Become a Mentor Today!

UMUC 411 is an online new student orientation program. The purpose of the Orientation, is to introduce new students to the WebTycho online classroom, while educating them about UMUC. Alumni volunteers monitor the classroom and provide feedback to student inquiries. Volunteers must have taken at least one course on WebTycho. (Click here to learn from a student’s perspective) Click here to VOLUNTEER NOW!

Alumni Ambassadors welcome students attending UMUC face to face classes held at the College Park campus. At the start of each semester volunteers greet students as they are arriving for the first day of class. Navigation stations are staffed from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. each evening. Volunteer your time and help enhance UMUC students’ experience and boost their academic success at UMUC. Click here to VOLUNTEER NOW!

New Student Welcome Program alumni volunteers call newly enrolled students to welcome them to UMUC. Remember how overwhelmed you felt when you registered for your first class at UMUC? And how elated you were when you reached your goals and graduated? Now you can give back to UMUC and share your positive experience with our newly enrolled students. Help make a difference in our students’ educational success at UMUC. Training and resources are provided for all volunteers. Click here to VOLUNTEER NOW!

Allies Mentor Program volunteers mentor new undergraduate students through their transition to UMUC. Each Ally is matched with a student based upon common academic majors or career interests to help guide them through their first term(s) at UMUC. Ally-mentees discussions take place via weekly group e-mails. Training and ongoing support is available through the Academic Success Team. Click here to VOLUNTEER NOW!

FAME (Finance & Accounting Mentors) and MBA Mentor Program alumni volunteers graduating from the prospective Graduate School Academic Program mentor new students entering the program. Click here to VOLUNTEER NOW!