
Media Coverage
Trusted Voices
President Valerie Sheares Ashby on the impact of mentorship, the importance of building teams, and ways to judge genuine success.
Baltimore Sun
UMBC inaugurates Valerie Sheares Ashby as the first female university president: ‘We want to remove barriers’
CBS Baltimore
Dr. Sheares Ashby talks with WJZ about being inaugurated as UMBC’s first female president
Inside Higher Ed
Valerie Sheares Ashby on Leadership and Succeeding a Legend
WYPR
Midday on Higher Ed: UMBC’s new president, Valerie Sheares Ashby
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