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GETTING THEIR KICKS In 2009, UMBC men’s soccer players Levi Houapeu ’11 and Andrew Bulls ’12 led the nation in scoring. In 2010, the duo led the Retrievers to the NCAA Tournament for the first...

Tom Venable M.A. ’95, instructional systems development, principal of Carl Cozier Elementary School, will be the new deputy superintendent of the Bellingham School District in Washington state....

State Delegate Adrienne Jones ’76, psychology, has been named Baltimore County’s new deputy director of the Office of Human Resources, according to a release from the office of County Executive...

Bruce Goldfarb ’85, Emergency Health Services, intends to challenge the newly-copyrighted word “Hon,” according to the Baltimore Sun. The Catonsville writer, who runs WelcometoBaltimoreHon.Com,...

Bruce Goldfarb ’85, Emergency Health Services, intends to challenge the newly-copyrighted word “Hon,” according to the Baltimore Sun. The Catonsville writer, who runs WelcometoBaltimoreHon.Com,...

Although she spent her younger years in sub-Saharan Africa, alumna Lola Akinmade ’99, ’02 likes the cold. In fact, at the moment, the information systems/geography major is living in Sweden....

Three of UMBC’s most entrepreneurial alumni brought their expertise to the table as judges in UMBC’s annual Idea Competition, sponsored by the Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship and was part...

Anne Arundel County Schools Superintendent Kevin Maxwell ’02, Ph.D., Language, Literacy and Culture, was featured in a Baltimore Sun article about proposed redistricting of Fort Meade-area...

According to a story in the Baltimore Business Journal, three UMBC alumni have been appointed to positions on the executive team of Kevin Kamenetz, who will be sworn in as Baltimore County...

Read “A Mission to Transform Baltimore’s Beaten Schools,” featuring Baltimore principal Edward E. Cozzolino ’73, English:...