Retriever Courage

It takes a courageous community to make a lasting impact on sexual assault here at UMBC and beyond. Change requires the courage to SPEAK OUT, to LISTEN, to LEARN, and to TAKE ACTION. We are grateful for the courage of the community members who have shared their experiences of sexual assault and harassment. We must fully live our campus values – INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE, COLLABORATION, INNOVATION, and IMPACT – to make UMBC a safer, more caring living, learning, and working environment for all. We commit to reach together and do better because this is urgent work that impacts us all.

The UMBC community is having important conversations about the prevention of and response to sexual violence/misconduct, and its impact on campus safety and well-being. We are proud of our students, faculty, staff, and alumni for sharing their experiences and working to help UMBC live out our values.

We are taking action on what we learn together, developing a productive dialogue, and creating a coordinated campus response to incidents of sexual and gender-based harassment and violence — a response that is proactive, caring, and inclusive.

 

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Update on Campus Sexual Assault Response/Prevention

Dear Members of the UMBC Community, We are writing to update you on the specific actions our university community is taking to better prevent and respond to sexual assault and keep our campus...

Posted: November 2, 2018, 1:33 PM

Help improve safety and community at UMBC

Dear Members of the UMBC Community, As our community works to improve sexual assault prevention and response, the University Steering Committee (USC) is seeking input on specific ways in which...

Posted: November 2, 2018, 1:32 PM

UMBC’s Annual Security Report

Members of the UMBC Community: Each fall, the UMBC Police Department provides the campus community our Annual Campus Security Report. I encourage you to take a few moments to review this...

Posted: November 2, 2018, 1:31 PM

Update on campus conversation about sexual misconduct

Dear Members of the UMBC Community, We are writing to update you on important conversations our university community is having about campus response to sexual misconduct reports and making our...

Posted: November 2, 2018, 1:31 PM

Release time for today's listening session

Dear Faculty, Staff, and Students, Today we have an opportunity for our community to come together and participate in an open listening session to discuss recent events regarding sexual assault...

Posted: November 2, 2018, 1:30 PM

Listening session scheduled for Sept. 20, 3:30 p.m.

Dear Members of the UMBC Community, Dr. Hrabowski and the UMBC leadership, in partnership with Student Government Association, Graduate Student Association, We Believe You, Resident Student...

Posted: November 2, 2018, 1:30 PM

Campus values and sexual misconduct

Dear Members of the UMBC Community, UMBC received notice this week of a civil lawsuit filed by two women alleging that the campus, Baltimore County Police, and others failed to properly respond...

Posted: November 2, 2018, 1:29 PM

NPR article

"If He's Sexually Aggressive In Bars It's Not bc He's Drunk"

Do you see the Sequence of Noteworthy Behaviors in this NPR article? Target Selection Approach and Evaluation Separation Consenting Sex or Assault Intimidation Sexual Violence Termination ...

Posted: March 4, 2014, 9:43 AM

Maryland College Alcohol Survey is coming to UMBC

Take the survey and enter to win a $50 bookstore gift card!

Invitations are going out soon to participate in the Maryland College Alcohol survey.  It is a short survey about how students drink. If you are invited to take the survey, your name will be...

Posted: February 3, 2014, 4:24 PM