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Welcome Sophia Haire, New Turning Technologies Intern!

New Turning Technologies Intern Hired

Sophia Haire has joined the Instructional Technology team as the new Turning Technologies Clicker Intern for the Spring 2017 semester. Sophia is a senior Center for Women in Technology (CWIT)...

Posted: February 15, 2017, 8:50 AM

“Technology Support Center, This is Saiful Islam Speaking”

Meet one of the many students working at the TSC

Located on the first floor of the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery, The Technology Support Center (TSC) is the first stop in assisting the UMBC community with technology questions and requests....

Posted: February 13, 2017, 10:07 AM

Job Offer Scam

Personal Assistant Job Offer is a Fraudulent Check Scam

We have received complaints about people receiving fraudulent job offer emails from con-artists.  In some of the job offers, the con-artist offers to pay $200 weekly for running errands,...

Posted: February 13, 2017, 8:57 AM

Predicting and Supporting Student Success

Importance of the Blackboard Grade Center

Update from 2/1/18 Blackboard Analytics Symposium: Using Bb Predict and UMBC's FYI alert program together is more accurate than using either service alone....

Posted: February 10, 2017, 4:08 PM

Come Fly With Me: Goabroad Makes it Easy to Study Abroad

Study Abroad Office and DoIT Launch New Tool for Students

16 years ago, the Study Abroad Office (SAO) had a simple software tool called FileMaker Pro to track study abroad requests. However, many of the ‘features’ the tool could not adequately match the...

Posted: February 10, 2017, 6:54 AM