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Join the Center for Democracy & Civic Life MyUMBC Group

New MyUMBC home for BreakingGround news and opportunities

Updates relating to UMBC's BreakingGround civic engagement initiative now have a new MyUMBC home: the Center for Democracy and Civic Life's MyUMBC group. Please join the group to keep up with...

December 11, 2018 · 5:23 PM

Student Voices for Higher Education and Democracy

Reflections on a national meeting on civic engagement

Each June, faculty, staff, and students from across the U.S. gather to discuss higher education's work preparing students to engage in civic life. Below are reflections from five students who...

July 23, 2018 · 9:52 AM

What is SGA?

Joshua Massey, '18, Computer Engineering, served as UMBC's 2017-2018 Student Government Association President. Believe it or not, I have been involved in my schools’ Student Government...

May 16, 2018 · 7:44 AM

Civic Engagement and Intercultural Competence

Global Studies Majors at the Russian Festival in Baltimore

Felipe Filomeno is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Global Studies at UMBC. On October 23, 2017, I took twenty students from my class Approaches to Globalization (GLBL301)...

February 21, 2018 · 9:48 AM

Civics Unbound

Knowledge, Skills, & Dispositions for a Thriving Democracy

David Hoffman is UMBC's Assistant Director of Student Life for Civic Agency. Forbes' CivicNation Voice blog has published the third in a series of short essays I'm writing with leaders from...

December 15, 2017 · 10:44 AM

Envisioning a Thriving Democracy

David Hoffman is UMBC's Assistant Director of Student Life for Civic Agency. Forbes' CivicNation Voice website has published the second in a series of blog posts I'm writing with leaders from...

December 4, 2017 · 12:28 PM

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Hope and Strategy for a Thriving Democracy

David Hoffman is UMBC's Assistant Director of Student Life for Civic Agency. This week the American Democracy Project, NASPA, and The Democracy Commitment published the first of a series of...

November 3, 2017 · 10:42 AM

Speaking Openly About Mental Illness

Reflections on the "Breaking Taboo" project at UMBC

Jason Schiffman is Professor and Director of Clinical Training in UMBC's Department of Psychology. Almost half of all college students meet criteria for a mental disorder, and most lifetime...

October 9, 2017 · 1:47 PM

American Democracy Project Publishes UMBC Reflections

2017 Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Meeting

by David Hoffman The American Democracy Project blog has posted reflections from members of the UMBC community who participated in last month's national Civic Learning and Democratic...

July 27, 2017 · 2:46 PM

A Brief History of U.S. Democracy, 2016-2046

David Hoffman is UMBC's Assistant Director of Student Life for Civic Agency. During the run up to the 2016 election last June, I had the opportunity to give a talk at the opening plenary session...

March 16, 2017 · 4:38 PM

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