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Spotlight on University Honors

  • Crouching at the water’s edge on Poplar Island, Provost and Senior Vice President Jennifer King Rice (center) and music education major Lorelai Loyd ’28 release two terrapin hatchlings raised at UMD, Tess and Tudo, into the Chesapeake Bay. Loyd took the Honors College course “Inclusive Conservation: Indigenous Philosophies and Western Science for Biodiversity and Resilience in the Chesapeake and Beyond” in Spring 2026, one of three across UMD that incorporated the terrapins into the curriculum this past school year. (Photos by John T. Consoli)

    Conserving Biodiversity Course featured in MD Today

  • Collage of the eight UMD juniors who earned the NOAA Hollings Scholarships this year.

    Student Spotlight: Khushi Desai & Donovan Fry receive 2026 NOAA Hollings Scholarships

  • From left, Leslie Brice Bustamante, assistant director of the National Scholarships Office, informs Vivian Maneval ’27 and Michelle Wang ’27 of their Udall Scholarships, while Angela Mazur-Gray, assistant director of the Environmental Science and Policy Program, looks on. (Photo by Laura Barnhardt Cech)

    Student Spotlight: Vivian Maneval & Michelle Wang awarded Udall Foundation Scholarships

  • Faculty Spotlight: Jordan Johnson publishes on her approach to teaching in UH Course on Invasive Plants


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Summer is a great time to pick up a new hobby, don Summer is a great time to pick up a new hobby, don't you think? We're throwing it back this #TBT to the introduction of Fiber Friends here in UH! Students, faculty, and staff joined together once a month this spring to practice their various fiber crafts-- from cross-stitch to knitting to crochet and beyond! Keep an eye out for the return of Fiber Friends this Fall!
Join us today as @hollyjean_burke takes over our I Join us today as @hollyjean_burke takes over our IG stories from Oxford!
Today we're highlighting one more Fall course offe Today we're highlighting one more Fall course offering that you should check out: Dr. Brown's HNUH278O: Covering Social Justice as a Student Journalist.

Offered Wednesday afternoons from 3-5:30pm in Knight Hall, you do not have to be a journalism major to get something out of this course. As witnesses of the world around you, students will study how reporters cover injustice and protest movements, unearthing the ethics of what we consume in media. Offered as part of the Change the Narrative Cluster, this is the final year to take this course-- so don't miss your chance!
Happy Honors Orientation Day 3, UH! It's our last Happy Honors Orientation Day 3, UH! It's our last one of the summer, but we're looking forward to meeting all of our newest terps soon!
Looking for another great class to take this Fall? Looking for another great class to take this Fall? Check out Dr. Toprak's HNUH268R: What Makes a Homeland? course! 

Running M/W from 1:30-2:45pm in Yahentamitsi Hall, this course asks you to decide what it means to truly belong to a place and to identify the ways in which we come to see the countries we live in as "home." This is the final year for this cluster course, so make sure to hop in while you can!
Still looking for the right course to compete your Still looking for the right course to compete your Fall schedule? Look no further than HNUH248L: Decoding Domination in the Struggle for Liberation: Global Capitalism, Colonialism, and Democracy with Dr. Graham! 

The course runs MW from 10:30 to 11:45 in Yahentamitsi and will ask students to decode the myth of progress while adapting our relationships to our fellow dwellers on Earth through the lessons of Indigenous peoples of the Americas and the Global South.
📣 Attention, UH! Make sure to fill out the UH Stu 📣 Attention, UH! 
Make sure to fill out the UH Student Info Form this summer as we prep for the upcoming year! This way, we can better plan for your needs for future events and class trips. Thanks in advance from the UH Staff Team! 💙 🧡
Are you studying abroad this summer? Do you have a Are you studying abroad this summer? Do you have a kick-butt internship or job you want to share? Did you earn a cool award? Have you done something recently that's just generally exciting? Let us know! We want to hear about your wins and adventures! You could be featured on socials, our website, or even in the UH Weekly Update! Check out the #LinkInBio or head over to go.umd.edu/ShareWithUH to let us know what you're up to! 🧡💙
Summer is flying by, but we're still basking in th Summer is flying by, but we're still basking in the memories we made last year! For this #TBT, we're reminiscing over our first ever UH Spelling Bee! Drop your toughest spelling words in the comments! Don't worry, we'll start with a few of our favorites below:
1. Rhododendron
2. Mayonnaise
3. Picnicking
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