Kick-Off to a New Brigade Season!

Thu, 23 Apr 2015 11:13:28 -0400

GB UMBC has had a fantastic year of growth and successful brigade trips. As we have completed election season and a fun and informative GB Week celebration, it's time to look forward to starting anew and kicking off the 2015-2016 brigade season!

Have you gone on a brigade before and want to go again? Are you ready to experience your first brigade? Are you interested in going on a trip with a different brigade program? If you are saying yes to any of these questions, read on!

This upcoming year we will be offering brigades for the following programs:

Medical Brigades

Dental Brigades

Public Health Brigades

Human Rights/Microfinance Hybrid Brigades

Environmental Brigades

Generally, what do you have to do to do to join a brigade?

Follow/become a member of our myUMBC page for updates

Fill out the GB application and rank your top 3 programs of interest (from the ones listed above)

If accepted to one of your top 3 programs (you can only be a part of one program per year), you will then sign a program contract which outlines member responsibilities for that program

Attend pre-brigade planning and education meetings

Help fundraise for your brigade

Meet payment deadlines

Applications will be available via myUMBC, look out for a post in the next few days about the application's availability. The deadlines for the application are as follows:

Priority Deadline: May 26th 11:59PM

Final Deadline: September 9th 11:59PM

We will be posting about upcoming information sessions for these programs where you can learn more about each program's project in-country, where and when they'll be traveling, cost, and commitment expectations.

Any and all current UMBC undergrads can apply, including incoming freshman! If you have any questions or want to learn more, email us at gbumbc@gmail.com.