Stories

Learn more about the Student Affairs story through its people, expertise, and achievements. Student Affairs staff are leaders in their fields. Their compassionate, thoughtful approach puts students at the center of all they do. Staff regularly receive awards and acknowledgements for their leadership. They are interviewed for local and national news and trend stories, and for publications in their field of expertise.

Director Mary Ellen Wade presents research at NASPA

Dr. Mary Ellen Wade conducted two presentations at the recent NASPA Annual Conference in March. Her first presentation was a poster session on “Exploring Contributing Factors to Undergraduate and...

Posted: March 26, 2024, 10:36 AM

Three Questions with ... Ricky Blissett '11

Associate Director, Center for Democracy and Civic Life

Three Questions With … is an opportunity to celebrate and learn more about staff in the Division of Student Affairs. This month, get to know Ricky Blissett, associate director, Center for...

Posted: March 12, 2024, 10:10 AM

Matt Hoffman, i3b, elected to ACSLHE board of directors

Association for Chaplaincy and Spiritual Life in Higher Ed.

Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion, and Belonging's Matt Hoffman, assistant director, Gathering Space for Spiritual Well-Being, has been elected to serve on the board of directors for the...

Posted: March 12, 2024, 10:08 AM

David Hoffman, Musa Jafri '24 interviewed in Baltimore Sun

Education supplement article on BreakingGround initiative

David Hoffman, J.D., Ph.D. '13, director of the Center for Democracy and Civic Life, was interviewed for the Feb. 2024 Baltimore Sun Education supplement article, "Shaping tomorrow's leaders:...

Posted: March 8, 2024, 8:23 AM

Career Center staff write commentary for Maryland Matters

The Career Center's Christine Routzahn, director, and Jennifer Spencer Heilman, program director for workforce initiatives, wrote guest commentary for Maryland Matters, entitled, "Supporting Md.'s...

Posted: March 7, 2024, 8:36 AM

Dr. Renique Kersh, vice president, on two panel discussions

NASPA, USM Women's Forum in March 2024

Dr. Renique Kersh, vice president for student affairs, will serve on two panel discussions at national and regional events in March 2024. At the NASPA Annual Conference, Dr. Kersh will serve on...

Posted: March 4, 2024, 10:55 AM

Three Questions With ... Maisha Cron

Office Supervisor, Campus Life

"Three Questions With" is an opportunity to celebrate and learn more about staff in the Division of Student Affairs. Want to suggest a Student Affairs colleague for "Three Questions With ..."?...

Posted: February 9, 2024, 10:31 AM

UMBC Receives $30K Interfaith America Grant

Programs to be developed by i3b, campus partners

UMBC has been awarded a $30,000 Advancing Religious Pluralism Grant by Interfaith America to "further interfaith cooperation and learning on campus." The grant will allow Initiatives for Identity,...

Posted: February 5, 2024, 2:06 PM

Angelina Jenkins, i3b, receives ACPA Annuit Coeptis Award

for Emerging Professionals

Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion, and Belonging (i3b) Assistant Director Angelina Jenkins is one of just five honorees to receive a 2024 American College Personnel Association (ACPA) Annuit...

Posted: February 2, 2024, 1:01 PM