Take Our Children To Work Day - Workshops

Department

Description of Workshop

Admissions

Campus Tour Guides will give you a tour of the UMD campus and residence halls.

American Sign Language

What type of profession gets to learn about rock climbing, sees a real brain and participates in UMD plays?
Come and find out about sign language and interpreting.

Facilities Management-Heating Plant

Discover secret passageways at UMD. Learn about the science of steam. Participants will learn how to use a laser thermometer and tour the chiller and heating plants. Everyone will also receive a pair of ear plugs.

Facilities Management

Learn what we do in Facilities Management for the campus. You will also learn a little history on Architectural drawings. How we keep records of our utilities on a Map. How we work with departments on remodeling projects. Then we let you do some hands on drafting on the computer, and print out their work.

Auxiliary Services/ UCard Office

Financial Aid/Registrar's Office will issue a U-card between 7:30-8:00 a.m. to all children participating. Go to the U-Card Office in Kirby Plaza .

Career Services

What do I want to be when I grow up?

Come and explore options for your future. It's not too early to start looking! The workshop will take place in UMD's Career Services.

Library

Come find out what a librarian does at the UMD Library. Learn about answering reference questions along with buying and cataloguing books.

UMD Stores

Participants will have the opportunity to tour the store facilities and learn what takes place in each area on a day to day basis.  They will then be assigned to an area to help stock merchandise and provide customer service.

Geographic Information Sciences Laboratory

Students will be introduced to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and how it is used in our community. We will look at maps, satellite imagery, aerial photography, and other GIS layers. Hands-on experiences will include exercises with Google Earth and GIS software.

Recreational Sports Outdoor Program

Students will learn what it can be like to be an outdoor education professional. The group will enjoy a natural history hike across campus, take part in fun and active team building games then boulder (climb low to the ground) on UMD?s Inland Climbing Wall.
*NOTE: parents must sign a waiver in order for their child(ren) to take part in this activity. Waivers will be available just prior to the start of the session.