During John Goedeke's first year on the UMBC basketball team, the players lost all but five games. The year was 1975, and all of the players were freshmen and sophomores. By the end of his college career, however, the team made an amazing turn, advancing to the fina eith in NCAA Division II, the university's first NCAA appearance. Posted April 2008.

When many people have extra time to spare, they might think about collecting coins, painting model airplanes or even trying to write the great American novel. When Loren Siebert '93, computer science, took up a hobby, though, he decided to learn one of the hardest languages around -- Arabic. Posted March 2008.

When Mabrooka Chaudhry immigrated to the United States from Pakistan in 1982 at the age of nine, she didn't speak a word of English. Twenty-five years later, she exemplifies the American dream. A U.S. history teacher, she recently was honored as a recipient of the Milken Family Foundation National Educators Award. Posted February 2008.

Former UMBC track team members Adam Driscoll '04, information systems, and Patrick Blair  '03, computer science, are using their favorite hobby to make a difference around the world. Posted December 2007.

Even as a student at UMBC, Kara Lee Corthron '99, theatre, looked to the intricacies of human emotion to drive her writing. Now established as one of theatre's most promising playwrights, Corthron has returned to UMBC from the stages of New York, Chicago and D.C. to share her love of theater with current students as they performed her new play, Wild Black-Eyed Susans, during UMBC's Homecoming & Family Celebration weekend.  Posted November 2007.

Shari Elliker is one to talk. About true crime. About traffic. About movies and people and beer and whatever new and interesting tidbits pop up on her radar. And people are listening.  Posted October 2007.