WEBINAR: The Kids Are NOT Alright
Date: Tuesday, July 12th 
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm EST
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1. Change your password immediately. Changing your password is necessary and should be the first step you take to secure your account. This will essentially kick the hackers off of your account.

2. Change your security questions. Even if you changed your password, they could regain access to your account if your security questions are the same.

3. Check your account activity. Often you will see the IP address of the perpetrator. This is very helpful to security; we can use this to identify other compromised accounts. 

4. Notify Security of the breach. By notifying security (security@umbc.edu), we can inform the campus of the breach. In addition, we can make sure the bad guys got kicked off and identify any other changes made to your account during the compromise.

5. Check your reply-to email. Sometimes, after an account was compromised, the Reply-To email is changed, especially if your email was used for spamming. If this change occurs, you will not receive email from your professors or other staff. Instruction for changing your reply to email can be found here: https://www.gmass.co/blog/reply-to-address/#:~:text=Setting%20the%20Reply%2DTo%20in,address%2C%20and%20hit%20Save%20Changes.

6. Install Duo. Duo is UMBC’s second-factor authentication service. With this, no one can access your account unless they have bothyour password and your phone. For more information, visit: https://wiki.umbc.edu/display/faq/Two-Factor+Authentication+with.+DUO

7. Check your other accounts.  If you used the same password on your UMBC account that you have on any other account (online banking, Instagram, Paypal, etc.), you should assume that all accounts using that password are compromised.  This is a good reason to use different passwords in all important accounts..

Hopefully, these tips will help you feel more confident about your account’s security. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to us atsecurity@umbc.edu.

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Receive any suspicious emails?

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

Follow us on myUMBC:https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/itsecurity.

Recently the Division of Information Technology (DoIT), detected a new phishing campaign targeting the UMBC community. The perpetrators are alerting recipients that their accounts have been disconnected from the umbc.edu server. Below is an example of the message.

Please note that this email is not legitimate. If we realized something was wrong with your account, we would have sent a notification via RT. Also note that the From address is not affiliated with UMBC <matsmoto@msf.biglobe.ne.jp>. The ".jp" at the end means the sender's email provider is in Japan.

If you have received any message similar to the one listed above, please forward it with its headers to security@umbc.edu. For instructions, visit: https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867970.

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Receive any suspicious emails?

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

Follow us on myUMBC:https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/itsecurity.

Dear Members of the UMBC Community,

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Margaret Re as Associate Provost for Academic Affairs effective July 1, 2022. 

Reporting directly to the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, as Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, Professor Re will advance UMBC's mission by supporting the academic program review process, new program development, and instructional space use and planning, among other activities. To carry out these responsibilities, Professor Re will collaborate with divisions, academic units, and colleges across UMBC. Reporting to the Provost, Professor Re will support strategic planning implementation activities and the revision of UMBC's General Education Program.

Professor Re joined UMBC in 1997 and is a Professor of Visual Arts. She holds an M.F.A. in graphic design from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a B.F.A. in communication design from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Her research interests include typography, design history, and women and design. A former START and Research and Creative Achievement Council chair, Professor Re is a practicing design educator, researcher, and consultant to academic, cultural, and non-profit institutions. She has received numerous awards and fellowships, including awards from the National Endowment for the Arts. The American Institute of Graphic Arts, the American Association of Museums, and the Type Directors Club have recognized her scholarship.

UMBC is fortunate to have someone of Professor Margaret Re's impressive experience and talent to serve as Associate Provost for Academic Affairs. Please join us in congratulating Professor Re on her new appointment and supporting her in this important endeavor.

Provost Philip Rous

Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Antonio Moreira

Are you ReADY?

Facilities Management and Residential Life are excited to announce the launch of our new customer request portal ReADY for faculty, staff, and students to report maintenance issues and to request services, effective Wednesday, June 22, 2022.

ReADY is a user-friendly application which runs on all smart phones, tablets, and computers.

ReADY allows all campus users to request services, using an easy-to-follow system of tiles and dropdown selections. Based upon your affiliation as a faculty/staff, commuter student, or residential student, you will see a customized set of tiles to report issues and request services for buildings, grounds, roadways, and other infrastructure.

Access ReADY via this link using your UMBC email and password:

https://umbc.assetworks.cloud/ready

Customers will receive email notifications and be able to monitor status of requests by clicking on Process or Notifications in ReADY. 

For current AiM Users, ReADY replaces the AiM work order request process. The AiM interface for requests will be disabled at 5 pm on Tuesday, June 21, 2022.

A ReADY user guide and additional information is available on Facilities Management’s website:

https://fm.umbc.edu/work-request/

Greetings!

My name is Allison French and I am a PhD Candidate in the Applied Developmental Psychology program at UMBC. As part of my dissertation research, my faculty mentor, Dr. Shuyan Sun, and I are interested in learning more about the experiences of undergraduate STEM students and their perceptions of institutional support and sense of belonging. We are inviting you to participate in our study. 

You will be asked to complete an online Qualtrics survey that will take approximately 10-15 minutes. The survey includes questions about your perceptions of support from faculty, staff, advisors, and other personnel at UMBC, your sense of belonging in STEM, and some demographic information. Following the survey, you will be asked if you would like to participate in a 90-minute virtual focus group, where you will talk with a small group of other participants about your experiences with institutional support and sense of belonging. 

To participate in this study, you must be in at least your junior year of college (Including transfer students who have at least 60 credit hours and have been at UMBC for at least one academic year). You must also identify as a STEM major (for example, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, & Psychology BS). 

If you complete the survey and focus group, you will be given a $15 Gift Card in exchange for your time. 

If you are interested in participating, please click on the following survey link: https://umbc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d509xHLXSevsUoC

If you have any questions, please let me know at afrench2@umbc.edu. 

Thanks, 

Allison French