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How to celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage Month
Are you wondering how you should celebrate? Check this out!!
This article provides you with 10 different ways you should spend this exciting Asian Pacific Heritage Month. Try it!!http://www.wikihow.com/Celebrate-Asian-Pacific-American-Heritage-Month
MIT Delivers 1000 Tablets to Ethiopian Children
With no instructions. In 5 months, taught themselves English
MIT's One Laptop per Child Program (OLPC) decided to deliver boxes of tablets to two illiterate villages in Ethiopia, taped shut, with no instructions whatsoever. (from dvice.com)"We left the...
6th Korenman Lecture : The Fracking of Rachel Carson
Mon April 29th @ 4PM, AOK Library 7th Floor
Join us for the 6th Korenman lecture, hosted by Gender + Women's StudiesDr. Sandra Steingraber, ecologist and cancer survivor, speaks out on the public health threat posed by fracking. What have...
UMBC Earth Day Fair a Success!
April 17, 2013 in The Commons
Check out more photos from Earth Day Fair : https://plus.google.com/photos/114696235808252927304/albums/5868190081106323665
The Danger of A Single Story
TED Talk : Chimamanda Adichie
Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical...
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Be there, be aware
UMBC's Office of Health Education at UHS andWomen's Center invite you to attend various events throughout the month! As some are familiar with, April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. As sexual...
Volunteers Needed! @ The Service Learning & Civic Engagement
On Saturday, April 6th, 2013, UMBC, the Baltimore Collegetown Network, andMaryland-DC Campus Compact, along with many other area colleges anduniversities, are partnering to present this unique...
Women's History Month Timeline & Diversity Facts
Significant dates in women history & major historic figures
Here's an interesting  article on National Women's History Month   http://www.diversityinc.rsvp1.com/facts/womens-history-month-facts/
16-Year-Old White Girl Poses in ‘African Queen’ Editorial
Beautiful As You Are
Controversial tactics for female models in America today. Check out this article about Ondria Hardin, a white, sixteen-year-old model whose skin was painted so she could pose as an 'African Queen'...
Scholarship Opportunities For Returning Students
Are you a student over the age of 25?Do you have 60 credits?
Here is a great opportunity for students who have answered 'yes' to both questions in the tagline. You can apply for the Newcombe scholarship as well as the Bryson Neville scholarship....

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