What is Meet and Confer (M&C)?
M&C is a University System of Maryland (USM) policy which allows Graduate Assistants (i.e. you) to engage in formal discussions with the administration regarding employment issues such as compensation and benefits. More info on M&C can be found on the UMBC website.
This year, we have adopted a new approach by scheduling separate M&C meetings for each college at UMBC. This will allow us to delve deeper into specific graduate assistant (GA) issues within each college and department. Additionally, we have extended our invitation to department chairs to ensure department-level administration is involved in resolving GA-related issues, alongside graduate school administration.
M&C Meeting Schedule fro 2023/24 academic year
- CNMS M&C March 11th
- CAHSS M&C April 15th
- COEIT M&C April 24th
Who does the survey?
The Graduate Assistant Advisory Council (GAAC) is responsible for organizing meetings with university administration as per the policies set forth by the USM. To facilitate productive discussions during the M&C meetings, GAAC has created an anonymous survey to gather information on GA-related issues from our community.
What do we need you to do?
We request that you take 5 minutes out of your day to fill out this survey so that the GAAC can raise your concerns with the Deans of the Graduate School, Respective College Deans and Department Chairs. Your participation and input are crucial to ensuring that the concerns of GAs are effectively represented during these M&C meeting.