Following are the COEIT 30th Anniversary Photo Scavenger Hunt Questions.  Flex your brain and solve these 30 clues to various locations on campus.  Once you think you have solved the clue, go to that location.  If you are correct, there will be a 30th Anniversary logo there.  Take a picture of the logo, this will be your submittal at the end of the game (up to 30 pictures).  

Some helpful hints to guide you on your quest.  

1.  Creative phrase searches on the UMBC website will help you.

2.  This map may be helpful in your quest.  https://about.umbc.edu/files/2021/09/2021-UMBC-campus-map.pdf

Let’s start, how much do you know about COEIT?

• This center, established in 1998, was founded by Dr. Joan Korenman

• This department offered the first Bachelor of Science in COEIT

• This was the last department to join COEIT

• This department produced UMBC’s first ever Rhodes Scholar

• This department has been the home department for the most COEIT Deans

• Before you pass your Engineering Gateway classes, you would work with an advisor here

• This is the oldest building on campus

• UMBC recently acquired this former building in 2020

• Alphabetically by last name, this is the last professor in COEIT

• Find the office of the professor who developed a technology for rapid flood warnings

• Find the office of the professor who developed a technology to produce nuclear fusion energy

• Find the office of the professor who developed a technology to stop internal bleeding

• Find the office of the professor who developed a technology to detect the severity of respiratory disease

• Where you would go if you had a meeting with Dean Bowman

• And because we are a STEM college – solve this math problem to find a room number in ITE

• The cube root of Lecture Hall #5’s room number

• Times COEIT’s anniversary year

• Plus the year Dean Bowman started at UMBC

• Minus the office number of the COMP101 professor

• Divided by the number of academic departments in COEIT

You know a lot about COEIT.  But COEIT goes beyond our college.  COEIT, and UMBC, would not be successful with support from these other entities on campus.

• This is where coffee meets community

• After you receive your Bachelor’s, you would go here to continue your education

• This program on campus strives to increase diversity among future leaders in science, technology, engineering and related fields

• The right dog for the job

• This center’s mission is to advance gender equity

• This organization helps students with food insecurity by offering The Campus Food Pantry

• The center empowers undergraduate and graduate students to actively explore, experience, and succeed in their future careers

• This is where the phrase U Must Be Cinderella was born

• If you lost it, maybe it was found here

• If you need some extra support with your classes, contact this center that provides centralized academic support services to all undergraduate students

• Sometimes, college or your personal life may get overwhelming.  This center resources that focus on physical, mental, and spiritual health.  Plus, they are in a brand new state-of-the-art building!

• This service specializes in assistance for commuters, transfer students, veterans or adult learners

• This office will help you with accommodations in order to have equal access and full participation across campus

• This is where you can request an official transcript

• This item is your ticket to meals, library, gym, transit service, in addition to access of swipe controlled areas of campus

If you find all 30, congratulations!  Submit your 30 pictures (or however many you find!) via this google form.  Please make sure you are signed into your UMBC account to upload.  Prizes will be awarded to the top collectors!

Watch this myUMBC event, clues may be posted throughout the week!  Questions or technical difficulties, please contact heckhaus@umbc.edu