Celebrate UMBC’s Immigrants!
Celebrate our immigrant communities at UMBC – A Day of Community, Art, and Storytelling!
Join the Mosaic: Center for Cultural Diversity on Thursday, May 1st for a vibrant, day-long celebration honoring the contributions of our immigrant communities at UMBC and beyond.
- Keynote Speaker: Jessy DeSantis
- Raised in a Nicaraguan household in Miami and now based in Baltimore, Jessy DeSantis is a self-taught artist whose bold, colorful paintings explore themes of identity, culture, and connection. Drawing inspiration from nature, food, family, and their Central American roots, Jessy will share their powerful story navigating culture, identity, and the art world.
- Learn more about Jessy at:www.jdesantisart.com
Let’s come together to recognize, uplift, and celebrate the vibrant, diverse experiences that make up our UMBC community. No matter where you’re from or what language you speak, you belong here.
Learn more about Immigrant Appreciation Day events here.
This event is open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected category under applicable federal law, state law, and the University's nondiscrimination policy.
Upcoming Program/Scholarship Deadlines:
Dr. Souders is available to review all scholarship applications before submission. Contact him by emailing souders@umbc.edu
April 30th: DAAD’s Young Ambassadors Application Due!
Young Ambassadors are undergraduate students who recently studied abroad in Germany (including this coming summer) and promote study in Germany at their home colleges/universities with help from DAAD. Only one student may be nominated per university.
Fulbright Forum:
Fulbright Base Camp #1 Getting Started!
You have come to an information session and plan to apply for this year’s competition. Now what? Come to the first of our Fulbright Base Camp series, where we learn how to navigate the Fulbright U.S. Student Program’s website and choose the program and country that best suits your skills and interests.
Monday, April 28, 6:00 pm, UC 204. Registration required at this link.
Saturday, May 10, 12:00 pm on Webex. Registration required at this link.
Program Highlight:
Are you interested in learning about the foundational concepts of intercultural communication? Do you want to develop critical thinking and cross-cultural competences? If so, then apply for our UMBC Faculty-Led: Global Experiential Learning in MENA: Exploring Morocco course next Spring Break, where you can combine these experiential activities, analysis, and reflections! Applications for this and all other Winter/Spring Break Faculty-led programs are now open and due on September 22, 2025!
Students Abroad!
Our Ambassador Madison is making international friends while studying abroad in Japan! Last week, she even went to the Spanish Club’s Dance Party! You can read all about it in her Abroad Blog. You can also check in with many of our students who are studying abroad this semester!
Are you interested in studying abroad in Spring 2026 or Winter 2026? Advising with our Education Abroad Advisor, Alicyn Curtis, is happening now! Be sure to attend a Study Abroad 101 session before scheduling an appointment by emailing educationabroad@umbc.edu.
