News & Stories

Welcome to the Friday Five, a roundup of the best your Alumni Association and other UMD communities have to offer. From the latest events to fun facts, here are essentials in five categories for you to check out this weekend.

Three UMD alumni; Maya Dawit ‘15, Brandon Schatt ‘15 and Azsanee Truss ‘15 are the authors and hosts of Diet Starts Monday, a podcast where the three “talk about whatever nonsense is on [their] minds at the time.”

Have you fallen for a coronavirus mask myth? Wearing masks has become part of daily life, but there are still many misconceptions about their role in coronavirus prevention. Learn the truth behind these common mask myths so you can better protect yourself and your community. 

Many Maryland businesses that were forced to close due to the coronavirus pandemic are now open. That has a lot of people wondering: Is it safe to go out?

When your campus is over 160 years old, it’s next to impossible to find a tradition that hasn’t been created yet.

A couple times every year, my father gets together with his old UMD classmates. Reliving their days at Bentley’s (and several drinks into the night), they tell me, “Your younger generation doesn’t love UMD as much as we do.” To that, I ask them, “Have you ever seen someone love a flag this much?” 

As a current student at UMD one of the things that inspires me most is hearing success stories of Terp alumni.

As a junior at the University of Maryland, I am regularly looking for career advice on how to approach entering the current workforce after I graduate next year.

If you turn on your favorite college movie, I guarantee there will be some mention or scene of a club fair of some kind.