The Shriver Center: Bridging Campus and Community since 1993

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Mission: To address critical social challenges by bridging campus and communitythrough engaged scholarship and applied learning. Vision: To lead meaningful social change through transformational higher educationand community partnershipsThe Shriver Center is UMBC’s campus-wide hub for community engagement and public service. Founded in 1993 by Sargent and Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the Center maintains scores ofpartnerships and leads a suite of programs that provide structured leadership development pathwaysfor students, staff, and faculty to engage in mutually impactful service and learning that impact thecomplex questions and social challenges of our city and region