A new website resource is available to all college campuses. It provides information for students, schools, and anyone interested in finding resources on how to respond to and prevent sexual assault on college and university campuses and in our schools. Visit the website to find a crisis service, learn more about your rights and how to file a complaint, and view a map of resolved school-level enforcement activities.

https://www.notalone.gov/

“Sexual violence is more than just a crime against individuals. It threatens our families, it threatens our communities; ultimately, it threatens the entire country. It tears apart the fabric of our communities. And that’s why we’re here today -- because we have the power to do something about it as a government, as a nation. We have the capacity to stop sexual assault, support those who have survived it, and bring perpetrators to justice.”

-- President Barack Obama, January 22, 2014 

“Freedom from sexual assault is a basic human right… a nation’s decency is in large part measured by how it responds to violence against women… our daughters, our sisters, our wives, our mothers, our grandmothers have every single right to expect to be free from violence and sexual abuse.” 

-- Vice President Joe Biden, January 22, 2014

Want more info? UMBC Resources for Sexual Assault & Relationship Violence include:

• The SARVRT: http://umbc.edu/rvap/getting-help-support/sarvrt/
• VAV Program: http://www.umbc.edu/uhs/vav/index.html
• RVAP Program: http://umbc.edu/rvap/
• The Counseling Center: http://www.umbc.edu/counseling/
• University Health Services: http://www.umbc.edu/uhs/
• The Women's Center: http://www.umbc.edu/womenscenter/
• Student Judicial Programs: http://www.umbc.edu/sjp/
• UMBC Police: http://police.umbc.edu/

Northrop Grumman and University of Maryland, Baltimore County Launch Global Externship Summer Program

Jamila Ellis ’15, global studies, and Anna Kearns ’16, global studies and Asian studies, were awarded the prestigious Boren Scholarship for International Study.

The Boren Scholarship for International Study allows students to study languages and cultures that are critical to US national security. Award recipients go on to work in federal agencies.

Ellis will study Arabic in Jordan in order to learn more about the role of Middle Eastern and North African women in promoting conflict resolution in the region. She plans to have a career in the State Department.

Kearns will study Korean in South Korea to learn more about Korean security policy. She is planning to work in intelligence.