<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/student-stories-michael-claxton.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured>true</featured><pubDate>11/24/2025</pubDate><title>Navy reservist reveres UBalt community</title><description>Michael Claxton needed a university as flexible as he has to be as a full-time worker and Navy reservist. The University of Baltimore had everything he needed and more than he expected. </description><author>Student Stories</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/about/newsroom/assets/images/michael-claxton-feature.jpg" alt="Michael Claxton poses for a photo on campus."/></image><image-cap/><quote>Through every stage of earning my bachelor's here and now my master’s, the faculty have been so helpful. </quote><quote-name>Michael Claxton</quote-name><quote-info>B.A. '23, MPA student</quote-info><tags><tag>College of Public Affairs</tag><tag>Student Stories</tag><tag>Veteran and Military</tag><tag>transfer</tag></tags></item>