UMBC Announces Institutional Membership with NCFDD

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that UMBC has joined the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) as an institutional member. The NCFDD is a nationally recognized, independent organization that provides online career development and mentoring resources for faculty, postdocs, and graduate students. They provide a variety of virtual programs and resources including:

Weekly Monday Motivator
Monthly Core Curriculum Webinars
Monthly Guest Expert Webinars
Access to Multi-Week Courses
A private Discussion Forum for peer-mentoring & problem-solving
Monthly accountability buddy matches
Moderated writing challenges
Access to the Member Library that includes past webinar materials, referrals, and readings

Our institutional membership also provides individual institutional memberships at no charge to UMBC faculty, staff, postdoctoral scholars, and graduate students. To access an individual institutional membership, you will need to activate your personal membership account. Please follow the specific registration instructions provided by the NCFDD, which includes a detailed overview of institutional membership resources. To claim your membership, go to www.facultydiversity.org/join and select University of Maryland, Baltimore County from the list of members.

If you have any technical questions, feel free to email NCFDD. We hope you enjoy the benefits of the institutional membership.

Philip J. Rous, Provost and Vice Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

Posted: August 23, 2017, 6:16 PM