In the midst of challenging times, the UMBC community always finds ways to support each other.
We’ve called on our GRIT to do great things.
Now, We’re Calling on You
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Carrying on a Philanthropic Legacy
Inspired by her mother’s philanthropic giving, Hema Gowda ’01, biological sciences, established the Gowda Scholarship Endowment for UMBC in 2016 to help students interested in pursuing graduate studies in pharmacy find success at UMBC.
“When [my mother] retired, she set up endowments at [The University of Maryland,] College Park in the name of her parents because they were the ones that pushed her for higher education,” says Gowda. “She is the person she is today because of them…So I’d always been inspired by that and wanted to give back to UMBC because it was the foundation for my career.”
Our Alumni Are Making an Impact
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Meet a Retriever—Ron Pettie ’82, retired police officer and true Retriever Believer
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Chuck Peake—Pioneer of UMBC’s economics program
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Meet a Retriever—Camilla Sandoval ’17, M.A. ’19, program coordinator for Maryland Humanities
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Meet a Retriever—Monroe Kennedy, III, ’12, mechanical engineering professor at Stanford University
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Meet a Retriever—Laura Howell ’86, disability advocate and Alumni Association governance committee chair
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Meet a Retriever—Ciomara Matamoros, mom of three and aspiring school psychologist
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Meet a Retriever—Poulomi Banerjee ’16, M.P.P. ’21, annual donor and advocate of the UMBC community
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Meet a Retriever—Sean McWilliams, M.S. ’16, Alumni Association Alumni Awards Committee Co-Chair
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