2019 Health Benefits Update Dear Members of the UMBC Community,

We have been notified by the State Department of Budget and Management’s Employee Benefits Division of several key updates applicable to employees who have benefits through the State of Maryland. This update does not affect graduate assistants.

SPS Workday for Benefits

The state went live with SPS Workday on January 1, 2019. At this time, only new hires and employees with a qualifying event or change in eligibility should log into the system. All other employees will have the opportunity to use the system during open enrollment in fall 2019. More information on how to log into SPS Workday can be found here.

As a reminder, emails from stateofmaryland@myworkday.com are NOT Spam and are associated with the SPS Workday system.

1095-C Tax Statements

Employees will receive their 1095-C tax statements on or around March 2, 2019. However, you do not need to wait until you have received this form to file your taxes.  For more information, please see our health insurance tax forms FAQ.

Premium Deduction Holidays for 2019

There will be no deductions for medical, prescription, dental, FSAs, and MetLife benefits on the paychecks of April 5, 2019 and September 6, 2019.

Please follow Human Resources in myUMBC for future updates.

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Dear Members of the UMBC Community,

I'm reaching out to raise your awareness of this year’s influenza (flu) season. According to the CDC and the Maryland Department of Health and Hygiene, there has been widespread flu around the country and the state, and University Health Services has documented cases on campus The flu is a respiratory illness with sudden onset of symptoms that can include a fever of over 100ºF, body aches, sore throat, headache, and cough.

This is an important time for us all to take some simple actions to protect ourselves and minimize the impact of the flu on our community. 
The treatment for influenza for healthy people is mostly “supportive,” meaning rest, plenty of fluids, and fever-reducing medication as needed. Antiviral medications may be indicated, especially for students, faculty, and staff who have chronic medical problems (e.g., asthma or diabetes) and can be discussed with your primary care provider. Antiviral medications are most effective if started the within 48 hours of developing flu symptoms.
University Health Services is here to answer any questions you may have. Please feel free to contact us at 410-455-2542 for medical advice or further instructions and information. If you need to see a provider outside of normal university hours of operation, here is a list of urgent care facilities on the UMBC transit line.

For more information about the flu, visit the Maryland Department of Health website.

Bruce Herman, Director, University Health Services and Counseling Center  
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Dear Graduate Students

On March 1, Retriever Courage partners will hold a second information gathering session with Jody Shipper, J.D., and Cherie Scricca, Ed.D. of Grand River Solutions, Inc., our consultant team, from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Proscenium Theatre, Performing Arts and Humanities Building.  

This is an opportunity for the UMBC community to share ideas, experiences, and concerns with the consultants in order to inform their work at UMBC. For those who prefer not to share publicly or are unable to attend, you may use this anonymous Google form and your feedback will be shared with Shipper and Scricca.

Based on the information Shipper and Scricca receive, they will help to assess what is working well and where we can learn from other institutions’ best practices and from evidence-based research.  

We encourage those who have observed or experienced sexual violence/misconduct to seek support as needed at any time. There are many resources available on campus and in the community that offer confidential medical support, confidential psychological/emotional support, and interim protective measures (e.g., no-contact orders, housing adjustments, academic concerns). For emergency situations, contact campus police via 410-455-5555 or local police via 911.

Thank you
-GSA
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On Thursday, February 22nd starting at 2pm LDAP-Master and Webadmin will be taken down for system maintenance.  During this time account creations and password changes will be unavailable.  Account authentication and logins will not be affected during this downtime.  


The maintenance window will allow staff to apply needed security and application updates.  The outage window is expected to last two hours with services being restored by 4pm on Thursday, February 22nd.


During the outage window account creations will be queued and then processed upon restoration of services.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our Technology Support Center at x53838.

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Dear Members of the UMBC Community,

I am writing to follow up on the campus alert sent earlier this week about the robbery of a student at knifepoint between Commons Drive and Administration Drive. This incident naturally creates anxiety, and I want to reassure you UMBC Police takes every incident seriously, and this crime is being fully investigated.

In instances such as this, UMBC Police works with our partners in Student Affairs, including Residential Life and Off-Campus Student Services, to ensure that students who have been the victims of crime are connected with any and all services they may need.

This type of incident is unusual for our campus. Armed robberies on our campus increased from zero in 2017 to three in 2018. While the number of robberies is relatively low, one crime is too many. We investigate all crime reports that we receive. As a result of the investigation into a robbery on campus in September 2018 involving an online sales transaction, we have identified a suspect and will be filing charges.

We are working to increase UMBC Police visibility on our campus, and our partners in Facilities Management have projects underway to improve lighting, including:
Safety Tips:

UMBC Police provides an escort service for anyone who feels unsafe when walking on or near campus. If you would like an escort, please call 410-455-5555. If you observe suspicious activity or behavior, contact the police immediately by calling 410-455-5555.

The UMBC Counseling Center provides free confidential services for UMBC students. If you are in need of counseling services or would like to learn more about available services, please call 410-455-2472 or visit the Counseling Center’s website.

The UMBC Police Station is a safe trade location. If you are going to buy or sell items online and make face-to-face transactions, you can make a safe trade by meeting the individual(s) at the UMBC Police Station.

We encourage members of the UMBC community to keep themselves safe. However, please recognize that conduct violations and criminal acts are never the victim’s fault. UMBC students, faculty, staff members, or visitors who choose to violate relevant policies and laws are solely responsible for their actions. University authorities will make every effort to sanction individuals who violate those policies and laws.

Paul Dillon, UMBC Chief of Police
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On March 1, Retriever Courage partners will hold a second information gathering session with Jody Shipper, J.D., and Cherie Scricca, Ed.D. of Grand River Solutions, Inc., our consultant team, from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Proscenium Theatre, Performing Arts and Humanities Building.

The March 1 information gathering session will be similar in format to the session that took place on February 7. After a brief introduction to Shipper and Scricca and their work on campus, participants will be invited to share ideas, experiences, and concerns with the consultants in order to inform their work at UMBC. This will not be a traditional Q&A format. Rather, the consultants will be listening for direct input from the UMBC community.

For those who prefer not to share publicly or are unable to attend the information gathering session, you may use this anonymous Google form and your feedback will be shared with Shipper and Scricca.

Throughout the spring semester, Shipper and Scricca will review current university processes, policies, procedures, and practices regarding sexual misconduct. This review includes meetings in February with Retriever Courage partners as well as with campus groups that they and Retriever Courage partners have identified.

Based on the information Shipper and Scricca receive, they will help to assess what is working well and where we can learn from other institutions’ best practices and from evidence-based research. This effort will have a broad scope, beyond the specifics of Title IX alone, also including models for prevention and training for students, faculty, and staff, and best practices for providing support to those impacted by sexual violence. Their recommendations to UMBC will be presented to the campus in May.

Thank you for your commitment to Retriever Courage and for the input and suggestions you are sharing to inform this work. While some important actions are already underway, this work is just the beginning. It is challenging, and it calls for each one of us to be involved, to listen, and to learn from one another, so that UMBC will become a stronger community and Retriever Courage can have a lasting impact on the campus and beyond. There are many different ways to be involved, such as joining an advisory committee, participating in educational workshops and training, becoming an advocate for survivors, and committing to being an observant, vocal community member.

We encourage those who have observed or experienced sexual violence/misconduct to seek support as needed at any time. There are many resources available on campus and in the community that offer confidential medical support, confidential psychological/emotional support, and interim protective measures (e.g., no-contact orders, housing adjustments, academic concerns). For emergency situations, contact campus police via 410-455-5555 or local police via 911.

The Implementation Team will continue to share updates on the consultants’ future campus visits and process, additional Retriever Courage progress, and ways to stay engaged.

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On March 1, Retriever Courage partners will hold a second information gathering session with Jody Shipper, J.D., and Cherie Scricca, Ed.D. of Grand River Solutions, Inc., our consultant team, from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Proscenium Theatre, Performing Arts and Humanities Building.

The March 1 information gathering session will be similar in format to the session that took place on February 7. After a brief introduction to Shipper and Scricca and their work on campus, participants will be invited to share ideas, experiences, and concerns with the consultants in order to inform their work at UMBC. This will not be a traditional Q&A format. Rather, the consultants will be listening for direct input from the UMBC community.

For those who prefer not to share publicly or are unable to attend the information gathering session, you may use this anonymous Google form and your feedback will be shared with Shipper and Scricca.

Throughout the spring semester, Shipper and Scricca will review current university processes, policies, procedures, and practices regarding sexual misconduct. This review includes meetings in February with Retriever Courage partners as well as with campus groups that they and Retriever Courage partners have identified.

Based on the information Shipper and Scricca receive, they will help to assess what is working well and where we can learn from other institutions’ best practices and from evidence-based research. This effort will have a broad scope, beyond the specifics of Title IX alone, also including models for prevention and training for students, faculty, and staff, and best practices for providing support to those impacted by sexual violence. Their recommendations to UMBC will be presented to the campus in May.

Thank you for your commitment to Retriever Courage and for the input and suggestions you are sharing to inform this work. While some important actions are already underway, this work is just the beginning. It is challenging, and it calls for each one of us to be involved, to listen, and to learn from one another, so that UMBC will become a stronger community and Retriever Courage can have a lasting impact on the campus and beyond. There are many different ways to be involved, such as joining an advisory committee, participating in educational workshops and training, becoming an advocate for survivors, and committing to being an observant, vocal community member.

We encourage those who have observed or experienced sexual violence/misconduct to seek support as needed at any time. There are many resources available on campus and in the community that offer confidential medical support, confidential psychological/emotional support, and interim protective measures (e.g., no-contact orders, housing adjustments, academic concerns). For emergency situations, contact campus police via 410-455-5555 or local police via 911.

The Implementation Team will continue to share updates on the consultants’ future campus visits and process, additional Retriever Courage progress, and ways to stay engaged.

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As a campus community that is committed to inclusion and diversity, one of our shared values is having respect for the dignity of every member of our UMBC community. All members of our community and visitors to our campus should have access to safe restroom facilities that are configured and located in such a manner that no one has to be late to class, meetings, or campus events or to walk long distances across campus to find a restroom. Now is the time when we must put our values into action by moving forward on our commitment to making all-gender restroom facilities more widely available at UMBC.

In collaboration with the University Steering Committee and an All-Gender Restroom Steering Committee that will be comprised of students, faculty, and staff, including representatives from UMBC’s LGBTQ community, campus leadership will develop guidelines and implementation plans for moving towards this goal. These guidelines and implementation plans will apply to conversion of existing facilities, renovations, and new construction. This consultation process and resulting actions will enable us to move forward with appropriate rapidity, understanding that we will learn as we go and make adjustments as needed, to ensure that these changes meet the needs of our campus community. 

In 2018, we completed designating all single-user restrooms on campus as all-gender restrooms. Currently there are 41 single-user all-gender restrooms in administration, academic, and student life facilities open to students and visitors, 16 single-user all-gender restrooms adjacent to shared areas in residence halls, and additional single-user all-gender restrooms located in buildings or areas of buildings not typically open to the public. A map highlighting public all-gender restrooms is available here. In addition, UMBC Facilities Management is continuing efforts to add more single-user all-gender restrooms in the University Center and the Retriever Learning Center in the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery. And the new Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building, which is scheduled to open in time for the Fall 2019 semester, will have one single-user and two multi-user all gender restrooms.

Our next step will be to expand the availability of all-gender restrooms by identifying opportunities to designate existing multi-user restrooms as all-gender restrooms in campus buildings that currently lack single-user all-gender restrooms. Beginning this semester, we will develop initial guidelines to designate a small number of multi-user restrooms as all-gender restrooms. These guidelines and related implementation plans will serve as the starting point for assessing the best process for moving forward with this important effort.

We are committed to making all-gender restrooms available across our campus. We invite you to provide input or ask questions. If you would like to volunteer to be part of the process, please contact the All-Gender Restroom Steering Committee at agr@umbc.edu.

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