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Meet Samantha Drummond

INDS Fall 2025 Graduate Highlight Series

Samantha- B.A. INDS  Minors, Certificates, and/or Honors  Minor in Information Systems  Why did you choose INDS?  To design my own major that aligned with my interests. List any UMBC...

Posted: December 8, 2025, 12:50 PM

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Current Grant and Fellowship Opportunities

Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences (Winter 2026)

Click here for current external funding opportunities for Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences, with deadlines in January through March 2026. Faculty seeking external funding for research...

Posted: December 8, 2025, 11:26 AM

Info Session for the Summer 26 Faculty-Led Study Abroad: French in France

Eat a pizza lunch and learn about spending July in France!

"French in France" earns credits for any level French course (101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 304, or 399). Learn more about this opportunity at the info session December 8 12-12:50pm in Fine Arts 427....

Posted: December 2, 2025, 3:34 PM

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One Night Only! María Magdalena Campos Pons and Kamaal Malak

Free performance of award winning artists

Vignettes in 3 Sessions: An Immersive Ancestral Experience with KaMag (María Magdalena Campos-Pons and Kamaal Malak) December 5, 2025 6PM CADVC One-night-only outdoor projection and...

Posted: December 1, 2025, 10:32 PM

Sign Up for Winter Courses!

ASIA 300 & HIST 381

Winter courses are still available for sign up! Enroll today. ASIA 300 - Political Leadership of Asia Instructor: Zareen Taj This dynamic, story-driven course explores the bold, flawed,...

Posted: December 1, 2025, 12:13 PM

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Meet Alex Jeffries

INDS Fall 2025 Graduate Highlight Series

B.A.: Video Game Narrative Design Any other major, minor, certificate, and/or honors that will be on your graduation records Honors College Degree Mentors Professor Elaine...

Posted: December 1, 2025, 12:12 PM

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Public Research Presentation

Wednesday, December 3

The Language, Literacy, and Culture (LLC) Program, in collaboration with the Abdias do Nascimento Grant, invites you to the third session in our Public Research Presentation Series for the...

Posted: December 1, 2025, 10:55 AM

Kara Seidel successfully defends

her Dissertation

On November 24, 2025, Kara Seidel of LLC Cohort 23 successfully defended her dissertation and earned the title of Doctor of Philosophy.  Her degree will be conferred later this month.  Her...

Posted: December 1, 2025, 10:53 AM

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Meet Kayla Elizabeth McFail

INDS Fall 2025 Graduate Highlight Series

B.S.: Neuroscience and the Spanish Language Any other major, minor, certificate, and/or honors that will be on your graduation records Biological Science (B.A.) Minor in Psychology...

Posted: November 24, 2025, 9:31 AM

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