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Spring 2014 Humanities Forum

The James T. and Virginia M. Dresher Center for the Humanities supports and promotes research in the humanities at UMBC, in the Baltimore region, and beyond. With its Humanities Forum, it seeks to...

Posted: February 6, 2014, 2:47 PM

2014 Summer Study Abroad Program to Ghana, West Africa

Call for applicants

UMBC’s Department of Africana Studies invites you to join us for our 2014 SUMMER STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM TO GHANA, WEST AFRICA Understanding Culture and Politics in Ghana July 6 – August 4, 2014 THE...

Posted: February 6, 2014, 2:35 PM

Congrats Abby Fanara '12 MCS!

Abby Fanara '12 MCS, has had her article "A Diamond is Forever: The Creation of a Tradition," which developed from her senior seminar paper, accepted into The UMBC Review. It will come out in...

Posted: February 4, 2014, 4:50 PM

Congrats, Achsah Joseph '12 MCS/INDS!

Congratulations to Achsah Joseph '12 MCS/INDS, who has recently been hired as a Communications Specialist in UMBC's Office of Institutional Advancement.  Welcome "home" Achsah!

Posted: February 4, 2014, 4:44 PM

INDS alumni turned Communications Specialist

Welcome home, Achsah!

Achsah Joseph, May 2012 graduate, "Genocide, Human Rights, and International Diplomacy", is now employed at UMBC in the Office of Institutional Advancement! As an undergraduate, Achsah was a...

Posted: February 4, 2014, 1:07 PM

Ecomuseums 2014: 2nd Call for Papers

2nd CALL FOR PAPERS / CALL FOR PANELS PROPOSALS 28 February 2014 ECOMUSEUMS 2014 2nd International Conference on Ecomuseums, Community Museums and Living Communities...

Posted: February 4, 2014, 11:05 AM

INDS alumni takes a Round-The-World Cruise

Yohka Tanaka sets sail on the Peace Boat!

INDS alumni Yohka Tanaka has landed a great new job as interpreter aboard the "Peace Boat", a Japan-based international non-governmental and non-profit organization that works to promote peace,...

Posted: February 4, 2014, 10:21 AM

Developing Your Elevator Speech

Check out this great resource Dr. Snyder is using in 404: http://careerservices.wvu.edu/students/build-it/interviewing/developing-your-elevator-speech

Posted: February 3, 2014, 1:09 PM

CFP: Georgetown English GSA Conference

Please consider the upcoming interdisciplinary humanities conference hosted by the Georgetown English Graduate Student Association. The attached flyer contains all necessary information. This...

Posted: February 3, 2014, 9:52 AM