Welcome to this archive of UMBC Alumni stories. Use the search bar to the right to find alumni by grad year, major type, and more. We hope you enjoy reading about fellow Retrievers. If you have...
November 11, 2010
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For many students, it takes more than brilliant professors, hours of study, and supportive classmates to succeed in college. Often, a gesture as simple as a book scholarship, or a conversation...
November 11, 2010
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For many students, it takes more than brilliant professors, hours of study, and supportive classmates to succeed in college. Often, a gesture as simple as a book scholarship, or a conversation...
November 11, 2010
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8:46 PM
Sideshows featuring amazing feats and astonishing freaks became an industry in the United States in the 19th century. But these traveling caravans have been on the endangered list in recent...
November 11, 2010
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In just over 40 years, UMBC has progressed from a fledgling university to a nationally renowned institution of higher education. And when it comes to areas such as undergraduate teaching or...
November 11, 2010
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Curtis Tarver ’03, psychology and music, has made music for UMBC as a former member of the “Down and Dirty Dawgs” pep band. And he keeps up with his alma mater and other matters musical and...
November 11, 2010
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“People know what NPR sounds like,” says Vikki Valentine ’96, English. “But they don’t really know what it looks like. And on the Web, it’s what you look like that’s important.” That’s the daily...
November 11, 2010
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After a stellar basketball career at UMBC, Rick Moreland ’83, interdisciplinary studies was drafted in the ninth round of the National Basketball Association’s annual draft by the Washington...
November 11, 2010
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Blair. P. Grubb ’76, biological sciences, is a distinguished professor of medicine and pediatrics at the University of Toledo’s College of Medicine. He was also a recipient of UMBC’s Alumni of the...
November 11, 2010
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Three alumni — Aaron Moss ’07, Tootsie Duvall ’75, and Eric Messner ’01 — talk about their experiences as actors in the award-winning crime drama, The Wire. Read more in the Fall 2010 issue of...
November 11, 2010
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