Welcome!
My name is Tessa Newton and I am the Associate Director of Leadership Annual Giving. I am delighted to welcome you to the Philanthropy At Work (P.A.W.) Circle! This is a brand new community for faculty and staff who make the generous decision to give financial support to UMBC.
I would like to introduce - although it's likely you already know her - Laila Shishineh, Ed.D. as the Chair for the P.A.W. Circle! Laila provides a wealth of UMBC knowledge, higher education experience, and meaningful relationships across campus with faculty and staff. We are grateful to have Laila joining us to support the P.A.W. Circle and being a champion of employee giving!
The success of our students relies on our faculty and staff through all facets of the campus. As a piece of that, your generosity is invaluable to our student scholars. We created the P.A.W. Circle as a way to celebrate your generosity! We will be hosting two events during the Fall 2025 semester for all P.A.W. Circle members come together for community and a delicious snack. Mug of the Month will include each member of P.A.W. Circle receives a specialty coffee mug to fill with their tasty snack at each event! Details are below and events will be separately created in this group, as well.
Mug of the Month Details:
- Thursday, October 16 from 11am-1pm in the Commons Room 329 - enjoy candied apples
- Wednesday, November 19 from 11am-1pm in the Commons Room 331 - get cozy with a mug of chili
Faculty and staff that made a donation in Fiscal Year '25 and Fiscal Year '26 (to date) will be added to this group. If you have a colleague that made a gift but has not been added to this group, please have them contact me at TNewton@umbc.edu.
We are happy to have you here and look forward to seeing you next month!
Sincerely,
Tessa and Laila