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[Repost] End of Semester Celebration 2025

Please RSVP by December 4 (today!)

Please join President Valerie Sheares Ashby for an end-of-year celebration for UMBC faculty and staff.  Thursday, December 11, 2025 3 to 5 p.m. University Center Ballroom President...

Posted: December 4, 2025, 1:15 PM

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BYO Mug Day

Bring your mug to work, win a prize!

The Office of Sustainability brings you BYO Mug Day this Wednesday, December 3rd! Save on coffees and teas at campus coffee shops (Dunkin' has the best discount!) and cut down on plastic waste. ...

Posted: December 1, 2025, 3:27 PM

flyer from office of sustainability for byo mug day on 12/3. submit a picture of you using your mug at any umbc coffee shop using a QR code and get entered into a raffle

Winter Commencement Opportunity

Volunteer to support our students

Help celebrate our soon-to-be alumni by volunteering to support winter commencement! There will be two ceremonies: Wednesday, December 17 at 10 a.m. and Thursday, December 18, at 10 a.m., at the...

Posted: November 17, 2025, 1:25 PM

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[Repost] Thrive On: Is What’s On Your Plate Nourishing You?

Join for dinner and good conversation

On Thursday, November 20, the Center for Democracy and Civic Life will host Thrive On, an engaging, facilitated conversation that will connect you with other members of the UMBC community. Our...

Posted: November 11, 2025, 10:44 AM

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Important Health Care Insurance Update

Make any changes before open enrollment ends on Friday

With open enrollment ending on Friday, it is important that staff are aware that United Healthcare will no longer cover costs for services rendered by Johns Hopkins Medicine and Capital Women's...

Posted: November 4, 2025, 12:33 PM

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Green Dot Training Opporuntiy

Help reduce power-based personal violence

Since 2012, the Division of Student Affairs has been at the vanguard of preventing power-based personal violence in our community through the Green Dot Bystander Intervention training program. The...

Posted: October 27, 2025, 3:55 PM

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ESS October Newsletter

Don't miss the ghoulishly good news from October!

Did the October ESS Newsletter vanish from your inbox? Does the thought of missed news haunt you? Have you shuddered at the whisper of "nevermore" through chilling echos of flapping wings and the...

Posted: October 26, 2025, 7:38 PM

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[REPOST] New Travel Training System

Sign up for a training session today!

In only a few short weeks we will be live across campus on November 3rd with our new travel solution, SAP Concur!  We are pleased to announce our schedule for training during the initial launch. ...

Posted: October 22, 2025, 4:23 PM

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