This is what students do in order to have good luck for things at the University of Maryland when they walk past Testudo.
Rub his nose
These are two courses that DCC students have to take in their first two years.
105, 106, 201, 208, 209
These are the programs that Prince Frederick Hall houses.
DCC, ACES, IBH
This is the name of UMD’s mascot
Testudo
This particular crustacean is a popular Maryland food found in the Chesapeake Bay.
Blue Crab
Students who step at this location, the intersection of multiple lines that indicate the location of buildings that existed before the Great Fire of 2012, are said to fail to graduate in four years.
Point of Failure
This is the October event that StuCo as held as a tradition
Reverse Trick or Treating
These are the names of 2 RAs in floors 2-3.
Katelin, Kamari, Vinny, Zamare
This is the main difference between tortoises and turtles.
Tortoises are terrestrial
Maryland gave up a portion of its land in 1790 for the creation of this district
Washington DC
These are the locations of 4 Testudos on campus.
McKeldin Library, Van Munching Hall, Xfinity Center, Adele H. Stamp Student Union, Maryland Stadium (2), Riggs Alumni Center
This is the DCC student that won the 2023 DCC Design Tournament
Caroline Dinh
This is the room number of the Multipurpose Room (MPR)
1105
These are the names of the four ninja turtles from the popular series ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’, as well as famous painters.
Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael
Maryland borders these 4 states.
West Virginia, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania.
This is a popular tradition that the UMD student section does at basketball games when the visiting team is being introduced.
Newspaper shaking
This is the year the Design Cultures Creativity Program of the UMD Honors College was founded.
2009
This is the amount of family points you receive every time you check into the Makerspace
10
In the 2003 film “Finding Nemo”, Nemo befriends the sea turtle “Crush” and his son who is named this.
Squirt
This popular pizza chain opened its first store in the Adelphi Shopping center here in College Park.
Ledo Pizza
Although another dining hall is housed in an older building, this dining hall is the oldest on campus.
South Campus Dining Hall
251 North (was built in the same building as the now closed Denton Dining Hall; the building was heavily refurbished, rebranded, and opened in 2011)
These are the names of all current StuCo members.
Allen, Bryant, Sarah, Allison, Joyce, Mateo, Brian, Dasha, Gabby, Sophie
This is the year Prince Frederick finished construction and opened for students.
2014
Bowser from the “Super Mario Bros” series has a son named Bowser Jr. and a crew of adopted sons collectively called “The Koopalings”. This is how many Koopalings there are. (Not including Bowser Jr.
7
Formed in Baltimore in 1743, this was the first professional sports organization in the United States
The Maryland Jockey Club