DoIT welcomes Khalil Alston as a new full time AV Specialist. He joins the AV Services team in the operation, support, and installation of classroom and conference AV technology on campus.

Khalil joins us from the University of Baltimore, where he served as an IT Specialist for the Office of Technology Services.  He brings experience with AV troubleshooting, coding, along with excellent customer service skills to the team.

Khalil earned his B.S degree in Simulation and Game Design from the University of Baltimore in May 2022.Please join us in welcoming Khalil into the UMBC family. We look forward to his future contributions to UMBC.

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Please read Javon Brown's request and consider joining him adopting a family.

My name is Javon Brown, and I am a senior at UMBC in the Social Work Program. As a social work student, I am currently doing my field placement at an elementary school in West Baltimore. With Christmas approaching it can be a difficult time for families to provide gifts to their children so I am reaching out in hopes you would like to participate in adopting a family for Christmas. This is a program started by a former social work student of UMBC and I would like to continue this program this year as well. What this means is, you or the organization you are a part of, would be donating gifts to families so the children will have presents during the holiday season. Along with gifts, if you are able to do so, gift cards can be donated as well to help out families with nutritional needs however the goal is to provide gifts for the kids first. Our overall goal is to provide gifts for 25-30 families. 

Attached is a google survey for you to fill out for yourself or on behalf of your organization so we can start the process of assigning families and getting gifts together. Please fill out the survey by November 5^th so we can assign everyone a family by November 24^th , just in time for black Friday shopping. All gifts must be given to me by December 10^th, a drop-off box will be located in the Social Work Office located at Sherman Hall-B, Room 322. I am also willing to arrange times to meet on campus if needed. The best way to reach me is through text, 443-490-5744 or through my UMBC email, Javonb1@umbc.edu.

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It's almost Halloween! Using official UMBC Student Organization-Approved candy, members of UMBC SSMVF greeted students on the night of the Halloween Student Org Fair. We’re keeping dentists in business! Thankfully, all groups used only officially issued-candy, allowing the SSMVF table to stand on equal footing, and attract interested students based on our merit alone!

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Members of the UMBC SSMVF greeted prospective students and future Retrievers at the Retriever Day event at the RAC. We talked with quite a few high school students interested in both UMBC and the role of SSMVF on campus. We also talked with several parents with military ties who are looking forward to their kids using GI Bill benefits to help pay for college, and we met two Veterans who plan to pursue their degrees now that they are separated from military service. I think at least one was motivated enough by our presence that UMBC was now a more likely selection among prospective colleges. Since UMBC has no significant outreach to the vast prospective military service member and Veteran population in the Mid-Atlantic region, we were happy to help out.

There’s nothing as much fun as Involvement Fest! Backed into a dark corner and using only a high-tech hand-made sign, UMBC SSMVF still garnered over 30 signatures from students interested in supporting us and learning more about building a better community on campus. Thanks so much for your support!