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Help more Morgan scholars reach graduation.

44 percent of Morgan State students finish in four years. RISE exists to move that number. Pick the way in that fits you, and we'll walk you through it.

For Morgan State students

Join RISE

A house, an accountability group, a peer mentor, and people who notice when you go quiet.

  • About 20 minutes to apply
  • Saves as you go
  • $20 a semester to start
  1. Make your account with your Morgan State email.
  2. Fill out the application. Your answers go to the people who place you, not to other scholars.
  3. We confirm you're enrolled, usually within 3 business days.
  4. Pay dues: $20 a semester for your first two semesters (or $35 for both at once), then $10. Summer and semesters on leave are free. Payment plans are available.
  5. You're in. You're placed in a house, an accountability group, and with a peer mentor.

Start your application Take the values quiz first How RISE works

For professionals and graduate students

Mentor a scholar

Be the person in their field who answers the questions no class covers. Professional mentorship is never graded and has no required check-ins.

  • At least 2 years past graduation, or a grad student with 1 year of professional work
  • About 10 minutes to apply
  1. Make an account with any email.
  2. Fill out the mentor application: your field, your path, and what you'd like to help with.
  3. The Professional Programming Director reviews it and emails you.
  4. Take a short training and a five-question quiz.
  5. Meet your scholar: a Morgan junior or senior headed toward your field.

Apply to mentor I'm a RISE scholar: become a peer mentor

For companies, alumni, campus offices, and community groups

Partner with RISE or sponsor something

Open a door for scholars who are ready to walk through it.

  • Host a site visit
  • Sponsor an event or scholarship
  • Post internships and scholarships
  • Run a workshop
  1. Tell us what you have in mind in the form below. A sentence or two is plenty.
  2. We reply by email, usually within a week, from riseorg.contact@gmail.com.
  3. We plan it together: dates, how many scholars, and how we'll share it.

Start a partnershipSee the Opportunity Board

For alumni, faculty, staff, and professionals

Volunteer, speak, or host

One evening can change how a scholar sees their future.

  • Speak at a workshop
  • Review résumés
  • Do mock interviews
  • Help at a service day
  1. Tell us how you'd like to help and when you're free.
  2. We match you with an event the scholars are planning, or build one around you.
  3. We send the details: time, place, and who you'll meet.

Offer your timeSee upcoming events

For anyone

Give

Gifts fund scholarships, service days, study sessions, and the events that keep scholars connected.

  1. Online giving is coming soon.
  2. Want to give now, or fund something specific (a scholarship, an event, supplies)? Tell us in the form below.
  3. Our finance team replies with how to give and confirms where it goes.

I'd like to give

Questions about giving: riseorg.contact@gmail.com. This website never takes payments. Never pay through a link or message that didn't come from RISE.

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Tell us how you'd like to help

It goes straight to the RISE team. We'll reply by email, usually within a week.

Prefer email? Write to riseorg.contact@gmail.com.

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Questions people ask

Do I have to be a Morgan State student to get involved?

Only to become a member. Anyone can mentor, partner, volunteer, speak, or give.

I'm a Morgan student but not ready to join. What can I do?

Take the values quiz, come to an open event, or browse the Opportunity Board. Apply whenever you're ready.

What does membership cost?

$20 a semester for your first two semesters, or $35 if you pay for both at once, then $10 a semester. Summer and leave semesters are free. If paying on time is hard, ask the Director of Finances about a payment plan. See Dues and refunds.

How much time does mentoring take?

Professional mentoring has no required check-ins. You and your scholar decide how often to talk. Peer mentors (RISE scholars) check in on a set schedule.

Who will contact me, and from where?

The RISE team replies from riseorg.contact@gmail.com. RISE will never ask for a password or for card or bank details by message.

Can my company sponsor something specific?

Yes: an event, a scholarship, supplies for a service day, or something else. Tell us what you have in mind.