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Your Sneaker, Your Self

Your Sneaker, Your Self UMBC attracts students from many corners of the globe. And sneaker artist and media and communications major Martin Figueroa ’11, has figured out a way that these...

Posted: March 1, 2010, 5:00 AM

UMBC Athletic Hall of Fame

The UMBC Athletic Hall of Fame was instituted in 1970’s, and has grown to include 96 members. Hall of Famers are chosen by a committee of athletic alumni based on their excellence on the fields...

Posted: February 9, 2010, 3:54 PM

Past UMBC Alumni Award Winners

Distinguished Alumna/us of the Year Award Established in 1988, the Distinguished Alumna/us Award was presented to an alumna/us who has achieved national recognition for excellence in his/her...

Posted: February 9, 2010, 3:52 PM

A Natural Progression: Rithy Chhay '02

Only four short years have passed since Rithy Chhay graduated from UMBC, but he is already on the fast track to success. At just 26 years old, the computer science grad is a senior software...

Posted: February 9, 2010, 2:37 PM

A Healthy Balance: Stephanie Hill '86

Stephanie Cole Hill ’86 sometimes feels like a woman in a man’s world. Most of the other executives at Lockheed Martin Corporation, a major engineering firm which earns most of its income from...

Posted: February 9, 2010, 2:37 PM

Building and Bonding – James Donlan ’85, economics

If you marvel at how well UMBC’s buildings have been maintained over the last decade or so, you can point to the hard work of James Donlan ’85, economics, who until recently served as the...

Posted: January 25, 2010, 3:11 PM

Carny Attraction – James Taylor ’73, INDS

Sideshows featuring amazing feats and astonishing freaks became an industry in the United States in the 19th century. But these traveling caravans have been on the endangered list in recent...

Posted: January 25, 2010, 3:09 PM