Department: The Center for Democracy and Civic Life, a unit in UMBC’s Division of Student Affairs, is a national leader in pioneering approaches to civic learning, democratic engagement and socially responsible leadership development. Its work builds from the premise that civic life encompasses everyday settings and relationships through which people can generate the power to shape their world. Students who engage with the Center’s initiatives develop the knowledge, skills, dispositions and habits needed to solve problems, build mutually empowering