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Meet a Retriever—Annie Byrd ’04, M.P.S. ’23, birth worker advocate who creates employment connections for UMBC students
Annie Byrd ’04, emergency health services, M.P.S. ’23, community leadership, began her staff career at UMBC as an executive administrative assistant and she is now the Career Center’s assistant...
Posted: July 28, 2026, 2:53 PM
UMBC’s Paws & Pivot free webinar series helps federal workers rebuild their careers
In early 2025, thousands of U.S. federal workers were unexpectedly laid off, many living in the Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia (DMV) area. Patrick Shirdon ’92, economics, a civil servant of...
Posted: November 5, 2025, 3:43 PM
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