Maryland Athletics Community Outreach/Engagement Request Form
The University of Maryland Athletics is committed to providing opportunities for our student-athletes, coaches, and staff to give back to our local, national, and global community. The Share the Shell engagement program centers around the following areas: Education, Health & Wellness, and Community Engagement. To learn more about Share the Shell, please visit the Community Engagement page on umterps.com.
In effort to best complete your request, please submit your request using the link below.
Requests must comply with the guidelines listed below. Please note that submitting a request that fulfills all guidelines does not guarantee that the request will be approved. If the event is approved, student-athletes, coaches, and staff members will be assigned based on availability.
To protect the eligibility of Maryland student-athletes, all events are subject to the NCAA and institutional rules and regulations.
These include, but are not limited to the following restrictions:
*Please understand your request needs to fulfill one of the three areas listed above to be considered.
In effort to best complete your request, please submit your request using the link below.
Requests must comply with the guidelines listed below. Please note that submitting a request that fulfills all guidelines does not guarantee that the request will be approved. If the event is approved, student-athletes, coaches, and staff members will be assigned based on availability.
To protect the eligibility of Maryland student-athletes, all events are subject to the NCAA and institutional rules and regulations.
These include, but are not limited to the following restrictions:
- For sponsored events, you must provide any promotional materials that will be used to ensure that the event complies with NCAA rules and regulations
- Student-athlete volunteers cannot accept benefits for participation in any event, activity, or project
- A student-athlete cannot attend an event which causes them to miss class
General Requests Guidelines:
- Events that involve student-athlete participation must be submitted one (1) month prior to the event date
- Events must be located within 35 miles of the UMD campus
- The standard participation by our student-athletes is up to two hours per event. Should an additional time commitment be desired, please provide a detailed rationale in the “Additional Information” field at the bottom of the request form.
- Requests that do not fit into one of our three categories (Health & Wellness, Civic Engagement, Education) will not be considered.
