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Join the Office of Graduate Student Life (OGSL) and GEARS for Movie Night!
We'll have pizza, popcorn, and a fun movie (to be announced soon).
Bike Giveaway!
Want to win a FREE bike? Here's how:
You must be following the OGSL myUMBC page
You must be present at Movie Night
The winner will be announced at the end of the movie — don't miss your chance!
Details:
Friday, October 17
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Lecture Hall 1
Come for the food, enjoy the movie, and maybe leave with a bike!
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Ready for a challenge, Retrievers?
Start (or keep) a healthy habit this semester with UMBC Rec!
Pick a habit (from our list or your own)
Stick with it for 4 weeks
When you complete the challenge, fill out the form in our LinkTree + grab your prize
It's that simple—your wellness, your way.
This event is open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected category under applicable federal law, state law, and the University's nondiscrimination policy.
Have questions, ideas, or concerns about graduate student life at UMBC? Want to learn more about upcoming initiatives or share your feedback directly with GSA leadership?
Join the GSA President during weekly office hours! This is your opportunity to:
Ask questions about GSA policies, events, and funding.
Share your experiences and suggestions.
Connect with leadership in an open, welcoming space.
Your voice matters—stop by, even if it's just to say hello!
Commons 308
Every Wednesday, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Language as personal and communal expression: an interactive zine-making workshop
Dr. Joyhanna Jung Yoo and Shengxiao "Sole" Yu will lead participants through an exploration of their personal relationship to their heritage language(s). The workshop will ask participants to reflect on the relationship of language in their lives as it pertains to identity, family, thought, and more. The workshop aims to bring together students and broader community members to think about the connections between issues of language to broader community and social concerns.
Thursday, October 23, 2025
2-4pm
Location: CADVC Gallery, Fine Arts 105
Attendance is capped at 25 participants. Priority will be given to students.
About the speakers:
Joyhanna "Joy" Yoo (she/they) is a linguistic anthropologist whose work examines the circulation of Korean popular cultural genres with fieldwork based in Seoul, Mexico City, and Los Angeles. Their research examines the meanings generated by language as it pertains to race and gender when cultural genres circulate. Joy has also published on Asian American racialization and linguistic appropriation in mediatized contexts. Her newer work examines the relationship between language loss, grief, and Korean diasporic belonging. They are especially passionate about student-centered teaching, mentorship, and student advocacy.
Shengxiao Yu, known by her nickname Sole, is a speaker, facilitator, writer, and social justice educator. She is the creator of Nectar, a space where she provides political education for the community through giving keynote speeches, facilitating workshops, and providing thought leadership. In 2024, Sole served as the activist-in-residence at the Asian American Studies Center at the University of California, Los Angeles. In this capacity, Sole conducted research to more deeply understand the AAPI electoral landscape and the role of mis- and disinformation. Sole is a writer for the Xin Sheng Project, a platform combating misinformation in the Chinese diaspora community by publishing in-language, progressive articles that shift perspectives and build intergenerational power. As a generation 1.5 Asian American, Sole is also working to build community among her fellow Asian Americans in order to build socio-political power and to lift up her lineage. Sole is inspired by BIPOC activists, grassroots community leaders, and all the intersectional movement ancestors who have paved the way.
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This event is part of the Reframing Global Asias Conversation Series. For the conversation series this fall, the Global Asias Initiative is hosting guest speakers Shengxiao "Sole" Yu and Dr. Joyhanna Jung Yoo for a series of workshops & lectures.
Want to learn more about the upcoming Global Asias Conversation Series? Check out our website for more!
Freshly brewed coffee, tea, and hot chocolate are waiting for you in Commons 308. Come join us this morning for Coffee Monday from 10AM - 2PM! Start your week off right!
