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Centenarian Marks His Graduation—Nearly 60 Years After Earning His UMGC Degree
Commencement
May 14, 2024
On April 30, at an event Milton thought was to inaugurate a conference room in honor of him and his late wife, UMGC President Gregory Fowler, had a surprise. Fowler conferred on Milton—one of the university’s oldest and most distinguished alumni—a Bachelor of Arts degree and presented a diploma and a mortar board with tassel that Milton donned with pride.
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Deployment and a Death Put Brittany Adjei on Her Academic
Commencement
May 13, 2024
The member of the Georgia Army National Guard stepped onto the stage at UMGC’s 2024 Grad Walk and proved that she can stick to a goal—even through a military deployment in Afghanistan, even through the death of her child’s father, even through a relocation.
Maryland Born and Hawaii Resident Jasmin Gause Receives Master’s Degree
Commencement
May 12, 2024
Her master’s degree won’t be the only thing Gause is looking forward to celebrating at Grad Walk. She will also meet fellow student Donunshae Baker in person for the first time. The two women forged a strong virtual friendship while working on an assignment for an introductory communications course in their master’s programs.
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Spring 2024 Grad Walk Celebrates a Transformational Milestone
Commencement
May 11, 2024
Graduates who signed up for UMGC’s signature in-person commencement activities May 9-12 in Adelphi, Maryland, are among the nearly 14,000 new UMGC graduates around the world, and they are celebrating more than their new academic degrees. They are showing the world that they pushed forward—despite births and illnesses, despite relocations and demanding jobs, despite life’s other unexpected challenges—to pursue their dreams.
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Daniel Burnett Wants to Build a Bridge Between the Deaf Community and the Financial World
Commencement
May 11, 2024
UMGC grad sees ways to help the deaf with their finances, especially taxes, and would especially like to boost financial knowledge of deaf high school students.
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Elizabeth Blakesley’s Graduation Finishes What She Started 30 Years Ago
Commencement
May 10, 2024
The graphic design major will be easy to spot at UMGC’s Spring 2024 Grad Walk. She is the B.A. candidate with a mortarboard bearing two hand-drawn caricatures, one of herself and the other of her father, who did not live to see his youngest child complete her academic journey.
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For John Henry Nguyen, UMGC Opened Door to Coveted Career
Commencement
May 09, 2024
Military veteran was only one year into his master’s program in software engineering at UMGC when he landed his dream job in Silicon Valley.
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UMGC to Celebrate Spring Grad Walk, May 9-12
Press Releases Commencement
May 08, 2024
University’s Unique Commencement Experience Over Three Days Features Specific Times Graduates Can Chose to Receive Recognition in Front of Family and Friends.
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Earth Day Event Discusses the Damaging Environmental Effects of Invasive Species
May 03, 2024
Annie O’Connell of the Chesapeake Bay Conservation and Climate Corps discussed natural plant and animal migration how invasive species overwhelm the natural environment, killing off other plants without providing any benefit to the ecosystem.
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Mitchell Chan Applies Learnings to White House Cancer Moonshot Initiative
May 02, 2024
An active-duty lieutenant commander with the U.S. Public Health Service, Chan is a clinical analyst at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Oncology Center of Excellence and is a master’s degree student in data analytics at UMGC.
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Cyber Team Earns Top Spot in VIVID Competition
Cybersecurity
April 25, 2024
Virtual Internship and Varied Innovative Demonstrations (VIVID) competition is open to institutions accredited as National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity by the National Security Agency.
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New Academic Counseling Program Provides High-Intensity Advisory Services
April 23, 2024
The HyperCare program builds on the Success Coach model and provides an additional layer of support for certain students who may be struggling to complete their educational goals.
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