Location:
SPH Concourse - Ground Floor (inside)
As part of the SPH Welcome Week series, this event is an opportunity to showcase undergraduate student opportunities, including student groups, experiential learning programs, research centers, and so much more! Start your semester by discovering all of the ways to get involved and get connected! All SPH students are encouraged to attend.
Involvement Fair:
Date: Thursday, September 19, 2024
Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: SPH Building Overhang - Outside
Event Details: This in-person fair will take place outside of the SPH Building under the Overhang (next to Lot PH2). Please register for the event.
REGISTRATION DETAILS:
For Organizations, Departments, or Programs, please register here:
For Student-Attendees, please use the registration link below:
In-Person Fair - Thurs., Sept.19th (Students)
Attended Groups (Fall 2024)
Description: At the University of Maryland School of Public Health, we are driven by a passion to break down the barriers that keep individuals, families, communities, and populations from attaining optimum health and wellness. Become a GradTerp! Come talk to us and learn how our graduate degrees and academic programs will prepare you for the career you seek in public health.
Email:sph-grad-admissions@umd.edu
UMD-SPH Graduate Programs viewbook: https://spark.adobe.com/page/tvUvcaMSVSV7j/
Description: The Reed-Yorke Health Professions Advising Office(HPAO) works with students interested in any pre-health field, including medicine, dentistry, PA, OT, PT, and more. We serve students with individual appointments, workshops, and drop-in advising. Come ask any questions you have about the health professions!
Email: preprof@umd.edu
Description: The ADAPT program provides underrepresented or disadvantaged University of Maryland College Park undergraduates with two years of research, ethics, and career development training.
Email: hagberg@umd.edu
Description: The Undergraduate Teaching & Education Assistants and Mentors (UTEAM) Program facilitates peer educational support in the School of Public Health through coursework and hands-on experiences. Working closely with faculty and graduate assistants, UTEAM members are an asset to the SPH learning community. This program is open to undergraduate students in the School of Public Health at the College Park Campus.
Email: ckershaw@umd.edu
Description: The University of Maryland Gymkana Troupe offers University of Maryland students a unique and incredible opportunity to be a part of an amazing performance team with an important mission. That mission is to serve as ambassadors for the School of Public Health, inspiring healthy choices through their gymnastics and acrobatic performances.
Email: montfort@umd.edu
Description: Trials of Color is dedicated to bridging the gap between underserved cancer patients and their healthcare providers through advocacy, education, and fundraising efforts. By working to support underprivileged minority populations, Trials of Color aims to promote inclusivity and diversity in cancer research clinical trials. Through its network of partnerships and established board members, Trials of Color asserts a multidimensional strategy that includes clinical services, extensive community outreach efforts, and health education programs. As an organization, we hope to spread awareness about the disparities and inequities in the healthcare system, especially with regard to cancer clinical trials and treatments, in order to emphasize the importance of equal access to healthcare among the future generations of healthcare professionals.
Email: umd.trialsofcolor@gmail.com
Description: Partners In Health Engage works along three lines of effort: community building, advocacy, and fundraising.
Community Building and Education
Understanding the systemic inequities that lead to poor health outcomes in impoverished countries is an essential component of our work. Through curricula, webinars, discussions, and events, we raise awareness about the forces that prevent global health equity and highlight the links between poverty and poor health.
Advocacy
Promoting and codifying the global right to health requires targeted political action. We meet with local and national government leaders to share lessons, stories, and positive results from partner organizations and to champion legislation that eliminates barriers to care. In doing so, we advocate for the radical notion that people living in poverty deserve preferential access to high-quality health care.
Fundraising
We plan and host fundraising events and campaigns to ensure partners continue to have the resources to prevent senseless deaths and deliver high-quality health care in some of the world’s poorest places. Through our educational efforts and outreach with our community, we’re not only fundraising—we’re also radically reimagining how wealth and health care access are understood.
Email: umdpih@gmail.com
Description: At Maryland, we believe in the power of international experiences to shift perspectives, build relationships and spark innovation. Education Abroad designs study abroad programs rooted in cultural immersion and exchange to complement learning happening in College Park.
Education Abroad facilitates global learning opportunities for University of Maryland students, offering over 275 programs in 55 countries around the world. Our mission is to empower students with the knowledge, skills, and perspectives to become mindful and engaged global citizens - leaders and professionals with a strong sense of social responsibility who fearlessly embrace global and local challenges with optimism, passion, and innovative thinking.
Email: educationabroad@umd.edu
Description: Kesem at UMD is a chapter of a National non-profit that supports kids (ages 6-18) impacted by a caregiver's cancer. Through year round support and our flagship program, Camp Kesem, we provide kids with a space to bond with other kids with similar experiences.
Email: maryland@kesem.org
Description: The University Career Center at the School of Public Health (UCC@SPH) provides industry-specific career services to all SPH students. From organizing special events like the annual Public Health Career Expo to faciliting workshops & career panels spotlighting relevant industries to providing one-on-one student appointments on career readiness topics including resume writing, networking and interviewing, we're here to help.
Email: jhammer2@umd.edu
Description: The Public Health Aerobiology Laboratory (PHAB Lab) focuses its research on respiratory viruses and their modes of transmission. We seek to use our research findings to reduce the risk of viral transmission through the implementation of health policies, community engagement, and innovative technology. Our lab provides students the opportunity of building clinical, laboratory, engineering, and administrative skills.
Email: phablab@umd.edu
Description: Eta Sigma Gamma is a fraternity with the mission of promoting the discipline of public health by elevating standards, ideals, competence, and ethics of professionally prepared individuals in health education.
Email: nrahman3@terpmail.umd.edu
Description: Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health (GEOH) is an academic department in the School of Public Health. GEOH is home to two new majors as of Fall 2024: BS in Global Health and BS in Environmental Science and Policy (Environmental Justice). Students can engage with our faculty and programs through research with projects including: - Public Health Aerobiology Lab (PHAB Lab) - Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health (CEEJH) - Global FEWture Alliance - Water Quality, Outreach and Wellness (WOW) Lab - CONSERVE: A Center of Excellence at the Nexus of Sustainable Water Reuse, Food and Health
Email: sph-geoh@umd.edu
Description: Our mission is to “connect, lead, serve and network.” Students Engaged In Public Health has 3 committees: Mental Health, Minority Health, and Environmental Health. If you are passionate about raising awareness for public health issues, SEIPH is the place to do it. SEIPH provides a safe space for students of all majors to improve their leadership skills and give back to the community.
Email: seiph.umcp@gmail.com
Description: The Peace Corps Prep program at the University of Maryland prepares students with the knowledge and skills needed to serve as a Peace Corps volunteer*. To accomplish this, you will build four core competencies through interrelated coursework, hands-on experience, and professional development support in the following areas:
(1) Training and experience in a work sector (2) Foreign language skills (3) Intercultural competence (4) Professional and leadership development
The Peace Corps Prep program is open to any undergraduate student enrolled at the University of Maryland, College Park. Participation in the program does not guarantee acceptance into the Peace Corps however, the program will ensure you are prepared to apply and have a competitive application. Students who complete the program will be issued a certificate from the Peace Corps.
Email: behavioralandcommunityhealth@umd.edu
Description: PHSC Student Ambassadors assist prospective students in the enrollment process and represent the Public Health Science program (PHSC) at outreach activities and events for current and prospective UMD students.
Email: jms15@umd.edu
Description: The Association of Black Public Health Students at the University of Maryland (ABPHS at UMD) is a student organization dedicated to fostering a sense of community and enriching the academic journey of Black undergraduate, graduate, doctoral students, and postdoctoral fellows across the diaspora interested in public health. This is achieved through mentorship, networking, education, advocacy, and outreach programs.
Contact: abphsumd@gmail.com
Description: The CARE Office provides free, confidential advocacy and therapy services to primary and secondary survivors of sexual assault, relationship violence, stalking, and sexual harassment, while simultaneously empowering the campus community to prevent violence through educational presentations, events, and outreach activities.
Email: uhc-care-prevention@umd.edu
Description: The Terrapin Think Tank (TTT) is the University of Maryland's first student-led think tank that seeks to develop innovative, community-driven policy solutions to health challenges facing Prince George's County community members. TTT hopes to be a mechanism through which students from the University of Maryland, faculty from the School of Public Health, and the Prince George's County Health Department can work together to improve the health of the local Prince George's community. TTT was founded by Daniel Fong, '23 and Isha Yardi, '23 in the Fall of 2021 over a cup of bubble tea. During that conversation, they discussed their vision to create an opportunity for students at UMD to research and advocate for solutions to important health policy issues that improve community members' well-being across Prince George's County. Since its inception, TTT has been working directly with the Prince George's County Health Department to create, advance, and critically evaluate county-wide policy initiatives to promote the health of county residents.
Contact: terrapinthinktank@gmail.com
Description: The Health Policy and Management Student Association’s (HPMSA) mission is to strengthen students’ personal and professional skills by fostering networking opportunities, organizing public health events, and building relationships with each other and the broader community.
Contact: Melvin Seale (mseale@umd.edu)
Description: The Public Health Practice degree program in SPH is applied and hands-on. You will learn techniques to promote healthy lifestyle choices and improve the quality of life of individuals and groups using culturally competent techniques and methods.
Contact: behavioralandcommunityhealth@umd.edu
Description: The Charles R. Drew Pre-Health Society is a pre-professional organization for undergraduates looking to join the allied health fields, especially undergraduates of underrepresented ethnic groups. The mission of the Society is to diversify the faces seen in healthcare. Each year, the Charles R. Drew Pre-Health Society hosts a networking event addressing the lack of African American, Latinx, and other underrepresented groups in medical schools, bringing together physicians, medical students, and UMD undergraduates for a discussion on how to be successful on the path to medicine. The symposium creates a community for individuals interested in medicine where they can share their experiences, benefit from mentorship opportunities, and learn from each other.
Contact: CharlesRdrewsecretary@gmail.com
Description: For many, the best educators are real and tangible experiences. Therefore, this course prepares students for the professional workforce by assisting them through the internship application process. Students will prepare an internship application with a local employer and receive direct feedback on their professional display. Together, we will walk through each stage of the application process and prepare a solid case to support the applicant's candidacy. By the end of the course, students will be able to: 1) Showcase their professional brand, 2) Articulate how their past experiences have prepared them for a future position, and 3) Utilize their executive communication talent.
Contact: tanksley@umd.edu
Description: The Global Poverty minor develops an awareness and understanding of the dimensions of global poverty, its causes and consequences, and the scope of policies aimed at poverty alleviation.
Contact: rwagner6@umd.edu
Description: We aspire to facilitate global health opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
Contact: dborzeko@umd.edu
Description: We are a globally minded group of students aiming to address health needs in partnering communities. The overall mission of the organization is to reduce health disparities around the world and increase awareness about good health practices. We work year round with partner communities in Sierra Leone, Kenya, Peru, India, and PG County, Maryland to carry out research, and subsequently develop and deliver workshops to our community partners.
Contact: phbbumd@gmail.com
Description: FIMRC UMD is the campus chapter of FIMRC, a nonprofit volunteer organization with a mission to support children's health internationally. At FIMRC, we plan local and international volunteering, including collaborations with Mount Sinai Hospital and Food and Friends as well as trips to Costa Rica and Ecuador. Volunteers can also help with fundraising for an international medical mission each year; last year we raised $600 for latex free glove exams in Uganda. We have a committed community of pre-health students who are passionate about international and local health!
Contact: umd.fimrc@gmail.com
Previous Attending Organizations Are Listed Below.
Description: The TOGETHER program promotes healthy family relationships, personal well-being, as well as employment and financial stability in our communities. We typically serve low to moderate income couples through a 14-hour workshop providing education on relationship and financial management. Research assistants will participate in recruiting, screening, and enrolling participants, observing workshops and providing feedback, developing marketing strategies, and keeping our social media accounts up to date. This is a great opportunity for students who are interested in pursuing graduate work in couple and family therapy, family science, social work, community health, psychology, human development, intervention science, or related fields. You may find additional information on our website, www.togetherprogram.org.
Email: vjludwig@terpmail.umd.edu
MCFR, the University of Maryland affiliate of the National Council on Family Relations, focuses on issues that are relevant to families. MCFR provides a forum for students and professionals in the fields of family research, therapy, education, health, and policy to share in the development and dissemination of knowledge about families and family relationships. MCFR establishes professional standards and works to promote family well-being. MCFR is dedicated to improving the quality of family while embracing the cultural diversity at the University of Maryland and in a wider context.
Description: The Pre-Physical Therapy Association gives students the opportunity to discover various aspects of PT as a career, as well as the undergraduate requirements needed for graduate school. Our goal is to be an effective organization that guides its members to become competitive candidates for PT school. We prepare our members by organizing meetings regarding GREs, PT school applications, resumes, community service, different paths in the PT field, plus much more! The organization also plans events to bring members together and acts as a resource to learn more about opportunities in regard to physical therapy.
Email: umdprepta@gmail.com
MEMO serves as a platform for multi-ethnic students to gain awareness of mental health importance in order to promote the maintenance of students' own mental health and combat its stigmatized views within the minority community.
Email: memo.umd@gmail.com
Phone: 571-246-0015
The Kinesiology Student Organization's goal is to help kinesiology students succeed in school and beyond through enhancing the sense of community within the Department of Kinesiology. Members will both help plan and attend Kinesiology related social events, community service events, and career development events (e.g. speakers, workshops) to learn more about their field and build stronger relationships with each other, faculty, and alumni.
Email: ksoumd@gmail.com
SKY Club at the University of Maryland conducts wellness workshops and meditation events that focus on providing tools to mitigate stress, increase productivity, and build leadership and teamwork skills of the student community. They equip them with practical tools consisting of breathing techniques, meditation and yoga. In addition, the club facilitates a happier, more engaged community through fostering an attitude for service.
Email: skyatumd@gmail.com
The STEP Program is a professional training program designed to help students gain practical knowledge and develop essential skills to succeed in the "world of work." Through a series of workforce training workshops, students will enhance their competencies in communication, leadership, and teamwork in a professional environment.
Email: tanksley@umd.edu
The University of Maryland chapter of the American Medical Student Association strives to educate, mentor, and inspire a community of future physicians through local service, health advocacy, and professional development. The easiest way to get involved for Fall 2023 is to come to our first GBM on September 12 at 7-8 pm. Here, you will meet the executive board and learn more about the club and the opportunities provided. Most programming will be in-person on Tuesdays at 7-8 pm this semester. We also offer involvements through AMSA groups, such as our service squads, health communications and disparities committees, advocacy projects, book club, and the Scribe).
Instagram: @UMDAMSA
Email: umdamsaboard@gmail.com
SPH's initiative to promote happiness and wellness across the School and campus-wide
The School of Public Health is committed to creating an educational and work environment that is rich in diversity, inclusive, equitable, anti-racist and supports belonging of all students, faculty, and staff. A school energized by diverse perspectives and experiences provides a powerful educational benefit and enhances our school and campus culture. We acknowledge and celebrate diversity in race/ethnicity, gender, age, religion, sexual identity, physical and learning abilities, socioeconomic status, national origin, veteran status, and other areas of difference.
Let us know how you would like to get involved with DEIAB in the University of Maryland School of Public Health. Here are a few ways to get involved:
- join the DEIAB Council
- join an affinity group like the newly created Association of Black Public Health Students
- engage in collaborative programming with SPH and other units across campus like the BSU-UMD Social Justice Alliance
- help draft an Enslavement and Labor Acknowledgement
- participate in a facilitated dialogue, training and/or workshop
- share your feedback as we develop a new SPH Strategic Plan this Fall
- suggest and/or create a new space, organization, programming
Hearts for the Homeless College Park is an organization that provides free and informative heart health education events. The organization’s members provide electronic blood pressure machines and heart health information approved by AHA.
The UMD Chapter of FIMRC which provides access to healthcare for low-resource and medically underserved families around the world.
Description: The American Medical Student Association was founded in 1950 and is committed to improving health care and healthcare delivery to all people; promoting active improvement in medical education; involving its members in the social, moral and ethical obligations of the profession of medicine; assisting in the improvement and understanding of world health problems; contributing to the welfare of pre-medical and medical students, interns, residents and post-MD/DO trainees; and advancing the profession of medicine.
The UMD Chapter pursues these goals with a specific focus on preparing undergraduate students for careers in medicine by offering opportunities for service learning, professional development, mentorship, community, and advocacy.
Website: https://umdamsa.wixsite.com/home
Email: umdamsaboard@gmail.com
Description: Working to help and advocate for the homeless community in the DMV.
Email: beyondshelter.umd@gmail.com
Description: The Federal Fellows Program combines a fall seminar course taught by industry experts with a spring internship in the DC metropolitan area. Throughout the year, fellows are supported with professional development workshops, one-on-one resume and interview reviews, and federally-related events. The program's mission is to prepare talented and diverse undergraduate students to excel in professional internships and to pursue careers of influence and impact, especially in the public sector.
Email: fedglobal@umd.edu
Description: The Human Integrative Physiology Lab serves to expand our understanding of human physiology at the intersection of sex, race, and the benefits of physical activity, with a focus on the vascular system (arteries).
Email: hipl.research@umd.edu
Description: The purpose of the “Pre-PA Club" is to prepare students for the profession by providing students with different opportunities to explore and learn the profession, inform students of the history and the purpose of the profession, and to provide students information about the admission requirements for PA schools and on the application process. The club provides a welcoming, safe and fun environment for students to come together with an interest in becoming a physician assistant. We will do volunteer work, fundraisers, guest speaker events and more to learn and gain knowledge and access to the medical world.
Email: umdpaclub@gmail.com
Description: PHACE is a student-led organization that focuses on providing accurate and current information on public health issues that affect our communities and educating students on the ways they can be civically engaged.
Email: asangrau@terpmail.umd.edu
Description: The Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC) acts as a student voice to the University Health Center staff and administration.SHAC members are available to listen to comments, suggestions, complaints, or compliments about the University Health Center. SHAC also monitors and regularly reports on the University Health Center’s ongoing American College Health Association Patient Satisfaction and Assessment Survey. SHAC works closely with the Director of the University Health Center to help resolve any complaints. Aside from their liaison duties, SHAC gets involved in some outreach programming to support campus wellbeing.
Email: shac.umd@gmail.com
Website: https://health.umd.edu/about-us/student-health-advisory-committee-shac