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The Inaugural
CNMS Transfer Day at UMBC
An very informative event hosted by
The Dean of the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences (CNMS),
The Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Orientation and
the MARC U*STAR Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County
for
Students and Advisors to Students who plan to transfer to UMBC, now or in the future, and major in the Biological Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Bioinformatics, Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics
as well as those who will be Undeclared or interested in Pre-Health Professions
 

Friday, April 18, 2008
Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, 7th Floor - 1:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m. Refreshments and a Student Scientific Poster Session featuring the research of undergraduates participating in the MARC U*STAR Program at UMBC.
1:30 p.m.

Welcome ... Dr. Lasse Lindahl, Chair, Department of Biological Sciences
CNMS Overview ... Dr. Geoffrey Summers, Dean, CNMS
Paths to UMBC ... Danielle Jolly, Transfer Coordinator
Funding Your Education ... Bobbie Shahpazian, Associate Director of Scholarships
Strategies and Survival Skills ... Jill Randles, Assistant Vice Provost, Office of Undergraduate Education
Getting Connected: The Transfer Student Network ... Ramona Arthur, Director, Off-Campus Student Services
Paving the Way to Medical School ... Christy Botdorf, Health Professions Advising Coordinator

2:30 p.m.

Four Key Questions – A Panel Discussion for and by UMBC Transfer Students
.................moderated by Taifa Hibbert and Kathy Lee Sutphin featuring UMBC students:
Izath Aquilar (CCBC), Moses Ashukem (PGCC), Carlos Meheux (PGCC), Oluwaseun Olayiwola (CCBC), and Velvet Wright (MC) who will discuss:
        
1) What are the differences between UMBC and a CC?

2) Three to One: What does this mean and why should I care? 
3) What do I wish I knew when I was new? &
4) Why UMBC?

3:00 p.m.

UMBC Points of Interest to Transfer Students -  A Walking Campus Tour

Please R.S.V.P by email to CNMSTransferDay@umbc.edu

Free Parking in UMBC Lot 18 (off of Poplar Avenue)

Campus Directions are available at:
http://www.umbc.edu/aboutumbc/campusmap/