Welcome to Week 7 of the Tabletop Gaming Club!
Join us this Tuesday (4/4) and Thursday (4/6) from 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm in ILSB 118!
This is our final week of March Madness! You will get to choose the games that you compete in for your last chance to earn points for your team!
Election forms are still up! If you want to be an officer next year, enter with the link below!
Submission Form: https://forms.gle/Hyz2QwYTQD7nLCbq9
The deadline to submit is April 16th at 11:59 PM!
Heroes, scholars, adventurers: a cry goes out for help. Will you answer? Our scouts have reported increased sightings of undead along the northern border. Their numbers have amassed into battalions where once stood only lookouts and small encampments. We fear this can only mean one thing: Invasion. As winter draws near, our troops will be at every disadvantage. With food and supply chains cut off, they will be quickly overrun. We have no choice but to take the offensive before it is too late.
Join us this Earth Day on Saturday, April 22nd for a chance to save the world, in Boss Rush 2: Subarctic Boogaloo. The adventure will be 20th level. More details will be announced this Thursday. Contact Patrick in the discord for more details!
As always, we are bringing games for you to play but feel free to bring your games! We strongly encourage people to show up with their favorite board games or D&D adventures!
If you want to join our social space and haven't already, the link to the Tabletop Gaming Club Discord is here.
See you this week!
April is also a time when UMBC highlights awareness about sexual assault - which informs community safety and health at UMBC. ADS and SDS are acutely aware of how this harmful and criminal behavior disproportionately affects people with disabilities. Hannah Gadsby speaks about her experience within the wide-ranging special, Nanette. Information on how to access help and support is available at any time on the OEI website.
Learn more about Disability, Victimization and becoming a survivor here. Become involved with awareness, prevention and safety by participating in Green Dot (prevention) Training and being familiar with UMBC Resources.
Fall 2023 registration is almost here! In the midst of the semester grind, it can be a challenge to think beyond just the next semester. But did you know that according to the UMBC Baccalaureate Degree Completion Policy, the university actually encourages all students to have a long-term academic plan established by the time they have earned 45 credits?
What exactly is a long-term academic plan? It’s a map of how you are going to complete ALL your degree requirements- not just those needed for your major. Ideally, you will create a plan that is broken down by semester (including any summer or winter sessions you may use) and include credit totals.
You may be thinking this sounds like a daunting process, but students who carve out time to do this exercise are able to reap several benefits:
This is all about creating a plan that is unique to YOU and your needs, instead of feeling constrained by what’s required. When you don’t long-term plan, you run the risk of boxing yourself in to a course schedule that doesn’t really serve your goals and needs.
So how do you get started on long-term planning? It’s easy.
*Want to get ahead, catch up, or lighten your load during the regular academic year? Consider summer session at UMBC! Course offerings are mostly online for 2023 and include 4, 6, 8 and 12-week options.
In closing, just because you create a long-term plan, doesn’t mean it can’t be changed. Ideally you will bring this plan with you, in whatever format you choose, to each advising appointment so you can make adjustments with your academic advisor as necessary. Happy Planning!
Welcome to April and all the signs of Spring! With warmer days, members of our community spend more time outside and a vibrancy emerges along with the spring flowers. We are over halfway through the semester, with LOTS of great opportunities left to unite and learn together. April brings a focus on change, stress, and mindfulness.
April is Stress Awareness Month. Instead of one Wellness Wednesday session, we will be holding a session each Wednesday in April (10:30-12:00) for an exploration of Stress Awareness: causes & impacts, stress management, stress at work, and creating a stress management plan. Come for as many as you are able.
Spring brings changes and transitions to our physical environment that we can see all around us. Change in our professional and personal lives aren't always as welcomed and our feelings about change can add to our stress. In April and May we lean into change and our reactions to it with two book discussion groups. First, we have a group based on the book Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change, that is focused on "the human side of organizational change". This discussion is for managers and leaders and is led by Lynne Adams, CHRO, and Jill Wardell, Director of Workplace Learning, OD & Wellness. Second, we have a group based on the book Thriving Through Uncertainty: Moving Beyond Fear of the Unknown and Making Change Work for You. This group is for anyone wanting to learn more about moving through uncertainty and welcoming change. This discussion group is led by Melody Wright and Monique Conelius of the Workplace Learning, OD & Wellness team.
Mindfulness is a great resource to combat stress and uncertainty. Attached is a flyer announcing Community Mindfulness for Mental Health; mindfulness opportunities throughout April and May on Tuesdays and Fridays. These sessions are presented by a partnership between Human Resources and Retriever Integrated Health and are open to anyone in our community (students, faculty, staff). Registration for each session is individual, so sign up for those sessions that fit your schedule.
Other highlights this month include: two sessions of Violence Prevention: Behaviors of Concern; PMP Training for Supervisors; Effective Delegation; and Unconscious Bias.
Save the Date:
HR WEEK is coming the week of May 8th! Join members of Human Resources for sessions throughout the week. Topics include: recruitment and retention; benefits; giving effective feedback; work-life balance; leading hybrid teams, payroll topics, and more! Everyone will also have the opportunity for a virtual meet and greet with all of the HR staff so you can put a face with the name.
Retriever Talks 2023 is coming in May! Save May 17th 10:00am-12:00pm with a reception following from 12:00-1:00. More info will be forthcoming.
Please share this information with all that we may be able to serve.
Happy Learning!
Jill Wardell, Monique Conelius, and Melody Wright
UMBC Workplace Learning, OD & Wellness
]]>With so many new members, we wanted to post a little about who we are! We are so thankful for everyone who has joined the club and appreciate all those who have reached out individually to offer help. We need student help as well as support from staff and community members. As you may know, we are in the process of working with the school to become an official student organization! This is exciting for us and means we will be able to host many more activities and events. We will keep everyone updated throughout the process.
A little about us: We believe that in a perfect world there would be no stray cats on campus or in our communities. In the meantime, GK wants to help these cats. We have been able to connect adoptable strays with rescue organizations that can place them in good homes, and we plan to continue this. We also want to educate students about Trap, Neuter, Return (TNR). TNR ensures that the non-adoptable cats can live their lives without reproducing. We want to educate students about TNR and cat related issues, while providing a fun and safe place to meet fellow animal lovers. Along with helping our campus, we want to encourage students to help their communities. Many shelters need volunteers, including people to foster and help socialize the cats. Students should also feel free to contact us for any advice about strays or potential rescues in their home communities. If anyone has any questions, feel free to reach out to our board members or myself. We are happy to help!
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