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Child Care Center
Campus day care facilities are available. The Center is open from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and accepts children ages 2-5. The cost for bwtech@UMBC tenants would be $480 per month for full-time care for a 2 year old and $460 per month full-time care for 3-5 year olds. For more information call 410-455-6830.

Library Privileges
www.umbc.edu/aok/main
The Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery has holdings of more than 800,000 books and 4,200 periodicals and offers access to the holdings from 13 libraries of the University System of Maryland. Its Special Collections of national significance include photography, scientific archives, science fiction, graphic satire, Marylandia and utopian literature.

Conference Facilities
Campus conference facilities including The Commons, techcenter@UMBC, bwtech@UMBC, Albin O. Kuhn Library, classrooms and lecture halls are available at the same rates assessed to University users. Several facilities are equipped with video conferencing and teleconferencing systems. Call us today at 410-455-5900 for details regarding conference and seminar rooms. For information concerning videoconferencing, visit us at www.umbc.edu/oit/itv/itv.html.

Fitness Facilities
www.umbc.edu/athletics/Recreation
The Retrievers Activities Center is a multi-purpose recreational facility, including two gymnasiums used for indoor tennis, lacrosse and soccer as well as traditional court sports; a fitness balcony with state-of-the-art cardiovascular equipment; a track for walking; indoor and outdoor swimming pools; a weight room and locker rooms.

Dining Facilities
techcenter@UMBC has an in-house cafe and catering company, Glenmore Caterers. Glenmore offers breakfast, lunch and snacks as well as daily specials. Glenmore can be reached at 410-455-5930. You can also enjoy a variety of selections on Main Campus in The Commons, which features a food court and restaurant as well as a full-service bank, bookstore, performance spaces and game room. Nearby towns of Catonsville and Arbutus have a variety of eateries. Ellicott City, 10 minutes away, is an historic mill town with excellent restaurants. www.umbc.edu/umbcfood

Customized Training
http://cps.umbc.edu/aps/Default.asp
UMBC Continuing & Professional Studies (CPS) offers individuals and organizations customized, high quality credit and non-credit training, certificate and degree programs that reflect the values of a major research university and the performance of a private company.

www.umbctrainingcenters.com
UMBC Training Centers provides high quality, affordable non-credit training to working professionals in the following disciplines: information technology, engineering, biotechnology, professional development, business, Allied Health, test preparation, online courses, executive development and professional English.

Cultural Offerings
www.umbc.edu/newsevents/arts/calendar
Cultural offerings on campus include The Maryland Stage Company, Phoenix Repertory Dance Company, the UMBC Symphony Orchestra, the UMBC Fine Arts Gallery, The Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery, and frequent lectures on a variety of topics.

Shuttle Service
The UMBC shuttle service is offered for a modest fee. The shuttle includes stops for downtown Baltimore, Camden Yards, BWI MARC/Amtrak station and I-195 Park 'n Ride.

Internet2
Businesses can join Internet2 as a corporate member and take advantage of the largest and fastest national network dedicated to delivering tomorrow's Internet today. Internet2 provides high-speed access (OC48) for collaboration with over 200 premier research universities in the world. Companies can utilize UMBC's connection to Internet2 without having to purchase their own high-speed data circuit.

Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX)
Companies locating at bwtech@UMBC have the option of joining the Mid-Atlantic Crossroads Gigapop, a high performance regional network (OC48). This gigapop is a key Internet hub linking the major federal laboratories (NASA, NIST, NIH, NLM, NSF, and NOAA) and research universities in the mid-atlantic region. Through MAX, companies with joint research projects with federal labs can leverage the high-speed connections for collaboration, which enables rapid transfer of extremely large groups of data or files. Firms can achieve reduced costs for access to advanced network services by not needing to pay for a costly dedicated high-speed data circuit.