President Freeman Hrabowski celebrated UMBC’s upcoming 50th anniversary and gave an update on current major issues in higher education during an interview with Jeff Salkin on MPT’s “Direct Connection,” on Monday, February 1. Continue Reading Pres. Hrabowski celebrates UMBC’s 50th and discusses issues in higher education on MPT
UMBC is among the the nation’s best colleges for students seeking an exceptional education with great career preparation at an affordable price, according to Princeton Review. The publication highlights engaging teaching across disciplines and notes, “Thanks to UMBC’s amazing Career Center, undergrads here are able to enter the job market with confidence. Starting from freshman year, the office works to empower students and help them plot their career goals.” Continue Reading UMBC featured in Princeton Review’s 2016 “Colleges That Pay You Back”
Salon shares a powerful essay by President Hrabowski on how growing up during the civil rights struggle in Alabama, particularly marching in the Children’s Crusade of May 1963, shaped his outlook on education and opportunity. Continue Reading Pres. Hrabowski’s Martin Luther King Day message offers inspiration and a challenge for the future
Published on the eve of UMBC’s 50th anniversary, this feature article digs into the history of the university, founded in 1966 with a diverse faculty and student body and as an academic powerhouse with high standards from the start. Continue Reading University Business magazine chronicles UMBC’s growth as a leading research university
Last updated on Monday, Jan. 25 at 3:35 p.m. Due to ongoing snow removal following last week’s winter storm, UMBC will be closed Tuesday, January 26. Residential student move-in is postponed until Wednesday, January 27, beginning at 12 p.m., and all classes on Wednesday are cancelled. The new schedule reflecting these changes is as follows: Monday, Jan. 25 and Tuesday, Jan. 26: University is closed Wednesday, Jan. 27: University is open. Residential student move-in day, starting at 12 p.m. Classes are cancelled. Thursday, Jan. 28: First day of classes As the university continues to monitor its snow removal and cleanup progress, please… Continue Reading Update: Campus closed on Tuesday, Jan. 26 due to ongoing snow removal
It is with great sadness we share with you that Dr. Homer Schamp, Jr., an icon in Maryland’s higher education system and a founding leader in the UMBC community, passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2016. In 1965, a year before UMBC opened, Dr. Schamp was appointed dean of the faculty, with responsibility for hiring the university’s first faculty members. “Homer was both a pioneer and visionary leader,” says President Freeman Hrabowski. “A renowned physicist, he and other early leaders laid the foundation for the high quality education and research that UMBC is known for today.” Throughout his career at… Continue Reading Remembering Dr. Homer Schamp, Jr.
This partnership, announced on January 7, 2016 at Lakeland Elementary/Middle School in Southwest Baltimore, marks a significant milestone in UMBC’s ongoing work to support Baltimore’s K-12 students, teachers, and their communities. Continue Reading UMBC partners with Baltimore City Public Schools and Northrop Grumman Foundation on $1.6M initiative to support Baltimore students, teachers, and communities
“We are not just 22 departments and 13 programs and centers. We are one college, and we are working together to make each other’s worlds better as well as the world around us,” explained CAHSS Dean Scott Casper in the first “State of the College” address. Continue Reading College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences reflects on tremendous growth and establishes vision for future success
The UMBC Chess A chess team finished in tenth place in the 2015 Pan– American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship, held December 27-30 at Oberlin College in Ohio. This marks the 25th year UMBC teams have participated in the event. UMBC has won or tied for first place in the Pan-Am Championship ten times, and has frequently placed in the final four, to continue on to the President’s Cup held in each spring. UMBC has not qualified for this year’s President’s Cup, but team members will go on to other competitions held throughout the year. UMBC’s A team got off to… Continue Reading UMBC places 10th in Pan-Am Chess Championship
Tyson King-Meadows, chair of Africana studies and associate professor of political science, has been appointed associate dean of UMBC’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS), beginning in summer 2016. King-Meadows joined UMBC in 2003 and has held numerous leadership positions across campus. He’s an affiliate faculty member of the School of Public Policy and the Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research. Most recently, he served on the Strategic Planning Steering Committee and the Collective Impact in Research, Scholarship & Creative Achievement Strategy Group. Prof. King-Meadows co-chairs the Executive Committee for the Recruitment, Retention and Advancement of Underrepresented Minority Faculty… Continue Reading Tyson King-Meadows appointed associate dean of College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Now in its third cohort, UMBC’s Postdoctoral Fellows for Faculty Diversity program recognizes and supports talented scholars who are emerging as cutting-edge researchers and educators in their fields. UMBC’s newest group of fellows was formally introduced to the university community at a welcome reception held December 10, 2015. Continue Reading UMBC’s newest Postdoctoral Fellows for Faculty Diversity pursue game-changing research
Graduate and undergraduate ceremonies, held December 16-17, celebrate student accomplishments through over a dozen inspiring stories. Continue Reading UMBC honors over 1,000 new graduates at 2015 Winter Commencement
