*****Please register at the following link https://ocss.umbc.edu/get-connected/transfers/incoming-transfer-students/ Calling all incoming transfer students! We invite you to join us on Sunday,...
Join OCSS for our annual fall semester Freshman Commuter Retreat on August 24th from 9 AM to 6 PM! This is a really great experience aimed at supporting your transition into the UMBC community....
Thinking about living off-campus? Register for our tour!
OCSS' Housing Bus Tour is a resource to help current and future commuter students in viewing housing properties around campus. We will be visiting 3 properties that are accessible through one of...
At UMBC “you can get to where you want to go.” Blake Hipsley ‘19, a dual degree recipient in physics and mathematics, was a McNair Scholar. Since his sophomore year, Hipsley has pursued research...
“I’m not alone in the struggles…or alone in my successes.” Damarius Johnson ’19, Africana studies, is also a first-generation college student as well as a transfer student from the Community...
“[My] parents came here to give me a better life, and I’m living it.” Ashley Batista ’19, biological sciences, is the first member of her family to graduate from college. Her parents emigrated...
Congratulations to the many First-Generation College Student Graduates from UMBC! Commencement is this week, and First-Gen graduates have been picking up their regalia and their First-Gen cord. ...
Going home over the summer? Working a low-paying or unpaid internship and worried how you’ll pay for groceries? Just interested in a free bag of nonperishable food? Retriever Essentials has an...
They teach and research! Support LRC's peer tutors/leaders!
Come see these students, who also tutor in the Learning Resources Center and SI P.A.S.S. program, at URCAD: Zayd Ali | Biological Sciences Ablation Of TRPV1+ Nerve Affects Proinflammatory...
Weekly review sessions in BIOL, CHEM, ECON, MATH, PHYS
Tell us a little about yourself. Hi, my name is Maria Packard and I am a senior Math major and Psychology minor. My career goal is to become a high school math teacher, so after I graduate I...