The True Grit statue was unveiled in 1987. The sculptor was an alumna -- Paulette Raye '87, philosop...

I value the time I spent at UMBC. I transferred to UMBC in the Fall of 2006 after completing my AA ...

Were you at Quadmania 1998? You'll certainly remember seeing M. Doughty and his band Soul Coughing a...

UMBC's 40th anniversary in 2006 had fireworks and parties, but one of its best remembered moments wa...

2008 was finally the moment when UMBC’s men’s basketball team got to the "Big Dance" -...

In 2004, the UMBC men’s swimming made Retrievers proud when the team took home its first America E...

As a standout player in women’s lacrosse who also excelled in the classroom, Kelly Fiorani Marriot...

In 2013, UMBC women’s soccer team capped a stunning reversal from last place in the conference to ...

Group photo of UMBC Athletic Bands

In 2007, UMBC women’s basketball team earned its first NCAA tournament bid. Where you there to wat...

1980: UMBC men’s lacrosse team wins the university’s only national championship, beating Adelphi...

Athletics Band Directors Jari Villanueva and Matt Basch.

UMBC Athletics hit peak Retriever Fever in the 2007-2008 season, when the men's basketball team stor...

Life often defines the fruit of our destination with the seeds planted by our journey. It is life th...

For a young university, traditions are important. Since 2005, UMBC's Homecoming Bonfire has been a p...

In another moment of victory for UMBC athletics, women’s softball squad beats Liberty, 7-1, in the...

One of the landmark moments in making UMBC a greener campus came in 2007, when UMBC President Freema...

Why was the Hillcrest Building torn down? What was the history behind this structure? —Perry Alexa...

As an Honors University in Maryland, UMBC has a reputation as a school that takes academics serious...

The Terrace Apartments opened on campus in 1981 -- representing an expansion of the residential life...

UMBC Retrievers Athletics found a new home in 2003 by joining the America East conference. It has be...

At a tournament several years before moving to Hawaii.

When did UMBC become a national college chess powerhouse? —Valerie Kilgallon ’87, English Accord...

At UMBC I was fortunate enough to be a part of the Men's Soccer Team. In 2010, this extraordinary gr...

A proud moment for UMBC athletics came when women’s track and field phenom Cleopatra Borel ’02, ...

Do you remember when Reggie Truitt '89 played for the Retrievers?

The Chesapeake Bay Retriever was selected as the university mascot in founding years of the universi...

Kathy Zerrlaut, who coached volleyball and lacrosse at UMBC for 41 years and developed the program a...

Who was the most famous performer or group to play a concert at UMBC? —Eric Messner ’01 UMBC has...

The sparkplug for the UMBC men’s basketball team’s memorable run to the NCAA tournament in 2008,...

How did it come to be that UMBC develop a class schedule with a “free hour” in the middle of the...

Throughout the last 50 years, our athletes have done some amazing things. One note-worthy moment too...

As a track and field standout at UMBC, Dave Bobb '97 garnered more individual honors than any other ...

"Greek" was the word at UMBC in 1983 -- as this advertisement for a session on "The N...

In 2002, men’s tennis standout Oscar Lopez ’00, and M.S. ’02, mechanical engineering, became t...

Seniors at my last game before moving to Hawaii.

UMBC Athletics history has few stories of Grit and Greatness that are more impressive than the 2013 ...

From the earliest days of UMBC, finding one's place didn't just mean growing as a student and a pers...

Freeman A. Hrabowski, III was named as UMBC's president in 1993. In his installation address, he sta...

UMBC Mascots: True and Trudy Grit. October 2007

UMBC's Women's Center was founded in 1991 -- and it has been providing essential services to the cam...

It's no small feat to narrow down 50 years of athletics history to some of our most iconic moments, ...

My first year in the Down and Dirty Dawg Band. 2004