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Personal Assistant Job Scam

Prof. Bonner Does Not Want To Hire You

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has been notified that a scammer is sending out phishing emails claiming to offer an interim personal assistant job. Please note that this offer is...

Posted: February 2, 2021, 8:46 PM

PIVOT and the Student Evaluation of FA20 Courses

Training Associated with Higher SEEQs & Course Interactions

There is a statistically significant, positive relationship between a faculty member completing the Planning Instructional Variety in Online Teaching (PIVOT) training and elevated course-level...

Posted: February 2, 2021, 2:02 PM

Getting Help With Data, Analytics, and Reports

New and Improved!

Almost everyone has found themselves in a position where they need to ask a question, but aren’t sure who they should ask or how to ask it.  It can be frustrating (and inefficient) to ask several...

Posted: February 2, 2021, 12:54 PM

“HOME BASED INTERNSHIP” Job Scam

Fake Offer From A Real (Compromised) Account

Below is an example of a job scam email offering a fake internship opportunity. In the example below the name of the sender has been removed for privacy reasons. From: COMPROMISED ACCOUNT...

Posted: February 1, 2021, 1:25 PM

Impersonation Scam “UMBC Student Job”

Yes, The Offer Really IS To Good To Be True.

Below is an example of a job scam reported to the Department of Information Technology (DoIT). Please note that the name of the from address has been removed for privacy reasons. From:...

Posted: February 1, 2021, 11:53 AM

UMBC Administrative Assistant Job Scam Continues

Dr Deborah P. Webb Is NOT Offering You A Job

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) continues to receive reports of phishing emails claiming to offer a part-time job as an Administrative Assistant at UMBC’s Academic Success Center....

Posted: February 1, 2021, 11:21 AM

Free Half-Day Virtual Conference on Quality Matters on Feb 9

Gain insight into Active/Applied Research on Online Learning

Quality Matters is offering a free half-day conference on February 9, 2021, focused on research-supported best practices with takeaways to apply in your own work. Listen to experts from the QM...

Posted: February 1, 2021, 8:37 AM

DoIT Announces Instructional Technology Staffing Changes

Following Sherri Braxton’s departure as Senior Director of Instructional Technology, I am pleased to announce the following changes in staffing and assignments: Mariann Hawken (Manager of...

Posted: January 28, 2021, 2:49 PM

Take Downtime Completed: Update

To All Taki Users, The taki.rs.umbc.edu cluster environment remains online and accessible after this week's downtime. The following partitions are active and accessible via slurm jobs:...

Posted: January 27, 2021, 9:27 PM

Taki Downtime Completed

To All Taki Users, The taki.rs.umbc.edu cluster is now back online. User node taki-usr1 is available for users to access the cluster environment. The batch, interactive, and high_mem...

Posted: January 26, 2021, 7:12 PM