In December 2023, Chris Ambrose, acting associate director for Residential Life, was elected to the Leadership Council of the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) as the Coordinator-Elect for ACPA Chapters & Divisions. (He'll serve one year as a coordinator-elect, two years as a coordinator, and one year as past coordinator/advisor.)
Chris will work with all ACPA chapter and division leaders from across the US and beyond. He will provide voice, input, and perspectives of ACPA's chapters and divisions to the Leadership Council; serve as a voting member on the Leadership Council (after his elect year); plan and coordinate meetings of ACPA chapter and division leaders, including meetings at the ACPA Annual Convention; and communicate Association updates, requests, strategies, and concerns with ACPA chapter and division leaders.
He has been involved with ACPA since he was an undergraduate and has since presented at ACPA local and national conferences and held leadership positions at the state and association levels. "I am really excited to engage with ACPA and the profession as a whole in this new, meaningful way," he says.
Chris joined UMBC on February 27, 2023 as assistant director of residential education and became acting associate director in fall 2023. His responsibilities include behaviors of concern case management, parent communication, director-level resolution authority, and communication to the VPSA office, as well as HR and payroll oversight and residential life organizational review. He also continues to supervise community directors, work with upper class and apartment residents, teach the RA class, lead the Residential Curriculum Committee, and oversee Residential Life's assessment initiatives such as Skyfactor.
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Serena Studivant, assistant director of commuter student success in Off-Campus Student Services (OCSS), was appointed 2nd Vice President of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) National Alumni Association. In this position, she oversees membership of the association, maintaining the membership database and leading the membership committee, which hosts recruitment initiatives to encourage alumni to join the association as dues-paying members and to join a local chapter. Serena works to increase the association's visibility and sheds light on the advantages of being a member: to help attain new members, reclaim previous dues-paying members, and retain current members. Simultaneously, she serves on the association's Marketing and Advertising Committee as the chair of "The Hawk Flyer," and designs and disseminates the quarterly newsletter to all alumni.
She graduated from UMES in May of 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Design, and a concentration in Commercial Photography. In 2023, she received the 2023 Distinguished Alumna award on behalf of UMES; the award recognizes the accomplishments of alumni from each university in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
Serena came to UMBC in June of 2023 and jumped into the swing of OCSS programming, advocating for commuter students and collaborating with campus partners. One of the programs she oversees is Good Morning Commuters, a weekly breakfast for commuter students offered every Tuesday during the academic year. It remains one of our most popular events for commuters. She is looking forward to hosting OCSS' Commuter Week (March 4 - 8). The theme is "OCSS Declassified Commuter Survival Guide" and includes fun and informative events to help create more awareness of the many resources available to commuters and their unique experiences.
Dear New Student,
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) has partnered with 3rd Millennium to provide research-driven, evidence-based online courses to empower students to make healthy, well-informed decisions about issues that affect their college years and beyond.
As part of our comprehensive alcohol and drug prevention program for new incoming first year and/or transfer students, UMBC requires that undergraduate students complete Alcohol-Wise, Cannabis Wise, and Other Drugs and graduate students complete Other Drugs only.
For each of the courses:
To access Alcohol Wise:
Passing Exam Score: 75%
To access Cannabis Wise:
To access Other Drugs:
Other Important Information:
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]]>Hello Gathering Space Community Members,
Wishing you each rest and peace in this season of light. As we wrap up for the semester, we wanted to share our hours for the remaining days of the semester & Winter Session.
Prayer Spaces: During January Term, ITE 234 and AOK Library 367 will be open for prayer, meditation, & reflection. Hours reflect building hours.
For more information about other i3b spaces, check out their myUMBC pages for each space below:
Amery Thompson, assistant director for transfer student success, and Dr. Griselda Flores, director of Off-Campus Student Services (OCSS) presented at NASPA's Racial Equity and Social Change Conference in December 2023.
Entitled: "Creating Successful Pathways for Black Male Transfer Students in STEM" the presentation focused on the importance of creating pathways for Black male transfer students in STEM, ways to develop intentional partnerships across divisions, as well as the significance that mentorship programs can play in the success of these students during their time in college. It also highlighted work by UMBC and its University Innovation Alliance partners to establish a scholarship program, Students Transferring and Redefining Success or STARS.