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This holiday season, your UMGC Alumni Association is eager to spread some seasonal cheer and give you more reasons to celebrate your connection with your alma mater.

Netta Squires ’12 ’19 was recently named Cybersecurity Woman of the Year by the Cybersecurity Association at its ninth annual awards. This honor is the latest recognition Squires has received during her career in cybersecurity, emergency management, and public policy.

For 35 years, the UMGC Alumni Association has been honoring the best and brightest in the UMGC community with the UMGC Alumni Awards. This program recognizes some of our most successful alumni for their achievements, service and engagement in their careers and communities. This year’s eight award recipients will be honored in a special ceremony at the College Park Marriott Hotel and Conference Center in October.

Kwame Johnson ‘08 wound up incarcerated during his senior year of high school after falling in with the wrong crowd. Many in his situation go on to become repeat offenders and spend their lives in and out of jail, but not Johnson.

Homecoming 2025 Spirit Week kicks off Monday, October 6. Join your University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) community and show off your school pride as we show the world how UMGC spans the globe and beyond.

For thirty-five years, the University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) Alumni Association has fostered and perpetuated lifelong relationships between the global alumni community with the university. On July 26, 2025, current and past members of the Alumni Association Advisory Board gathered to reconnect and share stories from the first 35 years while chartering a path for the future.

Although Liz Otero ‘21, ’22 is an AI founder with a master’s degree and impressive credentials, she’s no stranger to hard times.

In the Summer of 2025, the 2025-2027 UMGC Alumni Association Advisory Board members were welcomed into office to kick off their term for the next two years.