The CNMS Advising staff is always on the lookout for resources to share with our students. Here are just a few!

CNMS Academic Advising Group on myUMBC

• News
• Events
• Documents and Links (including our Registration Advising Preparation Worksheet and Graduation Planning Worksheets in PDF and Excel)
• Media

Tools

• 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.

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

Apps

• UMBC Mobile
• TransLoc Rider – Track the UMBC Shuttle in real time. Select your favorite stop(s) and set notifications so you don’t miss your ride to campus!
• 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!