by Janet McGlynn From Engineers without Borders working to generate clean drinking water in Kenya to the Making Words Count lab advancing our knowledge of women’s struggles, UMBC students...
December 2, 2013
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by Carrie Cleveland and Brian Haran Walking into the first meeting of my Civic Agency class I thought, “I've got this.” I am 35 years old. I know what it means to be a good citizen. I know...
November 25, 2013
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by Karly Trinite This semester, through my internship with UMBC Off-Campus Student Services, I have been researching opportunities for students to make choices that protect our local and...
November 20, 2013
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by Stephanie-Jane Okpara I’ve always been involved in service in my community, but never really got involved in service at UMBC until my 2013 Alternative School Break Trip during spring break....
November 18, 2013
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by Nathan Rehr I have known for about four months that in March, I will be leaving to serve as a community health volunteer in the U.S. Peace Corps but it probably won’t feel real until I...
November 12, 2013
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by Yvette Pappoe Maryland Business Roundtable for Education is a nonprofit coalition of more than 100 leading employers, 3,000 volunteers, and a staff of eight dedicated to ensuring that Maryland...
November 7, 2013
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by Zach Kosinski Last month I sent an email promoting an upcoming SafeZone workshop to a UMBC listserv for student organization leaders. SafeZone is a program that works to educate and prepare...
November 5, 2013
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by Emek Ergun, Satarupa Joardar and Autumn Reed Should scholars be activists? Should they confront and challenge dominant cultures, or safeguard the status quo from the privileged comfort of...
October 31, 2013
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by Jacki Stone Sometimes in order to BreakGround, you have to dig. You have to dig deep, creating a new foundation that can bear the weight of structure and growth. In the case of one recent...
October 28, 2013
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100 Words is a BreakingGround series that asks faculty, staff and students across campus to explore a challenging issue that impacts us all. This post asks: "What can members of the UMBC community...
October 21, 2013
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