Campus Services

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Arts on Campus
Career Services Center
UMBCworks
The Commons
Dining Services
E-mail Accounts
Student Identification Cards
Health and Counseling Services
Library & Gallery
Off-Campus Student Services
Parking
Recreation on Campus
Shuttle Services

The Arts on Campus
Research at UMBC takes place not only in the laboratory but also in the concert hall, theatre, gallery and dance studio, where outstanding artists and faculty in the visual and performing arts reinterpret the classics and explore new modes of expression before audiences composed of colleagues, students and the general public.

The visual arts are strongly represented by the imaginative and critically acclaimed exhibitions of the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, which often draw on its vast photography collection, and in the Fine Arts Gallery, one of the finest spaces in the region dedicated to contemporary art in all its forms.

The university sponsors a full season of performances by the UMBC Symphony Orchestra and the renowned Maryland Camerata, UMBC's resident chamber choir.

UMBC is also home for a variety of professional companies and ensembles that tour nationally, such as the Phoenix Dance Company and Doug Hamby Dance.

Career Services Center
The programs and services of the Career Services Center are designed to support students as they progress through each year of the curriculum toward the definition and achievement of their career goals.

UMBCworks
UMBCworks is our new online system available to all current students (free of charge) and alumni (fee based). Search through full-time job listings, set up search agents, post your resume in the resume book for employers to search and sign-up for on-campus interviews. Employers with jobs posted to UMBCworks are specifically looking to hire UMBC students/alumni.

The Commons
The Commons is the perfect place to catch up with friends, meet with study groups or gather between classes. A high-tech, wireless facility, The Commons houses a restaurant, meeting rooms, a campus information center, Chevy Chase Bank, a bookstore, Market Street food court, a game room and a cabaret. Offices located here include the Vice President for Student Affairs, Student Life, Commons Administration and Off-Campus Student Services. The Student Events Board (SEB), the Student Government Association (SGA) and Graduate Student Association (GSA) also have offices in The Commons. Other student organizations make use of multiple work, storage and meeting spaces.

Flat Tuesdays, located at the north entrance of The Commons, behind and above the CIC desk, provides a unique venue for entertainment and socializing. The upper floor is home to a Mardi Gras themed lounge which operates as a 21 or older club on scheduled nights of the week. Members of “Flat Tuesdays” Pub Club have access to club specials as well as listserv notices of pub nights and associated specials. The lower level of Flat Tuesday is themed in a New Orleans style and is open to all.

Dining Services
Students enjoy a variety of dining choices in The Commons. The Market Street food court, open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. during the academic year, offers a wide range of choices—from wood-fired pizza and pasta, to Southwestern and Chinese food, wraps, salads, subs and deli sandwiches. The Retriever Grill, on the mezzanine level, is open late—until 1 a.m. seven nights a week. The Skylight Room offers restaurant-style seating weekdays at lunchtime.

Coffee and pastries can be purchased at the Espresso Bar in the library lobby weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Coffee Shop in the Administration Building serves breakfast and lunch weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Resident Dining Hall offers breakfast, lunch and dinner—all you can eat, on a fixed-price basis.

E-mail Accounts
E-mail accounts for new graduate students can be obtained electronically or by calling the Office of Information Technology Help Desk at 410-455-3838.

Student Identification Cards
Student identification (ID) cards can be obtained from the Communications Services office in the University Center (first floor). You must be registered for classes before your card will be issued. Your ID card is necessary for using certain on-campus facilities, such as the Library and Retriever Activities Center.

Health and Counseling Services
University Health and Counseling Services provides to the UMBC community preventive health care, health education programs and some outpatient medical services. The Counseling Center offers professional psychological services, including individual therapy, group psychotherapy, vocational counseling and a variety of topics such as test anxiety and stress management.

Library & Gallery
The Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery contains more than 950,000 books and bound volumes of journals; more than 2 million photographs, slides, maps, music scores, recordings, microforms and government documents; plus an extensive reference collection and more than 4,200 current subscriptions. Course reserves, many of which are online, and extensive computing, printing and photocopying facilities further assist studies. The library cooperates with other University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions (USMAI) campus libraries through an extensive automated system featuring an online catalog of UMBC and USMAI university holdings and a research port for locating full-text articles.

Off-Campus Student Services
The Off-Campus Student Services Office is available to meet the diverse needs of UMBC students who live off-campus. The office is located in The Commons, room 309; check out their website. This resource center provides information on and assistance with housing, transportation (campus shuttles, mass transit, hospitality van, rideshare/carpooling), parking, living-learning communities and getting involved in campus life at UMBC.

Parking
Students are required throughout the year to have a permit if you park your automobile on the campus. A parking hanger will enable you to park at all times on Hilltop Circle (the circular road around campus) and in any of the student parking lots. You may register your vehicle online through parking services and arrange for the hanger either to be picked up at the Parking Services office or mailed to your residence. Access myUMBC and follow the automobile registration instructions.

Parking meters in the visitors' lot must be fed at all times, unless otherwise posted. Handicapped parking is available on all lots. State-issued permits or tags are required to park in a handicapped space. Campus handicapped parking permits are also required by campus administration.

Campus police and parking services strictly enforce speed limits.

Recreation on Campus
UMBC teams play a full schedule of 19 intercollegiate sports including basketball, baseball, soccer, lacrosse and field hockey. The athletics and physical education department also sponsors a variety of intramural offerings throughout the year.

Other facilities available to graduate students are an indoor track, fitness trail, golf driving range, tennis courts, Olympic-size outdoor and indoor swimming pools, sauna, locker rooms, exercise areas, several weight machines and a full 15-piece Nautilus Fitness Center complete with electronic exercise bicycles and computer health analysis. Aerobics, lap swimming, pick-up basketball and use of the exercise equipment are available on a daily basis.

The Indoor/Outdoor Recreation Center provides the usual collegiate activities of billiards, board games, table tennis and soccer, darts and video games. Tourneys for men and women are held each year in these and other indoor games and sports. The Outdoor Club offers rental of canoes, sailboats, tents and other recreational gear, as well as a resource library describing the excellent local and regional outing areas.

Shuttle Services
Free shuttle service for students with UMBC student IDs is available to several of the neighboring apartment complexes where many students live, the MARC and AMTRAK train station, the BWI airport, the University of Maryland, Baltimore campus and downtown Baltimore. Information about the campus shuttle services is available from transportation services.

The Baltimore Collegetown Shuttle is also available free to students with valid IDs and connects with the UMBC at the Inner Harbor on Fridays and Saturdays to reach more destinations.