The Retriever Weekly, Volume 41, Issue 21 (March 13, 2007)
In 2007, UMBC Athletics reached a major milestone when the women's basketball team won the America East Conference basketball championship and earned a spot in the NCAA Division I Basketball championship series. Seeded seventh in AEC, the Retrievers defeated the first seed Hartford Hawks (University of Hartford) 48-46 in front of UMBC students, fans, the Pep Band, Cheerleading Team, and the Dance Squad, who all made the trip to Binghamton, NY to support their team. Their victory was also the first time that a seventh seeded team had won the AEC championship game. UMBC was seeded 16th and faced first seed Connecticut in the NCAA championship, losing 82-33.
The men's basketball team followed the women's success in 2008 with their own championship victory to the NCAA Division I series. The Retrievers were defeated in the first round by Georgetown, 66-47.
The Retriever Weekly; Tag, Kathryn
University Publications
3/13/2007
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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
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UMBC News, Vol. 1, No. 1
Published on the opening day of UMBC, September 19, 1966, was the first issue of UMBC News which carried the bold headline DR. KUHN GREETS STUDENTS.” Dr. Kuhn was very student oriented, and declared in the front page article: We welcome the new students, for a campus does not come alive until it has a student body. We look forward to the way in which you will become part of the activities on campus and wiol [sic] begin to develop the traditions that are so important in college life. We do not expect UMBC to be quite like any other campus.” The newspaper would soon be renamed The Retriever.
Kuhn, Albin Owings, 1916-; University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University Publications
9/19/1966
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