Extended Studies Quarterly Newsletter
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Volume 3, Issue 4 | May 2025
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 Extended Studies Support Services: ARHU Feature
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The next 12 issues of our newsletter will highlight the support services that Extended Studies provides to assist UMD’s 13 colleges and schools in offering a diverse selection of revenue-generating learning opportunities. In this issue, we focus on the College of Arts and Humanities (ARHU) and how its partnership with Extended Studies is helping to prepare versatile and visionary leaders who are equipped to serve local and global communities in a wide range of careers.
The next 12 issues of the EXST newsletter will highlight the support services that EXST provides to help each of UMD’s 13 colleges and schools offer a myriad of revenue-generating learning opportunities that contribute to the unit’s mission. In this issue, we focus on the College of Arts and Humanities (ARHU) and how its partnership with EXST is helping to produce global visionaries who are prepared to serve local and global communities in a wide range of careers.
The next 12 issues of our newsletter will highlight the support services that Extended Studies provides to UMD’s 13 colleges and schools to offer a myriad of revenue-generating learning opportunities that contribute to the unit’s mission. In this issue, we focus on the College of Arts and Humanities (ARHU) and how its partnership with Extended Studies is helping to produce global visionaries who are prepared to serve local and global communities in a wide range of careers.
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Extended Studies provides a range of administrative support services for ARHU programs that include scheduling, registration, and admission assistance, tuition and fee management, instructor contracting and payment, revenue collection and distribution, and marketing and communications support, while also serving as a resource for compliance with university regulations, policies, and procedures.
The next 12 issues of the EXST newsletter will highlight the support services that EXST provides to help each of UMD’s 13 colleges and schools offer a myriad of revenue-generating learning opportunities that contribute to the unit’s mission. In this issue, we focus on the College of Arts and Humanities (ARHU) and how its partnership with EXST is helping to produce global visionaries who are prepared to serve local and global communities in a wide range of careers.
The next 12 issues of our newsletter will highlight the support services that Extended Studies provides to UMD’s 13 colleges and schools to offer a myriad of revenue-generating learning opportunities that contribute to the unit’s mission. In this issue, we focus on the College of Arts and Humanities (ARHU) and how its partnership with Extended Studies is helping to produce global visionaries who are prepared to serve local and global communities in a wide range of careers.
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Summer Language Institutes and Project Go
Summer Language Institute and Project Go
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Offered through the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures in the College of Arts and Humanities, the Summer Language Institutes (SLI) provide immersive language-learning experiences in Korean, Arabic, and Persian at the beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Throughout the 2-week, 5-week, or 6-week program, SLI students engage in rigorous language instruction augmented by various cultural activities and events that increase their knowledge of the target language.
Offered through the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures in the College of Arts and Humanities, the Summer Language Institute (SLI) provides immersive language-learning experiences in Korean, Arabic, and Persian at the beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Throughout the 2-week, 5-week, or 6-week program, SLI students engage in rigorous language instruction augmented by various cultural activities and events that increase their knowledge of the target language.
Project Global Officer (Project GO), which is embedded within SLI, promotes critical language education, study abroad, and intercultural dialogue opportunities through language study for Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) students. Extended Studies supports SLI and Project Go by providing scheduling, registration, and admission assistance; tuition and fee management; instructor contracting and payment; revenue collection and distribution; and marketing and communication support.
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Project Global Officer (Project GO), which is embedded within SLI, promotes critical language education, study abroad, and intercultural dialogue opportunities through language study for Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) students.
Offered through the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures in the College of Arts and Humanities, the Summer Language Institute (SLI) provides immersive language-learning experiences in Korean, Arabic, and Persian at the beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Throughout the 2-week, 5-week, or 6-week program, SLI students engage in rigorous language instruction augmented by various cultural activities and events that increase their knowledge of the target language.
Project Global Officer (Project GO), which is embedded within SLI, promotes critical language education, study abroad, and intercultural dialogue opportunities through language study for Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) students. Extended Studies supports SLI and Project Go by providing scheduling, registration, and admission assistance; tuition and fee management; instructor contracting and payment; revenue collection and distribution; and marketing and communication support.
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Summer Session
Summer Language Institute and Project Go
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Each summer, Extended Studies provides administrative support for more than 650 undergraduate and graduate courses offered to current and visiting students over six sessions. Since 2010, more than 10,000 ARHU students have taken advantage of Summer Session and students from across the university have enrolled in 36,000+ ARHU course seats, the third most seats of any UMD college or school.
Since 2010, more than 10,000 ARHU students have taken advantage of Summer Session and enrolled in 36,000+ ARHU seats, the third most seats of any UMD college or school. Extended Studies oversees the undergraduate admissions process for the Summer Session and provides scheduling assistance, tuition and fee management, revenue collection and distribution, instructor contracting and payment, marketing campaigns that target current and visiting students, and also acts as a resource for compliance with university regulations, policies, and procedures.
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Terp Young Scholars
Summer Language Institute and Project Go
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Since the program's inception, Extended Studies and ARHU have partnered to offer more than 100 sections of ARHU courses in Terp Young Scholars, enrolling more than 1,100 high school students. Housed within Extended Studies, Terp Young Scholars is the University of Maryland’s premier credit-bearing pre-college program.
Since 2010, more than 10,000 ARHU students have taken advantage of Summer Session and enrolled in 36,000+ ARHU seats, the third most seats of any UMD college or school. Extended Studies oversees the undergraduate admissions process for the Summer Session and provides scheduling assistance, tuition and fee management, revenue collection and distribution, instructor contracting and payment, marketing campaigns that target current and visiting students, and also acts as a resource for compliance with university regulations, policies, and procedures. Since the program's inception, Extended Studies and ARHU have partnered to offer more than 100 sections of ARHU courses in Terp Young Scholars, enrolling more than 1,100 high school students. Extended Studies provides comprehensive administrative support for TYS, including program management, student and program services, financial management, and marketing and communications.
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Executive Education
Summer Language Institute and Project Go
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For the last two years, the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies has partnered with Extended Studies to offer Tzohar: A Window to Jewish Studies, a customized non-credit program focused on the secular academic study of Jewish history, texts, culture, and society. Extended Studies helps ARHU create the Memorandum of Understanding, acts as the university's signature authority, invoices the external partner, and distributes program revenue.
Since 2010, more than 10,000 ARHU students have taken advantage of Summer Session and enrolled in 36,000+ ARHU seats, the third most seats of any UMD college or school. Extended Studies oversees the undergraduate admissions process for the Summer Session and provides scheduling assistance, tuition and fee management, revenue collection and distribution, instructor contracting and payment, marketing campaigns that target current and visiting students, and also acts as a resource for compliance with university regulations, policies, and procedures. Since the program's inception, Extended Studies and ARHU have partnered to offer more than 100 sections of ARHU courses in Terp Young Scholars, enrolling more than 1,100 high school students. Extended Studies provides comprehensive administrative support for TYS, including program management, student and program services, financial management, and marketing and communications. For the last two years, the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies has partnered with Extended Studies to offer Tzohar: A Window to Jewish Studies, a customized non-credit program focused on the secular academic study of Jewish history, texts, culture, and society. Extended Studies provides assistance with creating the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between UMD and Tzohar, acts as the university’s delegated signature authority to execute the MOU, and provides invoicing and revenue distribution support.
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Since 2010, more than 10,000 ARHU students have taken advantage of Summer Session and enrolled in 36,000+ ARHU seats, the third most seats of any UMD college or school. Extended Studies oversees the undergraduate admissions process for the Summer Session and provides scheduling assistance, tuition and fee management, revenue collection and distribution, instructor contracting and payment, marketing campaigns that target current and visiting students, and also acts as a resource for compliance with university regulations, policies, and procedures. Since the program's inception, Extended Studies and ARHU have partnered to offer more than 100 sections of ARHU courses in Terp Young Scholars, enrolling more than 1,100 high school students. Extended Studies provides comprehensive administrative support for TYS, including program management, student and program services, financial management, and marketing and communications. For the last two years, the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies has partnered with Extended Studies to offer Tzohar: A Window to Jewish Studies, a customized non-credit program focused on the secular academic study of Jewish history, texts, culture, and society. Extended Studies provides assistance with creating the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between UMD and Tzohar, acts as the university’s delegated signature authority to execute the MOU, and provides invoicing and revenue distribution support.
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Winter Session
Summer Language Institute and Project Go
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Extended Studies partners with UMD's colleges and schools to provide undergraduate and graduate courses to current and visiting students in a 3-week Winter Session between the fall and spring semesters. Since 2010, approximately 7,000 ARHU students have taken advantage of Winter Session offerings and students from across the university have enrolled in over 15,000 ARHU course seats, the second most of any UMD college or school. In Winter Session 2024, ARHU had 1,252 enrollments in its 111 sections, just shy of its highest Winter Session enrollment ever.
Since 2010, more than 10,000 ARHU students have taken advantage of Summer Session and enrolled in 36,000+ ARHU seats, the third most seats of any UMD college or school. Extended Studies oversees the undergraduate admissions process for the Summer Session and provides scheduling assistance, tuition and fee management, revenue collection and distribution, instructor contracting and payment, marketing campaigns that target current and visiting students, and also acts as a resource for compliance with university regulations, policies, and procedures. Since the program's inception, Extended Studies and ARHU have partnered to offer more than 100 sections of ARHU courses in Terp Young Scholars, enrolling more than 1,100 high school students. Extended Studies provides comprehensive administrative support for TYS, including program management, student and program services, financial management, and marketing and communications. Since 2010, approximately 7,000 ARHU students have taken advantage of Winter Session offerings and enrolled in over 15,000 ARHU seats, the second most of any UMD college or school. In Winter Session 2024, ARHU had 1,252 enrollments in its 111 sections, just shy of its highest Winter Session enrollment ever. Like Summer Session, EXST oversees the undergraduate admission process and provides scheduling assistance, tuition and fee management, revenue collection and distribution, instructor contracting and payment, marketing campaigns that target current and visiting students, and acts as a resource for compliance with university regulations, policies, and procedures.
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Freshmen Connection
Summer Language Institute and Project Go
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Extended Studies created Freshmen Connection to provide an opportunity for spring-admitted undergraduate students to start their University of Maryland education in the fall semester. Since 2010, ARHU has offered 1,218 Freshmen Connection sections that have garnered more than 24,000 enrollments, accounting for 27% of all Freshmen Connection seats - the most of any UMD college or school. Extended Studies acts as a resource for overall program-related issues, oversees UNIV100 instructor selection, and advises approximately 40% of Freshmen Connection students.
Since 2010, more than 10,000 ARHU students have taken advantage of Summer Session and enrolled in 36,000+ ARHU seats, the third most seats of any UMD college or school. Extended Studies oversees the undergraduate admissions process for the Summer Session and provides scheduling assistance, tuition and fee management, revenue collection and distribution, instructor contracting and payment, marketing campaigns that target current and visiting students, and also acts as a resource for compliance with university regulations, policies, and procedures. Since the program's inception, Extended Studies and ARHU have partnered to offer more than 100 sections of ARHU courses in Terp Young Scholars, enrolling more than 1,100 high school students. Extended Studies provides comprehensive administrative support for TYS, including program management, student and program services, financial management, and marketing and communications. Since 2010, approximately 7,000 ARHU students have taken advantage of Winter Session offerings and enrolled in over 15,000 ARHU seats, the second most of any UMD college or school. In Winter Session 2024, ARHU had 1,252 enrollments in its 111 sections, just shy of its highest Winter Session enrollment ever. Like Summer Session, EXST oversees the undergraduate admission process and provides scheduling assistance, tuition and fee management, revenue collection and distribution, instructor contracting and payment, marketing campaigns that target current and visiting students, and acts as a resource for compliance with university regulations, policies, and procedures. Since 2010, ARHU has offered 1,218 Freshmen Connection (FC) sections that have garnered more than 24,000 enrollments, accounting for 27% of all FC seats – the most of any UMD college or school. Extended Studies acts as a resource for overall program-related issues; manages instructor contracting and payment; oversees UNIV100 instructor selection; provides marketing and communications support; advises approximately 40% of FC students; manages revenue collection and distribution; and oversees admissions, scheduling, and registration.
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Since 2010, more than 10,000 ARHU students have taken advantage of Summer Session and enrolled in 36,000+ ARHU seats, the third most seats of any UMD college or school. Extended Studies oversees the undergraduate admissions process for the Summer Session and provides scheduling assistance, tuition and fee management, revenue collection and distribution, instructor contracting and payment, marketing campaigns that target current and visiting students, and also acts as a resource for compliance with university regulations, policies, and procedures. Since the program's inception, Extended Studies and ARHU have partnered to offer more than 100 sections of ARHU courses in Terp Young Scholars, enrolling more than 1,100 high school students. Extended Studies provides comprehensive administrative support for TYS, including program management, student and program services, financial management, and marketing and communications. Since 2010, approximately 7,000 ARHU students have taken advantage of Winter Session offerings and enrolled in over 15,000 ARHU seats, the second most of any UMD college or school. In Winter Session 2024, ARHU had 1,252 enrollments in its 111 sections, just shy of its highest Winter Session enrollment ever. Like Summer Session, EXST oversees the undergraduate admission process and provides scheduling assistance, tuition and fee management, revenue collection and distribution, instructor contracting and payment, marketing campaigns that target current and visiting students, and acts as a resource for compliance with university regulations, policies, and procedures. Since 2010, ARHU has offered 1,218 Freshmen Connection (FC) sections that have garnered more than 24,000 enrollments, accounting for 27% of all FC seats – the most of any UMD college or school. Extended Studies acts as a resource for overall program-related issues; manages instructor contracting and payment; oversees UNIV100 instructor selection; provides marketing and communications support; advises approximately 40% of FC students; manages revenue collection and distribution; and oversees admissions, scheduling, and registration.
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Offsite Programs
Summer Language Institute and Project Go
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Extended Studies provides administrative support for ARHU’s Bachelor of Arts in Communication offered at the Universities at Shady Grove (USG). Extended Studies also works with ARHU to provide a two-year Spanish course sequence at USG and helps ARHU maximize enrollment in its Professional Writing seats across various offsite locations. Extended Studies will support ARHU’s proposed Bachelor of Arts in Public Service Interpreting and Translation once it is approved.
Since 2010, more than 10,000 ARHU students have taken advantage of Summer Session and enrolled in 36,000+ ARHU seats, the third most seats of any UMD college or school. Extended Studies oversees the undergraduate admissions process for the Summer Session and provides scheduling assistance, tuition and fee management, revenue collection and distribution, instructor contracting and payment, marketing campaigns that target current and visiting students, and also acts as a resource for compliance with university regulations, policies, and procedures. Since the program's inception, Extended Studies and ARHU have partnered to offer more than 100 sections of ARHU courses in Terp Young Scholars, enrolling more than 1,100 high school students. Extended Studies provides comprehensive administrative support for TYS, including program management, student and program services, financial management, and marketing and communications. Since 2010, approximately 7,000 ARHU students have taken advantage of Winter Session offerings and enrolled in over 15,000 ARHU seats, the second most of any UMD college or school. In Winter Session 2024, ARHU had 1,252 enrollments in its 111 sections, just shy of its highest Winter Session enrollment ever. Like Summer Session, EXST oversees the undergraduate admission process and provides scheduling assistance, tuition and fee management, revenue collection and distribution, instructor contracting and payment, marketing campaigns that target current and visiting students, and acts as a resource for compliance with university regulations, policies, and procedures. Since 2010, ARHU has offered 1,218 Freshmen Connection (FC) sections that have garnered more than 24,000 enrollments, accounting for 27% of all FC seats – the most of any UMD college or school. Extended Studies acts as a resource for overall program-related issues; manages instructor contracting and payment; oversees UNIV100 instructor selection; provides marketing and communications support; advises approximately 40% of FC students; manages revenue collection and distribution; and oversees admissions, scheduling, and registration. Extended Studies provides program planning and management support, student and program services, financial management, and marketing for ARHU’s Bachelor of Arts in Communication offered at Universities at Shady Grove (USG). EXST also works with ARHU to provide a two-year Spanish course sequence at USG and helps ARHU maximize enrollment in its Professional Writing seats across various offsite locations. Extended Studies will support ARHU’s proposed Bachelor of Arts in Public Service Interpretation and Translation once it is approved.
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Professional Graduate Programs
Summer Language Institute and Project Go
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Since 2010, Extended Studies has provided administrative support for a variety of ARHU graduate programs in a range of disciplines including interpreting, translation, English fluency, Arabic, and Persian. Collectively, these programs have enrolled more than 345 students. Extended Studies currently supports the graduate certificate in Hebrew Language Pedagogy, which is scheduled to launch next year.
Since 2010, more than 10,000 ARHU students have taken advantage of Summer Session and enrolled in 36,000+ ARHU seats, the third most seats of any UMD college or school. Extended Studies oversees the undergraduate admissions process for the Summer Session and provides scheduling assistance, tuition and fee management, revenue collection and distribution, instructor contracting and payment, marketing campaigns that target current and visiting students, and also acts as a resource for compliance with university regulations, policies, and procedures. Since the program's inception, Extended Studies and ARHU have partnered to offer more than 100 sections of ARHU courses in Terp Young Scholars, enrolling more than 1,100 high school students. Extended Studies provides comprehensive administrative support for TYS, including program management, student and program services, financial management, and marketing and communications. Since 2010, approximately 7,000 ARHU students have taken advantage of Winter Session offerings and enrolled in over 15,000 ARHU seats, the second most of any UMD college or school. In Winter Session 2024, ARHU had 1,252 enrollments in its 111 sections, just shy of its highest Winter Session enrollment ever. Like Summer Session, EXST oversees the undergraduate admission process and provides scheduling assistance, tuition and fee management, revenue collection and distribution, instructor contracting and payment, marketing campaigns that target current and visiting students, and acts as a resource for compliance with university regulations, policies, and procedures. Since 2010, ARHU has offered 1,218 Freshmen Connection (FC) sections that have garnered more than 24,000 enrollments, accounting for 27% of all FC seats – the most of any UMD college or school. Extended Studies acts as a resource for overall program-related issues; manages instructor contracting and payment; oversees UNIV100 instructor selection; provides marketing and communications support; advises approximately 40% of FC students; manages revenue collection and distribution; and oversees admissions, scheduling, and registration. Extended Studies provides program planning and management support, student and program services, financial management, and marketing for ARHU’s Bachelor of Arts in Communication offered at Universities at Shady Grove (USG). EXST also works with ARHU to provide a two-year Spanish course sequence at USG and helps ARHU maximize enrollment in its Professional Writing seats across various offsite locations. Extended Studies will support ARHU’s proposed Bachelor of Arts in Public Service Interpretation and Translation once it is approved. Since 2010, EXST has provided administrative support for a variety of ARHU graduate programs in a range of disciplines including interpretation, translation, English fluency, Arabic, and Persian. Collectively, these programs have enrolled more than 345 students. Extended Studies currently supports the graduate certificate in Hebrew Language Pedagogy, which is scheduled to launch next year. Extended Studies provides program planning and management support; student and program services; market research; generalized digital and audio marketing, and financial management (i.e., revenue collection and distribution, instructor contracting and payment) for all professional graduate programs.
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Continuing Education
Summer Language Institute and Project Go
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Extended Studies works with colleges and schools to provide a variety of continuing education opportunities, acting as a liaison between the university and various non-credit platform providers. Taught by UMD faculty and staff, these non-credit opportunities include more than 100 MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) delivered via Coursera and edX, and more than 60 non-credit courses on Open Learning. Extended Studies supports ARHU in offering various non-credit language courses in Russian, Chinese, and Persian that are available for federal employees.
Since 2010, more than 10,000 ARHU students have taken advantage of Summer Session and enrolled in 36,000+ ARHU seats, the third most seats of any UMD college or school. Extended Studies oversees the undergraduate admissions process for the Summer Session and provides scheduling assistance, tuition and fee management, revenue collection and distribution, instructor contracting and payment, marketing campaigns that target current and visiting students, and also acts as a resource for compliance with university regulations, policies, and procedures. Since the program's inception, Extended Studies and ARHU have partnered to offer more than 100 sections of ARHU courses in Terp Young Scholars, enrolling more than 1,100 high school students. Extended Studies provides comprehensive administrative support for TYS, including program management, student and program services, financial management, and marketing and communications. Since 2010, approximately 7,000 ARHU students have taken advantage of Winter Session offerings and enrolled in over 15,000 ARHU seats, the second most of any UMD college or school. In Winter Session 2024, ARHU had 1,252 enrollments in its 111 sections, just shy of its highest Winter Session enrollment ever. Like Summer Session, EXST oversees the undergraduate admission process and provides scheduling assistance, tuition and fee management, revenue collection and distribution, instructor contracting and payment, marketing campaigns that target current and visiting students, and acts as a resource for compliance with university regulations, policies, and procedures. Since 2010, ARHU has offered 1,218 Freshmen Connection (FC) sections that have garnered more than 24,000 enrollments, accounting for 27% of all FC seats – the most of any UMD college or school. Extended Studies acts as a resource for overall program-related issues; manages instructor contracting and payment; oversees UNIV100 instructor selection; provides marketing and communications support; advises approximately 40% of FC students; manages revenue collection and distribution; and oversees admissions, scheduling, and registration. Extended Studies provides program planning and management support, student and program services, financial management, and marketing for ARHU’s Bachelor of Arts in Communication offered at Universities at Shady Grove (USG). EXST also works with ARHU to provide a two-year Spanish course sequence at USG and helps ARHU maximize enrollment in its Professional Writing seats across various offsite locations. Extended Studies will support ARHU’s proposed Bachelor of Arts in Public Service Interpretation and Translation once it is approved. Since 2010, EXST has provided administrative support for a variety of ARHU graduate programs in a range of disciplines including interpretation, translation, English fluency, Arabic, and Persian. Collectively, these programs have enrolled more than 345 students. Extended Studies currently supports the graduate certificate in Hebrew Language Pedagogy, which is scheduled to launch next year. Extended Studies provides program planning and management support; student and program services; market research; generalized digital and audio marketing, and financial management (i.e., revenue collection and distribution, instructor contracting and payment) for all professional graduate programs.
Extended Studies works with colleges and schools to provide a variety of continuing education opportunities. Taught by UMD faculty and staff, these non-credit opportunities include more than 100 MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) delivered via Coursera and edX, and more than 60 non-credit courses on Open Learning. Extended Studies supports ARHU in offering various non-credit language courses in Russian, Chinese, and Persian that are available for federal employees by managing the course approval process; providing financial management and student and program services; and acting as a liaison between the university and various non-credit platform providers.
Extended Studies supports ARHU in offering various non-credit language courses in Russian, Chinese, and Persian available for federal employees by managing the course approval process, providing financial management and student and program services, and acting as a liaison between the university and various non-credit platform providers, including MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) delivered via Coursera and edX, and Open Learning.
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Team Member Spotlight
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Jamie Stednitz
Manager, Undergraduate Programs
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Jamie joined Extended Studies in 2014. She focuses on programs that serve pre-college students, first-year freshmen, and transfer students at the University of Maryland. Her professional background includes working as a career counselor, academic advisor, and service learning coordinator. Her experiences have allowed her to gain an appreciation for students' growth both in and outside of the classroom.
Jamie joined Extended Studies in 2014. She focuses on programs that serve pre-college students, first-year freshmen, and transfer students at the University of Maryland. Her professional background includes working as a career counselor, academic advisor, and service learning coordinator. Her experiences have allowed her to gain an appreciation for students' growth both in and outside of the classroom. Jamie earned her B.A. in Psychology at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. Her M.A. in College Student Development and Administration was completed at Shepherd University in West Virginia.
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Finance Updates
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Reminder: New Email Address
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Budgeting, Contracting & Payroll Instructions
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The EXST Finance Team has streamlined their Budgeting, Contracting & Payroll Instructions into one easy-to-access memo. Any updates to the instructions will be made in real time. Additionally, we will provide process adjustments as we receive revised guidance from the Provost’s Office and other partners. If you are unable to access the document for any reason, please contact the Finance Team.
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Summer 2025 Teaching Appointments
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Extended Studies continues to address and prepare all Summer Session and Summer Term jobs within the new Workday HCM system. The Finance Team will contact each department's business office directly regarding jobs that require immediate action.
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We are aware that there have been several issues related to payroll, and our team continues to investigate with the appropriate departments to resolve all problems. We appreciate everyone’s patience as we continue to troubleshoot and determine new and improved methods to complete our payroll processing within the Workday HCM and Finance systems.
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Program Updates and Reminders
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Winter Session enrollment opens in mid-October. Academic units can schedule sections of popular major and general education courses for Winter Session 2026 from July 8 through early August. Contact winter-sched@umd.edu if you need assistance.
Winter Session enrollment opens in mid-October. This three-week session typically sees over 5,000 enrollments, most of which are current University of Maryland students. Academic units can begin scheduling sections of popular major and General Education courses for Winter 2026 in early July through the start of August. Over 90% of courses offered during Winter Session are online. Please contact winter-sched@umd.edu if you need assistance.
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Is your academic unit interested in proposing a course for Terp Young Scholars 2026? Attend an information session where staff provide an overview of Terp Young Scholars and answer questions about the course proposal process.
Save the Date: September 17 at noon. Register to receive the Zoom link.
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Bulk Enrollment, a new functionality on Open Learning, will permit UMD to take advantage of marketplace trends to better serve clients who wish to enroll multiple learners at once. A pilot is currently underway, with any additional testing and rollout to follow shortly.
Is your academic unit interested in proposing a course for Terp Young Scholars 2026? Attend an informational session where staff will review the program and answer questions about the course proposal process. September 17 at 12:00 pm. Register here to receive the Zoom link. Extended Studies has added filters to the graduate program webpage to enhance the user experience. Prospective students can now filter by area of interest, program type, and program delivery method to better identify graduate programs that meet their needs.
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Meet with Extended Studies
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Let us know if you would like to discuss opportunities for self-support programs. We are currently scheduling meetings for the summer and fall. Submit an EXST Meeting Request.
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Marketing and Communications Resources
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