“Our strong enrollments this fall affirm that, even with the challenges our world is facing, our new and continuing students value the UMBC experience and recognize the importance of staying on track with their degrees,” says Vice Provost Yvette Mozie-Ross. Continue Reading UMBC sees solid enrollment in Fall 2020, celebrating returning students and high-demand graduate programs
Without dual-language program opportunities, English learners tend to stop being fluent in their first language when they reach high school. Continue Reading 1 in 10 US Students Are English Learners
UMBC’s Sherman STEM Teacher Scholars Program has launched an intensive virtual math incubator for Lakeland Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore City this summer. The free, voluntary five-week program is a math intervention for 150 Lakeland students in third through eighth grade. The program seeks to prevent summer learning loss, which could increase this year, intensified by COVID-19’s impact on student learning during the school year. Continue Reading UMBC and Baltimore’s Lakeland Elementary/Middle School launch innovative online summer math program
Community-engaged work has been integral to the UMBC experience for so many Retrievers, including the four featured here. Despite coming from such different academic programs, they have all been able to connect in meaningful ways with local and international communities. And after graduating this week, they’ll each apply their talents, skills, and sense of commitment to community-engaged careers. Continue Reading Acting locally and globally: Four UMBC students embark on community-engaged careers
This month Karla Gonzalez ‘20, social work, will become the first in her family to graduate from college, at age 34. For much of her life, college didn’t really seem like a possibility. “I never saw myself as a leader,” she says, “but at UMBC I learned that I was one.” Continue Reading This spring, UMBC’s Returning Women Student Scholars achieve dreams long deferred
As military veterans, these student teachers are used to managing stressful and rapidly changing situations. They have drawn on skills and strategies from their years in the military to support their students and their own families during this time. Continue Reading Three UMBC student veterans adapt to a new mission: teaching science and math online
Just like each child grows over time, reading methods should, too, because there is more than one good way to teach a kid how to read. Continue Reading There’s more than one good way to teach kids how to read
“It is one thing for international partners to hear how UMBC is diverse and inclusive, it is another to actually see how it works in person,” reflects Rashed. “The success of this program, one we hope to continue, depends on the continued committed of the entire campus to the preparation of teachers from all over the world. This is where the real-life implementation of diversity and inclusion is invaluable.” Continue Reading UMBC broadens international learning opportunities: Stories from five continents
Maryland PARCC test results, released last week, reveal that Baltimore City schools partnering with UMBC have seen dramatic growth in student math performance. The Baltimore Sun has called this trend one of the “bright spots” at a challenging moment, when many schools across the state are struggling to move the needle on student learning in math. Continue Reading Six Baltimore City Schools in UMBC Math Project partnership see math test score gains
The Howard County Public School System, in partnership with the South Korean Iksan District Office of Education, recently invited Jonathan Singer to provide professional development to visiting secondary science teachers from South Korea. “Working with Dr. Singer was a great start,” said partnership coordinator Sunghwa Jung. “His research and the tasks he prepared benefited the Korean science teachers greatly, helping them to reflect on their own teaching practices.” Continue Reading UMBC’s Jonathan Singer supports South Korean science teachers through Howard County partnership
This year UMBC has produced thirty applicants and twenty-two semifinalists—a record number for the university. “I am always happy to share and promote the Fulbright experience wherever I go,” says Brian Souders, UMBC’s Fulbright U.S. Student Award advisor. “I have seen first-hand how it catapults students’ success in a way they never thought possible.” Continue Reading UMBC mentors support a record number of Fulbright student award semifinalists
UMBC’s Office of the Vice President for Research presented awards to support the work of two dozen UMBC faculty examining topics from health disparities among people with diabetes to natural language processing. Continue Reading Faculty receive START and SURFF awards to pursue new research and creative work
