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UMBC students have a wide variety of opportunities to make a difference on this campus.  SGA's Prove It! competition is special because it provides significant funding and support for students'...

There are many ways to make a difference at UMBC, especially if you are interested in shaping or changing campus life. Most of them involve hard work, planning and determination. But once in a...

In this guest post, Caitlyn Leiter-Mason, SGA's Election Board Chair, lifts the curtain on the 2012 SGA election. Exactly one month from today, I will excitedly put together a list of all the...

Two elected positions in SGA have become available: one each in the Senate and Finance Board.  In addition, the Finance Board is looking for a Secretary to take minutes at its meetings.  All three...

Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) is an annual event hosted by former President Bill Clinton for college students interested in contributing to social change in their communities and...

STRiVE is a highly regarded, 5-day student leadership retreat, but none of those words really conveys the wonder of the thing.  I've been a facilitator at each of the annual SGA- and Office of...

UMBC junior Collin Wojciechowski is many things: a student, a writer, an active participant in Maryland politics. But when he travels to any other campus in the University System of Maryland...

Later this month, the Office of Student Life-trained student Leadership Consultants will facilitate the annual Leadership and Teamwork Training Experience (LATTE), a two day, off campus retreat...

The Office of Student Life has done some reorganizing and experienced a little staff turnover this summer, with the result that there are two professional staff openings.  In my humble opinion,...

The Maryland Youth Advisory Council was established by the state legislature to give young people a forum for providing feedback and recommendations on policies and programs that will affect their...