Dear UMBC Community,

UMBC's Office of Sustainability engages with the campus community in numerous ways to help inform our work to promote sustainability within our interconnected environment, society, and economy. One way we engage is through surveys, which help us to develop benchmarks for various initiatives and to inform ongoing and new projects.

This is a reminder about the following survey, which assesses specific knowledge, beliefs, and practices of UMBC students, faculty, and staff. The input you provide will help the Office of Sustainability to create programs, services, and procedures allowing us to better serve you and your fellow Retrievers. 

Those who participate in the survey have the option to enter into a drawing for a UMBC Sustainability Matters reusable water bottle and sticker!  We will randomly select five students, one faculty member, and one staff member at the end of the survey. Winners will be notified via email. 

If you have not already done so, you can access the survey by clicking here.

If the survey does not open automatically, please copy and paste the following link to your internet browser's address bar: https://tinyurl.com/umbcsustainability

The survey should take no more than 10-15 minutes to complete. We need all responses by 11:59 PM on Friday, September 23, 2022.

Thank you for your time! 

UMBC Office of Sustainability

Dear UMBC Community,

As you may recall, President Sheares Ashby announced in August that UMBC would begin a national search for a new vice president position to lead diversity, equity, and inclusion work across the campus.

As a key next step, we have assembled a search committee which includes faculty, staff, and students who will work with search firm Isaacson Miller to identify outstanding candidates for the Vice President for Institutional Equity and Chief Diversity Officer role. The committee members are: 

• Brian Barrio, Director, Athletics
• Kate Drabinski, Principal Lecturer, Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies; and Director, Women Involved in Learning and Leadership (WILL+) Program
• Eric Ford, Director, Shriver Center 
• Ramon Goings, Associate Professor, Language, Literacy, and Culture
• Farah Helal '24, Political Science and Global Studies, and University System of Maryland Student Regent
• Bobbie Hoye, Associate General Counsel
• Kim Leisey, Associate Vice President, Student Affairs 
• Susan McDonough, Associate Professor, History; and President, Faculty Senate 
• Thania Munoz Davaslioglu, Assistant Professor, Spanish and Latin American and Latinx Literature and Culture
• Stanyell Odom, Director, Alumni Engagement
• Emily Shrope, Vice President, Graduate Student Association
• Desiree Stonesifer, Executive Administrative Assistant, Financial Services; and President, Non-Exempt Staff Senate
• Jack Suess '80, M.S. '94, Vice President, Information Technology, and Chief Information Officer
• Annica Wayman '99, Associate Dean, Shady Grove Affairs, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
• Jess Wyatt, Associate Director, Alumni Engagement, and President, Professional Staff Senate 
• Liang Zhu, Professor, Mechanical Engineering

I am grateful for their willingness to help us find a leader who shares our values and is excited to join our community. We will continue to share updates as they are available.

Candace Dodson-Reed '96, Chief of Staff to the President, and Chair, Vice President for Institutional Equity and Chief Diversity Officer Search Committee

We ask that you reflect on the work within your units and across the campus and nominate a colleague. This process gives us the opportunity to recognize exemplary work at both the campus level and across the entire University System of Maryland. We are eager to honor our colleagues and need your help to do so.

We encourage administrators, faculty, and staff to nominate staff members for one of these prestigious awards:

• UMBC Presidential Distinguished Staff Awards 
• University System of Maryland Board of Regents Staff Awards
• Jakubik Family Endowment Staff Award for One Exempt OR Non-Exempt Staff
• Karen L. Wensch Endowment Award for Outstanding Non-Exempt Staff
• Teresa Lupinek Endowment Award for One Exempt OR Non-Exempt Staff

Nominations due October 31, 2022 

Stay tuned to UMBC Community News and the Provost's website for more information!

Dear UMBC Community,

UMBC's Office of Sustainability engages with the campus community in numerous ways to help inform our work to promote sustainability within our interconnected environment, society, and economy. One way we engage is through surveys, which help us to develop benchmarks for various initiatives and to inform ongoing and new projects.

The following survey assesses specific knowledge, beliefs, and practices of UMBC students, faculty, and staff. The input you provide will help the Office of Sustainability to create programs, services, and procedures allowing us to better serve you and your fellow Retrievers. 

Those who participate in the survey have the option to enter into a drawing for a UMBC Sustainability Matters reusable water bottle and sticker!  We will randomly select five students, one faculty member, and one staff member at the end of the survey. Winners will be notified via email. 

You can access the survey here.

If the survey does not open automatically, please copy and paste the following link to your internet browser's address bar: https://tinyurl.com/umbcsustainability

The survey should take no more than 10-15 minutes to complete. We need all responses by 11:59 PM on Friday, September 23, 2022.

Thank you for your time! 

UMBC Office of Sustainability