by Joby Taylor Advocacy is a skill that all of us can use in our effort to create positive social change! There are so many ways to get involved in making a difference, and letting your voice...
March 13, 2013
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by Collin Wojciechowski and Saqib Ashraf This academic year, full-time undergraduates pay $2,679 in mandatory fees, and part-time undergraduates pay a prorated share based on the number of...
March 12, 2013
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by Kate Drabinski One of the core courses for majors in UMBC’s Gender and Women’s Studies program is our Studies in Feminist Activism class, and it makes sense that we would ask all students...
March 11, 2013
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Over the last several months, our nation has struggled to cope with troubling acts of violence on K-12 and college campuses. 100 Words is a new BreakingGround series that asks faculty, staff and...
March 7, 2013
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by Theodore S. Gonzalves One of the most important units in any course I’ve taught that attempted to survey those powerful and painful histories has been the actions of the Catonsville Nine....
March 5, 2013
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12:49 PM
by Sara Leidner BreakingGround Community Program Grants fund innovative educational projects related to social change developed by UMBC organizations and departments. I've been talking to some...
March 4, 2013
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by Dinah Winnick UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, spoke on Baltimore's WYPR radio today about connections between UMBC's civic initiatives and his experience as a participant in...
February 26, 2013
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by David Hoffman In a time of limited resources, why is it important to support higher education as a seedbed for democracy and civic engagement? Earlier this month, Peter Levine, a professor...
February 26, 2013
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10:28 AM
by Lindsey Loeper I recently had the opportunity to interview Michele Wolff, Director of the Shriver Center, about the value of civic responsibility on a college campus, how the mission of the...
February 13, 2013
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12:20 PM
by David Hoffman Today's Baltimore Sun features a front-page story about students in two UMBC courses shedding light on the human side of Baltimore's industrial past. The article also...
February 12, 2013
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