Seeking support for a Title IX or sexual misconduct related experience…
Retriever Integrated Health (RIH; confidential resource)
Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI; non-confidential resource)
Support for a mental health related question/experience…
Retriever Integrated Health (RIH; confidential resource)
UMBC Student Affairs (non-confidential resource)
Support for a diversity-related question/experience…
Office of Equity and Inclusion
Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion, and Belonging (i3b; non-confidential resource)
Free food/snacks and incidentals (i.e. menstrual products, etc.)...
Retriever Essentials and The Essential Space
Support for reproductive health questions or issues…
Retriever Integrated Health (RIH)
Emergency contraception and condoms also available in vending machines in the Retriever Learning Center.
Private space for lactation or breastfeeding…
Lactation rooms available at AOK Library (7th floor) and in the RAC, room 073
Emergency response…
UMBC Police (non-confidential resource)
The Essential Space (Retriever Essentials),In-person location to pick out non-perishable food, toiletries and baby items, all 100% free
Located in the Retriever Activity Center (RAC) 235
Mondays: 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Tuesdays: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Wednesdays: 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Thursdays: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion, and Belonging (i3b),Dedicated to creating an environment that supports cross-cultural education and collaboration and celebrating cultural diversity, equality, and social justice
Located in The Commons, Room 336 (Mosaic Center)
Contact via i3b@umbc.edu
Non-confidential resource
UMBC Police,24-hour police services and emergency response, acts as liaison with other agencies (e.g. courts system, medical facilities, criminal investigations), including protective order registration for on-campus enforcement and campus escorts
Contact 410-455-5555
Open and available 24/7
Non-confidential resource
The Office of Equity and Inclusion & Title IX Coordinator,Direct resource for support and information related to concerns and reports of sexual violence and harassment and other forms of sex and gender-based violence impacting community member access to their academic program, workplace, or UMBC services and programs generally
Contact via oei@umbc.edu or 410-455-1717.
Online reporting form (can report anonymously) here: https://bit.ly/3yv61Mi
Non-confidential resource
Retriever Integrated Health,Counseling and mental health services for students provided by licensed professionals (on-call after hours), including referrals to off-campus services for students; also medical care including STI/HIV and pregnancy testing
Located in the Center for Well-Being (just south of Erickson Lawn off of Center Rd). Contact via 410-455-2542 or make an appointment through the Retriever Care Portal (health.umbc.edu)
Monday – Friday: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Confidential resource
UMBC Student Affairs, Addresses a wide-variety of student concerns, including student life, housing, health/mental health, and student care and misconduct
Contact via 410-455-2393
Non-confidential resource
Congratulations to Michael Fleming, a recipient of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) - Doctoral Scholars Program (DSP) Dissertation Year Award for 2022-2023. Michael is an environmental engineering doctoral candidate working with Dr. Blaney.
Michael’s doctoral research focuses on the sustainable recovery of ammonium from traditional waste streams, such as municipal wastewater and agricultural waste, by a process called Donnan dialysis.
"We're all very proud of Michael and his accomplishments, including his recognition from SREB with this prestigious award. His work on nutrient treatment and recovery addresses several grand challenges in engineering. This award will support him while he completes his PhD. I'm looking forward to seeing where his next steps take him." - Dr. Lee Blaney.
The SREB-DSP Dissertation Year Award recipients receive
Ron Tanner’s writing has been named “notable” in both Best American Essays and Best American Short Stories. His awards for fiction include the G.S. Sharat Chandra Prize, the Jack Dyer Prize, the Charles Angoff Prize, the Faulkner Society gold medal, Pushcart Prize, New Letters Award, and many others, as well as fellowships from the Michener/Copernicus Society, Sewanee Writers Conference, and the National Park Service, to name a few. His novel Missile Paradise was named a “notable book of 2017” by the American Library Association. His most recent book, Far West, a story collection, won the Elixir Press book prize in 2020. He lives on an historic farm in Maryland and directs the Good Contrivance Farm Writer’s Retreat, an educational nonprofit.
The ten stories in Ron Tanner's new collection, Far West, range widely--from a ruined fashion shoot in Baja California to a thwarted romance on a Pacific island. Quirky, funny, and sometimes near-tragic, these tales explore the idea of “frontier,” both emotional and geographic, as Tanner’s characters test the boundaries of their ambitions and strive mightily to realize their ever-elusive (American) dream. The author, who has lived and traveled extensively in America’s West, renders these landscapes with sensitivity and beauty, delivering with each story a journey that promises the unexpected at every turn.
For more information, contact: lpurpura@umbc.edu.
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