Being a national leader in applied learning and continuing to rise among national ranks, it comes as no surprise that UMBC’s very own resident students were provided with…
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Andrea Thomson is the co-founder Project Mindfulness LLC and is a Budget and Policy Analyst at the Maryland Department of Budget & Management. I’ve been…
Brandon Dudley is a former Editor-in-Chief of The Retriever (’02-’03). He is now a writer who teaches high school English in Maine. My four years at…
Kaitlyn Hakenson is a former Editor-in-Chief of The Retriever. Class of ’14. For those who have had the privilege of attending UMBC, visiting campus post graduation…
Nikoletta Gjoni is an Operations Manager at AppleTree and the Director of Marketing at Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore. I accepted my spot at UMBC…
Elizabeth Silberholz is a former Editor-in-Chief of The Retriever. In 1973, over 40 years ago, my father attended his first class at UMBC. The Administration Building…
Ariane Szu-Tu is a former Managing Editor of The Retriever. She now works as an editor for National Geographic Kids Books. One evening in the summer…
Under new leadership, UMBC’s Habitat for Humanity club received a complete overhaul this semester. With prior years seeing low membership numbers and general lack of…
Alan H. Feiler is editor-in-chief of JMORE, a new multi-media company covering the Jewish community of the Baltimore metropolitan region. He has worked as a…
The Avenue is hustling and bustling with its usual Tuesday night crowd, mostly locals at this point. Everyone is chattering through thick, humid heat, still…
Ed Hopkins is a former Retriever General Manager, Business Manager, Receptionist and Cartoonist. Class of ’96. It’s difficult to pick a favorite from the many stories…
Alexander Pyles is a former Editor-in-Chief of The Retriever. He now works as a content editor for The Baltimore Sun and teaches at the University of…
Mark Gross is a producer at 2U. It happened on a Tuesday morning. And though the tragedy began before 9 a.m., I was already on campus.…
Vanessa Rueda is a former News Editor of The Retriever. Class of ’14. Happy birthday, UMBC! I wish I were still a student to celebrate with…
Anne Lepore was a longtime director of creative and special sections at the Baltimore Sun and is a former Retriever staff member. It’s difficult to describe…
Andy Hershberger is a chiropractic and physical therapy provider in Baltimore. During a spiritual migraine, I got Facebook messaged about this 50th anniversary Retriever/UMBC thing.…