UMBC encourages students (graduate and undergraduate) with any health condition that may qualify as a disability to partner with Student Disability Services to explore the accommodation process. Incoming and returning students may register for accommodations online 24/7 (link).  The SDS registration form is linked here.

Those returning to campus can look at campus accessibility updates on UMBC's most recent 2021 Accessible Route Map.  Facilities Management has been busy while faculty, staff and students were remote - beyond upgrades such as installing hospital-grade air filtration systems.  Additional assisted doors have been installed in several academic buildings, accessible door handles have been added, and five (5) elevators are being replaced: two in Fine Arts, two in Sondheim, and one in Biology's Schwartz Hall, so the campus is welcoming new upgrades as well.

The post is accompanied by a photo of a musician with brown forearms holding mallets that are poised to play a marimba.

P.S. Campus maps get updated from time-to-time, and the most recent accessible route map is posted to the Campus Maps page within Visit UMBC, to better inform people, especially those who are coming to campus for the first time.

Community Conversations has a FREE mental health webinar series featuring local mental health experts on the following :

In addition to these webinars, other resources are available to the UMBC community for questions, concerns and care:

UMBC Students (Undergraduate and Graduate):  

Let's be "Care-Full" as a community navigating these changes.  To our black students, faculty, staff and alumni, we stand with you. Our work at UMBC continues. Additional support and action resources (via the Office of Equity and Inclusion) are linked here. 

A photo of the question "Are U Doing OK?" in white spray paint graffiti on a tan wall accompanies the post. Image credit: Jerome at Unsplash.com