Robert Barry spent his undergraduate years thinking about the past, not the recent past, but the Minoan Bronze Age civilization of ancient Greece, which existed approximately 1750 to 1050 BC. This...
Major: Media and Communication Studies Hometown: South Hampton, PA High School: Council Rock High School South Kimmie Herritt, a senior at UMBC majoring in information systems, has made...
Major: Media and Communication Studies Hometown: Baltimore, MD High School: Arlington Baptist High School For Kyle Taylor, college has been more than just lectures and assignments; it’s...
Major: Visual Arts (Cinematic Arts) Minors: Photography Hometown: Baltimore City, MD High School: Baltimore School for the Arts Exploring Film and Photography at UMBC Jonathan Veale,...
Major: Psychology Minors: Entrepreneurship, Social Welfare Hometown: Baltimore County, MD High School: Perry Hall High School Blending Psychology, Storytelling, and Social Impact...
Anna Ortiz ’25, social work, has shown true resilience during her college journey, and she’s not done yet. Anna’s path to earn a bachelor’s degree from UMBC-Shady Grove has been longer than many,...
UMBC senior track and field student-athlete Anjayooluwa “Jayo” Adegboyo, biochemistry and molecular biology, was named the 2025 Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar of the Year by Diverse: Issues...
Ramping up to the end of the Retriever 2024 – 2025 academic year, UMBC’s Office of Student Engagement and Belonging gathered students, faculty, and staff to celebrate their accomplishments and...
Before Joy Gabrielle Ware walked off the Commencement stage, she stopped mid-stage to face her peers and shouted, “UM!” prompting a booming “BC!” response from the undergraduates and their...
Dionne Cole, a native of Montgomery County, came to UMBC expecting to pursue a career in biology. But after a few semesters, she found her true calling lay in the intersection of social work,...
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