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Your UMBC Bucket List

What's on Yours?


by David Hoffman



Poulomi's tweet demonstrates that she's participating in two UMBC traditions. The first is creating a UMBC Bucket List of all things you aspire to do during your time here. The second is actually doing those things.

Early September is the time for Bucket List-making. In my 12 (now 13) Septembers at UMBC I've made many lists, and then checked off many items: I've toured the roof of the Administration Building with President Hrabowski, seen performances in two venues in the Performing Arts & Humanities Building, written a post that got more than 400 paws on MyUMBC (it was April Fool's Day), participated in a campus flash mob, had photos I took published in The Retriever Weekly and on the UMBC home page, developed and taught a course, shared my research and campus projects at national conferences, and earned a Ph.D. (and so became a UMBC alum, in addition to being a staff member).


Finals week flash mob, Albin O. Kuhn Library, December 2010
Now (again) it's your turn. September is here: a new beginning for all of us. What's on your UMBC Bucket List? Share some of what you'd like to accomplish by leaving a comment here, and let's help each other fulfill our hopes.

Co-Create UMBC is a blog for and about UMBC, written by David Hoffman and Craig Berger from UMBC Student Life. Join the Co-Create UMBC group on MyUMBC. Like Co-Create UMBC on Facebook. And follow David and Craig on Twitter.

Posted: September 7, 2015, 6:59 PM