Jan. 28 Transition to Virtual Operations, Campus Closed

Bowie State University will be transitioning to virtual operations for all classes and office operations on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. The campus will be closed to all non-essential personnel, and all campus activities are canceled. All buildings except residence halls will be closed. Essential personnel should report on time. This is due to the extended time required to clear the extensive snow and ice accumulation on campus. University crews are making every effort to resume campus operations, as a safe return to in-person learning and work remains our top priority. Only essential personnel and residential students are permitted access to the campus on Jan. 28. For more information, please visit BowieState.edu/weather.

The Engage Center for Experiential Learning and Career Readiness

Contact Us

Phone: 301-860-3825

Email: engage@bowiestate.edu

Appointment Requests: Complete students and alumni request form.

Contact Team Members: View contacts page.

Mission

Our mission is to engage students in designing and navigating their education, careers, and lives with intention and purpose—especially in a complex, rapidly changing world where career paths are not always straightforward.

Using a career and life design approach, we co-design plans with students that spark curiosity and empower agency as they shape their own career readiness. Through self-discovery, strengths development, professional skills refinement, and connection to meaningful, real-world experiential and employment opportunities, students build the competencies necessary for moving boldly forward with confidence and purpose to make an impact.

To support this work at scale, we collaborate with faculty, staff, employers, and community partners to expand and integrate hands-on learning and employment pathways—institutionalizing career readiness and experiential learning as defining hallmarks of the BSU undergraduate and graduate student experience.

The Engage Center Offices

Please note that The Engage Center is in process of a restructuring to include the following offices: