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UMES celebrates 125th Founders’ Week

As UMES opens its the school. Light Night, a doors for the fall semester tour of the historic UMES to some 4,500 students and Academic Oval, follows at Weeklong schedule of activities open to the public 200 faculty members, it 6:30 p.m. Student and Earliest known class photo - 1894 also invites the community to share in a special alumni guides relay the history of the buildings celebration of Founders’ Week—the and the lives of their namesakes. Tours begin university’s 125th. on the portico of the Richard A. Henson Center.

“UMES has much of which to be proud, On Thursday at 10 a.m., the campus and we must recognize and celebrate our past community fills the Ella Fitzgerald Center for to fully appreciate our future,” said Dr. Mort the Performing Arts for the Founders’ Week Neufville, interim president.

Convocation and Summer Commencement. The The university traces its roots to Sept. 13, event is open to the public. Actress and alumna 1886 when the Methodist Episcopal Church Starletta DuPois returns to the campus to give opened the Delaware Conference Academy, the keynote address to 26 Doctor of Physical also known as the Princess Anne Academy, Therapy degree candidates.

The “Olney” was the with nine students and three faculty members.

DuPois is best know for her work in the original building In recognition of its origins, the of what was to box office hit “The Notebook,” “Friday After become Next” with Ice Cube and Mike Epps, Martin university's Founders’ Week begins with an UMES. anniversary worship service at Metropolitan Lawrence’s “Big Momma’s House” and more.

United Methodist Church in Princess Anne on She has worked alongside Whitney Houston, Sun., Sept. 11, at 11 a.m. The two institutions Angela Bassett, Jack Nicholson, Michelle were founded less than a week apart in 1886.

Pfieffer, Denzel Washington and others.

An exhibit, “If These Walls Could Talk: An explosive culmination to the week’s UMES 125 Years Through Its Architecture,” activities is the Founders’ Week Outdoor opens in the Frederick Douglass Library on Concert and Fireworks Celebration on Friday at Mon., Sept. 12, with a reception from 11 a.m.

7 p.m. Event organizers encourage participants to 1 p.m. to bring a folding chair or a blanket to spread out on the lawn adjacent to A 125th Anniversary Celebration takes place on Sept. 13, UMES’ the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts. Music by the UMES Founders’ Day, at 5 p.m. on the steps of John T. Williams Hall. Festivities Gospel Choir will accompany the fireworks display. begin with a party featuring musical performances and a birthday cake for Call 410-651-6669 or visit www.UMES.edu/125 for more information.

Q&A with Dr. Mort Neufville Describe how you came to be chosen the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s interim president.

I received a telephone call from Chancellor (William) Kirwan informing me that President Thompson was retiring and (he) asked if I would be willing to serve as the interim president while they search for a new president. After consulting with my wife, and with my knowledge of and familiarity with UMES, I decided to accept the challenge.

What is the correct pronunciation of your last name?

Neufville is pronounced NEW-ville. The “F” is silent.

What is your fondest memory from your previous time at UMES?

The close relationships we had between faculty, staff and students and the ability to get things done were rather special. We all felt that we were members of a team.

After you left UMES, you went to work where -– and what did you do?

I went to work at The National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges as director of federal relations for Food, Agriculture and International Affairs. I later became Executive Vice President for NASULGC – now the Association of Public Land-grant Universities – handling all operations of the organization.

For those who came to work at UMES after you left, tell us about your family?

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Page 3 Page 4 Page 6 Page 5 Retiring president recognized Scholarship honors Elmore UMES co-recipient of grant Kristina FrahmWilliams named general manager NCAA’s top 30 UMES joins Dartmouth Clarence Clemons Foreign Language Instructional Center initiative

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‘Campaign for Excellence’ tops goal

UMES announced at the close of fiscal year 2011 that it successfully completed and exceeded a seven-year effort to raise $14 million.

The final figure, the University System of Maryland Foundation reports, is $14,862,625.

“For me, the most heartening aspect of the campaign was our collective ability to significantly increase endowment giving, particularly for student scholarships,” said Gains Hawkins, vice president for institutional advancement at UMES. “We added almost $8 million in endowment gifts—funds that will continue to provide support for UMES and its

students long after we are gone.”

Among the major gifts received were $3 million from the estate of the late Salisbury businessman, Richard Hazel, and another $1.5 million from the Richard Henson Foundation.

Hawkins said 30 percent of UMES employees made a donation to the campaign. Alumni and alumni organizations made up 50 percent of all entities that gave to the campaign.

Donor recognition activities will take place throughout 2011 to thank the many generous contributors to the campaign.

“We are grateful to all donors for investing in our students’ future. By doing so, they help to create a wide array of talents and professional skills that will in turn support our communities,” said Veronique Diriker, the university’s director of development.

UMES to expand its science degree offerings UMES is adding three new science degrees to its roster of academic programs.

The University System of Maryland’s governing board gave the university the approval to offer a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and master’s degrees in chemistry and medical science - physician assistant studies.

Undergraduate majors in biochemistry and graduate students in chemistry were able to enroll this fall. When both programs are fully operational in the next three-to-four years, approximately 35 bachelor’s degree candidates and a half-dozen master’s students are projected.

UMES will have a curriculum in place for its new graduate program in physician assistant studies by the fall of 2013. Students who qualify for that program will study and do clinical field work over a 28-month period.

The university already offers an undergraduate degree in physician assistant studies and anticipates some students in that program will be candidates to continue on and earn a graduate degree in the increasingly popular allied health field.

Once the three new science curriculums are in place, UMES will have 34 undergraduate degree options to choose from and 13 master’s programs.

Adding these new science programs is part of the university’s commitment to helping more students with the pursuit of jobs in science, technology, engineering and math – known collectively in education circles as STEM.

UMES Pharm.D. program reaches new level of accreditation

Pharmacy student Trisha Wiltshire is pictured in the lab.

UMES’ School of Pharmacy doctoral program was recently awarded “candidate accreditation status” by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE).

“This announcement was based upon an onsite evaluation conducted in April,” said Dr. Nicholas Blanchard, dean of the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions.

Full accreditation of the UMES Pharm.D. program will be considered by the ACPE board of directors following the graduation of the program’s first class of students in 2013.

Blanchard noted that graduates of a class designated as having “candidate status” have the same rights and privileges as graduates of an accredited program.

Pharmacy students Pablo Song and Uche Etunnuh are pictured in the lab.

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Retiring UMES president recognized

Princess Anne Town Commissioners, standing from left, Garland Hayward, Dennis Williams, Jay Parker and Joey Gardner, present retiring President Thelma B. Thompson with a proclamation and a dozen red roses.

Thelma B. Thompson's stewardship of UMES over the past nine years was recognized by the USM Board of Regents in a June 17 resolution unanimously adopted.

Thompson, UMES' 13th president and the second woman to hold the post, was present to accept the resolution from the institution’s governing board.

The USM regents' resolution is among a number of public accolades bestowed recently on Thompson: • In May, The Daily Record in Baltimore named her one of Maryland's Top 100 women for the second time.

• U.S. Black Engineer & Information Technology magazine named Thompson to its hall of fame in recognition of her advocacy of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education.

• The Thurgood Marshall College Fund announced it will honor Thompson in October with its 2011 Education Leadership Award.

Thompson says she plans to complete a novel she started many years ago and has not ruled out the possibility of returning to the classroom as a professor.

A native of Jamaica, she received all three of her degrees from Howard University in Washington, D.C., from which she graduated with honors.

UMES Board of Visitors members gathered at The Captain’s Table Restaurant, located inside the Courtyard by Marriott in Ocean City, to host an appreciation dinner for former UMES President Thelma B. Thompson. Thompson, center, is pictured with, from left, Austin Cox, John Allen, Jesse Williams, Fred Lankford, Thomas Trice, Peggy Naleppa, Lauren Taylor, Gladys Goslee, Dewayne Whittington and Sharon Pinder. The BOV commissioned a portrait of Thompson to be on display at UMES to honor her years of service to the university.

Alumnus Patrick Henry, a local artist, created the portrait from a photo

by Jim Glovier. Photo by Terri French, The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch

Williams named general manager WESM 91.3 FM UMES has named a new general manager for its public radio station.

Stephen A. Williams moves into the top management post at WESM 91.3 FM, a professionallystaffed NPR affiliate serving lower Delmarva, Southern Maryland and the Northern Neck of Virginia.

Williams joined WESM in 2006 as news and public affairs director and most recently as interim general manager.

“The past five years for me have been formative,” Williams said.

“Fortunately, the previous general manager really encouraged and prepared me for the position. Also, WESM’s staff has been tremendously supportive.”

Williams, a University of New Hampshire graduate, spent two years in Cameroon as a Peace Corps volunteer—an experience which he says left a deep impression on him.

“I learned of the importance of radio in the developing world,” says

Williams. “Most of the world relies on radios for important news, education and information. And during emergencies when TVs, computers and phones won’t work, radio is still the one source people can rely upon for critical information. It remains the most powerful medium around the world.”

Williams hopes to grow and expand WESM to better serve the listening region.

“Our signal is limited to certain areas of the Eastern Shore and Southern Maryland—which is something I’d like to see expanded, as well as finding ways to improve the quality of our on-air programming and increasing our underwriting partnerships with local businesses.”

Since its launch in 1987, WESM has been dedicated to championing jazz and blues as “culturally significant American art forms,” as well as providing listeners with NPR / local news and other forms of music.

Williams will remain the broadcast voice of WESM’s local news weekday mornings from 8 to 11. He is joined by a full-time staff of five, two long-time volunteers and a student worker.

FLIC trains students and community in foreign languages From left, Karen Brofee, retired superintendent for Somerset County Public Schools, and Thelma B. Thompson, retired president of UMES, listen to a dedication address for the Foreign Language Instructional Center by Frances McKinney, director of the Title III Program at UMES. Brofee and Thompson spoke at the dedication ceremony before unveiling the sign for the new facility. FLIC is an initiative of the Office of International Programs led by Executive Director Dr. Emmanuel Acquah and funded by the U.S. Department of Education Title III Program. UMES students and members of the public can use the center to learn to speak Arabic, Chinese and Haitian Creole in for-credit and non-credit courses. There are plans to add other languages. “Students now have five world languages they can learn at UMES, expanding the university’s mission of internationalization,” said Tammy Gharbi, acting program coordinator for the center. Call 410-651-6543 or go to www.umes.edu/FLIC for more information.

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UMES announces scholarship fund honoring D. Page Elmore The family of Page Elmore established a scholarship in his name at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Friends and admirers of the respected business leader and public servant are invited to contribute to the fund.

Elmore, a two-term state lawmaker who died a year ago June 26, was instrumental in helping UMES launch a graduate program in pharmacy.

Page Elmore Elmore’s wife, Carolyn, and nephew, Fred Lankford, decided financial aid is a good way to honor his memory and acknowledge his role as a champion for expanding degree options at UMES, which he represented for eight years in the Maryland legislature.

The D. Page Elmore Endowment will provide an annual scholarship to an Eastern Shore resident with strong academic and community service credentials who enrolls in UMES’ School of Pharmacy. As the fund grows, multiple scholarships could be awarded, a UMES official said.

“It was his hope that having a scholarship like this would keep many of our talented young people at home by providing opportunities here,” Carolyn Elmore said.

UMES’ pharmacy school opened in August 2010. The university received some 900 applications for the first class and selected 64 students, one third of whom are from Delmarva.

When those students graduate in two years, they will receive doctor of pharmacy degrees and should have multiple offers for well-paying jobs in a growing field where opportunities should be plentiful for years to come.

“Page thought education was the key to success,” his wife said. “It was important in his life. He always tried to reach out to students and help them have a good experience.”

Elmore said her husband took pride in working on UMES’ behalf because of his admiration for what Dr. Thelma B. Thompson has accomplished during her nine years as president. For Thompson, who retires Aug. 15, the feeling was mutual.

“Del. Elmore was a practical optimist. He believed in the possible,” Thompson said. “When he became convinced that the Eastern Shore deserved engineering and pharmacy programs, when he was convinced that UMES could

Members of the Rotary Club of Salisbury present a $250 check for a new UMES scholarship fund named in honor of the late D. Page Elmore, a two-term lawmaker who represented Somerset and Wicomico counties. From left are Rotarians Virginia Dulany and club President Kathleen McLain, Carolyn Elmore and Gains Hawkins, UMES’ vice president for institutional advancement.

deliver those programs to the citizens of the Shore, he fought hard for us.”

Elmore’s former constituents see the decision to create a scholarship in his honor as a fitting tribute to his legislative legacy.

“He loved UMES. He did a lot of things for it,” waterman Danny Webster said. “He was a good advocate for what he believed in and I know he believed in UMES.” Charles Massey, a retired Somerset County administrator, said “he would like it. He might not say so. He would be quiet about it. But I know he would be honored.”

Bunky Price, a Democrat who called the late Republican a friend, said Elmore “worked hard for UMES because he knew what it meant to this community. He was very proud that he was able to get through (to decisionmakers) and have that pharmacy program.”

Lankford, a member of UMES’ Board of Visitors, considered his late uncle a mentor, “a very astute business person and a very effective legislator for District 38-A – especially for the agriculture and seafood industries.”

“Without the leadership of D. Page Elmore and President Thelma Thompson, there would not be a UMES School of Pharmacy,” Lankford said.

“Page Elmore Endowment Fund contributions will provide needed scholarships and career paths in a high-demand industry.”

The D. Page Elmore Endowment Fund will be held and managed by the UMES Foundation.

To support the Elmore Endowment scholarship fund, contact: Gains Hawkins, vice president for institutional advancement at UMES, at 410-6517773 or at ghawkins@umes.edu.

Clarence Anicholas Clemons Class of 1964 Saxophonist Clarence Clemons, a UMES alumnus who became a legendary rock ‘n roll musician over the past four decades, died on June 18 of complications from a Clarence Clemons, legendary saxophonist with Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and stroke. The “Big Man,” as UMES alumnus, is pictured third from left in he was affectionately a 1961 Hawk yearbook photo. called, was 69.

Born Jan. 11, 1942 in Norfolk, Va., Clemons came to Princess Anne in the early 1960s as a music education major and to play football.

His passing triggered an outpouring of tributes by news organizations reporting on his death with lengthy obituaries accompanied by photos of him playing his tenor sax. Some published reports also featured pictures of

him playing college football at his alma mater, where he was a team captain his senior year.

Clemons burst into the national conscientiousness in the 1970s as the charismatic saxophonist for the E Clemons dedicates “Garden of Street Band, the group that backed Memories,”to fallen Hawk alumni at up the renowned Bruce Springsteen. the 2010 UMES Spring Commencement. He received an The band's 1975 breakthrough honorary degree at the ceremony. album, “Born to Run,” featured Springsteen on the cover leaning on Clemons – an image of a black man and white man who shared a love of rock n’ roll that would define their careers and their relationship for the rest of their lives.

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UMES named co-recipient of federal education grant

UMES joins Dartmouth initiative to curb binge drinking

A $1 million federal grant to train “Great Principals for Maryland” will be used by two public universities to collaborate in offering classes at a new Lower Eastern Shore School Leadership Institute.

A four-year Race to the Top grant has been awarded to UMES and Salisbury University, sister institutions in the University System of Maryland. The institute began Douglas DeWitt Derry Stufft operation in August.

Planners say aspiring principals who enroll in the institute will learn strategies to lead public schools expected to meet annual student performance accountability standards. A focus of the training is closing the achievement gap between student groups.

The institute will partner with county school systems in Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset, Dorchester and Talbot to identify potential candidates.

“Receiving this grant is another indicator of the close cooperation between the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Salisbury University,” said Charles Williams, UMES’ vice president for academic affairs. “This leadership institute will further our efforts to serve and support the public schools on the Eastern Shore.”

The TIAA-CREF Institute honored the two universities in 1998 with a Theodore M. Hesburgh Award in recognition of a joint effort to establish an undergraduate dual-degree program in environmental/marine science and biology at their respective institutions.

“Salisbury University and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore have had a distinguished history of collaboration,” said Diane Allen, SU’s provost and senior vice president of academic affairs. “Our mutual commitment to education and teacher preparation makes this leadership institute a natural and welcome partnership between our two institutions.”

The institute will partner with New Leaders for New Schools, a nationally recognized non-profit organization that recruits and trains principals to be highly effective in managing low-performing schools. NLNS is providing expertise and support in selecting participants as well as helping with their professional development.

Institute instruction will provide participants with: • traditional coursework leading to principal licensure and professional development; • preparation to assume a leadership role in challenging and under performing schools; • an intensive mentoring program with personalized guidance and coaching in the participant’s leadership development; • a personalized and specific action plan to implement improvement at each participant’s school.

Derry Stufft, coordinator of UMES’ Educational Leadership Doctoral Program and Douglas DeWitt, SU’s Educational Leadership Program director, teamed up to write the grant application for the institute. Andrew Carrington of UMES also helped write the proposal.

Stufft and DeWitt both view the institute as a partnership with county school superintendents to improve education for lower Eastern Shore students.

For more information contact Stufft at 410-651-6216 or DeWitt at 410-5436286, or visit their respective campus Web sites at www.umes.edu or www.salisbury.edu.

UMES hopes to contribute some unique input as the only HBCU to be selected as a member of the Learning Collaborative sponsored by Dartmouth College on high-risk drinking on American campuses.

“Close to 40 percent of college students in the United States engage in binge drinking,” said Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim. “By collaborating on this issue, comparing our experiences, and learning from each other’s best practices, we believe we are much more likely to make meaningful progress.”

UMES could help fill the gaps in statistical data with respect to African-American students and alcohol use. “We are participating in the Collaborative not because we have a pronounced problem with high-risk drinking at UMES, but because we, as an HBCU, can contribute information on the subject as it relates to African-American students,” said Dr. Anthony Jenkins, vice president of student affairs. The Collaborative creates an opportunity for institutions like UMES, Yale, Dartmouth, Duke and others to learn from one another while addressing these issues on a national stage, he said.

UMES is no different than any other college campus in that all colleges are addressing alcohol use in a proactive manner, said Lauresa Wigfall, director of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Prevention Center at the university. The goal is to prevent harmful, high-risk drinking, which involves consuming five alcoholic drinks for men and four for women in one sitting.

On many of the measures of the Core Alcohol and Drug Survey, one of several used by colleges across the country, UMES scores lower than the national average, said Wigfall.

“Protective factors are in place on our campus and in the surrounding community that help to deter alcohol use on campus. For instance, there aren’t any alcohol industrysponsored events, nor are there areas on campus that serve alcohol to students and there are a limited number of alcohol outlets in the area surrounding campus,” she said.

UMES is among 31 colleges in the National College Health Improvement Project’s Learning Collaborative on High-Risk Drinking, including the University of Maryland Baltimore County and Frostburg State University.

As part of the initiative, UMES representatives will attend face-to-face workshops every six months and participate in monthly virtual meetings. Results from the task force’s findings should be published a year from now.

Dr. Kimberly Poole-Sykes, principal investigator for the grant for the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Prevention Center at UMES, said, the Collaborative can greatly impact the way the university provides alcohol counseling. “Our desire is to make campus policy changes that impact healthy decisionmaking regarding alcohol consumption and gain campus wide support to ensure that students who are at-risk receive culturally effective alcohol counseling,” she said.

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“Kristina Frahm makes NCAA’s top 30 for Woman of the Year ” Submitted by the UMES Department of Intercollegiate Athletics

INDIANAPOLIS—Kristina Frahm (Oswego, Ill.) is one of the top 30 finalists for the 2011 NCAA Woman of the Year, the first from UMES. She is also the 2011 MEAC Woman of the Year.

The top 30 honorees for the 2011 NCAA Woman of the Year award were chosen by a selection committee of representatives from various NCAA schools and conferences. This year, a record 471 nominations were submitted for the award to be presented later this fall.

The award, now in its 21st year, honors student-athletes who are distinguished in academic achievement, athletic excellence, community service and leadership. The prestigious program also involves a community service initiative that gives honorees the opportunity to interact with each other and with young girls in the city of Indianapolis who look to them as role models.

Sharon Beverly, NCAA Woman of the Year selection chair and director of athletics and physical education at Vassar College, describes the award as one of the highest and most prestigious honors presented to a female studentathlete each year.

“This award catapults the recipient into the next phase of her life and paves the way for a successful future in any chosen profession,” Beverly said.

“When you consider the academic and athletic accomplishments of each of the candidates for this award and the ways they have given back to society, the Woman of the Year honorees are the top echelon of NCAA role models.”

To be eligible for the award, a female student-athlete must have completed intercollegiate eligibility in her primary sport by the end of the 2011 spring season, graduated no later than the end of the summer 2011 term and achieved a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.5.

The 2011 NCAA Woman of the Year will be announced in Indianapolis on Oct. 16. Last year’s award winner was Justine Schluntz, a 2010 Rhodes Scholar, swimmer and mechanical engineering major, from the University of Arizona.

Frahm led UMES to two national bowling titles in 2011.

The Lady Hawks captured their second NCAA bowling championship in

four years with a 4-2 win over Vanderbilt University. They followed that performance with a 2-1 win over Lindenwood University to win the United States Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Team Championship title. She was also part of the 2008 NCAA Championship team as a freshman.

Frahm, the 2011 NCAA Bowling Championship Most Valuable Performer, was an NTCA All-America selection four Kristina Frahm speaks at MEAC Woman of the Year banquet. She times. She earned All-MEAC accolades has been selected as one of the four times and averaged a 208.67 during top 30 finalists for the 2011 her senior season. Off the lanes, Frahm NCAA Woman of the Year. served as a MEAC student-athlete advisory committee representative and held leadership positions in the NCAA Career in Sports Forum conference, NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership conference, Step-Up Leadership Academy and Hawk Leadership Academy. She donated her time as a youth group coach and for projects such as Habitat for Humanity and Relay for Life.

Frahm graduated in May with a 3.95 GPA and received the Richard A. Bernstein Award, the highest academic honor given by UMES. She was also named an All-Academic First Team selection by the National Tenpins Coaches Association and was a Capital One College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-American, the first in school history. In addition, Frahm was the bowling recipient of the 2011 NCAA Elite 88 Award. The award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA's 88 championships.

She is enrolled in graduate school at Salisbury University and is working as an academic intern for Athletics at her alma mater.

Large Portions of this release appear compliments of the NCAA.

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while we were at UMES. We have three daughters. The eldest, Sonetta, is the business manager for the Montgomery County executive’s office; Nadine is with the U.S. Department of Justice; and Tisha, who attended James M. Bennett High School, is a director in market research at Hall and Partners, U.S. Health Group in Chicago.

You have spent time working in Washington and traveling. What have you found people think of UMES? We had a saying UMES was the best kept secret in the state. I continue to find that to be true. There are so many people with very little knowledge of the university. For those I come in contact with who have visited or attended, the perception is that UMES is a jewel and they are very complimentary of the way we have built the campus and its programs. Occasionally, I bump into oldtimers who have fond memories of “Maryland State” and still marvel at the athletic achievements of the 1960s and 70s. External audiences also are fascinated by the academic program offerings and the breadth of research being done at such a relatively small university.

What was the university’s strength during your tenure at UMES? Our greatest strength was the unique programs that were nationally recognized; physical therapy, airway science, hotel restaurant management, computer science and agriculture, to name a few. It is difficult to point to one thing. However, I must say the honors program was our best drawing card for

talented students and faculty.

What was its most underrated or underappreciated quality as an institution?

The most under-appreciated is its land-grant designation and what that means in terms of serving the state and the nation. The fact this designation dictates our tripartite mission of “Learning, Discovery and Engagement” is often overlooked. There is also a federal and state obligation to partner in implementing various mandatory programs.

Share something about the late William P. Hytche people might not know or remember?

He was a very compassionate person who would never allow a student to leave the university because of a lack of financial support. He worked tirelessly … but would always find time on Saturdays for some fishing on the (Chesapeake) Bay and there was no excuse for not going to church on Sunday.

The thing I missed most about UMES (and Princess Anne) when I left was …

Commencement. It was thrilling to see the pride and joy of parents, family and friends of the graduates at commencement. It was a special feeling to have a parent come and say ‘thank you’ for helping their child and to many it was their first one through college.

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UMES faculty shows new artwork at gallery opening The Mosely Gallery of art at UMES opens the 201112 academic year with “Reboot, New Work by FineArts Faculty.”

The show opens with a “meet the artists” reception on Thurs., Sept. 8, from 4-6 p.m. in the gallery. On David Gladden “egeye” display will be a diverse selection of installations, paintings, photographs, ceramics, experimental media and cutting edge conceptual work, said Gallery Director Anke Van Wagenberg.

“The exhibition creates an opportunity for students, faculty, staff and the greater Delmarva community to enjoy the creative new output of the campus’ visual artists,” said Van Wagenberg.

Returning faculty artists have contributed to the show as well as some newcomers.

“Our studio faculty are all active artists as well as educators. This exhibition allows students to see a sampling of what their instructors have done in the past year,” said Christopher Harrington, the newly-appointed acting chair of the Department of Fine Arts. “We show, by example, that art is something continuously lived. If you aren’t making art—you’re not an artist,” Harrington showcases, among others, a Cézanne-inspired painting.

Brad Hudson, an artist and illustrator at the university for over a decade, has been focusing his energies developing a body of comic book illustrations and characters. Hudson developed a sequential arts

concentration at the school and takes students to national comic book conventions to learn more about the field.

Hudson’s work joins that of faculty members Michel Demanche, Karen Bearman, Helene English and Solomon Isekeije. Photography professor Demanche submits “Redesign, Self-portrait in Motion,” an installation in mixed media, wood, Plexiglas and video. Bearman will show wheel-thrown, functional pieces in stoneware and porcelain; English paintings; and Isekeije mixed media.

Joy Maxwell is a graduate of UMES, who has taught Introduction to Ceramics at the university for the last eight years. She is the art director for Go-Getters Inc in Salisbury. Maxwell “ponders the themes of modern frustrations, influences and enticements” in her work.

New to the show and faculty at UMES is David Gladden, a graduate of Brooklyn College’s Performance and Interactive Media Arts MFA program. His video and installation piece, “Nothing On Again,” depicts mass media culture and its effect on society. Other newcomers are Dorian Williams and Matt Shockley.

The Mosely Gallery is free and open to the public, Monday through Thursday, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Friday, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. The current exhibit “Reboot, New Work by Fine-Arts Faculty” will be on display through Oct. 14. Call 410651-7770 or visit www.umes.edu/arts for more information.

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website: "We are honored and thankful to have known him and had the opportunity to stand beside him for nearly 40 years," Springsteen wrote.

"He was my great friend, my partner and with Clarence at my side, my band and I were able to tell a story far deeper than those simply contained in our music. His life, his memory, and his love will live on in that story and in our band."

Clemons was scheduled to appear at a scholarship fund-raiser at UMES with other celebrities in March 2010, but had to cancel because he was still recovering from back surgery he underwent in January of that year.

He rallied to return to his alma mater two months later and received an honorary degree at the annual spring graduation. During that ceremony, he played "Garden of Memories" on his ever-present saxophone, dedicating it to deceased alumni.

Kim Dumpson, UMES' alumni affairs and planned giving director, told The Daily Times that his May 2010 visit to campus was his first since his undergraduate days and that he "enjoyed reminiscing, especially about football."

When he arrived at Maryland State College, Clemons evolved into an imposing, energetic presence on the football team as well as on the local club scene, where he was known to play his sax.

In a February 2011 article published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, college teammates Emerson Boozer and Earl Christy recalled Clemons as being a strong, aggressive lineman who primarily played center and guard.

"He had a lot of desire," Christy told the newspaper, "He had a desire

second to none. When he brought it, he brought it every play."

Marshall J. Cropper, director of UMES' Golf Academy, was a sophomore on the school's football team during Clemons' final year. “He and his friends always played (their instruments) around the dormitory (where the football players lived) and in the community – especially Friday and Saturday nights. They could draw a crowd,” Cropper said. “I think we all got a lot of pleasure seeing him be successful” playing music, Cropper said. “He was good enough to play pro ball, I know that.”

Maryland State was known for producing athletes who would go on to professional football careers. At 6-feet 4-inches and over 250 pounds Clemons harbored those dreams as well.

He played semi-pro football in New Jersey for two years, the Plain Dealer reported, and was set to try out for the Cleveland Browns when he was injured in a near-fatal single-car accident. When he recovered, Clemons decided to stick with playing music and eventually encountered Springsteen on the Jersey Shore where the two played music in local nightclubs. The pairing made them entertainment icons.

In addition to his career with the E Street Band, Clemons also performed solo and with a diverse group of other artists, including Aretha Franklin, Jackson Browne, Roy Orbison, Ringo Starr and most recently, Lady Gaga.

In 2009, he put out an autobiography, “Big Man: Real Life and Tall Tales.”

He is survived by his wife, Victoria, and four sons: Clarence Jr., Charles, Christopher and Jarod.

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ART EXHIBIT OPENING RECEPTION 4-6 p.m. Mosely Gallery “New Work by Fine-Arts Faculty” Hours: Mon. through Fri., 9 a.m.-5p.m.

Show on display through Oct. 14 • 410-651-7770 FOUNDERS’ WEEK 125th ANNIVERSARY SERVICES 11 a.m. Metropolitan United Methodist Church • 410-651-6669 LIBRARY EXHIBIT OPENING RECEPTION 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Frederick Douglass Library “If These Walls Could Talk: UMES 125 Years Through Its Architecture” 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Mon. through Thurs.; 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Fri.; 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat.; 3-11 p.m., Sun. 410-651-6621

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125th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 5 p.m. On the steps of John T. Williams Administration Bldg.

Musical performances, reception immediately following with UMES birthday cake. • 410-651-6669

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NIGHT LIGHT 6:30 p.m. Richard A. Henson Center, portico Tour of the historic UMES Academic Oval. • 410-651-6669

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FOUNDERS’ WEEK CONVOCATION & SUMMER COMMENCEMENT 10 a.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts Actress and alumna Starletta DuPois is the keynote speaker.

410-651-6669 FOUNDERS’ WEEK OUTDOOR CONCERT AND FIREWORKS 7 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts, lawn Music by UMES Gospel Choir.

Don’t forget to bring a folding chair or a blanket! • 410-651-6669 GRAND BANQUET-METROPOLITAN UMC 5 p.m. Richard A. Henson Center Celebrate the founding of Metropolitan UMC. $25 per person • 410-651-0530

Celebrating the Journey THE UNIVERSITY of MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE A RICH HISTORY OF PROVIDING EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE TO ALL… SPANNING THREE CENTURIES.

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2011 GOURMET DINING SERIES Friday, October 7

An Evening of Eastern Shore Seafood Delight Friday, November 11

Salute to Our Active Duty Veterans Friday, December 2

Celebration $50 per person Seating time is 7 p.m.

Richard A. Henson Center Ballroom Advance tickets required.

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