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Congratulations to Paul Vanik!

Congratulations to Paul Vanik for being featured in the Capital Gazette! Read the article here: http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/business/ph-ac-cn-severna-park-pens-1230-20161230-story.html 

Posted: January 6, 2017, 9:56 AM

Apply for Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Programs

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Japanese Exchange Program is a ten day exchange program during Spring Break with the Embassy of Japan. The program dates are March 14, 2017 – March 24,...

Posted: January 5, 2017, 7:07 PM

Job Offer: Assistant Professor Position Gender & Diversity

Radboud University, the Netherlands

Maximum salary: € 4,691 gross/month Application deadline: 23 February 2017 Responsibilities We invite applications for an Assistant Professor position for a five-year period in the field of...

Posted: December 29, 2016, 12:03 AM

UMBC AMST alum Ngeri Nnachi Featured in The Atlantic

The latest story in the Atlantic’s reader series comes from a young woman, Ngeri Nnachi, who is “still personally working through my anger with my father for taking away my best friend”—her...

Posted: December 28, 2016, 6:28 PM

Matt Belzer to be Featured on PBS with Smokey Robinson

Matt Belzer, lecturer of saxophone and director of Jazz Studies, will be featured on PBS as a soloist on their program "Smokey Robinson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song."...

Posted: December 20, 2016, 1:42 PM

Mark your calendars!

Want to meet the man who named the INDS program at UMBC?

This Spring, Dr. Thomas Benson returns to UMBC to give the annual Petrovich Lecture in which he will talk about a remarkable life that includes… Renaming UMBC's "Option II" program as...

Posted: December 20, 2016, 10:52 AM

Job Offer: Academic Exchange Specialist

Department of State

This position is located in the Office of English Language Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), in the U.S. Department of State (DoS). The incumbent serves as an Academic...

Posted: December 19, 2016, 10:28 AM

American Studies Students Visit the Library of Congress

Students from Dr. Michelle Stefano's class, AMST 345 Indigenous Heritage, visit the American Folklife Center to check out original letters between Woody Guthrie and Alan Lomax, browse the...

Posted: December 16, 2016, 8:20 PM

UMBC Approves New Minor in Asian American Studies!

UMBC’s Undergraduate Council unanimously approved a proposal from the Department of American Studies to create a Minor in Asian American Studies. The program will require 18 credits (6 courses):...

Posted: December 16, 2016, 1:55 PM

Congratulations to Gabrielle Salib!

In receiving the 2016 Zainab Damji Memorial Scholarship

Congratulations to INDS Student, Gabrielle Salib, for receiving the 2016 Zainab Damji Memorial Scholarship! The 2016 Zainab Damji Memorial Scholarship is a merit-based scholarship for Junior-...

Posted: December 15, 2016, 3:12 PM