A video series highlights alumni educators using their careers to encourage students, in the classroom, but also through less traditional avenues.
How to Throw a Hammer
It’s widely accepted that you need to practice a skill for 10,000 hours before becoming an expert. Andrew Haberman has a different number in mind—20,000 throws.
Meaningful Representation
Minner hopes the creation of an archive at UMBC will encourage more members of the Lumbee Tribe to dig into their past, while also finding pride in their present.
Finish Line in Sight
Online classes have changed the game for a specific population—former students who paused their education are returning to complete their degrees.
Research Under the Same Roof
COVID-19 allowed this mother/daughter research pair to see how their areas of expertise overlapped.
Creating a Literary Space for the ‘Nobodies’
A literary magazine with Taco Bell as it’s touchstone? It’s actually not as cheesy as it sounds.
President Hrabowski Awarded Medal for Career Advancing Diversity, Inclusion
President Freeman Hrabowski’s powerful personal story is well known in the UMBC community. At the age of 12, seeking equal access to a quality education, he marched with...
Street Vendors Make Cities Livelier, Safer, and Fairer – Here’s Why They Belong on the Post-COVID-19 Urban Scene
Promoting street vending can generate employment, keep people safe, and create the vitality and comity that is the hallmark of livable humane cities.
Building Community, Block By Block
Campus programs are finding creative ways to encourage connectedness online, relying on equal parts vulnerability and light-hearted fun as the foundational building blocks.
Holding Down the Fort to Keep Students Connected
In the wake of so many life-defining activities suddenly curtailed, many other things continued nevertheless—namely the indomitable UMBC grit.