Help America Vote College Program

In February 2024, the USM was the only public university system in the U.S. that was awarded a highly competitive grant under the Help America Vote Act of 2002. The award totaled $78,521 and is administered by the United States Election Assistance Commission. The grant is intended to “recruit, train and support students serving as poll workers on Election Day” with the aim of assisting states and localities in administering elections, educating college students about the work associated with running an election, and demonstrating the potential of partnerships with universities to ensure efficacious Election Day operations.

2023-2024 Voter Friendly Campus Designation

The Fair Elections Center's Campus Vote Project and NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education) recognized the following universities for successfully developing and implementing democratic engagement action plans that coordinate civic and electoral engagement on campus:

• Frostburg State University
• Towson University
• University of Baltimore
• UMBC

2024 Highly Established Action Plan Seal of Recognition

The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge presents its seal of recognition to institutions with strong action plans to increase nonpartisan democratic engagement by promoting civic learning, political engagement, and college student voter participation:

• Frostburg State University
• Towson University
• University of Baltimore
• University of Maryland, College Park

2022 Most Engaged Campuses

The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge presents this award to universities making intentional efforts to increase nonpartisan democratic engagement and college student voting:

• Towson University
• University of Baltimore
• UMBC
• University of Maryland, College Park

Student Voting Honor Roll

The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge names students to its Voting Honor Roll for extraordinary efforts to advance nonpartisan student voter registration, education, and turnout efforts in their communities:

• 2024, Rebecca Navarro, University of Maryland, College Park
• 2023, Rachael Michalski, Frostburg State University
• 2023, Musa Jafri, UMBC
• 2022, Matthew Bernor, Salisbury University