Cool, refreshing, delicious… and free!
Yes your heard us… free!
Head over to Au Bon Pain in the Commons, located on the Market Street, for Free Iced Coffee Day, Tuesday, June 21. You will be able to snag a free medium iced coffee. No purchase necessary and no coupon required!
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This year’s Homecoming, scheduled for October 12-15, 2011, is going to be bigger and better than ever, with fun events designed to bring alumni, students, faculty, staff and other members of the university community together to celebrate everything great about UMBC. Planning for Homecoming 2011 is well under way, but it is not too late for you—or your department—to get involved.
How can you be a part of Homecoming? It’s easy. You could host a small get-together within your department. You can have a departmental/program table at one of our existing events. You could help lead a campus spirit activity. You could even rally your department co-workers for a day of dressing in black and gold. Whatever you do, we can’t wait to hear about it. And, if you need it, we can help you make your event an even bigger, better part of Homecoming.
Help us spread Retriever Fever all over campus. For more information on how you can get involved, contact Stanyell Bruce, co-chair of Homecoming, at bruce@umbc.edu or via phone at ext. 5-2632. You can also find more information, as it becomes available, at www.umbc.edu/homecoming.
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The UMBC world music performing group (known as “Straight Up Tribal”) performs on the second Saturday of every month in downtown Baltimore at Teavolve Café. The next show is on Saturday, July 9. More information can be found on Facebook.
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Spend your Friday evenings in the heart of Catonsville at the Frederick Road Fridays summer concert series, June 17-September 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m., on Egges Lane. It will be fun for the whole family!
Current Schedule (subject to change):
Frederick Road Fridays is supported by the Baltimore County Economic Development Grant Program.
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Save the date! Our 2011 Professional Development Day for faculty and staff will be on Thursday, September 22, 8:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
This year’s theme is “Developing Calm, Confident Power at Work.” New findings about the brain show that staying calm in challenging times can help our minds think more clearly, prioritize our workload and accomplish tasks more easily. Trainer and coach Suzanne Kryder will help you learn to notice and neutralize your negative judgments to develop greater self-confidence. You will also learn and practice a simple communication formula for bringing up and resolving challenging issues with colleagues or even your boss.
Put September 22 on your calendar, and if possible, avoid scheduling other campus events on this date.
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Be advised that the UMBC Athletic Department will be holding its annual Golf Outing on Monday, June 13, at the Rolling Road Golf Club. Registration is at 10 a.m., tee off is at 11 a.m. Great prizes, with a great time. Come and support the Athletic Department.
For more information, email B. Kevin Gibbons-O’Neill.
Visit the Golf Outing Registration online.
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Have Lunch in the Sun with the Professional Staff Senate! Join Us for UMBC’s Annual Staff Picnic on Tuesday, June 7, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. If the weather is nice, we will be on the Commons Terrace. If not, we will be at the Flat Tuesday’s Patio in The Commons. Either way, there will be great food (including vegetarian options), door prizes and a 50/50 raffle. Don’t miss all the fun! Tickets are on sale for only $6. See any of the Professional Staff Senators listed below for tickets, or contact Taifa Hibbert at hibbert@umbc.edu for more information.
Monique Armstrong, Alumni Relations
Steve Bowers, Financial Services
Linda Brown, MIPAR
Stanyell Bruce, Alumni Relations
Mike D’Archangelo, Athletics
Ben Goldberg, OCSS
Taifa Hibbert, MARC U*STAR Program
Patrick Merryman, Human Resources
Nancy Miller, Advising
Alison Rohrbach, UHS
Anne Roland, Public Policy
Carrie Sauter, Interdisciplinary Studies
Lori Smith Watson, Admissions
Brian Souders, International Education
Brian Thompson, Graduate School
Beth Wells, Provost Office
Rehana Shafi, Sherman Scholars Program
Tim Sparklin, Research Administration
Joel DeWyer, The Commons
Sponsored by the Professional Staff Senate and the Office of the President. All funds received will be managed by the UMBC Foundation for the benefit of UMBC.
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The webinar, “Cybersecurity at UMBC,” will be held online, Thursday, June 9, at 1 p.m.
At this webinar, Rick Forno, graduate program director for the cybersecurity program, will discuss UMBC’s Cybersecurity programs and give updated details about the Maryland Cyber Challenge coming to the Baltimore Convention Center in October.
For more information and to register, visit www1.gotomeeting.com/register/411450913.
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The psychology department invites you to join them in celebrating the careers of Marilyn Demorest, Karen Freiberg and Lowell Groninger on Tuesday, May 17, 4-6 p.m. in the Skylight Room at the Commons. RSVP to Elaine O’Heir (oheir@umbc.edu) and Nicole Mooney (nmoone1@umbc.edu) by Tuesday, May 10.
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Update: Due to inclement weather, “Creative Acts” has been postponed to Thursday, May 5.
“Creative Acts,” an on-site celebration of the Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park featuring performances inspired by the location, will be held Thursday, May 5, 4-5:30 p.m.
In the first act, “Thirty Oaks,” choreographer Meghan Flanigan, sound artist Timothy Nohe and visual artist Antoinette Suiter join in a multidisciplinary collaboration involving UMBC dance students and Baltimore experimental musicians.
In the second act, “Songs From a Public Diary,” senior UMBC Linehan Artist Scholars and music composition majors Charles Miller and Shane Parks take three of the park’s public journal entries and set them to music. UMBC vocal performance/music major Madeline Waters will perform the songs with accompaniment by Miller on keyboard.
The Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park is located on the South side of campus.
Visit the Creative Acts website for more information.
This event is free and open to the public. The rain date is Thursday, May 5.
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