I am asking for the board of regents to investigate this issue for the following reasons below. Please go on to read my explanation of the situation below.

Only one entire building was moved out. Why have the relocation of students and the thorough cleaning of mold in the dorms stopped? Was this due to lack of money, space, or were the mold conditions not as bad in the other buildings?

There are students who are having health issues due to the mold in the dorms. What should the University of Maryland do to help students who are sick and living in moldy dorms?

There is still mold in the dorms. Is this a health code violation?

Did the University of Maryland handle this appropriately? What measures should the University take the next time mold becomes an issue?

During the Fall semester of 2018, I received an email saying that several buildings on campus were getting "reports from residents about mold developing on furniture and other surfaces in their bedrooms." According to the email, this included Bel Air, Calvert, Cambridge, Centreville, Denton, Dorchester, Easton, Harford, Oakland, and Prince Frederick Halls.

The residents of Elkton hall were relocated to different hotels so that the University could "thoroughly clean and remediate every room" according to another email. This email said that the students would be given relocation dates by September 22nd. The email noted that "the health and safety of our residents is of the utmost concern today and always." The email did not mention what health hazards mold could potentially cause for students living in rooms with mold.

Another email included a link to a mold fact sheet that states "To date, there are no regulations directly governing the presence of mold or mold spores in buildings in the State of Maryland. There are also no health standards for concentrations of mold spores in the indoor air."

The fact sheet explains the health hazards of mold in a paragraph and provides a link and a number to place a service request with UMD's Department of Environmental Safety, Sustainability & Risk. The number works but the link to place a service request does not and leads to a page that says "The web site you are accessing has experienced an unexpected error. Please contact the website administrator." The same handout on the ESSR link leads to a page that says "Page not found. The requested page "/apps/other/service.cfm" could not be found."

Today is October 18th, and my building (on north campus) still has mold. The most that the university has done for us was to send people to inspect the rooms for mold. I know that on my floor, one room and its residents were moved out but that did not happen for most of the residents on my floor with mold. Even after the inspection, my room still had mold to be cleaned up. I've heard that this was the case for several rooms on my floor.

We have not been moved out, or relocated to a healthier environment. Several students on my floor (including me) have had to see doctors for breathing and asthma related issues. I have yet to see any official response from the University warning us about the heath issues that come from mold exposure with a direct plan for all of us.

This investigation is necessary to determine whether the University of Maryland handled this issue appropriately and effectively.

Please understand that I am just one student and I do not know the state of this issue across campus. If you live on campus and have had/currently have mold in your dorm, please leave a comment below. Don't be afraid to comment with your own concerns regarding my statements above or about other issues the mold has caused you.