University Innovation Alliance

UIA comes to UMBC: Founding UIA CEO Bridget Burns meets with the UMBC community

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The University Innovation Alliance is the leading national coalition of public research universities committed to increasing the number and diversity of college graduates, particularly low-income students, first-generation students, and students of color in the United States.

UMBC joins the University Innovation Alliance to engage with the member institutions and learn about innovative student success practices that can be implemented to impact our students.

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Watch the video to learn about the 2021 University Innovation Alliance expansion to UMBC as a member institution!

UIA Member Institutions

Arizona State University Georgia State University Iowa State University Michigan State University North Carolina A&T State University

Oregon State University Purdue University University at Buffalo University of California Riverside University of Central Florida University of Colorado Denver

University of Illinois Chicago UMBC, University of Maryland, Baltimore County University of Massachusetts Amherst University of New Mexico Virginia Commonwealth University

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UMBC UIA TEAM

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Dr. Valerie Sheares Ashby

UMBC President

UIA Board Member

Dr. Stephen Freland

Interim Vice Provost and Dean for the Division of Undergraduate Academic Affairs

UIA Liaison

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Dr. Yvette Mozie-Ross

Vice Provost for Enrollment Management and Planning

UIA Liaison

Dr. Ronita Walker

Director of UIA/UMBC Innovative Initiatives

UIA Fellow

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1/31/2023