One of Kate Tracy’s longest-standing and most important descriptors is “Maxine Tracy in a different form,” laughs Tracy. “A feistier version of my grandmother.” She’s honoring Maxine with an endowment in her name to UMBC’s Women’s Center. Continue Reading Living Her Values As a new semester gets underway dozens student organizations readily welcome Retrievers who may not assume that the club is for them. Continue Reading The Hospitality of UMBC’s Student Clubs In her position at The League, Ghazal Rahmanpanah is trying to encourage people to live more civically minded lives through narrative change. Continue Reading Changing the Narrative—Ghazal Rahmanpanah ’08 Mohammed Khalid was the youngest person convicted of terrorism in the U.S. After his deradicalization, Khalid now researches ways to avoid extremism online. Continue Reading By Saving One Life, You Have Saved All Humankind Different disciplines are training up social justice-minded students to do no harm in the communities they work with, one thriving relationship at a time. Continue Reading MUTUAL FLOURISHING “Transfer students bring a wealth of knowledge and experiences to our campus,” says UMBC’s Chloe Terrell. “Without them, we wouldn’t be the vibrant community we are.” Continue Reading Retrievers buck ‘traditional’ timelines and redefine success Many Retrievers aspire to create a community that treats each member as a whole person deserving of respect, no matter their age or identity. These two Rising Stars are doing just that. Continue Reading Access for All—Rising Together Since 2009, as part of its Alumni Awards celebration, the UMBC Alumni Association names one “Rising Star” recipient each year who exemplifies early career and professional achievement. Prior to our October 2021 award ceremony, we’re spending some time with awardees from the past decade to see where they are now—and how they’ve grown in their fields while maintaining ties to UMBC. Software that Empowers the Community In this installment, UMBC Rising Stars and Fearless coworkers Delali Dzirasa ’04, computer engineering, and Kelsey Krach ’14, anthropology, discuss their Retriever networks and the responsibility of working in the civic tech space. The… Continue Reading Rising Together If Peter Wood ’06, theatre, is doing his job well, you’ll never notice what he’s doing. It should look effortless and natural, smooth and, well, magical. Continue Reading Building the Magic A video series highlights alumni educators using their careers to encourage students, in the classroom, but also through less traditional avenues. Continue Reading Retriever Educators Are Everywhere “Having university leadership sign on in support of this resolution is a big step,” says Eric Ford, director of The Choice Program at UMBC. “By taking this step, UMBC is sending a message to the campus community that inclusive excellence is not just a slogan but a virtue we live by.” Continue Reading UMBC leaders and community support congressional resolution for national racial healing work Of the more than 120 students who returned to complete their UMBC degree through the Finish Line program after years away from college, roughly a fourth of them only needed one more semester to do so. These returning students are graduating this week. Continue Reading Each journey unique: UMBC students complete their degrees after returning mid-pandemic
Living Her Values
The Hospitality of UMBC’s Student Clubs
Changing the Narrative—Ghazal Rahmanpanah ’08
By Saving One Life, You Have Saved All Humankind
MUTUAL FLOURISHING
Retrievers buck ‘traditional’ timelines and redefine success
Access for All—Rising Together
Rising Together
Building the Magic
Retriever Educators Are Everywhere
UMBC leaders and community support congressional resolution for national racial healing work
Each journey unique: UMBC students complete their degrees after returning mid-pandemic
