Maintaining Healthy Family Boundaries
Another year of college is coming to a close. An important part of growing and adjusting to college life, has been maintaining healthy relationships and boundaries with your family. In fact, college tends to bring a lot of newfound independence in one's life, and could even be someone's first time living away from home. This independence and transition into adulthood could possibly cause a shift in family dynamics that can be difficult for both you and your family to navigate. Know that if you are struggling with this, you are not alone. The summer serves as a great time to review how your college year went and how you navigated those relationships. Here are some tips to help you develop and maintain a healthy relationship with your family during your time in college and beyond.
Tip #1: Create a Budget:
Money can be a huge stressor for college students and their families. If you know you'll be relying on them for some financial support throughout college, it can be helpful to sort that out in a shared spreadsheet. Even if you aren't financially reliant on your parents, having a clear budget for yourself is still a great way to reduce a lot of uncertainty or stress regarding one's finances and spending. Make sure to be clear about your limits if you're also earning some money for the family, as you might need some savings for food, utilities, etc. Bottom line, make sure all aspects of the budget are clear to everyone in the family and yourself.
Tip #2: Communicate
Have a genuine discussion with your family about what your boundaries may be as you navigate college. Maybe you're living on campus and you know you can't be in contact with your family everyday. So schedule calls with them when both your schedules allow it. Both you and your family being flexible is incredibly important for transitioning and adapting to college life.
Tip 3: Actively Listen
Schedule time to talk to your family, hear out their concerns completely before you think of your own response, and ask questions. When communicating your boundaries, it's crucial to keep a patient and attentive attitude. These conversations are a two way street - your family should also do the same for you as well!
Resources
The move to college life is a huge transition, and it's important to note that students do feel the effects of strained relationships. Not addressing this strain can make the issue worse, lead to past issues coming up again, or even make present circumstances all the more hard to handle. If you are experiencing any challenges within your family, parental, or caregiver relationships, please remember to utilize the plenty of resources available to you at UMBC. They include:
- Friends: Express your concerns/worries with a friend you trust.
- Clinical Staff Members: Retriever Integrated Health (RIH) has counselors you can talk to. Set up an appointment by calling 410-455-2542.
- Academic Advocates: They are available to advise and help navigate any challenges that may be personal, financial, academic, etc.
Depending on the situation, here are additional resources to consider:
Written by Peer Educators Anusha Mashriqui ('24), Public Health; Meghan Thomas ('24), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Nia Hopkins ('24), Psychology
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Announcing the 2023-24 GSA Senate
Congragulations and welcome to the GSA!
The Graduate Student Association has completed confirming our incoming GSA Senators. We enthusiastically and proudly announce the 2023-24 GSA Senators:
COEIT
Sreevikas Edukulla
Atharva Puranik
Gurpreet Kaur Saluja
Harshal Chauhan
CAHSS
Jackson Tucker
Alexi Scheiber
CNMS
Emily Faber
Hannah Seppala
Nirandi Jayasinghe
Zach Nichols
NonAcademic
Ravi Sharma
Sayali Satish Dhavale
Deevyesh Deepak Upadhyaya
Arya Honraopatil
Looking for a way to get involved? We are still looking for CAHSS Senators if you are in that program!
Also, we are looking for a Legislative Concerns chair and Communications Manager (must be Federal Work Studies eligible for communications role).
There are many more ways to get involved!
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Updates: The Pride Center
End Of Semester Hours, Programs, Cord Pickup & Other FAQs
Good afternoon Pride Center community members!
As another academic year is wrapping up, our staff would like to take a moment to congratulate all of the upcoming graduates. We would also like to provide some end-of-year updates with respect to some of the FAQs that we have received over the past few weeks. Feel free to spread this to your networks.
Pride Center Name Extension
As mentioned in previous messages and our recent social media communications, the deadline for voting on the name extension of The Pride Center is MONDAY 05/22/2022 by NOON. We invite both those within the community, as well as our allies to cast their votes. The name will be unveiled during our Lavender Celebration. Please click
here to be redirected to the Name Extension Survey.
Pride Center Adjusted Hours for Finals Week and Summer
Today is the last day that The Pride Center will operate under its regular Spring Hours, closing at 9:30 pm. We will also have special hours tomorrow, Friday 05/19 from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Our center will close for the summer starting next week, Monday 05/22/2023, and will remain closed throughout the summer. We expect to reopen on the first day of Fall classes. Please note, that the space will not be reservable for any non-i3b related events, meetings, and/or trainings. Our staff will be available to meet upon request both in person or virtually. If you are curious about all of our spaces, please click
here to be redirected to all of our hours.
The 10th Annual Lavender Celebration
Our 10th Annual Lavender Celebration final event for the Spring semester. Please check out the full post
here.
Reminders:
You do not need to participate in the Social Media Campaign in order to receive your cords, however, YOU MUST complete the form linked on the myUMBC post in order to receive the cord. Please read the form in its entirety. You may contact our staff if you have any issues with completing the form.
An RSVP is not required to attend the graduation, however, we will grant priority to those who do so. If you are a student, staff, or faculty member who plans on bringing loved ones who are non-UMBC members, please include them in your head count on our RSVP form.
Cord Pickup: If you cannot attend the graduation or would not like to be named at the graduation, there will be pickup times for students on Tuesday, May 23 at The Gathering Space for Spiritual Well-Being (IMPORTANT: We will only account for those who have filled out the form PRIOR to the Lavender graduation).
SafeZone: Our SafeZone LGBTQIA2+ Allyship Development Workshop is back for the first time since our return to campus. Whether you are new to the program or have taken it already, we advise you to take the training as part of a refresher. All of our workshop dates are posted on our myUMBC pages on the following dates. An RSVP is REQUIRED!
Visioning & Programing: Collaboration for Fall 2024
We are so excited at the amount of growth in our departmental area within the past year. We will be reaching out to our LGBTQIA2+-centered organizations and close partners in the upcoming weeks to vision what the 2023-2024 year will bring. If you are interested in collaborating with us in any way, please do not hesitate to email me directly or i3b at
i3b@umbc.edu. We appreciate your patience and eagerness to support our work! In the meantime, please check out our last Newsletter of the year!
In community,
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commonvision closing early Study Day (5/17)!
commonvision's hours Wednesday, May 17 will be 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
We are closing early to recognize our seniors and student staff. All inquiries after close can be emailed to
commonvision@umbc.edu and will be addressed on Thursday, May 18!
The Gathering Space for Spiritual Well-Being
Operating at normal hours - Monday, May 15, 2023 - Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Monday - Friday: 8am - 10pm
Adjusted hours - Thursday, May 25, 2023
8am - 8pm
The Gathering Space will close for Summer 2023 on Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 8pm. The space will reopen in August for the Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 academic year. More information to come.
***Temporary Summer Prayer, Meditation, & Reflection Space***
Starting June 1, 2023
The Commons, Room 328
Monday - Friday: 8am - 4:30pm
- The Commons and the UMBC Campus will be closed on 5/29/23 in observance of Memorial Day.
- The Commons and the UMBC Campus will be closed on 6/19/23 in observance of Juneteenth.
- The Commons and the UMBC Campus will be closed on 7/4/23 in observance of Independence Day.
For all questions or inquiries about The Gathering Space for Spiritual Well-Being, please reach out to Matt Hoffman, Assistant Director, at mdhoffma@umbc.edu.
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The Mosaic: Center for Cultural Diversity
Operating at normal hours - Monday, May 15, 2023 - Friday, May 19, 2023
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday: 10am - 6p
Wednesday: 12pm - 8pm
The Mosaic will close for Summer 2023 on Friday, May 19th, 2023 at 6pm. The space will reopen in August for the Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 academic year. More information to come.
For all questions or inquiries about The Mosaic: Center for Cultural Diversity, please reach out to Angelina R. Jenkins, Assistant Director, at arjenkins@umbc.edu.
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The Pride Center
Operating at normal hours - Monday, May 15, 2023 - Thursday, May 18, 2023
Monday: 10am - 7:30pm
Tuesday: 10am - 9pm
Wednesday: 10am - 7pm
Thursday: 11am - 9pm
Adjusted hours - Friday, May 19, 2023
10am - 4pm
The Pride Center will close for Summer 2023 on Friday, May 19th, 2023 at 4pm. The space will reopen in August for the Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 academic year. More information to come.
For all questions or inquiries about The Pride Center, please reach out to Carlos Turcios, Assistant Director, at carlos6@umbc.edu.
We are greatly appreciative to all of our UMBC family for a great year and look forward to seeing everyone again come fall!
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Crushing Finals with Confidence
Finals season is here! Unfortunately, many students dread the end of the semester, but there is nothing to fear! Malcolm X once said,, "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today." A student with a strategy is more likely to achieve academic success. So let's strategize on how to prepare for crushing finals season with confidence!
Prioritize Your Hardest Class
As a student, it is important to work both hard and smart. As finals are approaching, evaluate your grades in each class. Which classes are you struggling with? Which classes do you need to devote more time to in order to improve your grade? Prioritize these classes.
Make A Study Schedule
Study schedules are essential when it comes to the confidence that you need to crush finals. Have your study schedule include a to-do list of all the content you need to study and how long you need to study them. Study schedules help ensure that you are setting time aside to study and avoiding
procrastination, which is essential when it comes to doing well on exams.
Rewrite Your Notes
Rewriting notes is also a great way to better familiarize yourself with the content because it helps you make connections between the different pieces of information.
Studies have shown that writing your notes can also help with retention of the information. Additionally, sometimes when we are rushing to get things down during class, our notes do not always appear the most organized. However, by rewriting your notes you can make them more organized and easier to study.
Test Yourself
After studying it's important for you to check in with yourself and make sure you actually understand the topic that you are studying. Testing yourself on the content area helps you to improve your learning and memory of the material. Additionally, when you test yourself, you can better identify your areas of knowledge that are lacking and work on studying those areas more effectively.
Teach Someone Else
Teaching someone is another effective way to prepare for finals. There is a psychological concept called the
protege effect that states that teaching information to others helps you to learn the information yourself. Teaching someone increases your
metacognitive processing awareness of the learning process, your use of effective learning strategies, and your motivation to learn.
Take some time to implement some of these strategies as you prepare for finals. You're going to crush it!
Campus Resources
Last, but definitely not the least, is the variety of
academic resources UMBC offers for its students.
Resource :
Written by peer health educators
The Alex Rittle Outstanding Senator AwardJessica Burstrem
The Jessica Soto Perez Memorial Award
Lydia Sannella
The Donald Creighton Outstanding Faculty Award
Dr. David Rudd
The Outstanding University Staff Award
Dawn Galindo
The Outstanding GSO Award
The Bangladeshi Student Association (BSA)
Honorable Mentions
Janerra Allen
Zane Poffenberger
For a full description of each GSA Award please
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Check out our upcoming events!
5/8/2023-5/19/2023
Thursday, April 6, 2023 - Wednesday, May 17, 2023 · All Day
Join Online Event
The Peer Health Education Program is an unpaid internship offered through the Career Center. Students are able to earn PRAC Internship credit and a nationally recognized peer educator certification. This internship is a one-year minimum commitment.
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 · 12 - 2 PM
The Commons : Mainstreet
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 · 11 AM - 3 PM
Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : Atrium