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Upcoming BFSA Meetings
2nd Tuesday
May 12th, 2009
BFSA Board Meeting
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 for the BFSA Career Symposium at 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm in the Nyumburu Cultural Center's Multi Purpose room.
4th Tuesday
May 26th, 2009
BFSA General Body Meeting
2nd Tuesday
June 9th, 2009
BFSA Board Meeting
4th Tuesday
June 23th, 2009
BFSA General Body Meeting
2nd Tuesday
July 14th, 2009
BFSA Board Meeting
4th Tuesday
July 28th, 2009
BFSA General Body Meeting
2nd Tuesday
August 11th, 2009
BFSA Board Meeting
4th Tuesday
August 25th, 2009
BFSA General Body Meeting
2nd Tuesday
September 8th, 2009
BFSA Board Meeting
4th Tuesday
September 22nd, 2009
BFSA General Body Meeting
2nd Tuesday
October 13th, 2009
BFSA Board Meeting
4th Tuesday
October 27th, 2009
BFSA General Body Meeting
2nd Tuesday
November 10th, 2009
BFSA Board Meeting
4th Tuesday
November 24th, 2009
BFSA General Body Meeting
2nd Tuesday
December 8th, 2009
BFSA Board Meeting
4th Tuesday
December 22nd, 2009
BFSA General Body Meeting
Harvard University Announcement
Harvard University announced that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition. In making the announcement, Harvard’s president Lawrence H. Summers said, “When only ten percent of the students in elite higher education come from families in the lower half of the income distribution, we are not doing enough. We are not doing enough in bringing elite higher education to the lower half of the income distribution.”
If you know of a family earning less than $60,000 a year with an honor student graduating from high school soon, Harvard University wants to pay the tuition. The prestigious university recently announced that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families can go to Harvard for free… no tuition and no student loans!
To find out more about Harvard offering free tuition for families making less than $60,000 a year, visit Harvard’s financial aid website at:
http://www.fao.fas.harvard.edu/
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PRESIDENTS CORNER
Dear Colleagues\Graduate Students:
It is so exciting to serve as your Black Faculty and Staff Association (BFSA) President (2008-2010) here at the University of Maryland. I will continue the ongoing tradition of commitment to excellence at all levels. We as citizens of the UM and change agents should continue to seek answers to complex academic and societal challenges that face us every day.However, in order to achieve our goals and realize our true potential, the organization must be financially sound. That is why I ask that members and potential members submit your annual dues of twenty dollars ($20.00) for July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009. You may also pay additional dues for additional years of membership or make a generous contribution to the organization. A copy of the membership form is here for your convenience.
Dues may be payable by check or money order to the: Black Faculty and Staff Association
Assistant Treasurer – Tina Lorick, Business Manager, Nyumburu Cultural Center
301- 314-0343 vlorick@umd.edu
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The department of American Studies and the department of Anthropology are discontinuing all of their Native American courses due to lack of funding.
If we lose these courses there will be NO courses at the University that specifically focus on Native American culture and history. The American Indian Student Union (AISU) is trying to get the Provost Office to give additional funds to the departments so they can reinstate these valuable courses. But we need student support to make it happen.
At the next General Body Meeting (Tuesday, April 21st) we will be specifically addressing what you can do to help save these courses. But in the meantime please show your support by signing the petition below:
http://www.petitiononline.com/UMDAISU/petition.html
It takes only about 30 seconds and will help us show student support for these courses.
Dear Members of the Campus Community,
The University of Maryland has one of the best systems of shared campus governance in the country. Many faculty, staff, and students have served on University Senate committees and have worked hard to make shared governance a reality on this campus. The business of the Senate is conducted in the standing committees where a wide range of issues and policies are analyzed
thoughtfully. Because of the careful work of its committees, the Senate can provide informed advice to the President on University policies, procedures
and other matters of importance. Each year, the University Senate issues a campus-wide call to faculty, staff and students and asks them to express an
interest and preference for committee service.
Please consider volunteering for 2009-2010 committee service by completing our online format: http://www.senate.umd.edu/committees/. Just click on "Volunteer For a Committee".
A complete list of all Senate committees and additional information about
the work of each committee can also be found at:
http://www.senate.umd.edu/committees/.
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Your immediate support of this project will help to close out our Books for Northern Uganda Campaign and tangibly contribute to the empowerment of war-affected children and youth in Northern Uganda by providing the books needed for their classrooms and libraries.
You can make a direct donation on Pay Pal by going to the link directly listed below:
https://www.booksforafrica.org/donate/to-project.html?projectId=4
1. Please make your tax deductible check payable to: Books for Africa
2. Please note on the memo part of the check the following:
UMECS/Nyumburu Books for Schools in Northern Uganda
3. Please send your check to:
Nyumburu Cultural Center
Nyumburu Building #232, Suite 1120
ATTN: Solomon Comissiong College Park, MD 20742
Office of Research Training and Minority Health attend diversity student meetings to talk with students in the sciences from the undergraduate through postdoctoral level. We provide information on research training and funding opportunities and health information on diseases of the heart,
lungs, and blood, and sleep disorders.
By the way, NIH/NHLBI and other institutes at the NIH has just announced 2 new funding mechanisms using stimulus funding. If you know of any science instructors or science students that might be interested please share the url below with them:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/recovery/supplements.html.
Also, our eMentoring site is now up and running. Please share the url below with any science students that might be interested in mentoring with
an NHLBI sponsored investigator.
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Committee Reports
Position Title: Undergraduate Coordinator, Department of Family Science
Category: Exempt Staff, full-time Position Number: 106051
Description: The Undergraduate Coordinator reports to the Chair of the Family Science Department and serves as the department’s principal undergraduate advisor. Family Science has 14 full-time faculty, more than 350 undergraduate majors, and 55 Master’s and Ph.D. students.
Responsibilities:
• Serves as the principal undergraduate advisor for the Department of Family Science.
• Conducts undergraduate recruitment activities, new student orientations, benchmark reviews of student coursework, senior audits, and graduation clearances.
• Maintains student records; manages weekly list-serve; prepares recruitment materials, website articles, and reports using departmental and university data.
• Screens/approves applications for internships; teaches seminar component of FMSC 477 seminar, Internship and Analysis in Family Science.
• Organizes undergraduate events, including undergraduate research, internship, career, and graduate school programs.
• Serves as liaison on advising to internal/external constituencies, including students, parents, school administrators, faculty, alumni, employers, community internship agencies, and others.
• Educates faculty advisors about academic requirements/policies and monitors faculty advising/mentoring; recommends procedures to improve advising operations.
• Serves on Family Science Undergraduate Committee and School of Public Health Coordinators and Undergraduate Awards Committees.
• Assists with scheduling and other duties assigned by Chair.
Qualifications (minimum):
• Bachelor’s required, prefer Master’s degree in student personnel/student affairs, family Science, or related discipline; • At least one year of experience working with college-age youth; • Excellent organizational, communication, program planning, and interpersonal skills; and • Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite programs and database management skills.
Salary: Approximately $40,000
Position Available: Immediately
Applications: For best consideration, apply by 5/4/09. Submit application, consisting of cover letter, resume, names of 2-3 professional references, and 2 writing samples via email to fmsc@umd.edu.
The University of Maryland is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
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