Winter 2012

Picture Perfect: Monica Gallagher '01, Visual Arts

When asked to chronicle her life since college, illustrator Monica Gallagher did so in the way that meant most to her: in comic book form. Check out her essay from the Winter 2012 issue of UMBC Magazine:   A designer, illustrator and comicker living in Baltimore, Gallagher graduated magna cum laude from UMBC in 2001 with a degree in visual arts, emphasis on animation. While at UMBC she learned Japanese, traveled to Greece with the ancient studies department, fainted in a yoga class, participated in film festivals, worked in the photo cage, stayed up way too late in the computer… Continue Reading Picture Perfect: Monica Gallagher '01, Visual Arts

Picture Perfect: Monica Gallagher ’01, Visual Arts

When asked to chronicle her life since college, illustrator Monica Gallagher did so in the way that meant most to her: in comic book form. Check out her essay from the Winter 2012 issue of UMBC Magazine:   A designer, illustrator and comicker living in Baltimore, Gallagher graduated magna cum laude from UMBC in 2001 with a degree in visual arts, emphasis on animation. While at UMBC she learned Japanese, traveled to Greece with the ancient studies department, fainted in a yoga class, participated in film festivals, worked in the photo cage, stayed up way too late in the computer… Continue Reading Picture Perfect: Monica Gallagher ’01, Visual Arts

Blow Up: 1969 Battle Over UMBC's First Literary Magazine

How the 1969 battle over UMBC’s literary magazine licked off an era of discontent at the university. “Literary Magazine to Determine True University Status of UMBC” The headline in the February 10, 1969 edition of The Retriever seems a bit grandiose, as do the brash pronouncements of its editor, quoted in the article: The staff of the magazine anticipates a lot of excitement on its debut. Editor Michael Jacobs stated in an interview that “the response to this magazine will be a kind of gauge on how far UMBC has approached being a true university.” By Richard Byrne ’86 As… Continue Reading Blow Up: 1969 Battle Over UMBC's First Literary Magazine

Blow Up: 1969 Battle Over UMBC’s First Literary Magazine

How the 1969 battle over UMBC’s literary magazine kicked off an era of discontent at the university. “Literary Magazine to Determine True University Status of UMBC” The headline in the February 10, 1969 edition of The Retriever seems a bit grandiose, as do the brash pronouncements of its editor, quoted in the article: The staff of the magazine anticipates a lot of excitement on its debut. Editor Michael Jacobs stated in an interview that “the response to this magazine will be a kind of gauge on how far UMBC has approached being a true university.” By Richard Byrne ’86 As… Continue Reading Blow Up: 1969 Battle Over UMBC’s First Literary Magazine

Video: Cool Jobs – Accompanist

From UMBC Magazine Winter 2012, The Coolest Jobs You Never Knew Existed at UMBC, featuring accompanist Ferd Maisel. Video by Meredith Purvis.

Video: Cool Jobs – Archivist

From UMBC Magazine Winter 2012, The Coolest Jobs You Never Knew Existed at UMBC, featuring archivist Lindsey Loeper ’04. Video by Gavin St. Ours.

Video: Cool Jobs – Landscape & Grounds

From UMBC Magazine Winter 2012, The Coolest Jobs You Never Knew Existed at UMBC, featuring landscape & grounds manager Donna Anderson. Video by Gavin St. Ours.

Video: Cool Jobs – Landscape & Grounds

From UMBC Magazine Winter 2012, The Coolest Jobs You Never Knew Existed at UMBC, featuring landscape & grounds manager Donna Anderson. Video by Gavin St. Ours.

Video: Cool Jobs – Glass Blower

From UMBC Magazine Winter 2012, The Coolest Jobs You Never Knew Existed at UMBC, featuring glassblower Tony Baney. Video by Gavin St. Ours.

Video: Cool Jobs – Animal Lab Tech

From UMBC Magazine Winter 2012, The Coolest Jobs You Never Knew Existed at UMBC, featuring former lab animal technician Rosie Mills. Video by Gavin St. Ours.

Up On the Roof – Winter 2012

UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III takes your questions.   Q. Considering that Time magazine named The Protestor as its 2011 Person of the Year and knowing your own active involvement in the civil rights movement, what are your thoughts on the amount of violent opposition present-day protesters are facing across the nation? — Joseph Cooper IV ’08, English A. People have the right to protest. I have to remind people about that at times. America was built out of protest. If we had not protested, we would not have America. At the same time, a number of institutions have… Continue Reading Up On the Roof – Winter 2012

Tower Transformer – Kelley Bell '06, MFA

Picture this: It’s a cool, crisp night and you’re cruising north up Interstate 95, with the city of Baltimore rising up before you. The image of a metropolis can rise and fall with its skyline and its immense iconic representation of the city’s civic aspirations. Much of Baltimore’s story is written in its skyline. There’s the urban renewal that spawned the National Aquarium and the twin stadiums of South Baltimore, for instance. The city’s history is also etched there in places such as the famous and distinctive Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower, which was built in 1911 at the corner of Eutaw… Continue Reading Tower Transformer – Kelley Bell '06, MFA

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