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UMBC making an international impact in TESOL!

TESOL's massive open online course (MOOC) on English teaching methodology is now live with 12,944 students enrolled worldwide! UMBC’s TESOL Professional Training Programs (TPTP), in collaboration...

Posted: February 11, 2020, 9:02 AM

Laura Bassi Scholarship for Editorial Assistance

Application Deadline: March 25, 2020

The Laura Bassi Scholarship,which awards a total of $8,000 three times a year, was established by Editing Press in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior...

Posted: February 11, 2020, 8:54 AM

Race for Profit: Keeanga-Yamahta Taylor Lecture, Feb. 13

Join us next week for the UMBC Daphne Harrison Lecture with Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Assistant Professor of African American Studies, Princeton University. Her talk is titled "Race for Profit: How...

Posted: February 7, 2020, 1:56 PM

Sherman STEM Student Teacher, Lydia Coley, Making UMBC News!

A Day in the Life of a Student Teacher

Sherman STEM Teacher Scholar Lydia Coley was recently featured in the UMBC Magazine, A Day in the Life of a Student Teacher.  If you're curious what student teaching may look like for you, this...

Posted: February 7, 2020, 9:55 AM

Language Advocacy Day2020

Where in the world is Dr. Hult?

As part of Language Advocacy Day  Professor Francis Hult along with a delegation of language professionals from Maryland met with staff from Senators Cardin and Van Hollen's offices on Capitol...

Posted: February 7, 2020, 9:11 AM

Mary Washington Mayoral Campaign

Recruiting Interns

Hey Political Science Students, The Mayoral Campaign for Mary Washington is looking for interns that can dedicate their time to her campaign efforts. Duties include phone-banking, canvassing,...

Posted: February 6, 2020, 3:22 PM

Free Pizza - Join Asian Studies Council of Majors (ASCOM)

Friday, February 7, 2020 Fine Arts 558 South Noon - 1 p.m.

Please join ASCOM tomorrow from noon until 1 p.m. "The meeting will be a general meeting where we discuss what ASCOM is, the officers, the resources we provide, and what we do during a...

Posted: February 6, 2020, 1:05 PM

Professor Gloria Chuku Publishes New Journal Article

Afrika Zamani 26 (2018): 77-107

Professor Gloria Chuku, Chair of the Department of Africana Studies, publishes a new article, "Youth Activism and Ethnic Violence in Nigeria: From Decolonization to the Nigeria-Biafra War, in the...

Posted: February 6, 2020, 10:48 AM

Fulbright Opportunity for U.S. Teachers

Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program

"IREX is accepting applications for the 2020-2021 Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Program.  The Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms (Fulbright TGC) Program is a yearlong...

Posted: February 6, 2020, 10:04 AM

Inscription: The Journal of Material Text

Open Call for contributions for first edition of new journal

Inscription is an innovative new peer-reviewed journal which addresses the theme of the material text from a range of perspectives, bringing together the critical, historical, theoretical and...

Posted: February 5, 2020, 3:20 PM