Random UMD Facts
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What is the Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering?
The full name of who the engineering school at UMD is named after?
Who is A. James Clark.
The three E's in order.
What is Empower. Engineer. Exceed?
Barack Obama is this number president of the United States
What is 44th?
These two words are represented by the shorthand term R&B
What is Rhythm and Blues?
This UMD tradition is something that students take part in when seeking good luck before exams.
What is rubbing testudo's nose?
The smallest clark school major
What is Fire Protection Engineering?
BTX's Founders Day
What is February 24, 2020?
Who is Mae Jemison?
UMD's Course Code in which Blacktronix was officially formed.
What is ENME350?
The number of Testudo statues around campus
What is seven?
The course code for an engineering course that every engineering student takes at UMD.
What is ENES100?
These three board members are on the cover of the BTX Foundation website.
Who are Marcus, Dania, and Kelsey.
Name of the creator of the BTX Foundation's Logo
Who is Aleah McWilliams?
In the color purple, how long did Sofia have to fight?
What is all her life?
This spot on campus is supposedly cursed — if you step on it, you won’t graduate in four years.
What is the Point of Failure?
Located in Clark Hall, this 90% undergraduate student-run operation provides rapid prototyping, advanced manufacturing, and digital design resources as a service to the campus and surrounding community.
What is Terrapin Works?
Who are Paul Brown-Taylor and Racheal Ssentongo?
The first African American Graduate Student admitted to UMD (Hint: They renamed a building after him in 2015.)
Who is Parren James Mitchel?
Two rappers that headline UMD Art Attack in 2014 AND one rapper that headlined UMD Art Attack in 2017.
Who are Wale & Big Sean and 2 Chainz?
This national landmark can be seen from the top of Maryland Stadium
What is the Washington Monument?
This lab simulates the conditions of space and is the only facility of its kind on a university campus.
What is the neutral buoyancy lab?
The three part mission of the BTX Foundation.
What is Provide support for underrepresented minorities in the field of Engineering
2) Ease some of the financial burdens undergraduate students face
3) Help strengthen the engineering community through encouragement of collaboration, well-roundedness and academic excellence
The first black woman elected to United States Congress, the first black candidate or a major party's nomination for President of the United States, and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
Name of all BTX Board Members in alphabetical order by last name
Who are:
Eliab Ayichluhim, Marcus Davis, Kelsey Earle, Tomi Falodun, Chariah Ghee, Cillisha Knights, Dominick Littleton, Dania Morris, Darien Strachan or
Eliab, Marcus, Tomi, Kelsey, Chariah, Cillisha, Dom, Dania, Darien