2026 Staff Award Nominations Now Open Nominate a dedicated staff member by Tuesday, September 9
Dear Colleagues,

UMBC's annual staff awards are an important way of recognizing the work being done every day by our dedicated exempt and nonexempt staff. Please take a moment to review the information regarding the awards and nominate someone who has been doing an exceptional job in that category. The deadline for 2026 staff award nominations is Tuesday, September 9, 2025.
  • University System of Maryland Board of Regents' Staff Awards: recognizing demonstrated excellence in one of five specific areas of work
  • UMBC Presidential Distinguished Staff Awards: recognizing exceptional performance, leadership, and/or service
  • Jakubik Family Endowment Staff Award for Exempt or Nonexempt Staff: recognizing contributions toward the success of UMBC students
  • Karen L. Wensch Endowment Award for Outstanding Nonexempt Staff: recognizing excellence across a variety of areas of service
  • Teresa Lupinek Endowment Award for Exempt or Nonexempt Staff: recognizing staff whose work embodies many of the outstanding qualities for which Teresa and her work were known

Further descriptions of individual awards and the eligibility requirements for each, as well as the nomination form and a listing of previous awardees, can be found on the Presidential Faculty and Staff Awards page.

Please submit your nominations to the Department of Human Resources and Strategic Talent Management by close of business, Tuesday, September 9, 2025. If you have further questions about the staff awards, please contact Michale Sheckleford Tallon, director of talent engagement and labor relations, at mtallon@umbc.edu.

In celebration of your great work,

Lynne Adams
Associate Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

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So, do you like jazz? There are currently three jazz groups at UMBC, the Jazz Ensemble, and two small groups. The audition is the same for all groups. Non-traditional instruments are welcome. We are especially interested in saxophonists and bass players! Make music! Make friends! Receive course credit!

Also, we host our own jazz festival every spring. Recent guests include drummer and bandleader Jonathan Barber, saxophonist Charlie Young, latin jazz drummer Vince Cherico, drummer Allison Miller, bassist Ben Allison, trumpeter Steven Bernstein, bassist Ben Street, pianist Larry Willis, tubist/saxophonist Howard Johnson, and saxophonist George Garzone. In addition to hosting our own festival, our students perform regularly off campus and at other area festivals.

Auditions will take place on Monday, August 25, 2025 from 2pm to 4pm in the Music Box (PAHB 151). Please contact Director Matt Belzer (belzer@umbc.edu) if you have a conflict with this date and time.
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Join us today  for our Free Farmers Market!! For the rest of the summer we'll be in the Center for Well-Being Room 118. Click 'Visit Website' below for directions to the building. 
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For everyone else, if y'all have any rooms available for rent or know someone who has a place, please feel free to reach out! I appreciate the help and support.

contact: 9087208534
or insta: @kayla.turang
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Session 3: Imagining Justice and Belonging Together

Wednesday, November 19, 2025 · 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Join Online Event
What might it look like to co-create a campus rooted in compassion, equity, and joy? In this session, we’ll use creative visioning tools to imagine a more just and inclusive UMBC. Participants will explore actionable ways to foster a culture of care, connection, and collective responsibility.

This is a "lunch and learn" event, meaning we encourage you to enjoy your lunch during the meeting!

This series is open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected category under applicable federal law, state law, and the University's nondiscrimination policy.

See original post here to RSVP:  https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/csjd/events/143933
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Submission Deadline: Friday, September 5, 2025 

We are pleased to announce the Undergraduate Data Science Scholars (DSS) program for supporting students in Fall 2025. The DSS program welcomes undergraduate scholars from multiple disciplines, including non-STEM majors, who will examine all aspects of data and its impact on society. This year, scholars will have the opportunity to be teaching fellows or research fellows. Scholars will be able to work on research projects in Climate Science, Deepfake detection, and other data science-related projects. 

Students selected through this effort will be part of the Data Science Scholars program, which will be run in partnership withthe Center for Women in Technology (CWIT), the Information Systems Department (IS), and the Center for Social Science Scholarship (CS3). 

Selected scholars will be assigned to respective affiliations (CWIT/IS or CS3) depending on the student's major, and the scholars' expectations per affiliation are as follows:

Center for Women in Technology (CWIT) Responsibilities:

Research Fellows

  • Scholars who will work as research fellows will work on a supervised research project and be mentored by faculty. Scholars will be paid $20.00/hour for specific tasks, for 5 - 10 hours per week.
  • Scholars will attend at least two events in Fall 2025 and/or participate in research initiatives and professional development for their leadership growth and mentoring. Mentors will coordinate this at CWIT.
  • Scholars will need to register as CWIT Affiliates to participate in the 2 required events.

Teaching Fellows

  • Scholars will work as teaching fellows and peer mentors for undergraduate students in IS 296 - Foundations of Data Science, and support students throughout the course. The scholars will devote time to mentoring and leadership development efforts for their advancement. The cohort of scholars will meet as a group under the supervision of the IS 296 instructor. Scholars will be paid $20.00/hour for specific tasks, for 5 - 10 hours per week during Fall 2025.
  • Scholars who will work as teaching fellows will be expected to be available to assist with classes and also present during lectures. Fall 2025 class schedule is as follows: Monday/Wednesdays 2:30 - 3:45 pm (Instructor: Dr. Karen Chen) and Wednesdays 4:30 - 7 pm (Instructor: Zehra Zaidi)
  • Scholars will be required to attend one mentoring meeting per month with the coordinator

Center for Social Science Scholarship (CS3) Responsibilities:

Research Fellows

  • Scholars who will work as research fellows will work on a supervised research project and be mentored by faculty. Scholars will be paid $20.00/hour for specific tasks, for 5 - 10 hoursper week.

  • Scholars will attend at least two events in Fall 2025 and/or participate in research initiatives and professional development for their leadership growth and mentoring. Mentors will coordinate this at CS3. 

  • Scholars will also be expected to attend one mentoring meeting with the faculty.

  • Scholars will be required to enroll in a Zero-credit Practicum course on research experience (PRAC 98C) through the UMBC Career Center.

Background and Skills:

ALL applicants should have knowledge in AT LEAST ONE of the following:

  • Analysis of social, behavioral, economic, or geographic data

  • Python or one of the data science tools and/or languages (such as R, Rapid Miner, Weka, Orange, Knime, ML on cloud computing)

  • Jupyter Notebooks with Python or taken IS 296 in a prior semester.

Application Form:

Interested students should complete the Google Submission Form,OR access the form using the following link: https://forms.gle/FFUAa5RpDNMGYvTY9  by Friday, September 5, 2025.

Questions:

For questions, please email Dr. Josephine Namayanja - jona1@umbc.edu 

To learn more about potential projects, please check out the following websites: 

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Getting a Jump start in Research Panel and Discussion: August 14th at 12pm


Webex Link: https://umbc.webex.com/umbc/j.php?MTID=m043550ef7037e2b57a75fd6ae0e263b3 

Are you interested in pursuing undergraduate research? Get a jump start on learning about research from students and faculty who have been part of undergraduate research at UMBC!

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We are proud to announce our second annual Faculty Accessibility Trailblazer Awards to recognize faculty members who have championed accessibility in their course materials and instruction and demonstrated a commitment to the inclusion, access, and success of students with disabilities at UMBC. 

ADS is thrilled to recognize the following "trailblazers" who were consistently recommended by their colleagues and students as faculty committed to accessibility and inclusion over the past academic year.
 
Please join us in congratulating:

Dr. Eric Anderson, Physics 
Dr. Nicole Belfiore, Social Work (UMBC-USG) 
Dr. Carlton Crabtree, Information Systems 
Dr. Mercedez Dunn-Gallier, Sociology, Anthropology, & Public Health

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These faculty members will receive a certificate of recognition from ADS, will be featured in the SDS office bulletin board and newsletter, named in a Division of Institutional Equity announcement shared with the broad campus community, and this recognition will be shared with Academic and Faculty Affairs senior leadership and college and department leads. We encourage these faculty members to share their inclusive teaching practices with their colleagues to help foster our next faculty accessibility trailblazers at UMBC!

*The previous year, we honored faculty members from the Chemistry and Psychology departments and adjunct faculty in Cinematic Arts; all who continue to teach with accessibility and inclusion as vital elements in their pedagogy. 

UMBC is committed to ensuring all students with disabilities are afforded an equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from all of the University's programs, services, and activities through creating an educational environment of equal access, inclusive participation, and welcoming belonging. Full inclusion requires accessible course materials and teaching practices, supportive advising and mentoring of diverse student learning styles, and proactive welcoming to the University through the creation of universally designed environments. We cannot achieve our University's goal of inclusive excellence without our faculty's commitment to accessibility and inclusion. Accessibility is a shared campus responsibility, and all community members play a role in fostering disability inclusion and belonging through accessible practices. 

Kudos to our amazing faculty who go above and beyond to support student success daily. We appreciate you and your partnership!
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NSF awarded UMBC a third grant to continue its Scholarship for Service (SFS) cybersecurity scholarship program directed by CSEE professors Alan T. Sherman (PI) and Roberto Yus (CoPI). The three-year award will support five new scholars majoring in a computing program at the undergraduate or graduate level. Scholars receive tuition, fees, and a stipend for professional expenses. In return, they must work for a government agency for a semester or summer in each year of support. Scholars must be US citizens or permanent residents. Prospective scholars may apply by noon, September 12, 2025, via Scholarship Retriever.

CSEE faculty Sherman (PI) and Richard Forno (CoPI) have directed UMBC’s SFS program since 2012, bringing over 12 million dollars to support cybersecurity at UMBC, including funds for scholarships and research activities of Sherman’s Cyber Defense Lab (CDL). UMBC has graduated over 100 SFS scholars, placing UMBC fifth in the nation for the number of SFS graduates. UMBC SFS scholars engage in research and hands-on learning. Each January, they participate in a collaborative research project to analyze the security of some aspect of the UMBC network. In 2025, the scholars analyzed the security and privacy of a prototype of the new myUMBC search that integrates ChatGPT.

Reflecting the growing importance of AI and changing government funding priorities, the new undergraduate SFS scholars will be required to take four AI courses in addition to completing the cybersecurity track course requirements.


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Session 2: Understanding Identity in Community

Wednesday, October 15, 2025 · 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
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Each of us brings a unique set of identities to our roles on campus, some are visible, while others are less so. This session uses an identity chart activity to explore how our identities influence our experiences, relationships, and sense of belonging at UMBC. Together, we’ll build a shared understanding of power, privilege, and difference, and explore what each of us can do about it at UMBC.

This is a "lunch and learn" event, meaning we encourage you to enjoy your lunch during the meeting!

This series is open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected category under applicable federal law, state law, and the University's nondiscrimination policy.

See original post here to RSVP:  https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/csjd/events/143932
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