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Academic Success Center Open House Wed. 9a-12pm

Get a pic with True Grit and Chip in Sherman 345

Visit the new Academic Success Center at UMBC! Sherman 345 Wednesday, October 9 9am-12pm Have some coffee  Chat with Academic Success Center Staff Get a chance to see True Grit and Chip,...

Posted: October 7, 2019, 9:02 PM

Handling Biochem with Hannah Ramcharan!

Day 1 of our 2019 Get to Know a Tutor Series

Good Morning Retrievers! It is the first day of National Tutor Appreciation Week and what better way to celebrate than to get to know one of our tutors! Today's tutor is Hannah Ramcharan! Hailing...

Posted: October 7, 2019, 9:47 AM

Tutor Appreciation Week in the Academic Success Center

We love all of our tutors, SI/PASS leaders and peer mentors!

The Academic Success Center is happy, pleased, and excited to announce that it is National Tutor Appreciation Week!  To celebrate, we will be highlighting some of our amazing tutors and SI/PASS...

Posted: October 7, 2019, 9:22 AM

Writing Center Tutor Invited to Naylor Research Workshop

Ajay Kharkar to Develop ESL Tutoring Research

Congratulations to Ajay Kharkar, Academic Success Center's Writing Center Tutor!   Ajay will attend the Naylor Workshop for Undergraduate Research in Writing Studies this weekend at York...

Posted: September 25, 2019, 9:42 AM

First Generation Student of the Month

We want to hear about your experiences at UMBC!

Are you a first generation student at UMBC?  We know you're doing fantastic things and we'd like to hear from you.  If you'd like to be a First Gen Student of the Month, visit the First Gen...

Posted: September 12, 2019, 8:17 PM

Tutoring is open!

Sherman 345 and Library 1st Floor

Tutoring has begun in the Academic Success Center! Drop-in tutoring for math, biology, chemistry, economics, physics, computer science at the Math and Science Tutoring Center (1st floor, AOK...

Posted: September 9, 2019, 2:10 PM

Transfer Welcome Day

*****Please register at the following link https://ocss.umbc.edu/get-connected/transfers/incoming-transfer-students/ Calling all  incoming transfer students! We invite you to join us on Sunday,...

Posted: August 13, 2019, 4:34 PM

Freshman Commuter Retreat

Join OCSS for our annual fall semester Freshman Commuter Retreat on August 24th from 9 AM to 6 PM! This is a really great experience aimed at supporting your transition into the UMBC community....

Posted: August 13, 2019, 4:33 PM

Housing Bus Tour

Thinking about living off-campus? Register for our tour!

OCSS' Housing Bus Tour is a resource to help current and future commuter students in viewing housing properties around campus. We will be visiting 3 properties that are accessible through one of...

Posted: July 9, 2019, 12:23 PM