Retriever Essentials Donation Updates: $6,745 from 61 donors

Thank you so much to everyone who has donated and helped us surpass our goal! Shoutout to Chris & Karen Steele and Kevin D. Joseph '87 who pledged to match up to $2,500 donated to Retriever Essentials. 

Donate to the Women's Center HERE  to help them reach their goal of 100 donors! Dr. Kate Tracy M.A. '01, Ph.D. '03 will donate $5,000 to the Women's Center once 100 Women's Center donors have been reached.

There is still time left to donate, #BlackAndGoldRush 2021 ends TONIGHT @ 9:00 PM. 

#BlackAndGoldRush Retriever Essentials Updates: $6,270

It only takes a moment to help transform lives—and you can make your mark no matter where you are. Join the #BlackandGoldRush and support Retriever Essentials in its mission to eliminate food insecurity from #UMBC! Also consider supporting some of our campus partners including OCA Mocha and the Women's Center.

Chris & Karen Steele and Kevin D. Joseph '87 have pledged to match up to $2,500 donated to Retriever Essentials. We encourage you to donate to help us meet and exceed this match pledge. Thank you so much! 

Service Obligation Requirement

A recipient must sign and return a promissory note agreeing to begin fulfillment of the service obligation as follows:  

• A recipient of the Teaching Fellows scholarship must teach in a public school or public prekindergarten program that has at least 50% of its students eligible for FRPM for the periods specified below:
• ​For a recipient who receives a scholarship as an undergraduate student, the service obligation is 1 year for each year that the recipient receives a scholarship.
• For a student who receives a scholarship as a graduate student, the service obligation is 2 years for each year that the recipient receives a scholarship.

​​​Scholarship Award Amount

A recipient is eligible to receive an award amount as follows:

• At a Maryland public senior higher education institution, the scholarship award is equivalent to 100% of the annual tuition, mandatory fees, and room and board of a resident undergraduate student or graduate student, as appropriate.
• At a Maryland private nonprofit institution, the scholarship award is equal to the lesser of:
• 100% of the annual tuition and mandatory fees of a resident undergraduate student or graduate student, as appropriate, at the University of Maryland College Park (UMPC) and 100% of the room and board of a resident undergraduate student or graduate student, as appropriate, at the institution; or
• 50% of the annual tuition and mandatory fees of a resident undergraduate or graduate student, as appropriate, at the institution and 100% of the room and board of a resident undergraduate student or graduate student, as appropriate, at the institution.
• A private nonprofit institution must provide a matching scholarship award in an amount equal to the State award provided for tuition & fees only.  Private nonprofit institutions are not required to match State funds awarded for room and board.

Currently Retriever Essentials has raised $1,451

We have received a very generous donation from Chris & Karen Steele and Kevin D. Joseph '87 who have pledged to match up to $2,500 donated to Retriever Essentials. We encourage you to donate to help us meet and exceed this match pledge.

Over the next 36 hours the UMBC community is coming together for our annual Giving Day. This is a community-wide effort where we contribute to initiatives, departments, programs and so much more to support the amazing things happening on our campus.

 

Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion & Belonging (i3b) is a new department on campus, but is composed of diversity, inclusion, equity, and social justice work that has been happening on UMBC’s campus for over 20 years. i3b helps students, staff, faculty & alumni develop the knowledge, awareness and skills necessary to cultivate an inclusive campus community, while creating spaces for students to get connected and find belonging. You may be most familiar with our three cultural centers – The Mosaic, Interfaith and Pride Centers, where students are able to find a home away from home as connected to these important identities. Along with our identity-based student focused programming, we have expanded our work to include the Interact Dialogues Program, OCA Mocha Mondays: Diversity Dialogues with i3b, and Workshop Wednesdays series.

 

Your generous donations will allow us to continue growing and expanding the ways we work with students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members. If you are passionate about social justice on our campus and beyond, and are committed to cultivating an inclusive campus environment for all, please consider donating to i3b. You can make your tax-deductible donation by clicking HERE. Thank you for your gift of any amount!

 

You can continue to stay connected with us via myUMBC, Instagram and Facebook.

 

Thank you for thinking of us and for your ongoing commitment to creating a more socially just future.

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reach our goal of 100 donors

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