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<Title>New Book by Dr. Gloria Chuku</Title>
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<Summary>Dr. Gloria Chuku's edited book, Ethnicities, Nationalities, and Cross-Cultural Representations in Africa and the Diaspora, has been published by Carolina Academic Press. </Summary>
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<Summary>The Department of Africana Studies is proud to announce Dr. Gloria Chuku's promotion to full Professor!</Summary>
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    <div>The <em>UMBC Review </em>is an interdisciplinary journal comprised of exemplary student research from across campus. </div>
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    <div>The <em>UMBC Review </em>is currently accepting submissions 
    for its 17th Volume. Students are welcome to submit their research 
    papers anytime now until <span>September 12, 2015</span>.</div>
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<Summary>The UMBC Review is an interdisciplinary journal comprised of exemplary student research from across campus.      The UMBC Review is currently accepting submissions  for its 17th Volume. Students...</Summary>
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<Title>Democracy on the Inside</Title>
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<Title>"The Very Reason You are Here"</Title>
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    <h5>by Theophilus Aluko</h5>
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    <div>Thanks to the Mechanical Engineering department, I was able to join UMBC’s delegation to the 2015 American Democracy Project/The Democracy Commitment/NASPA Civic Learning &amp;amp; Democratic Engagement conference in New Orleans earlier this month... (<a href="https://umbcbreakingground.wordpress.com/2015/06/16/the-very-reason-you-are-here/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">continue reading</a>)</div>
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<Summary>President Hrabowski talks with Marc Steiner about his new book, Holding Fast to Dreams: Empowering Youth from the Civil Rights Crusade to STEM Achievement. </Summary>
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    <div class="html-content">“Roman poets were a lot like rappers,” observes Joseph Howley ’06, ancient studies, who is an assistant professor of classics at Columbia University. It’s the kind of observation – presented as an almost offhand remark – that typifies Howley’s approach to the discipline. As a scholar particularly attuned to the unexpected, Howley thinks the modern … <a href="https://umbcalumni.wordpress.com/2015/06/16/book-smart-joseph-howley-06-ancient-studies/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Continue reading <span>Book Smart: Joseph Howley ’06, Ancient Studies,</span></a>
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    <img width="150" height="150" src="https://umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/deleongray-150x150.jpg" alt="" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p><em>Two UMBC alums were featured in “BE Modern Man,” a program that honors the accomplishments, challenges, and victories men of color have endured all while making a positive impact on the world. We are proud to share the extraordinary work of </em><strong><em>Dr. DeLeon Gray ‘07, interdisciplinary studies </em></strong><em>and</em><strong><em> Dr. Nnadozie Onunkwo ‘06, computer engineering</em></strong><em>. </em></p>
    <p><strong><strong><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/deleongray.jpg" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/deleongray.jpg?w=300" alt="DeLeonGray" width="300" height="182" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a>Dr. DeLeon Gray ’07, interdisciplinary studies </strong></strong>is a professor at North Carolina State University. He is passionate about giving back to the community and is especially interested in investing his own time and talents back into the African American community as he understands his own personal responsibility to continually make improvements. Dr. Gray has created SMART Collaborative, a program that is centered around the coming together of educators and researchers who want to improve the education challenges facing society today.</p>
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    <h3>Learn more about Drs. <a href="http://www.blackenterprise.com/bemodernman/2015/05/25/be-modern-man-meet-the-professor-dr-deleon-gray/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Gray</a> and <a href="http://www.blackenterprise.com/bemodernman/2015/05/25/be-modern-man-meet-the-bio-medical-engineer-dr-dozie-onunkwo/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Onunkwo</a>.</h3>
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<Title>Deep Vision Dance seeks Administrative Assistant (or Intern): Marketing, Fundraising, &amp;amp; Design</Title>
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