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“Forging” the Way to Success Since graduating from UMBC, alumnus Paresh Shah has successfully navigated the fickle waters of the business world many times...

Leading the Maryland Bar Association Harry S. Johnson, Political Science �76, a partner in the Baltimore law firm of...

Telling the Story of Afghan Women In the two years since the horrific attacks of September 11 and the ensuing American invasion of...

Discovering Her Direction Reflecting on her life’s work, Karen Osborne, a senior statistical consultant for Fortune 500 executives for the past six years,...

UMBC’s Impressive Incoming Classes UMBC�s reputation just got hotter with the arrival of our incoming undergraduate and graduate...

Becoming Her Dream “Don’t just talk about it, be about it” is Keondra Phillips‘ motto. Knowing that talk can only get you so far in life, Phillips has...

  UMBC was named one of a dozen “Hot Schools” by Kaplan/Newsweek 2003. UMBC IS A HOT SCHOOL!   In August 2002, UMBC was named one of a dozen Hot...

A Scholar and an Athlete   Karl Strauss epitomizes the phrase “student-athlete.” As a swimmer, he was part of four straight ECAC...

Turning Dreams into Plans   Having grown up near the campus of Tuskegee University, Jasmine McDonald was taught the importance of...

Leaping to New Heights In June, senior jumper Huguens Jean became the third Retriever to earn Division I All-American honors. The...