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Brave Spaces

What Is a Brave Space? A community space where different points on a journey of learning and growing are supported and engaged.

Community members engage in critical dialogue through conscious questioning and active listening. While all are expected to make their best effort to be respectful, there is an understanding that someone may say something that results in unintentional offense and hurt feelings for those around. A primary assumption of brave space is that everyone speaks with the positive intent of seeking greater knowledge and understanding. Click here to see our complete CWIT Brave Space Guidelines document.

 

CWIT Affiliates Program

CWIT Affiliates are undergraduate students majoring in engineering and computing. CWIT Affiliates get access to workshops that focus on your professional and personal development, networking and mentorship opportunities, the opportunity to attend conferences and gain presentation experience, as well as community and connection with other COEIT students interested in CWIT’s mission and who share the same passions. For further information, please reach out to cwitaffiliates@umbc.edu.

Sign up to be a CWIT Affiliate today!

Register to be a CWIT Affiliate here!

 

  • CWIT Student Council

    • Current UMBC Students can find events details on the CWIT Student Council’s my.umbc.edu page!
    • Everyone can follow the CWIT Student Council on Instagram at @UMBC_CWIT!

  • Activities, Events, Opportunities

    • Welcome Back Social
    • Fall Career Networking Event
    • Spring into Leadership Event
    • Pick Your Classes Events – Fall and Spring
    • Stress Buster Events
    • CWIT Showcase
    • End of Year Picnic
    • 1-on-1 Meetings with CWIT staff member
    • Student Conferences
    • K-12 Outreach Programs (Bits & Bytes, Cyber 101, BLAST Off, etc.)

  • Peer Mentoring

    • Freshmen and new transfer students can sign up to receive a peer mentor to help them navigate their major. You can sign up to be a mentor or mentee when registering to be an Affiliate.

  • Cyber Practicum

    • CWIT Affiliates may also enroll in the Cyber Practicum zero credit, pass/fail class that meets on Fridays from 11am-12pm. The class offers students a broad overview of the cyber industry through weekly guest lectures from cybersecurity professionals. Topics range from technical talks to professional development advice and more. Space is limited. To enroll for this upcoming semester or to ask any questions, contact Cindy Greenwood at cindyg@umbc.edu.

  • CWIT Living Learning Community