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Special shout-out and thanks to Billy Schneider from DoIT and the Sites@UMBC team for getting this implemented! 

Hello Everyone!

Retriever Essentials will close early today, at 2:45pm.

We apologize for any inconviences

The Academic Success Center is pleased to offer the following Academic Support Services during Summer Session I in collaboration with the Division of Professional Studies in the following areas:

Summer Session I (May 27th – July 2nd) 

Course Content Tutoring will be available by appointment for select courses. Students will have the option of reserving in-person or online sessions. 

Writing Center support will also be available by appointment only, and will be provided online unless requested otherwise.

To view schedules and reserve an appointment time, please visit TracCloud.

SI PASS will start on June 1st, stay tuned and check the Summer SI PASS Schedule page for more updates.

If you need support but cannot find a time that works best for you, please email tutoring@umbc.edu 

Work with the Frederick Douglass Museum and Cultural Center in Highland Beach, MD, and the Maryland State Archives to help archive and preserve the community's rich history. They have a grant to restore the museum, which was the former summer home of the Douglass family, and have applied for additional state grants to complete archival work. They would like to hire a UMBC undergrad and a grad student to help them start the archiving and conservation project this summer, beginning in early July.  

Contact Dr. Liz Patton epatton@umbc.edu

Hello Retrievers and Valued Riders, 

Beginning Thursday, May 28, 2026, through Thursday, June 11, 2026, Chesapeake Arena will be hosting several high school graduation ceremonies on campus. Due to anticipated heavy traffic, intersection closures, and roadway congestion associated with these events, UMBC Transit will be unable to serve all of our regular on-campus bus stops during graduation operations.

 
During graduation events, all UMBC Transit buses will utilize the Hilltop Road – Fine Arts Loop (Taxi Pickup Location 2 - East end of Hilltop Road) for ALL on-campus passenger pickup and drop-off. Please note this applies to Weekday Only and see the attached pick-up/drop-off location.

As a result of these detours and traffic restrictions, there will also be several off-campus stops that may be temporarily inaccessible or experience delays on the following routes: 

1. Arbutus I Affected Stops- All campus stops
2. BWI MARC I Affected Stops- All campus stops
3. Catonsville I Affected Stops- All campus stops
4. Downtown I Affected Stops- All campus stops
5. Route 40 I Affected Stops- All campus stops
6. Arundel MARC I Affected Stops- All campus stops
7. Paradise I Affected Stops- All campus stops, including the following off-campus stops

• 10. TRC @ Linden Ave. 
• 11. Westland Blvd. & Circle Dr.
• 35. Westland Blvd. & Courtney Rd.
• 36. Westland Blvd. & Circle Dr.
• 37. TRC @ Linden Ave.
• Riders on the Paradise route are encouraged to use Westland BLVD. & Courtney Rd. for the outbound route and Maiden Choice Ln. & Highview Ave., Maiden Choice La. & Westland Blvd., and Maiden Choice La. & Warren Tree Way for the inbound back to campus.

We strongly encourage riders to allow for additional travel time during this period.

Additionally, Campus Police have put out the following advisory message:
"Traffic around the arena will very heavy beginning at 8am and throughout the day to accommodate three high school graduations. Faculty, staff, and students are strongly encouraged to avoid entering campus from I-195, and anyone with a valid UMBC parking permit will be allowed to park in any legal space across campus."

Thank you for your patience, flexibility, and understanding as we safely navigate these temporary impacts and delays to our operations. If you have any questions or require additional accommodations, please do not hesitate to contact our Transit Team at 410-455-2454 or transit@umbc.edu. 

Safe Travels,

Your Transit Team ~ "Driving Student Success"

Researchers at the University of Michigan are recruiting neurodivergent (ND) faculty (e.g., lecturers, adjunct, full-time professors, etc) who are familiar with GenAI tools for a 15-20 minute online survey on experiences with GenAI tools. See attached flyer for details or visit the study website: https://hirajamshed20.github.io/DisabilityScholarshipInitiative/flyer.html

If interested, please fill the following survey: https://myumi.ch/bVJNk. No identifying information will be collected in this survey. Results will be reported only in aggregate form and all responses are delinked using a separate form for incentives. Contact Hira Jamshed (hiraj@umich.edu) if you have questions.

Are you interested in some summer reading? The Faculty & Staff Care and Belonging Committee will be hosting a three-part book discussion in Fall 2026 and we want to give everyone (including ourselves!) the opportunity to get some reading done before the semester starts.

The Caring University: Reimagining the Higher Education Workplace After the Great Resignation
Kevin R. McClure (2025)

Co-facilitated by Orianne Smith (English) and Monica Green (The Center for Well-Being).

From the book summary: “At the heart of the caring university is the premise that all employees have talent, all employees should be treated as whole people, and all employees deserve to be cared for as essential contributors to organizational success. This essential book reimagines the higher education workplace as a site where all employees can thrive." 

• Full summary and reviews here 
• You can access and download the ebook by clicking here. If you are off-campus you will be prompted to login.
• You can also search the online catalog and this link will get you to the record. From there you can click on the EBSCOhost Ebooks link.

All three sessions will be held from 10 – 11:30 a.m. (room TBA). These discussions will be in person with a virtual option. 

Would you like to register now? No problem!

• Session 1: Friday, 9/18
• Session 2: Friday, 10/23
• Session 3: Friday, 11/13

You can also register anytime on the website.

Questions?

Contact Orianne Smith osmith@umbc.edu or Monica Green mgreen13@umbc.edu 

Traffic around the arena will be very heavy beginning at 7:30am on Thursday 5/28/2026 and throughout the day to accommodate three high school graduations. Faculty, staff, and students are strongly encouraged to avoid entering campus from I-195 and anyone with a valid UMBC parking permit will be allowed to park in any legal space across campus. 

Maurice Sendak (1928-2012) was born on June 10, 1928, in Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish immigrant parents from Poland. A largely self-taught artist, Sendak illustrated over one hundred books during his sixty-year career.

The books he wrote as well as illustrated include Kenny’s Window, Very Far Away, The Sign on Rosie’s Door, Nutshell Library (consisting of Chicken Soup with Rice, Alligators All Around, One Was Johnny, and Pierre), Higglety Pigglety Pop!, Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy, Bumble-Ardy, My Brother’s Book, and Presto and Zesto in Limboland (co-authored by Arthur Yorinks). He has collaborated with such celebrated authors as Meindert DeJong, Tony Kushner, Randall Jarrell, Ruth Krauss, Else Holmelund Minarik, and Isaac Bashevis Singer. And he has illustrated classics by Mother Goose, the Brothers Grimm, Herman Melville, and Leo Tolstoy.

Sendak began a second career as a costume and stage designer in the late 1970s, designing operas that included Krása’s Brundibar, Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges, and Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, as well as Tchaikovsky’s ballet, The Nutcracker. He also designed the sets and costumes, as well as wrote the book and lyrics for the musical production of Really Rosie.

Maurice Sendak remains the most honored children’s book artist in history. He was the recipient of the 1964 Caldecott Medal, the 1970 Hans Christian Andersen Award, the 1983 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and the 2003 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. In 1996 President Bill Clinton presented him with the National Medal of Arts in recognition of his contribution to the arts in America.

In 1972 Sendak moved to Ridgefield, Connecticut with his partner of fifty years, the psychiatrist Dr. Eugene Glynn (1926-2007). Since Sendak’s death in 2012, The Maurice Sendak Foundation has overseen the publication of virtually all of his picture books in new and faithfully rendered editions.

Today is the last day to shop for donated items at the Retriever ReStore in Upper Flat Tuesdays! We were able to collect over 2200 lbs of donations with  the help of staff and student volunteers in just over a week! Thank you to all who helped us give these items a new home.