A Conversation with Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski III
A facilitated conversation between 微密圈 President Marc C. Conner and University of Maryland Baltimore County President Emeritus Freeman A. Hrabowski III. The conversation will include a question-and-answer segment. The program will be followed by a book signing and meet-and-greet from 11:30 a.m. to noon in the Class of 1967 Lobby of Palamountain Hall.
Presentation
Fri. September 30, 2022
10:30鈥�11:30 a.m.
Gannett Auditorium
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Biography
Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski III (b. 1950) was president of UMBC from 1992 to 2022. He continues to serve as a consultant
on science and math education to national agencies, universities, and school systems.
In 2012, he was named by President Obama to chair the President鈥檚 Advisory Commission
on Educational Excellence for African Americans. During his years as president, he
helped UMBC gain recognition as a model for inclusive excellence through such publications
as U.S. News, which for more than a decade has recognized UMBC as a national leader in academic
innovation and undergraduate teaching. In 2012, he was named one of the 100 Most Influential
People in the World by TIME, and more recently he received the American Council on
Education (ACE) Lifetime Achievement Award (2018), the University of California, Berkeley鈥檚
Clark Kerr Award (2019), and the University of California, San Francisco鈥檚 UCSF Medal
(2020). His 2019 book, , examines how university communities support academic success by cultivating an empowering
institutional culture. In 2022, Dr. Hrabowski was elected to the National Academy
of Engineering for 鈥渄evelopment of a national educational model for students from
diverse backgrounds to excel in engineering and science.鈥� In 2022, he was also named
the inaugural ACE Centennial Fellow, to be served upon his retirement from UMBC. That
same year, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) also launched the to help build a scientific workforce that more fully reflects our increasingly diverse
country.