Art submissions are now open. Deadline to apply is Oct 26th. Submission form: https://forms.gle/oEySkjgnRLLhTp2j8

Registration for Spring 2026 is just around the corner which means that you will want to plan to meet with your assigned major advisor in order to discuss your academic plan and to remove your advising hold.  

The Office for Academic & Pre-Professional Advising has openings available for Winter Orientation Advisors! Advisors meet with incoming undergraduate students VIRTUALLY during the month of January in one-on-one sessions to plan out and register for classes. No previous experience is required, and we will provide all training necessary!

Besides compensation, this is a rare chance for graduate students to gain professional and interpersonal experience. Depending on your field, your time as a student may not open you up to many client-facing interactions, and this is a pathway to gaining that experience. If you are considering a career in academia, meanwhile, advising experience is highly sought-after in faculty openings.

Advisors are eligible to be compensated at the rate of $100 per afternoon session and $50 per evening or morning session, with the opportunity to work several sessions during the month. Although there are only a few days during which help is needed in January, advisors in good standing may be invited back to participate in our much larger Summer program afterwards. Participants are also eligible to earn the Orientation Advisor microcredential! See more info here: https://badges.umbc.edu/

Grad students on F-1 visas ARE eligible for this work and invited to apply!

We are online offering informational sessions for anyone interested or who even just MIGHT be interested in finding out about this exciting opportunity to expand their skillsets, make meaningful connections, serve their departments, and get paid! No RSVP necessary.

For additional details, see the application HERE, which is due by October 15.

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If the advising links in the Spring 2026 Advising Announcement did not work for you please use the following:

List of all Advisors (click on their name for contact information):  my.umbc.edu/profile/degree

Registration Guide (Includes your earliest registration Date): my.umbc.edu/go/registration-guide

Let's honor the UMBC staff whose incredible work brings our collective purpose to life and creates endless possibilities for our community.

When: Thursday, December 4, 2025 | 11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Where: Retriever Activity Center

Keep an eye out for future announcements and registration details!

Let's honor the UMBC staff whose incredible work brings our collective purpose to life and creates endless possibilities for our community.

When: Thursday, December 4, 2025 | 11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Where: Retriever Activity Center

Keep an eye out for future announcements and registration details!

We had several tanks of gas topple in the storage cage last evening. As I am continuing to work with environmental safety about proper storage and identification, it was apparent that numerous tanks of CO2 were returned to the storage cage with out their enclosure caps. Neither the warehouse or the distributors will take tanks back with out the top it came supplied with. Your laboratories will accrue demurrage charges until the lids are provided.

These caps weigh 5 to 8 pounds a piece, they are not trash. Not only are these important for your labs finances, moving tanks around the building without having the valves protected is a serious safety issue. 

Please get the word out to your lab members and if they have not received this message, please ask them to follow this group for important announcements at: https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/ilsb-research