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URecFit 
URecFit at the SMC Campus Center is closed today, Thursday, Nov. 22 and Friday, Nov. 23.
URecFit at the BioPark will be closed Thursday, Nov. 22. BioPark will be open Friday, Nov. 23.
For more information please visit the website or email URecFit.
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Lexington Market is on Facebook
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School of Social Work
This year, the UM School of Social Work launched new community building initiatives at Lexington Market. The school has dedicated a Master of Social Work student through May 2013 to implement the Market's social media strategy and to activate dead space around the facility.
In an effort to increase outreach to the UM campus, please like us on Facebook and complete our short survey.
Current UM students who have liked the page and completed the survey will be chosen at random to receive a gift certificate to use at any of the vendors in the Market. We look forward to your support and feedback.
For more information please email Casey Brent.
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Online Writing Consultations
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Writing Center 
Would you like to visit the Writing Center but are rarely on campus? The Writing Center now offers web-based writing consultations.
For more information please visit the website.
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Kill a Watt: An Energy Assessment How To
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UM Go Green and Wellness Hub
 Monday, Nov. 26
Noon - 1 p.m.
SMC Campus Center, Green Room
How can we reduce our energy consumption at work and at home? Baltimore Energy Challenge has a few ideas. Come out to this workshop and start saving energy and money.
For more information, please visit the website or
email Tracy Gnadinger.
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Political Standpoint of HIV/AIDS and Treatment Gaps
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Interprofessional Student Learning and Service Initiatives (ISLSI) Monday, Nov. 26
Noon - 1 p.m.
School of Pharmacy, N103
Dr. Neha Sheth Pandit (SOP) and Alexandra Allie Reitz (JACQUES Initiative of the Institute of Human Virology, UMB - SOM), will lead a discussion on the often-veiled political standpoint of HIV/AIDS in the community and existing treatment gaps for patient populations.
Lunch is provided.
For more information, please visit the website or email ISLSI.
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World AIDS Day Week: Forum - HIV/AIDS in the Elderly
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Interprofessional Student Learning and Service Initiatives (ISLSI) Monday, Nov. 26
1 - 1:50 p.m.
School of Pharmacy, N103
Anna Fowlkes will be providing an educational seminar concerning HIV/AIDS in the elderly population.
For more information, please visit the website or email ISLSI.
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World AIDS Day Week: Deepsouth Documentary
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Interprofessional Student Learning and Service Initiatives (ISLSI)  Monday, Nov. 26
5:30 - 8 p.m.
SMC Campus Center, Ballrooms
In association with World AIDS day we will be offering a movie screening and Q&A with the director of Deepsouth, a documentary that follows four individuals as they redefine southern values.
For more information, please visit the website or
email ISLSI.
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Study Strategies for Finals
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Educational Support and Disability Services
 Tuesday, Nov. 27
Noon - 1 p.m.
SMC Campus Center, Room 351
Do finals make you nervous? Are you feeling a bit unsure of the best way to tackle this hyped up study time? Join us for an interactive workshop that provides effective study strategies for final exams.
For more information, please visit the website or email Deb Levi.
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Moveable Feast Volunteers Needed
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Interprofessional Student Learning and Service Initiatives (ISLSI) and Student Section of Maryland Public Health Association (SMdPHA) 
Wednesday, Nov. 28
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
901 N. Milton Ave., Baltimore, MD 21203
>> Please fill out the volunteer interest survey
How can you give back to your community? Volunteer at the Moveable Feast. Volunteers will prepare meals in the Moveable Feast kitchen for individuals diagnosed with HIV or AIDS.
For more information email ISLSI.
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American Indian Heritage Month:
Two Spirit Then and Now: Restoring Our Place of Honor
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Interprofessional Student Learning and Service Initiatives (ISLSI) 
Wednesday, Nov. 28
5 - 7 p.m.
SMC Campus Center, Room 351
>>Please RSVP
Come join speaker Harlan Pruden, co-founder of the Northeast Two-Spirit Society in New York City, as he explains Native and two-spirit approaches to gender and sexuality both historic and contemporary.
Refreshments provided.
For more information please visit the website or email ISLSI.
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World AIDS Day Week: Chili Cookoff Fundraiser
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Interprofessional Student Learning and Service Initiatives (ISLSI) 
Wednesday, Nov. 27
11 a.m - 2 p.m.
School of Pharmacy, Atrium
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World AIDS Day: Facing AIDS Photo Campaign
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Interprofessional Student Learning and Service Initiatives (ISLSI) 
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
School of Pharmacy, Atrium
Friday, Nov. 30
11 a.m. - 4 p.m
SMC Campus Center,1st Floor Floor Fireplace Lounge
Faculty, staff, students, and community members are encouraged to be part of a national campaign to reduce stigma and share why and how they are facing AIDS. In support of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, there will be an interactive photo booth to carry out this awareness building activity.
For more information please visit the website or email ISLSI.
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How to Set and Achieve Healthy Lifestyle Goals
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Wellness Hub 
Thursday, Nov. 29
Noon - 1 p.m.
SMC Campus Center, Room 311
Most of us already know what we need to do to be healthier, but we can struggle with translating knowledge into action. This workshop, offered by Michelle Pearce, PhD, from the Center for Integrative Medicine, will teach helpful strategies to make and achieve healthy lifestyle goals.
For more information please visit the website or email Hillary Edwards.
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Interprofessional Student Learning and Service Initiatives (ISLSI) 
Thursday, Nov. 29
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
School of Nursing Courtyard
Rain Location: SMC Campus Center, 1st Floor
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World AIDS Day Week: TrHIVia Night
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Interprofessional Student Learning and Service Initiatives (ISLSI) 
Thursday, Nov. 29
5 - 8 p.m.
Frank & Nic's West End Grille, 511 West Pratt St.
Come join us for HIV trivia night! Enjoy good company, food, and trivia. Prizes for the winning team!
For more information please visit the website or email ISLSI.
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World AIDS Day Volunteers Needed
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Interprofessional Student Learning and Service Initiatives (ISLSI)
Friday, Nov. 30
10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
SMC Campus Center
>>Please sign up here
The AIDS crisis is not over-act now by volunteering with the office of ISLSI and JAQUES initiative for World AIDS Day. Volunteers duties range from assisting with HIV testing to acting as greeters.
For more information email ISLSI.
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Confidential HIV Testing and Care Services
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JACQUES Initiative 
Friday, Nov. 30
11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
SMC Campus Center, 3rd Floor
Trained volunteers and staff from JACQUES Initiative will provide free HIV testing. Testing is open to UM students, faculty, staff and community members.
For more information please visit the website or email ISLSI.
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World AIDS Day: HIV Lunch and Learn Session
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Interprofessional Student Learning and Service Initiatives (IS LSI)
Friday, Nov. 30
Noon - 1 p.m.
SMC Campus Center, Ballroom B
UM Students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend this Lunch and Learn session. The role of the current and emerging professional in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy will be discussed in an interdisciplinary and interactive format. Facilitators will provide local context about the current HIV epidemic here in Baltimore.
For more information please visit the website or email ISLSI.
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World AIDS Day: Resource & Involvement Fair
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Interprofessional Student Learning and Service Initiatives (IS LSI)
Friday, Nov. 30
Noon - 2 p.m.
SMC Campus Center, 1st Floor Fireplace Lounge
This fair will include information on HIV and AIDS, linkage to service, and ways to get involved. This will also be the site for the Facing AIDS photo campaign and registrations for the UM Living Ribbon.
For more information please visit the website or email ISLSI.
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World AIDS Day Week: HIV/AIDS and Mental Disabilities
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Interprofessional Student Learning and Service Initiatives (IS  LSI)
Friday, Nov. 30
1 - 1:50 p.m.
School of Pharmacy, N111
Dr. Heather Free will be discussing working in a clinical setting with patients living with HIV/AIDS who also have mental disabilities.
For more information please visit the web or email ISLSI.
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World AIDS Day Human/Living Ribbon
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Interprofessional Student Learning and Service Initiatives  (ISLSI)
Friday, Nov. 30
Ribbon formation: 12:45 p.m. andPicture: 1 p.m.
School of Nursing Courtyard
Join us to celebrate World AIDS Day in the School of Nursing Courtyard as we form a living ribbon. Disposable red ponchos will be provided for portrait taking.
To express interest in this event, or for more information email ISLSI.
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Student Counseling Center
 Mondays, now - Dec. 3, 2012
5:15 - 6:45 p.m.
Want to better understand yourself and how you relate to other people? Join the Understanding Self and Others Group! The Student Counseling Center offers a confidential group led by a psychologist. It's an opportunity to give and receive help with other students going through similar problems.
For more information or event location please email Jenna Silverman
or call 410-328-8404.
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Fitness Fever Interest Meeting
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URec Fit
 Wednesday, Dec. 5
5 p.m.
SMC Campus Center, Room 351
Join us for an interest meeting for Fitness Fever, an 8-week program intended to assist participants with weight loss and to adopt a healthier lifestyle.
For more information please email Eric Barron.
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USAD Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration | |
United Students of African Descent
 Thursday, Dec. 6
6 p.m.
SMC Campus Center, Room 349
Join us as we go over the seven principles, symbols and meaning of Kwanzaa. This event is USGA co-sponsored.
Food will be served.
For more information please email Suzanne Grey. |
UM Handmade and Homemade Holiday Craft Fair | |
University Events
 Friday, Dec. 7
11 a.m - 2:30 p.m.
SMC Campus Center, 2nd Floor
Interested in arts and craft? Support your fellow UM students, staff, faculty, and friends by checking out some great holiday gifts including holiday-themed merchandise, jewelry, greeting cards, hand-painted items, gourmet sweet treats, home accessories, and more!
For more information please email Holly Bowman. |
Joint Call For Auditions: "For Colored Girls" and "Vagina Monologues"
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Interprofessional Student Learning and Service Initiatives (ISLSI)
 Monday, Dec. 10
5-7 p.m. or by an appointment
SMC Campus Center, Room 351
Interested in showing off your acting skills? ISLSI is holding joint auditions for the plays "For Colored Girls who Have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf" and the "Vagina Monologues."
Sign up for auditions here or email Alexis McClellan.
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Would you like to be a SUPER Liaison? | |
Students United for Policy, Education, and Research (SUPER )
SUPER members educate themselves and others on health care research and health policy issues. We are looking for liaisons to help SUPER maximize its reach within the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, and Social Work.
If you are a student in the above-mentioned schools and are interested in serving as a liaison, contact Karen Reider. |
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URecFit
Are you a racquetball enthusiast or know someone who is? URecFit is looking for racquetball instructors to teach beginner clinics. Applicants do not need to be University employees or students. Clinic times are flexible.
For more information please email Anna Roskowinski. |
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CompassionKnit
 Mondays
5 p.m.
SMC Campus Center, 1st Floor Fireplace Lounge
Compassion Knit is a student-led organization which strives to meet some of the basic material needs of the local community by donating homemade projects to those in need. You do not need to know how to knit,crochet, or have materials to participate in the group.
For more information please email Lesa Holleman.
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First Campus-Wide Asian Christian Group
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Worthy Life Christian Fellowship
Every Friday
6:30 p.m.
Dental School, Room G305
Are you a Christian? Join students from different UM
schools in Bible study and fellowship.
Dinner will be provided
For more information please email Joon Yim.
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ABAE
 Saturdays
10 a.m. - Noon
Pharmacy Hall, 2nd Floor
Come tutor high school and middle school students on Saturday mornings with ABAE!
Breakfast will be provided at 9:45 a.m.
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URecFit 
URecFit has started a Sport Club program open to all students and URecFit members. Start a club to practice with your friends, and even compete with area schools. Clubs are open to anyone!
For more information please visit the website or email Anna Roskowinski.
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Free Fall Workshops at the HS/HSL
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Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HS/HSL)
 Tuesdays and Wednesdays
Click here for the Fall 2012 Workshop Schedule
The HS/HSL will be offering a variety of free workshops throughout the fall semester. Topics covered include citation management system RefWorks, Grant Proposal Writing, and database searching classes including CINAHL and PubMed.
Workshops are free of charge to UM faculty, staff and students; UMMC staff; and HS/HSL Corporate Members.
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URecFit 
Continuous- every month
SMC Campus Center, URecFit
Each time you come to workout at URecFit, fill out a ticket for a chance to win various prizes.
For more information please email Meghan Bruce-Bojo.
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