Your Fees, Your Programs & Services, Your Voice
by David Hoffman Fees--and fee increases--are a fact of life in college. Programs and services cost money, and there is always an aging piece of equipment to replace or an adaptation...
Posted: March 25, 2013, 9:41 AM
Treasured Places
by Craig Berger The thirty degree temperatures, the cold, wet flakes, and what turned out to be a long walk from my car to the restaurant had my Californian girlfriend shivering under my...
Posted: March 13, 2013, 9:10 AM
May Commencement 2013 - Information for Graduate Students
Please make your arrangements for May 22, 2013
Dear Graduating Student: The Spring Commencement ceremony will be held on May 22, 2013. If you plan to participate in this ceremony, you must rent your academic regalia (cap, gown and hood)...
Posted: March 12, 2013, 6:04 PM

March 12, 2003: Departure Day
by David Hoffman My handwritten words, in a notebook: Wednesday, March 12, 2003, 11:40 a.m., San Diego, California. Sharon and I have lived in our apartment for a year and seven months,...
Posted: March 11, 2013, 5:44 PM
Campaigning While Introverted (Updated: Photo)
by David Hoffman It was an introvert’s nightmare, and I was the introvert: I’m standing in a public square, reaching out to the people streaming past, calling attention to myself...
Posted: March 11, 2013, 9:51 AM
Real People Profiles: Sam Saxena
We're asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are...
Posted: March 5, 2013, 9:03 AM
Maryland-isms
by David Hoffman and Craig Berger Old Bay, crabs, the loud "O!" during the national anthem, and professional sports teams named for dark birds. We all know the obvious Maryland-isms: the things...
Posted: March 4, 2013, 9:19 AM
Info Sessions for Potential 2013-2014 SGA Candidates
In this guest post, Collin Wojciechowski, SGA's Election Board Chair, discusses the details of the 2013 SGA Election and asks you to make a commitment to the UMBC community and yourself. A...
Posted: March 3, 2013, 7:15 PM
NIH Working Group: Attention Graduate Students & Postdocs
This message came to us from UMBC Chemistry alumna, Dr. LaTese Briggs. Dr. Briggs completed a postdoc at The Broad, a collaborative between Harvard and MIT. She is now a Program Analyst for Faster...
Posted: March 1, 2013, 3:31 PM

STEM Grad Students! Win $1000 – $3000 from @NSF for the @GradEdChallenge! Deadline April 15, 2013
Calling all of our STEM graduate students!! YOU have ideas … we’ve heard many of them. You’ve shared them with us in meetings, at conferences like the PROMISE SSI, on the walkways of our campuses,...
Posted: February 28, 2013, 3:27 PM
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