Meet the Orientation Peer Ambassadors (OPAs)

OPA stands for Orientation Peer Advisor and they will be one of the first people you meet on campus. OPAs welcome new students and lead many of the Orientation activities that will introduce you to UMBC and your fellow classmates. Look to OPAs as a source of support and information during Orientation, the summer, and throughout the year. Reach out to your OPAs for questions about your first year at UMBC, building your schedule, and learning more about campus.

 

Click on the OPAs pictures below to learn more about them!

 

SOPA

They/She

Major: Theater Studies 
Favorite spot on campus?
The Cera Pond Bridge 

SOPA

He/Him

Major: Public Health
Minor: Emergency Disaster and Health Services
Favorite spot on campus?
Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building (ILSB) Study Rooms

OPA

She/They

Major: Social Work
Minor: Critical Sexuality Studies
Favorite part of campus?
The Women’s, Gender, and Equity Center

OPA

She/Her

Major: Political Science
Minor: Pre-Law Track
Favorite part of campus?
The grass area between the Library and The Commons!

OPA

He/Him

Major: Information Systems and Economics
Favorite spot on campus?
The Commons, he loves it’s lively energy!

OPA

She/Her

Major: Biology
Minor: Psychology
Favorite spot on campus?
The Library study spaces!

 

OPA

He/Him

Major: Computer Science
Favorite part of campus?
The RAC and the Game Room! 

OPA

They/Them

Major: Social Work
Minor: Psychology
Favorite spot on campus?
Hanging out with friends in SEB!

OPA

She/Her

Major: Astrobiology & Abiogenesis (INDS)
Minor: Chemistry
Favorite spot on campus?
Everywhere! I see someone I know at every stop on campus!

 

OPA

She/Her

Major: Computer Engineering
Favorite spot on campus?
The community and countless events!

OPA

She/Her

Major: Psychology 
Favorite spot on campus?
The Study Rooms in the Interdisciplinary Life Science Building (ILSB)!

OPA

She/Her

Major: Biological Sciences 
Minor: Bioinformatics
Favorite spot on campus?
The quiet weekends!

 

 

SOPA

She/They

Major: Computer Science 
Minor: Psychology
Favorite spot on campus?
The 5th Floor of the Library at the desks by the windows!

OPA

He/Him

Major: Information Systems & Financial Economics
Favorite spot on campus?
The Commons Sportszone!

OPA

She/Her

Major: Information Systems
Minor: Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Favorite part of campus?
The Commons

 

OPA

She/Her

Major: Political Science
Minor: Psychology
Favorite thing about campus?
The sense of community!

OPA

He/Him

Major: Computer Science
Favorite spot on campus?
The Game Room or the Retriever Activities Center (RAC)!

OPA

He/Him

Major: Information Systems
Favorite part of campus?
The Commons!

 

OPA

They/Them

Major: Asian Studies & Japanese
Favorite spot on campus?
The windows in the Commons make it a comfortable place to do school work! 

OPA

She/Her

Major: Computer Science
Favorite spot on campus?
The Fireside Lounge (Commons, 3rd Floor)

OPA

She/Her

Major: Global Studies & Political Science
Minor: Information Systems
Favorite part of campus?
The Library Pond!

OPA

She/Her

Major: Political Science
Minor: Spanish
Favorite part of campus?
The Library, I love the quiet space!