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Working on the Leader in the Mirror
by Katie Cano One of my earliest memories features a four-year-old me, dejected and bitter, sitting in my kindergarten class thinking that I would be a better Class President than the boy...
September 22, 2014 · 4:10 PM
Peaceworker Fellows Host Peace Corps Director
by Joby Taylor What a wonderful surprise for me to get a call from the Peace Corps a couple weeks ago asking about having the new Director, Carrie Hessler-Radelet, come to Baltimore to meet...
September 10, 2014 · 10:00 AM
UMBC’s New Kiva U. Chapter: Microlending for Social Impact
by Greg Simmons Thanks to a grant from OneMain Financial, UMBC will join Loyola University in launching the first two formally designated Kiva University chapters in Maryland. Kiva U seeks to...
September 8, 2014 · 9:49 AM
Teaching Power, Globally and Locally
by Dinah Winnick Since BreakingGround's launch two years ago this month, I've had dozens of thought-provoking conversations with faculty and students working together to address real-world...
August 12, 2014 · 12:53 PM
Not Just About the Food (BreakingGround TV)
by David Hoffman What does BreakingGround look like in practice? It's another question I'm asked all the time, and because BreakingGround takes many forms (engaged scholarship, courses,...
July 7, 2014 · 12:50 PM
A Tale of Two Cities, Remixed
by Beverly Bickel Mainstream media coverage tells us that Detroit is a failed city, a story told through images of desperately unemployed people, abandoned city blocks, and crumbling...
July 2, 2014 · 9:32 AM
UMBC American Democracy Project Takeaways
by David Hoffman The American Democracy Project's annual meeting took place earlier this month in Louisville, Kentucky, with UMBC sending 18 participants: the largest of all the campus...
June 25, 2014 · 12:01 PM
A Tale of Two Cities and our Unfinished Democracy
by Beverly Bickel Louisville, Kentucky: home of Muhammad Ali, Helen Hume, the Louisville Slugger, Diane Sawyer, the Kentucky Derby, and craft brews of bourbon and beer. But what does it have...
June 19, 2014 · 10:14 AM
BreakingGround TV (VIDEO)
by David Hoffman What exactly is BreakingGround? It's a question I'm asked all the time, because this UMBC initiative defies conventional categories. Guided by UMBC professor Bill Shewbridge,...
June 17, 2014 · 4:14 PM
Joining the History of Feminist Activism
by Kate Drabinski Most students who enroll in my course, Studies in Feminist Activism, expect to learn about the history of feminism and feminist movements. We do that, sure, but the course...
May 20, 2014 · 4:48 PM

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