By Jennifer Baxter
This week’s newsletter provides a look at how buildings around campus suffered a loss of air conditioning, students celebrated Earth Day and the Do Good Challenge Finals! Continue reading TOP-SHELLF: UMD community celebrates Earth Day, Do Good Challenge amidst AC loss
By Stella Henretta
The Do Good Institute, housed in the School of Public Policy, inspires and equips students to act on social issues through education, funding and mentorship. Continue reading UMD celebrates social impact initiatives through the Do Good Institute, Challenge
By Charlotte Ormond The winner of the 2025 Do Good Challenge, a 13-year-long tradition at the University of Maryland, was announced Tuesday, after all six teams presented their final pitches to a live panel of judges at the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center. The Do Good Institute, a program within the School of Public Policy, hosts the challenge to connect students with opportunities to serve … Continue reading ‘Do Good’ Challenge winner takes home share of $40,000 prize
By David DeWeaver It feels awkward asking Devin Cain about the day in first grade when his mother passed away from breast cancer. But he won’t feel awkward telling you about it. Cain, a senior mechanical engineering student, has told the story many times. He’s become heavily involved in cancer walks and promoting breast cancer awareness in the years since. But it wasn’t until his … Continue reading UMD Camp Kesem co-founder Devin Cain leaves behind powerful legacy
By Madison Akers University of Maryland’s Do Good Institute hosted their annual Do Good Challenge finals on April 25, which awarded $5,000 to a project that empowers the next generation of STEM students and an invention that saves millions of gallons of water through the improvement of automatic toilet flushing devices. “The key message I want to communicate is – at a time where there … Continue reading UMD’s first place winners of the Do Good Challenge finals walk away with $5,000
by Jillian Atelsek Participants of UMD’s Do Good Challenge gathered in Stamp Wednesday evening for Impact Night, an event focused on refining communication skills to help students share their ideas and goals of potential service projects with a wider audience. While many universities have service projects or charitable drives, the Do Good Challenge is unique to Maryland. It is a team competition that occurs every … Continue reading “Impact Night” Inspires Members of UMD’s Do Good Challenge
By Ana Hurler Bruce Levenson, founder of the Do Good Institute, spoke about the importance of giving back and his future plans for the organization during a Q&A session hosted by the Nonprofit and Social Business Society Wednesday night in Van Munching Hall. Levenson has built a career around doing good and philanthropic efforts, with a focus on inner city education. He’s taken on numerous … Continue reading Founder of Do Good Institute aims to inspire campus to give back
Terps Against Hunger, an organization that has grown substantially over the last three years, put together a meal packing event for the less fortunate in the Metro D.C. area Tuesday in the Memorial Chapel. “This is a smaller event, we don’t have smaller events too often,” said Josh Turskey, a junior architecture major. “But our larger scale events…we count large scale anything over 100 thousand, we’ll … Continue reading Terps Against Hunger prepares meals for the needy in Memorial Chapel
