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Events update related to COVID-19

**EVENTS UPDATE** Following USM and UMBC guidance related to COVID-19, all on-campus events are canceled through April 6. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for further announcements from the...

Posted: March 11, 2020, 9:26 AM

Mildred Murray Memorial Recruit.Grant for Women Educators

Apps due April 30

Xi Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society lnternational, an honorary society for women educators, is offering two recruitment grants this year to women who are studying to become teachers. The...

Posted: March 10, 2020, 5:12 PM

Retriever Essentials - UMBC's FREE Campus Food Pantry

Extended Hours Before Spring Break

To Our Campus Community: The Retriever Essentials FREE food pantry is open this week during the following hours for your shopping convenience before spring break: Tuesday 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday...

Posted: March 10, 2020, 3:07 PM

Closing this week: The Museum of the Old Colony

Don't miss out on this historic exhibit!

This is the last week to catch The Museum of the Old Colony at @cadvc_umbc -- closes March 14! Using appropriated imagery, film clips, and objects, this historic installation by Pablo Delano...

Posted: March 10, 2020, 8:49 AM

Prof. Emeritus La Noue's new article in Law & Liberty

Discusses bias response teams and civic debate on campuses

Public Policy Professor Emeritus George La Noue recently published an article in Law & Liberty titled "Bias Response Teams Silence Civic Debate." Tapping into themes from his new book...

Posted: March 9, 2020, 2:26 PM

UMBC Helps Concordia University – Portland TESOL Students

Bringing Communities Together

February 2020, Baltimore – The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is reaching out to Concordia University – Portland (CU-P) students.  CU-P recently announced that it would be...

Posted: March 9, 2020, 1:30 PM

Publ. student & team win NASPAA-Batten competition

Rudy de Leon Dinglas's team first in policy sim. competition

Rudy de Leon Dinglas, Public Policy student (pictured 2nd from right), participated in the annual NASPAA-Batten Student Simulation Competition held at George Mason University this weekend. ...

Posted: March 9, 2020, 11:32 AM

Seven UMBC Writing Tutors Presenting at Regional Conference

Writing Center Director Elaine MacDougall Also Presenting

Seven UMBC writing tutors will be presenting at the 2020 Mid-Atlantic Writing Centers Association Conference, held this weekend at Towson University. Elaine MacDougall, director of the UMBC...

Posted: March 7, 2020, 3:27 PM

TEDxUMBC 2020

Speaker Applications are open!

We're so excited to announce that the speaker application for TEDxUMBC 2020 is now open! Our theme this year is Unmasking Uncertainty. It's intentionally broad, because we're open to hearing...

Posted: March 6, 2020, 10:53 AM