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Tokyo and Okinawa Commencement photos
View photos of the Tokyo and Okinawa 2012 Commencement ceremonies!
UMUC’s Next Step to Going Green—E-Billing!
UMUC is excited to announce that effective April 2012 the Office of Student Accounts will send all student invoices electronically. A PDF version of your invoice will be sent to the e-mail address the university has on file for you, so please update your e-mail address now through MyUMUC.
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UMUC Gear
Check out UMUC Asia Merchandise at the UMUC Gear site!
Become a Student Ambassador!
Enthusiastic about UMUC Asia? Proud to be a UMUC student? Want to gain valuable hands-on experience in marketing and outreach? UMUC Asia is looking for motivated people who are committed to getting higher education!
Studying with Cancer
We talk to a UMUC student who, while undergoing cancer treatment, continued her studies. In learning about her cancer and how to overcome it, UMUC's BIOL 304 (The Biology of Cancer) played an important role! Hear the podcast
MyUMUC and WebTycho: The same password!
UMUC Asia is pleased to announce that your MyUMUC Student Portal User ID and password are now also your WebTycho User ID and password! You will now use the same ID and password to log into both sites.
New STAC Representatives Announced
Congratulations to the newly elected Student Advisory Council representatives, Takeshi Shimada and Yuko Nagashima! They join Lindsay Remer in representing Asia in the worldwide UMUC Student Advisory Council. See more info on your reps
Military
For more than 60 years, University of Maryland University College has been the leading provider of education services to the U.S. military. Today, our commitment remains unparalleled. There are numerous military partnerships in place that help servicemembers gain the most from their education and experience including GoArmyEd and Air University ABC.
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"Discovering the Invisible Man"
It is ten minutes to eight o’clock in the morning and I am cautiously doing as much over the speed limit as I can without bringing attention to the fact that I am speeding; watching every minute change on my stereo’s digital clock hoping that being aware of time passing will make it slow down just enough for me to make it to work on time. Driving has become an automatic response taking routes pre-programmed by destination and while some of my attention is watching for small variations that may occur, in my mind I am already sitting at my desk making a to-do list of the things I failed to accomplish yesterday. I am only running ten minutes behind but those ten minutes are crucial because now all the children are making their way to the school and everywhere I look there are swarms of kids of all ages; like ants they catch the eye with their slow movements spread out in all directions. I was at a stop sign impatiently glaring at a young man who was crossing the crosswalk at a very leisurely pace - counting the seconds and intensely becoming furious with his willingness to slow me down - when I came to grasp a concept that had been eluding me for days.
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"Untitled"
I would first like to tell you a bit about myself. I am currently enrolled with UMUC and have been for about a year. I have recently enrolled with Bowie State earning my degree as a secondary history teacher. I have taken many DE courses, and feel quite competent in answering these questions.
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"Carry-on Classes"
In the military today there are a lot of uncertainties about where you’re going to be from day to day. The call of duty can arise at any time taking people from one country to the next. Luckily, the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) has a Distance Education program that allows Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines to pack up their laptop and take their classes wherever they may go. Distance Education through WebTycho has provided the breakthrough that the military has needed to make continuing education possible.
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"UMUC Asia Distance Education: Forging a Path To Excellence"
While the choice to pursue education via distance learning offers students many options not available to those attending traditional face-to-face courses, distance education also has its shortcomings. This is true of virtually all distance-learning environments and even the best programs are not exempt, though they continually strive to meet the changing demands of a diversified student population. For most students who choose to enroll in the UMUC Asia Distance Education program, their overall experience will be a very positive and quite enjoyable educational venture. However, this program too, despite its extraordinarily positive aspects still has at least one feature that can be improved upon.
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"The Forgotten Immigrants"
Since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, some Americans give little thought about it. The land was inhabited by Indians and recognized as home to them; having this awareness, thirteen colonies were established, and many Europeans occupied them. The flow of immigrants continued to increase. As the new frontier was paved, laws were established so that social order would come about. History tells us that in order to thrive, people needed a place to dwell and so they took known resources from the land—the United States. Some Americans overlook morality in human relations, and cause further distress to laborers. Our forefathers initiated written rules, but the enforcement of them has been weak.
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"No Grace for the Guilty"
Crack. A blinding white light illuminates still features. Elongated irregular shadows imprint themselves into the stained carpet and whitewash walls. The subtle whine of an exhausted battery grows slowly faint, rising in pitch. Latex fingers cradle the small plastic box, focusing in its center the icy eye, twice reflecting the shimmer of a distant bulb. The scene grows deadly quiet. Crack.
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"The Definition of a Typhoon"
When most people hear the word “typhoon” they assume they’ll be getting a few days off work to wait out a hurricane in the comfort of their own homes. Webster’s calls it “a tropical cyclone or hurricane of the western Pacific area and the China seas.” While those definitions are all correct, typhoons hold an entirely different meaning in my world. To me, a typhoon means running on little to no sleep for two days, twenty-four hour live radio shows, braving the storm to get the perfect “look-live” shot, and hours upon hours of weather updates. My world is AFN Okinawa.
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"Together Apart"
As a 10 year old boy and his 9 year old sister argue over who gets control of the television, an overworked, under slept mother becomes the referee to the remote control death match. That woman is me. I ask, “Why can’t you two just try and get along?” As I look to them with their pitiful face masks, I remind them that this type of behavior will not be accepted by their Dad once he came home. Later, comes the evening phone call from my deployed husband wanting to know what’s new. After I explain the fight, he laughs! I get angry for having to deal with the problems that he sees as laughable and he replies, “I wish I could’ve been there.” It was at that moment that it hit me. Everyday life with my family can become so mundane, until you take one person out of the equation. All that seemed so boring and normal has now become so foreign. It is so important in our everyday lives to be grateful for the family we have, because at any time, they can be taken away.
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"Honey Bea"
A breeze brought her back from the absence of her thoughts. The engaging perfume of aging honeysuckle came over her with a subtle memory:
Years ago she had watched him preparing to plant it, turning the soil with a shiny grey spade shovel, his shirt fastened to his chest by a cool apron of sweat. He hadn’t noticed she was there, standing with one foot on the wooden porch, halfway through the swinging screen door. She was miserable, but mesmerized by his dedication, stowing away the moment deep into her memory as she pondered what thoughts could drive him so fiercely to strain himself when he could simply choose not to.
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"Beauty Trends but Health Lasts"
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so it is said. But how true does that adage hold when the mass media constantly bombards the westernized world with social standards of what is beautiful? Standards of beauty have existed for centuries. They have changed drastically over time, and have varied by region and culture. Society has always placed expectations upon both men and women to look and behave in ways it considers appropriate for the current time. It’s odd that now, when more people are wealthier than ever before, being thin is more valued than being fat (once a mark of wealth). Tanned skin is also more valued today than the pale skin that was once a mark of wealth and power. However, for the first time in history, we have had in the past few decades the mass mainstream media projecting these new standards to more people than ever before. It used to be that only the higher classes were expected to abide by any aesthetic standards. Yet now, the standards exist across the board regardless of age, education, wealth, or race. It’s not possible for everyone to fit into these very limited body types. However, in all honesty, it was never possible for everyone to fit the beauty standards of any age. Perhaps it is not the standards of beauty that are wrong as much as the expectation that everyone should fit those standards that is wrong.
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