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Dr. Hussey Recognized for Student Mentoring Excellence

She's a 2021 recipient of USM's highest faculty honor

Dr. Laura Hussey is the recipient of a 2021 University System of Maryland (USM) Excellence in Mentoring Award! The USM awards are the highest honor presented by the board to exemplary faculty members. While you all know Dr. Hussey as the Director of the Sondheim Scholars Program, here are more of her outstanding accomplishments as a mentor: 

As coordinator of the Political Science department’s internship program, Dr. Hussey has placed more than 100 undergraduate students in public service internship positions. As Director of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Sondheim Public Affairs Program, she provides extensive mentoring and career preparation opportunities for students.  And as Faculty Advisor for the 2019 Alternative Spring Break Experience, she helped lead undergraduate students in service-learning projects in Baltimore. Beyond UMBC, she served as the advisor to nearly 80 students in the Governor’s Summer Internship Program. Congratulations!

You can read more about the recipients in a recent press release issued by USM: https://www.usmd.edu/newsroom/news/2135 

Posted: March 25, 2021, 12:44 PM