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by David Hoffman and Craig Berger As UMBC has celebrated its 50th anniversary by looking back on its earliest years, the names of the original buildings have been invoked repeatedly. The...
October 24, 2016
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2:29 PM
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by Craig Berger As a part of celebrating UMBC's 50th Anniversary this fall, Student Life is organizing a time capsule to be opened at UMBC's 100th anniversary celebration in 2066. We're...
October 13, 2016
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10:01 PM
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by Craig Berger Spring Break may seem distant, but now is the time to register for a group experience that will inspire and forever change you. UMBC is sponsoring four profound learning...
October 12, 2016
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3:20 PM
... but in 1967, it wasn't a "Quad" yet
by David Hoffman and Craig Berger There was no "Quad" when UMBC opened in 1966 because there were not enough buildings to form one. The open field adjacent to the Academic Building (now part...
September 26, 2016
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10:13 AM
I do not want to forget ...
by David Hoffman Last Monday, Co-Create UMBC featured a "Then & Now" post in which Craig Berger and I re-created a couple of old photos taken at the site of UMBC's original breezeway. In...
September 20, 2016
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9:19 AM
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by David Hoffman and Craig Berger Fifty years ago today (also a Monday), UMBC opened its doors. At the first Commencement in 1970, graduating senior Diane Juknelis described that moment this...
September 19, 2016
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8:51 AM
by David Hoffman and Craig Berger Five summers ago, the Performing Arts & Humanities Building was a construction site. The outlines of what would become the atrium, the Proscenium Theatre,...
September 14, 2016
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12:10 PM
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by David Hoffman and Craig Berger UMBC turns 50 next Monday, and will mark the occasion starting this weekend with a celebration beyond anything our campus has ever seen. (We'll be there, and...
September 12, 2016
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2:06 PM
Long before the Bio breezeway existed, there was another ...
by David Hoffman and Craig Berger A few weeks ago, a photo appeared on the Retriever Stories site showing two alums who met and fell in love at UMBC when they were students. The photo, taken...
September 12, 2016
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10:00 AM
by David Hoffman and Craig Berger The photos below were taken from the same spot 42 years apart, though the Abin O. Library has changed so much that you may have trouble believing it's true....
September 6, 2016
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9:00 AM