Beginning on Study Day, May 17th through May 24th, the Women's Center will be closing at 5pm (and still at 4pm on Fri, 5/19).

Summer Hours for the Women's Center begin the week of May 29th and run through the end of August. 

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays: 10am-3pm

The Women's Center space will be closed to the community on Mondays and Fridays. 

Professional staff are still available to meet and connect with community members during thee days we are closed. Please email staff members directly to schedule meetings throughout the summer. 

Please do not hesitate to connect with Jess or Megan for any resources over the summer!

$95 registration fee 

My name is Janiqua. I am working in a Research Lab on campus this semester, and we are conducting pilot testing for preschoolers' comprehension of stories. The ultimate goal of this study is to gain useful information on what skills contribute to later reading development. 

We are looking to recruit parents on campus, so if you are interested or know of someone who is, please see the attached flyer. You can contact Dr. Linda Baker for more information at baker@umbc.edu or 410-455-2370.

Thanks!

The Parents Club will be holding its first general body meeting of the semester TOMORROW in COMMONS 318 at noon. Feel free to stop by and meet other parents. Snacks and candy will be provided!

Great opportunity to participate in a timely research study!  

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My name is Lindsay Emery and I am a doctoral student in psychology here at UMBC.

I am currently recruiting interracial Black/White family members for my dissertation and I was wondering if I could perhaps ask for help to spread the word to students, staff and faculty at UMBC, particularly who are part of an interracial Black/White family in the area.

My dissertation is looking at how Black/White interracial families communicate together (parents and their biological children) on topics of race and identity. This project will involve me interviewing parents and their children (child has to be between the ages 13-17) who are part of a Black/White interracial family and live in the Baltimore area, to discuss the topic of race and identity. Families will participate in a total of 3 interviews (1-2 hours each) with me (1 parent interview, 1 child interview, and 1 family group interview) and will receive $60 cash compensation in total for their time and participation. 

Interested families should email me or call me if interested. All contact information for this project is included on the following two attached fliers (parent and child versions).

Again, to participate, participants must: 1.) be a parent in a Black/White interracial relationship and have a biological child (between the ages of 13-17) that can participate as well, who all live together, and 2.) live in the Baltimore area. 

Thank you and please let me know if you have any questions.

-Lindsay Emery

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Lindsay Emery, M.S. 

Doctoral Candidate 

Ph.D. Program in Human Services Psychology

Clinical & Community and Applied Social Psychology

University of Maryland Baltimore County

lemery1@umbc.edu 

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Shoot me an email at aouspen1@umd.edu or text 301-461-4256.

Alissa Ouspenskaia

Beginning study day (December 14th) and throughout finals week, the Women's Center will close at 5pm instead of 6pm. We will still close as usual on Friday, December 9th at 4pm. 

The Women's Center Center will be CLOSED on the following days while UMBC is still open:

Thursday, December 22nd and Friday, December 23rd

The Women's Center will be closed throughout the winter break when UMBC is closed. 

The Women's Center will re-open on Tuesday, January 3rd and will be open limited hours throughout the winter semester. Our January term hours will be:

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 10am-3pm as staffing permits. 

Community members needing access to the lactation room when the Women's Center is closed but UMBC is open should contact Jess at womens.center@umbc.edu to set up arrangements for alternative access. 

Women's Center staff will still be available throughout the January term for meetings and to provide support to UMBC community members. Please feel free to set up an appointment by contacting professional staff members directly or calling 410-455-2714 during our hours of operation. 

The Women's Center is excited to announce that we were awarded the Regional Breastfeeding-Friendly Workplace Award on behalf of UMBC this November. In recognition of the supportive work environment we provide to breastfeeding families via our lactation room and services, we were awarded the "Large" business size category at the Gold level of support from the D.C. and Maryland Breastfeeding Coalitions.

For more information about the lactation room in the Women's Center and UMBC's policies of family leave and support, visit the myUMBC Moms and Parents Group page. 

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DCBFC and MBC are nonprofit organizations, which unite breastfeeding advocates, health care providers, and families. They provide a forum for the development and exchange of resources and foster the establishment of breastfeeding as the normal way to nurture infants.

Studies have shown that work-site support of employees enrolled in a company provided lactation support program is a Win-Win situation. Employers benefit through increased rates of retention, employee satisfaction and morale. The health benefits of breastfeeding for mother and baby equate to decreased health care and insurance costs, and a reduction in sick leave requests to care for an ill child.

Support for breastfeeding mothers is part of the 2010 Affordable Health Care Act, which stipulates that employers must provide reasonable break time and a space, other than a bathroom, for a mother to express her milk. “Despite these regulations, nursing mothers are not always provided these supports in the workplace. The Breastfeeding-Friendly Workplace Awards seek to highlight and applaud those businesses and the varied creative ways they help women in the workplace”, says Dr. Sahira Long, President of the DC Breastfeeding Coalition. Previous winners have demonstrated how this can range from a small room to a large program replete with lactation consultants and support groups.

“Each one of the businesses receiving a Breastfeeding-Friendly Workplace

Award or a Health Care Provider Award is a role model for our region in how to support breastfeeding families. We are so proud to honor them,” says Dr. Dana Silver, Past President of the Maryland Breastfeeding Coalition.

Businesses were judged based on their size and the accommodations they provided to breastfeeding employees (breastfeeding support and education, and the time and space for mothers to breastfeed and/or pump breast milk in the workplace). Based on the number of amenities and processes to support breastfeeding, businesses received the awards at Gold, Silver or Bronze level.

Criteria for Health Care Provider Awards were based on the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine’s Breastfeeding-Friendly Physician’s Office Protocol. These offices represent healthcare providers who go the extra mile to support their tiniest patients and their mothers.

For more information about the Maryland Breast Feeding Coalition, click here.