As Winter Session approaches, we would like to share our dining hours beginning January 2nd. 

Visit our Dine on Campus for up to date information.

Happy Holidays!

The Office of Health Promotion will be closed Wednesday, December 24th, through Thursday, January 1st, for Winter Break.

OHP will also be closed on Friday, January 2nd, for staff development. If needed, we are available virtually.

During Winter Break, our office will be open on Wednesdays (January 7th, 14th, 21st) from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. 

During the times we are closed, staff will be available virtually if you have any needs. Please email ohp@umbc.edu.

We will re-open on January 26th for our normal hours, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.

OHP wishes you a happy and restful winter break!  

A reminder that the Mosaic Center will be closing at 5 PM on Wednesday, December 17 for winter break. For the full listing of our finals week hours, see our post here. 

We have our final event of the semester with Retriever Integrated Health (RIH) on Tuesday, December 16! Join us for Counselor Chats from 11 AM - 12 PM in the Mosaic. Ask a RIH counselor anything you've always wondered, or talk about topics like holiday stress, finals anxiety, end-of-semester overwhelm, year-end reflection, and more. 

From Monday, December 22nd, 2025 until Monday, January 5th, 2026, staff members of the Mosaic will be unavailable to respond to messages. The Mosaic will re-open for the spring semester on Monday, January 26, 2026 at 10 AM. Should you have any questions over the winter, please email us at themosaic@umbc.edu. 

We wish you a happy holidays, the best of luck as we wrap up the semester, and a safe break! 

Staff within Student Engagement will have modified hours during Winter Break/Term.

This modified schedule will begin on Monday, December 22, 2025 and end on Friday, January 16, 2026. Offices will be open from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., with staff having varying remote days. 

UMBC will be closed from December 24, 2025 – January 1, 2026 and on January 19, 2026.

• Student Organizations
• Fraternity and Sorority Life
• Welcome, Retrievers!
• Leadership and Governance
• Student Engagement/Anchor Programs

Questions? Email campuslife@umbc.edu

Hello! 

We are looking for a cohort of students to participate in UMBC's Intercultural Engagement Prep course. This course is designed to grow students' intercultural competency and skills.  The course also serves as the orientation for students interested in UMBC's Peace Corps Prep Program.   

This program is open to:

• International students

• Future or returned study abroad students

• Students interested in applying to the Peace Corps or similar international service programs after graduation

• Students who have an interest in preparing for other international or intercultural experiences or development careers

• Students who want to prepare themselves as global citizens in a multicultural world 

As a participant in the Intercultural Engagement Prep pilot program, students will:

• Meet other globally-minded students at UMBC;

• Develop your critical analytical skills;

• Increase your cultural self-awareness and critically reflect on your own unconscious bias;

• Develop strategies to improve your intercultural communication and how you'll apply it in your future career;

• Recognize cultural differences, commonalities, perceptions, power and privilege dynamics, and how they can lead to conflict; and

• Understand the importance of intercultural dialogue and intercultural citizenship competencies for fostering social justice.

This non-credit/no-fee course, PRAC 103 (course # 6928), will meet twice in the Spring 2026 semester at a mutually agreeable time, but the majority of the course is accessed through asynchronous learning. Students will be required to attend two globally themed events or activities and will also have independent assignments to complete in Blackboard. Upon successful completion of the program, participants will earn two digital badges titled Increasing Cultural Self-Awareness and Reinforcing Intercultural Dialogue. 

Both undergraduate and graduate students may register for the course under PRAC 103 and course number 6391.

• Egg & Cheese Biscuits 
• Bacon, Egg, & Cheese Biscuits 
• Sausage, Egg, & Cheese Biscuits 
• Breakfast Potatoes

Please stop by -- first come, first serve! 

Take a break from finals mode and join OGSL TODAY for our last Grad Retriever Breakfast of the semester! You've worked so hard these past few months—papers, projects, late-night study sessions, all of it—and you deserve a warm, comforting start to your morning.

We'll have a cozy spread of breakfast sandwiches, seasoned potatoes, and assorted fruit juices (see flyer for full menu!) to give you the fuel you need to power through finals week.

• When? Wednesday, December 10 | 10am - 12pm
• Where? Commons Sports Zone

Come cozy up with us, grab some breakfast, breathe for a minute, and celebrate everything you've accomplished this fall. 

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