The PresZine

This academic year has been marked by transition as UMBC welcomed our sixth leader, Dr. Valerie Sheares Ashby. As we engage in bold conversations and work together to plan the next path for our community we are reaching out to ask:

- What is leadership to you?

- What does inclusive excellence mean at UMBC?

- What does a leader look like?

- How does leadership and activism intersect or show up?

- What are your aspirations for UMBC as we transition leadership?

- What is the impact of mentorship?

Leadership Inside the Loop by Dustin Eby

Diversity of Thought by Aidan Hunter

Reaching New Heights by Brianna Turgott

The Battle Within, to Lead ! by Sravanti Vitta Sanjay

Untitled by MERIÇ AYDIN

Construction…

Destruction easy yet calculating

Scattering into pieces

Keeps on matriculating

Yet awaken minds see past the darkness

They set up ready to be invoked

Fusion of vision and action

The conductor ready at its stance

Musicians rising to harmonize a beautiful masterpiece

For once destruction will be known as construction

Lead by the heart and mind

Dared and doubted but only a luminous silk built

What a beauty has this destruction turned into

-Fatima Wajid