Making UMBC Shine
UMBC rolled out a new brand and with it launched a fresh homepage, icon, and video. Alumni in the filmmaking industry are behind the scenes of UMBC’s brand video. Continue Reading Making UMBC Shine
All posts by: Randianne Leyshon '09
At UMBC’s 8th annual Scholarship Luncheon, student recipients of endowed scholarships met and thanked the backers of their financial support. Continue Reading Together We Rise — Annual Scholarship Luncheon On UMBC’s second annual Giving Day last week, campus and social media buzzed with creative call-outs and challenges for 1,000 donors to participate in the 24-hour window. Mama’s Boys, True Grit, and other student-led entertainment drew a crowd to Main Street where the festivities celebrated the ongoing gifts rolling in, while different departments and athletic teams took to Twitter to playfully compete with each other, using car karaoke and other incentives to spur on supporters. In typical UMBC fashion, students, staff, and alumni rallied to go well beyond the goal and by midnight, 1,554 donors had raised $106,906 to support… Continue Reading The Joy of Giving I am delighted that one of the features in this issue is written by John Strausbaugh ’74, interdisciplinary studies. Strausbaugh has had a successful career in journalism and cultural criticism, and is the author of a string of books that explore fascinating byways of American culture. But I’m particularly happy to have Strausbaugh in the magazine because I would not have launched my own career without his help. It’s a story that demonstrates the power that alumni have to mentor and shape the careers of those who follow after them. You might already have recognized the goofy face on the… Continue Reading To You – Fall 2009 The list of required props for Irish dramatist Martin McDonagh’s black comedy The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2001) indicates just what murderous mayhem awaits its audience: “Dead black cat; Dead ginger cat; 3 guns; Wooden cross; Dismembered corpses.” By the end of Inishmore, both the stage and the actors are drenched in sanguinary slaughter. Yet the play is a comedy – absurd, hilarious, and aimed at stripping away the glory from Ireland’s senseless sectarian violence. In a much-acclaimed recent production of Inishmore by Northern Virginia’s Signature Theatre, Matthew McGloin ’05, theatre, garnered critical raves for his performance as Davey – a… Continue Reading Acting the Part – Matt McGloin ’05, Theatre
Together We Rise — Annual Scholarship Luncheon
The Joy of Giving
To You – Fall 2009
Acting the Part – Matt McGloin ’05, Theatre