The Langenberg Legacy

The Langenberg Legacy is a grant program through the University System of Maryland (USM) designed to fund student-led projects focused on civic education and/or civic engagement. The Langenberg Legacy evolved out of the Langenberg Lecture and Award program, which was originally established through a solicitation for an endowed USM Foundation fund in honor of former USM Chancellor Donald N. Langenberg on his retirement in 2002. The Langenberg Legacy reimagines the Langenberg Lecture within the context of USM’s Civic Education and Civic Engagement priority.

The Langenberg Legacy welcomed its first cohort of Fellows in academic year 2022– 2023, with a new cohort of Fellows completing civic engagement projects each subsequent year.

Students’ projects will be shared here and are COMING SOON!

Jaden Mikoulinskii, 2023–2024 Langenberg Legacy Fellow from the University of Maryland, College Park, created an online resource guide for students considering attending college in the USM, available here.

The Langenberg Lecture Series

The Langenberg Lecture was established in honor of Chancellor Emeritus Donald N. Langenberg to inspire its audience with a new vision for education in this country. More importantly, the Lecture is a call to action, giving motivation and information to those most able to change the way we teach and learn.

Invited speakers include nationally recognized education leaders who may speak on a broad range of issues within the field of education, but they all share in Dr. Langenberg's vision of education as a life-long journey of the human mind. Moreover, they share Dr. Langenberg's perspective that calls upon higher education to see itself as part of a larger, integrated whole.

Each annual lecture is hosted by a different USM campus and is open to the public, while also offering specialized seminars for students and faculty. The Langenberg Lecture also includes the Langenberg Award, which is bestowed upon a student who has shown great promise in and commitment to a career in education.

Previous lectures include:

• Candace Thille, Assistant Professor and Senior Research Fellow (Online Learning) and Founding Director of the Open Learning Initiative, Stanford University. "The Science of Learning: Big Data, Technology and Transformation in Higher Education."
• Harold H. Koh, Sterling Professor of International Law, Yale University. Teaching Globalization.
• John Holdren, Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. "Coping with Climate Change: Challenges in Education, Mitigation, and Adaptation - Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.
• Carl Wieman, Associate Director for Science, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Using New Methods to Teach STEM: What is Expertise and How to Use Cognitive Psychological Methods to Effectively Teach Complex Subjects Such as Mathematics and Science.
• Pedro Noguera, Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education, New York University - spoke on "Challenges Facing schools in Baltimore's Urban Education Corridor."
• Uri Treisman, Founder and Executive Director, Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin. On Innovation in American Math and Science Education: An Activist Professor Reflects on His Practice.
• Vartan Gregorian, President, Carnegie Corporation of New York. "Education in an Age of Specialized Knowledge."
• Norman Augustine, Former CEO, Lockheed Martin. Rising Above the Gathering Storm.
• Leon Lederman, Nobel Prize laureate physicist. "Perspectives on Education."