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Join us for our annual Money Smart Week (Monday, April 8, 2024-Friday, April 12, 2024) dedicated to promoting financial literacy and empowering individuals to make smart financial decisions!
Discover valuable resources, workshops, and sessions aimed at improving financial literacy. Don't miss out on this opportunity to enhance your financial skills and secure a successful financial future!
Download the attached flyer for the full Money Smart Week (MSW) 2024 schedule!
Feel free to check our 'Events' tab to see individual postings of all sessions we're offering this year!
You can pre-register for all sessions that you would like to attend (except Credit Cafe) right in myUMBC within each sessions posting!
]]>Dear UMBC Community,
I write to you today to communicate about some significant changes at the leadership level of the university. I felt it was important to share this information with you, as well as our plans for navigating the changes, both in the short term and the long term.
Director of Athletics
Very soon, we will launch a national search for a new director of athletics, as Brian Barrio is no longer serving in the role. I have met with the Athletics Department staff—both administrative staff and coaches—and many student-athletes to discuss this transition and assure them of my continued support. As a search gets under way, I have asked two members of the administrative team to take on temporary co-leadership of the department. Whitney Ames, associate athletic director for compliance, and Rich Franchak, senior associate athletic director for business and finance, will be serving in this capacity. Thank you, Whitney and Rich, for your dedication and leadership.
Vice President for Government Relations and Community Affairs
Candace Dodson-Reed has resigned from her role leading government relations and community affairs. Yaakov “Jake” Weissmann ’06, who has been serving as associate vice president for government and community affairs, is stepping in to lead the office. A veteran of Maryland state politics, Jake served as chief of staff for two state senate presidents and as assistant chief administrative officer for Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich before joining UMBC last year. He has already proven to be an outstanding and expert colleague and advisor, and I am grateful for his service to UMBC.
Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Greg Simmons is departing from his role leading advancement for UMBC. We will move quickly to conduct a national search, and we will update you on that process soon. In the near term, we are grateful to Stanyell Odom, director of alumni engagement, and Kim Robinson, director of major gifts, who have agreed to provide temporary management and leadership of the division and its operations. We know this is a busy time of year for our advancement colleagues, so we felt it was critical to designate key leaders who could serve as point people for their colleagues in the division and who would have a direct line of communication to me and others in senior leadership. Thank you, Stanyell and Kim, for serving in these roles.
Office of the General Counsel
Our search for a general counsel, following last year’s retirement of David Gleason, is under way, and I expect to name a new chief legal advisor for the university in the near future. Bobbie Hoye, who had been serving as the point of contact for the Office of the General Counsel, has left her role as senior associate general counsel.
These transitions are significant, and they follow other changes in our senior leadership personnel and structure since I arrived at UMBC in August 2022. I understand some may worry that such transitions will be destabilizing for UMBC, and I know the impact of these transitions is in many cases felt personally, not just operationally or institutionally. I assure you that we will work to move UMBC as swiftly as possible through this period while attending thoughtfully to stability, continuity, and care for the community.
Universities, many of them centuries old, have a remarkable capacity to endure and evolve through all manner of demands, challenges, and opportunities. UMBC may be younger than many of its peers, but it is no less remarkable in its ability to grow, adapt, renew, and rise to any challenge. In the weeks and months ahead, we will celebrate our graduates who make us so proud, and we will welcome the newest members of Retriever Nation from around the state and around the world. They have placed their trust, and their futures, in UMBC because they recognize that we are a dynamic public research university that is dedicated to inclusive excellence in everything we do. I have every confidence we are worthy of their trust and will exceed their ambitious expectations.
The mission and values of this institution are strong and sure. I believe in UMBC and in all of you, and I am as dedicated as ever to the work of creating UMBC’s future.
Sincerely,
President Valerie Sheares Ashby
The theme of the conference is based on the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
- Climate action
- Good Health and Wellbeing
- Affordable and Clean Energy
- Life on Earth
- Sustainable Development
- Equity in Action
The summit is focused on creating a platform for students across the globe not only to provide an equitable opportunity to learn about sustainability in various fields, including science, technology, education, economics, policy, environmental justice, psychology, etc., from renowned experts but also serves as a unique space for students to inspire their peers by exhibiting their sustainability efforts.
We would be grateful if you could circulate the attached flyer and the following information to the members of your organization and your network.
We want to provide you with a platform to learn about the research efforts, challenges, and opportunities in the field of sustainability from the sustainability leaders in academia, national labs, and other organizations at the Student Sustainability Summit (S-cube) on April 6th and April 7th. RSVPs are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, and attendance is free for all students globally. Please use this RSVP form to register for the event.
When?
Where?
For more information visit our website: https://www.studentsustainabilitysummit.org/ and if you have any questions, feel free to contact klemus3@umbc.edu or ryankim076@gmail.com.
]]>Merritt Gallery & Renaissance Fine Arts are seeking an Art Handler/Installer/Driver for our Chevy Chase gallery.
Art Handler/Installer/Driver is responsible for the proper handling, loading, unloading, wrapping, and transport of artwork in our fast-paced art gallery. Other responsibilities include assisting in hanging the gallery, handling & installing artwork on in-home/office appointments, preparing artwork for inter gallery transfers.
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