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UMGC, Purdue Global Team with GetSet Learning to Boost Student Persistence and Retention

February 14, 2023

University of Maryland Global Campus and Purdue Global announce a new multi-year partnership with GetSet’s new Sponsored Degree™ Platform. Purdue Global and UMGC will help American employers fill key openings in Cybersecurity.

UMGC Recognized as a Minority Serving Institution

February 09, 2023

University of Maryland Global Campus has been designated as a Minority Serving Institution by the U.S. Department of Education Office of Post-Secondary Education.

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New Book Covers Combat and Cartoons

February 08, 2023

UMGC Professor Cord Scott’s most recent book, The Mud and the Mirth: Marine Cartoonists in World War I, grew out of a paper he presented at a conference marking the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Marines’ activities in World War II.

I Have a Dream: Creating a Movement

February 07, 2023

UMGC celebrates Martin Luther King Day of Service in January with a discussion by Dr. Illya E. Davis, who compares King’s two “I Have a Dream” speeches in 1963 and their significance in creating a movement that crossed race lines.

Japanese Prints Exhibit Highlights University's Global Reach

February 02, 2023

Selections from an impressive collection of Japanese woodblock prints—donated to University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) by current and former overseas faculty and staff—are on view on the ground floor of the College Park Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in Adelphi, Maryland.

Partnership with USO to Support US Military Community Overseas

January 26, 2023

UMGC has announced a new partnership between its Europe division and the USO. Under the agreement, UMGC Europe staff will join USO employees in providing support in select Europe, Middle East, and Africa (USO EMEA) locations.

UMGC Global Media Center Author: Sarah Berner Nelson