Campus Life’s Mosaic, Interfaith and Pride Centers Community Members,

This is our third post in our COVID-19 related updates. To check out the content of our first two posts, please click here. This post covers Campus Life resources and how to stay connected to us through our virtual platforms. We encourage you to read this and previous COVID-19 posts in their entirety to answer any frequently asked questions.

Resources

Campus Life Student Diversity and Inclusion Area updates:

Retriever Essentials: Due to our physical spaces being closed, the Mosaic is not currently serving as a Distribution Center for Retriever Essentials. We encourage you to visit the Retriever Essentials myUMBC group page for updates or contact the UMBC Police (410) 455-5555.

Social Media: Brand new!Our area now has an Instagram Account! Be sure to follow us at @umbc_clmosaicinterfaithpride (no posts have been made live yet) for our regular posts starting Wednesday, April 1st!

As our following base grows, we will provide opportunities for UMBC community members to promote their diversity, equity, and inclusion based events, initiatives, and/or resources. Please contact Heidy George, Program Associate for Student Diversity and Inclusion if you have any questions related to our social media accounts.

We also encourage you to use the #UMBCtogether to stay connected with the wider UMBC community!

Other Campus Life Resources and contact information

In the meantime, we also encourage you to “like,”  “follow,” and/or “favorite” other Campus Life related pages below:

• Campus Life

• myUMBC | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Website | campuslife@umbc.edu

• Commonvision 

• myUMBC | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Website | commonvision@umbc.edu

• Events Conference Services and Operations

•  myUMBC | schedule@umbc.edu

• Student Government Association (SGA) 

• myUMBC | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | sga@umbc.edu

• Students Events Board (seb) 

• myUMBC | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | seb@umbc.edu

• For other questions related to Greek Life, Leadership, and Student Organizations, please contact Jen Dress, Associate Director for Engagement at dress@umbc.edu.

• For other Campus resources, please stay tuned to updates in our COVID-19 resources and updates document. 

Community Resources

• For access to health and human services information, visit 2-1-1 Maryland or dial 2-1-1.

• If you would like to include any further Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion-based resources for students from your department and/or office, please fill out our Campus Life’s Student Diversity and Inclusion Resource Submission Google Form. 

• If you would like to submit any UMBC resource to the wider UMBC community, please email the Community Resilience Workgroup at reachtogether@umbc.edu.

-Campus Life's Student Diversity and Inclusion staff

Hello Campus Life’s Mosaic, Interfaith and Pride Centers Community Members,

This is the second post in our COVID-19 related updates. To check out the content of our first post, please click here. As we continue our online transitions, we would like to provide you with information related to our Spring 2020 programs. We encourage you to read this and previous COVID-19 posts in their entirety to answer any frequently asked questions.

Due to the physical campus closure, the remaining programs for Spring 2020 will be postponed to Fall 2020.Event links will be posted in the upcoming weeks. The events impacted due to this closure and new calendar updates are listed below:

• PAWTalks: Janel Martinez: Ain’t I Latina? Exploring Anti-Blackness in the Latinx Community

• Original Date:Tuesday, March 24th

• New Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 | Time: 5:30-7:00 p.m. | Location: The Skylight Room

• Pawsitive Bodies and Minds: Living with HIV: Exploring HIV and HIV Stigma

• Original Date: Monday, April 6th

• New Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2020 | Time: 6:00-7:30 p.m. | Location: The Commons 331

• PAWTalks: Andy DeVos: Understanding Racial Disparities in Baltimore City

• Original Date: Wednesday, April 15th

• New Date: TBD

• What’s The (T)ea? “Okay Boomer”: Socioeconomic challenges facing Millennials and Gen Z

• Original Date: Thursday, April 30th

• New Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2020| Time: 4:00-5:30 p.m. | Location: The Commons 329

• How to be a Better Ally: People with Limited Voting Access: Analyzing Voter Suppression in The United States

• Original Date: Wednesday, May 6th

• New Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 | Time: 4:00-5:30 p.m. | Location: The Commons 329

• Mosaic’s 7th Annual Lavender Celebration* 

• Original Date: Tuesday, May 12th

• Tentative New Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 | Time: 6:00-8:00p.m. | Location: The Skylight Room

• Our June and July SafeZone LGBTQ+ Allyship Development Workshops are currently unaffected by the physical campus closure. Please be sure to use this link to RSVP!
• Dates: Friday, June 26th and July 17th | Time: 8:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Location: The Commons 331

Dear Campus Life’s Mosaic, Interfaith and Pride Centers Community Members,

We hope this message finds you well during this virtual transition. As our campus transitions online, we would like to provide you with information related to our operations, programs, resources and other important updates. We encourage you to read this post and other posts in this series in their entirety to answer any frequently asked questions. Please note that this Campus Life Student Diversity and Inclusion specific information is subject to change based on the rapidly changing federal, state, and/or local public health response to COVID-19. To stay up to date to updates related to our departmental spaces, please click herefor updates beyond today, March 27th 2020.For UMBC campus wide information related to COVID-19, please visit covid19.umbc.edu.

General Updates and Contact information

Campus Life’s Mosaic, Interfaith, and Pride Centers have migrated online and our physical spaces will be closed until further notice. Our Student Diversity and Inclusion staff will be available from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday either online or by phone. Please refer to our contact list below for further details:

• If you are a student or student org leader who would like to reach out to our Summer 2020 Student Diversity and Inclusion Peer, please email Sofía Encarnacíon at sencarn1@umbc.edu. 

• If you have questions regarding Mosaic related resources or upcoming programs, please contact Carlos Turcios, Coordinator for Student Diversity and Inclusion at carlos6@umbc.edu, (410) 455-1825, or at mosaic@umbc.edu.

• If you have questions regarding the Interfaith Center or Religious and Spiritual resources, please contact Erin Waddles, Coordinator for Student Diversity and Inclusion at waddles@umbc.edu, (410) 455-3242, or at interfaith@umbc.edu.

• If you have questions regarding the Pride Center or LGBTQ+ resources, email Heidy George, Program Associate for Student Diversity and Inclusion at hmg@umbc.edu, (410) 455-3014, or at lgbtq@umbc.edu.

• If you have other questions related to our diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice work, resources, partnerships and collaborations, please contact Lisa Gray, Associate Director for Student Diversity and Inclusion at lisamgray@umbc.edu or at 410-455-8478.

Campus Life’s Student Diversity and Inclusion staff also will be available virtually by appointment starting Wednesday, April 1st. Below are links to each of our appointment times. If possible, please schedule your meeting 48 hours in advance. 

• Diversity Peer, Sofía: Please email her directly to schedule an appointment time.

• Carlos: Available appointment slots

• Erin: Available appointment slots

• Heidy: Available appointment slots

• Lisa: Available appointment slots

Please note that we will be sending out additional posts related to our Summer 2020 programs, virtual resources, social media, and student employment opportunities for the 2020-2021 academic year! In the meantime, please feel free to email us with any questions.

Welcome to the all online environment! The Library has many ways to provide research assistance and other help during the emergency and there are some things you should know:

THE BAD NEWS

• The library building is closed, no one allowed in or out, including the atrium and RLC. This means no books, reserves, media, laptops, or DML equipment is available for check-out, and USMAI borrowing and Interlibrary Loan are not operating.

THE GOOD NEWS

• For information about library services currently available please see https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library/posts/91400. 

• We request that you hold on to all Library materials for the time being. Fines and fees for currently checked-out material are suspended for the duration. Automatic messages may still go out, so if you are worried about an item being overdue, email the Circulation Department at circlib-group@umbc.edu. 

• Reference staff are available in chat from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Look for the “Ask a Librarian” box at the edges of the library homepage. Questions asked before or after chat hours will be answered by email.

• Online research appointments are available and can be scheduled on the Library webpage: Research Help > Make an Online Appointment.

Are you interested in women’s, gender, and social justice issues? Apply to be an intern or staff member at the Women’s Center for the 2020-2021 academic year! Be a part of a dynamic team!  To be considered for a 2020-2021 student internship or staff position, complete our google form application: https://forms.gle/FXEuY3RkhEB3Gb3L9 & attach a cover letter, resume, and 2 writing samples no later than Friday, April 24th. 

View attached pdf’s for student internship & staff position descriptions.