{"id":7640,"date":"2023-11-09T13:40:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T08:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/remembering-two-leaders-who-shaped-ubalt-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-12-22T19:24:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T14:24:01","slug":"urban-affection-perspectives-on-why-baltimore-shines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/urban-affection-perspectives-on-why-baltimore-shines\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Affection: Perspectives on Why Baltimore Shines"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7640\" class=\"elementor elementor-7640\" 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-5fa76ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5fa76ee\" 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-4b43ed4\" data-id=\"4b43ed4\" 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-1c67301 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c67301\" 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>BY TIM PAGGI, MFA &#8217;15<\/p><p>It should come as no surprise to members of The University of Baltimore community that Baltimore made this year\u2019s <em>New York Times<\/em> list of \u201c52 Places to Go.\u201d One of UBalt\u2019s biggest assets is, well, Baltimore. Its urban setting puts the University right in the middle of the action, distinguishing itself from other similarly sized schools, with bold architecture, historical sites, culinary treats and more, so nearby they feel like natural extensions of the campus. And if you have transportation\u2014be it bicycle, bus or car\u2014even more is available for students, staff, faculty and alumni to experience. To gain insight into what makes Charm City shine, we asked four UBalt insiders to share their \u201cplaces to go\u201d in the city they love.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_7179\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7179\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.willettassociates.com\/ubalt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Schuster-731x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"981\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos By Nicole Munchel<br \/>Cindy Schuster, B.S. \u201987, M.A. \u201989 at Green Mount Cemetary<\/figcaption><\/figure><p><strong>Cindy Schuster, B.S. \u201987, M.A. \u201989<\/strong><br \/>Director, Shared Services,<br \/>The University of Baltimore<\/p><p>By her own admission, Cindy Schuster\u2019s time at the University started \u201clong ago\u201d as an undergraduate in the Merrick School of Business, but her time in Baltimore began at birth. She\u2019s a Lauraville native and went to Western High School, facts she still points out with pride. \u201cA lot of people are surprised at our neighborhood focus,\u201d she remarks. \u201cYou don\u2019t just say you\u2019re from Baltimore city. Neighborhoods are very important.\u201d<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/urban-affection-perspectives-on-why-baltimore-shines\/#more-7640\" class=\"more-link elementor-more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Urban Affection: Perspectives on Why Baltimore Shines\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY TIM PAGGI, MFA &#8217;15 It should come as no surprise to members of The University of Baltimore community that Baltimore made this year\u2019s New York Times list of \u201c52 Places to Go.\u201d One of UBalt\u2019s biggest assets is, well, Baltimore. Its urban setting puts the University right in the middle of the action, distinguishing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4463,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7640"}],"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=7640"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7850,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7640\/revisions\/7850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/ubmag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}