The brand new HR Week is next week, May 8-12th! HR will offer over 10 different sessions on a variety of topics of interest to faculty and staff. We kick off this week on Monday, May 8th with a Virtual Meet & Greet, with two times available to fit your schedule: 11:00 am and 3:00 pm. Please check out the HR Week web page for details on all of the sessions and how to register. 

Retriever Talks 2023 will be held on May 17th in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. Doors open at 9:30am with the program beginning promptly at 10:00. We follow the event with a reception in the Recital Hall Lobby at 12:00pm. Our third cohort brings eight community-selected speakers to the stage to tell their own stories in Retriever Talks: Revealing Our Common Unity in CommUNITY. When an individual shares their story with the larger community, we can all experience what it means to make an impact. When we hear our organizational values reflected through diverse stories and lived experiences, we realize a sense of collective identity and belonging that is inclusive of multiple perspectives in ways that are powerful, palpable, and vital in promoting thriving workplace cultures. To learn more about this year's speakers, and to register for the event, check out the Retriever Talks 2023 web page. 

Retriever Talks are back and in person! Support and join your colleagues in this morning program of inspiring TEDx-style presentations that embody UMBC’s core values. Together we will learn ways to re-imagine ourselves and UMBC, generating unity through commUNITY. Talks feature eight of UMBC’s best and brightest faculty & staff. See below links for speaker and talk information.

Ken Baron 

Brittini Brown   

Marion Emmert  

Kathy Glyshaw  

Lori Hardesty  

Melessia Jasper  

Justen Paden  

Michael Paszkiewicz  

Our hope is that you leave the event with a renewed sense of belonging, a broader perspective, and strategies that you can take with you to positively impact your professional and personal life. 

Please note that the event program is from 10 AM - 12 PM with an optional speaker reception from 12 PM - 1:00 PM in the Fine Arts Recital Hall lobby. 

For more event information visit this link.

The Department of Human Resources is hosting UMBC's first HR Week from May 8th - 12th. This is an exciting opportunity to learn about our new mission and vision as well as the strategic priorities that we will be focusing on to elevate and enhance our services, programs, and offerings to help enable you to do your best work. 

*VOTING TIP- right click and open the Voter Guide PDF in a new window OR plan to come back to myUMBC when they're ready to vote.

Nominees must be exempt staff employees employed at UMBC for at least one year (hired on or before 4/20/2022). Nominations are open through Monday, April 17.

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What is the Professional Staff Senate (PSS)? We represent you! We are the official representative body of professional, or exempt, staff employed at UMBC. What do we do? We provide a forum for discussing issues involving or of interest to exempt staff members, such as academic and administrative policies. Some of these topics have included work-life balance, campus climate, employee benefits, and state budget updates and impacts. We work diligently to maintain and contribute to community life at UMBC by organizing events for staff and volunteering for non-PSS sponsored events. Each member serves on selected subcommittees of their choosing regarding certain policies or procedures.

What is the Council of University System Staff (CUSS)? Staff serving on the Council represent all staff at UMBC at the system-level. Council representatives and alternates report to the Chancellor and Presidents and share staff concerns across the University System of Maryland (USM). UMBC will have 6 CUSS members including 3 Representatives (2 Exempt & 1 Non-Exempt) and 3 Alternates (2 Exempt & 1 Non-Exempt). Contact Laila M. Shishineh, CUSS Representative (lailams@umbc.edu) with any questions or concerns.

Nominees must be exempt staff employees employed at UMBC for at least one year (hired on or before 4/20/2022). Nominations are open through Monday, April 17.

We are sharing an opportunity to volunteer at the ticketing tent for Quadmania! If you would like to help out we would love to have you. We will be able to provide a Qmania tshirt, free game tickets, and ride wristbands.

If you would like to sign up for a two hour shift (or multiple if you love Campus Life and (seb) a lot), click on this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B9HlKPMDcEuUPiXl85TVAakkFSPiwf7avh7keE9NqMk/edit?usp=sharing

Nominees must be exempt staff employees employed at UMBC for at least one year (hired on or before 4/20/2022). Nominations are open through Monday, April 17.

Nominees must be exempt staff employees employed at UMBC for at least one year (hired on or before 4/20/2022). Nominations are open through Monday, April 17.

Want to Learn More? Join us for one of our PSS Info Sessions:

Questions? Contact Jess Wyatt, PSS President, jwy@umbc.edu, or ask a fellow senator. The list of current senators can be found here.

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What is the Professional Staff Senate (PSS)? We represent you! We are the official representative body of professional, or exempt, staff employed at UMBC. What do we do? We provide a forum for discussing issues involving or of interest to exempt staff members, such as academic and administrative policies. Some of these topics have included work-life balance, campus climate, employee benefits, and state budget updates and impacts. We work diligently to maintain and contribute to community life at UMBC by organizing events for staff and volunteering for non-PSS sponsored events. Each member serves on selected subcommittees of their choosing regarding certain policies or procedures.

What is the Council of University System Staff (CUSS)? Staff serving on the Council represent all staff at UMBC at the system-level. Council representatives and alternates report to the Chancellor and Presidents and share staff concerns across the University System of Maryland (USM). UMBC will have 6 CUSS members including 3 Representatives (2 Exempt & 1 Non-Exempt) and 3 Alternates (2 Exempt & 1 Non-Exempt). Contact Laila M. Shishineh, CUSS Representative (lailams@umbc.edu) with any questions or concerns.