L-R: Senator Paul Sarbanes; Cynthia Hody, Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science; President Freeman Hrabowski; Governor Parris Glendening.]]>

The building's design, featuring two large corridors that intersect at the center and the use of glass walls, earned an award from the Maryland Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.]]>

UMBC entered the America East Conference in Fall 2003, going from the Big South Conference to the Northeast Conference to the AEC in just eleven years and transforming its image as a small local sports school to a university capable of recruiting both nationally and internationally.]]>