Maryland Board of Elections Places Ballot Box in The Commons Voting will be easier than ever for members of the UMBC community for the 2022 gubernatorial election. For the first time, the Maryland Board of Elections has placed an official ballot dropoff box on the UMBC campus. Members of the UMBC community registered to vote anywhere in Maryland can cast their mail ballots for the primary and general elections by placing completed ballots in the box, which is located next to the Campus Information Center (CIC) in the lobby of The Commons. The Maryland Board of Elections will collect ballots from the box daily through Election Day (July 19 for the primary election). The box will return in late September or early October for the general election.
 
The placement of the ballot dropoff box on campus reflects UMBC’s record of strong engagement in previous elections, and is the result of advocacy and planning by the Center for Democracy and Civic Life, Commons Operations, the Office of Institutional Advancement, the Student Government Association, and other campus leaders. We are grateful to the Maryland Board of Elections for extending this convenience to members of our community. ]]> Voting will be easier than ever for members of the UMBC community for the 2022 gubernatorial election. For the first time, the Maryland Board of Elections has placed an official ballot dropoff box... https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/126155/guest@my.umbc.edu/29542be4910625a378c90e60f669c93f/api/pixel Center for Democracy and Civic Life https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/civiclife https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/xsmall.png?1554944150 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/original.png?1554944150 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/xxlarge.png?1554944150 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/xlarge.png?1554944150 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/large.png?1554944150 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/medium.png?1554944150 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/small.png?1554944150 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/xsmall.png?1554944150 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/xxsmall.png?1554944150 Center for Democracy and Civic Life 8 0 true Thu, 07 Jul 2022 10:56:44 -0400 Fri, 08 Jul 2022 09:38:03 -0400 Democracy's Unfinished Work July 6, 2022

Dear Community Members,

We are living through a troubling era of profound social divisions and existential threats. The past few weeks have brought fresh reminders of the precariousness of our civil rights and of democracy itself. Some of our challenges relate to systemic injustices with which we have never fully reckoned as a nation, with roots so deep they predate the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence. Democracy requires that each of us entrusts our life and well-being to each other, in the hope that our collective will and wisdom can keep us safe, prosperous, and free. How do we move forward when we are confronted daily with reasons not to trust each other or believe in our social and civic institutions?

Members of our campus community have wrestled with similar questions from UMBC’s earliest days. As the first public university established in Maryland after the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown vs. Board of Education, UMBC’s existence represented the promise of a future in which students of all races, genders, and backgrounds would learn and thrive together. Over time, we have grappled with how to make good on that promise, and under President Hrabowski’s leadership we have made inclusive excellence a core value that we strive to enact in our relationships and practices.

UMBC has become a nationally recognized meeting ground for students, faculty, and staff interested in experimenting with approaches to dialogue, political engagement, and collaboration that foreground the humanity of everyone involved. Staff in Residential Life and Student Conduct and Community Standards have taken the lead in infusing restorative practices into campus programs and services. Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion & Belonging (i3b) and the Women’s Center have pioneered programming and created spaces to elevate voices and prioritize belonging for communities that have been marginalized. The Shriver Center has been a leader in the human, affective, relational work needed to foster race equity by incorporating anti-racist practices into community programs. The Center for Democracy and Civic Life has developed innovative courses and programs that promote civic agency and critical solidarity, empowering participants to work together to make meaningful progress on local and societal challenges. These initiatives and others like them are creating a cultural reservoir of practices and insights that can inspire hope, foster genuine relationships among people with different identities and perspectives, and guide collective action.

Our community’s active and creative engagement with this kind of teaching, learning, and problem-solving can help to illuminate a future in which all of us can participate fully and with confidence, having earned each other’s trust – a future in which democracy feels less like a twilight struggle and more like a dance. Our actions and interactions within our campus community matter a great deal, in part because so many leaders across Maryland and the U.S. are paying attention to what happens here, looking for ideas and techniques they can adapt to their own settings. By engaging in the daily work of building an inclusive, collaborative community on campus and in all of our everyday activities, we can contribute directly to the longer-term project, reflected in UMBC’s vision statement, of advancing knowledge, prosperity, and justice for all.

That work is ongoing and unfinished, and requires all of us. We encourage you to take a look at these Inclusion Council recommendations for promoting social justice at UMBC, and follow these myUMBC groups to learn about opportunities for involvement: Center for Democracy and Civic Life, Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion & Belonging (i3b), Residential Life, Restorative Retrievers, The Shriver Center, and the Women’s Center.

We also encourage all students, faculty and staff to take good care of yourselves and each other, and reach out to family, friends, and communities for support. Students can access peer-to-peer digital support any time by registering with Togetherall, or by making an appointment with Retriever Integrated Health by calling 410-455-2472. Faculty and staff counseling resources are available through the Employee Assistance Program.

David Hoffman, Director, Center for Democracy and Civic Life
Romy Hübler, Associate Director, Center for Democracy and Civic Life
Tess McRae, Coordinator, Center for Democracy and Civic Life
Markya Reed, Graduate Assistant, Center for Democracy and Civic Life
Jeff Cullen, Director, Student Conduct and Community Standards
Eric Ford, Director, The Choice Program at UMBC
Bri Gumbs, Program Coordinator, Women’s Center
Jasmine Lee, Director, Inclusive Excellence & Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion, and Belonging
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UMBC is currently undertaking multiple utility improvements on campus. Upgrades to the campus domestic water service will require a scheduled outage to water service at the following buildings: Administration, Engineering, University Center, ITE, Sherman & Sondheim. The outage will take place on Saturday, July 9, 2022 from approximately 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

Excavations associated with this work will commence on June 27, 2022 near the affected buildings. Please refer to the Facilities Management summer construction map for additional information. Accessible pedestrian routes will be maintained through the area. Service vehicle access to the 220 access road between ITE and Sherman Hall may be impacted June 29 – 30, 2022.

Accessibility is part of the design process, and we work in partnership with Accessibility and Disability Services which supports faculty, staff, students and visitors with disabilities. If you have a concern about accessibility or want to inquire about a disability-based accommodation, please do so through their website.

Thank you for your patience as we work to maintain and enhance the UMBC campus.

For more updates on summer construction, please follow Facilities Management on myUMBC. 

Facilities Management
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Dear UMBC Community,

We are aware that even though many of us are taking a summer break, there has been no break in the deeply serious and tragic events affecting our city, nation, and world. It is difficult to absorb the steady stream of dramatic news, from the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade and the questions this raises about the future rights of women, LGBTQ+ people, and families in poverty. to the brutal murders of the teachers and children in Uvalde and continued tragic violence across the nation.

In times like these, we are especially grateful for our UMBC community and our collective vision to advance knowledge, economic prosperity, and social justice. This goal draws us to seek understanding of the most challenging issues facing our nation, particularly ensuring the constitutional rights of all people.

As a community of inquiring minds, we are fortunate to have opportunities to connect with one another to share our stories and learn our histories through coursework, research collaborations, and the many centers and academic departments on campus committed to building the empathy, listening, dialogue, and activist skills that are vital to healthy civic life.

We encourage you to read this important post on the Center for Democracy and Civic Life's website to learn how you can make a difference in the campus community and beyond.


President Freeman Hrabowski
Provost Philip Rous

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This Saturday, July 2nd, from 12 noon until 12 a.m. the campus VoIP phone system will be upgraded to the latest software release. During this time the campus phone system and all related services will be operational with the exception of a few 30-60 second disruptions. Active calls should not be impacted during this work but some users may see their desk phone re-register to the phone servers while not in use. Webex phone users may need to log back into their phone services after the conclusion of the work. DoIT will be working with Police dispatch to maintain emergency calling services throughout the work. 


This work is being performed in order to maintain a modern, reliable and secure phone system for the UMBC campus and is part of our regular patching cycles. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this maintenance window please let us know. If you experience any prolonged issues with your phone please contact the DoIT Technology Support Center. 


Ray Soellner

Director of Telecommunications / DoIT

rays1@umbc.edu


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UMBC + UMB WRITING CENTERS PARTNERSHIP: HIRING GRADUATE STUDENTS

 

The UMBC Writing Center and the Writing Center at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), are partnering to share resources and offer UMBC graduate students the opportunity to apply for paid positions as peer writing consultants through the UMB Writing Center. 


Successful candidates will join the UMB Writing Center staff, working one-to-one with writers at UMBC and/or UMB in on-campus and in online graduate-level courses, as well as with UMBC and UMB staff and faculty writers and writers across Baltimore communities. These positions are especially ideal for graduate students interested in careers involving these fields: 

 

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, + INCLUSION EXPERIENCE FOR HIRED GRADUATE STUDENTS

Newly hired graduate students will also participate in rigorous, ongoing training in consultation practice and, importantly, will join the Baltimore Writing Center Project (BWCP) - a collaboration among a diverse, interprofessional group of writing center administrators and graduate and undergraduate peer consultants from Baltimore metropolitan-area universities. 


This project focuses on how writing centers can leverage institutional resources across Baltimore City to grapple with structural and systemic racism inside and beyond the academy. Participants confront linguistic racism and the reproduction of white language supremacy in writing practice and research by engaging in multimodal composition strategies, egalitarian processes of consultation practice, and intersectional counter-storytelling.


Apply through the UMB Writing Center's employment page.


Questions? Email Elaine MacDougall, Director of the UMBC Writing Center, at efick1@umbc.edu and/or James Wright, Associate Director of the UMB Writing Center, at james.wright@umaryland.edu



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The Student Affairs Business Services Center (SABSC) has relocated to Erickson Hall, Suite 042. Please note the following updates: 

New Student Organizations Business Office (SOBO): Open beginning Monday, August 1, SOBO is dedicated to student organizations' business and financial activity and will be located in Commons 337 (in the Campus Life suite). SABSC staff who work with student organizations will rotate between SOBO in The Commons and SABSC in Erickson 042. 

Deposits: Beginning Monday, August 1, all deposits should be taken to Commons 337 for processing. Until then, deposits needing to be processed should be taken to Erickson 042. 

Payroll Activity: Payroll activity (e.g., new hire appointments) will be handled by SABSC staff located in Erickson 042. Please note that all student payroll appointments will also be held in Erickson 042. 

Hours: Both offices will be open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday
Email tmdelin@umbc.edu with questions.

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A message from our colleagues at the Office of Health Promotion. Original post here.

The Peer Health Education Program is an unpaid internship offered through the Career Center. Students are able to earn PRAC Internship credit and a nationally recognized peer educator certification. This internship is a one-year minimum commitment. As a peer health educator, you will have the opportunity to
  • Develop health and well-being events and initiatives for the UMBC community
  • Use health communication strategies to raise awareness of relevant health and wellbeing topics pertinent to college students
  • Develop and sharpen your public speaking, interpersonal communication, and leadership skills
  • Facilitate health workshops and
  • Serve as a resource for your peers
This internship experience has supported peer health educators in their post-graduate careers. Specifically, past peer health educators used this experience to support their graduate school applications and secure positions in and outside of the public health and health care industry.

If you are interested in being a peer health educator for the 2022-2023 academic year, please submit your application by July 10, 2022. Undergraduate and graduate students from any academic background attending UMBC’s main campus are welcome to apply.
]]> A message from our colleagues at the Office of Health Promotion. Original post here. The Peer Health Education Program is an unpaid internship offered through the Career Center. Students are... https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/126064/guest@my.umbc.edu/48083d0c61ce292204e820c28e8d0f1d/api/pixel Center for Democracy and Civic Life https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/civiclife https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/xsmall.png?1554944150 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/original.png?1554944150 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/xxlarge.png?1554944150 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/xlarge.png?1554944150 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/large.png?1554944150 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/medium.png?1554944150 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/small.png?1554944150 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/xsmall.png?1554944150 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/xxsmall.png?1554944150 Center for Democracy and Civic Life 1 0 true Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:28:34 -0400 Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:29:00 -0400 Apply by June 30 to be a 2022 Maryland Election Judge Paid positions for primary and general elections In the 2022 primary and general elections, Maryland voters will have the option to cast their ballots either by mail or in person. The Civic Innovation Center (CivIC) at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy and the Maryland State Board of Elections are looking for members of the UMBC community to support in-person voting as election judges. Election judges work as a team to ensure that Marylanders are able to access polling stations and cast a fair vote without undue delay or interference.
 
These are paid positions through CivIC and the Maryland State Board of Elections. If your application is accepted, you will be contacted about which Maryland counties are in need of election judges. Election judges are able to serve in any county in the state, and can choose to serve in counties outside of their county of residence.
 
Click here to complete your application to become a 2022 Maryland election judge. Applications are due on Thursday, June 30, 2022. Reach out to Paul Brown (pbrown15@umd.edu), director of CivIC, with any questions. ]]> In the 2022 primary and general elections, Maryland voters will have the option to cast their ballots either by mail or in person. The Civic Innovation Center (CivIC) at the University of... https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/126063/guest@my.umbc.edu/e86295fe6d20a5beb6839c95450f8522/api/pixel Center for Democracy and Civic Life https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/civiclife https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/xsmall.png?1554944150 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/original.png?1554944150 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/xxlarge.png?1554944150 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/xlarge.png?1554944150 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/large.png?1554944150 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/medium.png?1554944150 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/small.png?1554944150 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/xsmall.png?1554944150 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/462/3559ec2c1c4f29266d1c1eb0f1164549/xxsmall.png?1554944150 Center for Democracy and Civic Life 1 0 true Tue, 28 Jun 2022 10:55:07 -0400