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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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One somewhat official tradition we had during my time here was the Gender and Women's Studies Depart...
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Check out this 2013 interview with Michele Wolff, director of the Shriver Center, about the Center's...
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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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It's 2016 -- UMBC's 50th Anniversary. We've dedicated this year to telling stories about UMBC's Grit...
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On October 9, 2015, alumni volunteers and donors joined with UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, II...
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UMBC's growth as a university hit a milestone in the 2014 Fall Semester: The school finally hit the ...
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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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2012 was a watershed moment for the arts and humanities at UMBC when the first phase of the universi...
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Giving makes a difference at UMBC. In 2011, the university successfully concluded its "Exceptio...
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UMBC's commitment to innovation in pedagogy took a leap forward in 2010 with the debut of a new init...
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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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Who was the most famous performer or group to play a concert at UMBC? —Eric Messner ’01 UMBC has...
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Why does UMBC not have a football team? Did the university ever consider having one? —Lisa Price ...
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UMBC has always looked to the future -- and the founding of the Erickson School of Aging Studies in ...
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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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Kathy Zerrlaut, who coached volleyball and lacrosse at UMBC for 41 years and developed the program a...
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1980: UMBC men’s lacrosse team wins the university’s only national championship, beating Adelphi...
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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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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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In 2002, men’s tennis standout Oscar Lopez ’00, and M.S. ’02, mechanical engineering, became t...
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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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A proud moment for UMBC athletics came when women’s track and field phenom Cleopatra Borel ’02, ...
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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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In 2004, the UMBC men’s swimming made Retrievers proud when the team took home its first America E...
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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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The sparkplug for the UMBC men’s basketball team’s memorable run to the NCAA tournament in 2008,...
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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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UMBC Mascots: True and Trudy Grit. October 2007
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Athletics Band Directors Jari Villanueva and Matt Basch.
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Seniors at my last game before moving to Hawaii.
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At a tournament several years before moving to Hawaii.
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Group photo of UMBC Athletic Bands
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My first year in the Down and Dirty Dawg Band. 2004
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Do you remember when Reggie Truitt '89 played for the Retrievers?
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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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When I first visited UMBC on Just for Juniors day in 2009, months before I started applying to schoo...
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During my final year at UMBC, I worked with the Student Events Board as a Design and Marketing Direc...
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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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Since Commencement coincides with Throwback Thursday, here I am at mine back in 2013! I was really e...
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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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We've had a busy weekend moving students into their dorms, and we can't wait for the new school year...
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The first day of classes is here! Here I am on what I believe was mine, six years ago today. I was r...
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Grit & Glory

Witness some of the greatest moments in UMBC athletics history.

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