Safety Planning and the Return to Campus

Thu, 29 Jul 2021 09:25:28 -0400

Dear Colleagues,

I hope you are having a relaxing and rejuvenating summer.

Please consider attending a virtual meeting with campus leaders on Thursday, August 5, at 1 p.m. You can register for the event here.

Co-hosted by the Faculty Senate and the Office of the Provost, this meeting provides an opportunity for faculty to hear updates on the current state of the pandemic and the safety measures that UMBC has in place for Fall 2021. Speakers will include President Hrabowski, Provost Rous, Lucy Wilson, Senior Advisor to the University for Public Health and Pandemic Response, and representatives from the COVID-19 Planning Coordinating Committee (CPCC).

Additional speakers and topics for discussion will be added to the agenda based on your suggestions. If you have a question or topic you would like discussed, please submit them to the Communications team ahead of time using this form. If you would prefer to share your questions anonymously then you also have the option to send them to your department senator who will forward them to me or to send them to me directly (osmith@umbc.edu). Please submit your questions by Tuesday, August 3 at noon.

Note on the format: if the number of attendees permits, we hope to hold this as a Webex meeting and not as an “event” in order to facilitate an in-person robust dialogue between faculty and campus leadership.

I look forward to our conversation on Thursday.

Orianne Smith

Faculty Senate President