Students living off campus don’t have to miss out on campus life—the office of Off-Campus Student Services has commuter students covered!
Commuter Connections is a program of fun, educational monthly events aimed at connecting commuter students to the greater campus community and resources on and off-campus. Christopher Cho, a UMBC senior majoring in philosophy and a Commuter Assistant, says, “There is no reason why commuters shouldn't go to Commuter Connection events. Everything is free, it's during free hour on Fridays, and plenty of people come each time.” The next two CC events are on March 7th in the SportsZone and April 18th in Lower Flat Tuesdays—both locations are in The Commons. Free lunch is provided.
Students can also swing by The Commons Main Street every Tuesday morning from 8:30am to 10:00am for free breakfast at Good Morning Commuters. It's complimentary with the Commuter Gold Card which can be purchased for $5 at any breakfast. At GMC, students can meet new people, express commuter concerns, and learn about the latest events and programs at UMBC. Commuter Assistant Angela Saguros, a UMBC sophomore majoring in psychology, thinks that “Students should come to GMC because it's a great way to know what is going on at OCSS. Also breakfast is the most important meal of the day so students should come to fuel themselves for their classes!”
Students can connect through alternative transportation-related events too like the next Carpool Social on March 28th in Lower Flat Tuesdays during free hour. The free food and games are March Madness themed! There are also free screenings of the documentary “Mumbai Disconnected” in the SportsZone on April 14th. A discussion of the documentary as well as UMBC commuter concerns will be held at the 2nd annual “UMBC Transit Forum” on April 16th in the University Center 312 from 12-1:30pm.
The Casual Carpooling page @ http://my.umbc.edu/groups/casualcarpooling is where students can connect to UMBC carpoolers. For more information about any of these events, students can check out the Off-Campus Student Services myUMBC group @ http://my.umbc.edu/groups/ocss.
