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Stay Connected
The Office of Family Engagement is your home at the University of Maryland. Stay updated on news you need to know and learn more about important resources at UMD to help your student succeed.
Terp Family eConnection Portal
Terp Family eConnection is your one-stop shop for access to important news, updates, and deadlines; personalized newsletters specific to you and your student; announcements via email; sharing of updates with your student and/or friends and family.
Recommended Readings
Letting Go (Sixth Edition): A Parents' Guide to Understanding the College Years
By Karen Coburn & Madge Treeger
HarperCollins; 6th Edition (2016).
Terp Family Fundamentals
The Terp Family Fundamentals webinar series is intended to help parents and families understand how they can best support their student(s) while they're at the University of Maryland. Webinars are announced via the Terp Family eConnection portal.
Terp Family Chats
Join us for our 2021 Terp Family Chats! These special virtual programs are designed to provide updates and timely information to help your family prepare for Fall semester.
Sexual Misconduct on Campus
There following information is adapted from College Parents Matter; you can access the full resource here.
We encourage you to talk with your student(s) about their understanding of and questions about sexual misconduct on campus. You might find it hard or uncomfortable to talk with your studnet about sex, much less sexual misconduct. Like many families of college students, it is probably on your mind, and it is important for your student to think about it too.
Talking to Your College Student about Alcohol
Student Conduct
Academic Dishonesty
The University of Maryland is one of a small number of leading institutions with a student-administered honor code, our Code of Academic Integrity. The Honor Council spends many hours educating students about the aims and nature of our Code and also resolves hundreds of cases of alleged academic dishonesty each year. The standard sanction for academic dishonesty at Maryland is the 'XF' grade penalty, recorded on the transcript as "Failure Due to Academic Dishonesty."
Academic Policies
All students are responsible for knowing University academic policies as well as any additional policies of their College/School. Family members often have questions about various policies and procedures. A complete guide to University policies is available in the Undergraduate Catalog. The following is a list of some of the most important policies.
Rights & Privacy
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 (commonly referred to as the "Buckley Amendment") is designed to protect the confidentiality of education records and to give students access to their records to assure the accuracy of their contents. The Act affords students certain rights with respect to their education records.