Graduate Education - COVID-19 Response
Summary of Current Status
UPDATE: On June 15 will be moving into Phase 1 of our Return to Campus Plan for UMCES: Graduate Education and Phased Reactivation of Research.
EVENTS AND SUMMER PROGRAMS
All in-person campus events and summer programs, including those sponsored on- and off-campus should be cancelled or changed to virtual formats throughout the summer, and no new in-person meetings, conferences, or events should be scheduled until further notice.
Our first priority it to protect our people and our campuses to ensure that our faculty, staff, and students stay healthy. For updates and preparedness resources from the University System of Maryland, visit University System of Maryland Coronavirus Preparedness and Resources.
We ask that you be patient in this transition. Should you have specific concerns, please direct them to the UMCES Vice President for Education’s office at education@umces.edu
For more FAQs and detailed Zoom information, please see this document.
Academic Resources
- View the Handbook for Graduate Students
- Access the MEES Course Catalog and the course syllabi to help you plan your course of study
- View the UMCES Academic Cheat Sheet and Financial Cheat Sheet for resources and FAQs to help you while a student at UMCES
- The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science is authorized to jointly award MS and PhD degrees in Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Science (MEES) with the University of Maryland College Park (UMCP). Get the joint degree request form.
- MEES Course Requirements:
Other Resources
- Access a listing of Mental Health Resources located close to your home campus.
- Most UMCES graduate students hold graduate assistantships through which they receive stipends and health benefits. The policies applying to graduate assistants and to most students in UMCES are addressed here: Policy on Graduate Assistantships.
Graduate Student Council
- UMCES Policy (III-7.11.VI.B) describes the Graduate Student Council (GSC), an organization representing UMCES graduate students, and including two representatives from each Laboratory Unit. The GSC meets on a regular basis, including an annual meeting with the Vice President for Education.
- Graduate assistants in the University System of Maryland, including UMCES, have the right to engage labor representation under the Meet and Confer guidelines: M-C Principles and Guidelines and M-C Facts. UMCES graduate students have elected to not engage labor representation at this time.
Get to know the current representatives by lab.
Appalachian Laboratory
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
Horn Point Laboratory
Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology