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For those who are in need of grocery items, The food pantry is open every week. The hours are listed in the link.
These are the links for the Morning Star Baptist Church Food Pantry and the Thanksgiving Grocery Giveaway which is Saturday November 20.
The Food Pantry and Drive Through Giveaways are located at 6665 Security Blvd., Baltimore, MD, 21207.
On Saturday, November 20, 2021, Morning Star Church will serve 900 families during our Thanksgiving Grocery Giveaway.
Morning Star Baptist Church
1512 Woodlawn Drive
Gwynn Oak, MD 21207
410-747-3417
Dear UMBC Community,
As you make your personal plans for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday and accompanying break, please take a moment to consider the safety precautions you need to consider to keep our community healthy. We ask that you:
1. Review CDC guidance on domestic and international travel.
2. Consider the most effective way to minimize your risk as you gather with friends and family, particularly if there are individuals in your family who are unvaccinated or at a higher risk of COVID-19 complications. The CDC provides excellent advice on Safer Ways to Celebrate Holidays.
3. Test if necessary. Fully vaccinated community members without symptoms are not required to test but may use on-campus testing if they think they may have been exposed. Any community member who is not fully vaccinated is required to test immediately upon returning to campus. More information on testing is available here.
4. Stay healthy! If you have not already, please consider getting a flu shot. If you are sick, do not come to campus. If you are exposed to someone who has COVID-19, review our response and reporting protocols before returning to campus.
We have had tremendous success at keeping our campus healthy and controlling the spread of COVID-19. We appreciate everything you are doing and ask for your ongoing support as we continue this effort.
Provost Philip Rous
Vice President for Administration and Finance Lynne Schaefer
COVID-19 Planning Coordinating Committee Co-Chairs
]]>As you may know, we conduct full and formal judicial review hearings for students who request them. A student might request a board hearing if they are charged with something serious, for which the termination of their housing contract or disciplinary suspension/dismissal is a likely outcome. They might also request a hearing if they are refuting the charges and believe they are not responsible for the alleged misconduct. Our Code of Student Conduct specifies that judicial boards are composed of between 2-4 students and one faculty or staff member. If you have been in a hearing before, you know that our board members are well-trained, thoughtful, and rigorous in their questioning. Although we have many "friends of Student Conduct" that have volunteered to help out in the faculty/staff capacity, I want to avoid repeatedly shoulder-tapping these same folks, if possible.
So I'd like to open up this opportunity for others to assist us in this crucial aspect of our operation. This is a chance for you to foster the accountability-taking and ethical decision-making capacity of our students and also to get a "good student affairs experience." ALL OF THESE HEARINGS ARE VIRTUAL AND YOU CAN PARTICIPATE FROM YOUR OFFICE OR REMOTE WORK LOCATION.
Here are the hearing dates and times that remain unfilled for the Fall Semester of 2021 (please consider signing up for the early dates, which are typically the hardest for me to fill):
December 10, 1:00-6:00 PM
December 14 (Tuesday, Study Day) 9:00 AM-1:00 PM
With all that said, please consult your calendar and email me with the date(s) you are available and willing to help out. I will reply and ask you to put a tentative hold on your calendar and then confirm the specific time and nature of the hearing when we get closer to the actual date. Thanks again for your support of this important task!
November 19, 1:45-6:00 PMish
November 23, 9:00-11:00 AM (Appellate Board, RL Eligible)
December 3, 1:00-6:00 PMish
Here are a few caveats: 1) Before you volunteer, make sure you are in conversation with your supervisor, and 2) Our hearings occasionally run past 5:00 PM, so if you are on a tight timeline because of family or social commitments, just be aware that once you commit it is really important to have you be available "for the duration" whatever that ends up looking like.
Regards,
Dear UMBC Community,
We are pleased to announce that the University will be closed on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, in order to extend the Thanksgiving break.
Thanksgiving is a time when we reflect on the people and experiences that are meaningful to us. The challenges we all continue to face—and the dedication and creativity our community members have shown in the face of those challenges—make us more grateful than ever to be part of this inspiring community. Thank you for all you do for UMBC.
The additional holiday applies as well to UMBC programs and offices at the Universities at Shady Grove. The day will be designated as a holiday on time sheets. Employees required to work on November 24 will have twelve months to use the holiday.
We wish you and yours a restful and safe holiday.
President Freeman Hrabowski and Provost Philip Rous
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NOV 17 10 AMFree Coffee and Donuts for Grad Students! This event will be hosted in COMM 328 on Wednesday November 17th, 2021. |
What Can You Be with a PhD? is the largest PhD career symposium in the country. The symposium has over 40 different career path sessions and professional development workshops featuring over 100 speakers over two days.
WCUB is hosted biennially by NYU School of Medicine with the support of a consortium of 15 other universities and research institutions around the New York City metropolitan area. WCUB also features exhibitors from companies from different industries that hire doctorates.
This symposium is a unique opportunity for graduate students and postdocs to learn about the breadth of career paths for doctorates and a fantastic place to network with the next generation of scientists.
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