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Quarterly patching downtime - 11/22 & 12/7

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Friday, November 22nd and Saturday, December 7th.  While many of...

Posted: November 22, 2024, 8:25 AM

DoIT Gritty Award Announcement

Congratulations Eric Ludy

We are proud to announce that Eric Ludy has been awarded the DoIT Gritty Award for his exceptional work in managing the complex Federal Student Aid system changes to UMBC's Peoplesoft Campus...

Posted: November 21, 2024, 11:53 AM

4 Faculty, 2 Staff Named 2024-25 LA Fellows

$2k professional development awards renewable annually

To continue our commitment to fostering and sharing effective data-informed teaching and learning practices, the Provost's Office has provided funding through the Learning Analytics Fellowship...

Posted: November 14, 2024, 10:22 AM

Quality Matters Impact (QMI) Program - Call to Participate

Faculty can apply by Dec. 6 for Spring/Fall 2025 Cohorts

As an extension of the award-winning PIVOT program, the Quality Matters Impact (QMI) program is an initiative to formally recognize courses that meet Quality Matters standards and demonstrate...

Posted: November 5, 2024, 4:46 PM

Technology Tested and Updated in Classrooms

AV Services Operations staff evaluate, update, and repair AV

Thank you to our full-time and student staff for getting AV systems ready for the fall semester! Much of our campus community slows down a bit over the summer session while students are working,...

Posted: November 5, 2024, 11:47 AM

Cybersecurity Awareness: Install Updates

Keep your system up-to-date by installing updates

Update the Operating System (OS) Install operating system updates on all of your devices as soon as possible. Attackers won’t wait so neither should you! Update Anti-Virus (AV) Keep your...

Posted: October 31, 2024, 8:47 AM

Congratulations to our May 2024 Graduating Students

Join us in celebrating our amazing student workers

Congratulations to our Graduating students in the Division of Information Technology Class of Spring 2024 We're so happy for you! Celebrate your accomplishments and keep on shining!...

Posted: October 30, 2024, 11:08 AM

RESOLVED - Blackboard Service Disruption - Course Content Access

Access to Blackboard course content may be impacted

Update @ 6:37 PM: After a rolling restart was performed, course menus appear to be consistently stable and content is available. Users also report the error messages are no longer appearing.  At...

Posted: October 29, 2024, 11:27 AM