Community News

Video Welcome from President Valerie Sheares Ashby

As our community starts an exciting fall semester, I am delighted to join our faculty and staff in welcoming new and returning students. What a privilege it is for me to begin my UMBC journey with...

Posted: August 31, 2022, 1:05 PM

Reminder: Participate in the Top Workplaces Survey

Dear Faculty and Staff, UMBC has decided to participate in The Baltimore Sun Top Workplaces program, which identifies and compares top places to work in the Baltimore metropolitan area, based...

Posted: August 29, 2022, 1:14 PM

Fall Semester Campus Health and Safety Updates

COVID-19 and Monkeypox updates

Key Points The university continues to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and is also developing response protocols for Monkeypox.  At the start of the semester, masks remain required in...

Posted: August 26, 2022, 9:55 AM

UMBC to Launch National Search for a Vice President

for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Dear UMBC Community, I am pleased to announce that we will launch a national search for a vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion at UMBC. Since my arrival, I have spent much of my...

Posted: August 25, 2022, 3:04 PM

UMBC Remembers Dr. Alan Sorkin

Dear Colleagues, We are saddened to learn of the recent transition of Dr. Alan Sorkin who served as chair of the Department of Economics for 31 years. Dr. Sorkin passed away on Friday, August 19,...

Posted: August 24, 2022, 8:55 AM

Shannon Tinney Lichtinger, Director Institutional Research

Institutional Research, Analysis and Decision Support IRADS

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Shannon Tinney Lichtinger as Director of Institutional Research in the Office of Institutional Research, Analysis and Decision Support (IRADS),...

Posted: August 23, 2022, 1:08 PM

Faculty/Staff Parking Permits for 2022-2023 Academic Year

Dear Faculty and Staff, Annual virtual parking permits for faculty and staff expire at the end of August each year. We ask that all faculty and staff visit the UMBC Parking Services Portal to...

Posted: August 23, 2022, 12:26 PM

Participate in the Baltimore Sun Top Workplaces Survey

Dear Faculty and Staff, UMBC has decided to participate in The Baltimore Sun Top Workplaces program, which identifies and compares top places to work in the Baltimore metropolitan area, based...

Posted: August 22, 2022, 3:59 PM

Student Chosen Name Initiative Expanded

Now Includes Chosen Middle and Last Names

Dear UMBC Community, We are pleased to announce an update to our self-service pathway to allow students to indicate their chosen middle and last names in addition to their chosen first names,...

Posted: August 19, 2022, 10:33 AM

Announcing the Selection of Dr. Lynne Adams as CHRO

Chief Human Resources Officer

Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to announce that Dr. Lynne Adams will be joining the UMBC community as our Chief Human Resources Officer on October 1, 2022. Dr. Adams has spent her entire career...

Posted: August 18, 2022, 12:02 PM