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  <Title>$21M Sherman Family Foundation gift supports UMBC&#8217;s bold commitment to PreK-12 research, teaching, and learning</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">The largest gift in the history of UMBC—a $21 million donation from the Sherman Family Foundation—will dramatically expand the reach and impact of the university’s K-12 and early childhood education work. The transformational gift will provide funding to launch the Betsy &amp; George Sherman Center as a national model to advance excellence in urban schools.</div>
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  <Summary>The largest gift in the history of UMBC—a $21 million donation from the Sherman Family Foundation—will dramatically expand the reach and impact of the university’s K-12 and early childhood...</Summary>
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    <Title>Women leaders from UMBC, Morgan State, and UMD receive $3M Mellon grant to diversify senior leadership in higher ed</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">"This experienced team of diverse senior leaders has an opportunity to create a structural answer to elevate diverse leaders from the arts and humanities,” says project PI Kimberly Moffitt, UMBC's interim dean of CAHSS. “This will enable faculty to apply distinct knowledge, skills, and perspectives to address our communities’ needs as leaders at their respective institutions."</div>
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    <Summary>"This experienced team of diverse senior leaders has an opportunity to create a structural answer to elevate diverse leaders from the arts and humanities,” says project PI Kimberly Moffitt, UMBC's...</Summary>
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    <PostedAt>Thu, 18 Nov 2021 09:00:02 -0500</PostedAt>
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  <Title>After COVID halted global travel, UMBC&#8217;s newest Fulbright Scholars begin their journeys</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Senior year ended with a surprising turn of events for Dominique Ross ‘21 and Yianni Karabatis ‘21. Both received prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for 2021 – 2022. But, like many Fulbright recipients, their Fulbright experiences were initially stalled due to COVID-19. Now, with immunization and continued mask requirements, international travel is once again possible for Fulbright recipients.</div>
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  <Summary>Senior year ended with a surprising turn of events for Dominique Ross ‘21 and Yianni Karabatis ‘21. Both received prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for 2021 – 2022. But, like many...</Summary>
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    <Title>UMBC&#8217;s Haleemat Adekoya, education advocate, is named 2021&#8211;22 MHEC student commissioner</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">Adekoya’s appointment as MHEC student commissioner recognizes her community-engaged work connecting students to resources and leading enrichment and leadership opportunities at both K–12 and university levels. She shares, “I believe that education is the most powerful tool to change the world."</div>
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    <Summary>Adekoya’s appointment as MHEC student commissioner recognizes her community-engaged work connecting students to resources and leading enrichment and leadership opportunities at both K–12 and...</Summary>
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    <Title>Patricia Young&#8217;s new book explores emerging ed-tech trends and how COVID has changed the future of the field</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">“COVID has already changed the way we think and approach technology innovation,” says Patricia Young, associate professor of education. “These are reasons why educational technologies and technology-enhanced learning must keep pace with trends in design and technology.” </div>
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    <Summary>“COVID has already changed the way we think and approach technology innovation,” says Patricia Young, associate professor of education. “These are reasons why educational technologies and...</Summary>
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    <Title>UMBC education faculty and partners work to humanize K-12 distance learning</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">“We value the humanizing practices that are often embedded in the teaching practices of Black teachers,” explains Keisha McIntosh Allen, assistant professor of language and literacy education. “This is an opportunity for them to lead and share their knowledge, which is often overlooked by teacher evaluations that do not acknowledge these approaches to teaching.”</div>
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  <Title>NSF grants UMBC&#8217;s Chris Rakes and Michele Stites $3M to transform undergraduate secondary mathematics teacher preparation programs</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">UMBC’s Sherman Center for Early Childhood Learning in Urban Communities has been leading change in this field in Maryland since 2017 through its Maryland Early Childhood Leadership Education Program (MECLP). The program’s 12-month post-baccalaureate course equips current leaders in early childhood education with the skills, knowledge, and network needed to implement effective and long-lasting change in classrooms, school districts, and nonprofits across the state.</div>
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