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<Title>Y Preschool at UMBC- Enrollment Opportunity</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><p>With efforts underway for faculty, staff and student return
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    at UMBC</a> has immediate openings in their program for students ages
    3-4.   Existing financial incentives remain in place for UMBC
    families.  Also, as an added bonus, families that enroll their
    student(s) full-time will receive a free family membership to the
    YMCA.  <a href="https://ymaryland.org/locations/ypreschoolumbc" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Click here</a> to schedule a virtual tour, request more
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<Summary>With efforts underway for faculty, staff and student return to campus this Fall, the Human Resources (HR) Department is excited to announce the Y Preschool at UMBC has immediate openings in their...</Summary>
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<Title>2022 UMBC Holiday Leave Schedule</Title>
<Tagline>Do you know when the campus is closed in 2022?</Tagline>
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<Summary>The 2022 UMBC Holiday Leave Schedule is available and may be accessible via holiday schedule.  Please refer to the document for the year-long schedule and share with your departmental employees...</Summary>
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<Title>Motivational Monday TEDx of the Week</Title>
<Tagline>"The unforeseen consequences of a fast-paced world.&#8221;</Tagline>
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<Title>2021 Year-End Leave Information</Title>
<Tagline>Don't Lose Your Leave!</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content"><div>The end of the 2021 calendar year will be here before we know it. Employees are encouraged to try and use their leave, don't lose it. </div><div><br></div><div>The last day to use excess annual leave and unused personal leave for calendar year 2021 is <strong>January 1, 2022</strong>. Click on <a href="https://umbc.box.com/v/2021-Yr-End-Memo-Campus-Wide" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">2021 year-end leave memo</a> to access information regarding leave carryover eligibility, procedures, etc. </div><div><br></div><div><div>Questions may be directed to my attention at <a href="http:" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">mcnamara@umbc.edu.</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you.</div><div><br></div><div>Sherrell McNamara</div><div>HRIS Manager</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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<Title>Motivational Monday TEDx of the Week</Title>
<Tagline>"10 ways to have a better conversation.&#8221;</Tagline>
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<Title>End of UMBC&#8217;s Hiring Freeze</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><span>Dear Colleagues,</span><br><br><span>It is our pleasure to inform you that effective immediately, the staff </span><span>hiring</span><span> </span><span>freeze</span><span> initiated on September 10, 2020 has been discontinued. The </span><span>Hiring</span><span> Exception process will no longer be required to fill staff vacancies. This is a result of the better than expected budget outlook that we previously shared with you, and the conservative financial management of each of your divisions and departments over this past academic year.</span><br><br><span>Current pending </span><span>hiring</span><span> exception requests will be discarded and departments may proceed with their searches by initiating recruitment using the PageUp system. The approvals of Vice Presidents and Deans will still be required to initiate searches as they are responsible for monitoring </span><span>hiring</span><span> to ensure fiscal integrity. If you have any questions about the </span><span>hiring</span><span> process, please contact </span><a href="mailto:kimh@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Kim Harris</a><span> at (410) 455-2911 or </span><a href="mailto:Micheliz@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Joe Michelizzi</a><span> at (410) 455-2912. </span><br><br><span>On behalf of the </span><span>Hiring</span><span> Exception Committee, we would like to thank everyone for your support and patience during this process. </span><br><span> </span><br><em><span>Provost Philip Rous<br>Vice President for Administration and Finance Lynne Schaefer</span></em><div><span><em> </em></span></div><div><span><em>---------------------<br></em></span><div><em><span><br></span></em></div><div><em><span><strong>This post is repost from the all-staff communication sent on June 15, 2021</strong>.</span></em></div></div></div>
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<Summary>Dear Colleagues,  It is our pleasure to inform you that effective immediately, the staff hiring freeze initiated on September 10, 2020 has been discontinued. The Hiring Exception process will no...</Summary>
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