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Graduates who signed up for UMGC’s signature in-person commencement activities May 9-12 in Adelphi, Maryland, are among the nearly 14,000 new UMGC graduates around the world, and they are celebrating more than their new academic degrees. They are showing the world that they pushed forward—despite births and illnesses, despite relocations and demanding jobs, despite life’s other unexpected challenges—to pursue their dreams.

UMGC grad sees ways to help the deaf with their finances, especially taxes, and would especially like to boost financial knowledge of deaf high school students.

Military veteran was only one year into his master’s program in software engineering at t ºÚÁÏÉçÇø when he landed his dream job in Silicon Valley.

Annie O’Connell of the Chesapeake Bay Conservation and Climate Corps discussed natural plant and animal migration how invasive species overwhelm the natural environment, killing off other plants without providing any benefit to the ecosystem.

The HyperCare program builds on the Success Coach model and provides an additional layer of support for certain students who may be struggling to complete their educational goals.

The agreement provides an opportunity not only for individuals associated with the chamber to advance their education, but for businesses that are chamber members to ask the university to craft specialized training courses.