Keep Me Maryland // Great Expectations, The Campaign for Maryland

A Call to Keep Maryland Students

Maryland families are feeling the strain of the economy. Parents are losing jobs. Appeals for financial aid are up. And students are putting education aside to ease the burden.

From students throughout the campus community, we're hearing the call, "Keep Me Maryland."

The University of Maryland is answering with an urgent appeal to our alumni and friends for scholarship and student aid dollars over and above our other campaigns. We can't let the economy derail our students from their education at Maryland.

Your gift to the Keep Me Maryland Fund could make all the difference for a student struggling to find a way to return this fall. In some cases, just a few hundred dollars stand between students and their ongoing education.

The need is great.

The university worked in December to assist more than 300 students who were on the brink of not returning for the Spring 2009 semester, but the need continues to grow:

Financial aid appeals up 37 percent and climbing

Scholarship and financial aid dollars down as much as 95 percent in some funds

Enrollment in the installment Terp Payment Plan rapidly increasing

Make Your Mark on Maryland Students—Give Online Now

Every dollar to the Keep Me Maryland Fund helps our students meet critical needs:

$200 covers orientation fees for one student a year

$800 buys health services for one student for a semester

$1,000 buys textbooks for one student for a year

$1,600 buys health services for one student for a year

$3,700 buys a meal plan for one student for a year

$5,400 buys campus housing for one student for a year

$8,000 buys full tuition and fees for one student for a year

Contributions to Keep Me Maryland are tax deductible as allowed by law.