Diversity at UMBC
UMBC seeks to create a campus community that is rich in intellectual, cultural, and ethnic diversity at all levels. The University is committed to the success of each of its students and seeks to attract well-qualified students through special funding initiatives as well as through the Graduate Meyerhoff Program for students in the biomedical sciences.
UMBC's Graduate School seeks to build on the University's historical commitment to diversity and cultivate a sense of campus community through programs such as PROMISE, Maryland's AGEP program. The Graduate School expects to continue to attract private and public funding to facilitate the success of minority students especially in the sciences and engineering, the humanities and public policy.
The University's emphasis on quality, high achievement, and the integration of research, teaching and learning, and civic engagement is designed to prepare all students for success in graduate and professional education as well as success in the workplace.
Below is a list of diversity initiatives on the UMBC campus and a sample of the conferences for minority students and faculty that our staff and faculty attend for recruitment purposes:
ON CAMPUS:
Graduate HorizonsPROMISE Maryland’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate
Meyerhoff Graduate Program
ADVANCE Program
Cultural and Diversity Initiatives at UMBC
Achieving Power and Diversity at UMBC
UMBC Graduate School Special Funding Intiatives:
Bridge to the Doctorate FellowshipsIGERT Fellowships
UMBC National Recruitment Visits:
ABRCMS Annual Biomedical Conference for Minority StudentsAmerican Indian Science and Engineering Society - Annual Conference
Black Engineer of the Year Awards Conference
Society of Mexican American Engineers & Scientists - Annual Conference
Model Universities for Excellence, Universidad Metropolitana
Ronald McNair Program Annual Conference Delavan, Wisconsin
National Society for Black Engineers
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers Annual Conference