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Leading Boldly
Surrounded by lush displays of Maryland’s black and gold flower, black-eyed Susans, and state and campus leaders at her investiture ceremony, President Valerie Sheares Ashby made a promise to the campus community and beyond.
“We look at our students as if we are looking at our own children. And so, I say to you, students: By our words and through our actions, we want you to feel that you belong and know that you are welcomed.”
Read “Leading Boldly” at UMBC Magazine
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Inauguration Media Coverage
Baltimore Sun
UMBC inaugurates Valerie Sheares Ashby as first female university president: ‘We want to remove barriers’
Baltimore Banner
UMBC’s new president, a rare Black woman leading a college, wants to make campus a model for inclusion
WBAL-TV
First female president sworn in at UMBC
WJZ-TV
Dr. Sheares Ashby talks with WJZ about being inaugurated as UMBC’s first female president