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Hello everyone, we hope you had a great start to the semester!
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Save-a-Swipe:
Thank you to everyone who donated meal swipes during the donation phase!
For the remainder of the spring semester, our Save-a-Swipe applications are now open! If you are a UMBC student experiencing food insecurity, sign up on our intake sheet to schedule a meeting with our social work intern. The link is down below!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfkjzkc2jFnHO__ca-lleil2LxPsGyMDIUrRy2lcNd5L6dgrQ/viewform
Black and Gold Rush:
Black & Gold Rush is officially here 🎉. Be part of UMBC's future and show the strength of Retriever pride and generosity. Give today and help amplify support for our students andprograms. 🖤💛 You can nourish our community by choosing to contribute to Student Support & Basic Needstoday! 🐾 Be sure to select Retriever Essentials under designation.
For the past 10 years, Retriever Essentials has been dedicated to nourishing our ever growing UMBC community by fighting food insecurity, and providing essential resources to students, staff, and faculty. If you'd like to contribute to this important work please consider donating today.
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In the month of February, we've distributed 10.1k lbs worth of food and other household essentials! This absolutely breaks our previous month of 3.3k, and includes calculations from our Free Farmers Market on Thursdays, our mini pantry, and vending machine.
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To improve on our services, and try to address everyone's different needs, we would love to hear your feedback!
https://forms.gle/oUvd1EaMcmmasKFn8
Thank you so much for taking the time to read our newsletter.
If you have any questions about what we provide, volunteering opportunities, or general inquiries, feel free to email us at retrieveressentials@umbc.edu at any time!
Sincerely,
The Retriever Essentials Team
For the past 10 years, Retriever Essentials has been dedicated to nourishing our ever growing UMBC community by fighting food insecurity, and providing essential resources to students, staff, and faculty. If you'd like to contribute to this important work please consider donating today. To learn more, check out this video about the Division of Student Affair's priorities, and keep an eye on the total Student Affairs donations!
All contributions are administered by the UMBC Foundation for the benefit of UMBC.
The Greenwall Foundation is looking to hire a part-time bioethics intern to work directly with the Foundation's Program Director and other staff. Ideally, the intern would be pursuing an advanced degree in bioethics or a related field. The intern would work 10-20 hours per week and will earn $25/hour. The internship will likely go from May through August, though start and end dates are flexible.
The internship will occur remotely. The intern must be located in the United States. Otherwise, there are no geographic restrictions on the intern's location, though Eastern time zone is preferred. In addition, the intern should have access to a computer, internet, and a place where they can work during East Coast business hours.
The intern will assist with research and related tasks, for example:
Qualifications include:
Interested candidates should send the following items to Misti Ault Anderson at hiring@greenwall.org with the subject line "Summer Internship" by April 2, 2026:
The Greenwall Foundation is an equal opportunity employer.
Bioethics affects us all, so it should reflect us all. At The Greenwall Foundation, we are committed to building a broad and inclusive bioethics that welcomes everyone, elevates many perspectives, asks a wide range of questions, and learns from diverse voices. The values of diversity, equity, and inclusion guide the grants we fund, the work we do, the investments we make, and the organizational culture we grow.
Project Leader: Dr. Kyung-Eun Yoon, Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication (MLLI)
This CoLab project invites students to participate in a community-engaged research initiative documenting the history of Korean Americans in the Baltimore region in collaboration with the Howard County Historical Society (HCHS). Founded in 1958, HCHS serves as the primary institution dedicated to collecting and preserving historical records and artifacts related to the history of Howard County. While the Korean population in the area is substantial and plays a significant role in its multicultural landscape, HCHS currently has no well-established archive or collection representing their presence, contributions, and stories.
Working closely with the faculty project leader and HCHS staff, students will collaboratively produce historically grounded narratives for a general audience and contribute to an initial searchable inventory within HCHS's collection database. The team will conduct hands-on archival and historical research using curated sources that trace Korean American life in the region through the early 2000s, some of which are written in Korean.
The project provides students with practical experience in archival research, public humanities, and community collaboration while contributing to the long-term preservation of local history.
Recommended skills, abilities, and interests for applicants:
Student members of the interdisciplinary team should share the following traits: intellectual curiosity, solid research skills, interest in archival research, strong written and oral communication skills, interest in regional history (including Korean immigration history), ability to work both independently and collaboratively, and a willingness to lead sections of the project.
Additionally, we are looking for one or more students with the following skills and interests: data-related skills, including experience with or interest in learning research databases and archival software (such as PastPerfect); competence in Korean to support translation and summary writing (and possibly to talk to community members who may be more comfortable using Korean).