MTIP launched in fall 2018 to increase the number of paid technical internships in the state by providing financial assistance to businesses, as well as state and local agencies, to hire more interns. Continue Reading UMBC connects insightful students with growing companies through the Maryland Technology Internship Program
More than 130 members of the Retriever community gathered in Annapolis on January 23 to celebrate the many ways UMBC alumni make an impact through careers that serve the State of Maryland, including elected officials, policy analysts, and other advocates working for the public good. In addition to networking, talking with current students, and celebrating UMBC’s recent successes, guests also took part in a “UMBC 101” active learning demonstration, a highlight of the evening. See more images from the evening at UMBC Alumni Flickr. Photos by Marlayna Demond ’11 for UMBC Magazine.
It wouldn’t be a proper farewell to 2018 without reminiscing about some of the biggest UMBC stories from the year. Here are ten highlights from a year we won’t soon forget. Continue Reading UMBC’s Top 10 Highlights of 2018
When Emilie Llenado, M.P.S. ’12, professional studies, first moved to Maryland from Kansas City, Missouri, she didn’t know a soul, and was working as a server at Longhorn Steakhouse. But, she was hopeful, and she knew she wanted to do great things, so she enrolled in UMBC at the Shady Grove campus. Four years later in 2012, she graduated from the Industrial/Organizational Psychology program with life-long friends, and a new job at Freddie Mac. “When I first moved to Maryland, I didn’t know anyone. I came right out of my undergraduate degree. I didn’t know what it would take to succeed at… Continue Reading Finding Your Niche – Emilie Llenado M.P.S. ’12
This year’s Homecoming brought Retrievers of all ages back to their alma mater. In many ways, Homecoming represented the very best of what UMBC has to offer, from reunions with lifelong friends spanning all of the university’s 52 years, to celebrations of the life of the mind, as well as plenty of fun on and off the field. Here are some highlights from this year’s Homecoming, held October 4-14, 2018. See the full collection of Homecoming 2018 photos here. 30th Anniversary of the Alumni Awards To celebrate 30 years of alumni excellence, UMBC greeted a packed concert hall full of… Continue Reading Homecoming 2018: Magic Retriever Moments
President Freeman Hrabowski welcomed the Hilltop Society—individuals and organizations that contributed $1,000 or more in the previous fiscal year—to campus this week to thank them for their generosity and support. Continue Reading Hilltop Donors Learn About Current Research at Annual Celebration Dinner
RedShred—cofounded by two UMBC alumni and housed in the bwtech@UMBC incubator—has received a rare Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Award from the National Science Foundation to expand in a new direction, in collaboration with UMBC faculty and graduate students. Continue Reading Alumni startup at bwtech@UMBC earns unique award for artificial intelligence work with UMBC research team
For Annica Wayman M6, ’99, mechanical engineering, this fall marks a homecoming wrapped up in a new beginning. After eight years with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), building programs from the ground up to support research projects that address international development challenges such as global health, agriculture, food security, and renewable energy, Wayman is ready for a new chapter. Wayman, who holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering with a bioengineering emphasis from Georgia Tech, sees parallels between what she did at USAID and her new role at UMBC as the College of Natural and Mathematical Science’s associate dean for… Continue Reading Annica Wayman M6, ’99, to launch translational science program at Shady Grove
Neither Rick Wade ‘85, nor his daughter Meagan Wade ‘13, considered a career in teaching until they each found themselves in elementary school classrooms by happenstance. Rick had intended to major in political science at UMBC, but began to reevaluate when he did poorly on an exam in a government class. He transferred into one of the few classes still open – an education class. Through the required weekly practicum at Arbutus Elementary School, he discovered he really liked working with kids, and ended up majoring in education and history. Although Meagan grew up with a teacher for a father… Continue Reading Best in Class — Rick Wade ’85 and Meagan Wade ’13
Black and gold streamers are flying across campus and pathways are covered in paw prints. That can only mean one thing: Homecoming 2018 is here. Running October 4 through 14, Homecoming is a great opportunity to reconnect with friends and the Retriever community while enjoying dozens of events from long-standing favorites to new traditions. The festivities kick off on Thursday, Oct. 4, with the 30th Annual Alumni Awards Ceremony, honoring outstanding alumni and faculty members for their contributions to the university. This year, UMBC will recognize alumni Kimberly Ellison Taylor ’93, information systems; Saira Khan ’09, English; Mark Doms ’86, mathematics and economics; Wanda Keyes… Continue Reading Homecoming Offers Black and Gold Fun for All
From undergraduate student at UMBC to Chief Economist and Under Secretary of Economic Affairs for the Department of Commerce under the Obama administration, Mark Doms ’86, mathematics and economics, has spent his career as an economist focused on economic public policy. Specializing in monetary policy, forecasting, labor force developments, innovation, big data, and applied microeconomics, Doms has made hundreds of presentations about the U.S. economy and appeared regularly as a subject-matter expert on CNBC’s Squawk Box and Bloomberg. His highly-cited research is published regularly in top journals, earning Doms recognition in the top 3% of economists as measured by citations.… Continue Reading Alumni Awards 2018: Mark Doms ’86, math and economics
Mina Cheon MFA ’02, Imaging & Digital Arts, is a Korean American global new media artist, scholar, and educator. Dividing her time between Baltimore, New York, and Seoul, Korea, Cheon produces artwork – “Polipop” – that draws inspiration from global media and popular culture, intersecting politics and pop art in evocative ways, while maintaining her connections to UMBC and the MFA program. “All of Dr. Cheon’s accomplishments indicate a level of insight, innovation, persistence, and quality of production that serves as a model for what our IMDA grads and alumni might attain at not only a local and national, but… Continue Reading Alumni Awards 2018: Mina Cheon MFA ’02, Imaging & Digital Arts
