ABAE targets those high school students who wish to pursue professional careers but may have difficulty in their math, science and English classes. The program currently involves over 80 students from five Baltimore City and County high schools and over 60 tutors from the Schools of Pharmacy, Medicine, Law, Dentistry, Nursing and Social Work .

MELS hosts an annual environmental dinner/panel discussion, attends national environmental conferences, and organizes outdoor events for its members, such as environmental cleanups.

MELS has gained national recognition for purchasing and retiring emission allowance for sulfur dioxide. Since 1994, MELS has purchased 72 tons of sulfur dioxide allowances, thereby reducing the allowable sulfur dioxide emissions that regulated stationary sources are permitted to emit nationwide. Most recently, MELS has begun to buy and retire carbon credits.

Gift packages will be made up and distributed to in-patients of this 127-bed facility on Christmas Day. Soldiers overseas and the current returning population are inundated with people giving to them; it is our older population of veterans who are often overlooked, so we are hoping that we can give to them as well as to the in-patients housed in their 16-bed trauma recovery unit, making their holidays a little bit brighter.

The Council:

Assists the schools with navigating the extensive network of UMB outreach resources available to enrich the childrens experiences.

Serves as the primary point of contact to support each community schools action plan (developed by the school coordinator based on an annual assessment of needs and resources).

Encourages interdisciplinary collaboration within UMB to better leverage and link campus outreach services with identified needs.

Mobilizes campus resources to support local community schools.

Determines appropriate ways to demonstrate the success of targeted outreach efforts.

Expands partnerships to other community schools, as resources permit.