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by Joby Taylor UMBC's new Peace Corps Prep program is now open for applications! In the BreakingGround spirit of infusing our campus with a culture of engagement, service, and social change...
by David Hoffman Twice each year, the Warnock Foundation recognizes Baltimore social innovators with small grants to support their projects and profiles in the Baltimore Social Innovation...
by Theophilus Aluko and Andrew Brow Earlier this semester we worked together to create a wheelchair basketball tournament at UMBC, as a first step toward a more inclusive campus culture and...
by David Hoffman Imagining America is a national consortium helping to reshape higher education's contributions to democracy by enabling scholars and artists to "thrive and contribute to...
by Jessica McNeely and Allyssa Allen In the years leading up to our decision to start Project Insight, we worked on a number of research projects investigating the influence of neighborhood...
by David Hoffman BreakingGround, UMBC's campus-wide civic engagement initiative, has a new Facebook page. Give it a like to see stories and opportunities to get involved.
by Mark Zachar We all have a sense of what a perfect society might include: peace, fair distribution of wealth, access to health care and food, equal rights for all, etc. And we all know that...
Center for Engaged Democracy will offer $5000 awards
The 2014-15 Ernest A. Lynton Request for Proposals: Research on Critical Issues in Advancing Community Engaged Scholarship The 2014 Lynton Colloquium on the Scholarship of Engagement: The...
by Kelsey Donnellan The leading cause of death in the US is diet-related disease. This is preventable. We are all surrounded by the statistics and stories of misery. I, for one, feel...
by Elaine MacDougall On Friday, September 19th, three UMBC students and I experienced our first day of tutoring through a partnership with Reading Partners and Friendship Academy at Cherry...