April Lunch in the Lounge
Do You Know Your President? - Meet Dr. Freeman Hrabowski
Location
Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : Honors College Lounge
Date & Time
April 7, 2017, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Description
Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, has served as President of UMBC since May, 1992. His research and publications focus on science and math education, with special emphasis on minority participation and performance. He chaired the National Academies’ committee that produced the recent report, Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America’s Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads.
In 2009, Time Magazine named Hrabowski one of the Top Ten College Presidents.
In 2012, Time Magazine named Hrabowski one of the Top 100 most influential people in the world.
In 2012, he received the Heinz Award for his contributions to improving the “Human Condition” and was among the inaugural inductees into the U.S. News & World Report STEM Solutions Leadership Hall of Fame.
Feel free to look into any of the books that he has authored including, Beating the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Males,The Undergraduate Experience: Focusing Institutions on What Matters Most, Holding Fast to Dreams: Empowering Youth from the Civil Rights Crusade to STEM Achievement, and Overcoming the Odds: Raising Academically Successful African American Young Women.
Come meet with Dr. Hrabowski for informal discussion. Bring great questions!