Student Profile Archives

Jeffrey Boham
Continuous learning is the key to success!
Living in a time when knowledge and information is constantly changing, continuous learning seems to be the key to success.
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Smith W. Kalita
Learning is a life-long endeavor!
To keep pace with today’s competitive workforce, professionals have to keep acquiring as much knowledge as possible. Smith Kalita, an M.A. ISD Graduate operates with this principle, believing strongly that learning is a life-long endeavor.
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Paula Nee
Applying Skills to the Workplace!
Paula Nee is a strong advocate for education and believes it should be an on-going process. “Education is important because it helps you stay abreast of what is new and emerging in your field,” she said.
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Dana Moat
Making the Change!
Delving into the unknown can be very difficult, especially if you are comfortable with where you are. But for many, comfort isn’t always a good enough reason to stay. Dana Moat, a UMBC Instructional Systems Design (ISD) graduate student, is a person who came to this realization, and as a result, made a change in his life that placed him at Johns Hopkins Hospital working as an instructional designer – a job he simply loves.
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Anais Kofie
Achieving Greater Success!
Anais Kofie gained her greatest confidence while studying for her master’s degree in Instructional Systems Development at UMBC.
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Julia Alley
Discovering Opportunities!
A student of UMBC’s ISD Graduate Program, Julia Alley has always been drawn to teaching and helping others reach their full potential.
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Catherine Zaranis
Discovering the secret to success!
Catherine Zaranis began her professional career as a Peace Corps Volunteer teaching English to high school students in Romania.
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Cathy Johnson
Keeping Learning Alive
Cathy Johnson discovered UMBC’s ISD graduate program while researching continuing education courses for her clients at COLA, a clinical laboratory education, consultation, and accreditation organization.
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Marita Novicky
"Making an Impact"
Adjustments and sacrifices are often necessary to make when striving to reach a goal. And, as responsibilities grow, we are faced with greater adversities in our pursuits. Marita Novicky is no stranger to this challenge.
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Lelia Jenkins-Rockwood
"A Degree That Counts"
Lelia Jenkins-Rockwood knows all about what really counts when it comes to education, in more ways than one.
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Samir Morankar
"Going the Distance"
In recent years, the UMBC Instructional Systems Development – Training Systems program has attracted more and more students from across the country and around the globe.
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Ben Mayock
"Applied Learning"
Since 1999, Ben Mayock, an ISD Master's student, has been teaching computer networking at the Community College of Baltimore County-Catonsville (CCBC).
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Natalia Guerrido Petersen
"Making a Change"
Natalia Guerrido Petersen, an ISD MA Student, is a Career Management Consultant with over 20 years of corporate, government, non-profit and small-business experience.
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Delana Gregg
"Training Future Service Learners"
Delana Gregg is currently in her final semester of the ISD-TD master’s program. After earning her BA in English and a Secondary Teaching Certificate from Southern Illinois University, Gregg planned to be a high school English teacher.
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Aaron Brownell
"ISD Student"
Aaron Brownell is a full-time student in the ISD-TD master’s program and a Shriver Center Peaceworker, a fellowship for selected Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs).
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Carmen Rossi
"From Venezuela to UMBC"
Carmen Rossi, an M.A. student in UMBC’s ISD (Instructional Systems Development) Training and Development Program, came to the United States to improve her English skills and pursue a graduate program in education and training.
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LiLi Kaufman
"From Speech to Design"
LiLi Kaufman, an M.A. student in UMBC’s ISD (Instructional Systems Development) Training and Development Program, is now an instructional designer providing consulting services for the Allegis Group, an international leader in professional staffing solutions.
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Ginger Butcher
"Reach Out with Multimedia"
Ginger Butcher, an M.A. student in UMBC's ISD (Instructional Systems Development) Training and Development Program, is a project manager with the Laboratory for Terrestrial Physics at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
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Todd Brace
"Outstanding Results by Any Measure"
As the Internet, distance education and eLearning change today's workplace, professionals who decide to incorporate new skills or change careers find UMBC's M.A. in Instructional Systems Development helps them meet their goals.
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Holly Armstrong
"From Delivery to Design…"
Holly Armstrong is an instructional designer for the New Media Learning and Development office at UMBC and a master’s student in the ISD-Training and Development program.
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Bridget Hanlon
"Graphic Design meets Instructional Design"
Bridget Hanlon is a freelance Web developer pursuing her M.A. in ISD-Training and Development. Hanlon began the program while finishing her M.F.A. at UMBC.
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Amy Dearborm
"Developing Learning Solutions"
Amy Dearborn, an M.A. student within UMBC’s ISD (Instructional Systems Development) Training and Development Program, is an instructional design specialist for T. Rowe Price.
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Keith Curran
"Securing America--Through Training & Development"
Keith Curran, an M.A. student in UMBC's ISD (Instructional Systems Development) Training and Development Program, is Chief of the Screener Training Division in the Office of Law Enforcement/Security Training at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
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