Community Engagement In Action

UMB leadership feels strongly that our West Baltimore neighbors, as well as stakeholders throughout Baltimore City, should feel at home on the UMB campus. Equally as important, our faculty, staff, and students should be comfortable engaging in activities in our surrounding community in support of K-12 schools, local merchants, nonprofit organizations, faith-based institutions, and beyond.

To this end, the Office of Community Engagement creates opportunities for faculty, staff, and students to engage with our broader West Baltimore community in the spirit of being a good neighbor and to support West Baltimore in addressing some of its most pressing needs. Examples of this interaction are detailed in the stories below.

On March 12, 2019, a group of Franklin Square Elementary Middle School students was invited to visit the Francis King Carey School of Law at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

The students acted as jurors in a fairy tale mock trial, Belle vs. Gaston. The students learned a lot about what it takes to be a lawyer and got to the chance to talk to law school students about higher education and their career paths.

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UMB Community in the News

March 29, 2023   |  Through May 31, HSHSL will be collecting new and gently used children’s books, age levels birth through high school, for donation to local schools and day care centers.

February 28, 2023  |  Esteemed prevention research scientist will marshal multidisciplinary team to reduce and respond to violence in Baltimore and beyond.

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February 2, 2023  |  The CASH Campaign of Maryland celebrated its annual kickoff event at the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s Community Engagement Center.

February 1, 2023  |  The University of Maryland, Baltimore celebrated the fifth anniversary of the relaunch of its Live Near Your Work program, which offers homebuying assistance to employees.

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December 27, 2022  |  West Baltimore neighbors develop platonic, intimate connections through experimental storytelling as part of the Sowebo Story Swap.