UMD residential facilities department plans to renovate Ellicott Community
Facilities Management is also prepared to consult architects and engineers to finish a design to replace the South Hill Community’s underground infrastructure.
UMD reverses plan to remove air conditioning from Cumberland Hall
Air conditioning units will be installed in the dorm this summer.
All dorms should have air conditioning. We shouldn’t remove it from Cumberland Hall.
The university must finally prioritize the wishes of its students and make plans to install air conditioning in all on-campus dorm rooms.
UMD’s Cumberland Hall to lose its air conditioning starting summer 2023
The work will begin in the summer of 2023.
UMD workers are essential. The campus community must fight for them.
UMD can’t keep treating its service and maintenance staff as disposable.
UMD takes more steps to help housekeepers working without AC
The union that represents the housekeepers is "cautiously optimistic" that the situation will be resolved soon.
As housekeepers fall ill without AC, UMD announces new measures to improve conditions
The union that represents UMD workers remains unsatisfied.
UMD shut off AC in many dorms to combat moisture. Housekeepers are falling ill without it.
The union that represents workers on campus says it has heard from several employees who have sought medical attention after working without air conditioning.
A.C. is still out in five UMD academic buildings over a week after outage
The outage occurred on Sept. 30.