Apply for STRiVE 2017

Leadership. Social change. Friendship. Make UMBC Yours.

by David Hoffman and Craig Berger

The application for UMBC's STRiVE leadership retreat is now available. There will be two STRiVE sessions in 2017: one during winter break (January 9-13) and one during spring break (March 20-24). The same application works for both sessions.

Calling STRiVE a "leadership retreat" is like calling your favorite meal "food." It's not inaccurate, but it doesn't fully capture the warmth, intensity and magic! Students returning from STRiVE often describe it as a truly transforming, and even years later will identify STRiVE as their most important UMBC learning experience, and as the moment UMBC became a true home for them.

Well over 99.5% of all students ever to participate in STRiVE have said they would recommend STRiVE to a friend.

The two of us will be among the STRiVE coaches, so this is also your chance to spend five days with us (and roughly 55 other UMBC students and five staff members)! We love participating in STRiVE because of the opportunity to connect with and learn from the participants. No two STRiVEs are alike, but they're all powerful and amazing.

So complete the application by the November 6th deadline, and tell a friend! This is your chance to truly make UMBC your own.