REPOST: SGA Candidate Endorsement Form Available
The Candidate Endorsement Form is available for any student organization* or individual student** to endorse any candidate running for SGA elected office. Click on the link to read the post from the SGA Election Board. 

*Charter student organizations and the Resident Student Association (RSA) are not allowed to endorse a candidate as a whole. Individual members/officers are permitted to endorse candidates as they see fit.

** Endorsements only apply for an individual when they are utilizing their positionality (i.e. as president of a UMBC organization) to promote a campaign.

Questions? Email C. Lai at clai2@umbc.edu
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Email seidelk1@umbc.edu if you're still interested!
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Key Points

  • UMBC and area positivity rates have allowed us to revisit our current health and safety measures. 

  • Effective March 4, 2022, masking is optional for every space with exceptions to all academic spaces, instructional labs, performance spaces, designated masking areas, healthcare settings, on UMBC Transit, and in other limited areas.

  • We ask that all in our community Keep Masks in Mind by carrying a mask with them and respecting one another.

  • In-person COVID Focus Group (April 14 at 2pm)

Dear UMBC Community,


Happy Monday Retrievers! As COVID protocols proceed to lessen due to the continued patience, support, and vaccination of UMBC and surrounding communities, we would like to remind you that it is still the responsibility of the entire community to continue following basic health protocols such as routine hand washing/sanitizing, monitoring symptoms, and the continuation of wearing masks in these specific areas:

  • All academic spaces and classrooms 

  • Instructional labs

  • Performance spaces

  • Designated masking areas

  • Healthcare settings

  • UMBC Transit

  • Other limited areas

All other areas such as the RAC and Commons have optional masking protocols set in place. It is still to be expected that our community respects individual decisions to wear masks and carry a mask with them.

If you need a free KN95 mask, please visit this COVID Mask Map. We will also have an in-person COVID Focus Group on April 14 at 2pm to discuss student experiences as well as envisioning the Fall 2022 semester.

Again, we appreciate your continued patience and determination to keep our community safe. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact covid19@umbc.edu or sga@umbc.edu to be connected to resources.

​Yours in service,
Joshua Gray, SGA President
Terence Lesigues, Associate Director of COVID-19 Relief
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Voting will take place online from April 8-10 and then in person from April 11-14. Election related events, including candidate meet and greets, will be posted on the SGA myumbc.

Presidential Tickets
Sruthi Ramesh/Kayla Hegbe
Ayra Hussain/Shubhi Saxena

Vice President for Student Organizations
Hediyah Sadeq
Simone Loysen
Kevin Chen

Treasurer
Matthew Simanin
Abdel Nasser

Senate
Fatima Wajid
Eleni Olivea Varlas
Zoonash Syed
Shakira  Scott-Harris
Kathryn Rambo
Arian Nyandjo
Mohamed Nasser
Menna  Nasser
Demetrius  McGuffin
Joshua Le
Samantha Kennedy
Ifreke Jacob
Yassin Elalamy
Dharma Bhatt
Kojo Benefo
Snowlin Alex
Fairine Ahmed

Finance Board
Fiona Tolentino
Noah Sim
George Ndasi
Raif Mahmood
Rachael  Khai
Ousmane Diop
Maheera Chaudhry
Sadia Alvi
Adam Abril

To keep up with the most up to date SGA Election Announcements, follow the SGA Election Board myUMBC

You can learn more about each candidate by visiting 
https://sga.umbc.edu/get-involved/elections/

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It's that time of the year and Quadmania is right around the corner! If you are part of a student organization, a personal band/dance group or have a solo act and would be interested in performing during Quadmania, make sure to sign up using the link below. The performances will take place on Friday, April 22nd with  a tentative start time of 5/6pm. The deadline to sign up is March 28th. 
Start to get excited for Quadmania 2022 Retrievers!

Sign up link: https://forms.gle/MSsEPpoHdT7pb5yG6 
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Join our Team! Being a Woolie is a fun leadership position for undergraduate students, where you meet lots of great people, learn interesting facts about UMBC, and help create a fun, informative welcome program for new students. Applications for the 2022 cycle are due on April 1, 2022. Woolies are paid a $250 stipend and receive a number of other perks!

Welcome Week Leaders (WOOLIES) are ambassadors for UMBC, and facilitate Welcome Week for new students at UMBC. Woolies develop relationships with new students, engage with Welcome Week events, and also help with the logistics of Welcome Week. Woolies are here to support new students and their transition to college by sharing their personal student experiences, valuable resources, and important upcoming events and opportunities.

Interested students can attend one of two information sessions. One on Tuesday, March 15th at 11am in Commons 329 (limited seating) and one on Monday, March 28th at 4:30pm in Public Policy 105.

You can also learn more about the time commitment, stipend, qualifications, and trainings by visiting https://welcomeweek.umbc.edu/woolies/want-to-be-a-woolie/

Undergraduate students can apply online at https://tinyurl.com/Woolies2022

Questions? Email Woolies2022@umbc.edu

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Original event post can be found HERE. 

It's that time of the year and Quadmania is right around the corner! If you are part of a student organization, a personal band/dance group or have a solo act and would be interested in performing during Quadmania, make sure to sign up using the link below. The performances will take place on Friday, April 22nd with  a tentative start time of 5/6pm. The deadline to sign up is March 28th. 
Start to get excited for Quadmania 2022 Retrievers!

Sign up link: https://forms.gle/MSsEPpoHdT7pb5yG6 
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Start to get excited for Quadmania 2022 Retrievers!

Sign up link: https://forms.gle/MSsEPpoHdT7pb5yG6 
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]]> Image https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/attachments/93176acdda48d7d873f4c2e2f082d58e/6a93f1fd/news/000/117/621/d5cb61eef98bd237e41bc2225263f823/2.png?1646948767 https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/117621/guest@my.umbc.edu/332a09b19bac88ef5b9f43474a3ab88d/api/pixel UMBC Graduate Student Association https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/xsmall.png?1688588974 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/original.png?1688588974 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/xxlarge.png?1688588974 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/xlarge.png?1688588974 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/large.png?1688588974 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/medium.png?1688588974 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/small.png?1688588974 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/xsmall.png?1688588974 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/xxsmall.png?1688588974 UMBC Graduate Student Association 0 0 true Thu, 10 Mar 2022 16:51:51 -0500 Update on GSA Position on The Collective Bargaining Bill

The GSA senate voted to submit testimony in favor of SB0118 (HB0751) to allow collective bargaining rights to University System of Maryland Graduate Assistants. Post-hearing testimony has been sent to all members of the MD Senate Finance Committee. The testimony bases its  support on advocacy from almost 100 UMBC graduate students in a poll of graduate students, in addition to offering support for graduate assistants on other campuses who have not reaped much benefit from the current meet and confer process. The written testimony can be found here.

Forms response chart. Question title: Please select your opinion on the Collective Bargaining Bill.. Number of responses: 95 responses.

Full poll results can be found here. 


Here is some of the general sentiment expressed by graduate students in support of the bill. 

"I believe that difference between the stipend and living standard cost is much more higher. One graduate student can not bear the living cost with the existing amount they are getting."

"I SUPPORT THE CBB because it empowers us to assert our needs should the university ever fail to address them. The fact that the school has tried to advocate against it shows that we need that security. Studies consistently show that GAs are better paid and have better benefits if they're unionized than if they aren't."

"I think we should have the right to be more involved in the negotiation of our reimbursement for the work we do on campus and for campus"

"Graduate students and GA's in particular consistently feel unsafe and undervalued in their contracts and have no where to go since we are 'trapped' by our desire to further our education. We also have no one to talk to since the chain of command goes to our supervisors and GPDs, which are not always sympathetic to our worries"

"Graduates should have the option to unionize as it will give us a voice and those with GAs in genera are not given enough support in the university."

Some of the sentiment by the minority against the bill:

"I don't see the need for a union, and I don't think unionizing is going to improve the quality of my experience at UMBC"

"I do not agree with this bill because it does not actually guarantee us anything. It doesn't seem worth it."

"-Potential to lose FICA exemption
-Potential to have health insurance premium increase (which is currently $0); our current health insurance is very good and not something I would want to lose. Also, as a graduate student, income from stipend is already low --having additional annual costs (e.g. insurance premiums) would make things even more difficult
-Potential decrease in graduate assistantships --this is already low and barely covers cost-of-living for most students"

For those interested in joining in support of the bill, the Fearless Student Employees will be having a rally in Annapolis to advocate for collective bargaining rights on March 15th, at 12:00 PM. Carpooling and RSVP here: https://forms.gle/qTq9Ktb7GCEZMYJr5
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