UMGC Global Media Center Author: Carole Mahoney

Yasha Taginya said losing weight made something inside his head click. He went from an unmotivated person who struggled for years to complete college classes to one who was driven to succeed academically.

UMGC’s Global Give campaign encourages members of its university community to step forward and participate in National Volunteer Month, with staff, students, and alumni giving their time and talent at events in Maryland, across the United States, at UMGC Europe in Germany, and throughout the world.

University of Maryland Global Campus will be celebrating graduates at commencement ceremonies around the world this spring, including Asia Division ceremonies in Tokyo on April 8, in Okinawa on April 15, in Seoul, Korea on April 22 and in Guam on May 6. UMGC’s Europe Division will host its commencement ceremony at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, on April 29, and the stateside “Grad Walk” event will be held over three days, from May 12-14, in Adelphi, Md.

University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) and Armstrong World Industries (AWI), a multinational manufacturer of ceiling and wall systems, are teaming up to increase access to higher education for the company’s 2,800 employees.

A new alliance between University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC), a leader in innovative and high-quality academic programs, and the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM), the largest association for the supply chain industry, will lower the cost and increase the speed to a bachelor’s degree for the association’s members and their families.

Ginger Miller, the president and chief executive officer of the Women Veterans Interactive Foundation, spends her days telling the stories of the women her nonprofit serves.