Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park by Marlayna Demond
The Joseph Beuys Sculpture Park was established at UMBC in April 2001 as part of a Baltimore-wide tree-planting effort. Designer and project coordinator for the Fine Arts Gallery (now the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture) Renee van der Stelt developed a partnership with The Baltimore Museum of Art to extend beyond the gallery walls [and] bring art to the people." The inspiration for the project and its namesake was a German avant-garde artist, Joseph Beuys, most well-known for his piece 7000 Oaks, which featured 7,000 planted oak trees with a stone next to each tree that eroded over time to nourish the soil. In Fall 2000, members of nearly two dozen organizations and community volunteers planted trees and placed rocks in Patterson Park, Wyman Park Dell, and Carroll Park. Thirty oak trees and stones on campus were dedicated at UMBC on April 10, 2001.
Demond, Marlayna
UMBC Creative Services
2016
programs (documents); brochures
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Green Space by Marlayna Demond
Prove It!, first offered by the SGA in 2008, is an opportunity for UMBC students to plan and execute projects to improve the campus experience. Project plans are submitted and the winner is given a monetary prize - which has varied from $10,000 to $50,000 - for implementation. The first winning project was the design for the Green Space located outside of the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture (CADVC) in the Fine Arts building. The project team wanted to build an outdoor space where students, faculty, and staff alike could enjoy being outside and use the space as needed, whether for relaxation or as a group work area. They worked with a landscape architect to design the Green Space, which opened in Spring 2009. Other Prove It! winning projects included extending the hours of the Library cafe, installing a working garden near the campus police building, and a biodiesel production facility.
Demond, Marlayna
UMBC Creative Services
2016
color photographs; digital images
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Dare to do More: Management of Aging Services (MAgS) Undergraduate Program
In April 2004, the Erickson School of Aging Studies was established with support from John Erickson, who gave a $5 million commitment to the school. The goal of the Erickson School is to become the preeminent resource for education, research, and policy on services for the mid-life and older population.” Erickson is a hub for research activities on long-term care quality, consumer direction, and other topics exploring the policy and sociocultural dimensions of aging in our country. Through the Erickson School and the doctoral program in Gerontology (housed jointly at UMBC and the University of Maryland Graduate School, Baltimore), UMBC students and faculty have been able to contribute and bring greater visibility to aging-related issues of both local and national importance.
Erickson School of Aging; University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University Publications
2010
brochures; programs (documents); 8.5 x 11 in.
UPUB E2-003
Bartleby, Volume 36 (2016). Cover design, The Elation of Crossing the Mind's Eye by Benjamin James.
Although not UMBC's first literary journal, Bartleby is UMBC's longest running and continues to be one of our most well-known traditions. Originally based out of the English department, Bartleby has been published in several different formats and has, at times, accepted student, faculty, staff, and Baltimore-area submissions of poetry, literature, and artwork. Since 1989 the publication has accepted submissions that are student authored only. Bartleby is now funded by the SGA, managed and edited by UMBC students, and published every spring semester. The first issue carried the celebrated moniker, Bartleby, after a Herman Melville character. The journal has had several other titles, including Soup, Imagine, and Samsdatz, but has been published as Bartleby for the past 14 issues.
James, Benjamin
University Publications
2016
little magazines;; 6 x 9 in.
UPUB E3-006_5
Portrait on Stairs of Freeman Hrabowski, Jane and Robert Meyerhofff, and the Meyerhoff Scholars Cohort M10 by Jim Burger
Philanthropists Robert and Jane Meyerhoff were approached by soon-to-be UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski about investing in a program focusing on African-American students in the sciences. The Meyerhoffs agreed and have continued to support the program through scholarship endowment funds, The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Chair in Biochemistry, and the Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Science Fund.
Jim Burger
University Publications
2010
color photographs; chromogenic color prints; 8 x 10 in.
UARC 2013-013-08-0207
Dedication ceremony for George and Betsy Sherman Hall
The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Chemistry Building and and the Janet and Walter Sondheim Hall were both dedicated in 2005 to honor two families that have served as long-time supporters and benefactors for UMBC. Academic IV - one of the least popular names for a building in UMBC’s history - was finally renamed the George and Betsy Sherman Hall in 2013. Other named spaces on campus include the Martin Schwartz Hall in the Biological Sciences building, the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery, the Richard Roberts Seminar Room in the Library, and the Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall in the Performing Arts and Humanities building.
Erickson Hall, a dormitory that opened in 1998, was named by the Erickson Foundation; due to a unique ownership agreement with the State of Maryland, the Erickson Foundation funded the construction of the building and manages the building. UMBC leases the land to Erickson, and at the end of the 40 year lease the building will be donated to the University of Maryland Foundation.
Office of Institutional Advancement; University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University Publications
9/19/2013
programs (documents); 5.5 x 8.5 in.
UPUB I1-044
FY2016 Strategic Planning Report
UMBC’s campus leaders have continually looked to the future of what UMBC may someday become, as demonstrated by Albin O. Kuhn’s yellow notes pads, Calvin Lee’s Project 2000, and even Michael Hooker’s ill-fated suggestion at a new name for the university. These formal and informal predictions continue today, but campus administrators and working groups also put substantial time and consideration into the work of the Strategic Planning process. Strategic plans identify the trajectory of the university - what strengths (and weaknesses) of the current system can be addressed in order to guide our path towards greater cooperation, scholarship, and community. This dynamic vision for the campus looks to the future of UMBC and guides the present day decisionmaking.
Strategic Planning Steering Committee; University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University Archives
12/18/2016
reports; 8.5 x 11 in.
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The Retriever, Volume 50, no. 14 (May 4, 2016)
From the first issue published on the first day of classes at UMBC, then under the title UMBC News, the student newspaper at UMBC has served to report, review, and document student and community life at UMBC. Known at various times as The Retriever, The UMBC Retriever, and since 2002 as The Retriever Weekly, the newspaper is staffed entirely by students. Reflecting trends in the newspaper industry nationally, the newspaper has moved online (currently at retrieverweekly.umbc.edu) and has reduced the number of print issues distributed for free on campus.
The Retriever; Satter, Mark; Ng, Adam
University Publications
5/4/2016
newspapers; 11.5 x 15.5 in.
UPUB R4-001_20160504
UMBC Magazine (Winter 2009)
The original UMBC Magazine replaced the UMBC Review newsletter in Fall 1994. This iteration was only published a handful of times and ceased publication in 1998. The first edition of the alumni magazine as it is known today, also called UMBC Magazine, was published in Winter 2009 under the direction of Editor Richard Byrne '86, English. The magazine covers the accomplishments of faculty, staff, students, and alumni, and includes a popular column by President Freeman Hrabowski, Up On the Roof,” a nod to Hrabowski’s overlook from the roof of the Administration Building. The magazine also includes Class Notes - updates, honorifics, and photographs submitted by UMBC alumni through Retriever Net, the alumni web portal at alumni.umbc.edu.
UMBC Magazine
University Publications
Winter 2009
magazines (periodicals); 8 1/2 x 10 7/8 in.
UPUBI1-002
Bigger Purposes by Childs Walker
When UMBC opened, just a handful of buildings on an old farm, 30 miles from College Park and 8 miles from the downtown professional schools, the new faculty and first classes of students reported a sense of excitement at the possibility of the new school. Many in the community were not so sure, and as the direction of the university has evolved this support has evolved, too. In the past decade there has been a new sense of excitement not just on campus but nationwide, spurred on by higher honors in university rankings, national news profiles, and a growing network of accomplished alumni touting the success of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. This example, a front page story in the Baltimore Sun, trumpets UMBC’s profile and future.
Walker, Childs; Baltimore sun
9/2/2012
newspapers; articles
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