Annual Hrabowski Leadership Lunch: How to Persevere
Old habits, new habits, motivation, DO IT!
Thursday, March 25, 2021 · 1 - 2 PM
Virtual
On Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 1 PM PROMISE will be hosting our annual talk with Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski III!! He has graciously provided his time for this event since 2004! This year the conversation will have a twist, we'll center it around PERSEVERANCE. If you are looking for an opportunity to recharge this semester, please join us. Everyone is invited to attend!
Dr. Hrabowski has been the president of UMBC since 1992. "At age 12, Freeman Hrabowski marched with Martin Luther King. In his 20+ years as an educator he has work to create an environment that helps underrepresented students, specifically African-American, Latino and low-income learners, get degrees in Math and Science."
Named one of the 100 Most Influential People int he World by the TIME (2012) and one of America's Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report (2008), he also received TIAA-CREF's Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence (2011), and the Heinz Award (2012) for contributions to improving the "Human Condition." UMBC has been recognized as a model for inclusive excellence by such publications as U.S. News, which the past eight years has recognized UMBC as a national leader in academic innovation and undergraduate teaching.