HAPPENING NOW - Involvement Fest

HAPPENING NOW - Involvement Fest Grad Student Orgs are here — come through!

It's happening right now!

Involvement Fest is underway, and Graduate Student Organizations (GSOs) are here and ready to meet you. If you've been thinking about getting involved, building community, or finding opportunities outside the classroom — this is your sign.

Stop by to:

Meet Graduate Student Organizations
Learn how to get involved or join a GSO
Connect with fellow grad students
Discover leadership and professional opportunities

Location: The RAC
Time: Now until 2 p.m.

Swing by before it wraps up — no RSVP needed. We'll see you there!

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It's happening right now! Involvement Fest is underway, and Graduate Student Organizations (GSOs) are here and ready to meet you. If you've been thinking about getting involved, building...

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Are you interested in advocacy? If so, come volunteer with us at our annual Take Back the Night!

Take Back the Night was started in October of 1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the main goal to protest against gender based harms and reclaim spaces where survivors felt unsafe. At UMBC, the Women’s, Gender, and Equity Center holds its Take Back the Night annually in April.
This year, it will be held on April 16th from 5-8 on Commons Mainstreet.

As a volunteer, you would assist WGEC staff in executing the event and creating a safe space for survivors of gender-based harm and their allies. Volunteers should be invested in cultivating a survivor-supportive space and be aware of the impact they have.

For more information about volunteer roles and to sign up for volunteer training, please click here.

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Are you interested in advocacy? If so, come volunteer with us at our annual Take Back the Night! Take Back the Night was started in October of 1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the main...

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Retriever Essentials will have a delayed opening until 1:00pm due to restocking from Maryland Food Bank.

Please plan your trip accordingly, and we apologize for any inconveniences.

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Hello everyone! Retriever Essentials will have a delayed opening until 1:00pm due to restocking from Maryland Food Bank. Please plan your trip accordingly, and we apologize for any...

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Save-a-Swipe has returned for The Spring 2026 semester!

Feel like making a difference in your community? If you own a meal plan through UMBC, you are eligible to donate to our Save-a-Swipe program! You can donate 5-10 meals to Save-a-Swipe, where they will be pooled and delegated to students experiencing food insecurity later in the semester. In the Fall 2025 semester, we broke a record number at over one thousand donated meals! These meals helped countless students across campus, combatting food insecurity one donation at a time. We are very happy to announce that our program is back for the Spring 2026 semester, and we look forward to ensuring greater quality of life for our students!

Every meal makes a difference!

Donations are open from February 3rd - February 25th

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Save-a-Swipe has returned for The Spring 2026 semester! Feel like making a difference in your community? If you own a meal plan through UMBC, you are eligible to donate to our Save-a-Swipe...

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Dear CAHSS Graduate Students,

It’s time to elect your representatives for the Graduate Student Association Spring Semester-2026!

The CAHSS Senator elections are now open, and we invite you to cast your vote for your candidate choices.

Voting Period:

Opens Tuesday, February 03 at 12:00 PM

Closes Friday, February 06 at 11:59 PM

Important Links:

Meet the Candidates

Submit Your Ballot

Your vote helps shape the graduate student leadership in CAHSS, ensuring your voice and concerns are represented.

Don’t miss this chance to make an impact—take a few minutes to read about the candidates and vote for the ones you feel will best serve our community.

Thank you for participating in this important process. Let’s work together to make our graduate student experience even stronger!

—

Aminah Amjad

gsapresident@umbc.edu

President, Graduate Student Association

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Dear CAHSS Graduate Students, It’s time to elect your representatives for the Graduate Student Association Spring Semester-2026! The CAHSS Senator elections are now open, and we invite you...

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Join Us at Involvement Fest!

Involvement Fest is back, and the Graduate Student Association (GSA) is excited to kick off the new semester with you.

Stop by the RAC on Wednesday, February 4, from 12:00–2:00 PM to learn more about GSA and our Graduate Student Organizations, explore upcoming events and activities, and connect with fellow graduate students from across campus.

Whether you're looking to get involved, build community, or simply see what's happening this semester, Involvement Fest is a great place to start.

We hope to see you there!

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Join Us at Involvement Fest! Involvement Fest is back, and the Graduate Student Association (GSA) is excited to kick off the new semester with you. Stop by the RAC on Wednesday, February...

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Hello everyone! We hope you had a restful winter break, and are ready for the spring 2026 semester!

We're planning on having a monthly newsletter to keep you posted on all of our updates, services, and everything happening with Retriever Essentials!

New and Improved Services:

Sharemeals:

The Sharemeals logo, a green circle with a white fork and spoon.

In partnership with Sharemeals, this app is an upgrade from our previous "Where's Free Food At" notification board, and allows students, staff, and faculty to post about food left over at campus wide events!

To get started, download the app via iOS or Android and log in using your university credentials. Once completed, double check and make sure you e

enabled notifications for the app in order for it to work efficiently. You will then be notified whenever someone posts about having surplus left over food at an event!

Note: If you feel like you don't have a lot of leftover food, but they're mainly unopened snacks/drinks, feel free to put them in our donation boxes around campus! In addition, be sure to put the start and end time for when food is available for grabs, not when the event itself starts and ends.

"Food for Thought" Vending Machine:

We already have our 24/7 mini pantry at the UMBC Police Station, and now get ready for our 24/7 FREE vending machine in the Retriever Learning Center (RLC) which also uses the Sharemeals app!

A side view of the new Retriever Essentials "Food for Thought" vending machine located in the Retriever Learning Center (in the library) that uses the Sharemeals app to connect wirelessly.

To get started, open up the Sharemeals app and scan the QR code at the vending machine in order to be automatically connected to it.

Complete a quick survey to earn points, and use those points to select items in the vending machine!

(Also, shoutout to Angel Phinney for the title)

Save-a-Swipe:

Last year's Save-a-Swipe was absolutely amazing! We had a record shattering amount of over 1,000 donated meal swipes!

Every meal will go to a student in need, and we are truly grateful for every donation that you all gave us!

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Speaking of donations…

Donation Shoutout:

Brief Shoutout to all who've donated money, food, or household essentials in December and January!

Chartwells
Anonymous Amazon Donations
Family Advisory Board
The Athletics Department
Student Media Collective
UMBC Bookstore
Dottie Glorioso
Emma Sigrist
Health and Promotion Office
Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Orientation
Human Resources & Strategic Talent Management
UMBC Financial Services
Miriam Suldan
Division of Institutional Equity
The Hilltop Institute
Wisdom Institute
Graduate Student Association
Student Government Association
Office of Sustainability

We appreciate you so much for your contributions to our mission! Each and every ounce counts!

Data:

Strictly for January alone, we've already distributed 3.3k lbs worth of food! This includes calculations from our Free Farmers Market on Thursdays, our mini pantry, and vending machine.

Suggestion Box:

To improve on our services, and try to address everyone's different needs, we would love to hear your feedback!

https://forms.gle/oUvd1EaMcmmasKFn8

That pretty much wraps up our first newsletter of the semester! Thank you so much for taking the time to read it!

If you have any questions about what we provide, volunteering opportunities, or general inquiries, feel free to email us at retrieveressentails@umbc.edu at any time!

Sincerely,

The Retriever Essentials Team

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Have you ever wanted to promote your club, group, or organization's event or announcement on the front page of myUMBC? Well, here is a quick guide on what you need to know.

The promotion feature allows you to share content from your myUMBC group to all myUMBC users on the front page, reaching a much wider audience than if it were just posted to a group's page. This is a free feature for departments and official student organizations to use that operates on a first-come, first-served basis.

Before you are able to promote content to the front page of myUMBC, there are a few requirements that must be met.

The post or content you wish to promote must be published in an official and public myUMBC group run by a UMBC department or student organization
To have the option to promote content, you must be an admin of the group from which the content originates. This does not mean you have to be the creator of the post.
There must be an approved thumbnail image to go along with the post
The content should be appropriate for all UMBC audiences
Content can be promoted by a group once every 3 days, and only 10 promotions can be scheduled in advance

If these requirements are met, you should have no trouble promoting your content.

To start, you will need to create a post as normal on myUMBC, including your text, thumbnails, alt-text, and any relevant tags. After you hit publish on your post, you may have to refresh the page or navigate to the main page of your group to find the post.

Here you should see a box on the right side with the posts analytics as well as buttons to "Edit", "Copy", "Mark Important", and "Pin". If you are an admin for this group and it qualifies as a department or official student organization, then you should see a purple button labeled "Promote".

From here, you will be able to pick which day you would like to promote your content. You will see what slots are available. Each day has 4 slots, and you have the ability to make 10 selections for promotions.

If you wish to reserve a spot but don't have your content fully completed, you can fill a future slot with placeholder information to ensure that it won't be taken. Just make sure to update the post with your content before the date it is scheduled to be promoted or posted.

After these are chosen, they can be managed under the "Promotions" tab on your myUMBC Group page. This page will be useful if you wish to cancel posts, make changes to future promotions, or if you signed up for slots using placeholder information.

As always, remember to look over your post to ensure all information is correct and that any approvals needed regarding posting or thumbnails are received.

We encourage and appreciate any and all feedback from users. If you have any questions or suggestions on how to improve myUMBC, please contact B. Collier Jones at bcjones@umbc.edu or schedule a meeting on Google Calendar.

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Have you been seeing more announcements or emails related to AI tools or usage on campus?Do you have questions regarding the recent guidelines that were shared on the use ofartificial intelligence (AI) tools in the classroom? Would you like your voice heard, or wouldappreciate having student perspectives brought to the forefront of these conversations relating to AIpolicy and guidelines?

The AOK Library would like to hear from you! If you would like to come together in a safe space to discuss AI use on campus, please stop by room 259 in the Library for two student only,student focused, in-person listening sessions happening soon (please see dates and times below and in our events page). Faculty will not be present, and conversations thatoccur within the space will remain anonymous to protect students' identities. All majors are welcome!

There will be free pizza and drinks, and participants will be offered the chance to grab free swag, in addition to bonus library privileges!

Session 1: Wednesday, February 25th, 12:00pm-1:00pm (Room 259)

Session 2: Wednesday, March 4th, 12:00pm-1:00pm (Room 259)

We encourage students interested in participating to register and add the individual events to their calendars!

These listening sessions are supported by the AOK Library, in partnership with Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, and the Dresher Center. We thank you for your support!

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Stop by Coffee Mondays to grab a free cup of coffee, tea, or hot chocolate and take a breather between classes.

Whether you're coming to study, chat, or just refuel, this is your weekly reminder to slow down and connect with fellow grad students.

Where? Office of Graduate Student Life (Commons 308)
When? Every Monday | 10am - 2pm
Come as you are — pajamas, laptops, and coffee orders welcome.

FOLLOW OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDENT LIFE ON myUMBC FOR ALL THE INFO

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Stop by Coffee Mondays to grab a free cup of coffee, tea, or hot chocolate and take a breather between classes. Whether you're coming to study, chat, or just refuel, this is your weekly reminder...

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