- Yvette Mozie-Ross and Dale Bittinger spoke with us about the recent Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action
- Yvette provided us with an excellent TL;DR: The impact for UMBC of the SCOTUS decision on the use of affirmative action in college admissions is none. As Dr. Sheares Ashby noted in her statement - while we understand and are very much concerned about the broad impact of this decision on access to higher education and advancements in diversity, at UMBC race is not considered in our admissions review and has not been for over 25 years.
It does, however, raise other questions for us around what might be the implications of this recent SCOTUS decision for other practices we employ - specifically, we regard recruitment and yield activities that target students of various race/ethnic groups. These are questions we are currently exploring with our VP for DEI and our University General Counsel’s Office.
- Candace Martinez-Doane: Welcome Week Participation
- Submit your Office/Department's Welcome Week Event here.
- PSS Executive Committee Elections
- PSS & NESS Staff Cookout, August 17th!
Check out the meeting minutes for additional information.
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Next PSS Meeting
Thursday, August 10th
2:30 – 4:30 p.m., Virtual
PSS meetings are open to all interested staff members. View our meeting minutes and meeting schedule on myUMBC. To RSVP and join via WebEx, visit myUMBC.
Please RSVP via the myUMBC event if you are not a senator.
Missed a PSS meeting? You can access all PSS Meeting Minutes on our PSS MyUMBC page! Minutes are located in our files tab, which you can access here.
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2023 PSS & NESS Staff Cookout - August 17th!
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Join us for a BBQ and a raffle!
Thursday, August 17, 2023 · 11:30 AM - 1 PM
The Commons Terrace
The UMBC Staff Cookout, hosted by Professional Staff and Non-Exempt Staff Senates, will take place on Thursday, August 17th, and is open to all UMBC staff and faculty members. The event will feature classic BBQ food (including vegetarian options), a raffle, yard games, and more!
Reserve your free ticket through UMBC tickets at the link below. *Ticket sales will end on Thursday, August 10th - get your ticket today!* Please bring your Campus IDs with you to the cookout.
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Council of University System Staff (CUSS)
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2023-2024 PSS Executive Committee
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PSS Senators voted on members of our executive committee in our July 13th meeting!
- President - Ray Soellner, Jr, Director of Telecommunications, DoIT
- Vice President - Cael Mulcahy, Director of Operations, CAHSS
- Treasurer - Jeff Cullen, Director, Student Conduct and Community Standards
- Communications Officer - Ally Hepp, AV Specialist, DoIT
- Co-Secretary - Melissa Huselton, Health Professions Preparation Coach/Advisor, CNMS
- Co-Secretary - Lori Hardesty, Associate Director, Shriver Center
For the complete list of current senators, check out our PSS Roster on the website.
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Meet the Senator - Danielle Brown
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I started at UMBC as a student in 2008, and began working full-time for the Division of Information Technology in 2014, first as a contracted assistant for AV Services. Since then I've worked up from doing system repair and installation to my current role overseeing design and engineering for classroom and meeting room AV systems on campus. I've been a PSS senator for about a year, but I started attending PSS meetings regularly as a non-senator during the campus shutdown in 2020. I assist with the Demographic Alignment and Staff Outreach and Development committees for PSS, and I represent AV design interests as a member of the Classroom Committee. Outside of UMBC, I live in Pigtown, and I love music, movies, cooking, and reading.
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