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Then & Now—Going on Tour
Sarah Darby regularly gets in thousands of steps walking backwards around campus. “I have never felt more burn in my legs. It’s like you’re using muscle groups that you don’t use when you walk...
Posted: November 21, 2025, 3:56 PM
Stepping up to the plate to preserve UMBC history
When the Fort McHenry Tunnel opened, drivers could thank Richard “Rock” Soracoe ’71, economics, for helping them see as they drove under the harbor. Soracoe spent 50-plus years in the lighting...
Posted: June 20, 2024, 1:02 PM
Retriever for Life
Very few Retrievers can say they’ve spent as many years on campus or enjoyed quite so many roles in doing so as Joan Costello ’73, social work. From her first days as a student and student worker;...
Posted: June 14, 2023, 12:56 PM
UMBC Belongs to All of Us
Diane Tichnell from the 1970 Skipjack, UMBC’s yearbook. UMBC is a young institution—and not only do we have active alumni from the first four graduating classes still working to make an impact...
Posted: June 13, 2023, 1:31 PM
Shop Talk
One of the undeniable benefits of UMBC’s relative youth is access to founding members of the institution and other individuals who’ve played a foundational role in shaping the University. What...
Posted: December 16, 2020, 4:20 PM