Dear Faculty and Staff,

Are you ready to invest in your career in higher education? Whether you're new and looking to forge your path, mid-career and looking to inject some energy, or staring down retirement and considering your legacy, there's something for you at the USM Learning and Talent Development Committee's 2022 Professional Development Week: Empower Your Journey and Unleash Your Potential.

There's still time to sign up for this virtual week-long conference, taking place from October 17 -- 21, 2022. The event will include inspiring panels, engaging workshops, and networking sessions with your colleagues across the system.

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Dear UMBC Community,

UMBC is experiencing a problem with our High Temperature Hot Water System. A portion of the system has had to be turned off while repairs are made. The Administration Building, Retriever Activity Center, University Center, Engineering Building, Information Technology/Engineering Building, Math/Psychology Building, Sondheim Hall, and Sherman Hall are affected by this shutdown.

All efforts are being made to restore the system as soon as possible, but the outage may extend into early next week and all affected buildings will see cooler temperatures than normal until the system is back in operation. Hot water will not be available in the affected buildings. Bathrooms will remain functional with cold water available. Our environmental health and safety team has verified that handwashing with soap remains effective in cold water. Dining locations in the University Center and Administration Building will be open as follows through the weekend:

• The Admin Coffee Shop and Starbucks will be open as usual tomorrow, 10/14/22.
• Chick-fil-A will be open tomorrow, 10/14/22, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Starbucks will be open as usual on Sunday, 10/16/22.

We will update the community as soon as we know when hot water will be restored to these buildings. In the meantime, we encourage supervisors in affected buildings to be flexible with staff regarding remote work options.

Thank you for your patience. Thank you to our facilities management team who will be working throughout the weekend to resolve this situation as quickly as possible.

Kathy L. Dettloff, Vice President for Administration and Finance
Lenn Caron, Associate Vice President, Facilities Management

Dear Members of the UMBC Community,

There's still time to participate in the 2022 Administration and Finance survey. This anonymous survey, which takes about five minutes to complete, will be available until October 21, 2022.

Take the Survey

The Administration and Finance Division supports students, faculty, and staff through services that include buildings and grounds, finance, human resources, campus safety, and many general business services. Based on your feedback from the 2019 survey, we have made many changes and additions, including:

• Launching an online UMBC Travel System.
• Implementing a Billing Data tile on the myUMBC profile page that provides one location for students to view their billing information.
• Creating and filling a new Emergency Manager position, resulting in a new Emergency Operations Plan and a new Crisis Management Plan.
• Launching a new Facilities Management work order system that enables customers to easily track work orders and provides them with improved feedback.
• Implementing audit orientation sessions with Management Advisory Services for faculty and staff to review the audit process in advance of an audit.
• Launching the new e-Procurement system (Paw), which streamlines purchasing processes, ensures receipt of university contract pricing, and provides end users transparency on purchase and payment status in real time.

We appreciate you taking the time to provide your input!

Kathy L. Dettloff, Vice President, Administration and Finance

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Dear Members of the UMBC Community,

Please take a moment to participate in our 2022 survey. This anonymous survey, which should take about five minutes to complete, will be available until October 21, 2022.

Take the Survey

The Administration and Finance Division supports students, faculty, and staff through services that include buildings and grounds, finance, human resources, campus safety, and many general business services. Based on your feedback from the 2019 survey, we have made many changes and additions, including:

• Launching an online UMBC Travel System.
• Implementing a Billing Data tile on the myUMBC profile page that provides one location for students to view their billing information.
• Creating and filling a new Emergency Manager position, resulting in a new Emergency Operations Plan and a new Crisis Management Plan.
• Launching a new Facilities Management work order system that enables customers to easily track work orders and provides them with improved feedback.
• Implementing audit orientation sessions with Management Advisory Services for faculty and staff to review the audit process in advance of an audit.
• Launching the new e-Procurement system (Paw), which streamlines purchasing processes, ensures receipt of university contract pricing, and provides end users transparency on purchase and payment status in real time.

We appreciate you taking the time to provide your input!

Kathy L. Dettloff, Vice President, Administration and Finance