{"id":7479,"date":"2026-06-14T03:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T03:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/?p=7479"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:25:31","slug":"from-the-heart-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/from-the-heart-for-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"From The Heart: For The Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7479\" class=\"elementor elementor-7479\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8853468 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8853468\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a3141c\" data-id=\"3a3141c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a3bdbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a3bdbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"intro\"> Creating Cycles of Generosity and Student Achievement<\/span><\/p><p>BY SHARON REED<br \/>ILLUSTRATION BY KOTRYNA ZUAUSKAITE<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7933 size-full\" style=\"font-size: 1rem\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1160\/2026\/06\/a4374ir1000_mod.jpg\" alt=\"Heart with a zipper bisecting it\" width=\"1074\" height=\"1400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1160\/2026\/06\/a4374ir1000_mod.jpg 1074w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1160\/2026\/06\/a4374ir1000_mod-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1160\/2026\/06\/a4374ir1000_mod-786x1024.jpg 786w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1160\/2026\/06\/a4374ir1000_mod-768x1001.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1160\/2026\/06\/a4374ir1000_mod-700x912.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1074px) 100vw, 1074px\" \/><\/p><p><strong>At its core, public service is about supporting communities, serving others and protecting the rights and interests of the public. Across state and party lines, these values are shared by both civil servants and elected officials. These also happen to be values many University of Baltimore alumni working in the public sector have in common.<\/strong><\/p><p>Strategic giving helps UBalt thrive, and our alumni donors are at the heart of that effort. Their generosity and belief in the University\u2019s mission have helped make the school what it is today and prepared us to tackle the next century.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/from-the-heart-for-the-future\/#more-7479\" class=\"more-link elementor-more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading From The Heart: For The Future\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating Cycles of Generosity and Student Achievement BY SHARON REEDILLUSTRATION BY KOTRYNA ZUAUSKAITE At its core, public service is about supporting communities, serving others and protecting the rights and interests of the public. Across state and party lines, these values are shared by both civil servants and elected officials. These also happen to be values [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4463,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7479"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4463"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7479"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8249,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7479\/revisions\/8249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}