Welcome to our 2024 CNMS Summer Reading Challenge! We’ve asked your professors and advisors for their top recommendations in fiction and nonfiction, plus some self-help books to keep your learning skills fresh. The best part? The book recommendations are all directly related to your interests, major, and careers. Some of them may even give you insight into your upcoming classes this Fall!

Why a summer reading challenge? It’s essential that you keep up your reading skills during the summer because before you know it – you will be thrown right back into your textbooks and other reading-heavy assignments. Don’t let the summer deteriorate your hard-earned skills!

So what does this mean? Read ANYTHING but do it regularly! It’s like you are exercising your reading muscles and keeping them toned for the fall! Even 20-30 minutes of reading a day for at least 4-5 days of the week will help. Fiction, non-fiction, magazines, graphic novels, journals, you name it – we want to know about it!

Check out our flyer below and visit our website for our top picks if you’re not sure where to start. 

Be sure to follow @cnmsadvising, #CNMSSummerReads2024, and #RetrieversRead on Instagram.

UMBC’s Alumni office is also kicking off a university-wide reading program this summer – RETRIEVERS READ! You can find out more information, request a packet (while supplies last), and get started with your challenge. Everyone who participates gets a starter prize pack PLUS the opportunity to win more goodies the more you read! #freepizza 

CNMS Advising will be promoting one book a week over on our Instagram page PLUS offering tips on how to engage with specific scholarship in your field of interest. Let’s have the best summer yet!