Here are some of the resources the CNMS Advising staff love to share with students!
CNMS Academic Advising Group on myUMBC
Graduation Planning Worksheets
Helpful Apps for You
- The Google Apps available to you through your UMBC account – Calendar, Drive, G+ Hangouts, etc.
- The Time Donut– Evaluate your time usage on a daily or weekly basis, and use that information to set priorities and adjust your behavior.
- CNMS Advising’s Campus Guide Map – Not sure where to find Academic Assistance, Advising, and other resources on campus? Check out our interactive campus map!
- College GPA Calculator – Allows you to create a semester-by-semester look at your GPA. Great for figuring out the effect a course repeat will have on your semester and cumulative GPAs.
- Habit-tracking apps like Habitica, Streaks, and Strides – for creating habits and achieving goals
- Mint – For budgeting your money and monitoring your spending habits
- TinyScan – For creating PDF images of paper documents. Handy for when you need to fill out paperwork that requires signatures!
Websites and Blogs
- Co-Create UMBC
- UMBC Voices Against Violence
- ExploreHEALTHCareers.org
- Science – a journal from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Science Careers – Advice, tools, and resources for those planning for a career and/or graduate work in the sciences
- USA Today College
- HuffPost College
- The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Inside Higher Ed
Twitter Feeds
- Michelle Bulger (CNMS’s Academic Advising Coordinator)
- Career Services Center at UMBC
- Undergraduate Research at UMBC
- Interdisciplinary Studies at UMBC
- David Hoffman, Co-Create UMBC
- Co-Create UMBC’s List of UMBC-related Twitter Accounts (9/4/2013)
- USA Today College