100 Words is a BreakingGround series that asks faculty, staff and students across campus to explore a challenging issue that impacts us all. This post asks: "What can members of the UMBC community...
by Romy Hübler, Doaa Rashed and Maria Nandadevi Cortes Rodriguez Earlier this year, UMBC joined the Public Sector University Consortium of the Women in Public Service Project, which empowers,...
by Susan McDonough I organize my life with a lot of lists – names of my future children, items I forgot during the last trip to the grocery store, student papers that need grading, things to pack...
by Mark Zachar As a first year undergrad at the Illinois Institute of Technology I took a risk and decided to participate in our Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trip to the Dominican Republic, and...
by Stephen Bradley At a former industrial and then abandoned area in south Baltimore, local residents and schoolchildren (from Brooklyn, Curtis Bay, and Cherry Hill) can now connect with their...
by David Hoffman For UMBC graduate and undergraduate students wanting to devote their creative energy to policy problems facing the City of Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Institute...
by Sara Leidner I have been a member of the BreakingGround Community Program Committee (formerly known as "UMBCServes") for almost 5 years, working with creative change agents from the...
by Katrina Smith Sitting on my couch eating Nutella and Wheat Thins--this was high school for me. Don’t get me wrong, I did well in school, participated in clubs, and played softball, but I...
by Michelle Stefano What are the impacts of post-industrial change at the community level? Whether industrial landscapes – the temples to the long-standing and once thriving US manufacturing...
by Lindsey Loeper In 1970, a group of students formed a Student Union to address what it called the “power structure” of the university, and provide an alternative to SGA as a source of...
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