UMBC Alumni Association

After experiencing firsthand how supportive the UMBC community was during her master’s program, Hailey Turney, M.A. ’21 chose to stay on campus to lift up the next generation of students.

"I came for the academics and stayed for the community," Hailey says.

Today, she serves as an undergraduate academic advisor in the College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT) and teaches introductory English and university orientation classes.

Read more about Hailey’s journey, her incredible COEIT team, and how she’s making a difference: https://umbc.edu/stories/meet-a-retriever-hailey-turney-coeit-advisor/

📸 1 - Hailey Turney (center) laughs with Assistant Director of Transfer Success Initiatives Krista Wallace at the 2024 COEIT Celebration. (Photo courtesy of Turney)

📸 2 - Hailey Turney (second from left) and her colleagues pose for a picture at the 2024 COEIT Celebration, held to celebrate the achievements of COEIT students. (All photos courtesy of Turney)

As an undergraduate student at UMBC, Alycia Marshall ’95, mathematics, wasn’t a Meyerhoff Scholar by title, but she felt like one by proximity. Many of her friends and peers were Meyerhoff Scholars.

“Even though I wasn’t a Meyerhoff, I was sucked into this culture of high achievement,” says Marshall. “I call it ‘the Meyerhoff Effect.’”

🔗 Read more of Alycia's story at umbc.edu/stories/the-meyerhoff-effect-alycia-marshall/