Samuel Beckett
Critics raved about UMBC's Theatre Department production of five short Samuel Beckett plays produced under the familiar one-word heading Beckett. Maryland Public Television critic Tony Perkins labeled the production the best college production of 1978," and Sun writer Earl Arnett said that the hardworking students at UMBC should be congratulated for bringing Samuel Beckett vividly to light." The plays were directed by Xerxes Mehta, Theatre Department chair, and were the culmination of the Theatre Production Workshop in which students research the playwright's work and determine the approach to the production and performance.
Theatre records, Collection 83
1978
posters
50UMBC-059
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.
50UMBC-064
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 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
1989
posters; 9 x 24 in.
50UMBC-063
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.
50UMBC-065
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
Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program
The Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program honors the work of Walter Sondheim, a Baltimore business leader and education advocate. Students explore and work to address the critical social issues of our cities and communities through community service opportunities, government, non-profit, and law internships, and original research projects. Students also have the opportunity to attend lectures and other events to discuss policy problems and challenges with leaders and organizations in the social sciences.
University Publications
ca. 2006
brochures; booklets
UPUB F4-002_8
Student In Dr. Shain-Dow Kung's Lab
Shain-Dow Kung's years at UMBC, 1974-1986, were distinguished by his tenure in the Department of Biological Sciences and his research into the enzyme RuDP (ribulose), one of the most abundant on earth. He studied the genetics and structure of the enzyme as well as ways to adjust the activity of the enzyme to control photosynthesis in various kinds of plant leaves including those from tobacco plants. The student shown in the photograph is doing a preparation from tobacco leaves. Kung was born in China, received his undergraduate education in Taiwan, and was awarded his doctorate in Canada at University of Toronto. He became a full professor at UMBC before accepting a position in the Botany Department at University of Maryland, College Park. He later moved into administrative positions in the U.S. and China.
University Photographs
ca. 1976
gelatin silver prints; black-and-white photographs; 7 x 5 in.
UARC Photos-07-02-0030
The First Commencement Exercises of University of Maryland Baltimore County
UMBC's first graduation ceremonies occurred on June 7, 1970. Diane Juknelis, a student receiving a B.A. in political science, spoke about the new campus making its mark" as a new, innovative, young, and strong" school. The present class of graduates is the first in a long line of innovators who are not to be considered products of UMBC, but rather constant producers of all that gives it character and quality. The campus, ever-growing and changing, will bear the indelible imprint of those who participated in its all-important first step on a course untried."
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University Publications
6/7/1970
booklets
UPUB C5-001
tnt Festival! [The New Theatre Festival]
The New Theater Festival, which came to UMBC in 1976, had its origins in alternative theatre such as Herbert Blau’s and Jules Irving’s San Francisco Workshop and Philip Arnoult’s Baltimore based Theatre Project. In 1974, Blau became the Dean of UMBC’s Division of Arts and Humanities, and brought Kraken,” his experimental theatre group to campus as the resident company. He immediately partnered with Arnoult to begin the process of bringing the third iteration of the New Theatre Festival from University of Michigan to Baltimore. Arnoult and Blau were co-directors of the festival which included 33 theatre companies, more than 250 performers, and more than 120 performances. Besides attending performances, UMBC students also participated in workshops and discussions led by leaders in experimental theatre.
The New Theatre Festival
President's office records
6/7/1976 to 6/12/1976
brochures; booklets; theater programs; 10.5 x 7.5 in.
UPUB T1-006
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