SAFETY & SECURITY

Safety Resourcespro Tips

Add the on-campus emergency phone number into your cell phone: UMPD 301-405-3333.

Download the UMD Guardian Safety App. This can serve as a virtual walking escort service, automatically contacting UMPD if you do not arrive at your expected destination. Additionally, by downloading the UMD Guardian app, you can text a tip to UMPD and have the ability to include a photo. The app is available for download through the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Register your mobile phone with the UMD Alert service at alert.umd.edu to receive UMD emergency alert messages.

For more safety tips visit Safety Resources page.

POLICIES REGARDING ALCOHOL & ILLEGAL DRUGS

The legal drinking age in the State of Maryland—for beer, wine, and liquor—is 21. For students under the age of 21, it is a violation of residence hall rules to drink or possess alcoholic beverages.

For all students, regardless of age, it is a violation of residence hall rules to: possess or use alcoholic beverages in any common area of the residence halls, and possess, use, or distribute any illegal drug or drug paraphernalia.

Pursuant to the University of Maryland’s obligations under the federal Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act, cannabis legalized in Maryland, and prescribed cannabis, also known as Medical Marijuana are both prohibited on campus, including in the residence halls, under the University and Resident Life drug policies.

Use of alcohol by a minor or possession of drug paraphernalia normally results in a sanction of housing probation or warning; further violation can result in dismissal from residence halls. Possession, use, distribution, and/or knowingly allowing use or distribution in one’s room of any illegal drug normally results in dismissal from residence halls. Students are expected to report suspected drug activity to University Police at 911 or (301) 405-3555.

No Smoking Policy

The University of Maryland is a smoke-free campus.

Smoking in any form is not allowed within any residence hall room or space.

Smoking is only permitted in designated outdoor locations on campus at all times. Designated locations for smoking may be found on Smoking Area Map.

Use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery systems (also known as vapes, juuls, e-cigarettes) within any residence hall space, or within 25 feet of any residence hall is not permitted.