Archives 2024 | Global Media Center

UMGC Redesigns MBA Program to be More Flexible, Customized and Affordable

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August 15, 2024

UMGC will launch a redesigned MBA program this fall.

The Building Blocks of a Learning Experience Revolution

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July 02, 2024

LEGO®s. Children play with the snap-together blocks. Adults collect them. Now University of Maryland Global Campus is using what is akin to a pedagogical version of those famous plastic bricks to carry its learning experience into the future.

UMGC Joins Incubator that Helps Boost Graduation Rates for Underserved Students

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June 04, 2024

University Innovation Lab provided resources aimed at improving student retention and graduation rates, including virtual workshops and discussions in which groundbreaking ideas are exchanged.

With Babies in Arms and Friends and Family Close By, UMGC Graduates Celebrate Their Achievements

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May 16, 2024

For UMGC President Gregory Fowler, graduation is more than an opportunity to confer degrees. He also sees it as a chance to showcase the broad spectrum of supporters who encouraged each UMGC graduate across the finish line.

Rita and Edward Yawson Start a Family, Including Twins, on the Way to UMGC Degrees

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May 15, 2024

When the Yawsons stepped on stage to collect their diplomas at Grad Walk on May 10, tiny Elia and Eliana were in their arms and Simone, nearly 2, was at their side.

Elizabeth Blakesley’s Graduation Finishes What She Started 30 Years Ago

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May 10, 2024

The graphic design major will be easy to spot at UMGC’s Spring 2024 Grad Walk. She is the B.A. candidate with a mortarboard bearing two hand-drawn caricatures, one of herself and the other of her father, who did not live to see his youngest child complete her academic journey.

�Ҹ�� to Celebrate Spring Grad Walk, May 9-12

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May 08, 2024

University’s Unique Commencement Experience Over Three Days Features Specific Times Graduates Can Chose to Receive Recognition in Front of Family and Friends.

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Mitchell Chan Applies Learnings to White House Cancer Moonshot Initiative

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May 02, 2024

An active-duty lieutenant commander with the U.S. Public Health Service, Chan is a clinical analyst at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Oncology Center of Excellence and is a master’s degree student in data analytics at UMGC.

Cyber Team Earns Top Spot in VIVID Competition

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April 25, 2024

Virtual Internship and Varied Innovative Demonstrations (VIVID) competition is open to institutions accredited as National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity by the National Security Agency.