Service & Civic Engagement

Feb 4

10 AM

Kick-off the Tax Season with Us!

Apartment Community Center · Dear potential UMBC VITA volunteer! Please join us for our Spring 2023 tax season Kick-Off meeting. If you are a returner, you'll be finished at around 11am. New volunteers who have...

Feb 6

3 PM

Alternative Spring Break (ASB) 2023 Hot Chocolate Social

On Campus · This program is for undergraduate students who have been accepted into ASB 2023. More information will be shared with participants via email.

Feb 8

12 PM

Campus Accessibility Project Updates Discussion

See FM Progress/Plans for Disability-Inclusive Facilities

Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building (ILSB) : 116A · Facilities Management and the Office of Accessibility and Disability Services are hosting a review of recent, current and potential construction projects that enhance accessibility, improve the...

Feb 10

12 PM

UMBC Faculty-led Study Abroad: Cape Town, South Africa

Make the world your classroom!

Public Policy : 119 · Join Ms. Jessica Cook on February 10 at 12 PM to learn about her study abroad program, Global Community Engagement and Social Change in South Africa. Paw this to let us know you will be attending!...

Feb 13

10 AM

Letter Writing to Love For Our Elders

The Commons : Main Street · Help beat the winter blues! Join us on Commons Main Street to warm yourself up with hot chocolate, and warm up the day of an elder in isolation with a letter! Questions? Contact Samantha Berg,...

Feb 17

12:15 PM

Civic Courage Journaling Project Gathering

Online · Join our first gathering of the semester! This month's prompt is: What do you wish you had more opportunities to share and talk about with people at UMBC? The Civic Courage Journaling Project...

Feb 22

11:30 AM

What's The Tea? : What's it like Dating as a Queer Person?

Learn basic dating tips as a queer person

University Center : 201D · This series is geared towards exploring social justice needs for various marginalized populations. We all talk about how diverse UMBC is but, what does that mean in reality? How does it show up in...

Feb 23

5 PM

Dinner with Friends

RSVP Required

On Campus · Dinner with Friends will feature engaging, facilitated small-group conversations over dinner that will connect you with other members of the UMBC community. You will spend the evening sharing...

Feb 24

12 PM

Volunteering at Weekend Backpacks w/ Hillel

TICKETED · Off Campus : Weekend Backpacks · Join us as for volunteering at Weekend Backpacks (1505 Bedford Avenue, Pikesville) on Friday, February 24th from 12-2 PM. We'll be packing bags of food for food-insecure Baltimore City students to...

Mar 6

12 PM

Accessibility Tour: Wayfinding, Skywalks and Resources

Raising Awareness, Connecting with Campus Partners

Mathematics/Psychology : 222 · Navigating UMBC's campus-on-a-hill as a person with a disability brings out overt and sometimes more subtle features of its accessible design. Join us to learn more and discuss: What are the...