If your internship helped you get to where you are today, consider paying it forward!

Hello Retrievers and Valued Riders,

We hope this message finds you well. We have an incredible opportunity to make a meaningful impact by participating in the Black & Gold Rush—UMBC's annual fundraising campaign dedicated to supporting our students. TheBlack & Gold Rush is more than a fundraising campaign; it is a chance to showcase the impact of our work and rally our community to support UMBC students. This year's goal is 1,966 donors; every gift helps strengthen student programs and services. Just $10 will go a long way in supporting our students.

The campaign begins tomorrow, March 5, at 9 AM through March 6, at 9 PM EST, but you can donate today! And our areas of priority and focus as the Division of Student Affairs (DoSA) are:

1. Health & Wellbeing
2. Student Support/Basic Needs
3. Transformative Experiences

Dr. Kersh will donate up to $1,000 for each priority area as a matching bonus to our gifts. So, let's join in and encourage students, colleagues, and campus partners to participate and give to a great cause.

We will promote this campaign on social media using #BlackAndGoldRush. If you can give and have social media, please tag transit and use the hashtag #BlackAndGoldRush.

Let's come together, give generously, and show the strength of our UMBC community. Together, we can make a lasting impact!

Your Transit Team - Driving Student Success

• Fall 2025 Time Commitment:
• Coach Retreat #1: Saturday, September 20, 2025, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (in person)
• Regular meetings and independent work with your staff pod coach partner, co-facilitators, and Center for Democracy and Civic Life staff throughout the semester, with an average time commitment of 1 hour per week (scheduled independently)

• Winter 2025 Time Commitment:
• Regular meetings and independent work with your staff pod coach partner and co-facilitators, until STRiVE (scheduled independently)
• Coach Retreat #2: Monday, January 5, 2026, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (in person)
• Coach Retreat #3: Friday, January 9, 2026, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (in person)
• STRiVE Program: Monday, January 12 - Friday, January 16, 2026, all day (in person)
• One 1.5 hour debrief meeting (date, time, and format TBD) post-STRiVE

• Summer 2025 Time Commitment:
• Leadership Retreat 1: Saturday, June 7 and Sunday, June 8, 2025, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. (virtual)
• Leadership Retreat 2: Saturday, August 16 and Sunday, August 17, 2025, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. (virtual)
• Regular meetings and independent work with your partner and Center for Democracy and Civic Life staff in between the two leadership retreats, with an average time commitment of 2 hours per week (scheduled independently)

• Fall 2025 Time Commitment:
• Regular meetings with Center for Democracy and Civic Life staff every Friday from 10 a.m. - noon between September 5 and December 5, 2025 (in person)
• Regular meetings and independent work with your partner throughout the semester (scheduled independently)

• Spring 2026 Time Commitment
• Leadership Retreat 3: Saturday, March 7, 2025, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (in person)
• Regular meetings and independent work with your partner and Center for Democracy and Civic Life staff throughout the semester, until ASB (scheduled independently)
• Alternative Spring Break Program: Monday, March 16 - Friday, March 20, 2025, all day (in person)
• One 1.5 hour debrief meeting (date, time, and format TBD) post-ASB

Important Spring Registration Information! Please read carefully.

Fall 2025 Registration - Advising Appointment Information for Current Students:

Recently, all current UMBC students received notification of an "Advising Hold" on their UMBC account. Students must meet with an advisor to have the hold lifted in order to register for Fall courses.

Fall Registration for undergraduate students will run April 1-18. Your specific date will be based on the number of credits you have earned. Students should plan to meet with an advisor a few weeks before their earliest registration time.

You can consult the Registration Appointment Calendar here for your date and time.

Your exact Registration appointment time can be found in the Registration Guide. 

Pre-Majors and all first semester transfer students should schedule an advising appointment with a COEIT advisor. New appointments times will be added on a regular basis.

COEIT pre-majors who started UMBC as freshmen should schedule an appointment here.

First semester transfer students at or any transfer students who have not yet passed their gateway and are attending the Catonsville campus should schedule an appointment here.

First semester students attending the Shady Grove campus should schedule an appointment here.

All Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering students who passed their gateway in the Fall have been assigned a staff advisor and should receive an email from their advisor shortly with details about how to sign up for a group advising appointment.

All post-gateway Chemical Engineering students and anyone who was assigned a faculty advisor in the past should receive advising from the faculty advisor listed in their myUMBC Profile.

More information about advising for students who are full majors can found here.

Faculty advisors may wait until the schedule of classes is posted on March 24th to meet with students.

Information Systems and Business Technology Administration majors (or students intending to change to one of these majors) are advised in the Information Systems Department. Please go here for more information.

If you are changing your major to a major outside the College of Engineering and Information Technology, please contact the respective department of your new major for advising appointment instructions. Please remember to complete a Declaration of Major form for your new major.

Summer 2025 Session

Summer registration has begun. Students do not need to meet with an advisor prior to registering for summer courses unless they have questions or concerns. If you intend to take a course off-campus during the winter, a Verification of Transferability Form is required in advance of taking the course.

New Students Admitted for the Fall Semester:

Newly admitted students for the Spring semester may not register for courses until Winter Orientation. Please sign up for Orientation here.

Questions?

Please contact an advisor for additional information.