UMD students advocate for clearer accessibility, accommodations regulations
Accessibility and accommodations vary in support depending on the department.
UMD graduate students express mixed feelings over updated parental leave policy
The new policy affects all graduate departments and programs and applies to all instances of birth or adoption.
Graduate Labor Union choir builds solidarity through song
The Singers are a group of this university’s graduate students who learn and practice singing popular union songs.
UMD graduate students advocate for more than six weeks of parental leave
Full-time faculty and staff at this university are allowed up to 12 weeks of parental leave.
UMD GSG members encourage more students to join amid high seat vacancy
The group started the semester with fewer representatives than last year, but is now at similar numbers.
UMD graduate students create board game to promote multiculturalism
Together, Zhang and Havewala formed Sea My Culture. Their goal was to promote multiculturalism through a medium more engaging than a lecture.
‘A community in crisis’: UMD graduate students reflect on mental health challenges
From Oct. 2 to Oct. 6, the GSG collaborated with other organizations at the university to organize two events during the campus-wide Mental Health Awareness Week.
UMD revokes health insurance waivers for more than 100 international graduate students
A statement to international graduate students on Sept. 12 said the waivers were canceled because the insurance did not meet Affordable Care Act standards.
UMD graduate student group continues fight for collective bargaining rights
The group, formerly known as Fearless Student Employees, is continuing a yearslong effort that would allow them to negotiate wages, hours and other conditions.
UMD student workers’ groups rally to raise minimum wage, secure the right to unionize
The University of Maryland’s chapter of United Students Against Sweatshops Friday held a rally on McKeldin Mall to advocate for a $22.65 per hour minimum wage for this university’s employees.