Please consider donating the following items for the campus food pantry:
· Can Openers
· Plastic Wrapped Cutlery (plasticware or reusable)
· Mini hand sanitizers 

You can drop the items in one of our food donation centers at these locations, or stop by the pantry in Sherman 205 during the following hours: 

Mondays 12-2 pm
Tuesdays 4-6 pm
Fridays 11-1pm

UMBC’s Hilltop Institute, with its partners ServBeyond Solutions and A-G Associates, has just been awarded a $2 million contract from the Maryland Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC) to develop a multi-payer claims analytic tool (MCAT). In 2019 with federal approval, Maryland launched the Total Cost of Care Model, which is transforming the state’s long-standing all-payer hospital rate-setting system towards a model that holds the state accountable for the total cost of care for Medicare participants. The state’s goal is to achieve $300 million in annual total Medicare spending by 2023. The MCAT will support performance and quality monitoring under the Total Cost of Care Model by automating data aggregation, visualization, and report generation. The MCAT may eventually be expanded to include data from other payers.

Hilltop’s contract is for phase one of MCAT development. Hilltop will develop and test the MCAT platform and visualization tools using Medicare claims for all beneficiaries in Maryland and a sample of Medicare beneficiaries nationwide. Hilltop will model the MCAT after its existing data visualization platforms.

MCAT development is being directed by Jim Clavin, MBA, Hilltop’s Chief Technology and Compliance Officer. Under the guidance of Senior Policy Analyst Chuck Betley, MA, Hilltop will advise the HSCRC on performance and quality measure development. 

Hello UMBC students,

In 2020 voters will elect a President of the United States, members of Congress, and state and local officials. Voting is easy, and it matters. In 2016 and 2018, UMBC students turned out to vote at exceptionally high rates (National Survey of Learning, Voting, and Engagement 2016 and 2018).

The Maryland primary election will take place on April 28, 2020. The last day to register to vote before the primary election is April 7, 2020. Click here to register to vote in Maryland or update your registration.

Click here for more election resources, including information about voting in Maryland and other states and links to UMBC events and programs.

Dear GI Bill students,

Are you a student currently training in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math? You may be eligible to apply for the Edith Nourse Rogers Science Technology Engineering Math (STEM) Scholarship.

Award and Eligibility: The Rogers STEM Scholarship provides up to nine months of additional Post-9/11 GI Bill® benefits for a maximum of $30,000 to certain eligible individuals who:

• Are enrolled in an undergraduate STEM program requiring at least 120 semester (or 180 quarter) credit hours for completion.
• Have completed at least 60 standard or 90 quarter credit hours toward their degree.
• Have or will exhaust their Post-9/11 GI Bill entitlement within six months.
• Are a Veteran or Fry Scholar.

Individuals seeking a teaching certification must have:

• Earned a post-secondary degree in a STEM field;
• Been accepted or are enrolled in a teaching certification program;
• Exhausted or will exhaust their Post-9/11 GI Bill entitlement within six months based on their current enrollment(s).

Note: Students who may not be eligible this term may be eligible in the future. Graduate programs are not currently approved for the Rogers STEM Scholarship.

Apply Today: If you think you might be eligible, we encourage you to talk to your School Certifying Official and apply online.  

Additional information about the Rogers STEM Scholarship and eligibility requirements can be found at VA.gov.