Student Spotlight

Shawn Lamar Boone

Ellicott City, MD

UMT distance learning allowed him to pursue his dreams of an important college experience

Shawn Boone (ABA '10, BBA '17, MBA '19, MSM '20, MPA '21, MSHS '22) is a retired army veteran and current JROTC instructor. He is also a recent cancer survivor. He was first diagnosed two and a half years ago but was declared cancer free and received a clean bill of health in March 2022.

He first decided to come to UMT because of the business program the school offered. Shawn stated that he valued gaining so much invaluable knowledge in the different aspects of the entrepreneurship process in the business-related courses he took.

Ultimately, Shawn found UMT to be in alignment with what he was looking for in an online school and has achieved great success! He started with an associate program in 2009 and kept going. He eventually graduated from six UMT programs, including four Master’s degree programs. His most recent program was the Master of Science in Homeland Security.

Shawn has been a student with UMT for many years and as such, he’s described what a wonderful experience he’s had. When asked to detail the top three things he liked about his UMT experience, he was unable to narrow it down. He said, “there are way too many awesome experiences to try and narrow it down to just three.”

"UMT was the most convenient place for me to go where I would not rob myself of that important college experience for my life."


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