Resources for Current Scholars

Fall 2024 News and Events

October 4 | 12:00-1:00

FIRST YEAR SCHOLARS ONLY: Puzzle Piece Afternoon in the Scholars Lounge (PAHB 212)
Share your puzzle piece with your cohort and hang them up in the PAHB. Pizza lunch provided!

October 30 | 6:30 PM

Bigs/Littles Night in the Dresher Center Conference Room (PAHB 216)
Mentor scholars introduce their mentees to the program – a great opportunity to get to know scholars across years and disciplines. Register here so we can order enough pizza.

November 3 | 1:00 PM

Queens Girl: Black in the Green Mountains (Register here!)
The bus will depart from the Performing Arts and Humanities Building at 12:00.

December 11 | 11:00 AM

Waffle Day in the Scholars Lounge (PAHB 212)

Humanities Forum

Since 1987, the Dresher Center’s Humanities Forum has offered a free program of events that illustrate the richness of contemporary work in philosophy, history, culture, language, literature and the arts. The Forum fosters creative thinking about the role of the humanities in civic life within our globally interconnected world. All Scholars should attend at least two of these events per semester. (Note that some Forum events require advanced registration!)

Waiver of Liability

Participation in off-campus program excursions will require completion of a waiver of liability, found here.

On that page, you’ll be prompted to enter your own name and email, as well as info for a witness – you can choose anyone inside or outside the Humanities Scholars Program and/or UMBC for this role – and then choose whether you are 18 or older. (This is included because scholars under 18 must get an additional signature from a parent/guardian.) Once you complete that form, it will generate an email to the address you provided for yourself. Within that email, click the button to review the waiver document, read carefully, and sign. Your completion of the document will initiate an email to your designated witness to review and sign the same document. Note that your form is not complete until your witness signs and submits it.

Bunting Family Community Engagement and Experience Award

SPRING 2025

Purpose:

Bunting funds may be used to support participation in an approved semester or year-long study abroad program for credit toward a UMBC degree during academic year 2024-25. Funding may be used to cover tuition, travel, and/or room and board, up to a maximum of $5,000.

Who may apply:

Current freshman, sophomore and junior Humanities Scholars with a GPA of 3.5 or greater. This opportunity is open to current and continuing Humanities Scholars only.

Deadline:

You can find the application here. Completed applications must be emailed to Kate Drabinski AND Jacqui Lom no later than 11:59 PM, October 4. Late or incomplete applications will not be reviewed. Students will be notified in late October.

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