Tim Nohe (associate professor, Visual Arts) has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts Our Town Project – Creative Placemaking program, managed by the Station North Arts & Entertainment District.

The grant supports his sound project, “My Station North.” This winter and spring he will work collaboratively with children at Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School, their teacher, Ms. Meg Fink, and IMDA MFA graduate student Charlotte Keniston to document the Station North neighborhood through sound. Students working with an easy to use audio recorder will sample the sounds and stories of their neighborhood and school, which is located at 1600 Guilford Avenue in Station North. Once the sounds have been gathered, Professor Nohe will edit, mix and master a surround sound work for installation at the North Avenue Market in June 2012. The project will be a partnership with the Baltimore SoundscapeProject and Locus Sonus, a streaming audio project based in France.

The project will bring positive attention to the neighborhood, its vibrant arts community, the historic North Avenue Market, and Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School. Professor Nohe remarks, “Connections in our community will be heard through focused listening: to what we hear all around, to the music of the street, to the people working to revitalize homes and businesses, to our creative workers, and to the stories of elders and children. The installation will bring us together to listen, carefully, to this vibrant city neighborhood.”

UMBC honored members of The 1966 Society on September 19 — the 45th anniversary of the university’s opening day in 1966 — at a dinner hosted by president Freeman A. Hrabowski III celebrating the commitment they’ve made to UMBC’s future through planned giving. The group met in the Albin O. Kuhn Library and enjoyed a “7th Floor Tour of UMBC,” along with dinner with Dr. Hrabowski and the chance to share memories of their time at UMBC.

“I love that they continue to engage with students,” said Kimberly Robinson, director of campaigns and donor relations. “The stories they told are so wonderful, and so similar to what people are celebrating about UMBC today, such as excellence in faculty teaching and innovation in the classroom. It really was great to hear.”

This 1966 Society dinner will be an annual event, so if you have named UMBC in your estate plans, please contact Robinson at Kim.Robinson@umbc.edu or 410-455-3700 so she can make sure you are invited to next year’s event!

Below: A slideshow of The 1966 Society dinner.
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This Saturday, November 19, students enrolled in Introduction to Engineering Science (ENES 101) will put robotic vessels to the test during UMBC's first AROW competition. AROW–Academy Robotics on the Water–was developed by Captain Jonathan Russell, Lt. Cmdr. Brian Maggi and Stephen Grenier of the US Coast Guard Academy as an introductory engineering design experience. The competition requires students to design robotic vessels capable of performing simulated tasks akin to those of the US Coast Guard. Forty teams will compete to see how many tasks can be performed by their robotic vessels within a four minute time limit.

What: UMBC AROW Competition

When: Saturday, November 19th 9:30 a.m. to Noon, 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Where: Engineering/ Computer Science Building (ECS), 2nd Floor Atrium

Click here for more information.

This Saturday, November 19, students enrolled in Introduction to Engineering Science (ENES 101) will put robotic vessels to the test during UMBC's first AROW competition. AROW–Academy Robotics on the Water–was developed by Captain Jonathan Russell, Lt. Cmdr. Brian Maggi and Stephen Grenier of the US Coast Guard Academy as an introductory engineering design experience. The competition requires students to design robotic vessels capable of performing simulated tasks akin to those of the US Coast Guard. Forty teams will compete to see how many tasks can be performed by their robotic vessels within a four minute time limit.

What: UMBC AROW Competition

When: Saturday, November 19th 9:30 a.m. to Noon, 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Where: Engineering/ Computer Science Building (ECS), 2nd Floor Atrium

Click here for more information.