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Why are you a Retriever Believer?
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"You're meeting people from all these different backgrounds, with all these different ways of thinking. It's one of the best things about UMBC."
- Adrienne Hawkins, Junior, Humanities Scholar, English and Political Science
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"My professors are my most trusted advisors. They have already had a major impact on me. Both have shown confidence in my abilities, nurtured my talents and offered valuable guidance in mapping out my undergraduate career."
- Alex Pyles, Senior, English and Media and Communication Studies |
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"To paraphrase Sir Isaac Newton, if I have succeeded at UMBC it is because
I have had wonderful teachers, inspiring mentors, wise advisors, loyal
friends, a supportive department and the knowledge that everyone was
rooting for me to succeed. I have gained so much from my experiences at
UMBC and I can only hope that some day I can give a little back."
- Elyse Grossman '08, Master of Public Policy
Ph.D. student, Public Policy, UMBC
J.D. student, University of Maryland Law School |
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"I choose to teach at UMBC because of the small class sizes, combined with the quality and diversity of the undergraduate population."
- Julia Ross, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering |
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"The CWIT Scholars program at UMBC helped me succeed by giving me a group of students to talk to, live with and work with while studying in a field that has few women students."
- Katie Gibson '08, Computer Science, CWIT Scholar |
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"From the men's basketball team's participation in the NCAA's last spring to this wonderful new recognition in U.S. News & World Report, this whole year has been an awesome opportunity for UMBC to be in the national spotlight. We are so deserving of that honor and that opportunity. We've known all along how great UMBC is; it's nice that the rest of the world now knows it, too."
- Anita Maddox Jackson '80, Health Administration and Policy
Director, Economic Development, Baltimore Gas & Electric
Mermber, UMBC Alumni Association Board of Directors |
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"Being a Sondheim Scholar is not just about performing your civic duty. It gives you the means to evaluate benefits - or drawbacks - of service projects and come up with ways to make a situation better, and make people's lives better. Combined with UMBC's location and status as a great research university, the Sondheim Program made choosing UMBC a no-brainer for me.”
- Matthew Kessler-Cleary, Sophomore, Sondheim Scholar, History |
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"I started working at UMBC in 1990 and have stayed because I've been allowed to pursue my passion for helping students to apply what they're learning in their courses to get real, substantive experience in their majors or areas of career interest before they graduate. And, every day our students and staff are making real, positive change by addressing pressing problems in our local communities."
- Michele Wolff '89 M.A., Director, UMBC's Shriver
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