Dear Members of the UMBC Community,

We know that many in our community continue to be concerned about the potential impact of COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus. We want to assure you that the university is staying informed about the potential threat, planning for the health and safety of all in our community, and taking steps to curb the spread of influenza on campus. For additional information on COVID-19 and the University’s response, please visit this website, which will be updated regularly.

We are regularly monitoring information provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on this virus and its effects in the United States. Currently there are no suspected or confirmed cases of coronavirus at UMBC and no confirmed cases in the state of Maryland. In addition, the CDC believes that this virus is not currently spreading in the United States.

As directed by the University’s Emergency Operations Plan, UMBC has convened our Incident Management Team, which is now meeting regularly to coordinate UMBC’s response to both the COVID-19 virus and influenza, a current health concern in Maryland. The university is currently implementing a range of precautions in response to influenza, including:

We want to remind our community members of the following health and safety tips:

Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions about the university’s response to this important issue.

The Digital Media Lab (DML) has a variety of new equipment, including Canon Rebel T7i cameras, shotgun microphones, portable USB conference microphones, transcription pedals, flexible tripods, and more. Visit the DML website and click on “Equipment that can be checked out” for details, instruction manuals, and live availability updates.

The DML is located on the 2nd floor of the UMBC Library in room 216H (near the Honors College). We are open seven days a week and provide three-day loans of A/V equipment on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit our website for information about our policies or to reserve one of our recording spaces.

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Thank you so much

LLC is pleased to announce that Katie Morris, of Cohort 18, successfully and skillfully presented her dissertation research proposal to her committee on February 18, 2020. Her hermeneutic phenomenology project is titled, "Being Called to Social Work: What Latina Women Carry." After Katie's presentation, she had a substantive discussion with the committee about the next stages of her work. Her committee agreed that her project is worthy of doctoral research and helped her consider some key issues as she moves forward into the research and writing.

Many thanks to Katie's committee members:

     Dr. Bev Bickel, LLC (chair)

     Dr. Francine Hultgren, UMCP-Department of Teaching and Learning,

           Policy and Leadership (co-chair)

      Dr. Tania Lizarazo, MLLI

      Dr. Thania Muñoz, MLLI

      Dr. Deborah Gioia, UMB-School of Social Work

Please join us in congratulating Katie on reaching this significant milestone! She can now apply for candidacy.

Photo by Brittany Primavera and Rachel Minto

Dance Practices will now be Tuesdays, 9-11pm and Fridays, 7-10pm, in Engineering Atrium! Next week (the week of the 24th) will be the LAST week to join Alitaptap (partner piece) and Tinikling. After that week, we will no longer be accepting new people in those dances.

We will start teaching Guys' and Girls' piece in March, but in the meantime if you are interested in being in these dances, please fill out the google form below so that I can start getting a head count of dancers! Also, if you're planning on joining, make sure to download Slack!

https://forms.gle/S6fT64b1WsoYsZb57 

- Angel Almuete, Pistahan Co-Director

If you're interested in attending the Chew-MBC Filipino Food Cooking Session, please use the following Sign Up Genius link to sign up and reserve your spot in the cooking session:  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050d45a4ad2ea0f49-chewmbc12 

There will be office hours today from 1-2pm and 4-5pm in Commons 2B20!

There's also free candy in the office!

"Mujeres Fuertes" is a one-day showcase event and week-long gallery exhibit that will take place March 9th through 12th at Goucher College.

Inspired by influential Latinx/Hispanic womxn from history, the event will include visual arts, academic work, ceramics, dance, music and more. It aims to celebrate, honor and bring awareness to influential figures who are too often overlooked.

The Performance Showcase will take place Wednesday March 11th and the deadline to submit work is February 24th.

For more information contact lagar003@mail.goucher.edu.