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A Devastating Loss Motivated India King-Hamilton to Pursue a Degree

May 21, 2024

Shortly after the death of her husband due to cancer, King-Hamilton remembers sitting in the living room wondering how she was going to support two children with just a high school diploma. She said that is when she made a conscious decision to go back to school.

Jaimon Graves Cater Connects Military Service and UMGC Degree to Public Engagement

May 20, 2024

Graves Cater choose to major in political science because of his interest in understanding how government works “and its capacity to improve people’s lives.”

50 Years Later, Michele Gray Cobham Earns College Degree

May 17, 2024

The Palm Springs, California, resident walked across the stage at UMGC’s Grad Walk to accept her Associate of Arts degree on Mother’s Day, surrounded by her family.

With Babies in Arms and Friends and Family Close By, UMGC Graduates Celebrate Their Achievements

May 16, 2024

For UMGC President Gregory Fowler, graduation is more than an opportunity to confer degrees. He also sees it as a chance to showcase the broad spectrum of supporters who encouraged each UMGC graduate across the finish line.

UMGC Offers New M.S. in Clinical Professional Counseling

May 16, 2024

The new program will offer specific areas of focus, including substance use, dependency and addictions; marriage and family counseling; child and adolescent counseling; military culture and family dynamics; gerontological counseling; and sex therapy.

Rita and Edward Yawson Start a Family, Including Twins, on the Way to UMGC Degrees

May 15, 2024

When the Yawsons stepped on stage to collect their diplomas at Grad Walk on May 10, tiny Elia and Eliana were in their arms and Simone, nearly 2, was at their side.

UMGC Global Media Center Author: Sarah Berner Nelson