“I learned that your undergraduate experience is only as good as the culture that surrounds you. The UMBC community makes everybody feel like a somebody,” said Ranade.
“Few universities are able to provide so many opportunities to one student alone, yet at UMBC I am just one of many students who share a similar journey,” reflects Kirk.
“While having the opportunity to obtain my education, I have become more aware of the need to encourage young people in my community to pursue an education,” Escobar says.
“Thanks to my teachers, I am setting and achieving goals I never thought would be possible,” says Schechter, who has completed multiple competitive dance intensives and will soon study with the NW...
“UMBC nurtured my passions and connected me with professional and personal resources,” Falat reflects. Thanks to that support, she says, she’ll soon enter a rigorous Pharm.D./J.D. program.
From theatre productions to HIV research, Daniel Morris has taken advantage of the breadth of opportunities UMBC offers. “Being involved with performing and social student groups helped me to...
“The Meyerhoff program taught me how to be a scholar and a life-long learner, and the professors and staff here at UMBC taught me how to use my natural curiosity and intellect to be successful in...
“Changing my major took a lot of courage,” says Uchendu, on choosing to follow her passion for mathematics. She went on to share her love of math by mentoring high school girls interested in STEM.
“Much of the confidence I have now comes from the many admirable female faculty in the computer science department who showed me that women deserve a place at the technology 'table,'” says Dillon.