Valerie Sheares Ashby | |
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| President of University of Maryland, Baltimore County | |
| Assumed office 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Freeman A. Hrabowski III |
| Website | president |
The president of the University of Maryland,Baltimore County,manages the day-to-day operations of the University of Maryland,Baltimore County. The president is expected to work cooperatively with the University Senate and the University System of Maryland Board of Regents to effectively manage the university.
Albin Owings Kuhn was the founding chancellor of UMBC,as well as the University of Maryland,Baltimore. Following the leave of Louis L. Kaplan in 1977,John W. Dorsey in the office of the president assumed the responsibilities of chancellor.
In 1989,the office of the president was re-established following the re-organization of the public schools of Maryland under the new University System of Maryland.
The University of Maryland,Baltimore County (UMBC) is a public research university in Baltimore County,Maryland. It has a fall 2022 enrollment of 13,991 students,61 undergraduate majors,over 92 graduate programs and the first university research park in Maryland. It is classified among "R1:Doctoral Universities –Very High Research Activity".
The University of Maryland,Baltimore (UMB) is a public university in Baltimore,Maryland. Founded in 1807,it comprises some of the oldest professional schools of dentistry,law,medicine,pharmacy,social work and nursing in the United States. It is the original campus of the University System of Maryland and has a strategic partnership with the University of Maryland,College Park. Located on 71 acres (242,811 m2) on the west side of downtown Baltimore,it is part of the University System of Maryland. UMB's mission is to improve the human condition and serve the public good of Maryland and society at-large through education,research,clinical care,and service.
The Rouse Company,founded by Hunter Moss and James W. Rouse in 1939,was a publicly held shopping mall and community developer from 1956 until 2004,when General Growth Properties (GGP) purchased the company.
Spring Grove Hospital Center,formerly known as Spring Grove State Hospital,is a psychiatric hospital located in the Baltimore,Maryland,suburb of Catonsville.
Freeman Alphonso Hrabowski III is an American educator,advocate,and mathematician. In May 1992,he began his term as president of the University of Maryland,Baltimore County (UMBC),one of the twelve public universities composing the University System of Maryland. Hrabowski has been credited with transforming UMBC into an institution noted for research and innovation. Under his leadership,UMBC was ranked the #1 Up and Coming University in the U.S. for six consecutive years (2009-2014) by the U.S. News &World Report magazine. When that designation was retired,U.S. News &World Report began including UMBC on its annual Most Innovative National Universities list.
Woodbine is an unincorporated rural community in Howard and Carroll counties,Maryland,United States. It is part of the Baltimorean metropolitan area. It is located southeast of Frederick,west of Baltimore,north of Washington,D.C.,and east of Mount Airy. The community was named for the woodbine plant,which grew in the community in fields and along riverbanks.
Enolia Pettigen McMillan was an American educator,civil rights activist,and community leader and the first female national president of the NAACP.
The University of Maryland,Baltimore County funds a number of notable student-run organizations and clubs on campus.
John Wesley Dorsey,Jr. served as the acting President of the University of Maryland,College Park from 1974 to 1975 and as the acting chancellor of the university from August 1974 to June 1975.
The Albin O. Kuhn Library &Gallery is the official library of the University of Maryland,Baltimore County in Catonsville,Maryland. It is located in the center of the campus at the confluence of Academic Row and Walker Avenue. The library features 1 million+ books &bound journals,1.9 million+ photographs and slides,30,000+ sound recordings,800,000+ microform pieces,1,200+ linear feet of manuscripts/archives,180,000+ government documents,and 100,000+ slides. In addition to the stacks,the Albin O. Kuhn Library also features the Library Gallery,the UMBC Special Collections,the Retriever Learning Center and Math Lab,Resources Learning Center,a cafe,and administrative offices.
Albin Owings Kuhn was a prominent figure in the University of Maryland system during the mid-twentieth century. He became the first chancellor of Baltimore Campuses in 1965,and is most notable for being the first chancellor of the University of Maryland,Baltimore County during its planning and early stages of operation. The main library,Albin O. Kuhn Library &Gallery at UMBC is named after Kuhn.
Michael Kenneth Hooker was an American academic who served as the eighth Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,and President of University of Maryland,Baltimore County,and Bennington College.
The Center for Art,Design and Visual Culture (CADVC) was established in 1989 as the Fine Art Gallery at the University of Maryland,Baltimore County. The center is the university's prime exhibition location where students,professors,staff and the public can experience visual culture along with cultural and aesthetic issues. CADVC is a non-profit organization that also publishes media related to the arts.
Louis L. Kaplan was a known educator in the Baltimore,Maryland area,especially with his involvement in Jewish education,and the University System of Maryland. Kaplan was the president of Baltimore Hebrew University for forty years,a member of the University of Maryland Board of Regents,and the acting chancellor of the University of Maryland,Baltimore County from 1976 to 1977.
UMBC Transit is the official bus system of the University of Maryland,Baltimore County. Along with the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA),the UMBC community has public transit access to nearby areas such as Catonsville,Arbutus,Maryland,and Baltimore City.
Mildred Grossman (1916-1988) was a New York City public school teacher,civil rights activist,unionist,and an award-winning photographer associated with the Photo League. She led 32 other teachers in a civil case against the New York City Public Schools and the state's McCarthy-era Feinberg ‘loyalty’Law.
Martha Jackson Ross was a leading voice in the field of oral history. She conducted oral histories and educated students and peers on best practices and techniques. Ross was the president of the Oral History Association and a founding member and president of the Oral History Association of the Mid-Atlantic Region (OHMAR).
