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Relationship Violence Awareness Month (RVAM) brings people together to create and generate discussion and skill-building on how to prevent relationship violence in our schools, workplaces, and communities, Since most of our campus remains learning and working remotely, we won’t be able to physically come together this October to do this critical work in person… but it doesn’t mean that learning is cancelled!

The Women’s Center is creating weekly postings to help guide your self-learning that we’ll share with you each week in October. Below is a short list of relevant webinars or events, podcasts or blogs, and on and off-campus resources dedicated to cultivating awareness about relationship violence, posting your skills and knowledge around the intersecting issues, and increasing access to important resources.

While some of the learning content we’re sharing is all-encompassing, we’re also narrowing down on  few key themes this year to include: The Covid-Crossings of Relationship Violence, Relationship Violence’s Matrix of Oppression, and Un/Healthy Relationships for Young Adults. Through self-guided learning, you can dig deeper by listening to a podcast, reading a blog, attending a webinar and more. 

We’ll also be sharing this content on social media so let us know what you’re learning or what questions you have in the comments! 

• The Power and Control Wheel links the different behaviors that together form a pattern of violence. It shows how each behavior is an important part of the overall effort to control someone. More information can be found in “It Shouldn’t Hurt to Go Home: The Domestic Violence Victims Handbook”.

• Here is a podcast about how COVID has affected those experiencing relationship violence. When Staying Home Isn’t Safe – CNN Coronavirus: Fact vs Fiction Podcast 

• Here is an article called “Dealing with Teen Dating Violence” that explains who is affected by teen dating violence, how to offer help, and why survivors sometimes do not ask for help.

• We Believe You is a student-led activist, advocacy, and support organization for survivors and allies of sexual and interpersonal violence. They seek to bring about campus-wide awareness of social issues surrounding power-based violence and intersecting forms of oppression. Check out this link for more information about the survivors only discussion group, and this link for information about the general body meetings, which are open to everyone!

Provost’s extension of modifications of tenure track faculty and librarian faculty promotion timelines and general use of SEEQs for teaching evaluation

In recognition of the continuing circumstances we are experiencing, and in an effort to mitigate some of the impact on our faculty (including librarian faculty), we are extending the following policy modifications related to the promotion and tenure process for current tenure-track and librarian faculty for 2021-2022.

Modifications for Tenure Track Assistant Professors

Upon request, all Assistant Professors who have not yet undergone third-year contract renewal will be granted a one-year extension for their contract renewal review. Per UMBC’s usual protocol, Assistant Professors who request this extension and successfully complete their third-year contract renewaltwill be automatically granted a one-year extension for their promotion and tenure review.

Upon request, all Assistant Professors who have successfully completed their third-year contract renewal will be granted a one-year extension for their promotion and tenure review.

Requests should be submitted to your department chair and will be forwarded via the Dean to the Provost for final action.

Assistant Professors who are scheduled for third-year contract renewal, or for promotion and tenure review, during academic year 2021-22 are asked to submit their request on or before April 21, 2021.

Modifications for Associate Professors hired without tenure

Upon request, all Associate Professors hired without tenure will be granted a one-year extension of their scheduled tenure review. Requests should be submitted to your department chair and will be forwarded via the Dean to the Provost for final action. 

Modifications for Librarian I and Librarian II Faculty 

Upon request, all Librarian I and Librarian II faculty who have not yet undergone promotion review, will be granted a one-year extension of their scheduled promotion and permanent status review. Requests should be submitted to the Director of the Library and will be forwarded to the Provost for final action.

Modifications Related To The Use of Spring 2020 Teaching Evaluations in P&T For All Tenure Track, Tenured and Full-Time Instructional Faculty

In addition, Spring 2020 SEEQs may not be included in P&T dossiers or used in any aspect of such promotion reviews now or in the future. The Provost will issue instructions to all relevant P&T review bodies consistent with this policy modification. Faculty may wish to choose to reflect upon their Spring 2020 teaching experiences in their self-assessment; however, the absence of such reflection may not be considered a negative indicator of faculty performance.

See the Chancellor’s memo on Promotion and Tenure and the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis (March 2020) for additional information.

Provost Philip Rous

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