UMD Senate approves new criminal background check policy
The policy requires a criminal background check on all new staff and faculty hires.
Contract Dining Services employees want to see better benefits
Even if they go through multiple contracts, these employees aren't always guaranteed full-time employment.
USM Board of Regents approves minimum wage increase to $15 for union-represented workers
The increase will not include student workers and contractual workers who work at USM institutions.
Frustrated by UMD’s approach to strategic plan, a group of professors is making its own
This university's chapter of the American Association of University Professors says the university-led plan doesn't prioritize the right goals.
‘Underpaid and left behind’: UMD bus drivers protest for better working conditions
More than 50 people gathered to protest for better maintenance of buses and hazard pay for DOTS employees.
‘Ready to fight’: UMD employees protest in latest push for more telework
Seventy-five community members protested at the main administration building Tuesday.
UMD lifts yearlong hiring freeze on critical and essential faculty and staff
It may take several years to address the long-term financial prospects prompted by COVID-19.
UMD to begin offering COVID-19 shots to employees facing barriers to vaccination next week
The university will also loosen several coronavirus-related restrictions next week.
All USM employees to receive administrative leave for Juneteenth
All summer session classes at the University of Maryland will also be canceled for Juneteenth.