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SU2025 Courses Created in Blackboard on April 24, 2025

New Process To Request Merged Course Shells

Blackboard course shells for Summer 2025 were created on April 24, 2025. All Summer 2025 courses listed in the UMBC Schedule of Classes (SOC), regardless of designation as lecture, lab, etc, or...

Posted: April 25, 2025, 9:30 AM

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DoIT Student Digital Stories: Joshua Cheeks

Building Connections at DoIT: A Student's Journey to Success

Follow Joshua's story as he shares how connections made at DoIT have shaped his career aspirations. Discover the impact of friendships and networking in his journey towards becoming a...

Posted: April 21, 2025, 7:00 AM

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myUMBC Answers: AI-Powered Search Bar Updates

Providing answers that are unique to you!

In early February, the myUMBC team launched my UMBC Answers, an AI-driven search bar to improve experiences for students, faculty, and staff while ensuring security and privacy. Now, all campus...

Posted: April 18, 2025, 1:53 PM

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Introducing UMBC’s Travel Advisory Board

Partnering with campus to shape a smoother, smarter travel e

To help guide the successful rollout of SAP Concur Travel at UMBC, we’ve launched the Travel Advisory Board (TAB)—a group of faculty and staff from across campus who bring valuable insight and...

Posted: April 18, 2025, 9:57 AM

April HPCF Newsletter

Hi everyone, I'm writing to give a brief update on the status of a few projects related to the UMBC HPCF and Research Computing. System Status The chip HPC is now operating normally and...

Posted: April 15, 2025, 5:13 PM

Phone Service Restored

Phone services in the Webex application have been fully restored as of approximately 9 a.m. DoIT has identified and corrected an authentication issue that prohibited successful authentication...

Posted: April 15, 2025, 10:33 AM

Webex Calling Services Impacted

DoIT has received multiple reports that some users are unable to connect to their phone service in the Webex application. DoIT is investigating and working with the vendor to identify and address...

Posted: April 15, 2025, 8:41 AM

UPDATE: DocuSign Forms back online

Enterprise DocuSign forms (docusign.umbc.edu) are now back online and operational. If you submitted a form between 3:00 PM and 10:30 PM yesterday, April 14, and the submission hung on submitting...

Posted: April 15, 2025, 8:27 AM

April Concur Update

Smarter Travel Starts Now: SAP Concur is Coming to UMBC!

It’s April, and while the flowers are starting to bloom, we’re underway on the implementation of SAP Concur! Our new travel system is packed with powerful features that will save time, reduce...

Posted: April 15, 2025, 8:19 AM