, what's on your UMBC Bucket List: the...

Posted: September 8, 2014, 10:09 AM

Real People Profiles: Maggie Dier

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...

Posted: September 7, 2014, 4:38 PM

Scenes from Involvement Fest

by David Hoffman Involvement Fest worked its usual magic with the weather on Wednesday, summoning a sunny day as it has every fall in recent memory. This semester's Fest featured an Ocean City...

Posted: September 6, 2014, 11:38 AM

Dresher Center Faculty Working Groups in the Humanities

Application for Groups Beginning in 2015

The Dresher Center invites proposals for new Faculty Working Groups in the Humanities. Dresher Center Faculty Working Groups are collaborative, interdisciplinary communities of scholars working on...

Posted: September 5, 2014, 4:43 PM

LLC Graduate special guest on the Kojo Nnamdi Show

Dr. Kevin Maxell CEO Prince George's County public schools

Dr. Kevin Maxwell '02, was a special guest on the Kojo Nnamdi show on Wednesday on WAMU (NPR). We can be so proud that he is an LLC graduate and also an outstanding UMBC alumnus. Here is a...

Posted: September 4, 2014, 9:44 PM