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Earlier this month, Emerald Christopher—a Language, Literacy and Culture PhD student at UMBC—was recognized at a reception honoring Women’s Research and Education Institute (WREI) 2013 Congressional Fellows on Women and Public Policy (see photo). Through this fellowship program she has served as a legislative assistant in the Office of Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut’s third district.

Christopher’s portfolio has included legislation on women’s equal pay, paid sick days, domestic human trafficking and the Congressional Baby Caucus. She has drafted legislation, written talking points and letters for the Congresswoman, and planned and implemented events for the Congressional Baby Caucus, among other responsibilities. She is currently working on a Women’s Economic Agenda.

This photograph was taken at the WREI reception, where Rep. DeLauro spoke about Christopher’s work on the women’s economic agenda and hopes for passing paycheck fairness, paid family medical leave and the healthy families act in the future.

Christopher’s academic work focuses on the representation of women in the media, gender roles in the African American community and the management of female sexuality. She will enter her third year of the LLC PhD program in Fall 2013. This November she’ll present three papers (on the above topics) at the National Women’s Studies Association meeting.

Are you starting a new business and wondering what your financing options are? Treehouse Business teacher Pasan explains the various kinds of business financing available to you, including equity financing, debt financing, and angel investors, as well as each of their pros and cons.

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UMBC recently earned accolades in three college ranking reports.

The Online College Database recognized the high salaries of UMBC graduates in its list of most affordable colleges.  The website used data from the “2012-2013 PayScale College Salary Report” to rankUMBC as having the second-highest post-graduation starting salary of colleges in Maryland with annual tuition under $20,000.  According to the report, the average starting salary of a UMBC graduate is $50,300.

On June 19, Business Insider placed UMBC at number seven on a list of the 25 most underrated colleges in America.  The site combined the PayScale ranking with those produced by U.S. News & World Report to discover colleges and universities with a large disparity between their college rank and their salary rank.  When the data was combined, UMBC emerged as a school with a stronger outcome than expected, earning a top spot on the list.

UMBC was also included on the Times Higher Education‘s 100 Under 50 list for the second consecutive year, ranking 60th on a list of the best young universities across the globe. The list highlights colleges and universities established less than 50 years ago that have promising futures. Particular attention was given to institutions with strong research, innovation and international outlook.

Curator of collections and outreach for the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, Sandra Abbott, was sworn in to the board of the Baltimore City Public Art Commission on Monday, June 10, 2013 by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.

As a member of the board of the Public Art Commission, Abbott juries public art projects along with eight other members under the City’s 1% for Art Program. The 1%-for-Art Ordinance requires at least one percent of the City’s capital construction project’s eligible funds be used for the selection, acquisition, commissioning, fabrication, placement, installation, display and maintenance of public fine artwork. The program is administered through the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA).

With her experience on the steering committee of the Highlandtown Arts and Entertainment District since 2008, Abbott is well-positioned to work with BOPA and the other city arts districts on the recent $200K ArtPlace America grant for the City’s three arts districts in partnership with the European Union. The Grant will fund Transit, a project that brings together European and Baltimore artists, arts organizations, city planners and transportation officials to strategically transform transit environments within the city’s A&E districts. The project was chosen from more than 1,200 applications as an exceptional example of creative placemaking.

Abbott is co-author of the chapter on museum internships in A Life in Museums (American Alliance of Museums, 2012), and serves as the Maryland representative to the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries. She often speaks at national conferences and most recently won the Collegetown Network’s Staff Award for outstanding service at the 6th annual Service-Learning and & Civic Engagement Conference.