Pathways to Leadership: Talking with Dr. Freeman Hrabowski

This event is open to all UMBC members! Particularly for graduate students, postdocs, and early-career faculty from underrepresented backgrounds.

This is Dr. Hrabowski’s last talk as UMBC President for the PROMISE AGEP program at UMBC. He has mentored hundreds of graduate students and successfully helped them finish their degrees at UMBC. He has celebrated every single dissertation defense with us and has been there every step of the way following on students hardships through the years; stopping to say hi to everyone on his way to multiple events and meetings, always asking how they are doing, when we talk about Dr. Hrabowski’s leadership approach we must say “it’s all about the people”. We’ll miss him dearly and we hope this event serves to honor his legacy at UMBC.

In the words of University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents Chair Linda Gooden: “People seek out Freeman’s advice because they understand that, in many ways, he’s set the standard for supporting students to success—and I mean all students: students from every background, every race and ethnicity, every income level. He’s set the standard for collaborative leadership and continuous organizational improvement.”

According to NSF data, UMBC is now the nation’s top producer of Black graduates who go on to obtain a Ph.D. in the natural sciences and engineering. All this has been thanks to the visionary leadership of Dr. Hrabowski and we hope you join us in this talk with a national leader in science and math education, to celebrate his more than 30 years of leadership in academia, let’s use this opportunity to help path our own leadership style and learn from one of the best. Looking forward to seeing you there.

If you need any accommodations or have questions please contact PROMISE Staff a promise@umbc.edu at least a week before the event date.