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A shift in plans leads to new opportunities, combining philosophy and science
Avi Newman Degrees: B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; B.S., Biological Sciences; B.A., Philosophy Hometown: Derwood, MD Post-grad plans: Graduate school Embracing all of the...
Posted: May 1, 2023, 10:36 AM
Meet a Retriever — Jok Thon, UMBC’s First Peaceworker Global Fellow
Meet Jok Abraham Thon, UMBC’s first Peaceworker Global Fellow and the first Retriever from South Sudan. Thon is pursuing his master’s in entrepreneurship, innovation, and leadership and plans to...
Posted: October 26, 2022, 2:56 PM
UMBC opens new academic year with new president, largest-ever incoming class
“ “This is a time when you begin to define what you love, what really matters to you, who you want to be in this world, and what difference you want to make in the lives of...
Posted: September 1, 2022, 3:02 PM
Peaceworkers in Action
Michael Hassett and Chiara Collette first met each other in 2014 at the Los Angeles International Airport before boarding a 17-hour flight to the Kingdom of Tonga in the middle of the southwestern...
Posted: July 13, 2022, 1:19 PM
Community leader renews his Baltimore roots
Keenan Hickman Degree: M.P.S., Community Leadership Hometown: Baltimore, MD Plans: Work in social justice organizations “Service is a pathway to opportunities for everyone if we allow...
Posted: May 12, 2022, 2:15 PM
Campus Compact Mid-Atlantic names UMBC’s Rehman Liaqat, human rights advocate, a 2022-23 Civic Fellow
Rehman Liaqat ’22, political science, has received the inaugural Campus Compact Mid-Atlantic (CCMA) Civic Fellowship. He is one of 13 students chosen from institutions across Maryland, Delaware,...
Posted: May 11, 2022, 9:02 AM
UMBC’s Haleemat Adekoya receives prestigious Truman Scholarship for education advocacy
Haleemat Adekoya ‘23, political science, received a surprise phone call last Tuesday morning. On the line were both UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski and Valerie Sheares Ashby, who just one day...
Posted: April 14, 2022, 11:36 AM
UMBC grads share what inspires them: family, Baltimore communities, international experiences
Katie Poteet, Shekinah Davis, and Nicholas Duy-Hoan Nguyen all came to UMBC grounded in their families’ unique journeys and deeply-held values, and seeking to find their own individual paths. Each...
Posted: May 20, 2021, 8:47 PM
Graduating Retrievers find joy and career inspiration in supporting K-12 students and families
Each year, hundreds of Retrievers work with K-12 students and families across Greater Baltimore, providing tutoring, mentoring, introductions to new skills and interests, and supportive one-on-one...
Posted: May 20, 2021, 5:20 PM
UMBC’s 2021 grads advance research with public impact—from disaster response to assistive tech
Students from across all of UMBC’s colleges and schools are graduating this week having taken advantage of the unique undergraduate research opportunities and supportive mentorship UMBC offers....
Posted: May 20, 2021, 3:02 PM
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