Visual Arts Golden Ball
Creative costumes were all the rage at the Golden Ball hosted by the Visual Arts program and its alumni on October 15, 2016.
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The UMBC campus unites on Founders Day to take stock of the past and look boldly into the future. September 19, 2016 was the official anniversary of UMBC’s founding in 1966, and the university held a ceremony including students, faculty, staff, and alumni that celebrated a number of qualities that had helped it grow over five decades into a major public research university: talented students, shared governance of the campus, and visionary leadership. Among the highlights of the ceremony included an address to the campus by UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, and a letter from UMBC’s first graduate, Robin… Continue Reading Accomplishment & Aspirations Tracing the Impact of UMBC – and its Alumni – After Five Decades In his Founders Day address, UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, made the case for UMBC’s vitality and influence as a public research institution. But how do you quantify the university’s success and impact over its existence?The university asked Sage Policy Group, a prominent economic analysis firm, to assess UMBC’s impact as a university and as an engine of fiscal growth in Maryland.The group’s report – UMBC at 50: Momentum and Impact – makes a clear and compelling case for the university’s dynamic intellectual, social, and economic… Continue Reading The Power of 50 A collection of vivid vignettes from UMBC’s founding. The Stoop Storytelling Series – created by Laura Wexler and Jessica Henkin – has become a fixture in Baltimore arts community, encouraging “ordinary” people to tell the extraordinary stories of their lives. So it was a natural for the Stoop Stories team to organize “Retrieve Your Memories: Stoop Stories with the ab Four and Friends” to tell stories of UMBC’s first students and faculty, with a special guest appearance by UMBC President Freeman A, Hrabowski, III. Each speaker stepped into the spotlight for a few moments and brought the early days of… Continue Reading Fab (Four) Storytellers A gathering to honor UMBC founders provides insights in university history. The Roots of Greatness Luncheon, held September 17, celebrated the founding generation of students, faculty, and staff. Among the highlights of the program was a portrait of founding chancellor Albin O. Kuhn, delivered by Wendy Salkind, professor emeritus of theatre, and a discussion of a new history of the university – Improbable Excellence: The Saga of UMBC – written by George La Noue, professor emeritus of public policy and political science. The discussion was moderated by John Jeffries, dean emeritus of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences,… Continue Reading Deep Roots Senior and student athlete Emily Russo is majoring in biology and minoring in psychology. A guard and three-year captain on the women’s basketball team, Emily serves as president of UMBC’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee and as a member of the Athletics Policy Committee. She also works part time in Dr. Michael Summers’ HIV-1 Lab on campus. >> Back to Windows On Today Junior business technology administration major Ayo Akindana is a marketing intern with MissionTix in Baltimore, and is involved in UMBC’s Alex.Brown Center for Entrepreneurship, as well as the African Students Association. >> Back to Windows On Today The Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery Tells the UMBC Story in Artifacts and Images — Richard Byrne ’86 In assembling its exhibit to celebrate the founding decades of UMBC, the team in UMBC’s Special Collections who put together “Sharing the Past, Building the Future: UMBC at 50” – chief curator Tom Beck, archivist Lindsey Loeper ’04, exhibition curator Emily Hauver ’05, and librarian Susan Graham ’98 – have given the university community a chance to glimpse essential objects and images that may have escaped easy notice. As Beck and Loeper write at the conclusion of their introductory essay: The ideal… Continue Reading Sharing the Past, Building the Future Senior Navaal Mahdi, media and communications studies, is an Undergraduate Research Award (URA) Scholar, and is completing three internships this fall: social media intern for the Career Center; digital marketing intern for the Division of Professional Studies; and producer of the Compact Nation Podcast for Campus Compact. She’s also planning her wedding in December.>> Back to Windows On Today Junior mathematics major David Atlas, who is also minoring in computer science and statistics, is an intern working on projects like data visualization and prediction models for T. Rowe Price. He is also an active member of UMBC Hillel. >> Back to Windows On Today Junior Andrea Davis is majoring in sociology with a minor in Africana Studies, as well as a Sondheim Public Affairs Scholar. She serves as executive aide of the president for the Student Government Association and vice president for involvement for the Student Events Board (seb), as well as civic engagement and leadership intern for the Office of Student Life, and an Orientation Peer Advisor for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Orientation. >> Back to Windows On Today Graduate student Melissa Cormier is in her final year of UMBC’s Intermedia + Digital Arts MFA program. When she’s not working on her arts practice, she teaches an undergraduate drawing class and assists with the UMBC Photo Cage. >> Back to Windows On Today
Accomplishment & Aspirations
The Power of 50
Fab (Four) Storytellers
Deep Roots
Windows On Today — Emily Russo
Windows On Today — Ayo Akindana
Sharing the Past, Building the Future
Windows On Today — Navaal Mahdi
Windows On Today – David Atlas
Windows On Today — Andrea Davis
Windows On Today — Melissa Cormier