COVID-19 Health & Safety

Counseling Center Offers Group Counseling 

University Health Services Fall Semester Appointment Process

Office of Health Promotion Peer Health Educators

UMBC Together

COVID-19 Health & Safety

Counseling Center Offers Group Counseling 

University Health Services Fall Semester Appointment Process

Office of Health Promotion Peer Health Educators

UMBC Together

Have questions but you don't know who to ask? Reach out to a Student Ambassador! There is a wonderful group of students from various academic and cultural backgrounds who are ready to help YOU! They can help get you connected to resources on campus for academic help, health and wellness, and even for social/cultural groups on campus!

Student Ambassadors are volunteer student peers who serve as a “brain trust” for other students seeking information and resources regarding how to become successful, virtual learners in the time of COVID-19.

Ambassadors provide information, share their experiences on what has and what has not worked in terms of effective strategies, and direct the student to the resources available on campus. Please visit this link for Undergraduate Student Ambassadors  to view the list of Ambassador volunteers and reach out to them directly via the contact information provided. 

Hey Political Science Students,

If you plan on graduating within the upcoming academic year, I want to make you aware of the Scoville Fellowship and application process. Please also be sure to check out the website and flyer attached to this post. 

Scoville Fellows are supervised by senior-level staff members at their host institutions and may work on a range of issues including nuclear and conventional arms control and nonproliferation, conflict prevention and peacebuilding, diplomacy, environmental security, and emerging technology threats. They contribute to their host organizations' goals through research, public education, advocacy, and by writing articles, blog posts, fact sheets, letters to the editor, op-eds, and/or reports. In addition, fellows often help organize talks and conferences and attend coalition meetings, policy briefings, and congressional hearings. Benefits of this fellowship include salary, basic health insurance compensation, mentoring, moving costs to DC, meetings with policy experts, a modest stipend for professional development purposes, and an entrée into an increasingly influential network of alumni working for domestic and international NGOs, the federal government, academia, and media.

On August 13, 2018, the President signed the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act of 2019 (NDAA). One section (Section 889) of this act restricts use of federal loan or grant funds for purchase of certain Chinese-origin equipment or services for research projects. This prohibition became effective August 13, 2020.

Chinese-origin equipment or services include telecommunications equipment or video surveillance equipment or services produced by business entities and the affiliates of these entities such as Huawei Technologies Company and ZTE Corporation. A current list of these business concerns is found on our entity screening webpage.

What should you do?

·        Reach out to your OSP representative to review language in RFAs, RFPs or other proposal submission documents you may see where a reference is made to the NDAA and/or Section 889 the “Prohibition on Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services and Equipment”. Both the OSP and the ORPC will work together with you to answer questions. 

·        Be aware the UMBC’s purchase order terms and conditions. UMBC has a responsibility of complying with all applicable U.S. export control laws and regulations in the procurement process. If you plan to procure an item or service from a non-US entity, read through Section 14 of the terms and conditions. Let the ORPC know if you have any export control questions.

·        Let the OPRC know prior to creating a requisition for purchases of this equipment or service or the planned shipment of any of the above items from these entities using federal grant funds.  We can perform a Restricted Party Screening that will determine if a foreign entity business is on any government issued restricted, blocked, or denied party lists. We have created an  entity restricted party screening form to perform this review.

This is also a good reminder that the ORPC can assist UMBC departments who plan to sponsor foreign persons/national visitors for a visit to campus in a business or technical capacity. We ask departments submit a foreign visitor restricted party screening form  before sending an invitation or submitting an unpaid or paid appointment for UMBC approval and before the Office of International Education Services (IES) applies for a visa,  Note the screening form is in a new format, but the information request in the same. Please visit the Restricted Party Screening for Foreign Visitors webpage for additional information.