In 1925, a team of visionaries resolved to establish a university that could cater to working adults. On Aug. 8, the University of Baltimore was born.
At 16, John Brenner dropped out of high school. Today, John serves as director of early college initiatives at The University of Baltimore. Every year, he meets new high school students, some with similar trepidations about college, and he tells them his story.
After earning her bachelor’s degree from Southern Connecticut State University in 1984, Ann Zuccardy devoted herself to raising her family. But once her nest was empty, she found herself searching for a new challenge, at UBalt.
Hanu Pershad wanted to work in the criminal justice field but kept running into obstacles that blocked his way forward. So he pivoted, and found opportunities at UBalt that he had never considered.
Andrea Cantora, long an advocate for prison education, has become a go-to expert for building more such partnerships. She sits down to share about the power of the Second Chance College Program and what prison education can do for individuals and their communities.
Tori Amah knew from childhood that she would become a lawyer. Now she's making the most of her law school experience.