Forward For
Tomorrow's Trailblazers
UMD is expanding access to a world-class education, enhancing students’ academic and personal growth and preparing them to launch careers in a quickly evolving job market.
Our Commitment to Student Success
Trailblazers. Changemakers. Innovators. Chance-takers. Whatever their names, these Terps will create the future for all of us. Given support today, they will be unstoppable tomorrow.
Forward for the University of Maryland
We call upon the strength of our Terrapin community to move Maryland forward. Join us in building a better future for all.
Multi-Unit Priorities
Broadening pathways to a top-tier education, we will shape tomorrow’s innovators and changemakers through our experiential learning opportunities, leadership programs and renowned entrepreneurship ecosystem.
To become a top 10 public university, UMD needs to recruit and enroll the nation’s best applicants. Scholarships and graduate fellowships not only make Maryland more appealing than ever, they also open doors to a Maryland education for students with financial need.
Our students aren’t just joining a hypercompetitive workforce. They’re defining it. Terps should have the opportunity to level up their learning through beyond-the-classroom, action-oriented experiences to make an impact as interns, advocates and researchers now.
Teaching and learning in leadership programs cultivate the next generation of changemakers by encouraging critical thinking and creative problem solving.
The entrepreneurship ecosystem at the University of Maryland supercharges student startups, equipping Terps with skills, resources and expert mentors on the road to success.
Excellence & Impact
Alumni Kim and Alan Cason Pledge Support in Honor of Their Late Terp Son
Maryland Athletics Receives $1M Gift for Football Scholarship Fund
A fellowship program for students pursuing a Ph.D. in Operations Management and Management Science has been implemented by the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.
Five middle schools start program integrating robotics, youth voice, and social and emotional learning
A generous gift from Jeff Saul (M.S. ’91, Ph.D. ’98, physics) and his wife Joy Watnik-Saul honors the memory of an internationally recognized professor and supports physics education research at UMD.
David Ginsburg funds scholarship to support Merrill College undergraduate students in good academic standing.
Merrill Alum Establishes Endowed Scholarship in Journalism with $50K Gift
The endowed fellowship will provide annual awards of at least $5,000 to two to four students.
$1M Gift Expands Support for Graduate Students in Geographical Sciences
Gift dramatically expands scholarships and deepens academic collaborations with a network of other top engineering schools.
Clark Foundation Invests $51.7M to Support Engineering Scholarships, Programming
The funding will allow the Howard Centers at the University of Maryland and Arizona State University to continue teaching students the skills needed to become top investigative journalists.
Town centers, skyscrapers and construction sites became classrooms for 30 MAPP students during a three-day trip to New York City.
Terp Magazine Award Winners
This award honors alums who are expanding access to education, empowering the next generation of leaders and advancing innovation.
Eicholtz is an operations professional who has developed labs and other physical spaces that help biotech and pharmaceutical companies create life-saving therapeutics.
As founder and director of The Giving Square, Neugebauer helps kids between the ages of 7 and 14 shape their world through the power of altruism.
Amodia is the founder of The Movement Street, which reimagines volunteerism and wellness through everything from community gardens to financial literacy workshops.