Shriver Center Board, l-r: Provost Arthur Johnson, Shriver. Center Director John Martello, Timothy Shriver, Sargent Shriver, Freeman Hrabowski, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver
The Shriver Center was dedicated at UMBC on December 14, 1993. It is named in honor of Sargent Shriver, founder of VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America), Head Start, the Job Corps, and the first director of the Peace Corps and the Office of Economic Opportunity, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics. The Shriver Center strives to promote the integration of civic engagement, teaching, learning, and discovery on campus, regionally, and nationally so that each advances the others for the benefit of society." Each year the Shriver Center helps place students with businesses as well as non-profits, enabling them to combine work and service with education.
University Photographs
ca. 1993
color slides; color photographs; 1.7 x 2.5 in.
UARC 2013-013-14-0564
Shakespeare on Wheels, Othello
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 Department adopted the idea to bring Shakespeare to Baltimore. The department funded A Midsummer Night's Dream as an academic summer session class, with a stage set mounted on a rented flatbed travel trailer. The 11-performance production was a success and the department continued the project every summer through 1994. The goal of Shakespeare on Wheels was to provide free, high-caliber and accessible theatre for the people regardless of their race, age, abilities, religion, or economic status," and the success of the project allowed it to expand to nearly 60 performances at 28 sites.
Theatre records, Collection 83
1992
posters; 24 x 9 in.
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Shakespeare on Wheels, As You Like It
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 Department adopted the idea to bring Shakespeare to Baltimore. The department funded A Midsummer Night's Dream as an academic summer session class, with a stage set mounted on a rented flatbed travel trailer. The 11-performance production was a success and the department continued the project every summer through 1994. The goal of Shakespeare on Wheels was to provide free, high-caliber and accessible theatre for the people regardless of their race, age, abilities, religion, or economic status," and the success of the project allowed it to expand to nearly 60 performances at 28 sites.
Theatre records, Collection 83
1990
posters; 9 x 24 in.
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Resolution from the City Council of Baltimore in recognition of Freeman A. Hrabowski's appointment as Interim President of UMBC
During the summer of 1992, President Michael Hooker left UMBC to take the helm of the five-school University of Massachusetts System. Freeman Hrabowski, who had first served as Vice Provost and then as Vice President, was selected as the interim president. A search for a new president would not begin until a final decision had been made about the possible unification of UMBC and UMAB, as only one president would be needed if the two schools merged.
Clarke, Mary Pat; Baltimore (Md.). City Council.
President's office records, Collection 50
6/15/1992
certificates; 9 x 12 in.
UARC 2011-003
Resolution and Signatories to the Resolution Establishing The Shriver Center.
The Shriver Center was dedicated at UMBC on December 14, 1993. It is named in honor of Sargent Shriver, founder of VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America), Head Start, the Job Corps, and the first director of the Peace Corps and the Office of Economic Opportunity, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics. The Shriver Center strives to promote the integration of civic engagement, teaching, learning, and discovery on campus, regionally, and nationally so that each advances the others for the benefit of society.” Each year the Shriver Center helps place students with businesses as well as non-profits, enabling them to combine work and service with education.
President's office records, Collection 50
12/14/1993
certificates; 11 x 8.5 in.
UARC 2008-38
Report on Unification of the University of Maryland at Baltimore and the University of Maryland Baltimore County: An Investment in Our Future
In 1991, the Maryland Higher Education Commission recommended that the Board of Regents consider merging UMAB and UMBC in order to create one larger research university. In response, Chancellor Donald Langenberg created the UMAB/UMBC Task Force on Unification; in fall 1991 the task force announced its recommendation that the two schools combine into one institution called the University of Maryland Baltimore. The co-chairs of the task force, UMAB President Errol Reese and UMBC President Michael Hooker, explained that this would create a single, more prestigious university in Baltimore while saving money that could be reinvested back into the campus. The merger would also eliminate duplications and competition for federal resources. Perhaps most enticingly, unifying the schools would qualify the institution to become a Carnegie I research university, the highest national academic classification a university can achieve. The proposal was passed to the governor and State Legislature. Although it passed the House of Delegates by a wide margin, the unification plans were rejected in Spring 1992 by the Senate's Budget and Taxation Committee and never came to a floor vote.
University Senates records, Collection 52
10/1991
reports; 8.5 x 11 in.
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Recognition of UMBC's 25th anniversary to the House of Representatives by Benjamin L. Cardin Reproduction with seal
Congressman Benjamin L. Cardin represented Maryland's 3rd district and sponsored congressional recognition of UMBC on the occasion of its 25th anniversary. Cardin has served as a United States Senator from Maryland since 2007.
Cardin, Benjamin L.
Institutional Advancement records, Collection 97
9/19/1991
congressional records; 8.5 x 11 in.
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Professor Michael Summers with Chemistry students and mass spectrometer by Bill Denison
In 1994, UMBC was awarded a teaching grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). The funding was directed towards the HHMI Scholars Program, an educational program that works with students from diverse backgrounds. Dr. Michael Summers was named an HHMI investigator in 1994, and his groundbreaking research at UMBC has focused on HIV-1, the retrovirus that causes AIDS, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, a technique for learning more about the molecular components of the HIV-1 retrovirus. Dr. Summers has also been an active teacher and supporter of the Meyerhoff Scholars Program, including working to assist other universities to duplicate the success of the program at UMBC. In 2003, he spoke with pride for the work at UMBC: While I'm very proud of our research, it may be that in the end what I do with minority students is more important than what I do in the lab. I never thought I would be involved in a social movement like this."
Dension, Bill
University Photographs
1997
color slides; color photographs; 35 mm
UARC 2013-013-21-2028
President Michael Hooker by Bo Rader
Michael Kenneth Hooker (1945-1999) followed John Dorsey as chancellor of the university in 1986. Hooker looked forward to the challenge UMBC presented as it did not yet have a widely-recognized reputation or competitive status. Although Hooker earned his doctorate in philosophy, he was intrigued by the idea of developing UMBC into a full-fledged research institution. Under his leadership, entrance scores at the university surpassed 1000 and enrollment grew. He also built relationships with the local business community, leading to investments in science and technology research programs. Hooker personally recruited current President Freeman Hrabowski for the position of vice provost from Coppin State University, where Hrabowski was serving as dean and vice president of academic affairs. In 1992, Hooker left UMBC to become president of the five-school University of Massachusetts System.
Rader, Bo
Baltimore Sun photographs
7/24/1992
gelatin silver prints; black-and-white photographs; 8 x 10 in.
P2014-01-0134
Portrait of Freeman A. Hrabowski, III.
Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, UMBC's current president, took the helm after the departure of President Michael Hooker in 1992. Hrabowski has had particular success in improving achievement in higher education for minorities in STEM programs. In 1988, while serving as vice provost, Hrabowski co-founded the now nationally-recognized Meyerhoff Scholars Program with philanthropists Robert and Jane Meyerhoff.
Hrabowski has continued to develop UMBC into a truly competitive university. U.S. News & World Report ranked UMBC the number one Up and Coming University" for six consecutive years from 2009-2014. The school has seen its endowment funding increase from $1 million to more than $70 million. Hrabowski himself holds an astounding number of achievements: in 2009 Hrabowski was named one of Time's 10 Best College Presidents"; in 2011 The Washington Post named him one of seven Top American Leaders"; in 2012 he received the Heinz Award, was placed on Time's 100 Most Influential People" list, and President Obama appointed him chair of his Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African-Americans.
ca. 1990s
color photographs; chromogenic color prints; 16 x 20 in.
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