Alumni

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

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.

In an ongoing series on baby boomers who have been married for 25 years or more, the New York Times this week featured Retriever alumni sweethearts Pam and James Hayes-Bohanan ’86, who met and fell in love at good old UMBC. The pair, who now live and work in Bridgewater, MA, graduated with degrees in modern languages & linguistics and geography, respectively. Read the full story in the New York Times here. The interview recounts the early days of their relationship, when they met in a French class at UMBC; their travels together to attend grad school, and trials along… Continue Reading NYT Profiles College Sweethearts Hayes-Bohanans ’86 in “Making it Last” Column

Corey Fleischer ’05, ’08 M.S. mechanical engineering,  zooms a homemade Wii-controlled car around his driveway by day, and rules the demolition derby by night. He geeks out about nanotechnology, blows up light bulbs in his microwave in the name of fun and science, and always seems to be concocting plans for his next big idea. So, when the opportunity to appear on the Discovery Channel’s new engineering-based reality show, “The Big Brain Theory: Pure Genius,” arose the senior mechanical engineer at Lockheed Martin jumped at the chance to show off his skills. The series, hosted by actor Kal Penn, launches… Continue Reading Q&A: Fleischer ’05, ’08, MechEng, To Compete on Discovery’s “Big Brain Theory”

Erickson Living has named Erickson School alumnus Christopher J. Emmett ’08, M.A. management, aging studies, regional vice president of operations. In his new leadership position, he will oversee the company’s campus operations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Michigan and Kansas. According to Senior Housing News.com: “Emmett began his career with Erickson Living in 1996. He has held several management positions with the company, which reflect his superior leadership skills and expertise in healthcare and strategic management. For the past eight years, he has served as the executive director at Highland Springs, in Dallas, Tex. Other career positions with Erickson Living… Continue Reading Emmett ’08 M.A., MAgS, in New Leadership Role at Erickson Living

The Department of Ancient Studies welcomed more than 120 guests — including 60 alumni — back to UMBC  this month for its annual Reunion Luncheon, which included appearances by all of the department’s founding faculty. “It was all wonderful seeing so many students from all generations,” said ANCS Chair and Associate Professor Marilyn Goldberg, who counted among her favorite moments of the day watching department founders Walt Sherwin, Jay Freyman, and Rudy Storch reminisce with their students about the early days of the Ancient Studies department. In addition to a luncheon of Greek fare, the afternoon included plenty of reminiscing… Continue Reading Slideshow: ANCS Reunion with Alumni and Founding Faculty

Every so often, we’ll chat with an alum about what they do and how they got there. Today, in honor of National Poetry Month, we’re talking with English teacher and poet Jackie (Vreatt) Regales ’00, American studies, who spends much of the day sharing her love of the written word with the next generation… Name: Jackie (Vreatt) Regales ’00, American studies Job: English teacher at Roland Park Country School Website: A Patchwork Life: Writing, Teaching, and Piecing it all Together Q:  Tell us a little about why you decided to get into education. A:  My mother taught high school for… Continue Reading Career Q&A: Teacher & Poet Jackie Regales ’00, AmSt