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.
University Photographs
12/1987
color slides; color photographs
UARC 2013-013-04-0172
UMBC's Computer Center: Facts in Brief
UMBC’s earliest access to mainframe computing was through telephone connections to a Univac computer at University of Maryland, College Park. In 1981, UMBC Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Walter Jones was presented with an opportunity to acquire a Control Data mainframe computer system called Cyber.” UMBC did not have the $3 million price of the system, and Jones did not expect the state government to pay for the system without incentive to do so. He arranged to rent the computer to diverse clients including the Baltimore City Public Schools to help gain the funds for the computer. By 1985, a new VAX computer was acquired to replace the Cyber. As computers became central to the campus for many purposes, a computer center was established on the third floor of the Social Sciences Building, and this document was produced to publicize the available computing services.
University Publications
9/20/1984
documents; 8.5 x 11 in.
UPUB C6-004
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 Presidential Teaching Professor, Jay Freyman, Ancient Studies; a public art project by the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority; an installation of tandem mass spectrometers; and the formation of the William C. and Gregory O. Faith Memorial Scholarship.
University Publications
Fall 1989
newsletters; 22 x 17 in.
UPUB I1-004_7
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 Presidential Teaching Professor, Jay Freyman, Ancient Studies; a public art project by the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority; an installation of tandem mass spectrometers; and the formation of the William C. and Gregory O. Faith Memorial Scholarship.
University Publications
Fall 1989
newsletters; 22 x 17 in.
UPUB I1-004_6
UMBC Review, Vol. 5, no. 1 (Winter 1986), Newsletter, 1 page, 1986, 11 x 17. University Publications, UPUB I1-005
During Dorsey's nine years of leadership, he focused on restructuring administration and academics while enhancing the university's profile. SAT scores of incoming freshmen increased by nearly 100 points, and the student body increased from 5,200 to more than 8,150. The annual budget also expanded to $46.2 million from just $18.6 million. In 1986, Dorsey stepped down as UMBC's chancellor and took a position as special assistant to University of Maryland President John S. Toll. He later returned to teaching economics and retired in 2001. John Dorsey passed on July 24, 2014 at his home in Laurel, MD.
University Publications
Winter 1986
newsletters; 11 x 17 in.
UPUB I1-004_2
UMBC Review, Vol. 5, no. 1 (Winter 1986)
During Dorsey's nine years of leadership, he focused on restructuring administration and academics while enhancing the university's profile. SAT scores of incoming freshmen increased by nearly 100 points, and the student body increased from 5,200 to more than 8,150. The annual budget also expanded to $46.2 million from just $18.6 million. In 1986, Dorsey stepped down as UMBC's chancellor and took a position as special assistant to University of Maryland President John S. Toll. He later returned to teaching economics and retired in 2001. John Dorsey passed on July 24, 2014 at his home in Laurel, MD.
University Publications
Winter 1986
newsletters; 11 x 17 in.
UPUB I1-004_1
UMBC Graduate Catalog, 1984-85
Created in 1985 by the Board of Regents, the UMGSB represents the administrative arm of the combined graduate and research programs at UMBC and UMAB – the University System's doctoral research campuses in the Baltimore area... It was the Regents' intention that the combined graduate and research programs at UMBC and UMAB serve as one of the University of Maryland System's two principal centers, with UMCP's graduate and research programs operating as the University's other principal center. The concept of the two principal centers for graduate education and research was expressed initially in the University of Maryland's 1981 long-range planning study, The Post-Land Grant University, and was endorsed by the Board of Regents in March, 1984.-- The University of Maryland Graduate School, Baltimore (UMGSB), January, 1991. University Senates records, Collection 52, Box 14, Folder 36.
Still an on-going partnership, the University of Maryland Graduate School, Baltimore (UMGSB) offers several joint graduate programs between UMBC and UMB.
University Publications
1984-85
catalogs; booklets; 10 x 7 in.
UPUB G3-006
The Silo by Karine Mardirossian
Both a symbol and a signpost, the silo serves as a sentinel along UMBC Boulevard, reminding those entering and leaving campus about the school's agrarian past. Built about 1919 when Spring Grove State Hospital owned the property, the silo is a traditional style made of concrete reinforced with metal hoops. After having the Library named in his honor in 1982, Albin Kuhn joked that the administration should have considered the Kuhn Silo instead, recognizing not only his farming background but also his original decision to not remove the silo in the 1960s due to the high cost.
Mardirossian, Karine
University Photographs
1983
gelatin silver prints; black-and-white photographs
UARC 1989-29-002
Students with a Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Students pose with Chesapeake Bay Retriever Nitty Gritty, the model for the True Grit statue.
University Photographs
12/1987
color slides; color photographs
UARC 2013-013-04-0157
Students walking by the University Center
The University Center opened to praises at the start of the 1982 fall semester with couches for quiet study, dining options, and offices for the SGA and the Retriever. In 1981, SGA president Terry Nolan proposed that the old Student Union building could then be repurposed into a daycare center, student organization offices, meeting spaces, and a car co-op space (an area equipped with tools for car repair). His rationale was that the Regents approved increases in student fees to help pay for the construction of the Student Union in 1968 and that entitled students to maintain use of the building thereafter. The ownership of the old building was resolved by the campus Facilities Planning Committee which split the 12,500 square foot space among the SGA, a proposed daycare center, and the Department of Theatre.
University Photographs
ca. 1982
gelatin silver prints; black-and-white photographs; 5 x 7 in.
UARC Photos-10-02-0001