Come have your voices heard by administration in a virtual Graduate Assistant Town Hall from 2:00-3:30 PM on April 29th.

The meeting will be held online. 

Bring your experiences, suggestions, advocacies, complements and concerns!

To Supervisors:

Just as a reminder, the PMP process for this year runs from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022. Supervisors are required to complete and submit a PMP form, offering an evaluation for each of their regular Exempt and Non-Exempt direct reports for the 12-month period stated above. The deadline for submitting these evaluations is Friday, May 6, 2022.

Many of you have been successfully utilizing our process through DocuSign, which allowed us to capture the necessary signatures and approvals for the PMPs. For those who have not yet had an opportunity to submit a PMP via DocuSign, it is important to remember that a discussion with the next level reviewer and the PMP review meeting with the employee should take place prior to initiating the online DocuSign process for signatures.

After the PMP form is reviewed by the appropriate approver and presented to the employee, you are ready to submit your completed PMP through DocuSign using the hyperlink above. For ease of submission, you will need the employee's ID (this can be found in the Directory), as well as the employee's PeopleSoft department number. Please save the PMP form attachment using the following format: Employee's Last Name_First Name. For example, Doe_John.

Additional tools and resources, including the PMP forms, can be accessed here.

 Questions around the PMP process should be directed to Michale S. Tallon (mtallon@umbc.edu), or Elmer Falconer (falconer@umbc.edu).

We hope to see you!

Please email your questions and comments to promise@umbc.edu, sincerely, PROMISE staff.

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Save the date for our annual GSA Awards Ceremony! 

Hey Commuters!

Missed out on a shirt from last week? Come by OCSS for a chance to grab one before they are gone from our around the world theme. There are 76 shirts left ranging from small to 2XL.

NAGS is pleased to announce the 2022 Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition. This year, the virtual event will be hosted by the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS). The 3MT competition will feature winners of each NAGS member’s local competitions, with the NAGS winner and runner-up being sent to the next Council of Graduate Schools national competition.

Date: Thursday, April 28, 2022, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. EST

Format: The competition will be held live via Zoom. To attend the event

Can't wait!

The National College Health Assessment (NCHA) is an assessment tool that asks students about their health and well-being behaviors. This information is used across campus to inform health and well-being strategies and programmatic needs. 

This year, UMBC’s NCHA Survey is accepting responses until Saturday, April 30. If you have been invited to participate in the survey, you can find the link in an email sent to you from ncha-web@acha.org. 

All students who complete the UMBC NCHA Survey will be entered into a drawing. 200 students will win $10 in Retriever Dollars. Students will also be entered into a drawing to win either a JBL Portable Speaker or a pair of Beats Wireless Headphones. 

Retriever Integrated Health is partnering with NCHA on this survey. For questions, email rih@umbc.edu.

Download the attached flyer that gives you more information on how to apply and the requisites to have your application considered for review. 

Application deadline: May 03, 2022