Information regarding the process of expressing an interest in joining the Health Professions Evaluation Committee (HPEC) Fall 2024 Cohort has been posted to the PreMedical & PreDental Advising Office web site. Follow the link below to view the Minimum Requirements for participation and to access the online forms through which you can express your interest.

The HPEC Cohort process serves current UMBC Undergraduate students, and UMBC Alumni who completed an Undergraduate (Bachelor's) degree at UMBC within the past five (5) years.

11:59 pm on February 1, 2023 for ALUMNI (former students who completed their Bachelor's degree at UMBC between May 2018 and December 2022, inclusive)

11:59 pm on February 15, 2023 for UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS (UMBC Undergraduates who plan to complete their Bachelor's degree at UMBC between January 2023 and May 2024, inclusive)

Re-Applicants - meaning, those who participated in a previous HPEC Cohort past the point where an HPEC Committee Letter was submitted to Medical or Dental School on their behalf - have an extended period of time to join the upcoming Cohort. This later deadline is designed to give applicants who are awaiting decisions from the current (2022-2023) application cycle additional time to decide to join the next immediate Cohort once their admission status at all of the schools they have applied to has become clearer. Please remember that you can only receive an HPEC Committee letter on your first and/or second time applying to professional school (maximum of two times), so make sure that you have addressed (and improved) the weaker aspects of your applicant profile before making another attempt. Some re-applicants choose to wait a year (or more) between application cycles. Potential Re-Applicants should see the website linked below for more details.

As in the past, additional action beyond the expression of interest will be required to officially join the Cohort. 

A link to information about next steps is included in the Interest Form's submission confirmation screen. This link will also be sent via email to those who have submitted their interest form, distributed in batches approximately once per week through the interest submission deadlines.

**PLEASE RSVP THROUGH HANDSHAKE**

  

Monday - Friday : 8am - 8pm

Saturday & Sunday : 12pm - 6pm

*Closed Monday, January 16th

Reminder:

Please read and share the important information below.

The time sheet for pay period 2022-14 (ending 12/31/2022) is the last time sheet that will be processed for calendar year 2022. PR14 timesheet submissions and approvals are due by 11:59 pm on January 5, 2023. 

Below are helpful factors that should be shared with supervisors and leave eligible employees. Based on audit compliance, the earliest that a time sheet approver may approve a time sheet for this period is January 1, 2023 (approvers cannot approve a time sheet before the pay period has ended).

1. To ensure that all leave is recorded and processed correctly for the 2022 calendar year, it is imperative that time sheets (pay period 14 and prior) are submitted and approved by Thursday, January 5, 2023. These time sheets must be processed in time entry for PR15. Timesheet approvers may need to check their timesheet approval portal more than once to per day to ensure they have reviewed submitted timesheets pending approval.
2. IMPACT:  Processing late time sheets after PR15 time entry, for leave eligible employees, will result in leave reductions from the 2022 leave and post inaccurate balances. 
3. Starting with the time sheet for pay period 16 (1/15/2023 thru 1/28/2023) and until the year-end leave process occurs, employees will notice the personal leave balance will reflect the unused personal hours from 2022 in addition to the hours for 2023. Any personal leave hours used or processed in the system after December 31, 2022 (ie. late time sheets or excess usage) will be deducted from the 2023 personal leave balance.
4. Maximum annual leave carryover into 2023, for full-time employees, is 400 hours. Carryover hours are pro-rated for part-time employees.
5. Supervisors should submit a Holiday Leave Carryover Exception Request Form (https://umbc.box.com/HolLeaveCarryoverExceptionPDF) for any employee approved to carry over unused holiday leave into calendar year 2023. The form must be signed by the Department Head and emailed to my attention for review and processing. Recommendation: Submit the waiver forms after January 6 to get an accurate account of the holiday(s) to carry into 2023.
6. Employees will notice updated leave balances, inclusive of processed year-end figures, on the time sheet for pay period 17 (ending 2/11/2023).
7. Payroll Preparers will be able to run the detailed leave report (use pay run id 2023016) to review leave data inclusive of year-end processing. 

Helpful notes: The steps for year-end leave processing are as follows:  

(5) Calculate new ending leave balances for the period ending PR15 (ending 1/14/2023). 

If you have any questions, please contact me at mcnamara@umbc.edu. I wish everyone a safe and relaxing holiday and break.

Sherrell J. McNamara, HRIS Manager 

Please read and share the important information below.

The time sheet for pay period 2022-14 (ending 12/31/2022) is the last time sheet that will be processed for calendar year 2022. PR14 timesheet submissions and approvals are due by 11:59 pm on January 5, 2023. 

Below are helpful factors that should be shared with supervisors and leave eligible employees. Based on audit compliance, the earliest that a time sheet approver may approve a time sheet for this period is January 1, 2023 (approvers cannot approve a time sheet before the pay period has ended).

1. To ensure that all leave is recorded and processed correctly for the 2022 calendar year, it is imperative that time sheets (pay period 14 and prior) are submitted and approved by Thursday, January 5, 2023. These time sheets must be processed in time entry for PR15. Timesheet approvers may need to check their timesheet approval portal more than once to per day to ensure they have reviewed submitted timesheets pending approval.
2. IMPACT:  Processing late time sheets after PR15 time entry, for leave eligible employees, will result in leave reductions from the 2022 leave and post inaccurate balances. 
3. Starting with the time sheet for pay period 16 (1/15/2023 thru 1/28/2023) and until the year-end leave process occurs, employees will notice the personal leave balance will reflect the unused personal hours from 2022 in addition to the hours for 2023. Any personal leave hours used or processed in the system after December 31, 2022 (ie. late time sheets or excess usage) will be deducted from the 2023 personal leave balance.
4. Maximum annual leave carryover into 2023, for full-time employees, is 400 hours. Carryover hours are pro-rated for part-time employees.
5. Supervisors should submit a Holiday Leave Carryover Exception Request Form (https://umbc.box.com/HolLeaveCarryoverExceptionPDF) for any employee approved to carry over unused holiday leave into calendar year 2023. The form must be signed by the Department Head and emailed to my attention for review and processing. Recommendation: Submit the waiver forms after January 6 to get an accurate account of the holiday(s) to carry into 2023.
6. Employees will notice updated leave balances, inclusive of processed year-end figures, on the time sheet for pay period 17 (ending 2/11/2023).
7. Payroll Preparers will be able to run the detailed leave report (use pay run id 2023016) to review leave data inclusive of year-end processing. 

Helpful notes: The steps for year-end leave processing are as follows:  

(5) Calculate new ending leave balances for the period ending PR15 (ending 1/14/2023). 

If you have any questions, please contact me at mcnamara@umbc.edu. I wish everyone a safe and relaxing holiday and break.

Sherrell J. McNamara, HRIS Manager 

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