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NSCM eUpdate March 16, 2021
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DID YOU KNOW
The Women's and Gender Studies program has three events coming up in celebrating of Women's History Month?
These events include:
For more information, please contact Maria Santana, Director of the Women's and Gender Studies Program.
Now you know!
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Textbook Adoption — Submittal Updates and Deadline
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The fall 2021 textbook submittal deadline is April 30, 2021.
This timeline will support compliance with state regulations and ensure that the UCF bookstore can provide as many options as possible for students, including new and used books in a variety of formats for purchase and rent.
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Q&A Session for Faculty & Staff Campaign
Hitting the half-way point through the Faculty & Staff Campaign, The College of Sciences will be hosting a Q&A session to answer any questions or concerns.
The meeting will be held this Friday, March 19 from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Contact Amber Spiotti at amber.spiotti@ucf.edu with any questions or concerns.
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Seminar Series in Community-Engaged Scholarship
Thomas A. Bryer, Program Director, Office of Downtown Community-Engaged Scholarship, has organized a seminar series on community-engaged scholarship. To register for any or all, please visit: https://lu.ma/UCFEngagedScholarLectures
All sessions are at 12pm on the date listed. Here is the full list of sessions:
- March 9, 2021: Marisol Morales, EdD, Vice President for Network Leadership, Campus Compact -- TOPIC: Engaging Sameness: Latinx Students & Community Engagement
- March 23, 2021: Randy Stoecker, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Community and Environmental Sociology, University of Wisconsin — TOPIC: A Community Development Model of Higher Education Community Engagement
- April 6, 2021: Del Bharath, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science, Savannah State University -- TOPIC: TBA
- April 13, 2021: Samory Pruitt, Ph.D., Vice President for Community Affairs, The University of Alabama -- TOPIC: The 4Rs: A Theoretical Framework for Engaging Communities and Changing Lives
- April 20, 2021: Victoria Foster, Ph.D., Assistant Director, Institute for Social Responsibility, Edge Hill University (United Kingdom) -- TOPIC: People and Place: Participatory Research in the Community
- May 11, 2021: Mawethu Nyakatya, Manager of Research Partnerships, Division of Social Impact, Stellenbosch University (South Africa) -- TOPIC: Promoting Engaged Scholarship: a case of Stellenbosch University, South Africa
All sessions will be recorded and made available on the soon-to-be-launched website for UCF Downtown Community-Engaged Scholarship.
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New Primary Source Databases Soon to be Added
Through the UCF Libraries’ affiliation with the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL), we now have perpetual access to the following databases from the database vendor Adam Matthew Digital. ASERL negotiated a price of $3.4 million to obtain these resources on behalf of member libraries.
Adam Matthew Digital is an academic publisher based in the United Kingdom. The company publishes collections of digitized primary source materials from different historical eras and has collaborated with various source archives and institutions, including the Amistad Research Center, British National Archives, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Hoover Institution, Newberry Library, and the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill.
These titles soon will be added to the Libraries’ A-Z database list at https://guides.ucf.edu/databases.
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NSCM Info Session — Honors Undergraduate Thesis
Faculty are invited to Chair Undergraduate Honors Research! Eligible students have been notified and may be reaching out.
The following deadlines apply for student participation in the Honors Undergraduate Thesis experience:
Summer 21 Deadline: April 16
Fall 2021 Deadline: July 30
In some cases, alternative formats to the traditional HUT are approved where students receive credit toward completion of the Directed Readings portion of the HUT if they have completed one of the following courses:
COM 3800 - Conflict Communication Research Methods
COM 3311 - Communication Research Methods
MMC 3420 - Mass Media Research Methods
FIL 3401 - Research Methods for Filmmaking
Contact Dr. Melissa Dodd, the NSCM Honors Undergraduate Liaison, for additional information.
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Tallahassee Update 2021 Legislative Session
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Please find attached a summary of activities in the State Capitol during the first two weeks of the 2021 Legislative Session.
These updates are provided to keep you informed of the major developments in budget and policy issues impacting the state universities as the state legislative session moves toward its scheduled April 30th conclusion. A bill tracking chart, and further information on specific legislation of interest, can be provided promptly on request.
For more information, contact Vice President of Government & Community Relations, Janet D. Owen at janet.owen@ucf.edu
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2021 Faculty & Staff Campaign Kick-Off
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The 2021 Faculty and Staff Campaign has begun! You can choose how to make a lasting impact — from scholarships and academic programs to athletics and student support funds — our students, our campus and our mission depend on it. The College of Sciences is asking all Faculty and Staff to lead the way to UCF Day of Giving and make their gift during the Faculty and Staff Campaign between March 1-24.
Think of an area you are passionate about and join in making a gift this year!
- College of Sciences Excellence Fund
- College of Sciences Scholarship Fund
- UCF RESTORES (PTSD Clinic Program)
- Citizen Science GIS GeoBus
- Nicholson School of Communications and Media Director's Excellence Fund
- Sea Turtle Research Fund
- UCF Coastal
For more information, contact COS Deans Office campaign volunteer Margaret LeClair at Margaret.LeClair@ucf.edu
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Student Newsletter — March Edition
To keep everyone informed of what is being communicated to our undergraduate students in the school, we wanted to share the March edition of the NASSC student newsletter. Please click here or the button below.
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General Meeting Minutes — PFSA
Here are some highlights from the PFSA general meeting, along with the minutes and other attachments.
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COS Chair and Directors Regular Meeting
The minutes from the March 10 COS Chairs' and Director's meeting are now available. You can access these minutes via the Nicholson Resource web page, or by clicking here.
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In an effort to ensure faculty and staff have a confidential way to share their thoughts/concerns and/or suggestions for improving the school’s operations/functions, a ‘virtual suggestion box’ has been created.
To access this, please click here or the button below.
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