Supporting Students Experiencing Mental Health Distress

The Multicultural Leadership Experience (MLE) is a collaboration between Campus Life and Initiatives for Identity Inclusion & Belonging (i3B), that seeks to: 

Engage participants in a multicultural development and leadership learning program; 
Enhance participants' understanding of their social identities, leader identity, as well as their capacity to lead; 
And enable participants' development through authenticity, self-awareness, relationships, and capitalizing on difference. 

The sessions are as follows:

- Monday, February 13th, 3 - 4:30pm 

- Monday, February 27th, 3 - 4:30pm 

- Monday, March 13th, 3 - 4:30pm 

- Monday, April 17th, 3 - 4:30pm 

- Monday, May 15th, 3 - 5:00pm 

***All sessions will take place in The Commons 2B23 | The Mosaic: Center for Cultural Diversity***
 

Participants will be exploring the concept of Authentic Leadership, Legacy Building, and Breaking Barriers of White Supremacy within Leadership. We will do this in a leadership learning cohort by: 

• Enhancing participants' leader identity and leadership capacity using an identity-conscious lens and student development theories;
• Increasing participants' awareness of their personal abilities, identity development, and intersections that shape their story through authenticity, self-reflection, and cultural humility;
• Exploring the role they play in developing relationships while building intra/intercultural connections; 
• And capitalizing on their differences, specifically in relation to their racial, ethnic, national, and other salient identity social groups. 

The purpose of all MLE programs is to provide a space for students and student leaders who identify within diverse or marginalized backgrounds to discover their own capacity to lead, while also promoting a better understanding of their experiences, issues, strengths, and outcomes in navigating their own collegiate careers. However, ALL students are welcome to apply!   

Registration is due Monday, February 6th, 2023 at 11:59pm. If you are interested in signing up to be a part of our Spring 2023 cohort, you can sign up using this form. Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to participate. In order to be accepted into the program you must commit to all 5 sessions. Please answer all of the questions before submitting your registration. Any questions can be sent to campuslife@umbc.edu and i3b@umbc.edu.

commonvision will be closed December 23 – January 6 for the winter break and for additional maintenance time. We will reopen with our winter hours Monday, January 9.

Our winter hours will be: Monday – Thursday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. through January 27. 

For all questions and print inquiries please email commonvision@umbc.edu

Relax and Refuel

It's important to use your flex dollars before the deadline on December 21st at 8 PM, as they will not carry over to the next semester.

We’ve created an easy way for you to scoop up some last-minute holiday gifts, restock on some of your favorite items and take home some treats from our bakery for the family. Our flex order form can be found here. Orders will be ready for pick up at True Grits beginning on Tuesday, December 13^th at 9 am and can be picked up Tuesday (12/13) through Friday (12/16) 9 am – 2 pm and Monday (12/19) through Wednesday (12/21) from 9 am – 2 pm.

Of course, if you prefer, you can still use your flex at the Retriever Markets, or any Chartwells dining location, just ask the cashier to use your flex first.

Not sure how much flex you have left? You can check your balance through my profile on myUMBC, select Campus Card.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out!

Happy spending,

Megan