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Opportunities to Support Honors College

Honors has been the cornerstone of recruiting and educating the most academically talented students at UMD since 1966. With the creation of new and exciting living-learning programs, the Honors College is well equipped to provide an enriching and challenging education for UMD's most exceptional students.


For more information about giving to the Honors College, please contact:
Michelle Packer, Chief Development Officer
E-mail: mpacker2@umd.edu
Phone: 301.405.6851






Honors College

Donations to the Honors College are used to support academic and extracurricular enrichment opportunities in the Honors College, including events for students in all of the Honors College living-learning programs. This is a great way to support a rigorous and engaging education for Maryland's top students.


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Honors College – Design | Cultures & Creativity

Donations to the Design | Cultures & Creativity Living-Learning Program support the exciting initiatives of this vibrant living-learning program that explores the historical, theoretical, technological and political side of computing, creativity, and culture.


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Honors College – Gemstone Program

Donations to the Gemstone Living-Learning Program support students from diverse majors in the development of research and teamwork as they interactively examine multidisciplinary issues at the interface of science, technology and society.


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Honors College – Honors Humanities

Donations to the Honors Humanities Living-Learning Program support innovative learning initiatives that prepare students passionate for humanities and creative arts to investigate some of the most fundamental and important questions facing humanity today.


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Honors College – University Honors Program

Donations to the University Honors Living-Learning Program support academic and extracurricular enrichment opportunities in the University Honors Program, the most flexible and enduring of the Honors College Living-Learning Programs.


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Honors College – ACES Cybersecurity

Donations to the ACES Cybersecurity Living-Learning Program support scholarships, professional development, participation in national competitions, and academic enrichment for outstanding students who will be the nation's future leaders in the important interdisciplinary field.


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Honors College – Gemstone Scholarship

Donations to the Gemstone Scholarship support scholarships for students in the Gemstone Program.


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Honors College – Integrated Life Sciences

Donations to the Integrated Life Sciences Living-Learning Program help inspire, educate, and launch the careers of the most talented students interested in life sciences, including biological research and biomedicine.


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Honors College – University Honors Scholarship

Donations to the University Honors Scholarship help to close the gap for students with financial need. The Honors College works with the Office of Student Financial Aid to identify the University Honors students who are most worthy of these need-based scholarships. This is a current-use scholarship fund, i.e. all donations to this fund will be awarded to students in the same fiscal year.


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