These faculty join nine who have earned QM Certification since 2021: 

• AGNG 355 - The Experience of Dementia (Louise Murray)
• CHEM 101 - Principles of Chemistry 1 (Sarah Bass)
• EDUC 667 - Structure of English for TESOL (Mary Tabaa)
• ENCH 300 - Chemical Process Thermodynamics (Mariajose Castellanos)
• PBHL 100 - Survey of the US Healthcare System (Katie Birger)
• GWST 210: Intro to Critical Sexuality Studies (Kate Drabinski)
• SOCY 351: Health, Illness, and Medicine (John Schumacher)
• EHS 115: Medical Terminology (Gary Williams)
• CMSC 104: Problem Solving & Computer Programming (Chris Marron)

In partnership with the Provost's Office, the QMI pilot  launched in FA2021 as an extension of the  award-winning PIVOT program to recognize exemplary course design. A QM Official review provides independent validation of quality, learner-focused course design. 

As of December 2022, 12 of the 17 QM certified courses in the University System of Maryland are from UMBC. QM certifications are valid for five years. A course achieves QM Certification when it meets QM Rubric Standards at the 85% threshold or better and meets all Essential Standards. The newly certified courses are eligible to display the QM Certification Mark, an internationally recognized symbol of online and blended course design quality, on the syllabus or within the course. The QM Certification Mark represents these instructors' ongoing commitment to creating learning environments that provide students with a clear pathway to success. 

DoIT's Instructional Technology team manages the formal review process and facilitates the fully online, asynchronous Applying the Quality Matters Rubric workshop designed to help instructors prepare for a formal course review.

The Multicultural Leadership Experience (MLE) is a collaboration between Campus Life and Initiatives for Identity Inclusion & Belonging (i3B), that seeks to: 

Engage participants in a multicultural development and leadership learning program; 
Enhance participants' understanding of their social identities, leader identity, as well as their capacity to lead; 
And enable participants' development through authenticity, self-awareness, relationships, and capitalizing on difference. 

The sessions are as follows:

- Monday, February 13th, 3 - 4:30pm 

- Monday, February 27th, 3 - 4:30pm 

- Monday, March 13th, 3 - 4:30pm 

- Monday, April 17th, 3 - 4:30pm 

- Monday, May 15th, 3 - 5:00pm 

***All sessions will take place in The Commons 2B23 | The Mosaic: Center for Cultural Diversity***
 

Participants will be exploring the concept of Authentic Leadership, Legacy Building, and Breaking Barriers of White Supremacy within Leadership. We will do this in a leadership learning cohort by: 

• Enhancing participants' leader identity and leadership capacity using an identity-conscious lens and student development theories;
• Increasing participants' awareness of their personal abilities, identity development, and intersections that shape their story through authenticity, self-reflection, and cultural humility;
• Exploring the role they play in developing relationships while building intra/intercultural connections; 
• And capitalizing on their differences, specifically in relation to their racial, ethnic, national, and other salient identity social groups. 

The purpose of all MLE programs is to provide a space for students and student leaders who identify within diverse or marginalized backgrounds to discover their own capacity to lead, while also promoting a better understanding of their experiences, issues, strengths, and outcomes in navigating their own collegiate careers. However, ALL students are welcome to apply!   

Registration is due Monday, February 6th, 2023 at 11:59pm. If you are interested in signing up to be a part of our Spring 2023 cohort, you can sign up using this form. Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to participate. In order to be accepted into the program you must commit to all 5 sessions. Please answer all of the questions before submitting your registration. Any questions can be sent to campuslife@umbc.edu and i3b@umbc.edu.

University of Chicago Paid Summer 2023 Research Opportunity in Economics

• 5K Stipend, Housing, Travel Expenses & Meal Plan
• Deadline to Apply Tuesday, 1/10/23

FULL DETAILS can be found here: https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/careers/posts/129881

Dear Colleagues,

We are very pleased to announce that John Zahor, currently the Director of Operations and Maintenance in Facilities Management, has been selected as our next Assistant Vice President for Facilities Management, effective January 4, 2023.  

John is an architectural engineer who brings a wealth of institutional knowledge to the Assistant Vice President role. During his more than 11 years in Facilities Management, he has been a project manager, assistant and associate director in design and construction, and for the last four years has served as director of operations and maintenance. John also brings more than 23 years of construction-related experience, having served in various project management positions with numerous corporate construction firms.

John is an accomplished and effective leader who exhibits a strong sense of commitment to UMBC and continually strives to improve the campus. We very much look forward to working with him in his new role. Please take a moment and congratulate John on his well deserved promotion.

Kathy L. Dettloff, Vice President for Administration and Finance
Lenn Caron, Associate Vice President, Facilities Management