News & Stories: University of Maryland Black Alumni (UMBA)

February 06, 2023

Let Your Light Shine - The Holistic Life Foundation's Promise

While most of us go through life trying to figure out our place in the world, it’s the people that look to inspire positive change in others that we remember most fondly. As...

Alumni Spotlight , Terp Business Spotlight

January 25, 2023

Alumni Excellence Awards: Rising Terp Award Winner Olivia Owens '14

For the last five years, Olivia Owens did it all at IFundWomen, a funding platform for women-owned businesses and the people who want to support them with access to capital,...

Alumni Spotlight

September 21, 2022

The Career Design Fellowship: Guiding Terps toward new career opportunities

Over more than 15 years in engineering, Vionna Adams’ career has kept her plenty busy — just not exactly in the ways she had hoped.

Professional development

September 09, 2022

Mohammed Sillah ’03 - Happy Monday, A Vice Cream Parlor: An ice cream cart for adults!

Mohammed Sillah ’03 is the owner of Happy Monday Vice Cream. He is a class of 2003 Communications graduate of the University of Maryland College Park and was inspired to start...

Alumni Spotlight , Terp Business Spotlight

August 11, 2022

Meet the Board of Governors: Nefretiti Nassar ’10, M.S. ’12

At age 12, Nefretiti Nassar ’10, M.S. ’12 accepted a challenge that would forever change her life.

Alumni Spotlight , Volunteer Spotlight

April 19, 2022

Meet the Black Alumni Weekend Steering Committee

The University of Maryland’s inaugural Black Alumni Weekend will welcome Terps back to College Park to celebrate with friends, reconnect with fellow classmates, and enjoy a...

Alumni Spotlight , Events and Programs

April 18, 2022

Meet the Board of Governors: Bert Williams ’96

When he walked across the stage at graduation 26 years ago, Bert Williams ’96 received two items: a certificate for his criminal justice degree and a University of Maryland...

Alumni Spotlight , Volunteer Spotlight

March 30, 2022

Get to Know Lakisha Ann Woods '97 — Executive Vice President/Chief Executive Officer of the American Institute of Architects

Lakisha Ann Woods ’97, CAE, is the executive vice president and chief executive officer of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), a dynamic network of more than 94,000...

Alumni Spotlight

January 11, 2022

Research Award: Bridget T. Kelly, M.A. ’96, Ph.D. ‘01

Bridget T. Kelly, M.A. ’96, Ph.D. ’01 Associate professor, diversity officer and chair of Council on Racial Equity and Justice at the UMD College of Education An advocate for...

Alumni Spotlight

January 07, 2022

Rising Terp Award: Audrey Awasom ’18

Audrey Awasom ’18 Founder, Noble Uprising A graduate of the Robert H. Smith School of Business, Awasom founded Noble Uprising to empower women in shelters through job readiness...

Alumni Spotlight

October 15, 2021

When Terrapins Connect: UMBA Mentorship Program

When Taylor Dotson ’21 came to the University of Maryland in 2019 to get her master’s in industrial organizational psychology, she was ready to take on the academic challenge to...

Alumni Spotlight

October 04, 2021

On a Mission for a New Career, with Z. Jalloh ’01

As a marketing and communications specialist for a hospital in Prince George’s County, Maryland, Z. Jalloh ’01 spent most of spring 2020 just trying to catch her breath.

Alumni Spotlight