Ready to make some easy money?

Your journey to financial wellness begins now with our interactive (and entertaining) online FinancialSmarts CASHCourse! This multi-module, self-paced course ensures that you are as well-prepared to manage your budgets, bank accounts, assets and debt as you are to master your academic and career interests. To enroll in the online FinancialSmarts CASHCourse click here. 

Here’s where FinancialSmarts start to pay off... By September 15, 2020:

● If you complete the pre-assessment and one module, your name will be entered in our $100 cash prize drawing.

● If you complete the pre-assessment and two or more modules, your name will be entered in our $300 cash prize drawing.

● If you complete the pre-assessment and all modules, your name will be entered in our $500 cash prize drawing.

Big return for little effort – It only takes approximately 5 hours to complete the CASHCourse!

Be sure to complete modules by September 15, 2020 to be entered into the drawings! All drawings will take place on September 16, 2020 at 12:30pm via Instagram Live. 

So don’t wait...get started now! 

If you have questions about the online FinancialSmarts CASHCourse, please feel free to contact us at financialsmarts@umbc.edu. 

Did you know that every student at UMBC has an assigned academic advisor?

For most students, this will be a professor in your academic major department. Others will work with a professional (full-time) advisor, at least until they have reached their junior year or selected a major (in the case of our office who work with undecided/exploratory students).

Something a bit unique to UMBC is that all students are required to meet with their advisor at least once a semester, prior to registration.

But let’s back up a bit. What exactly is academic advising?

An academic advisor’s role is to assist you in planning your academic career at UMBC. You can talk to your advisor about:

• Your adjustment to college
• Major and career choices
• Course selection and long-term academic planning
• Academic difficulty
• Academic “extras” such as minors, internships, study abroad, etc.

Planning to attend the Career Center’s virtual fall Career and Internship Fair on Wednesday, September 23^rd?  If so, you will want to arrive well prepared! The Career Center is here to help!

The following micro-sessions are designed to prepare you on how to make a good first impression and pique the interest of the recruiters you meet and teach you about how to create an eye-catching resume!

 Micro Session: How to Write a Stand-out Resume
(PDF of presentation attached.)

Micro Session: Perfect Your Pitch (30-Second Commercial)
(PDF of presentation attached.)

Interested in having your resume reviewed before the Fall Virtual Career & Intern Fair? 
Feel free to make a virtual one-on-one appointment with a member of the Career Center via UMBCworks.

 Don’t forget to register for the UMBC Career Fair here!

You can find these as well as other Career Fair Tips & Best Practices  here.

 See you at the fair!

Your journey to financial wellness begins now with our interactive (and entertaining) online FinancialSmarts CASHCourse! This multi-module, self-paced course ensures that you are as well-prepared to manage your budgets, bank accounts, assets and debt as you are to master your academic and career interests. To enroll in the online FinancialSmarts CASHCourse click here. 

Once you have enrolled in the course, you are welcome to complete as many modules as you would like, whenever you choose to do so. However, here’s where FinancialSmarts start to pay off... By September 15, 2020:

● If you complete the pre-assessment and one module, your name will be entered in our $100 cash prize drawing.

● If you complete the pre-assessment and two or more modules, your name will be entered in our $300 cash prize drawing.

● If you complete the pre-assessment and all modules, your name will be entered in our $500 cash prize drawing.

Be sure to complete modules by September 15, 2020 to be entered into the drawings! All drawings will take place on September 16, 2020 at 12:30pm via Instagram Live. 

So don’t wait...get started now! 

If you have questions about the online FinancialSmarts CASHCourse, please feel free to contact us at financialsmarts@umbc.edu. 

Events this Week:

11:00 - 11:45 - Exploring Future Pathways
Northrop Grumman Opportunities with Kevin Gordon & Angella Griffin
 
Noon - 12:45 - Intern & Recent Hire Panel Discussion
Hear From Your Very Own UMBC Alumni
 
1:00 - 1:45 - Where to Go From Here
Learn About Current and Future Hiring Goals Q&A

About Northrop Grumman:

Featured Content:

Q&A with UMBC Intern of the Week: Chris Lanthier

Defining Possible: What Drives us at Northrop Grumman

We Are Northrop Grumman

Wednesday, 9/9

Each of the 3 sessions for Northrop Grumman's UMBC Connects day were recorded. View them here:

• Exploring Future Pathways
• Intern & Recent Hire Panel Discussion
• Where to Go From Here

Thursday, 9/10
Life at Northrop Grumman

Crafting History - B-2 Beginnings

Friday, 9/11
Ingenuity in Action

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Check back here each day this week for added content, recorded interviews and information sessions. Or follow us on Facebook, Instagram and/or Twitter to get these updates automatically.

The end is in sight! If you've earned 90 or more academic credits, you received a message from the Registrar's Office informing you that you are eligible to apply for graduation.

However, eligibility is only the start of the graduation application process. Below are four simple steps you can take now to ensure that you’ll soon be receiving your UMBC diploma.

Note: Even if you do not plan to participate in the commencement ceremony, you still need to apply to graduate in order to earn your degree.

Step 1: Apply for Graduation!

Tuesday, September 15th is the last day undergraduates can apply for December Graduation. 

Only those students who have every single requirement needed for degree completion on their fall semester schedules will be permitted to participate in the Commencement ceremony.

If you are taking a course at another institution that you plan to transfer, you must have an approved Verification of Transferability form on file with the Registrar’s Office and be prepared to submit a copy of your schedule.

Step 2: Embrace your degree audit!

Your degree audit indicates your progress toward degree completion. If you see “unsatisfied” items, these are requirements that appear to be missing and need to be addressed immediately. Your degree audit is located on myUMBC, under the guide link “Advising and Student Support.”

Make sure any substitutions or waivers of major requirements are documented in your degree audit; you may need to submit a Help/RT ticket to the Registrar’s Office to add these notations to your record. 

Step 3: Wrap up any outstanding details ASAP!

If you have Advanced Placement or CLEP scores, transfer transcripts, foreign language waivers, or other items you need to provide to UMBC, delay no longer!  If the major, minor, or certificate program on your record is out of date, or if you have additional majors or minors that you need to remove, submit a new Declaration of Major form.  Any of these items could prevent you from being able to graduate.

Step 4: Let the celebration begin!

Participating in the commencement ceremony is the culmination of all of your hard work. It’s important to take time to recognize all it took to get you to this moment and be proud of your accomplishments! 

Finally, use this link to check your Honors eligibility, which will be recognized at the ceremony and on your diploma.