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  <Title>Class of 2021 Stories Featuring Women's Center Students</Title>
  <Tagline>Let's keep the graduation celebration going!</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content"><strong><em>Let's keep the celebration going and continue to recognize the Class of 2021 graduates!</em></strong><div><br><div>We're excited that several Class of 2021 Graduation stories featured students connected to the Women's Center and are spreading the news here. Be sure to check them out!</div><div><br></div><div><ul><li><a href="https://news.umbc.edu/umbcs-newest-grads-leave-a-legacy-of-advocacy-inclusion-and-support-for-fellow-students/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><em>UMBC’s newest grads leave a legacy of advocacy, inclusion, and support for fellow students </em></a>featuring Women's Center student staff member, Autumn Cook</li><li><em><a href="https://news.umbc.edu/retrievers-buck-traditional-timelines-and-redefine-success/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Retrievers buck ‘traditional’ timelines and redefine success</a></em> featuring Women's Center student staff member + RWS Scholar, Sandra Crespin-Melgar and RWS Scholar Evangeline Kirigua</li></ul></div><div><ul><li><em><a href="https://news.umbc.edu/umbcs-latest-graduates-in-the-arts-forge-new-creative-paths-despite-a-challenging-year/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">UMBC’s latest graduates in the arts forge new creative paths despite a challenging yea</a>r</em> featuring Women's Center Advisory Board affiliate member, Rahne Alexander</li></ul></div></div><div><br></div><div>You can also read more about our <strong>graduating Returning Women Student Scholars + Affiliates who graduated this May</strong> by checking out <a href="https://womenscenteratumbc.wordpress.com/2021/05/17/celebrating-our-may-2021-returning-women-student-scholar-affiliate-graduates/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">this blog post. </a></div><div><br></div><div>UMBC Magazine also recently published an <a href="https://magazine.umbc.edu/caring-for-each-other-and-ourselves/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>article featuring UMBC caregivers</strong></a> which features graduating RWS Scholar, Erin Weeks and Women's Center Advisory Board member, Jo Gadsby. </div></div>
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  <Summary>Let's keep the celebration going and continue to recognize the Class of 2021 graduates!   We're excited that several Class of 2021 Graduation stories featured students connected to the Women's...</Summary>
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