Real People Profiles: Meghann Shutt
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 their responses.
Name: Meghann Shutt
Hometown: Baltimore City
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: 2 years, then a break, then two years again
A: Recently I have been involved in developing a partnership between One Main Financial, UMBC and Overcoming Poverty Together, a local organization in Baltimore which supports microlending to women entrepreneurs in Indonesia. It's such a cool project! One Main was interested in giving UMBC students the chance to learn about microfinance. Through other work at the Shriver Center, we discovered that one of our local partners was involved in microlending in Indonesia. We were able to pull together professors from Global Studies, Women Studies and Entrepreneurship, local microlending experts in our community and a university funder to provide real loans that make a real difference for real women working to improve their lives. Once our student group is in place, there will be a triple impact: students learn, women in the global community thrive, and the university gets to be part of creating a better world and improving lives in the global community.
Q: Complete this sentence: "I am a big fan of __________"
A: My favorite little hidden gem of UMBC is the CERA trail (althought I can only find it 50% of the times that I go looking for it. Seriously, that thing is like the Room of Requirement.). Moments into that trail, you forget that you are on a suburban campus. I like sneaking away to it during the Fall when the campus explodes in color.
Hometown: Baltimore City
Q: How long have you been at UMBC?
A: 2 years, then a break, then two years again
Q: What is your current title (job or student organization position)?
A: Assistant Director, Shriver Peaceworker Fellows Program
Q: In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?
A: Shriver Peaceworker Program staff, financial education teacher for SUCCESS, partnership bridge builder
Q: What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?
A: I enjoy all of the fascinating, thoughtful and passionate people I get to work with. Mostly I work with graduate students who have completed Peace Corps service and are continuing service, their professional development as social change leaders, and earning Masters degrees at UMBC. But I also get to work with undergraduate students who are curious about international development. I work with students with intellectual disabilities who are pursuing their own life goals. I intersect with really motivated and caring staff across campus. And I get to touch so many promising projects with innovative, heart-driven community leaders like Lakeland Elementary Middle School and Overcoming Poverty Together, an international microfinance organization collaborating with UMBC.
Q: What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?
A: I will quote my mother, Lois Shutt, here. "College is not about what you learn. It's about who you become."
Q: What is one way you have worked with others to make a positive difference at UMBC or in another community?
A: I will quote my mother, Lois Shutt, here. "College is not about what you learn. It's about who you become."
Q: What is one way you have worked with others to make a positive difference at UMBC or in another community?
A: Recently I have been involved in developing a partnership between One Main Financial, UMBC and Overcoming Poverty Together, a local organization in Baltimore which supports microlending to women entrepreneurs in Indonesia. It's such a cool project! One Main was interested in giving UMBC students the chance to learn about microfinance. Through other work at the Shriver Center, we discovered that one of our local partners was involved in microlending in Indonesia. We were able to pull together professors from Global Studies, Women Studies and Entrepreneurship, local microlending experts in our community and a university funder to provide real loans that make a real difference for real women working to improve their lives. Once our student group is in place, there will be a triple impact: students learn, women in the global community thrive, and the university gets to be part of creating a better world and improving lives in the global community.
A: Fun.
Q: Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?
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Posted: May 12, 2015, 7:54 AM