“We can develop the knowledge, skills, and resourcefulness to work across differences and address challenges together, and to build thriving civic communities," says David Hoffman, director of the...
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UMBC participants were involved with organizing and presenting sessions, tours, and special events throughout the Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Meeting, which offered representatives...
June 30, 2017
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UMBC is a “hub of diversity and commitment,” said David Hoffman, assistant director of student life for civic agency. “We are preparing students to change the world for the better by teaching them...
November 11, 2016
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Berger, coordinator of student life for campus and civic engagement, has been named chair of the American Democracy Project (ADP) Steering Committee for 2016-17.
August 25, 2016
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“My mentors often reminded me...to seek out opportunities to use the skills I learned in class to create positive change in the community around me, even as a student,” Mysore shares.
April 24, 2016
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Educators, cultural leaders, and activists from across the country will convene in Baltimore this week for the Imagining America National Conference, hosted by UMBC. This groundbreaking four-day...
October 1, 2015
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When the American Democracy Project met in New Orleans last month, founder George Mehaffy described some early civic engagement efforts as “marginal, episodic, and celebratory.” David Hoffman,...
July 9, 2015
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Zocalo Public Square, a non-profit website specializing in humanities journalism, recently invited scholars to describe the ideal 21st century university. David Hoffman, assistant director of...
May 22, 2015
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Beverly Bickel, associate director of Language, Literacy and Culture doctoral program, Craig Berger, and David Hoffman, Student Life, were published in the latest edition of Diversity &...
February 24, 2015
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David Hoffman, assistant director of student life for civic agency, wrote a chapter in the recently published Democracy’s Education: Public Work, Citizenship and the Future of Colleges and...
January 23, 2015
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