This is the last in a series of articles on the four focus areas that are part of UMBC’s strategic planning process. Steve Bradley, associate professor and graduate program director, visual arts, and Mavis Sanders, professor, education, bring their passions for community partnerships and collaboration across disciplines to their work as co-chairs of the Community and Extended Connection strategy group. Bradley, who joined the UMBC faculty in 1995, says he was attracted to the campus by its focus on collaboration within and across disciplines, and the very first course he taught at UMBC was community-based. He has continued to work …