The Elm

The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a renewed push to support students through philanthropic funds as they continue to face unexpected emergencies and deal with the challenges they pose to their degree completion.

At the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), the Office of Philanthropy’s Annual Giving team remains busy as it continues to retool the University’s Student Emergency Fund in anticipation of a post-pandemic future in which many of the crises facing students — from sudden job or housing loss to food insecurity, emergency bill assistance, and beyond — will continue to occur in some students’ lives.

As the pandemic eases and students come back to campus in the fall, the Student Emergency Funds across the University are actively seeking additional contributions to enhance the institutional support of students for years to come.

Read more about this inspiring story in the June/July 2021 issue of SPOTLIGHT newsletter.

Learn more here about how to contribute to the Student Emergency Fund for a specific school or how to support the University’s overarching emergency fund for students.