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    <Title>Graduating with gratitude: UMBC welcomes a new class of alumni</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">Persistent. Innovative. Determined. These are the words UMBC’s commencement speakers returned to again and again to describe the Class of 2021. And despite a year of challenges—missing family and friends, technological frustrations, life lived through the computer screen—one of the resounding themes of this year’s Commencement ceremonies was gratitude.</div>
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    <Summary>Persistent. Innovative. Determined. These are the words UMBC’s commencement speakers returned to again and again to describe the Class of 2021. And despite a year of challenges—missing family and...</Summary>
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    <PostedAt>Mon, 24 May 2021 12:54:44 -0400</PostedAt>
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    <Title>UMBC grads share what inspires them: family, Baltimore communities, international experiences</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">“I had never been part of a university whose work was centered around social justice,” says Nicholas Nguyen ‘21, M.A. sociology. “The Peace Corps showed me how political systems work at an international level. UMBC’s Peaceworker Program is giving me an understanding from a social justice and antiracist perspective.”</div>
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    <Summary>“I had never been part of a university whose work was centered around social justice,” says Nicholas Nguyen ‘21, M.A. sociology. “The Peace Corps showed me how political systems work at an...</Summary>
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    <PostedAt>Thu, 20 May 2021 16:47:50 -0400</PostedAt>
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    <Title>Graduating Retrievers find joy and career inspiration in supporting K-12 students and families</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">“I was able to access excellent research opportunities in the humanities that I never thought would be available at the undergraduate level,” says Emily Rose Paul ‘21, global studies. “UMBC is known as a STEM school, but I have received the most amazing humanities education as a global studies student. You will be surprised at all that you can find here.”</div>
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    <Title>UMBC&#8217;s 2021 grads advance research with public impact&#8212;from disaster response to assistive tech</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">Students from across all three UMBC colleges are graduating this week having taken advantage of the unique undergraduate research opportunities and supportive mentorship UMBC offers. They’re poised to take their research to the next level and move on to new challenges through graduate school and careers.</div>
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    <Summary>Students from across all three UMBC colleges are graduating this week having taken advantage of the unique undergraduate research opportunities and supportive mentorship UMBC offers. They’re...</Summary>
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    <Title>UMBC&#8217;s latest graduates in the arts forge new creative paths despite a challenging year</Title>
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  <Title>Doing their homework: Graduating Retrievers use internships to jumpstart their careers</Title>
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  <Title>Strong finish: UMBC student-athletes discuss support and resilience in &#8220;one of the toughest years&#8221;</Title>
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