Wellness Wednesday

The Commons, Mainstreet

Join the Peer Health Educators for Wellness Wednesdays! This Wednesday stop by The Commons Mainstreet as we share resources and giveaways to students about different health topics that benefits your well-being.

Sex in the Dark

The Commons, Lower Flat Tuesdays

Leadership Blueprint is a program led by Leadership Peer Facilitators that helps first year, first generation and all undergraduate students looking to learn how to craft a more fulfilling college experience by sharing practical design thinking tools and ideas, while relating them back to their leadership and involvement plans for UMBC.

There are three different cohort times to choose from:

• Retriever Cohort ; designed for first years
• Mondays 12pm - 1:30pm 
• Oct 16th, Oct 23rd, Oct 30th, Nov 6th, Nov 13th
• Commons 329

• True Grit Cohort ; designed for first gen
• Tuesdays 2pm - 3:30pm 
• Oct 17th, Oct 24th, Oct 31st, Nov 7th, Nov 14th
• Commons 331

To participate, you must be available to attend all five sessions within your section of Leadership Blueprint. To access the event flyer, click on the "Download Flyer" button below. The deadline to register is Monday, October 9th by 11:59pm. 

For questions contact Coordinator for Leadership, Beatriz Gutierrez-Malagon at bgutierrez@umbc.edu

NEW UPDATE: The University is now closed on Thursday, December 23rd and the graphics below note this update. 

Updates on our Finals hours and Winter Break closures and hours found in the graphics below.

Good Luck on Finals, Papers, and Projects Retrievers! 

We look forward to seeing you in the new year feeling refreshed and ready for 2022!

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Recurring plans with a 10 meal donation schedule: One meal deducted each week beginning September 14th.

Click here to donate!

Recurring plans with a 10 meal donation schedule: One meal deducted each week beginning  March 2nd – May 11th

SIGN UP HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdU07T-5oBe6RzkX1VWflT5c9oNfNzS5TBxpevr-zWGWWpL4A/viewform

Hello Retrievers!

We're happy to announce that we will be conducting a food drive for Retriever Essentials! It's an exciting endeavor that we are hoping you will be able to join us in. 

“Widely reported research has shown surprising levels of hunger and homelessness among American college and university students. Some have been found living in their cars in campus parking lots; others rely on food banks, often stocked by classmates. Now colleges and universities themselves are pulling together more permanent solutions, often in collaboration with local housing authorities and non-profit partners.”

- Pacific Standard 2019

Unfortunately, food insecurity is a common experience that many UMBC students struggle with every semester. We are hoping to bring more awareness to Retriever Essentials and the many useful resources that it provides on campus. 

As such, we are hoping that you can donate to our food drive. Doing so will put your name in for one of three prizes we will be raffling out!

Save a Swipe for Retrievers in need! Did you know that you can donate some of your meals from your meal plans to those facing food insecurity?

Have extra meals on your red card that you aren’t able to use? Students on a meal plan can now enroll to donate up to one meal a week (5 or 10 meals per semester) to a shared pool until Friday, February 15th. Those meals will be distributed to students in need through Counseling Services to be used in True Grit’s. 225 Block meal plans will have 5 or 10 meals deducted when you sign up. Recurring meals per week (Flexible 10, 14, Terrific 12, Savvy 16) will have one meal deducted each week starting February 25th-May 6th. Ultimate Meal Plan holders will be donating their Friday lunch meal, students on the Ultimate will not be able to use a meal from 11:00 am - 4:00pm on Friday. Ultimate plan holders can still use their flex, Retriever Dollars or food funds. By donating these meals you agree to this form, these meals are non-revocable once submitted. You may sign up during the beginning of the semester until the drop/add date (February 15th, Spring 2019).

Click here to learn more: https://tinyurl.com/ybaucd9c