September 24: Retriever Ready Action Update Health Dashboard Update + Services to Help You Stay Healthy
Please see the latest updates on UMBC’s Retriever Ready website. Questions? Email covid19@umbc.edu.

COVID-19 Health & Safety

  • UMBC’s Public Health Dashboard was updated with new data on September 23. The dashboard provides timely data about the prevalence of COVID-19 within our main campus, based on UMBC’s on-campus testing and reported results from off-campus testing among UMBC faculty, staff, and students who are approved to be on campus this fall. 

Counseling Center Offers Group Counseling 

  • The Counseling Center is offering several support groups, including “Connecting While Apart” groups for both undergraduate and graduate students.

University Health Services Fall Semester Appointment Process

  • University Health Services continues to serve the UMBC by appointment only during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Please call 410-455-2542 to make an appointment. If you need care outside normal operating hours (Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.), please contact the UHS after-hours care line at 410-455-3230. 
  • Healthcare providers will first meet with patients through a telehealth visit using the secure video conferencing platform WebEx or by phone if video conferencing is not available. If the healthcare provider deems it necessary to further evaluate the patient in person, the provider will discuss that need during the telehealth visit and schedule an in-person appointment. Visits with our nurse or medical assistant for vaccines, blood work, and allergy shots will be scheduled without a telehealth component.
  • If you are experiencing an emergency while on campus that requires an immediate response, please contact UMBC police at 410-455-5555. If you are off-campus and have an emergency, please call 911.

Office of Health Promotion Peer Health Educators


The UHS Office of Health Promotion staff and trained Peer Health Educators provide virtual education sessions on the following topics; visit the Health Promotion website to schedule a session.
  • Alcohol and other drugs
  • Healthy Relationships
  • Stress management and relaxation techniques
  • Nutrition and exercise
  • Eating disorders
  • STI and HIV/AIDS education
  • Sexual and reproductive health
  • Sexual assault
  • Mental and emotional well being
  • Financial well-being

UMBC Together

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FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/UMBCGSA

TWITTER: @umbcgsa

INSTA: umbc_gsa


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Dear UMBC Community:

We deeply appreciate the many precautions that students, faculty, and staff are consistently taking to protect your health and the health of others on campus and in the broader community. The UMBC Public Health Dashboard update released today reports a current COVID-19 campus positivity rate of 0.2 percent, based on test results received September 8 through 22. The current Baltimore County positivity rate is 2.3 percent. During this reporting period, two new cases were identified among students, faculty, and staff. Each individual and their reported contacts have received appropriate follow-up support.

We are encouraged by these early results and optimistic that continued caution and discipline will enable UMBC’s fall semester to continue as planned, with limited numbers of students in residence halls and on-campus classes required for their academic progress.

We also know that ongoing vigilance is essential to minimize the spread of COVID-19. All community members approved to be on campus must complete COVID-19 testing, daily symptom tracking, and health and safety training requirements. Learn more on UMBC’s Health & Safety page. Campus testing will continue every week in a surveillance mode. Surveillance testing methods will include: (1) random sampling, (2) targeted test sampling of people in settings with greater interaction (i.e., research labs, music and theatre classes, residence halls), or (3) responsive testing to follow up in situations where we are aware of exposure or possible exposure to COVID-19. In addition, surveillance testing within Athletics exceeds NCAA standards. Men’s and Women’s Basketball students and staff are tested weekly as they actively prepare for a planned season start on November 25. Other student athletes are tested on a rotating basis, with 25 percent of the roster tested every other week.

We want to recognize the Fall Planning Coordinating Committee’s Testing Group—comprised of leaders from Student Affairs, the Division of Information Technology, Human Resources, the Office of General Counsel, the Office of Institutional Advancement, University Health Services, and University Police—for developing and managing so many of the new administrative and clinical processes necessary to safeguard the health of the campus. And we especially thank Emergency Health Services Professor Lucy Wilson, M.D. for sharing her expertise in infectious disease outbreak response with UMBC leaders, other University System of Maryland institutions, and the State of Maryland during this pandemic.

Again, our deepest thanks to each of you for continuing to do your part to protect our campus.

Provost Philip Rous, Vice President Lynne Schaefer, and Vice President Nancy Young
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UMBC’s first virtual Fall Career & Internship Fair will be taking place TODAY!


The UMBC Career Center wants to make sure you are registered, prepared, and comfortable with this new format prior to the day of the fair so you can make the most of your time connecting with employers over live group chat and video.


For more information on how to attend click the link below!

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The Board of Regents’ Faculty Awards recognize distinguished performance by faculty within the past three years, in the categories of:
  • Teaching
  • Research/scholarship/creative activity
  • Public service
  • Mentoring
  • Innovation
  • Inter-USM campus collaboration
The Honors and Awards Committee of the Faculty Senate will select up to three individuals in each category for nomination to the Board of Regents.

To nominate yourself or a faculty colleague for one of these awards, prepare a packet of no more than five pages including a summary resume, a one-page essay by the nominee describing his or her contribution to excellence, a letter of recommendation from the department chair or dean, and a brief documentation of exemplary achievement.

Submit the packet via email to the Honors and Awards Committee, c/o Patrice McDermott, Office of the Provost, at mcdermot@umbc.edu, by Friday, October 2. Additional detailed information concerning eligibility, criteria, and documentation for these awards can be found here.

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Please see the latest updates on UMBC’s Retriever Ready website. Questions? Please email covid19@umbc.edu.

COVID-19 Health & Safety

  • Check out this video from the CDC about proper handwashing techniques. Make sure to protect your health and the health of your fellow Retrievers through physical distancing, wearing masks, and proper handwashing.

Student Ambassadors Are Ready to Answer Your Virtual Learning Questions

  • Students: Do you have questions about virtual learning? UMBC’s Student Ambassadors are ready to help! Undergraduate and graduate students can connect with peers who serve as a “brain trust,” sharing information and resources on how to become successful virtual learners in the time of COVID-19. Ambassadors provide information, share their experiences using effective strategies, and direct students to available resources.

Virtual Event Planning Tips 

Faculty & Staff: Annual Leave “Carryover” Limit Update

  • The University System of Maryland Board of Regents has approved a temporary exception to the 400 hours of accrued annual leave that regular nonexempt and exempt faculty and staff are ordinarily able to carry into a new calendar year. Learn more in this message from UMBC Human Resources.

UMBC Together

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Attend UMBC’s Fall 2020 Virtual Career & Internship Fair TOMORROW! PRE-REGISTER TODAY! For more information click the link below.
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The Office of People's Counsel produces community resource guides for every county in Maryland.  If you are experiencing troubles with utility bill issues, these guides should be helpful to you. The annually updated resource guides offer information on utilities, energy assistance programs, energy efficiency programs, tax credit programs, telephone assistance programs, housing and mortgage assistance programs, and more.  

These guides can be found on this website. Select your county to explore the resources that are available to you for assistance with your utility payments 


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Dear UMBC Community,

In the next six weeks, Baltimore and the United States will elect leaders who will make decisions and take actions that affect all of our lives in profound ways. We encourage you to use this time to cast your whole vote by learning about the candidates and issues, talking and listening to each other about your views and experiences, and continuing to make our UMBC community a forum for deep, respectful engagement. 

Earlier this year we signed the Higher Education Presidents’ Commitment to Full Student Voter Participation, committing to a goal of full participation in Election 2020 by members of the UMBC community. UMBC has a proud tradition of national leadership in voter turnout, and received a Gold Award from the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge for its 113 percent increase in student voter turnout in the 2018 election (relative to 2014).

Today is National Voter Registration Day. In Maryland, the voter registration deadline is October 13, 2020, just three weeks from now. Because of changes to the election due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you may need more time to complete the voting process. If you want to vote by mail, you will need to allow time for the Board of Elections to send your ballot so you can return it by Election Day. Start the process now by registering to vote (or checking your existing registration) and making a voting plan using ALL IN to Vote’s tools.

UMBC is competing with schools in the America East Conference and across the U.S. to have the most members of the campus community take ALL IN’s pledge to vote. Students, faculty, and staff can pledge and view the national leaderboard here.

As crucial as voting is, there are many other important ways to take responsibility for the future of our communities and make them thrive. Social change can happen in neighborhoods, workplaces, and everyday settings. You can work with the people around you to address issues in your own communities. Connecting and sharing stories helps people move beyond stereotypes and recognize each other’s humanity. That is what it means to cast your whole vote.

The Center for Democracy and Civic Life; Center for Social Science Scholarship; Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion, and Belonging; Graduate Student Association; Student Government Association; and other campus departments and organizations are hosting programs (some of them listed here) that bring UMBC students, faculty, staff, and alumni into conversations about Election 2020 and the issues affecting our lives. Please consider participating.

President Freeman Hrabowski and Provost Philip Rous
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Dear Faculty and Staff,

Due to circumstances associated with COVID-19, employees may be unable to use all of their available accrued annual leave, resulting in potential loss of this leave under existing policy. In recognition of the unique circumstances and challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents approved a temporary exception to the 400 hours of accrued annual leave that regular nonexempt and exempt employees are ordinarily able to carry into a new calendar year. 

Under this temporary exception, employees will be permitted to carry a maximum of 480 hours of accrued annual leave into the new calendar year. These hours will be pro-rated for leave-eligible part-time employees. This exception will remain in place through the final pay period of calendar year 2022. A link to the USM guidance around this exception, including provisions related to employees who separate or transfer from the USM during this time period, can be found here. 

While we may have had travel plans cancelled or have the unexpected role of caregiver and/or educator to our school-aged children, research shows that taking time away from our jobs can have both physical and psychological health benefits. We encourage you to work with your supervisor to schedule some well-deserved time off.

Valerie A. Thomas, Chief Human Resources Officer
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