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.

Hi Everyone,

 I'm looking for an accommodation close to campus, or campus shuttle. If you have any room available, please let me know. I'm quiet, and easy going , and I would also prefer a female accommodation.

Thank you.

Hi

I'm looking for accommodation close to the school. If you have an empty room to rent, or know somebody who's looking to split their place, reach out to me at fiyinfo1@umbc.edu

I am a very quiet and introverted person, and I am not picky about what accommodation you have. 

Thank you. 

Join us throughout the summer months for a faculty writing group. Faculty from all disciplines are welcome! Our theme this summer is collaboration and innovation, emphasizing our shared commitment to fostering a community of friendship, the pursuit of new research agendas, and ways to move forward our important work. 

At the start of each writing session we will share our session goals, provide updates on work in progress, and then write in silence for the remainder of our time. Upon completion of the session we will share our successes, challenges, and detours from the session, and then set our agenda for the upcoming week.

Please respond to let us know if you are interested in an in-person or virtual writing group.  

Questions?  Please contact Kerri Evans, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work (kerrieva@umbc.edu)

To all chip users, 

The slurm outage has been resolved. New jobs can now be submitted for scheduling and running jobs were unaffected. We appreciate you patience.

Max Breitmeyer,

HPC Specialist

To all chip users,

We are aware of a temporary outage to slurm that is preventing new jobs from being submitted, as well as viewing the status of the cluster and the running jobs. Please be aware that any currently running jobs should be unaffected. We will notify when the cluster is fully operational again. 

Max Breitmeyer

HPC Specialist

Happy first day of Summer Session 1! Are you taking a summer course? We're sure you know this by now, but as a reminder, summer courses go by twice as fast as fall/spring courses! While the speed can feel stressful, we have put together a video of success strategies to help you out. 

Don't forget: you can alwaysschedule a meeting with Student Success Coach Emma to talk one-on-one about personalized tips, like how to manage a course around a work schedule, keep track of your progress, or create a system to stay consistent so that you don't fall behind.