Mission
Through strategic, innovative, inclusive, and creative communications and marketing, UCM serves as the central strategic voice of UMBC. Our work elevates UMBC’s brand and reputation, drives enrollment, engages alumni and donors, and positions UMBC as a driver of economic growth in our region and beyond. We ensure our public mission remains visible, valued, and supported.
Our teams use creative strategies, storytelling, and campaigns to help achieve the university’s strategic goals. Contact us to learn how we can help you get the visibility and results you want.
Vision
UCM will be seen as the central trusted resource that sets the UMBC standard for innovative and strategic marketing and communications practice. Through our bold and collaborative work, by 2030, UMBC will be a nationally recognized, distinct leader in public higher education excellence and community impact.
Commitments
- We build and promote a strong brand
- We are a digital-first team
- We enhance reputation and visibility across all audiences and stakeholders
- We amplify university strategic goals
- We drive innovation in marketing and communications
- We impact enrollment
Recently Published
From UMBC News and Magazine
Arts+ initiative at UMBC uplifts the arts and creates new avenues for student showcases
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Meet a Retriever—Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman ’19, award-winning researcher and writer
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500 days in space and counting—UMBC celebrates HARP2 satellite’s incoming data and resulting discoveries
Posted: September 17, 2025, 9:23 AM
Meet a Retriever—Tanzila Malik, gender and women’s studies major, and multi-semester on-campus intern
Posted: September 17, 2025, 9:22 AM
Following where curiosity leads them—COEIT celebrates student summer research
Posted: September 16, 2025, 2:42 PM
A new world order isn’t coming, it’s already here − and this is what it looks like
Posted: September 16, 2025, 12:25 PM
Meet A Retriever—Kayla Logue ’27, dance major, cinematography minor, and Linehan Artist Scholar
Posted: September 16, 2025, 12:19 PM
Feeling supported at summer internships gives Retrievers a leg up in applied learning
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Picturing Mobility: Black Tourism and Leisure During the Jim Crow Era
Posted: September 12, 2025, 3:58 PM
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