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My experience at UMBC, learning the art and craft of cinema from the likes of Holly Lavenstein, Mark...
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I had the opportunity to work on campus after graduation, and have been a part of Creative Services ...
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2008 was finally the moment when UMBC’s men’s basketball team got to the "Big Dance" -...
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In 2004, the UMBC men’s swimming made Retrievers proud when the team took home its first America E...
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In 1963, the Maryland General Assembly passes a bill to establish UMBC as one of four additional cam...
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As a standout player in women’s lacrosse who also excelled in the classroom, Kelly Fiorani Marriot...
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At The Hilltop Society's 2015 dinner, our donors had a chance to get to know one another, meet stude...
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In 2013, UMBC women’s soccer team capped a stunning reversal from last place in the conference to ...
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Group photo of UMBC Athletic Bands
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In 2007, UMBC women’s basketball team earned its first NCAA tournament bid. Where you there to wat...
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1980: UMBC men’s lacrosse team wins the university’s only national championship, beating Adelphi...
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Athletics Band Directors Jari Villanueva and Matt Basch.
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UMBC Athletics hit peak Retriever Fever in the 2007-2008 season, when the men's basketball team stor...
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Life often defines the fruit of our destination with the seeds planted by our journey. It is life th...
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I may not be an alumna, but I am definitely a Retriever at heart. In the five years that I've worked...
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In another moment of victory for UMBC athletics, women’s softball squad beats Liberty, 7-1, in the...
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Giving makes a difference at UMBC. In 2011, the university successfully concluded its "Exceptio...
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I enrolled at UMBC in a hurry to finish my Bachelor's Degree. As an adult returning student, I was i...
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UMBC’s President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III has been UMBC’s leader for more than two decades, but...
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Batter up! UMBC Day at Oriole Park is this weekend, and what better way to commemorate it than with ...
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In 1965, UMBC moved from a plan to a reality. Albin O. Kuhn was named as vice president of the so-ca...
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I came to UMBC as an International Student. It was quite hard to think of it then and even now that ...
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UMBC Retrievers Athletics found a new home in 2003 by joining the America East conference. It has be...
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At a tournament several years before moving to Hawaii.
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It was 86 degrees outside, inside it felt like 96 because there was no AC in this apartment. Last ni...
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Steve Zerhusen '78, UMBC's standout men's soccer goalkeeper who would go on to play for the Fort Lau...
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I visited UMBC along with a few other potential schools in my junior year of high school. To be hone...
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At UMBC I was fortunate enough to be a part of the Men's Soccer Team. In 2010, this extraordinary gr...
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A proud moment for UMBC athletics came when women’s track and field phenom Cleopatra Borel ’02, ...
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Do you remember when Reggie Truitt '89 played for the Retrievers?
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Kathy Zerrlaut, who coached volleyball and lacrosse at UMBC for 41 years and developed the program a...
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The sparkplug for the UMBC men’s basketball team’s memorable run to the NCAA tournament in 2008,...
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Love this Light City exhibit by Kelley Bell M.F.A. '06 and Corrie Parks--it's called Projected Aquac...
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I came to UMBC in Fall 2011 with a love and passion to create music. UMBC made that dream a reality...
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Throughout the last 50 years, our athletes have done some amazing things. One note-worthy moment too...
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As a track and field standout at UMBC, Dave Bobb '97 garnered more individual honors than any other ...
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UMBC was well represented at our Wedding in September 2013 in Frederick, MD. In fact, there are 7 UM...
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It's a great night at UMBC's Black and Gold Lounge here at Light City.
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In 2002, men’s tennis standout Oscar Lopez ’00, and M.S. ’02, mechanical engineering, became t...
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1966 was a year of firsts for UMBC. The university opened its doors and on its first day of classes,...
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Seniors at my last game before moving to Hawaii.
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UMBC Athletics history has few stories of Grit and Greatness that are more impressive than the 2013 ...
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Want to learn more about why we created Retriever Stories? Check out our introductory video at http:...
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UMBC Mascots: True and Trudy Grit. October 2007
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After my faithful service in the Marine Corps, I became a transfer student at UMBC. With my Marine C...
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It's no small feat to narrow down 50 years of athletics history to some of our most iconic moments, ...
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My first year in the Down and Dirty Dawg Band. 2004
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April 24th 2016 I shot my first large music video production and used 2 current UMBC students (Gia P...
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Alumni with Grit & Greatness

UMBC alumni are some of the grittiest people we know. They are out there making the world a better place, and we want to celebrate their hard work and their greatness.

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Throughout the Years

Take a walk through this timeline of significant milestones in UMBC’s history and you’ll see moments of grit and greatness all along the way.

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Grit & Glory

Witness some of the greatest moments in UMBC athletics history.

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