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    • Spring 2021 Welcome Event: Real Talk with UMBC Program Directors

    Virtual

    UMBC-USG Program Directors will be sharing their personal experiences, struggles and accomplishments as they’ve pursued their own personal educational and professional paths. Register for Real Talk with UMBC Program Directors! UMBC is committed to inclusivity and accessibility. If you are in need of any accommodations, please contact Caitlin Scheidegger at cscheid1@umbc.edu as soon as possible. […]

    Spring 2021 Welcome Event: Grad School Prep

    Virtual

    Know your options, including how to decide on the right program for your goals (e.g., certificate, MA/MS, MPS) and the steps you’ll need to take to get there.

    • Welcome Back Picnic

    In-Person

    We invite you to join us for a Welcome Back Picnic hosted under of the overhang outside of the entrance to Building III! All UMBC-Shady Grove students, staff, and faculty are invited to stop by to grab a bite to eat and to connect with each other before, after, or between classes. Traditional picnic foods […]

    • Outdoor Family Movie Showing

    In-Person

    As we welcome the fall season, UMBC and USG will cohost an outdoor family movie on the USG quad on the evening of October 15th. Bring a blanket or two, your family and friends, and come prepared to relax and spend quality time gathering outdoors on the USG campus while watching a family-friendly movie as […]

    • Retrievers United: Relationships & Building Community

    The Universities at Shady Grove

    Grab a bite to eat and join the UMBC-Shady Grove Staff to engage in discussions and activities that help promote relationship building and being a part of the UMBC-Shady Grove Community. We will also reflect on barriers that could prevent community building and getting involved such as negative self-talk and imposter syndrome.

    • First-Generation Students, Staff, and Faculty Panel

    Virtual

    Calling all First-Gen Retrievers! Join UMBC’s first-generation faculty, staff, and students for a panelist discussion on what it means to be the first in their families to attend college. Our panelists will share their experiences with navigating through their academic, professional, and personal lives as first-gen students and professionals.

    I Am First: Community Space for First-Generation Retrievers

    Virtual

    Connect with other First-Gen Retrievers! Participants will have the opportunity to share their own experiences with being first generation college students with other first-gen students at UMBC. This will be a space for building community and solidarity through personal reflections and sharing of resources.

    • Back-to-School Celebration

    In-Person

    Calling UMBC-Shady Grove Retrievers – we hope you are able to join us on Wednesday February 1st anytime between 1:00 and 6:00 p.m. for our Back-to-School Celebration! We know you are busy preparing for the semester – that being said, we want to take pause and celebrate YOU! Come when you can and leave when […]

    • UMBC-Shady Grove Back-to-School Celebration

    Building III, outside of the UMBC-Shady Grove Welcome Center, room 4159

    Calling UMBC-Shady Grove Retrievers – we hope you are able to join us on Wednesday, July 12th or Wednesday, September 6th anytime between 1:00 and 6:00 p.m. for our Back-to-School Celebration! We know you are busy preparing for the semester – that being said, we want to take pause and celebrate YOU! Visit with us […]