For Transfer Student Week, we're looking for unique T-shirt designs straight from our students! If you'd like to submit a design, use this Google form to submit your proposal: https://forms.gle/qCVuuBEm8AJaznCP9. The winner will receive a $20 bookstore gift card, a free T-shirt, and a shoutout from OCSS! The form will close on September 15th at 11:59PM, so be sure to get your designs in soon. If you have any questions, send an email to ijustice@umbc.edu!

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Please join the GSA and the AOK Library to create and learn about writing accountability groups! Create groups to make regular writing time more productive and consistent. 

This kick-off meeting will take place on Webex on Tuesday, September 13th from 6-7pm

WebEx link for the WAG Kickoff:

Join Webex meeting: https://umbc.webex.com/wbxmjs/joinservice/sites/umbc/meeting/download/aa2a90e980b5497eb7d09fee1c4039cf?siteurl=umbc&MTID=m47a68cf9d85a36816aa5f3b8dce69cb5 

ID: 26234508845

Password: 9T5HmJ4UJPR

What are Writing Accountability Group, or WAGs at UMBC?

• What: Writing Accountability Groups (WAGs) are voluntary and facilitated by fellow UMBC graduate students

• Who: WAGs are comprised of a group of graduate students (usually 4-8 participants per group) interested in developing writing habits and accountability 

• Why: Develop habits of writing every day for a short, manageable period of time by setting goals and being accountable to WAG peers 

• When: WAG groups meet once a week for 60-90 minutes for 10-12 weeks. The group finds a weekly time mutually convenient to all group members.

• Where: The group decides on a mutually convenient location to meet, whether in person or online via WebEx or other video conferencing platform

Want to Learn More?

• AOK Library’s Faculty has created a guide for facilitating Writing Accountability Groups. Visit here for more: https://lib.guides.umbc.edu/wags 

• WAGs were developed by Dr. Kimberly A. Skarupski, Ph.D., MPH. Visit here for more: https://www.wagyourwork.com/ 

Dear UMBC Community,

UMBC's Office of Sustainability engages with the campus community in numerous ways to help inform our work to promote sustainability within our interconnected environment, society, and economy. One way we engage is through surveys, which help us to develop benchmarks for various initiatives and to inform ongoing and new projects.

The following survey assesses specific knowledge, beliefs, and practices of UMBC students, faculty, and staff. The input you provide will help the Office of Sustainability to create programs, services, and procedures allowing us to better serve you and your fellow Retrievers. 

Those who participate in the survey have the option to enter into a drawing for a UMBC Sustainability Matters reusable water bottle and sticker!  We will randomly select five students, one faculty member, and one staff member at the end of the survey. Winners will be notified via email. 

You can access the survey here.

If the survey does not open automatically, please copy and paste the following link to your internet browser's address bar: https://tinyurl.com/umbcsustainability

The survey should take no more than 10-15 minutes to complete. We need all responses by 11:59 PM on Friday, September 23, 2022.

Thank you for your time! 

UMBC Office of Sustainability

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Dear Faculty and Staff,

UMBC has decided to participate in The Baltimore Sun Top Workplaces program, which identifies and compares top places to work in the Baltimore metropolitan area, based solely on the opinions of employees.

Thanks to everyone who has completed the survey. If you have yet done so, this is a reminder to keep an eye out for an email with a link to the online survey. The survey, conducted by Energage, an independent research company, should take about five minutes to complete. Energage will keep your responses confidential; however, certain members of the UMBC community will have access to the optional written comments on the survey. If you wish to remain completely anonymous, please do not submit any optional written comments that could identify you individually.

Additionally, please note:

• If you have not received a survey link, please check your spam or junk email for a message from "Energage Survey." To open the survey invitation, you may have to confirm the email is not spam.
• If you accidentally delete the survey email, you will receive a reminder email with another access link.
• Do not forward the survey email to a colleague. Each email has a unique code to prevent multiple responses.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact Energage directly at 1-800-749-0187 or by replying to your survey email.

We encourage everyone's participation and hope you will take this opportunity to share your honest feedback.