UIA Projects

Completed. Delivered by We All Count.  Included twenty-one (21) UMBC participants from across the divisions. Subsequent training provided to UMBC Enrollment management Staff.

Completed.  Provided $45K in grant funding to pilot UIA Degree Completion Grant Playbook and to explore the use of asset-based language in award notification.

In progress. Fall 2022: Conducted deep dive of institutional data. Spring 2023 Facilitated  focus groups to better understand barriers to success to develop better understanding of Black student experience. Fall 2023: Launched UIA STARS Scholarship Program.

UIA STARS Program Details: 
The UIA STARS (Students Transferring and Redefining Success) Program is a NEW scholarship program available to entering transfer students. The program is open to incoming transfer students of all backgrounds who plan to pursue a degree in science, technology, engineering or math and who are interested in the advancement of Black, male, transfer students in those fields. The cohort-based program provides high-impact academic enrichment opportunities (seminars, mentoring, tutoring, etc.) that encourage scholars to maximize their honors university experience while making timely progress to degree completion.
 
UIA STARS Scholarship Program recipients will receive a $1,000 scholarship ($500 per semester) for their first year at UMBC.

Completed.  UIA fellow will leverage training to facilitate process mapping of key administrative functions and operations impacting the student experience (i.e. advising, transfer credit evaluation)

In progress Fall 2023.  To identify and resolve institutional barriers to equity and college completion.