Lunch & Ideation: Co-Creating UMBC’s Gen Ed Future

Help lay the groundwork for UMBC’s next-generation general education program!

Join colleagues across campus for a facilitated, high-energy lunch session where your insights can influence the future of our curriculum. We’ll kick off with interactive table discussions to brainstorm what a reimagined Gen Ed experience should accomplish.

What to expect:

• Your Voice Matters: Brainstorm and comment freely—all table notes will be collected anonymously and will directly inform the Task Force’s proposals to the Faculty Senate.

• Catered Lunch: Fuel up and connect with peers from different departments.

• Real-Time Insights: End the session by seeing live, event-wide trends and themes synthesized from the afternoon's conversations. 

• From Ideas to Action: Dr. Gaston reflects on the live session, offering takeaways and connecting our collective ideas to practical, proven ways forward.

This registration is ONLY for the lunch & conversations from 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. For information on the full symposium, including an agenda and program, please see the main PT&LS post.

Lunch will be provided to all registered participants. Please click “Sign Up” above to reserve your seat for this session. Please email fdc@umbc.edu to note any dietary restrictions (vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, food allergies, etc.) by Thursday, September 24. The deadline to register for this event is the earlier of Thursday, September 24 or when the event reaches capacity. Please emailfdc@umbc.edu to be added to a wait list if the event is full. If you have registered and find that you can no longer attend, please kindly release your spot so that others may attend.

Please note that Lunch & Ideation is open to faculty and staff only.