About Our Centennial

On Aug. 8, 1925, a group of businessmen and leaders made an unprecedented decision favoring educational access for working adults. They opened a private school to teach law and business in the heart of Baltimore. Now in 2025, we're celebrating the 100th anniversary of that innovative idea, and everything it has made possible, with a full year of celebrations.

PROUD PAST, BRIGHT FUTURE

The University of Baltimore will use its 100th year to reflect on its remarkable history, celebrate its present and imagine all the possibilities of its future. 

"Our centennial should be more than a celebration. The occasion should set UBalt on a positive trajectory for its second century," University of Baltimore President Kurt L. Schmoke says. 

On Feb. 2, 2022, Schmoke announced the formation of the UBalt Centennial Celebration Planning Committee. This committee has worked to developing a year-long series of special events to commemorate this historic event. Special collections and exhibitions, unique local partnerships, oral histories and videos, and a culminating celebration are just some of what we have to offer.

Oversight Committee

• Theresa Silanskis, UBalt 100th Anniversary Celebration Committee chair and vice president of advancement and external relations
• Margarita Cardona, assistant provost for sponsored research
• Josh Davis, associate professor, Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences
• Aiden Faust, associate director of Special Collections and Archives, Robert L. Bogomolny Library
• Chris Hart, MFA '21, director of communications
• Roger Hartley, dean of the College of Public Affairs
• Gigi Ippolito, assistant to the vice president, Office of Advancement and External Relations, and committee staff lead
• Cynthia Jones, J.D. '92, University of Baltimore Foundation board member
• Joanne Kess, special assistant to the president
• Sayra Meyerhoff, J.D. '78, M.S. '04, University of Baltimore Foundation board member
• Dan Mills, senior director of marketing and communications
• Kristi Moore, assistant director of marketing and communications
• Tara Mulligan, major gifts officer
• Laura Neumann, Merrick School of Business volunteer
• Karen Rhodovi, director of donor relations
• William Schnirel, executive director of student development
• Tim Sellers, professor, University of Baltimore School of Law
• Christine Stutz, director of external relations, The University of Baltimore School of Law
• J.C. Weiss, senior lecturer, Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Merrick School of Business
• Randy Wells, UBalt alumnus and student

PLanning committees

Our oversight committee established six subcommittees to plan out the various details of our Centennial celebration. 

Events

• Karen Rhodovi, chair
• Joi Buntin
• Anthony Butler
• Justinia Carter
• Ann Cotten
• Sean Hogan
• Joanne Kess
• William Schnirel
• Michael Swaby-Rowe
• Suzanne Tabor
• Andrew Van Der Stuyf
• Rachael Zeleny
• Mike Zemarel

Fundraising

• Tara Mulligan, chair
• Andrea Cantora
• Mary Crum
• Liz DeLeon
• Ken Goldsmith
• Bill Marker
• Sayra Meyerhoff
• Karen Rhodovi
• Theresa Silanskis

History

• Aiden Faust, chair
• Joshua Davis
• Thomas Hollowak
• Fatemeh Rezaei
• Tim Sellers
• Bedell Terry
• Ben Wright

Looking to the Future

• Magui Cardona, chair
• John Brenner
• Ann Cotten
• Valeria Gomez
• Josiah Guthland
• Jennica Larrison
• Henry Mortimer
• Megan Rhee
• Roxie Shabazz
• Ivan Sascha Sheehan
• William Schnirel
• Giovanni Vincenti
• J.C. Weiss

Marketing and Outreach

• Kristi Moore, chair
• Betsy Boyd
• JJ Chrystal
• Gayle Gillespie
• Josiah Guthland
• Dan Mills
• Tiffaney Parkman
• Pavan Purswani
• Monica Queen
• Praneet Randhawa
• Hamyra Taylor

Media and Public Relations

• Chris Hart, co-chair
• Christine Stutz, co-chair
• Joshua Davis
• Danielle Giles
• Anna Russell
• Sujan Shrestha

If you have questions or memories to share, please contact us ubalt100@ubalt.edu.