Video: montage of various students on UBalt campus
Women's Day Celebrates Stories That Made Us
In law, in business, in public service, in motherhood, in nontraditional careers, women continue to lead while carrying stories that are often unseen. Today, we make space for those stories.
UBalt's annual International Women's Day celebration invited voices from across the campus to share their stories--inspiring, difficult, important--with the wider University community.
It really challenged me to think about these different audiences, what their needs are, and how to appeal to them.
When UBalt professor Marion Winik started planning her public relations course, she wanted it to be memorable and dynamic. She devised a plan: Students would face a semester-long project revolving around an imagined event. Then at some point, they would throw the students a curveball.
UBalt made it clear that my real-world experience mattered, that my voice mattered and that leadership could be developed right where I was.
Justin Wills Sr. made a promise to his wife, Natrea, when they started their life together. Kids and careers aside, he would make sure she got back to college to earn the degree she never got to finish. Now both are poised to finish their bachelor's degrees at UBalt.
Student Attorneys Take Lead Through Clinical Program
I have already had the opportunity to help dozens of real-world clients. The assistance I have provided is continued motivation to finish the journey I have started.
Four budding lawyers share their perspectives from a swearing-in ceremony that officially marks them ready to serve UBalt School of Law's clinics as student attorneys.
I really have been able to learn more than if I were, for example, in a class of 200 some students. I feel like I'm getting more out of my education being here.
Danica Nelson was a nontraditional student in a nontraditional school.
She came to The University of Baltimore at 17. At UBalt, with its average undergraduate age of 31, she was in classrooms unlike anything she could have imagined. It didn’t take long, though, for Danica to find her community.
DPA candidate, inspired by classes, fosters nonprofit for single moms
My goal is to really support those young and single moms, and I’ve been able to do that with the support of UBalt.
Loren Nelson, a M.S. in Nonprofit Management and Social Entrepreneurship graduate, shares how being a single mother shaped her college journey and influenced her future.
