COEIT News Archive

It has been a banner year for UMBC community members committed to improving the quality of K-12 education. This spring The Washington Post and Baltimore County Public Schools honored two UMBC...

Sayre Posey B.A., History, Education Certificate Magna Cum Laude Hometown: Myersville, Maryland Plans: 9th grade U.S. history teacher in Baltimore City I am passionate about eliminating...

Avanti Mehta B.A., Anthropology Cum Laude Hometown: Clarksburg Maryland Plans: M.D., George Washington University School of Medicine “My sophomore year was incredibly difficult…medical...

Vivek Moorthy B.S., Financial Economics; B.A., Mathematics Magna Cum Laude Hometown: Ellicott City, Maryland Plans: Business Management Analyst at Northrop Grumman Assets like the Career...

Cheyenne Smith B.A., Psychology; B.S., Biological Sciences Magna Cum Laude Hometown: Ellerslie, Maryland Plans: AmeriCorps Community Service Learning Fellow, The Choice Program at UMBC I...

Two university presidents and Baltimore city youth joined hands to cut a cake bedecked in a giant red ribbon celebrating the grand opening of the city’s first Flying Fruit Cafe. The cafe is part...

UMBC, Baltimore City Public Schools (BCPS), and the Northrop Grumman Foundation have launched a $1.6 million partnership to boost science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM)...

The Choice Program’s Flying Fruit Fantasy Fruit Shake stand is turn 35 on July 2. To celebrate, they will be giving away prizes like Orioles tickets, gift cards, and a year of free fruit shakes....

The 2015 Shriver Center Public Service Scholars Programs have all been kicked off within the last several weeks. This year’s programs, The Governor’s Summer Internship Program (GSIP), the Walter...

Youth in Action is an annual youth-led event, hosted by UMBC’s Choice Program. This year’s Youth in Action aims to use art as a means of catharsis and a platform for the voices of youth to be...