May 2012 Archives

The UMUC Library joins the rest of the nation this Memorial Day in remembering our military men and women who have given their lives for our country.

The government Web site USA.gov has an excellent information portal for Memorial Day, including personal stories from the Veterans History Project and ways to support our troops.

Have a safe, fun, and meaningful Memorial Day weekend, everyone!

Anyone involved in distance learning should occasionally take a break from the computer screen to enjoy some good old-fashioned athletic fun.

UMUC alumni, staff, students, faculty, and friends can participate in the Virtual Dragons dragon-boat crew and the Tigers softball team. Staff and alumni can even take the UMUC Bowling Challenge.

Join a team and join the fun!

Beloved children's book author Maurice Sendak has passed away at age 83. Here is a tribute to his life and work, in the New York Times.

A small measure of Sendak's prominence in the literary landscape can be seen by doing a quick search on his name in UMUC Library OneSearch: numerous interviews, biographies, book reviews, and critical interpretations of his work have been published and are available through the library.

Maurice Sendak will be missed by children of all ages! Luckily, we will always have his books.

Image source: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/maurice-sendak/about-maurice-sendak/701/

The following UMUC students claimed top prizes in the 5th Annual UMUC Social Science Essay Contest!

(Click on an essay title to read the essay in the UMUC Digital Repository.)

1st Prize
Giles Oji
"Benefits and Implications of Globalization and Post Modernization on the Operations of Multinational corporations in the United States and Abroad"

2nd Prize
Kelly Hurn
"Madagascar and Globalization: Take the Good with the Bad?"

3rd Prize
Megan Kluge
"Childhood Obesity: Relationship to Fast Food"

The essay contest is open to all UMUC students and invites them to demonstrate their social science knowledge and critical thinking skills. Essays must examine a contemporary social problem or issue and analyze it from a theoretical perspective or approach of one or more disciplines in the social sciences.

A panel of UMUC faculty chooses the winning essays. This year's winners received the following prizes:

First place: A student membership in the academic organization of his or her choice (up to $100), a plaque and a $100 prize
Second place: Social science book(s), a certificate and a $50 prize
Third place: Social science book(s), a certificate and a $25 prize
 
The contest is proudly sponsored by Maryland Theta, UMUC's chapter of Pi Gamma Mu, the International Honor Society for the Social Sciences. The winning authors are encouraged to submit their essays to Pi Gamma Mu's flagship journal, International Social Science Review, for publication.

The Library joins the entire UMUC community in congratulating this year's winners!