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Learn more about how we will promote inclusion and equity</p> <button>Changes underway</button> </figcaption><a href="https://www.ugst.umd.edu/detf.html"></a> </figure> </div> <div class="col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-6 col-xs-12"> <figure class="snip1208"> <img src="images/badgebox.png" alt="artist rendering of badges"/> <i class="fal fa-badge-check"></i> <figcaption> <h2>New UMD<br> Badges </h2> <p>The first in an upcoming collection of UMD-branded badges is available for undergraduates to show skills not represented by traditional transcripts </p> <button>Learn about program</button> </figcaption><a href="https://today.umd.edu/a-badge-of-honor"></a> </figure> </div> <div class="col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-6 col-xs-12"> <figure class="snip1208"> <img src="images/peter-writing.jpg" alt="hand writing with prison bars in background"/> <i class="fal fa-envelope"></i> <figcaption> <h2>Writing Course at D.C. 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