Nihira Mugamba ‘21, political science and Africana studies, has been named a 2020 Newman Civic Fellow—the sixth UMBC student to earn this public service award. The fellowship honors her work promoting literacy in Uganda and the United States.
To learn more, about the Nihira's contributions and service with the Literacy Fellows program, a collaboration between UMBC’s Sherman Center for Early Learning in Urban Communities and The Shriver Center, read the article written by Catalina Sofia Dansberger Duque, Communications Manager for the Humanities & the Social Sciences, found below: