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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.

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I3B staff receive Hrabowski Innovation Awards

UMBC has announced the projects selected to receive grants in the 2022 - 2023 rounds of the Hrabowski Fund for Innovation competition, including two projects by staff in Student Affairs'...

Posted: October 9, 2023, 10:25 AM

Director Christine Routzahn in Sun Education supplement

July 2023 article on experiential learning

Christine Routzahn, director of the Career Center was recently interviewed for the July 2023 Baltimore Sun Education supplement story, "The benefits of experiential learning: Students gain...

Posted: September 14, 2023, 11:03 AM

Director David Hoffman interviewed on civic engagement

For Nat'l Center for Free Speech & Civic Engagement research

David Hoffman Ph.D. '13, director, Center for Democracy and Civic Life, was interviewed for "Building Community Through Governance: A Video History of Civic Literacy and Engagement Models of UC...

Posted: September 6, 2023, 10:29 AM

Student Affairs staff, students lead sessions at nat'l mtg

2023 Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement

At the 2023 Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement meeting (May 31 - June 2, Boston), Student Affairs staff and students led two sessions with UMBC students and campus partners.  The Center for...

Posted: September 6, 2023, 10:17 AM

UMBC recognized for increasing democratic engagement

Musa Jafri '24 named to Student Voting Honor Roll

UMBC has been recognized for its role in increasing nonpartisan democratic engagement, graduating engaged voters, and building a strong nonpartisan student voter engagement plan. The Center for...

Posted: April 28, 2023, 1:51 PM

Director Jasmine A. Lee gives keynote address at NACADA:

Global Community for Academic Advising Regional Conference

Jasmine A. Lee, Ph.D., gave a keynote address at the March 2023 NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising regional conference, "All in on Students: Advising, Engaging, and Supporting...

Posted: April 25, 2023, 11:42 AM

Director Samantha Smith in Sun Education supplement

February 2023 article on health and wellness initiatives

Samantha Smith, Ph.D., M.P.H., CHES., director of the Office of Health Promotion was recently interviewed for the February 2023 Baltimore Sun Education supplement story, "Health and wellness...

Posted: March 6, 2023, 9:36 AM

Director David Hoffman in Baltimore Sun Education Supplement

February 2023 article on experiential learning

David Hoffman, J.D., Ph.D. '13, director of the Center for Democracy and Civic Life was recently interviewed for the February 2023 Baltimore Sun Education supplement story, "The importance of...

Posted: March 6, 2023, 9:35 AM

Student Affairs family program achievements featured at

national conference and in Oct. 22 Sun Education supplement

Families are an important part of UMBC's community, and keeping them informed, engaged, and supported is the goal of Student Affairs' Family Engagement Program. The program's success was recently...

Posted: March 2, 2023, 12:05 PM

Residential Life's Seymour Chambers Appointed

to Association for Student Conduct Administration Leadership

In September 2022, Seymour Chambers, assistant director of residential student conduct and community well-being, was appointed as the co-chair for the Historically Underrepresented Institutions...

Posted: September 19, 2022, 1:59 PM