University of Maryland Individual Studies Program

07/09/2024

Views from before and after the main graduation ceremony! Freshly minted and their families celebrated at our reception–complete with student posters, live music, and fellowship.

06/25/2024

Another inside look at our spring graduation ceremony and our 2024 IVSP grads!

06/18/2024

This May we celebrated another group of incredible IVSP graduates! Creative, motivated, and interdisciplinary, these grads are heading off into the world with a degree in their own unique self-made major! Congratulations grads! We are so proud of all of you!

06/17/2024

Congratulations to IVSP alum, Nadia Laniyan (Public Health Equity '16), who was named to the University of Maryland Terrapin Club 30 Under 30, class of 2024!

From umterpnews:

"Nadia graduated from the University of Maryland in 2016 with a degree in public health equity, and has since dedicated her career to improving the health of our nation. She currently works in the office of United States Senator, Cory Booker, as the health policy lead and has the distinguished opportunity to impact health policy at the national level. In addition to her professional career, Nadia remains connected to Maryland in a variety of ways including speaking on alumni panels and as an advisory council member for the Masters in Management Graduate program." - https://umterps.com/news/2024/2/9/terrapin-club-announces-30-under-30-class-of-2024

04/26/2024

University of Maryland Individual Studies Program Alum, Meg Eden Kuyatt (Cognitive Science and Written Communication '12), recently received a 2024 ALA Schneider Family Book Award Honor for her book in verse 'Good Different.' Congratulations Meg on this literary honor!

From the American Library Association, this award honors "an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences."

'Good Different', was published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. Good Different is an extraordinary novel-in-verse about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate her difference. Main character, Selah, navigates the challenges of day-to-day life as a person who faces the unique obstacles of neurodivergence. But as she soon starts to figure out more about who she is, she comes to understand that different doesn’t mean damaged.

04/22/2024

Not quite fitting in with any one major on campus? Learn about creating your own, unique, personalized undergraduate major or second major! Come enjoy Maryland Dairy ice cream and chat with Individual Studies Program students and staff! RSVP: http://forms.gle/a5LKBNDRHzkz9sK78

04/10/2024

Last week we celebrated at our Faculty Mentor and Student Dinner! We're so proud of all your accomplishments and we're so thankful for our committed mentors.

04/02/2024

If you are struggling with your mental health or are worried about someone you know, there are resources and people out there who are always willing to help, no matter what your situation is. http://counseling.umd.edu/resources/students…

03/06/2024

Today is ! Support the Individual Studies Program directly here: go.umd.edu/IVSPgivingdayFund

Your donation on Giving Day will directly benefit current and future IVSP students who are following in your innovative footsteps, and help us support you too as future alums.

On Giving Day you can support the Individual Studies Program directly. Your donation will enable current and future IVSP students to: 1) complete senior capstone projects. 2) pursue study abroad opportunities. 3) engage in internships and research. 4) build a warm, supportive community with their peers and program alumni.

12/20/2023

Congratulations to Razan Mikdashi, Nataraj Shivaprasad, Myia Elum, and Autumn Brown for completing and presenting amazing interdisciplinary IVSP Capstone Projects! We celebrated their accomplishments last Friday with friends and family in the office.

Their Majors in order were: Sports Health and Decision Analytics, Product Management and Engineering, Ethnomusicology and African-American Rhetoric, and Sustainability and Supply Chain Management.

12/04/2023

IVSP Alum, Laudan Nikoobakht (Computational Neurolinguistics, '22) was recently selected as a recipient of the 2023 Trainee Professional Development Award from the Society of Neuroscience. Congratulations Laudan! 🎉

11/28/2023

Home is where the heart is. Give back to for and support the next generation of Terps:

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