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Introducing the Commuter Recreation Card!

Get active with OCSS and UMBC Recreation!

What is the Commuter Recreation Card? The Commuter Recreation Card is an incentive program offered by OCSS and UMBC Recreation to encourage commuter students to get active. How does it work?...

Posted: January 19, 2017, 1:36 PM

Winter Welcome Week 2017

View the FULL schedule here!

Visit the website: http://welcomeweek.umbc.edu/#start Full schedule: http://welcomeweek.umbc.edu/winter_guide2017/guide.pdf (attached) For OCSS specific events, keep checking our website...

Posted: January 11, 2017, 9:50 AM

Calling all first-year commuters!

Join the Shriver Commuter Engagement Community

Are you a first year student who wants to connect with other commuting students while positively benefiting your community?  If so, this opportunity is for YOU! For the first time ever, OCSS...

Posted: December 19, 2016, 4:45 PM

Academic Support Spotlight: BIOL 141

Hi Retrievers! This is a feature on our myUMBC page where we highlight a class at UMBC and tell you guys what resources there are to help you do your best. BIOL 141, or Foundations of Biology:...

Posted: November 14, 2016, 12:04 PM

Concerned about the results of yesterday's election?

Two on-campus events today allow space to process.

If you are concerned about the results of yesterday's presidential election, please check out these two on-campus events.  These events will provide a safe space for UMBC students to reflect on...

Posted: November 9, 2016, 12:11 PM

Apply to be a Commuter Assistant

Join the OCSS team!

The Office of Off-Campus Student Services (OCSS) seeks motivated, passionate, hardworking, and ethical undergraduate students to employ as Commuter Assistants (CAs) for the Spring 2017 semester....

Posted: November 3, 2016, 2:47 PM

Get to know a Social Sciences Tutor: Dana Kobrin

From struggling student to tutor

Tell us a little about yourself… Hey! My name is Dana Kobrin, I’m from Silver Spring, MD, and I’m a Psychology major and Sociology minor.  I am a Resident Assistant in Pataspco Hall, I’m a...

Posted: October 25, 2016, 4:49 PM

Academic Support Spotlight: PHYS 111

Academic Support Spotlight: PHYS 111 Hi Retrievers! This is a new feature we're starting on our myUMBC page where we highlight a class at UMBC and tell you guys what resources there are to...

Posted: October 18, 2016, 3:31 PM

What are FYI alerts?

Top Five Facts about the First Year Intervention Program

The First Year Intervention Program (FYI) is one of the many services that the Learning Resources Center offers to UMBC students. The purpose of the program is twofold: to notify students in their...

Posted: October 11, 2016, 12:03 PM

Get to know a Math Lab Tutor! Da’Kuawn Johnson

"People who seek tutoring are smart"

Tell us a little about yourself Hi, I am Da’Kuawn Johnson. I am from Baltimore City and a senior studying Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Spanish. Besides my studies, I spend the bulk...

Posted: October 7, 2016, 8:38 AM