May Mental Health Awareness! Winston Churchill and Princess Leia: what do they share?
May is Mental Health Awareness month! 

UMBC Student Disability Services celebrates the many talents and accomplishments of people living with mental illness. 

Thousands of our ancestors and historical figures, as well as our current friends, family, and popular icons share a similar experience: living, creating, thriving, and sometimes struggling with mental illness. To answer our title question, Winston Churchill and Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) both had bipolar disorder. Read further to learn more, and learn the stories of people living with mental illness.

Take the "stop the stigma" quiz on the National Association on Mental Illness (NAMI) website. Here's a link to that: Pledge to Be StigmaFree | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness

Or check out NAMI's more general page on Mental Health awareness month. Did you know one in five people in the United States is affected by mental illness? Know more, share your story, learn about others' stories: Mental Health Month | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness

You may be surprised to see how many famous people currently and historically have a mental illness. Try an online search for famous people with ________ (insert "mental illness" or "depression" etc.) Here's an interesting and quick article about women with mental illness or who have close relatives with mental illness who are working to raise awareness: https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-illness-celebrities

UMBC Students' (undergraduate and graduate) groups and resources include:

 UMBC Counseling Center (Link) which includes:

·        Togetherall (online support)

·        How to make an appointment during remote COVID times

University Health Services (link)

Wellness Initiative (link)

UMBC NAMI Student Group (link)

Community

 While some 24 hour resources are provided, it's important to know that  anyone can have a moment of crisis, and are people available to listen and help via the following resources:

 ·        Maryland 211, as in, dial 2-1-1 for help

·        National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-TALK (8255) or use the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741

 Have a safe and healthy month!


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Dear Members of the UMBC Community,


On Tuesday, India became the second country to surpass 20 million COVID-19 infections, following the United States. Globally, India now accounts for almost half of new cases and a quarter of deaths. This second wave of COVID-19 infections has placed a tremendous strain on the country’s health system and has triggered a growing humanitarian crisis. 


We are deeply concerned about this escalating public health crisis and its effects. Many UMBC students, faculty, staff, and alumni have personal connections to India. We also have students  who are learning remotely in India. We are concerned for them, their families, and also members of our local UMBC community who are frightened for the safety of loved ones abroad or who have experienced loss.


If you are able, we encourage you to consider supporting the relief effort through a donation to a reputable organization, such as those listed here. 


We also want to take this opportunity to note the care and support resources available to community members. The Center for Global Engagement has staff available for support at ies@umbc.edu or +1(410) 455-2624. Students may also contact the Counseling Center to obtain remote crisis counseling services and referrals at +1(410) 455-2472 on weekdays, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. eastern daylight time. The after-hours support line is +1(410) 455-3230. 


We are aware that many of our international community members also have questions about UMBC’s fall 2021 plans and vaccination requirement. We continue to work on these issues and will provide additional guidance soon. 


UMBC greatly values our international community and connections, and we are committed to supporting our Indian and Indian American community members during this very difficult time.


President Freeman Hrabowski and Provost Philip Rous

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10:00 am - 3:00 pm

FULL DETAILS AND REGISTRATION AVAILABLE HERE

The Maryland Career Consortium (MCC) will host our annual Career Fair on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Join more than 50 employers across Maryland from various industries including the government, private, and non-profit sectors. 

The Maryland Career Consortium (MCC) consists of fifteen colleges and universities in the greater Baltimore region including UMBC.


This event will be held virtually on the Handshake platform so that participants and employers can feel comfortable interacting with each other from the comfort of your remote workplace. 

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.  PLEASE REGISTER ASAP along with signing up for Group or 1:1 sessions with employers.  Take a look at our MCC Virtual Career Fair Prep Session via the DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION for some quick details.

Candidates will have up until the start of the fair to register and schedule sessions with employers. However, we recommend doing this step as soon as possible. We’ve provided this webpage for candidates to help them navigate the fair day of.

Attendees will have the capability to: 
Schedule appointment sessions to meet with companies 1:1 or via Group Sessions who are hiring
Network with professionals
Apply to open roles
Share and submit your resume to positions of interest

On June 8, MCC will also have a zoom meeting room set up outside the Handshake platform from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm so that if any questions arise, employers and job candidates can join the zoom room for help. See details on the help session here.

We look forward to your participation on Tuesday.

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Dear UMBC Community,
All University-related out-of-state travel for faculty, staff, and students is currently prohibited. However, in recognition of the nature of limited mission-critical activities, the appropriate Vice President or Dean may approve an exception for out-of-state domestic travel for faculty and staff. This approval must be obtained prior to making any travel arrangements.

Failure to obtain this approval prior to making travel arrangements will result in denial of reimbursement regardless of the funding source. New requests for University-related international travel, travel for conference attendance, and student travel are not being considered at this time and will not be granted an exception.

The University follows the guidance of federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Governor, and the Maryland Department of Health for all University-related travel for faculty, staff, and students. University-related travel is travel for educational, research, or business purposes tied to the traveler's affiliation with the University.

All travelers on University-related travel are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless appropriate waiver documentation is on file with the University. 

Please review the following guidance prior to requesting approval for out-of-state domestic University-related travel. We require and expect travelers to continue practicing all COVID-19 health and safety protocols according to CDC guidance and to comply with state and local mandates. Travelers must also be aware of and comply with current health and safety protocols at their destination site. Travelers will be required to acknowledge that they have reviewed and are in compliance with this guidance:

Though expected to be rare, faculty and staff may begin the process to petition for an out-of-state domestic travel exception for mission-critical travel here.

Provost Philip Rous
Vice President for Administration and Finance Lynne Schaefer
COVID-19 Planning Coordinating Committee Co-Chairs
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As a new department on campus, we have been working diligently to ground ourselves in the values that guide our work. We'd like to introduce the second of three umbrella values: social justice education & development. Social justice education & development often solely focuses on the accumulation of knowledge in a unidirectional manner. However, our desire and intention is that social justice education & development connects head & heart; that we connect embodied and experiential ways of knowing to intellectual study. We must make intentional connections between thinking and feeling in the ways we plan, organize, and work with one another.
Read through this post, engage in your own reflection, and join us in our journey to creating space for radical love and belonging on our campus and beyond. 

This post was written by Lisa Gray, Associate Director of Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion & Belonging. She is a passionate and committed educator that loves chocolate, salsa & bachata dancing, and the entire Star Trek Universe.

 Social Justice Education & Development is about…
  • Joining our head with our heart - which requires intentional effort.  This effort first involves gaining knowledge through doing self work (ex. reading, seeking and researching trusted and verified sources for oneself). It involves actively listening to those with lived experiences that are different from our own. It means we must strive to be open to learning formally (ex. a classroom or lecture) and informally (ex. Casual dialogue and personal interaction). 
  • Actively pausing and slowing down to create moments to reconnect with our five senses. 
  • Cultivating a space for individual and community growth by being willing to say “I don’t know” and “seeking to understand as well as be understood”. 
  • Doing self-work while being open to growing with others. 
“We believe that social justice is both a process and a goal. The goal of social justice is full and equal participation of all groups in a society that is mutually shaped to meet their needs. Social justice includes a vision of society in which the distribution of resources is equitable and all members are physically and psychologically safe and secure.” 
 -Theoretical Foundations for Social Justice Education, Lee Anne Bell, Co-Editor, Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice, 2016

Educating and developing oneself with a social justice lens is challenging when one pursues it as an individual, solo endeavor without inviting the encouragement and support of others. Socially just education is challenging to pursue within environments that value and reward keeping the status quo to protect the comfort of a few rather than disrupting it for the common liberation of the many. 

"We envision a society in which individuals are both self-determining (able to develop their full capacities) and interdependent (capable of interacting democratically with others). Social justice involves social actors who have a sense of their own agency as well as a sense of social responsibility toward and with others, their society, and the broader world in which we live. These are conditions we wish not only for our own society but also for every society in our interdependent global community.” 
-Theoretical Foundations for Social Justice Education, Lee Anne Bell, Co-Editor, Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice, 2016

Social Justice and Education in Practice
“There’s no such thing as neutral education. Education either functions as an instrument to bring about conformity or freedom.”
- Paolo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
  • Reflect….Examine and assess the ways you learn and how that has impacted your view of other people and cultures.  How have you developed your awareness and knowledge about your own values, worldview and beliefs?  
  • Recognize… Pay attention to the awareness, knowledge and experiences of others, both direct and indirect.. Get comfortable with multi-directional learning - learning with as well as from oneself and others.   
  • Engage…. With cultural humility, seeking to understand from a place of openness and curiosity.  Honor one’s own and other people's stories and recognize the power of cultural storytelling as a tool to disrupt harmful narratives and build cross-cultural connections rooted in empathy.
  • Unlearn and Learn - Actively strive to unlearn and reject oppressive, colonized, supremacist practices and knowledge systems, taking an explicitly anti-supremacist stance. Learn and acknowledge systems of power, privilege and oppression and how they impact various campus communities.
  • Practice....Slow down and consider the intent and impact of your words and behaviors - on those in our personal networks and across our campus communities.  
  • Reflect - Recognize - Engage - Unlearn and Learn - Practice - Shift toward Justice for All.
“If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them and what you do not know, you will fear. What one fears, one destroys.” 
– Chief Dan George, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, British Columbia, Canada

"We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have to be ready to release our knowledge in order to come to a higher understanding of reality." - Thich Nhat Hanh

In Reflection: 
  • How does social justice show up in your definition and pursuit of education? 
  • How do you create space in your life for your beliefs about inclusion and social justice? 
  • How do you connect your “head” with your “heart” everyday?
  • What would your relationship with yourself and others be like if you worked to better align what you say about social justice with what you do about it?  
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We are now able to offer free on-campus COVID-19 vaccinations. Our first clinic will be for students on Tuesday, May 11 from 9 AM - 1 PM in the UC Ballroom and we will be offering the Pfizer vaccine, sign-up here for the first dose. We have a limited number of shots so please sign up ASAP. When you arrive on campus, please park in Lot 8. You must wear a mask and practice physical distancing. 

The Pfizer vaccination requires two shots three weeks apart. We will offer second shots on campus on Tuesday, June 1, 9AM - 1 PM. You should make plans to complete your vaccination series by either a) have a secure plan to return to campus for your second shot, or b) commit to scheduling the second Pfizer dose at a pharmacy or mass vaccination site near your home. You must get both shots on schedule to comply with the vaccine requirement for Fall 2021. You can sign-up to receive your second dose on campus here. 

We know that these dates overlap with the end of the semester and that some students may be concerned about vaccine reactions. While reactions to the first shot are typically mild, you are welcome to wait and seek vaccination off-campus at a later time. We also plan to offer additional clinics on campus throughout the summer. Remember that you are fully vaccinated 2 weeks after your last vaccine dose, so plan enough time after your second shot before you return to campus in the fall.

If you are unable to schedule an appointment for May 11, we will be having another clinic on Wednesday, May 12 from 9 AM - 12 noon, offering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Sign-up here for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine clinic. 

If you have already been vaccinated, please report your vaccination.

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Dear Students,


As we shared in the survey we sent you last week, we are now able to offer free on-campus COVID-19 vaccinations. Our first clinic will be for students on Tuesday, May 11 from 9 AM - 1 PM in the UC Ballroom and we will be offering the Pfizer vaccine, sign-up here for the first dose. We have a limited number of shots so please sign up ASAP. When you arrive on campus, please park in Lot 8. You must wear a mask and practice physical distancing. 


The Pfizer vaccination requires two shots three weeks apart. We will offer second shots on campus on Tuesday, June 1, 9AM - 1 PM. You should make plans to complete your vaccination series by either a) have a secure plan to return to campus for your second shot, or b) commit to scheduling the second Pfizer dose at a pharmacy or mass vaccination site near your home. You must get both shots on schedule to comply with the vaccine requirement for Fall 2021. You can sign-up to receive your second dose on campus here. 


We know that these dates overlap with the end of the semester and that some students may be concerned about vaccine reactions. While reactions to the first shot are typically mild, you are welcome to wait and seek vaccination off-campus at a later time. We also plan to offer additional clinics on campus throughout the summer. Remember that you are fully vaccinated 2 weeks after your last vaccine dose, so plan enough time after your second shot before you return to campus in the fall.


If you are unable to schedule an appointment for May 11, we will be having another clinic on Wednesday, May 12 from 9 AM - 12 noon, offering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Sign-up here for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine clinic. 


If you have already been vaccinated, please report your vaccination.

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This fall, Troutman will take his research interests to Stanford University, where he’ll pursue a Ph.D. in computer science as UMBC’s first Knight-Hennessy Scholar. The international Knight-Hennessy Scholarship is open to students applying to graduate school at Stanford in any area of study. In addition to funding, it offers robust leadership and community-development training. Troutman was selected as exemplifying the scholarship’s core values: independence of thought, purposeful leadership, and civic mindedness.
 
See the full UMBC News story here:
https://news.umbc.edu/umbcs-jordan-troutman-to-continue-algorithmic-fairness-research-as-knight-hennessy-scholar-at-stanford/
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Please see the latest updates on UMBC’s Retriever Ready website. Questions? Email covid19@umbc.edu.

COVID-19 Health & Safety

COVID-19 Vaccine

UMBC Together

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Throughout the month of May, UMBC, Maryland and the Country celebrate the history, resilience, and cultures of Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) communities worldwide as a part of APIDA Heritage Month. 

APIDA Heritage Month started as a week-long celebration in 1977 and later was expanded to a full month. The Month of May carries significance as it commemorates the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843, and to mark the anniversary of the transcontinental railroad completion on May 10, 1869 - honoring the majority Chinese Immigrants who laid the tracks. 

APIDA Heritage Month is a celebration of Asians, Southeast Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. APIDA encompasses people from all of the Asian continent, India, and the Pacific islands of Melanesia (New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and the Solomon Islands), Micronesia (Marianas, Guam, Wake Island, Palau, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru and the Federated States of Micronesia) and Polynesia (New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, Midway Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, French Polynesia and Easter Island). 

Today, there are approximately 20 million Asian Americans that trace their roots to more than 20 countries, each with their own unique histories, cultures, languages, and norms. While this diverse group is often treated as a monolith, significant differences exist by income, education, religion, etc. 

Throughout U.S. history and over the past year, we know our APIDA community has been impacted by Asian American hate crimes and anti-Asian sentiment. But even as we navigate these ongoing pains, we must also find/create and center spaces for joy, intentional rest, and shared community. Honoring APIDA Heritage Month is more than ordering Chinese or Indian food, it’s about amplifying lived experiences, uncovering challenging histories and recommitting to shared action and justice. Resources for you to learn more can be found below:

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