During this time of continued uncertainty and change we are faced with many stressors that impact the way we live & work affect our ability to take care of ourselves and others. We need tools, frameworks, resources and support from our community to steady our individual and collective boats so that we may bring the best version of ourselves to our life and our work in supporting students.
Join us for a series of Caring For Yourself & Supporting Students Connections Group sessions. This is a time to share, support, and learn from each other. Each session will explore a shared resource, tool, or practice to explore in advance and/or during our session, encourage open discussion space to engage, learn, and support each other, and formulate self-care and/or other-care strategies to help support resilience & well-being for ourselves and the students we serve.
See October's article and we hope to see you there! Conversations will be facilitated by Bruce Herman, Director of UMBC Retriever Integrated Health, and Jill Wardell, Director of UMBC's Workplace Learning, OD & Wellness department. We welcome you to join us for these exploratory, productive, and hopefully meaningful conversations!
Participants will receive a link with the credentials for the session 24 hours beforehand.
For more information on COVID-19 resources for faculty and staff, visit https://covid19.umbc.edu/employees/.UMBC’s On-Campus Disability Resources |
Critical Social Justice: Disability Justice + Access Matters has begun! As such, we wanted to share a round up of UMBC’s on-campus disability resources.* Below are several key offices that UMBC students, faculty, staff, and community members can work with to explore accommodations, report ADA compliance issues, and/or seek assistance in combatting discrimination against people with disabilities.
Office of Student Disability Services
8:30 – 4:30 Monday – Friday
Phone: 410-455-2459
myUMBC: https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/sss
Email: disAbility(@)umbc.edu
UMBC’s Office of Student Disability Services (SDS) provides resources to students with disabilities, as well as those with temporarily disabling conditions and injuries, that may require accommodations in order to have equal access and full participation in all of UMBC’s programs, services, and activities.
More on upcoming events from SDS: https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/sss/events
Office of Accessibility and Disability Services
9 – 5 Monday – Friday
Phone: 410-455-5745
myUMBC: https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/accessibility
Email: Stephanie Lazarus, Accessibility Manager and ADA Coordinator, slazar(@)umbc.edu
Report Campus Accessibility Concerns (email/name required): https://accessibility.umbc.edu/report-campus-accessibility-concern/
UMBC’s Office of Accessibility and Disability Services (ADS) coordinatesemployeeaccommodation requests,provides for visitor access needs, and manages other ADA compliance issues (including campus accessibility concerns and digital accessibility) at UMBC.
More on upcoming events from ADS: https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/accessibility/events
Office of Equity and Inclusion
Phone: 410-455-1717
Email: OEI@umbc.edu
UMBC Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) Confidential Online Reporting/Referral Form (Anonymous):
https://umbc-advocate.symplicity.com/titleix_report/index.php
UMBC’s Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) is responsible for promoting and coordinating the University’s core values of inclusive excellence, equity, diversity. OEI has primary responsibility for managing UMBC’s efforts related to Title IX as well as other civil rights issues, including discrimination, harassment, hate and bias related to protected identity classes like disability.
OEI Anti-Discrimination Resources
https://oei.umbc.edu/non-discrimination-resources/
Includes accessibility and student academic support resources.
Other Resources:
UMBC Access Routes Map:
https://about.umbc.edu/files/2012/08/2014-2015-Accessible-Map.pdf
A Progressive’s Style Guide (includes best practice style for writing about disability and the disabled community):
https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.sumofus.org/images/SUMOFUS_PROGRESSIVE-STYLEGUIDE.pdf
All gender restroom map:
https://about.umbc.edu/files/2019/02/ALL-GENDER-RESTROOM-MAP-2019.pdf
*This is a working list of resources; if you don’t see an office or particular program named and you believe it should be included, please email us at womenscenter@umbc.edu
The annual Women of Color (WOC) STEM conference is taking place VIRTUALLY, October 7-9, 2021. The conference features leadership and professional development programs in addition to a career fair where many top national and local companies in the STEM fields are actively recruiting STEM interns and professionals.
You will need to register to participate. Open to ALL students! Deadline to register is Wednesday, October 6th. You can still register to participate after the deadline. However it will take about 15-30 minutes for registrations to be activated and to gain access to the platform.
· The job fair is free! To participate in the job fair only, click on register and proceed as a “job seeker” (top right).
· The fee for attending the full conference is only $25 when you use the promotion code (NOTE: The code will be posted here at a later date). Without the access code, the college student registration fee is $50.
· Register as a “student” if you plan to participate in other parts of the conference (in addition to the career fair).
For more information and to register, please visit the WOC Conference website at: https://intouch.ccgmag.com/mpage/woc-stem-conference-home
If you have any questions, please contact Diane Crump-Fogle (crump@umbc.edu) or Chrisi Giannakaris (chrisig@umbc.edu) from the UMBC Career Center.
]]>Hello GSOs,
Training will continue this week into next week.
Training sessions happening on Thursday, September 29th at 11am and 3pm and on Monday October 1st at 10am and 1pm. These trainings provide the opportunity for GSO members to understand how GSOs operate, how they interact with the Graduate Student Association (GSA) and allow for students to ask questions about funding, hosting events and other important topics. Please fill out this registration form to attend a session. If you cannot attend either, please note that in the form so that another session time can be added.
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact us at gsa@umbc.edu
Best,
Zane Poffenberger
Community Liaison
A joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Education, IEW is an opportunity for campuses to celebrate international education in all its forms: curricular, extracurricular, formal, non-formal and everything in between. International Education Week is for everybody!
The International Education Week committee is encouraging all areas of campus to get involved in IEW 2021. We want to celebrate our international community, support international initiatives on campus, and share international experiences with domestic students and communities they might not otherwise be exposed to.
As you begin thinking about IEW, consider the following:
Events come in a variety of forms, either virtual or in-person. Examples include: presentations, lectures on research or current events, activities (diy/fun), workshops and more.
As you propose an event you will be able to indicate which audiences you would like to target. This could be faculty, staff, current students, prospective students (domestic and international) and/or the wider UMBC community.
Interested in hosting, but not sure how to get started? The IEW committee is here to help you plan next steps.
If you are interested in hosting an event during IEW 2021, please complete this Google Form. Event submissions will be due no later than Friday, October 8th if you wish for the event to be marketed as a part of IEW.
As always, if you have any questions, please contact the committee at iew@umbc.edu. We look forward to receiving your event submissions. Let's bring the world to UMBC!
Kind Regards, IEW Committee
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