Where Different Audiences Find Their Information on the Clark School of Engineering Website

The Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland organizes audience-specific information through an "Information for..." menu on its homepage (eng.umd.edu). That menu splits into five groups — Students, Alumni, Faculty & Staff, Industry, and Donors — and each group links to the pages that audience needs most. If you already know your role, start there rather than searching the site; if you are looking for an academic department or research institute, use the separate "Jump to an Academic Department or Institute" list instead.

Students

The Students section is the entry point for anyone in a degree program or preparing for one. Based on the site's menu structure, it covers:

• Degrees – program and degree information
• Prospective Students – what to know before applying or enrolling
• Current Students – resources for people already in a program
• K-12 Pre-College Programs – engineering pathways for younger students

If you are not yet affiliated with the school, the Prospective Students and Pre-College links are the relevant ones. Current students should go straight to the Current Students page.

Alumni

The Alumni section is built around staying connected and keeping records current:

• Get Involved – ways to participate as an alum
• Update Your Information – keep contact details current
• Alumni Network – the alumni community
• ECDA Society – a named alumni society within the school

Alumni who want to volunteer, reconnect, or make sure the school can reach them should start with Update Your Information, then explore the network and society pages.

Faculty & Staff

This section groups the internal working tools for people employed by or affiliated with the school:

• Directories – including the Faculty Directory, for finding individual faculty members
• ClarkNET Portal – the internal portal for faculty and staff
• Reserve a Conference Room – room booking for meetings
• Administration – administrative information

The Faculty Directory is the practical tool for anyone outside the school trying to reach a specific professor; ClarkNET and room reservations are for people with internal access.

Industry

The Industry section is for companies that want to work with the school, hire its students, or sponsor research:

• Partnering with the Clark School – how collaborations are structured
• Corporate Partners – companies already engaged with the school
• Featured Research Areas – research strengths to align with
• Recruiters – the recruiting hub, which includes Recruiting at the Clark School, Job Postings & Campus Interviews, Career Fairs, and Information Sessions

For employers, the Recruiters path is the operational one: post jobs, schedule campus interviews, register for career fairs, and book information sessions. The Partnering and Corporate Partners pages are better starting points if you want a broader relationship than recruiting.

Donors

The Donors section handles giving:

• Giving to the Clark School
• Ways to Give
• Contact Us
• About Giving

Anyone considering a gift should read Ways to Give first, then use Contact Us if the gift needs discussion.

Quick reference by audience

Departments and institutes

The "Jump to an Academic Department or Institute" list is separate from the audience menus and is the right tool when your question is about a specific field rather than your role. It includes the academic departments — Aerospace Engineering, Bioengineering, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering — plus research units such as the Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices, the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR), the Institute for Research in Electronics & Applied Physics (IREAP), the Institute for Systems Research (ISR), Maryland Applied Graduate Engineering (MAGE), the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute (MEI2), the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (Mtech), and the Maryland Transportation Institute (MTI).

News, events, and recruiting dates

The homepage also carries a News & Events area with a calendar. Recent listings include an Alchemity Breakthrough Energy Fellowship announcement, a ranking note that Maryland placed #12 among publics for undergraduate engineering two years running, a ribbon-cutting for a Baltimore center, and an IEEE Sensors Council award. Upcoming events shown include employer information sessions (Boeing, MPR), a Fire Protection Engineering virtual information session, an AABC Commissioning Group pop-up, and a computational research foundations session covering Python, GitHub, and research computing.

If your goal is recruiting or being recruited, the events calendar is worth checking alongside the Industry → Recruiters pages, since information sessions and career fairs are listed there with dates.

How to choose your path

• You have a role at or connection to the school (student, alum, faculty/staff, employer, donor): use the matching "Information for..." group.
• You care about a subject area: use the department and institute list.
• You want to hire or be hired: go to Industry → Recruiters, then check the events calendar for session dates.
• You need to reach a specific person: use Faculty & Staff → Directories → Faculty Directory.