State of Maryland slashes $72,000 from College Park youth services without warning
This would lower funding for the Youth Service Bureau.
Terps Against Hunger, alumni teamed up to package 42,000 meals in two hours
They more than doubled their original goal.
MaryPIRG staff organizers may be able to apply for salaries, thanks to an SGA referendum
The motion was approved in a 26-2 vote, with three abstentions.
UMD will use $1.5 million in funding to help transfer students
16 other Maryland universities got funding as well
Two UMD courses will have free online textbook access in the fall
BSCI201 and 202 will use a free, open-source textbook.
UMD’s Giving Day raised more than $1.2 million for colleges, departments, student orgs
The behavioral and social sciences college received the most money.
UMD English instructors frustrated by low wages
Lecturers and senior lecturers are paid by the course instead of having a salary.
A UMD graduate student is running for a Maryland House of Delegates seat
Winnie Obike is running to represent Maryland’s 22nd district.
UMD screens ‘The Shape of Water’ to educate students on disabilities
The movie’s protagonist is non-verbal and has a disability, but she was played by an abled actress.
Maryland Discourse hosts panel, author to talk about post-9/11 discrimination
The panelists discussed their experiences on the campus and around the country.