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Memorandum from Albin O. Kuhn to Students, Faculty and Staff
Mass demonstrations erupted at many U.S. campuses following the shootings at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. In response, the UMBC Assembly passed a resolution declaring Thursday, May 7th a day of mourning and reflection and established a…
Access from I-95 to UMBC Campus, Letters and memorandum, 1972, Coll 50, President's Office Records, Series II.C, Box 31, Folder 41
Kuhn recognized that having an interchange at I-95 and Route 166 would be critical for UMBC, so he approached Governor Tawes in 1966 and asked for the interchange to be put into the I-95 plans. When Tawes asked John B. Funk, Chairman of the Maryland…
Annual Report 1971-72 to the President if the University of Maryland from UMBC by Calvin B.T. Lee
In his first report to Dr. Elkins, the head of the university system administration, Dr. Lee presented a vision for UMBC that was characterized by rapid growth. Already he could say that the number of full time students had risen substantially in…
Project 2000: Toward Higher Learning for the 21st Century
In the several addresses delivered on April 26, 1972, Calvin B.T. Lee, Morton Baratz, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and Sanford Greenberg, Political Science Research Professor and Consultant on Project 2000, used contemporary data to provide…
Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Report for 1976, 1986, 1996, 2001. Reports, multiple years. UPUB P12-007
Accreditation of colleges and universities in Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware is the jurisdiction of the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The conclusion of the 1976…
Earth Day Demonstration
The New Democratic Coalition, a regional political group, sponsored environmental awareness activities during April and May 1970. Speakers included Biological Sciences Department professors Robert Burchard and Bob Platt. On Earth Day, Students…
Winter Session Class Discussion of Malcolm X by William Morgenstern
A UMBC Senate passed resolution during the 1970-1971 academic year stated: That the discipline of Afro-American Studies be establish[ed] by September 1971." Mazi Dr. E.N. Njaka was hired as coordinator of the program, with the same status as a…
S.G.A. Meeting, Fall 1971 by William Morganstern
The first SGA meeting of the 1971-72 academic year occurred during the first week of classes, and was covered by the Retriever Weekly with photography by William Morganstern. Pictured left to right are David Rowe, newly elected People's Party…
Letter from Norman V.A. Reeves and Howard Rawlings to Albin Kuhn
Norman V.A. Reeves, Counselor, and Howard Rawlings, Instructor of Mathematics, co-chairs of the UMBC Caucus of Black Faculty and Staff, were in contact with Dr. Kuhn about ways to further diversify UMBC. The goal of the Caucus was the creation of a…