Presenter: Jaime Rafael Rivera Pagan, BrandGoat84

General description:

Are you a Micro business owner looking to take your brand to the next level? Join us for an immersive and interactive Branding Clinic designed to empower and guide you in creating a strong, authentic, and impactful brand. In this workshop, you will gain the essential knowledge and practical tools needed to establish a compelling brand identity that resonates with your target audience, differentiates you from competitors, and drives business growth.

What we’ll cover:

Brooklyn-based writer, urbanist, and author, Nadia Owusu, will deliver two keynote lectures at Howard Community College’s (HCC) third annual Bauder Lecture on September 21, 2023. The 12:30 p.m. lecture will be offered in person and on Vimeo, and the 6 p.m. lecture will be in person only. Ms. Owusu will be reading from her book, “Aftershocks,” a New York Times Editors’ Choice pick. Both keynote lectures will be followed by an in-depth conversation with Washington, D.C.-based writer, Tope Folarin.

The Sounds of the Futuro: The Making of Fiebre Tropical
Julián Delgado Lopera, author
Part of UMBC's 2023 Humanities Forum

Join art educator Nancy Kotz for a fascinating program looking at woodcuts, etchings, illuminated manuscripts, papercuts, silver and wood etrog boxes, paintings, photographs and prints.

Kimberly Patrick ’08, music, is a sound editor, sound designer, and foley artist for film and television and is currently working for Skywalker Sound in Los Angeles. Maia Schechter ’18, dance, is currently performing with Disney’s The Lion King: The North American Tour at venues across the U.S. and is represented by Clear Talent Group.

UMBC's annual Mullen Lecture, part of the Fall 2023 Social Sciences Forum, presents Melissa Kearney, Neil Moskowitz Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland, College Park, who will speak on The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind.

UMBC's Center for Innovation, Research and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA) presents animator and filmmaker Joanna Priestley in a retrospective screening of her award winning short works, with introductions and explanations of techniques by the artist.

The program features:

Doors Open Baltimore, hosted by Baltimore Architecture Foundation, is an annual city-wide festival honoring Baltimore's diverse cultural tapestry by highlighting its vibrant neighborhoods, captivating architecture, and distinctive spaces that contribute to the city's exceptional charm. Always occurring the first full weekend in October, dozens of usually off-limits buildings across Baltimore host open houses and/or guided tours for the public to explore. Join fellow Baltimoreans for Open House-style exploration October 7, 2023 and guided tours on October 8th.

Would a strategy to accomplish your remaining 2023 business goals be helpful? Join us Empower Program Manager Bakari Jones for Atomic Goal Setting!

Atomic (or micro) goals are small, achievable steps that can help us reach our larger goals. They are a great way to break down a big project into smaller, more manageable tasks. In this workshop, we will explore the concept of micro goals and how they can help us reach our objectives.

UMBC's Human Context of Science and Technology program lecture, part of the Fall 2023 Social Sciences Forum, presents Juno Salazar Parreñas, Associate Professor of Science and Technology Studies and Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Cornell University, who will speak on White Supremacy, Animal Advocacy, and the Longue Durée of Misanthropy.

In a presentation by UMBC's Center for Innovation, Research and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA), UMBC assistant professor of dance Ann Sofie Clemmensen will speak about her new series of short cinematic dance-for-camera works that communicate on a sensory, visual, and kinetic level new perspectives on the work being done by researchers at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) to protect and preserve healthy marine ecosystems.