• Presentation from IT Department
• myUMBC user interface will be getting an update.
• Plans for integration of pronouns/gender identity to myUMBC are in progress.
• Updates to Degree Progress on myUMBC: reminders and notifications for students, and notifications for advisors of student degree progress are being considered.
• Updates to Groups on myUMBC tentatively set for Fall 2020: unifying the Groups user interface with the rest of myUMBC.
• Presentation from Transit
• Spring 2017 surveys showed that students want more access to UMBC BWI bus route: BWI Route will now stop at the freshman lot!
• Accessibility around and off campus for students with mobility issues will be addressed.
• 4 new vehicles (23-passenger capacity) will be added next semester: 2 BWI, 2 Arbutus routes.

• Initiatives
• Senate is participating in the Myerhoff Cleaning Program and is planning to repaint benches and powerwash places/buildings on campus that require cleaning.
• Senate is trying to come up with ways to make campus safe for everyone: plans to increase security around campus were discussed.
• Shared Governance Committees
• Updates from Dining Committee:
• Halal Shack will be the late-night option in the Spring semester.
• A Bubble Tea place has replaced Masala until the end of the semester.
• New additions to UMBC Dining are being considered, including a Mac & Cheese Bar, Irish Fare, German Dishes, and Bao Buns.

Dear UMBC LGBTQA+ and ally community members, 

The votes are in! The Queer Student Lounge (QSL) is now...

...(drum roll please)...

The Center!

It is our belief that this new name will better reflect the current and evolving needs of the LGBTQA+ community and better represents our diverse and inclusive needs. Please, remember to be patient with us. The full rebranding process will take some time (we'll have lots of online and hard copy materials to update). However, you should start witnessing a slow roll out of the name throughout the semester - with an eventual ribbon cutting by the end of spring.

We will be sure to keep you posted with updates as they become available.

A very special thanks to Heidy George, Program Associate for Student Diversity and Inclusion and the UMBC LGBTQ+ community members who participated in our poll!

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at mosaic@umbc.edu.

- Campus Life's Diversity and Inclusion Staff

This Giving Tuesday, will you help support 36 UMBC students who will spend Spring Break 2020 exploring social challenges and potential solutions in Baltimore?

Alternative Spring Break (ASB) participants work with nonprofits, city governments, community organizers, residents, and activists. They develop a new sense of the human-scale impacts and dimensions of abstract, systemic issues: seeing the impacts on the people affected, and understanding a variety of perspectives on the problem. In addition, they develop skills that help them reflect on experiences; share, solicit, and make use of stories; build community; work in partnerships; and analyze approaches to problem-solving to identify what works, and what else is possible.