Space Still Available for All Remaining Weeks of UMBC’s Summer Day Camp

Visit us at www.umbc.edu/athletics/Recreation/DayCamp for more details.

Decorated Player and Coach Ray Martin Added to Men’s Basketball Staff

Ray Martin has been named assistant men’s basketball coach at UMBC, head coach Randy Monroe announced today.

Martin has spent over three decades in the coaching profession and comes to the Retriever program after a four-year stint as an assistant coach and assistant head coach at North Carolina Central University.

Read the complete press release on umbcretrievers.com.

Stan VanDerBeek, Former Chair of Visual Arts, Profiled on NPR

Stan VanDerBeek (1927-1984), a major figure in 20th century filmmaking and former chair of Visual Arts at UMBC, is the subject of a major retrospective at the Contemporary Museum of Arts in Houston. NPR profiled VanDerBeek and the exhibition on Sunday, July 10.

Lisa Moren, Visual Arts, Featured in Compression|Expansion

Above: Lisa Moren, “Gulf Oil, Marbeled Paper 2,” 2010

Lisa Moren, associate professor of visual arts, is featured in Compression|Expansion, a group exhibition at the Gormley Gallery, Fourier Hall, on the campus of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. The show is an Artscape off-site exhibition and will run July 9-30, 2011. More information is available at http://www.ndm.edu/campuslife/GormleyGallery/.

“For All the World to See” in the News

“For All the World to See,” an exhibition curated by UMBC research professor Maurice Berger and organized by the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture in partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, continues to receive accolades in the media, including CNN, Washington Express, and the Washington Examiner. The exhibition is currently on display at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History and can be seen there through November 27.

Roadwork on 695 to Begin This Summer

Beginning later this summer, the State Highway Administration (SHA) will be replace the 55-year old bridge carrying the four northbound lanes of I-695 (Beltway Inner Loop) over Wilkens Avenue (MD 372).

Additional work includes upgrading roadway lighting in the interchange area to enhance safety, adding lighting under the bridge and widening a small portion of Wilkens Avenue for bicycle compatibility. During construction, SHA will close and detour ramps from the Inner Loop of I-695 to Wilkens Avenue. However, all four existing through lanes on the I-695 Inner Loop, two existing through lanes on Wilkens Avenue and access from I-695 to Wilkens Avenue within the interchange will be maintained at peak travel times. Construction will continue through 2012.

The SHA will hold an informal meeting to discuss the project and answer any questions. The details of the meeting are as follows:

When: Wednesday, July 13, 5:30-7 p.m. Citizens may arrive at any time to view project display boards at their own pace and speak with project representatives; there is no formal presentation.

Where: Halethorpe Elementary School Cafeteria, 4300 Maple Avenue, Baltimore MD 21227

Why: The I-695 Inner Loop bridge over Wilkens Avenue, built in 1956 and widened in 1963, is one of several bridges that SHA is addressing under its interstate system preservation program. Most of the bridges along I-695 are more than 50 years old, dating back to the original construction of the Baltimore Beltway. SHA is replacing the Charles Street bridge over I-695, the I-695 Inner and Outer Loop bridges over Liberty Road and the Frederick Road bridge over I-695. SHA replaced the I-695 Outer Loop bridge over Wilkens Avenue in 2004 as part of its project to widen the Outer Loop to four lanes. The new Inner Loop bridge will have the same design and appearance as the 2004 Outer Loop bridge.

The SHA’s website is www.roads.maryland.gov.

An Introduction to The Alexander Technique (9/27)

Learn an innovative method that you can practice anywhere and that can relieve stress, provide relief from chronic neck and back pain, allow for improved coordination, flexibility and balance and give you stronger postural and breath support. The Alexander Technique is an educational practice that restores your natural poise, coordination, and ease of movement. As a student of the technique you become a refined observer of the habits that prevent you from moving comfortably, and you learn a specific process by which you can consciously change those habits so that moving becomes pleasurable.

The workshop will be Tuesday, September 27, 1-4:30 p.m., in the University Center, Room 312.

Register by Monday, September 19, at umbc.edu/training.

Get a flyer with details at umbc.edu/hr/T&OD/schedule.htm.

SkillSoft e-Learning Upgrades to Flash 10

SkillSoft is enhancing its collection of courseware and video assets to take advantage of new features that are available in Adobe Flash 10. Please be advised that SkillSoft will officially discontinue qualifying Adobe Flash versions older than 8.0 as of November 1, 2011. Please upgrade to version 10 or higher before this date.

Set Your Goals + Manage Your Time = Success! (10/26)

Do you want to develop professional and personal goals you can really achieve? Would you like to know the most effective time management strategies to help you to reach your goals? In this interactive workshop, you will learn how to set achievable goals for professional or personal success, choose time management strategies to advance your goal achievement, monitor progress and adjust goals as needed and learn stress management strategies that enhance time management and goal achievement.

The workshop will be Wednesday, October 26, 10 a.m.-noon, in the University Center, Room 312.

Register by Tuesday, October 18, at umbc.edu/training.

Get a flyer with details at umbc.edu/hr/T&OD/schedule.htm.

Optimizing Work: Ways to Save Time and Effort (10/7)

In these challenging times, many of us are experiencing greater workload demands and it is increasingly difficult to continue doing work in the same way. We need to look at our work with a fresh perspective and creatively find ways to do things more efficiently. Our leaders are the key players who can make this happen.

People in leadership roles will learn:

• How to lead by initiating and facilitating improvement conversations
• How to inspire others to implement changes
• What questions to ask
• How to identify some immediate areas for rethinking how the work gets done
• Clear tips on how to make work processes and procedures more efficient
• Ways to cultivate the support needed for changes to be successful

This workshop provides a clear model and accompanying tools for looking at how work gets done and how it can be changed to address the challenges we’re facing today. This program offers you a quick return on your time invested – it provides you with tools and techniques for saving time and effort that you can immediately begin putting into practice.

The workshop will be Friday, October 7, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., in the University Center, Room 312.

Register by Thursday, September 22, at umbc.edu/training.

Get a flyer with details at umbc.edu/hr/T&OD/schedule.htm