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The UMD Arboretum has reinstituted tours for mothers and infants that were cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic.

If the Halloween season turns your thoughts to mysteries of the macabre and supernatural, we invite you to enjoy the lore of ghostly secrets that linger within the very walls of the UMD campus. Founded in 1856, the University of Maryland boasts a history steeped in eerie tales involving campus buildings. FM’s GIS department has created a map of haunted sites on the main campus. Take the tour if you dare!

FM's Planning and Construction team is busy this fall with projects across campus. Here are nine projects that were highlighted recently by Maryland Today.

The Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund has awarded $1,752,134 to the University of Maryland to complete the restoration of Campus Creek and renewal of the Animal Sciences Pond. Congratulations go to FM’s Christopher Ho, a Civil Engineer with Planning & Construction, who filed two rounds of applications before the grant was secured. In 2019, Phase I of the creek restoration, restored 3,000 feet of the stream. With this grant, FM will finish the job. 

UMD has a history of composting that goes back to 2007. Those efforts have been greatly expanded in the years since and are about to expand again. The Maryland Legislature recently passed new requirements for the collection of compostable materials every time food is served on the UMD campus. Whether a student group meeting, a small staff meeting or a large event, composting all remaining food scraps is now required. 

Commencement often signals the start of the summer season – a slower pace and a chance to catch up on work that may have been pushed aside during the spring semester. But for Facilities Management (FM), summer is rarely slow. It is rather a time to take advantage of fewer people on campus and complete projects that could be more difficult or impossible to address during the fall and spring semesters.