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INSIGHTS WEEKLY
May 31-June 5

Insights Weekly is your source for news and information of broad interest to UMBC faculty, staff and graduate students.

Check for daily updates by visiting umbc.edu/insights. Twitter updates can be found by following @umbcinsights. Information is also sent in the form of this weekly digest.

This publication is a service of the Office of Institutional Advancement (OIA).

The next issue will appear Monday, June 6. The deadline for submissions is 5 p.m., Wednesday, June 1. Submit to announcements@umbc.edu.

Submission guidelines and subscription information can be found here.

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Featured News

• UMBC Awarded Maryland Charity Campaign Governor’s Cup

Announcements

• NEW: UMBC’s New Student Book Experience: Faculty and Staff Facilitators Needed
• NEW: Open Forum: Interim Provost Search
• Legislative Auditors on Campus
• UMBC Summer Camp Registration Open
• Modified Zone Parking for the Summer
• Search for Interim Provost
• Constructive Discussion of Differences
• Additional Drill Capability Available in TREX Reports
• ITE/Engineering Exterior Stairway Closure
• Provost Elliot Hirshman
• Apply to be an Introduction to an Honors University Instructor for the 2011-2012 Academic Year
• Changes to Library Hours
• FY 2012 Pension Plan Reforms
• University Health Services Converting to Electronic Health Records
• Support for Faculty and Staff in Challenging Times
• Ways to Get Involved in the Campus Community

Workshops and Training

• T-REX Training Sessions (6/6, 7/11 and 8/8)
• Mental Health First Aid Training (6/13-14)
• NEW: Supervising and Developing On-Campus Student Employees (7/26)
• NEW: Present With Confidence – Fear No More! (7/29)
• NEW: SkillSoft Topic of the Month: Conquering Conflict Through Communication
• Deeply Discounted Professional Development-Extended Through 2011

Wellness Initiative

• Healthy Food: Delicious and Fast (6/13)
• NEW: Wellness Initiative Website Summertime Tips and Articles
• NEW: Practices for Cultivating Healthy Relationships
• Tips on Starting a Department Wellness Activity
• Workplace Ergonomic Assessments Available Through Environmental Safety and Health

Save the Date

• Lunch in the Sun with the Professional Staff Senate (6/7)
• Webinar: Cybersecurity at UMBC (6/9)
• UMBC Athletic Department Annual Golf Outing (6/13)
• Welcome to UMBC! (9/15)
• NEW: Professional Development Day (9/22)

Kudos

• Superhero Ad Campaign and UMBC Magazine Win National CASE Awards

In the News

• Five Years after Paralyzing Accident, Matt Courson ’11 Walks across UMBC Commencement Stage
• Donald Norris, Public Policy, in the Baltimore Sun
• Ruppersberger Calls for Release of Missing Journalist Matthew VanDyke ’02
• Tom Beck, Kuhn Library Special Collections, on WYPR’s “Maryland Morning”
• Robert Neff, Geography and Environmental Systems, on Patch.com
• Kimberly Moffitt, American Studies, and Shawn Bediako, Psychology, on “The Marc Steiner Show”
• Ellen Handler Spitz, Visual Arts, in the New Republic
• UMBC Bookstore on Foreword Online