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‘Can’ Your Citation Food Drive to Benefit TU’s Food Share Program

TU’s Parking & Transportation Services is providing a way to reduce or waive one citation while providing an opportunity to help a fellow TU campus members in-need. Here’s how you can help! The ‘Can’ Your Citation Food Drive is taking place between November 26 and December 12, 2018. All donations will benefit TU’s Foodshare Pantry […]

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No Tutoring During Thanksgiving Break

No tutoring services will be available the week of November 19th – November 23rd, and will resume on Monday, November 26th. The Tutoring & Learning Center (TLC) will honor requests for academic coaching on Monday and Tuesday by appointment only. For information about academic coaching, tutoring, and workshops, please visit our website at https://www.towson.edu/tutoring-learning/. Please visit […]

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Reminder-Extended Downtime for OTS’ Maintenance Window: ImageNow unavailable this weekend

ImageNow will be unavailable Friday, November 16 at noon through Monday, November 19 at 8 a.m. for scheduled system maintenance. About the maintenance OTS will attempt to update the ImageNow desktop client to the latest version via an automated push. Systems online over the weekend will receive the new client. If the system is not […]

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TODAY – Wing-Chun Wong Memorial Lecture at 7:00pm

The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies in the College of Liberal Arts hosts the 2018 Wing-Chun Wong Memorial Lecture TODAY at 7:00pm in the College of Liberal Arts building, room 4310. The talk by Dr. Marta Halina from the University of Cambridge is entitled “Machine Intelligence and The Capacity for Insight.” This event is free and open […]

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Frances T. Bond Inducted into the Maryland Senior Citizens Hall of Fame

Alumna, Frances T. Bond, class of ’55 and ’60 was inducted into the Maryland Senior Citizens Hall of Fame on October 25.  Forty-three seniors throughout Maryland were selected for their outstanding volunteer contributions affecting the lives of people in the State of Maryland. In addition, Dr. Bond was one of five seniors selected to receive […]

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Student Research Forum

Every Fall semester, the Biological Sciences Department and Tri-Beta Honor Society present the Student Research Forum, a venue for undergraduate and graduate students to showcase their research. Faculty are also invited to present their work. This year’s symposium will be on December 7th from 11:00am-1:30pm. Please encourage your students to participate! There will be awards given out for […]

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IRB Standard Applications Due Tomorrow

The next IRB deadline for submitting applications for Standard Review is tomorrow Friday, November 16th. Please plan ahead to make sure you get your application(s) in on time. All applications will be submitted to the IRB on the 16th, and should expect comments within 3 weeks. Please visit the IRB website to determine which type […]

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Campus Recreation Closure

All Campus Recreation facilities will be closing at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, November 20 and will be CLOSED for the university break from Wednesday, November 21 – Saturday, November 24. Campus Recreation facilities will reopen on Sunday, November 25 at noon.

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Ever Wonder about the Name Behind the Building? Wonder No More.

Cook Library’s A-LIST student leadership program in collaboration with Special Collections & University Archives present… BUILDING HISTORY! Have you ever wondered, who those people our campus buildings are named after? Who is Richmond? Cook? Stephens? And what did they do to get an entire building named after them! Well wonder no more! Look for the […]

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Upcoming Ally Training

The next Ally Training will be on Thursday, November 15 from 5:30pm – 7:30pm in CLA 2310.  TU’s Ally Training provides resources, tools and strategies for supporting LGBTQ+ communities. Ally Trainings are offered throughout the year and are open to TU students, staff and faculty. Topics include LGBTQ+ terminology, pronouns, bias and discrimination, and strategies […]

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Are your password reset questions guessable?

NetID account compromises can be caused by easy to answer security questions. Update yours today. Security questions help verify your identity when you’ve forgotten your NetID password. Only you should know the answer to your security questions. The Office of Technology Services (OTS) has added new security question options over the past year, which are considered […]

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No Tutoring During Thanksgiving Break

No tutoring services will be available the week of November 19th – November 23rd, and will resume on Monday, November 26th. The Tutoring & Learning Center (TLC) will honor requests for academic coaching on Monday and Tuesday by appointment only. For information about academic coaching, tutoring, and workshops, please visit our website at https://www.towson.edu/tutoring-learning/. Please visit […]

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Food Insecurity and FoodShare Program Information

There are two initiatives to address food insecurity on our campus: Food Insecurity is defined as the state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. The Food Insecurity Support Fund was created to address the immediate need of students experiencing food insecurity.  Stephanie Baker serves as the Program Manager […]

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Towson Literary Reading Series TODAY at 6:00pm

The Towson Literary Reading Series presents a reading by Eric Puchner, winner of the Towson Prize for Literature in 2018, TODAY at 6:00pm in the College of Liberal Arts, room 3150. This series is sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and the Department of English.

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TODAY: Geographers by Another Name Speaker Series

Come hear Dr. Christian Koot, Chair of the Department of History, talk about “Imagining the West Indies: An Early English Map of Montserrat” TODAY, Wednesday, November 14, at 3:30pm in the College of Liberal Arts building, room 4310. For more information, contact the Department of Geography and Environmental Planning at geography@towson.edu.  

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Introducing SPEAKTU

The Office of General Counsel introducing our first University-wide ethics and compliance hotline —SpeakTU. SpeakTU allows any Towson University community member or visitor to report faculty, staff, or student employee ethics and compliance violations by calling 877-773-2588 (877-SPEAKTU) or by filing an online report. This phone and web-based reporting service operates 24 hours a day, […]

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Extended Downtime for OTS’ Maintenance Window: ImageNow unavailable this weekend

ImageNow will be unavailable Friday, November 16 at noon through Monday, November 19 at 8 a.m. for scheduled system maintenance. About the maintenance OTS will attempt to update the ImageNow desktop client to the latest version via an automated push. Systems online over the weekend will receive the new client. If the system is not […]

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Learn how to support the TU LGBTQ+ community

The next Ally Training will be on Thursday, November 15 from 5:30pm – 7:30pm in CLA 2310.  TU’s Ally Training provides resources, tools and strategies for supporting LGBTQ+ communities. Ally Trainings are offered throughout the year and are open to TU students, staff and faculty. Topics include LGBTQ+ terminology, pronouns, bias and discrimination, and strategies […]

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Multiculturalism in Action Brown Bag Series

Wednesday, November 14, 12:00 to 1:15pm, College of Liberal Arts, room 3150 “Vicarious traumatization and the implications for professionals supporting diverse student populations in higher education” Joel Bolling, M.A., Senior Director, Student Development & Diversity Vicarious trauma is an ongoing area of research related to burnout and compassion fatigue through secondary trauma exposure. Primarily studied in social workers, emergency […]

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SPEAKTU: Report Ethics and Compliance Violations

The Office of General Counsel introducing our first University-wide ethics and compliance hotline —SpeakTU. SpeakTU allows any Towson University community member or visitor to report faculty, staff, or student employee ethics and compliance violations by calling 877-773-2588 (877-SPEAKTU) or by filing an online report. This phone and web-based reporting service operates 24 hours a day, […]

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