2003-2005 - Special Collections - University of Baltimore

popular programs are alumni and stu?ent
mentoring programs and Career Preview.
Students also receive special invitations to
alumni events such as the Annual Alumni
of the Year Awards Luncheon.
Students are encouraged to visit the
Alumni Relations Office and attend
Association events and activities.
Centers and Institutes
The University of Baltimore supports and
administers several centers and institutes
that forge connections with the surrounding
communities and provide special
research and study opportunities for students
and faculty in a wide range of bus iness,
law and liberal arts programs.
The Hoffberger Center for Professional
Ethics was established in 1987 with a grant
from the Hoffberger Foundation, and
received additional support from the
Foundation in 1996 to expand its activities.
The Center is dedicated to promoting the
discussion and analysis of ethical issues
within the University and the local business
and professional communities. The Center
promotes the study of ethics throughout
the University's curricula, provides monthly
ethics seminars in the humanities and the
professions, sponsors visiting fellows and
lectures on campus, and presents an annual
Ethics Week. It offers workshops on ethics
on-site for businesses within the region,
and presents conferences on business and
professional ethics every year.
Centers within the Yale Gordon
College of Liberal Arts
The Center for Baltimore Studies, established
in 2000, focuses its efforts in archives and
community documentation and public programs.
The Center is designed to formalize
the University's role as custodian of
Baltimore's history and culture, especially as
it relates to community making and civic
activity. Through the Center's activities,
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UB's faculty and students are involved in
both theoretical and applied research that
uses Baltimore as a laboratory to focus on
urban and regional issues.
The Imtitute for Language, Technology
and Publicatiom Design, a component of
the School ofCommunications Design,
was established in 1989 to create links
between the study and practice ofwriting
and graphic design with an emphasis on
new technologies. The Institute promotes
research, undertakes contractual and consulting
projects, and offers seminars, lectures,
workshops, and other programs.
Committed to developing a creative and
professional community, the Institute
works with regional groups, public agencies,
and professional associations to bring
toaether a ranae of professionals and stub
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dents working in the fields of communications
design. In cooperation with other
universities, the Institute co-sponsors the
International Lawrence Durrell Conference
and Deus Loci: The Lawrence Durrell
Journal, and supports several other traditional
and online publications. The
Institute has established partnerships with
local businesses, created forums that bring
entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to
campus, received funding support from
nonprofit foundations and area businesses,
and collaborated with the Entrepreneurship
Program in the University's Merrick School
of Business.
The Center for Negotiatiom and Conflict
Management was established in 1997 as a
component of the Yale Gordon College of
Liberal Arts. Its mission is to broaden the
understanding of conflict, to provide training
and techniques in the field of conflict
resolution, and to expand the application of
techniques and approaches for dispute resolution
in a wide variety of contexts.
Combining the expertise and intellectual
resources of the University's law, business,