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Subject: FIRE: The First-Year Innovation & Research Experience - Open Enrollment Description: The UMD First-Year Innovation & Research Experience (FIRE) provides inquiry experience and personal mentorship for first-year students through membership in innovation and research streams. First-year students build community, earn degree credit and are immersed in authentic faculty-led research in ways that increase degree-relevance, academic success, retention and accelerate student opportunity. UMD FIRE will host up to eight streams during the inaugural 2014/15 academic year serving between 200 and 250 students. Participation in FIRE is mediated through enrollment in the first-semester course UNIV150: https://ntst.umd.edu/soc/201408/UNIV/UNIV150 (Distributive Studies, Natural Sciences) First-year students who enroll in UNIV150 this fall will be eligible for membership in research streams in the following spring. There are currently 18 seats available across 5 sections of UNIV150. Please note that students must be in their first semester on campus and not in the Honors College, College Park Scholars or other living learning programs such as Civicus, Global Communities or Carillon Communities. Additional information about FIRE and the UNIV150 course can be provided by the program director, Patrick Killion ([log in to unmask], x50057) or through the FIRE website: http://fire.umd.edu/ Event Date: September 8, 2014 Event Start Time: 8:00 am Event End Time: 8:00 am Event Location: N/A Contact Person: Patrick Killion Contact Email: [log in to unmask] Contact Phone Number: 301-405-0057 Website URL: http://fire.umd.edu