The Retriever Learning Center
Campus Goals and Values Served:

Provide Distinctive Undergraduate Experience: convivial social learning space in a socially connected learning environment - with proximity to co-located library services, tutoring, information resources and information technology.
Improve Student Retention and Graduation Rates: encouragement of peer to peer learning, group learning, informal student/faculty interactions; tutoring, library research assistance, and tech support in convenient proximity and integrated with learning activities; environmental positive reinforcement of a sustained study regime.
Environmental Sustainability: consolidates in one location activities which are now distributed, inefficiently and ad hoc, throughout the campus, in spaces not designed for study and difficult to service and secure.
Campus Safety and Security: card access, video monitoring, and other features conducive to improved safety and security for late night study.

The RLC is UMBC's best place for lively group study, scholarly discussion, collaboration, and academic coaching.