In this workshop, you will learn how to design and test a business model after you have identified an initial target customer segment and a corresponding set of value propositions. It will help you understand the role of the minimum viable product in helping to find a true product-market fit. Learn how to conduct your customer/market discovery process to validate elements of your business model, and learn how to identify what particular areas need special focus based on your business type.

Conflict is a normal part of life, whether is be in friendships, workplace, school or the workplace. Sometimes, the problem isn't the conflict itself, but how we approach it that can cause issues. Learning how to deal with conflicts can be a challenge, but having a cadre of tips can improve the likelihood of a positive outcome. GradTerps are invited to attend this workshop of review some basic conflict resolution methods to improve communication skills and the likelihood of positive resolutions.

Powered by the University Libraries, Interdisciplinary Dialogues have addressed crucial issues to the campus community including immigration, the intersection of race and COVID-19, the January 2021 insurrection, and women in American politics.  Join us for our latest interdisciplinary dialogue — a virtual conversation with campus experts on the Ukrainian crisis, its consequences on the world community and the university community.  

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Powered by the University Libraries. Common Quandaries workshop series offers introductions to a variety of skills, tools, and concepts to researchers on campus.

This session will give attendees tips, tricks, and tenets for public speaking that apply to class presentations and more.

Applying the fundamentals of acting to public speaking, this session will not only demonstrate how presentations are performances, but also how public speaking skills are life skills.

Join us for a fireside chat with activist and artist, Leo Sheng, as he talks about navigating his interwoven identities in personal and professional spaces. Leo identifies as a Chinese American transracial adoptee, transgender activist, former social work grad student, and actor (most known for his role as Micah Lee on The L Word: Generation Q!).

Join us for the opening of our annual photo gallery, MixRepresented, showcasing different multiracial folks from our campus. This exhibition aims to dispel the monolith notion that there is a certain way to "look" multiracial; rather, multiracial/biracial folks come from a multiplicity of backgrounds and intersectionalities. We hope to learn from their stories. Gallery will be open through the rest of the month of March.

Come speak your truth about your interwoven identities! Sing, speak, recite, or perform a piece on navigating the intersectionalties within your identity and in your community. The evening will conclude with Open Mic, sign-ups welcome! Snacks will be provided.

Join ALPFA-UMD and Bloomberg professionals as they present how to create your own virtual portfolio and polish your resume/cover letter.

Since forming at The Juilliard School in 1992, The Brentano String Quartet has recorded numerous gold-standard performances of Schubert, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Haydn. Named for the supposed “Immortal Beloved” of a mysterious Beethoven love letter, Brentano has won prestigious awards including the first Cleveland Quartet Award and the Naumburg Chamber Music Award. Described as “brilliant, virtuosic, and still mellow” by the Los Angeles Times, these dynamos treat masterpieces with reverence and enthusiasm, rendering performances with equal passion and precision.

Are you interested in promoting diversity and inclusion in tech? If so, come out to the Technica 2022 Organizer Interest Meeting on March 7, 2022! Learn more about how you can help organize the world’s largest hackathon for underrepresented genders! Our wonderful directors will go over a day in the life of an organizer & share their Technica experiences! Students of all majors & genders are invited to join the Technifam!