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PUBL 600 Research Methods

PUBL 600 enrollment cap increased for fall

Research Methodology (PUBL 600)  has enough space available  this fall to allow everyone wishing to take it to enroll. In turn, it will not be offered in the spring semester 2018. The course will...

Posted: August 25, 2017, 5:17 PM

Exciting Fall 2017 English Courses Available

As the Fall 2017 semester approaches and classes begin next week, the English Department faculty would like to extend a warm welcome back. There are a number of exciting and informative classes...

Posted: August 25, 2017, 5:12 PM

Ensemble Auditions!

The Department of Music offers a wide variety of ensembles for course credit. Some of our ensembles include the university orchestra, wind ensemble, jazz ensemble, choirs, among others.   Most of...

Posted: August 25, 2017, 1:14 PM

Dr. Chuku Receives Ali Mazrui Award for Research Excellence

2017 TOFAC International Conference, Ondo, Nigeria, July 3-5

Gloria Chuku received the distinguished Ali Mazrui Award for Scholarship and Research Excellence at the 2017 Toyin Falola Annual Conference on Africa and the African Diaspora. The award was...

Posted: August 25, 2017, 12:28 AM

Dr. Chuku Publishes Book Chapter on Nigeria-Biafra War

Gloria Chuku's chapter "Women and the Nigeria-Biafra War" has been published in Postcolonial Conflict and the Question of Genocide: The Nigeria-Biafra War, 1967-1970, edited by A. Dirk Moses and...

Posted: August 25, 2017, 12:04 AM

Dr. Chuku Interviewed on Maryland Humanities Podcast

June 7, 2017

On June 7, Gloria Chuku was interviewed on the Maryland Humanities Connection Podcast. Hear her speak about "African Women and Political Participation" at https://www.mdhumanities.org/podcasts/.

Posted: August 24, 2017, 11:58 PM

Dr. Chuku Speaks at "Remembering Biafra" Conference

George Washington University, Washington, DC, April 20-21

Gloria Chuku was an Invited Conference speaker at the "Remembering Biafra: History, Memory, and the Legacy of the Nigerian Civil War" International Conference at George Washington University in...

Posted: August 24, 2017, 11:50 PM

Dresher Center Spring 2018 Residential Faculty Fellows

The Dresher Center is pleased to announce our Spring 2018 Residential Faculty Fellows Irene Chan, Associate Professor, Visual Arts and Affiliate Professor, Asian Studies: “Railroad Track of...

Posted: August 24, 2017, 1:56 PM

UMBC Announces Institutional Membership with NCFDD

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that UMBC has joined the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) as an institutional member. The NCFDD is a nationally...

Posted: August 23, 2017, 6:16 PM