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Exploring Possibilities, Envisioning Futures

A Day for Future Prospective UMBC Students

More than 1000 guests visited campus on Saturday, April 25th, for Just for Juniors (and Sophomores, Too!)—a day designed to help them explore possibilities and begin envisioning their futures at...

Posted: April 30, 2026, 2:14 PM

A collage of images one is of students attending just for juniors and the other is of someone presenting.

Pre-Transfer Advising Strengthens Transfer Success at UMBC

When Emily Abrams-Stephens, Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Services in the College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT), nominated two Enrollment Management colleagues for UMBC’s...

Posted: March 26, 2026, 1:35 PM

Desiree Sterling, Coordinator of Pre-Transfer Advising in the Office for Academic and Pre-Professional Advising, and Valentina Leon-Ledezma, Transfer Coordinator in Undergraduate Admissions and Orientation

Mission: Exploration

OAPA’s Commitment to Exploratory Students

The first week of October marked the seventh year of the Office of Academic and Pre-Professional Advising’s (OAPA) Major Event—a signature, campus-wide experience designed to guide and empower all...

Posted: November 7, 2025, 12:05 PM

The office of pre-professional advising staff standing happily around the major event poster.