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The long shot—4-time Olympian Cleopatra Borel ’02 inducted to Athletics Hall of Fame
Cleopatra Borel had no athletic aspirations when she arrived in Baltimore from Trinidad and Tobago in 1997. She enrolled at what was then Coppin State College on the advice of her high school math...
Posted: November 14, 2023, 3:11 PM
Meet a Retriever—Brian Souders, Ph.D., globetrotter and study abroad champion
Currently, Brian Souders is the associate director for global learning in the Center for Global Engagement at UMBC. But Brian, who came to UMBC in 2000 to be the university’s inaugural study...
Posted: November 10, 2023, 3:40 PM
Meet a Retriever—Army veteran Tim Besse, M.A. ’17, management of aging services
Meet Tim Besse, M.A. ’17, management of aging services, a veteran of the United States Army who now works as an advocate for veterans with neurological injuries or diseases. As a student in the...
Posted: November 9, 2023, 4:23 PM
Meet a Retriever —Diane Tichnell ’70, political science, Founding Four alum
Meet Diane Tichnell ’70, a political science graduate of UMBC’s very first class of Retrievers! As a member of UMBC’s “Founding Four” group of alums from the university’s first four graduating...
Posted: November 7, 2023, 8:48 AM
Alumni Awards 2023—Making impact through relationships
On the stage of the 35th annual Alumni Awards, awardees and their nominators repeated a shared theme: the freedom and flexibility to grow at UMBC—not alone—but in community. Presented by the...
Posted: November 1, 2023, 12:56 PM
Music Education Helps Others Find the Right Note
Headshot of James Dorsey. When James Dorsey arrived at UMBC in 2002 to major in music performance and composition, becoming an educator was not the original plan. But when opportunity knocked,...
Posted: October 23, 2023, 3:43 PM
Embarking on ‘Happily Ever After’
By Roni Rosenthal For those who grew up—or still are—spellbound by movies like Beauty and the Beast, Toy Story, and The Lion King, you are part of what some historians dub the “Disney...
Posted: October 23, 2023, 1:09 PM
Meet a Retriever—Ting Huang ’21, McNair Scholars coordinator extraordinaire
Meet Ting Huang ’21, psychology, program coordinator for the McNair Scholars Program in the Office of Academic Opportunity Programs where she was previously a scholar. Ting is now in a position...
Posted: September 29, 2023, 2:45 PM
Standing Ovation for Outstanding Retrievers
At UMBC, we celebrate the accomplishments of our alumni community year round, but our annual Athletics Hall of Fame induction and Alumni Awards ceremony and reception give us a chance to cheer...
Posted: September 27, 2023, 11:56 AM
First Roth Research Award recipient broadens horizons after summer research experience
Inioluwa Oluseyi has wanted to be a neurosurgeon as long as she can remember. She didn’t anticipate how much fly husbandry would play a role in her reaching her goal. In a fall 2022 genetics class...
Posted: September 22, 2023, 4:09 PM
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