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Exciting Winter Course Offering!!!

Earn Upper Level Elective Credit with POLI 390

Dr. Brigid Starkey is teaching a dynamic winter course: POLI 390 American Foreign Policy  POLI 390 provides an overview of American foreign policy with a focus on the post WW-2 period.  Gain...

Posted: December 2, 2021, 12:49 PM

St. Paul's Schools -- Updated Job Posting List

Updated list of job postings at The St. Paul’s Schools, a family of independent schools located in Brooklandville, Maryland. With more than 1,300 students from ages 6 months to grade 12, St....

Posted: December 2, 2021, 11:10 AM

Demystifying MCS 499: Capstone Senior Seminar

Don’t be scared of the finish line!

By Shesh Batni When you first declare Media and Communication Studies as your major, you may notice at the end of the road sits a little course titled MCS 499: Capstone Senior Seminar. But beyond...

Posted: December 2, 2021, 10:51 AM

MCS alum Masongo Ogora

starts podcast using skills from both theory & production

By Shesh Batni Recently, I sat down with MCS alum Masongo Ogora 21’ to hear his experience of finishing the MCS program, graduating, and moving onto new adventures using all the skills he’s...

Posted: December 1, 2021, 2:50 PM

PAID Summer Public Service Internships

Apps open Dec 1st. In Person and Remote Positions Available

Applications Open December 1st  Priority Applications Due Feb 1st   Application Deadline March 1st    Governor’s Summer Internship Program (GSIP) Fellows are placed at a government...

Posted: November 30, 2021, 2:10 PM

Take a Spring Class with GWST!

Check out our Gen Ed classes and expand your mind!

Still looking for spring classes? Do you have general education requirements you need to complete? Check out these relevant and mind-expanding classes from Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies!...

Posted: November 30, 2021, 12:55 PM

Asian Studies Early December Updates

Humanities Forum Online Lecture! Apply for JASC 2022!

December is here, which means only a few more weeks of classes before finals and Winter Commencement. We wish you the best as you wrap up your semester!  Virtual Humanities Forum Lecture with Dr....

Posted: November 30, 2021, 10:35 AM

Prof. Short & Farmer publ. on climate change and cities

Article coauthored by MPP student Abbey Farmer

Public Policy Professor John Rennie Short and M.P.P. student Abbey Farmer have published a new article in the journal Earth.  In the article, they examine the disjunction between the rapid pace...

Posted: November 29, 2021, 4:57 PM

Dr. Shannon Sauro's Fanfiction Work in UMBC Magazine

Finding Your Voice in Fanfiction

Dr. Shannon Sauro's work on fanfiction for language education is featured in UMBC Magazine.   Check out the article here: https://magazine.umbc.edu/finding-your-voice-in-fanfiction/

Posted: November 29, 2021, 12:17 PM

Asian Studies Late November Updates

Happy Thanksgiving! End of Semester Events News

It is the last full week of November this year, and that means Thanksgiving has arrived. UMBC will be closed Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and classes will resume on Monday next week. We wish...

Posted: November 23, 2021, 11:05 AM