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Angela Katenkamp is 20th Faculty to Earn QM Certification since 2021

4th course from Psychology to receive the QM mark

Assistant teaching professor Dr. Angela Katenkamp became the 20th faculty member to earn Quality Matters (QM) certification for PSYC 200 (Developmental Psychology) as part of the Quality Matters...

Posted: February 19, 2026, 7:01 AM

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Docusign Form Server Downtime - Wednesday, Feb 18 at 8 PM

To facilitate a server migration, the Docusign Enterprise Forms server (docusign.umbc.edu) will be offline on Wednesday, February 18 from approximately 8-9 PM EST. During this time, please refrain...

Posted: February 17, 2026, 7:29 PM

Scheduled Downtime Tuesday February 24, 2026

To all chip users, The chip cluster will be inaccessible for a few hours starting on Thursday Feb 24th at 0800ET. This downtime is to patch a security vulnerability recently reported by slurm....

Posted: February 17, 2026, 5:40 PM

myUMBC Service Disruption Monday, Feb 16

We sincerely apologize for the service issues many of you experienced in myUMBC this morning starting around 7:30 AM. We made infrastructure improvements over the weekend that performed well...

Posted: February 16, 2026, 10:41 AM

Drop-In Digital Accessibility Virtual Office Hours: The 15-Minute Fix

Bring one focused question and get hands-on support

Have a specific digital accessibility question? Join one of our virtual office hour drop-in sessions for real-time, hands-on support. Faculty are invited to register for a session and bring one...

Posted: February 13, 2026, 3:33 PM

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