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title: A New Welcome to UMD
date: 2022-03-10T05:30:00-05:00
author: University of Maryland
canonical_url: "https://today.umd.edu/a-new-welcome-to-umd"
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# A New Welcome to UMD

*March 10, 2022* — by [Liam Farrell](/author/liam-farrell)


> Visitor Center Opens ‘One-Stop Shop’ in The Hotel

*Visitor Center The Hotel 03082022 JC 8346 1920x1080 — The starting point for UMD campus tours is a sleek new visitor center in The Hotel at the University of Maryland that combines customer service with a video experience to help prospective students and families connect to campus.*

Prospective students, Terp alums and other visitors to campus are now starting their journey in one of the jewels of Greater College Park, following the opening of a new visitor center on the first floor of The Hotel at the University of Maryland.

The move from Turner Hall to just across Baltimore Avenue is a way to give “a visual representation of who we are as an institution,” said Shannon Gundy, assistant vice president of enrollment management. “The university is always working to attract the best and brightest students. We have to put our best foot forward.”

More than 76,000 people annually stopped at the old visitor center in Turner Hall, and now guests arriving for campus tours gather in the Hotel near a new desk and kiosk area with KN95 masks, brochures, maps and small giveaway items like key chains and stickers. (The COVID-19 pandemic is still necessitating some program revisions—traditional open houses are still done virtually.)


*Student Jeffrey Flores looks at video board in Visitor Center*




**Topics:** [Campus & Community](https://today.umd.edu/tags/campus-community)



**Units:** [Division of Administration](https://today.umd.edu/topic/division-administration), [Office of Undergraduate Admissions](https://today.umd.edu/topic/office-undergraduate-admissions)