Congratulations to the graduating Class of 2022! 

We are so proud of all of the 2022 chemical engineering majors and their accomplishments. 

The following Chemical Engineering majors of the Class of 2022 have received offers to continue their education:

• Justin Damon, Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology & Bioengineering Track ‘22, will be attending the Georgia Institute of Technology to study Bioengineering.
• Sumana Peddibhotla, Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology & Bioengineering Track ‘22, will be attending JHU Fall 2022 to earn her PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
• Courtney Cavin, Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology & Bioengineering Track ‘22, will be attending UMBC to work towards her Master’s of Science in Biochemical Engineering.
• Makayla Headley, Chemical Engineering, Traditional Track ‘22, will be attending Clemson University and pursue a PhD in Engineering and Science Education

The following Chemical Engineering majors of the Class of 2022 have accepted positions for employment at the following businesses, agencies, and organizations:

• Rodney Azzu, Chemical Engineering, Traditional Track ‘22, will be working at Amazon as an Operations Engineer.
• Jeremy Olver, Chemical Engineering, Traditional Track ‘22, will be working at Citrus & Allied as a Distillation Operator.
• Preston Carter will be working at NIH as a bioanalyst.
• Carlos Castillo Lara, Chemical Engineering, Traditional Track ‘22, will be working at Northrop Grumman as a Systems Engineer.
• Nikki Nacion, Chemical Engineering, Traditional Track ‘22, will be working at Northrop Grumman as an Associate Electronics Pathways Engineer.
• Sakina Esterberg, Chemical Engineering, Traditional Track ‘22, will be working at ExxonMobil as a Process Engineer.

To the UMBC Grant Community,

This is a reminder that Effort Reports for Spring 2022 are available and ready for certification. The Spring 2022 period includes Payroll 2022-015 through Payroll 2022-026 (from January 02, 2022 through June 18, 2022). Certifications are due September 30, 2022.

Please remember that Effort Reports are both a Compliance Tool and a Grants Management Tool. After reviewing payroll charges, work with your business managers if any changes are needed. Payroll cost transfers (retros) must be processed prior to certification of Effort Reports.   

To find out whether you have open effort reports for Spring 2022 (see page 6, Year: 2022 Period: Spring) and to learn how to certify them, see the attached Effort Report Quick Reference Guide with screenshots for your convenience. This guide provides instructions on how to access the Effort Reports. If you are new to Effort Report certifications, please see page 10, #1 for information on how to gain certification access.

Additional resource: Effort Report Certification Guidance webpage

Your timely commitment to this process is appreciated.

Recently, the Division of Information Technology(DoIT) has seen an increase in phishing attacks where items(docs, pdf, spreadsheets) are shared with the UMBC community. An example of such messages can be found below. For privacy purposes, the To field was removed.

From: Christine Bourne (via Google Drive) <drive-shares-dm-noreply@google.com>

Date: Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 6:39 PM

Subject: Item shared with you: "2022resource.pdf"

To: 

Christine Bourne shared an item Christine Bourne (bournec@mpsct.org) has shared the following item: 2022resource.pdf

Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA

There is no ‘Christine Bourne’ in the UMBC directory (https://www2.umbc.edu/search/directory/advanced/) or otherwise associated with UMBC.  Most individuals who have reported this document do not know the sender. Whenever you receive messages like this, ask yourselves:

1. Was I expecting this document? Before receiving a document, you were most likely notified by the individual sending the document. If you were not expecting it, check with the sender if you know them personally. If you do not know the sender, report it to <security@umbc.edu>.

2. Do I know this email and name? Remember, names can be spoofed, and email addresses too! If you do not recognise the name or email,  forward the message to <security@umbc.edu> immediately. DO NOT OPEN IT!

3. Is there any online information about this account? By doing a quick Google search, we can see that <bournec@mpsct.org> doesn’t belong to Christine Bourne. If you see a discrepancy like this,  forward the message to <security@umbc.edu> immediately,  DO NOT OPEN IT!

These are not novel attacks, below are some examples of previously reported campaigns:

• 145_001.pdf shared by <tmusgrave@slusd.us> 

• NEW COVID-19 PROTOCOLS.docx shared by <helptool05@gmail.com>

• DC.docx shared by <helpd8708@gmail.com>

• Departmental distribution list.docx <ithelpdesko400@gmail.com>

• Departmental distribution list.docx <ithelpdesko4000@gmail.com>

• Departmental distribution list.docx <ithelppdesk007@gmail.com>

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at security@umbc.edu.

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Forward it to security@umbc.edu along with the email headers. For instructions, visit https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867970.

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