Talk:University of Maryland Global Campus/Archive 1

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I doubt this is really a high priority, but I just noticed the 4th citation, http://chronicle.com/jobs/profiles/1616.htm, is not working properly. I am not sure how to mark that a citation is needed or I would have just done that. Leetasmeat (talk) 18:37, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

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A new survey has been created to resolve whether or not the University System of Maryland campus in College Park should be refered to simply as "University of Maryland". This poll also proposes an amendment to Wikipedia:Naming conventions to address similar ambiguities at other schools. Dragons flight 18:50, Mar 27, 2005 (UTC)

• Please note that this poll will be closing in about 1 more day and the issue of what to call the University of Maryland, College Park campus is still pretty close to call. So if you have an opinion on this issue, then please visit the page and comment. Dragons flight 18:40, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)

Coordinate error

The coordinates need the following fixes:

• New address of UMUC headquarters is 1616 McCormick Drive, Largo, MD 20774. Because of the move of the headquarters from Adelphi, MD to Largo, MD, the coordinates require updating. Source of new address information found at http://www.umuc.edu/onthemove/ and http://www.umuc.edu/locate/largo.shtml. →Lwalt ^♦ talk 22:00, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Done. BrainMarble (talk) 02:38, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Just realized the error of my earlier request. I found a page on the UMUC site that still lists the Adelphi location as its headquarters, rather than its new Largo facilities. The Adelphi location is noted as the UMUC headquarters at this link. At present, the Largo facility appears to be listed is an educational facilities, in spite of UMUC moving most of its offices there. Therefore, I will undo the requested edit at this time and restore the previous coordinates and headquarters location until UMUC notes on its website changes in the designation of the Adelphi and/or Largo facilities. Sorry for this mistake. →Lwalt ^♦ talk 18:46, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

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This article needs some real help.....It is based of the schools web site. I reall do not belive it is even close to being one of the largest distance education providers. I would say in the 20's if not lower. Was this written by the school? I am about to make some dragon sized edits up in here!--72.26.18.21 (talk) 19:27, 4 February 2010 (UTC)super

New sources

This page could use some new, third-party sources. Here's a start. JamaUtil (talk) 20:19, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Also this one [1]. JamaUtil (talk) 21:06, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

This will also be a neutral source once they get FY10 up there [2] JamaUtil (talk) 21:07, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Another third party one [3] JamaUtil (talk) 21:11, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

And another [4] JamaUtil (talk) 20:06, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Introduction

I think the paragraph about the award does not belong in the introduction. Barndoorsentry (talk) 22:03, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
—The content related to the award has been moved to its own section just before the notable faculty and student lists. →Lwalt ^♦ talk 05:21, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Accreditations

Not accredited in Europe anymore: http://www.mbagsba.ch/ranking/fibaa_001.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.157.53.221 (talk) 09:23, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

See below section, UMUC and the University of Maryland are different universities. In the case of your link, the point is AACSB is not a recognized accrediting agency in Europe? I can't argue with that. JamaUtil (talk) 03:49, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of Sentence

Removing POV sentence that refers to confusion to UMD MBA program in the Academic and degree programs section. Since the article already includes clear statements referring to UMUC as a separate school with the USM System (that is, "UMUC is a member of the University System of Maryland, which includes eleven separate public universities in Maryland," "In 1970, UMUC became an independent institution, and it became a member of the University System of Maryland in 1988," and "Therefore, UMUC is not a division of the University of Maryland, College Park, but rather a separate institution within the University System of Maryland," readers will clearly note and understand that the Executive MBA program refers to a educational program offered by UMUC, not by UMD. →Lwalt ^♦ talk 13:39, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Sounds fine to me. Thanks for editing this article, I find it could use a lot of updating. JamaUtil (talk) 19:04, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Alumni/Profs

More than we need in notable people sections, maybe it's time to split that into new article? JamaUtil (talk) 03:51, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Name changing to "University of Maryland University College Institution of Higher Education Academy School of Learning".

Today the school announced that it is again changing its name, this time to "University of Maryland University College Institution of Higher Education Academy School of Learning". Yes, this is an April Fools joke. bd2412 T 19:02, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Change in the UMUC to UMGC

Governor Larry Hogan has recently signed legislation to authorize a name change from UMUC (University of Maryland University College) to University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) to better reflect the mission of the university. See the notice at https://www.umuc.edu/about/university-of-maryland-global-campus/index.cfm. Although UMUC (later to become UMGC) will remain a member of the University of Maryland System, this article will require updates to reflect the change in UMUC's status, since the name change to UMGC, among others, have started and will continue into 2020. →Lwalt ^♦ talk 13:58, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

UMUC Changes Name

Hello,

As of July 1, 2019, the "University of Maryland University College" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maryland_University_College) changed its name to University of Maryland Global Campus (Source: https://globalmedia.umuc.edu/2019/07/01/umuc-is-now-university-of-maryland-global-campus/). Should we create a new article with the new name? If so, should we also transfer all information from the original article into the new article? Finally, how do we redirect to the new article?

Bob Ludwig Rtludwig (talk) 13:41, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

@Rtludwig: Firstly, please can you confirm whether you work for UMGC as this is required under Wikimedia's terms of service. I have posted a welcome message on your talk page with links to Wikipediua's paid editing and conflict of interest policies. UMUC has changed its name rather than merging or being taken over, the article should be moved rather than recreated. Moving the article will leave a redirect from UMUC to UMGC. I am happy to help with this. The article University of Maryland University College people, Template:University_of_Maryland_University_College, Category:University of Maryland University College and its subcategories will also need to be updated. TSventon (talk) 10:14, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

Yes, I am the assistant vice president for media relations at University of Maryland Global Campus, and it is correct that we did not merge or were taken over by another university. I would appreciate any help in moving the article and not recreating it. Thanks! --Bob Ludwig — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rtludwig (talk • contribs) 18:14, 5 September 2019 (UTC)

@Rtludwig: Thanks for the confirmation, I have moved the article and added a paid editor template to the beginning of this talk page. Let me know if you have any questions or feedback so far and I will have another look on Monday. Actions today:

• University of Maryland University College: moved, lead and history updated. I also updated the article name on the fair use image of the UMUC seal, which presumably will need to be replaced with a UMGC seal.
• University of Maryland University College people: moved, lead updated
• Category:University of Maryland University College, Category:University of Maryland University College alumni, Category:University of Maryland University College faculty: move requested, this should take around two days, unless there are objections (hopefully unlikely)
• Template:University_of_Maryland_University_College: not yet moved or updated. TSventon (talk) 10:54, 6 September 2019 (UTC)

@Rtludwig: I have moved renaming categories to full discussion as speedy renaming was not accepted. This will take around a week, or until agreement is reached. Please do not edit categories now as this will be done by a bot when agreement is reached. Have you read the Wikipedia:Plain_and_simple_conflict_of_interest_guide? You are strongly advised to request changes to the article, rather than making them yourself. Having said that a lot of the article was written over ten years ago so it could do with updating with referenced information. TSventon (talk) 16:46, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

UMUC categories have now been moved to the equivalent UMGC categories. TSventon (talk) 11:43, 16 September 2019 (UTC)

Renaming is now largely completed by Daveplot. However the article still needs some updating as it is tagged for verifiability and has nine references with the title "Not Found". TSventon (talk) 16:28, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Update of Chief Academic Officer

Chief Academic Officer is Blakely Pomietto

Source: https://www.umgc.edu/administration/leadership-and-governance/boards-and-committees/executive-committee.cfm

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IP editor, I see you have made the update yourself. TSventon (talk) 14:06, 19 October 2021 (UTC)