UMGC Global Media Center Author: Mary Dempsey

UMGC learners face a wide variety of challenges, from the demands of jobs and families to unscheduled military deployments, geopolitical conflicts, and natural disasters. Now, a new, flexible model of learner support is helping more students succeed.

The guarantee extends to Morris Brown College graduates, employees as well as employees’ spouses and dependents who meet the minimum admissions requirements for the graduate program they are applying to.

University of Maryland Global Campus President Greg Fowler joined three other college presidents on a panel at the National Governors Association (NGA) summer meeting in Salt Lake City last week to detail for the nation’s governors training programs and activities designed to help Americans disagree better.

UMGC hosted the Juneteenth Equity Dialogue on June 18 as part of its activities linked to the holiday.

Ehsan Mahmood has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, but he enrolled at UMGC after he found he couldn’t shake his childhood fascination with cybersecurity. UMGC faculty selected him as an RSA Scholar based on the abilities he demonstrated in the graduate cybersecurity program.

Innovative partnerships augment UMGC's ability to reach, serve, and support new learner populations, opening new learning pathways and opportunities nationwide.