The first lady was among a number of high-profile guests at University events such as the UMBrella Women's History Month Symposium.

Data from two surveys administered to UMB students in 2018 found that between 10 percent and 26 percent of students surveyed “ate less than they should because there wasn’t enough money for food,” or that there “had been a time when they did not have enough food for themselves or their household.”

— Former Gov. Parris Glendening on his President’s Panel on Politics and Policy fellow speaker, former Gov. Robert Ehrlich

— Michele Norris, head of The Race Card Project and former co-host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” at “An Evening with Michele Norris”

— Lea Berman, former White House social secretary, discussing civility at Core Values Speaker Series

— John Wolfe, former vice chancellor for diversity, University System of Maryland, at Diversity Advisory Council Speaker Series

— what best-selling author Alice McDermott’s professor told her when she was a college freshman, at “An Evening with Alice McDermott”

— Maggie Haberman, New York Times’ White House correspondent, at President’s Panel on Politics and Policy

— Barbara Pierce Bush, chair of Global Health Corps

— Former U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski, at President’s Panel on Politics and Policy