Events

Join us for the 2025 National Student Vote Summit hosted at UMD this year!

On November 12-14, the Students Learn Students Vote (SLSV) Coalition’s annual National Student Vote Summit will bring together nonprofit organizations, campus staff, administrators, faculty members, philanthropic partners, and students to build connections across the nonpartisan student democratic engagement space, share lessons learned, provide training and resources, and create a shared momentum and energy towards our collective goals going into 2026.

Maryland Democracy Initiative and TerpsVote are sponsoring the registration for a group of UMCP students to attend this year's event. We will cover the $50 registration fee for up to 26 students who complete the registration form below. 

National Student Vote Summit Sponsorship Form

https://go.umd.edu/nsvs2025 

Sponsorship eligibility and process:

• This sponsorship funding is only for currently enrolled students at University of Maryland College Park.
• Sponsorships will be awarded on a first-come, first serve basis until funding runs out. Please complete the form as soon as possible to guarantee a spot. Best consideration will be given to those who submit the form by October 14th. 
• All sponsorships will be awarded and recipients notified by October 21st, 2025. 

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The Civic Engagement Across the Curriculum (CEAC) at UMD held its first summer seminar on June 25–26, 2024, with twelve faculty members from seven colleges participating in professional development on integrating civic engagement into courses. Attendees explored techniques like dialogue, service learning, and voting, and completed an asynchronous course developed by Salisbury faculty, now available to all UMD faculty. 

This summer, 18 UMD students in the Laufer Democracy Internship Program led civic projects, like organizing a town hall with Vice President Kamala Harris and creating a Spanish voter ID chatbot. Their work, in partnership with organizations like Vote Early Day, was showcased at the Stamp Student Union with program supporters Marsha and Henry Laufer.

To learn more about the interns' experiences, click here.

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