UMBC’s Nihira Mugamba, literacy advocate, is named a Newman Civic Fellow

Adults working with three elementary school children at a table in a classroom with other elementary school students in the background.

Nihira Mugamba ‘21, political science and Africana studies, has been named a 2020 Newman Civic Fellow—the sixth UMBC student to earn this public service award. The fellowship honors her work promoting literacy in Uganda and the United States.

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