OFA Events Calendar

Faculty Forum - How the University Works: Shared Governance & Policymaking

Have you ever wondered how policy is created at UMD, who takes part in the decision-making process, and how shared governance works? If so, please join us for a discussion of the various ways of creating policy that shapes our daily work on campus.

The session will be presented by Veronica Marin, Director and Executive Secretary, University Senate, and moderated by Laura Rosenthal, Director for Faculty Leadership.

Visions of Campus: University of Maryland from 1856 to the Present

Brian Kelly, an architect and faculty member specializing in campus design and academic architecture, will recount the history of University of Maryland through the evolution of its campus, over more than 150 years.

Brian has worked as a campus design consultant to Ayers Saint Gross, Architects + Planners in Baltimore including projects at Harvard, U. of NC Chapel Hill, U. Georgia, Arizona State, and Notre Dame among others. He is currently researching and writing a book on the campus planning work of Jens Frederick Larson, an American architect who was instrumental in the development of campus planning as a distinct design discipline.

DST Lecture: Rethinking the Game: The Zero-Sum Trap in Workplace Behaviors

Rellie Rozin, Robert H. Smith School of Business

This event is the final Distinguished Scholar-Teacher (DST) Lecture scheduled for the 2025-2026 academic year. 

RSVP for the event at this link. 

For more information about the DST Lecture Series, visit here.