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$21M Sherman Family Foundation gift supports UMBC’s bold commitment to PreK-12 research, teaching, and learning

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...

February 24, 2022 · 1:00 PM

Women leaders from UMBC, Morgan State, and UMD receive $3M Mellon grant to diversify senior leadership in higher ed

"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...

November 18, 2021 · 9:00 AM

After COVID halted global travel, UMBC’s newest Fulbright Scholars begin their journeys

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...

October 20, 2021 · 12:18 PM

UMBC’s Haleemat Adekoya, education advocate, is named 2021–22 MHEC student commissioner

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...

October 7, 2021 · 7:15 AM

Patricia Young’s new book explores emerging ed-tech trends and how COVID has changed the future of the field

“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...

September 22, 2021 · 10:36 AM

UMBC education faculty and partners work to humanize K-12 distance learning

“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....

April 30, 2021 · 1:02 PM

NSF grants UMBC’s Chris Rakes and Michele Stites $3M to transform undergraduate secondary mathematics teacher preparation programs

“I want the mathematics classroom to be a vibrant place,” says Rakes, “where students have the opportunity to put all the things they've learned together into a coherent web of knowledge,...

December 17, 2020 · 4:09 PM

UMBC’s Sherman Center for Early Learning in Urban Communities is transforming early childhood education in Maryland

UMBC’s Sherman Center for Early Learning in Urban Communities is now in its third year of supporting, strengthening, and expanding early childhood education in Maryland. The center was founded...

October 27, 2020 · 3:28 PM

Maryland State Dept. of Education invests additional $150,000 in UMBC’s Maryland Early Childhood Leadership Education Program

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...

October 26, 2020 · 5:48 PM

UMBC’s Kindel Nash’s new book shares best practices for culturally sustaining teaching in early education

Culturally sustaining pedagogy, Nash explains, focuses on countering structures that systematically erase the culture and language of communities of color. Her book is an example of the impact...

October 12, 2020 · 1:01 PM

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