Dr. Valerie Sheares Ashby would like to make one point clear: there will not be any deviation from the mission or the vision of the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) this summer when she takes over for Dr. Freeman Hrabowski as president.
When Freeman Hrabowski, the longtime leader of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, who led the once-little-known commuter school for three decades, announced his upcoming retirement, the central question on everyone’s mind was who could replace such a towering figure. Enter Valerie Sheares Ashby, a veteran university administrator, the current dean of Trinity College of .