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This collection captures UMB CURE Scholars Program and the President’s Symposium and White Paper Project that are components of the President's Councils and Initiatives. President’s other initiatives are captured in Office of Community Engagement, UMB Strategic Plan and Campus Events.
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President's Whitepaper Project: Health Literacy as a Social Determinant of HealthPromoting social justice and health is an important focus of the 2017-2021 strategic plan for the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB, 2018). From this perspective, UMB’s commitment to these values was clear when it tasked a team of nine students, representing the seven professional schools at UMB and the University of Maryland at College Park (UMCP), with examining health literacy as a social determinant of health. The appointed students developed a list of recommendations for UMB to address health literacy as a social determinant of health and use an empathetic, interprofessional approach to meet the campus’ and surrounding communities’ health literacy needs. The mission of this paper is to establish health literacy as an important public health issue at UMB, UMCP, and in local communities.
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UMB Core Values2019
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President's White Paper Project: Implementing Core ValuesAccountability, civility, collaboration, diversity, excellence, leadership, and knowledge are the core values that guide all policies, practices, and procedures within the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB). UMB is unique in that it consists of seven schools functioning as one university. When we came together, seven students representing each of the schools within UMB, our charge was to evaluate how our respective schools, and the university at large, institutionalize all seven of the established core values. Drawing on each of our unique backgrounds, we examined how UMB integrates the core values across each of the seven schools to embody its motto of “Seven schools, one university”. As a result of this assessment, we were asked to provide actionable recommendations that continue to prioritize UMB’s core values.
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President's Whitepaper Project: Addressing Gun Violence: UMB’s Role as an Anchor InstitutionWhite paper written by the 2018-2019 President's Fellows investigating the role of UMB as an anchor institution in addressing gun violence.
