Dean John Jeffries is retiring at the end of June after forty years of service to UMBC. In recognition of his profound impact on UMBC, we are delighted to announce the establishment of the John Jeffries International Fellowship. The Fellowship fund honors John’s commitment to building a strong and distinctive undergraduate curriculum and to educating students to become informed and engaged global citizens. The Fellowship will provide faculty with resources to create, or redesign, and teach a course in their fields in order to add or enhance an explicit international or transnational focus. Our expectation is that the resulting courses… Continue Reading Announcing the John Jeffries International Fellowship
Feeling the urge for a little theater with a Retriever twist? Mark your calendar for the June opening of Grieving for Genevieve, a play by Kathleen Warnock ’80, INDS. Not only does the show play at the alumna-owned Venus Theatre in Laurel, it stars Karen Costanzi ’92, theatre, as Genevieve. Venus artistic director Deborah Randall ’94, theatre, chose the play as part of the 2013 season for its thematic fit, but she’s also very excited to work with Warnock, whose plays she greatly admires. Grieving for Genevieve won the John Golden Award for Excellence in Playwriting in 2005, and Warnock… Continue Reading Alumna Play to Show at Alumna Theatre in June
Every so often, we highlight the importance of student scholarships by introducing you to the very students they help to succeed. Today, we’re speaking with Nicole Shah, a senior social work major who is also a Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation Scholarship recipient. This scholarship is given to returning female students over the age of 25. If you’re interested in learning more about the Returning Women’s meetings or scholarships, contact the Women’s Center at womens.center@umbc.edu. Name: Nicole Shah, married mom of 4 Grad Year/Major: Social Work major, senior year Affiliations: Mosaic Center DEI Fall 2012, Conversation Partner ELI Spring 2012 Q: … Continue Reading Scholarship Q&A: Nicole Shah, Newcombe Scholar
Every so often, we highlight the importance of student scholarships by introducing you to the very students they help to succeed. Today, we’re speaking with Nicole Shah, a senior social work major who is also a Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation Scholarship recipient. This scholarship is given to returning female students over the age of 25. If you’re interested in learning more about the Returning Women’s meetings or scholarships, contact the Women’s Center at womens.center@umbc.edu. Name: Nicole Shah, married mom of 4 Grad Year/Major: Social Work major, senior year Affiliations: Mosaic Center DEI Fall 2012, Conversation Partner ELI Spring 2012 Q: … Continue Reading Scholarship Q&A: Nicole Shah, Newcombe Scholar
UMBC alumnus Joseph T. Jones ’06, social work, CEO of The Center for Urban Families, was honored last week by the Greater Baltimore Committee as the recipient of the 2013 Walter Sondheim Public Service Award for his work connecting low-income men and women to job and family support. According to a press release from the GBC: Working from the non-profit organization’s center, located on Monroe Street in West Baltimore, Jones “is a beacon of hope to young men and women in Baltimore,” GBC President & CEO Donald C. Fry said in presenting Jones the award at GBC’s 2013 Annual Meeting… Continue Reading Jones ’06, SocWk, Receives 2013 Walter Sondheim Public Service Award
Every so often, we’ll chat with an alum about what they do and how they got there. Today we’re talking with program auditor Mark DeNome ’07, emergency health services, ’10, master’s of public policy, about the path he took to UMBC and — ultimately — a career he truly loves. Name: Mark DeNome Job Title: Program Auditor Employer: BNL Incorporated Scholarships Received at UMBC: President’s Fellow Scholarship; Bill Hathaway Award Q: Tell us a little about how you wound up at UMBC. What’s your background? A: I was born and raised in Morgantown, West Virginia, by a single mother on… Continue Reading Career Q&A: Mark DeNome ’07, ’10, Program Auditor
In a City Paper story examining the 10th anniversary of The Transmodern Festival, alum Jaimes Mayhew ’10, MFA imaging and digital arts, weighs in on the annual event’s impact on Baltimore. Mayhew participated in the festival for the first time in 2006 as part of the Boston-based Institute for Infinitely Small Things. The story also mentions UMBC alumna Kristen Anchor ’02, ’13, visual arts and MFA, IMDA, respectively. Read the full story here in City Paper.
A film by Joe Tropea ’06, ’08, history, premiers locally at the Maryland Film Festival next week. The Baltimore Brew covered the film in a May 1 story entitled “A fiery act of civil disobedience in Catonsville still resonates, 45 years later.” The Baltimore Sun also wrote about the film here. “Hit & Stay’ tells the story of nine Catholic activists who protested the Vietnam War by burning draft files in Catonsville on May 17, 1968. Tropea and fellow filmmaker Skizz Cyzyk tell the story using old footage, recent interviews with surviving members of the group and their supporters, images… Continue Reading Tropea ’06, ’08, History, Premiers Catonsville Nine Film at MD Film Festival
UMBC alumnus Zach Clark ’06, psychology, has been called up by the Baltimore Orioles to join the team for their series with the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field in Seattle, the organization announced on yesterday afternoon. A right-handed pitcher, Clark becomes the third Retriever to make a Major League squad, following in the footsteps of former UMBC students Jay Witasick and Wayne Franklin who combined to throw in the majors for 19 seasons. Clark started the season with the Orioles’ Triple-A affiliate, the Norfolk Tides, after being signed to Baltimore’s 40-man roster back on October 31, 2012. He reported to… Continue Reading Pitcher Clark ’06, Psych, Picked Up By Orioles for Seattle Series
UMBC is a community that gives. Nearly each day in the breezeway next to The Commons, one might stroll by multiple tables occupied by students raising money for this charity or that. Our faculty and staff give annually in support of UMBC and organizations supported through the Maryland Charities Campaign. And, of course, alumni dedication to UMBC spans decades — starting with the first graduating class, in fact. In a guest post on UMBC’s Breaking Ground blog, UMBC archivist Lindsey Loeper ’04, American studies, recently uncovered evidence of a truly momentous philanthropic action made by the Class of 1970: The… Continue Reading A Tradition of Giving From UMBC’s Earliest Years
Alumna Kimberly Haines ’12, visual arts, will display a collection of paintings centered around the theme “New Skies” at the David Mikow Art Gallery in Catonsville starting later this week. An opening reception will be held at the gallery on Friday, May 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. “New Skies, is full of new planets and surreal landscape paintings created with a variety of different mediums including watercolor, spray paint and acrylics,” said Haines, who was part of the gallery’s inaugural show with four other UMBC alumnae last fall. This is her first solo show. “I am ecstatic to see so much… Continue Reading Haines ’12, VisArts, to Show Paintings at Catonsville Gallery
The Chapter of Black and Latino Alumni and the Office of Student Life’s Mosaic: Center for Culture and Diversity hosted the Black and Latino Senior Reception yesterday to celebrate the achievements of the Class of 2013. This annual dessert reception presents a great opportunity for black and Latino alumni to connect and network with some of our newly graduating seniors. Congratulations to all! See a full slideshow of photos from the event here.
