This Week With OHP! 10/13/25
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 -12 PM-1 PM
Wellness Wednesday
The Commons, Mainstreet
Join the Peer Health Educators for Wellness Wednesdays! This Wednesday, stop by The Commons Mainstreet as for a game of trivia in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month!
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[REPOST] Red Flag, Green Flag Project
Can you identify Red & Green Flags in Relationships?
Do you know the signs of a healthy or unhealthy relationship?
Join us for the Red Flag Green Flag Project where the campus community is invited to identify red and green flag behaviors in relationships.
This interactive event is a great opportunity to reflect on what you deserve in your relationships and to build a stronger, healthier campus community.
What to Expect:
Help us meet our goal of putting 100 red and green flags outside the Commons
Learn about campus resources to support healthy relationships from 6 campus offices
Enjoy our Red Flag/Green Flag Playlist tunes
FREE snacks and goodies!
If you have any questions, please email the workshop facilitator Patrice Marshall (patricey@umbc.edu or call RIH at 410-455-2542)
Name: Gina Hoagland
Pronouns: She/her
Title: Executive Administrative Assistant I, Administration and Auxiliary Services
Years in Student Affairs/UMBC: 3 years
UMBC parent? My older son is a junior in computer science here and has been accepted into the accelerated masters program. My younger son is in his first year at Towson University.
What is something you do as part of your position that people may not be aware of?
It's not part of my position, but definitely a part of my life - I helped start the Neurodiversity Affinity Group, and I serve as the advisor for the student Neurodiversity Club. I regularly advocate for neuroinclusiveness, whether that's at meetings and events, or in classrooms and offices. I'm also on the Retriever Essentials Advisory Board and the Student Affairs Strategic Planning Committee.
What is one of the most important things you’ve learned during your time here?
Get involved! We tell students this all of the time. While we're all at different stages in our life, there really is something for everyone, whether it's collaborating with other departments or joining an affinity group, volunteering with Retriever Essentials, or bringing your family to the outdoor movies.
What is something you like to do for fun and/or is something you are passionate about?
I'm from Philadelphia originally, so I am a passionate sports fan (go birds), and I love history. I recently discovered that one of my ancestors fought in the Revolutionary War and was stationed at Valley Forge – and 250 years later, I can still walk those same paths.
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Division of Student Affairs and the Center for Global Engagement Launch Student Affairs International Fellowship, Present at Conference on Global Learning
The Division of Student Affairs (DoSA) and the Center for Global Engagement (CGE) have launched the Student Affairs International Fellowship (SAIF), a unique professional development opportunity for Student Affairs staff to contribute to faculty-led study abroad programs while enhancing student support and intercultural learning.
The SAIF is open to exempt, full-time DoSA staff with at least one year of service at UMBC. Applicants must be in good standing with a performance rating of “meets expectations” or higher, and have approval from their supervisor.
Dr. James DeVita, assistant vice president for academic partnerships and high-impact experiences says, “Study abroad is a unique and meaningful high-impact experience that helps students to expand their worldviews, deepen their sense of identity, and engage in holistic development that transforms both their learning and their lives. Through the Student Affairs International Fellowship (SAIF), student affairs staff have the opportunity to extend their expertise in supporting student well-being, identity development, and intercultural engagement while collaborating closely with faculty members from various disciplines.
“SAIF was intentionally designed to be mutually beneficial: enhancing support for students and faculty during study abroad programs, advancing professional growth for staff through meaningful international experiences, and helping UMBC continue to scale equitable access to high-impact opportunities for all students,” Dr. DeVita adds.
SAIF Fellows will
- Support student well-being, identity development, and crisis management abroad.
- Partner with faculty to balance academic goals with student development needs.
- Assist with program promotion, orientation, community-building, and co-curricular activities.
- Strengthen risk management and logistical coordination.
"In January 2024, I had the incredible opportunity to participate in the Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program in Rome, Italy, alongside political science faculty member Dr. Carolyn Forestiere,” says Laura Schraven, director of Student Affairs Communications and Marketing. “The experience was truly transformative. I was able to connect with students in new and meaningful ways, helping to build a micro-community of support and shared learning.”
Schraven adds, “Dr. Forestiere and I also engaged in thoughtful conversations about our work and discovered new connection points that deepened our mutual understanding of the valued partnership between academic and student affairs. Ideas were shared, questions explored, and conversations that began in Rome continue to inspire. The benefits of this program and partnership are truly limitless.”
Dr. DeVita, Schraven, and Dr. Forestiere, along with Katie Heird, director of education abroad and global learning in the CGE, will co-present “Developing a Student Affairs International Fellowship to Support Education Abroad” at the online American Association of Colleges & Universities’ Conference on Global Learning on November 12.
The presentation “...will highlight SAIF’s structure, training components, and early outcomes as a novel institutional response to two key challenges: enhancing student support abroad and creating meaningful global learning experiences for staff. Participants will explore how staff-faculty collaboration can advance equitable access to high-impact practices and leave with insights for replicating this adaptable model on their own campuses.”
Student Affairs staff can learn more and apply to the SAIF program on the Division of Student Affairs internal myUMBC group.
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This Week With OHP! 10/6/25
Wednesday, October 8, 2025 -12 PM-1 PM
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.
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UMBC Receives Unique Venues’ 2025 Planner’s Choice Award in the Best Client Experience category
Event and Conference Services (ECS) is excited to announce that UMBC has been named a 2025 Planner's Choice Award Winner in the Best Client Experience category. This award, facilitated by Unique Venues, recognizes top venues across the U.S. and celebrates excellence in providing outstanding client service. Kayla Cooper, assistant director for sales and marketing in ECS, will accept the award on behalf of UMBC at the Unique Venues annual conference this November. Congratulations to all of our DoSA staff who supported ECS in this achievement!
ECS staff are known for their dedicated advising, expertise in the field, campus partnerships, and excellence in providing resources for successful meetings, events, and conferences. They schedule and manage over 7,000 events annually for internal and external clients.
Unique Venues helps support unique spaces and non-traditional venues in growing their business with intentional partnerships that create genuine connections and lasting impressions.
UMBC received Unique Venue's Planner's Choice Award for Best Mid Market Venue in 2021 and were runners up in 2024 and 2023.
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National Coming Out Week Events!
Check out our events Oct 6th-10th!
National Coming Out Week is October 6th-11th! Check out our planned
events all next week, we'll have something fun every day for you,
Retrievers!
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The Pride Center Official Hours!
Starting October 6th, the Pride Center will be open Monday-Thursday, 10am-6pm, and Friday from 10am-5pm!
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Starting October 6th, the Pride Center will be open Monday-Thursday, 10am-6pm, and Friday from 10am-5pm!
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[RESPOT] Relationships Unfiltered: The Good, the Bad, and the Toxic
Is it okay to ask your partner to not be friends with people you are not comfortable with?
How should you handle it when your partner gets defensive or emotional when you try to give them feedback?
How can I make sure I'm respecting my partner's boundaries?
Can I trust relationship advice from influencers on social media?
It is common to feel confused about topics like boundaries, expectations, and communication. Relationships are complicated! Bring your questions and join a discussion with UMBC students, faculty, and staff.
We'll start with an activity where you tell us - is this red or green flag behavior? Then, we'll shift into a Q&A with our panelists.
Light refreshments will be provided.
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This event is open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected category under applicable federal law, state law, and the University's
nondiscrimination policy.
As The Retriever barks back to life after several years, Ann Tropea, assistant director for engaged media in the Center for Democracy and Civic Life, and Arpa Shahnazarian, The Retriever's editor-in-chief, are sharing the story of the paper’s revival in The Nutgraf, a Substack newsletter about student journalism, and presenting at MediaFest, the nation’s largest gathering of media students and their advisers.
Tropea, hired in 2023 to advise and help revive The Retriever, heard from students that WMBC, UMBC’s student-run online radio station was also in need of support, and set out to bring them into the Retriever newsroom. Students from Bartleby, UMBC’s creative arts journal since 1972, were looking for more connection to campus and soon became part of a unique student media collective.
In The Nutgraf article, “Three student media groups merged. Their budget tripled,” Tropea and Shahnazarian describe how the Student Media Collective came to be, including the transformation of the abandoned Retriever newsroom and the invitation to WMBC, which Tropea also helped revive, and Bartleby to share the space. Transformed “...into a bustling hub of collaboration….The move not only revived their physical newsroom but also tripled their budget, secured stipends for previously unpaid students and created a unified voice for student media on campus.”
At MediaFest, Tropea and Shahnazarian will share the Student Media Collective’s story in their presentation, “How to build a media center in 547 days”: “Here’s how we turned an abandoned newsroom into a hub of media production through a strategy of relationship building and radical co-creation in order to unite and revitalize three different media groups on UMBC's campus.”
The Student Media Collective is a charter student organization with a shared constitution. It is governed by an executive board of six students, two from each publication. From The Nutgraf: “There is no hierarchy within the executive board,” said Tropea, who serves as a non-voting advisor. “It’s all collaborative and run on consensus.”
You can also catch Tropea and Shahnazarian’s WMBC show, “AA Batteries,” on Fridays at 3 p.m.
Read more about the Student Media Collective in UMBC Magazine.
Read more about Tropea in UMBC Magazine’s “Meet a Retriever.”
thumbnail caption: Tropea and Shahnazarian (front) with members of the Student Media Collective and Dr. Renique Kersh, Vice President for Student Affairs
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