Preparation has begun to transform an 8,000-square-foot area of UMBC’s Albin O. Kuhn Library into a social learning space that will facilitate student success through peer-to-peer teaching, group learning, tutoring and informal interactions among students and faculty. The Retriever Learning Center (RLC) will be completed in the summer of 2011.
The RLC will feature movable furnishings that groups can configure into study spaces, and will be located near library services, tutoring, information resources and information technology. It will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, consolidating late-night study space into one location and providing improved safety and security through key card access, video monitoring and other enhancements.
Read more about the Retriever Learning Center here.
Pamela Hawley, associate director of the Office of the Registrar, has been named the Exempt Employee of the Quarter, effective October 1 to December 31. Hawley earned her bachelor’s degree in English at UMBC and began her career as a student employee. After graduation, Hawley worked at various universities and, in 1997, she returned to her alma mater by accepting the position of assistant registrar. She was promoted during her years in the Office of the Registrar and, in 2007, became the associate director.
Mary Welsh, administrative assistant for the Department of Ancient Studies, has been named the Non-Exempt Employee of the Quarter effective October 1 to December 31, 2009. Welsh began her career at UMBC in 2000 as an administrative assistant for the Department of English. She transferred to her current position in Ancient Studies in February 2006.
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