News

Nancy Rankie Shelton receives national book award

A thought-provoking memoir about love, loss, and survival published earlier this year by Nancy Rankie Shelton has received a 2016 Best Book Award. Shelton, a professor of education, is the author...

Posted: November 30, 2016, 9:57 PM

UMBC's Asian American Faculty Council Receives Approval

It’s official, folks. The steering committee for the new Asian American Faculty Council received administration approval! The new group’s aims: to promote the recruitment and retention of faculty...

Posted: November 30, 2016, 3:46 PM

Congratulations to LLC's Latest Candidates!

Candidacy Ceremony on November 10

Congratulations to our doctoral candidates who were honored at the Nov 10th Candidacy Reception sponsored by the Graduate School. [Left to right] Jessica Floyd, Shirley Basfield Dunlap, Tymofey...

Posted: November 30, 2016, 10:05 AM

Aiyda Evans goes "viral" with her Undergraduate Students

We want to share with our LLC community news about a Social Justice Project that Aiyda Evans (Cohort 19) has carried out with her students at Morgan State University in the Department of Sociology...

Posted: November 30, 2016, 9:56 AM

Federal Judge Halts Overtime Rule

What Is The New FLSA Overtime Rule?

What Is The New FLSA Overtime Rule? The rule extends overtime protections to 4.2 million workers who are not currently eligible under federal law. Workers who do not earn at least $47,476 a...

Posted: November 29, 2016, 10:44 AM

Dance Department Chair Carol Hess quoted in Baltimore Sun

Baltimore's arts scene welcomes back ballet

Mary Carole McCauley reports in The Baltimore Sun on the return of ballet to the Arts scene in Baltimore, and Dance Department Chair Carol Hess weighs in on the chances of The Ballet Theatre of...

Posted: November 28, 2016, 1:21 PM

American Studies in France!

This past week, AMST's Dr. Stefano taught on a masters program in Cultural Heritage Management at St. Etienne University (France), located in a deindustrialized city outside of Lyon. The students...

Posted: November 28, 2016, 12:09 PM

Of Note: Sara Cole & Delana Gregg

Reviews in HyperRhiz

Hyperrhiz, the peer-reviewed online journal specializing in electronic literature, new media criticism and net art, has published book reviews by LLC alumna Sara M. Cole ’13, and Delana Gregg...

Posted: November 28, 2016, 9:53 AM

Opportunity to Earn Service Points

In order to earn a service cord to wear at graduation to highlight your dedication and time to the Interdisciplinary Studies program, we have the following opportunities available: 1) One student...

Posted: November 22, 2016, 12:16 PM