Greetings, 

• Thursday, September 18th 

• Friday, September 19th

If you have any questions, please reach out to us at studentorgs@umbc.edu

We hope to see you there! 

The Grad Retriever Breakfast is happening TODAY at 10 AM in Commons 308! 

Bring your appetite and your friends!

Swing by and start your morning with free breakfast food because nothing says grad life like coffee and carbs. This is your chance to fuel up, take a break from research and classes, and connect with fellow graduate students.

DID WE MENTION: Free food for grad students.........................

Hosted by the Office of Graduate Student Life 

Calling All Graduate Students! 

DEADLINE EXTENDED! 

Donations are open from September 4th - September 24th

Dear UMBC Community,

Retriever Integrated Health is hosting a  Quantiferon (TB blood test) Clinic in partnership with Quest Diagnostics. This clinic is designed to make it easy for students, faculty, and staff who need TB screening to get it done on campus.

Clinic Details

• Dates: September 8 – September 17

• Location: Center for Well-Being

• Hours: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

• Book Appointment: umbc.setmore.com/tbclinic

The Graduate Student Association is relaunching our official social media accounts on Instagram and X.

Instagram: @umbc_gsa

X: @UMBCGSA

Stay plugged in for advocacy updates, upcoming events, leadership opportunities, and ways to connect with the graduate community at UMBC.

Follow us, join the conversation, and help shape the grad student experience. This is your space—be part of it.

Want to promote your event on GSA social media?

-> Send us a DM.

-> OR email gsa@umbc.edu

Take a break and start your Thursday morning with us at Grad Retriever Breakfast, hosted by the Office of Graduate Student Life!

The event will be held this Thursday (9/18/2025) from 10am - 12pm, in the Commons 308.

Enjoy FREE breakfast food and connect with other graduate students. 

To register, make sure to follow the Office of Graduate Student Life's myUMBC page and RSVP there!

We'll see you Thursday morning!

The Finance Board Priority Feedback Form is now LIVE!!!

As a reminder, this is an optional form that can finalize your budgets BEFORE you submit them through Qualtrics.

Please note: This is different application from you Semesterly Budget Applications, which are due Oct. 15th @ 11:59 PM. 

Once you've submitted the form, your liaison will reach out to you and start a converstation about what you can do to improve your peliminary budget(s).

Steps on how to fill out the form:

• Copy the Allocation document
• You can include as much information as you have/can.
• Found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WMdN9eTy0bDNfjmnNV4TJWRl5uj6E5fVwOSAkeN5gwM/edit?usp=sharing
• Fill out the Feedback form
• Treasurer Name & Email
• Finance Board Liaison
• Check here:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1aQrB5T62vXgVrsI4s2cj-bzO5vf4h5TBWIXQubCkEHE/edit
• Your preference of communication
• Attach the filled out Allocation document
• Form link found here:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1r5wkwpHWOoi3NxLKSowkrnbF7vSq6MueuRwvYYU-k_M

Join the Center for Social Justice Dialogue in The Mosaic Center (Commons 2b23) biweekly on Thursdays 3:00pm - 4:30pm for SistaCare!

"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare."

SistaCare is a community-care and dialogue group that explores the ways undergraduate and graduate students who identify as Black/Africana women and femmes, regardless of their gender expression, experience campus communities. Weekly sessions will explore experience, impact, and connection and are open to all individuals regardless of their sex, gender, race, ethnicity, or national origin. Come to learn, share, and connect!

This semester's sessions are as follows:

• 9/25: Kickoff: Who are We?
  (RSVP here)

• 10/9: Representation and Socialization

• 10/23: Intersecting Identities and Intersectionality

• 11/6: Bodies + Body Politics - All Shapes and Sizes

• 12/4: Skin + Hair and the Spectrums of Color and Texture

• 12/18: Radical Care and Reflection

To request accommodation(s) or to inquire about event accessibility, please get in touch with us via email, csjdialogue.umbc.edu, with "Sistacare" in the subject line. All sessions are 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.