Alumni

Greg Cantori ’85, geography, will take the helm of Maryland Nonprofits, on October 1, the organization reports. From the Maryland Nonprofits website: Greg brings an impressive record of leadership experience to the position – as the CEO of two nonprofit organizations and key leadership roles in the region’s foundation community. He began his career as a Senior Cartographer at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (formally known as the Defense Mapping Agency), where he helped support our forces during Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He then joined the nonprofit sector, serving seven years as Executive Director of the Light Street Housing… Continue Reading Cantori ’85, Geography, New President of Maryland Nonprofits

Alumnus musician “Leify Green” (Leif Huber) ’10, economics and modern languages & linguistics, will play a concert in Washington, D.C., next month to support Amnesty International. The Leify Green Conspiracy will play at Axum’s Lounge on October 12. For more information about the event, click here. The concert will specifically support the Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) and the General Agriculture and Plantation Workers Union’s (GAPWUZ) work to support the civil and human rights of all Zimbabweans through grassroots activism. “I believe in supporting human rights and those who struggle to defend them,” said Green. “That belief was a major… Continue Reading Alumni Band Plays to Support Amnesty International

What’s it like adjusting to life as a professor? For language, literacy and culture Ph.D. grad Karsonya “Kaye” Whitehead ’09, it was just as much about embracing a new sort of teaching — the Jesuit educational traditions upheld by her employer, Loyola University Maryland — as the challenges found in the everyday classroom. A member of Loyola’s full-time communications faculty since 2009, Whitehead was recently interviewed by the university about her experiences so far. Read the full story here. Whitehead earned her bachelor’s degree in history from Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University and her M.A. in international peace studies from the University… Continue Reading Q&A: Karsonya Whitehead ’09, Ph.D. LLC, on Life as a New Professor

Maggie Lebherz ’08, modern languages and linguistics, was featured in a recent Baltimore Sun article about the evolution of olive oil. The owner of an olive oil shop in her native Frederick, Md., Lebherz shared her thoughts on the way the public has embraced the versatile oil in their cooking. Read the full article in the Baltimore Sun. Lebherz also shares her recipe for lemon olive oil cake with wild blueberry icing. In an interview with UMBC Magazine in Fall 2011, Lebherz explained how she decided to pursue her business, Lebherz Oil & Vinegar Emporium (LOVE), and how she fell… Continue Reading Lebherz ’08, MLL, Discusses Olive Oil in Baltimore Sun

When UMBC political science professor Carolyn Forestiere moved to Catonsville, she and her husband knew they wanted to fill their new home with local art. After thinking about it some more, they decided to take their curatorial endeavor up a notch — and open their home as a part-time gallery. Their first show, “UMBC Through the Lens,” will feature five UMBC visual arts alumnae — Brittney Danielle ’12, Chrystal Smith ’12, Marlayna Demond ’12, Stephanie Ellis ’12, and Kimberly M. Haines ’12 — who will present photography related to their time as students at UMBC. Forestiere said she was pleased… Continue Reading Five Alumnae Photographers Featured in Professor’s Gallery Opening, Oct. 5

UMBC is proud to be recognized again as a national leader in innovation and undergraduate teaching in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges guide. For the fourth year in a row, UMBC tops the U.S. News ranking of “Up-and-Coming” national universities — a designation recognizing universities that consistently find innovative ways to improve students’ educational experiences. We share the top spot with George Mason University. U.S. News also ranks UMBC eighth on a list of the top national universities “where the faculty has an unusual commitment to undergraduate teaching.” UMBC is tied with Duke University, the University of California-Berkeley,… Continue Reading We’re Number One…Again!