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Senator Mikulski will advise the Dean on aspects of the school\u2019s strategic priority to promote community engagement. Sen. Mikulski became a Homewood Professor of Public Policy at Johns Hopkins University in 2018, where she co-taught undergraduate courses in Political Science, Sociology, and Public Health up until spring of 2022. She also served as an Affiliate of the Johns Hopkins\u00a0SNF Agora Institute<\/a>\u00a0and currently serves on the Boards of the National Democratic Institute and the Baltimore Community Foundation.<\/p>\r\n

Background<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Born and raised in the Highlandtown neighborhood of East Baltimore, Senator Barbara A. Mikulski is known as a fighter and a champion for the people of Maryland. The longest serving woman in Congressional history, Sen. Mikulski served for five years on the Baltimore City Council; ten years in the US House of Representatives; and 30 in the US Senate. On December 20, 2012, Sen. Mikulski became the first woman and first Marylander to chair the Senate Appropriations Committee. Throughout her tenure, Sen. Mikulski never forgot that she was not only the Senator from Maryland, but the Senator\u00a0for<\/em>\u00a0Maryland.<\/p>\r\n

A tenacious advocate for the people of Maryland, Sen. Mikulski is known for her work in women\u2019s empowerment, equity, and health, civil rights education, jobs, research and innovation, cybersecurity, seniors, and veterans. She was also a champion for space exploration, playing a major role in saving the Hubble Space Telescope, which has led to countless advances in astronomy and physics. Throughout her time in office, she firmly believed there was no issue too small to advocate for, and no interest too large to take on.<\/p>\r\n

For her tireless work focusing on the day-to-day needs of Marylanders and the long-range needs of the nation, Sen. Mikulski was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2015. In addition, Sen. Mikulski was inducted to National Women\u2019s Hall of Fame in 2015, and the Maryland Women\u2019s Hall of Fame in 1988. She has received countless awards and accolades for her work and advocacy on behalf of the people, from organizations as varied as the American Heart Association, to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, to the US Coast Guard. She has also been awarded honorary degrees and doctorates in Humane Letters and Law from esteemed academic institutions including Goucher College, Morgan State University, Johns Hopkins University, and the Pratt Institute.<\/p>\r\n

Prior to her career in elected office, Sen. Mikulski earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in sociology at Mount St. Agnes College in Baltimore (since merged with Loyola University), and a Master\u2019s Degree in Social Work at the University of Maryland. Sen. Mikulski was an accomplished social worker and Adjunct Professor for many years prior to her election to the Baltimore City Council in 1971.<\/p>\r\n

Her training and experience as a social worker formed the bedrock of her approach to politics and public office. She believed that constituents have a right to know, a right to be heard, and a right to be represented. She listened to her constituents and made the personal political. Through her work as a social worker, Sen. Mikulski recognized that many of the issues communities and individuals face are due to systems and policies rather than individual action or inaction.<\/p>\r\n

This understanding, paired with her talent for organizing and communications, lead a young Sen. Mikulski to fighting the installation of a sixteen-lane highway along Baltimore\u2019s waterfront \u2013 right through many of the City\u2019s Black neighborhoods and ethnic urban enclaves. Known for her fiery wit, Sen. Mikulski famously told the powers that be, that \u201cthe termites couldn\u2019t take Fells Point, the British couldn\u2019t take Fells Point, and by God, the State\u2019s Roads Commission can\u2019t take Fells Point!\u201d Sen. Mikulski\u2019s work \u2013 along with the work of countless activists across the City \u2013 helped save the waterfront and launched her political career.<\/p>\r\n

Viewing politics as social work with power, Sen. Mikulski went to work every day for the people of Maryland asking \u201chow can I help you?\u201d It was this spirit of service and focus on the needs of her constituents that allowed Sen. Mikulski to serve for as long as she did. When she was sworn into office on January 5, 2011, Mikulski became the longest serving woman Senator in U.S. history. On March 17, 2012 she became the longest\u2013serving woman in the history of the United States Congress. Of these milestones, she says, \u201cIt\u2019s not about how long I serve, but about how well I serve my state and the nation.\u201d She retired from the Senate in 2017.<\/p>\r\n

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