by Karly Trinite Before I applied for my internship with UMBC Off-Campus Student Services, I knew it was right for me. My passion throughout college was always taking the information I learned as...
by Janet McGlynn From Engineers without Borders working to generate clean drinking water in Kenya to the Making Words Count lab advancing our knowledge of women’s struggles, UMBC students...
by Carrie Cleveland and Brian Haran Walking into the first meeting of my Civic Agency class I thought, “I've got this.” I am 35 years old. I know what it means to be a good citizen. I know...
by Karly Trinite This semester, through my internship with UMBC Off-Campus Student Services, I have been researching opportunities for students to make choices that protect our local and...
by Stephanie-Jane Okpara I’ve always been involved in service in my community, but never really got involved in service at UMBC until my 2013 Alternative School Break Trip during spring break....
by Nathan Rehr I have known for about four months that in March, I will be leaving to serve as a community health volunteer in the U.S. Peace Corps but it probably won’t feel real until I...
by Yvette Pappoe Maryland Business Roundtable for Education is a nonprofit coalition of more than 100 leading employers, 3,000 volunteers, and a staff of eight dedicated to ensuring that Maryland...
by Zach Kosinski Last month I sent an email promoting an upcoming SafeZone workshop to a UMBC listserv for student organization leaders. SafeZone is a program that works to educate and prepare...
by Emek Ergun, Satarupa Joardar and Autumn Reed Should scholars be activists? Should they confront and challenge dominant cultures, or safeguard the status quo from the privileged comfort of...
by Jacki Stone Sometimes in order to BreakGround, you have to dig. You have to dig deep, creating a new foundation that can bear the weight of structure and growth. In the case of one recent...
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