UMD grad students can’t bargain salaries. This town hall looked for a solution.
Collective bargaining rights could also help graduate assistants negotiate family leave, intellectual property rights and other issues.
University of Maryland students are working to get collective bargaining rights
Six Big Ten universities grant these rights to students.
UMD’s Graduate Student Government wants Columbus Day to be Indigenous People’s Day
For many, Columbus Day marks the start of centuries of violence against indigenous groups.
UMD’s Graduate Council continues to push for better student-advisor relations
The graduate school hopes to have clear outlines for teaching assistants developed by the end of this academic year.
UMD held a town hall to make its restricted research policy “more definitive”
The current policy does not allow university students and faculty to conduct restricted research, with a few exceptions.
A UMD student veteran is being recognized after logging 2,300 hours of community service
She also served for 11 years in the U.S. Army.
UMD graduate students called for improved communication, uniform stipends during an open forum
Discussion from the forum might affect who is selected as the new dean of the graduate school.
University of Maryland’s Delta Tau Delta fraternity lost its campus recognition
The fraternity failed to fulfill the national requirements to qualify for full chapter status.
Women found UMD Sigma Chi’s pageant sexist, so the fraternity canceled it
Sigma Chi’s $500 Derby Darling budget will be donated to House of Ruth Maryland, a charity helping victims of domestic abuse.
UMD doesn’t offer dual doctorate degrees, but some other Big Ten schools do
Several other Big Ten schools, such as Ohio State and Michigan State, offer more flexible dual-degree graduate programs.