Campus Life's Mosaic CLOSED Friday, September 21
Campus Life's Mosaic will be closed tomorrow, Friday September 21, 2018. If you have any pressing concerns, please contact Campus Life's main office by e-mail at campuslife@umbc.edu or by phone at 410-455-3462. 

Campus Life's Interfaith Center and Queer Student Lounge will still be open during our normal operating hours. 

As our campus is still coming to terms with the impact of the Title IX class action suit, it is a highly emotional time for our community. As we navigate through this moment, the following resources are available should you need to access them. 

Campus Life (Commons 336)
410-455-3462 
campuslife@umbc.edu

Counseling Center (The Student Success and Development Center)
410-455-2472

Women's Center (Commons 004)
410-455-2714
womenscenter@umbc.edu

Religious Council (links to Religious Council Contact sheet)

In the event of a major emergency, Erin and Lisa are available via cell phone. To get their cell phone numbers, please contact the main Campus Life's phone number and request this information.


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Campus Life's Mosaic will be closing at 2:30 p.m. in preparation for PANGEA III: UMBC's Cultural Showcase. 

Be sure to come out to PANGEA at 6 p.m. in the University Center: Ballroom!

If you are in need of assistance, visit our Campus Life office in Commons: 336 or call at 410-455-3462.

Thanks!
Campus Life's Mosaic Staff
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It's Save A Swipe Time!

Save a Swipe is UMBC's unique meal sharing program! 


A partnership between Retriever Essentials, Chartwells, and Campus Card allows you to donate some swipes from your meal plan to an anonymous pool that can be used by students identifying as food insecure so they don't go hungry on campus!

This year you have two meal-donation options:
  1. Donate 5 meals between October 1- November 4
  1. Donate 10 meals between October 1- December 9

You have until SEPTEMBER 21 to signup online to donate through your option of choice. More details on the donation process are found on the google form.

If you have any questions, or are in need of free meals please email Lauren at retrieveressentials@umbc.edu to be further assisted.

View on myUMBC »

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We welcome you to the start of the fall semester. UMBC is a community of inquiring minds, where we inspire one another to reach our full potential and make an impact.

The beginning of each semester is a moment for each of us to reflect on the goals and values expressed in UMBC’s Vision Statement:

Our UMBC community redefines excellence in higher education through an inclusive culture that connects innovative teaching and learning, research across disciplines, and civic engagement. We will advance knowledge, economic prosperity, and social justice by welcoming and inspiring inquisitive minds from all backgrounds.

The diverse experiences and perspectives represented in our UMBC community enhance our development as scholars and citizens. We encourage informed, respectful dialogue about the challenges our society faces. Let us remember that each of us has a story. Our unique perspectives enrich UMBC and help us reach both our shared and personal goals. 

We encourage you to visit our diversity and inclusion website and to suggest additional resources to promote through inclusion@umbc.edu.

Thank you for all you do to strengthen our community and best wishes for the new semester.

President Freeman Hrabowski
Provost Philip Rous
Gunes Koru, Faculty Senate President
Roy Prouty, Graduate Student Association President
Diana Smith, Non-exempt Staff Senate President
Damian Doyle, Professional Staff Senate President
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Hello,

We hope you had an incredible summer! We can not believe that we are at the beginning of another academic year! We are quite excited to see all the new and returning faces on campus!  

Please note that our hours will be modified for Welcome Week (August 25- September 7). Our summer hours will end on Tuesday, August 28, 2018.

Summer hours for our spaces are as follows:
Campus Life's Mosaic: 10AM-2PM
Interfaith Center (IFC): 8AM-8PM
Queer Student Lounge (QSL): Closed

The Mosaic lounge space will to be available to students, staff, faculty and their visitors on a "first come, first seated" basis.  Free coffee, tea, cold beverages and periodic snacks will be available during this time. We're trying to be more sustainable!  Please bring your own travel mug or cup with you. Our Interfaith Center will continue to serve as a meeting place for prayer or to socialize and our Queer Student Lounge will remain closed. Our spaces are NON-RESERVABLE over finals week and summer session hours. 

Our fall semester hours, effective Wednesday, August 29, 2018, and are as follows:
Campus Life's Mosaic: Monday - Thursday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Friday: 10 a.m.
(Closing at 5 p.m. on August 29th and Friday, September 7th at 3:30pm)
IFC: 7 a.m. - 11 p.m.
QSL: 7 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Important FYIs:
The Mosaic will close early periodically throughout the semester to accommodate programming and workshop trainings. 

Lisa Gray, Associate Director for Student Diversity and Inclusion has moved to Campus Life's Main Office (The Commons: 336) and can still be reached at lisamgray@umbc.edu. 

Carlos Turcios and Erin Waddles, Coordinators for Student Diversity and Inclusion, will be available to meet with community members 10:00am-5pm, Monday - Friday. They can be reached at carlos6@umbc.edu and waddles@umbc.edu. Feel free to login to your myUMBC account and search for them on the campus Google calendar to schedule a meeting time.  

Questions about Campus Life's Mosaic resources or future program plans?  Email us at mosaic@umbc.edu. 

Questions about Campus Life's Interfaith Center? Email us at interfaith@umbc.edu.  

Questions about Campus Life's Queer Student Lounge or LGBTQ+ resources? Email us at lgbtq@umbc.edu.

- Campus Life's Mosaic, Interfaith Center and Queer Student Lounge Staff

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The dates are as follows:
Tuesday, 07/17
Friday, 07/20
Thursday, 08/02
Monday, 08/13

We will reopen the following day for our regularly scheduled hours from 10am-2pm. Please check out our myUMBC page or email us at mosaic@umbc.edu for any fall updates. 

For urgent questions, please call Campus Life's Main Office at 410 455 3462.

-Mosaic Staff

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For general questions, please email us at mosaic@umbc.edu or interfaith@umbc.edu.

-Mosaic staff
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We have watched with grave concern as children have been forcibly separated from their parents at the southern border as part of the U.S. Department of Justice’s new “zero tolerance” immigration policy. In the past six weeks, officials have removed thousands of children from their parents and sent them to shelters as their parents (including many asylum seekers) await potential prosecution for illegal entry.

We join educators across the nation in strongly condemning this new policy and the resulting separation of families. The American Psychological Association, citing empirical evidence, has voiced strong concern that forced family separation can lead to emotional trauma in children and can threaten their mental and physical health. The National Association of Social Workers calls the policy “harmful” and “unconscionable,” and writes that it “directly imperils the health and safety of immigrants.”

As we have said before, UMBC is and always will be a community that values inclusion, diversity, and respect for all people. We must affirm these values through both our words and our actions.

We urge the Department of Justice to reverse this policy immediately, and all government agencies involved to work toward reuniting families as quickly as possible.

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Juneteenth was named by former slaves and celebrated a year after freedom and equality per the Emancipation Proclamation was enforced by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger and Union soldiers. 

Today, at least 45 states and the District of Columbia celebrate Juneteenth after 2014 when former President Obama proclaimed today as a National Day of Observance.

Happy Juneteenth!

If interested, please read or watch more below!

https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/celebrating-juneteenth

https://www.attn.com/videos/17864/more-americans-should-know-about-juneteenth

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dollychugh/2018/06/19/whats-juneteenth-a-guide-to-celebrating-americans-second-independence-day/2/#424c761a3e5b

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/what-is-juneteenth/


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Learn more about this month through these resources!

https://mayor.baltimorecity.gov/mima/immigrantheritage

https://lulac.org/news/pr/Immigrant_Heritage_Month/

https://www.iamanimmigrant.com/

Happy Immigrant Heritage Month!


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