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Students with a Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Students pose with Chesapeake Bay Retriever Nitty Gritty, the model for the True Grit statue.
Chancellor Michael Hooker speaks at the unveiling ceremony for the True Grit sculpture. Color print from 35mm slide, December 1987. University Photographs, University Archives, UARC 2013-013-04-0161
Chancellor Michael Hooker and Director of Athletics Rick Hartzell hosted the unveiling ceremony for the True Grit statue on December 7, 1987.
Student rubs the nose of the True Grit statue for good luck
Suggested by Chancellor Hooker and now a steadfast tradition, students rub True Grit's nose for good luck.
UMBC's mascot with a Chesapeake Bay Retriever and owner
Nitty Gritty, the model for the True Grit statue, attended the unveiling ceremony with his owners James and Brenda Steward of Howard County. He even had the honor of tugging away the cloth to reveal the sculpture.
Business card for SGA President Will Backstrom
The first issue of the student newspaper in 1966 reported that the university would install a Student Government Association that would provide for self-government under the jurisdiction of the university's administrative and faculty personnel." The…
Backstrom/Sadler campaign flier for SGA President and Vice President
The first issue of the student newspaper in 1966 reported that the university would install a Student Government Association that would provide for self-government under the jurisdiction of the university's administrative and faculty personnel." The…
Flier for The Inaugural Ball, house party
The first issue of the student newspaper in 1966 reported that the university would install a Student Government Association that would provide for self-government under the jurisdiction of the university's administrative and faculty personnel." The…
UMBC Review, Vol. 8, no. 1 (Fall 1989)
The UMBC Review was a popular alumni newsletter started in the 1980s to keep the community up-to-date on campus happenings and research. This issue shows the establishment of the first Presidential Research Professor, Robert K. Webb, History, and…
UMBC Review, Vol. 8, no. 1 (Fall 1989). Newsletter, 2 pages, 1989, 22 x 17. University Publications, UPUB I1-004
The UMBC Review was a popular alumni newsletter started in the 1980s to keep the community up-to-date on campus happenings and research. This issue shows the establishment of the first Presidential Research Professor, Robert K. Webb, History, and…
Shakespeare on Wheels, MacBeth
Shakespeare on Wheels was created by UMBC Theatre professor William Brown. While teaching at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, his mobile Elizabethan stage traveled more than 4,000 miles throughout the country, and in 1985, the UMBC Theatre…