The Women's Center lounge and office will be closed during Spring Break. Those dates are Monday, March 20th through Friday, March 24th.
We will resume our normal hours starting Monday, March 27th.
For any parents who need the lactation room during this time, please contact the Women's Center at womenscenter@umbc.edu or call us at 410-455-2714 to make arrangements prior to spring break beginning.
Have a great Spring Break, UMBC!
]]>Dear Community,
In April, the UMBC community will celebrate the inauguration of President Valerie Sheares Ashby. A presidential inauguration is a singular occasion in the history of a university and an opportunity for the entire community to unite in affirming its mission and values as it celebrates the formal installation of a new president. Our inauguration celebration will include several community events, the centerpiece of which is the Installation Ceremony at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 27. A full schedule of events will be available soon. In the meantime, we invite you to prepare for this celebration in the following ways:
Reserve your free ticket for the Installation Ceremony at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 27, in the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena. Community members who wish to march in the procession should RSVP and order their regalia using this form.
Review our Frequently Asked Questions to understand how you can participate in the festivities.
Spread the word! We hope to see as many of our students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends, partners, and neighbors as possible at the ceremony and other events.
We will share more updates in the weeks ahead. If you have questions, please contact us at inauguration@umbc.edu.
Greg Simmons, M.P.P. '04, Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Dear UMBC Community,
We share in your frustration that UMBC's main campus is experiencing another power outage today. We are working closely with BGE to establish power redundancy on campus, and BGE has assured us that this work will be completed in this calendar year. Until then, there is little we can do other than make sure our community and campus are safe and secure. We wish to share the following campus updates:
UMBC's main campus has closed for the day and will reopen at 6 a.m. tomorrow, March 15.
We are monitoring temperatures in buildings. If this outage or any future events impact residential students' access to housing, Residential Life will communicate directly with affected students.
For residential students and others on campus, dining facilities in The Commons have closed for the day, but True Grits remains open for dinner until 7 p.m. If power is restored by 9 p.m. True Grits will be open for late night dining.
We know that power outages are disruptive. As announced last summer, BGE is installing a third electrical feeder to support the campus. As the work proceeds, BGE continues to inspect our entire distribution system and trim trees along the distribution route to minimize future outages during high winds.
We appreciate all who are responding to this outage to ensure the safety of our campus.
Sincerely,
Valerie Sheares Ashby, President
Kathy L. Dettloff, Vice President for Administration and Finance