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Celebrating Undergraduate & Graduate Research   From opera to organic chemistry, this week puts UMBC’s core commitment to student research and creative activity on center stage for two full days. The Carnegie Foundation ranks UMBC in the category of Research Universities with high research activity, and this week 120 undergraduates and 95 graduate students will prove that as they share their original, interdisciplinary research findings through oral and poster presentations and free arts performances and exhibits open to the campus community and public. UMBC’s Tenth Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD) on Wednesday, April 26, is the biggest in… Continue Reading Celebrating Undergraduate & Graduate Research

Education, Exposure, Experience   While entrepreneurship may sound like a concept only studied in business school, at UMBC it is an important part of the university’s mission. “Faculty and students pushing the envelope in science and technology, breaking new ground in the creative arts or crafting new solutions to society’s problems can all be entrepreneurs,” said Vivian Armor, director of UMBC’s Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship and a UMBC alumna. “There are many ways you can help prepare yourself for entrepreneurship. You can study it, you can learn from other’s experiences and you can jump in and try it yourself.… Continue Reading Education, Exposure, Experience

Recognizing Outstanding Alumni   UMBC celebrated its success in forging leaders in a wide array of fields at the February 8 Alumni Awards ceremony in Annapolis. 2006 Outstanding Alumna in Engineering and Information Technology Donna Stevenson, 1987 Information Systems As head of Early Morning Software, Stevenson is one of only a few minority women CEOs of an IT company in the country. She remains an active volunteer at UMBC, most notably as a member of the Center for Women and Information Technology Advisory Board and a mentor-in-residence for the ACTiVATE program, which promotes entrepreneurship among women. 2006 Outstanding Alumnus in… Continue Reading Recognizing Outstanding Alumni

Writing UMBC’s Next Chapter   Providing a distinctive undergraduate experience and supporting faculty development and research are an important part of UMBC’s strategic planning process. Two significant steps to enhancing these goals are the recent reorganization of the College of Arts and Sciences into two new colleges:the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, and the creation of the Office of Undergraduate Education. These changes also will expand scholarship, research and creative achievement experiences for both students and faculty. Overseeing these new entities are Diane Lee, dean and vice provost of undergraduate… Continue Reading Writing UMBC’s Next Chapter

Training Today’s Workforce UMBC is a leader in developing programs that help to create a more skilled and technologically literate workforce in the Baltimore-Washington area. The latest example is the debut this fall of new graduate programs in systems engineering, e-government and the non-profit sector. The University’s Division of Professional Education and Training (DPET) is responding to the staffing needs of regional high-tech industries by offering two graduate programs in Systems Engineering (SE). According to officials with Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) Electronic Systems Sector–a sponsor of the new programs–the shortage of qualified systems engineers is urgent and will grow… Continue Reading UMBC: Training Today’s Workforce

p/> Preparing for a Public Service Career   Since 1987, over 300 students have participated in the Governor’s Summer Internship Program (GSIP), which is coordinated by The Shriver Center at UMBC.  The program was created to introduce high achieving college students to the unique challenges and rewards of working within Maryland state government. This year, UMBC students Crisandra Bailey, Aaron Merki and Tiffany Deinzer joined 17 other students to jumpstart their careers in public service.   All participants in the program spend 10 weeks working full-time on substantive projects with senior level public administrators and policy makers in government departments… Continue Reading Preparing for a Public Service Career

“Learning Success” As the Internet, distance education and eLearning change today’s workplace, professionals who decide to incorporate new skills or change careers find UMBC’s M.A. in Instructional Systems Development helps them meet their goals. Todd Brace, a current student in the program and a training manager for Provident Bank, has added new techniques to his many years of experience in training and human performance development. Brace actively got into the field of workforce development and training by creating, delivering and ultimately managing a variety of federally funded job training programs throughout Maryland through the community college system. From hot dog… Continue Reading Learning Success