The Key April 25, 2014 Edition

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UMES named top “Green” public HBCU A comprehensive survey purchasing, and student involvement. released on Earth Day earlier this “We determined that students are week by The Building Green getting more involved in the Initiative at Clark Atlanta University environmental movement on HBCU says historically black colleges and campuses,” said Andrea Harris, president universities (HBCUs) are driving of North Carolina Institute for Minority energy efficiency on their campuses Economic Development, the company and promoting sustainability through commissioned to analyze the survey. their policies, practices and “HBCUs are also using innovative, green curriculums. technologies to address health, economic The survey ranked the nation’s and educational challenges in most eco-friendly HBCUs and found Administrators from the top-rated school on the Building Green underserved communities.” list of top 10 greenest HBCUs, from left, are: Dr. the University of Maryland Eastern Initiative’s According to the survey results, all of Ronnie Holden, vice president of administrative affairs; Dr. Shore and Florida A&M University Maurice Ngwaba, assistant to the vice president of administrative the top institutions have signed the were the top green campuses among affairs; Dr. Juliette B. Bell, president; and Dr. G. Dale Wesson, vice American College and University public institutions. Spelman College president of research and economic development.

Presidents Climate Commitment, created and Howard University topped the list for private schools, BGI director sustainability committees, and are taking steps to reduce campus emissions.

Felicia Davis said.

Innovative renewable energy solutions landed UMES as the top ranking “Black colleges are going green,” Davis said. “This survey provides a school among all HBCUs. clear picture of the wide-ranging activities underway at HBCUs to generate "The 17-acre solar farm we opened three years ago is now paying renewable energy, build to LEED Gold Certification standards and engage environmental and economic dividends,” said G. Dale Wesson, UMES vice students in green initiatives, ecological curriculum and sustainable president for research and economic development. “Our future plans will lifestyles.” reduce our carbon footprint and also fully engage faculty and students in UMES’ partnership with a private-sector vendor to install a grid of production-scale renewable energy generation research projects."

7,800 solar panels that began generating electricity in 2011 stood out in the UMES’ Somerset Hall, a 1950s-era building renovated five years ago, survey, Davis said. received a “Gold” certificate in 2011 from Leadership in Energy and Rankings were determined by analyzing responses from 43 Environmental Design (LEED), a green building certification program. The participating HBCUs in the areas of administration, energy efficiency, green university’s new aviation science-engineering building set to open in the fall building, recycling, renewable energy generation, food, transportation, of 2015 will utilize geothermal energy.

Culinary Challenge team brings home first place for second year

Marlon Bouie, Alyssa Davis, Jade Overton, Kaila Cornelius and Jamel Smith

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Page 2 Alumnus Interns in South Africa Graduate Student Receives NSF Fellowship

Page 3 Professor Publishes Book Facutly Spotlight

“Unbelievable,” was the unanimous response from members of a winning team of hospitality students when asked how they felt when they learned they would take home first place honors for the second year in a row.

The quartet of students from the school’s student chapter of the International Food Service Executives Association competed in a culinary challenge as part of the parent organization’s annual conference in Orlando April 9-13.

Morrisville (N.Y.) State, which came in second in last year’s competition, again posed the stiffest competition.

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Page 6 Arthur Ashe Award Winner Champions Ways

Page 7 Walk a Mile Thompson Book Signing Tribute to Mandela

Page 8 Mr. and Miss UMES Calendar of SGA Officers Elected Events

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UMES alumnus travels to South Africa for law internship

By Cliff Glover, UMES 2012

As a proud alumnus of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, it is my pleasure to share what I have been up to since graduating in 2012. I am finishing my second year at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Through the law school, I traveled (to) and lived in Cape Town, South Africa earlier this semester.

I worked at Legal Aid South Africa – the equivalent to the public defender in the United States. I was first posted at the Bellville Justice Center 25 minutes outside Cape Town, where I spent seven weeks of my internship.

The remaining six weeks I worked at the High Court Unit in downtown Cape Town.

While at the justice center, I worked mostly alongside an attorney assigned to the Specialized Commercial Crimes Unit. Most defendants (called the “accused” here) were charged with fraud or government corruption. It was intriguing to observe court in a different country.

It was also interesting to see how much America’s influence has on the small things of another country. In the Specialized Commercial Crimes Court, the magistrate is referred to as “Your Worship.” Many of the accused and witnesses, however, addressed the magistrate as “Your Honor,” what we say in America.

The High Court Unit deals with the most serious matters. I sat in on and observed trials of people accused of heinous crimes. I sometimes found myself shaking hands of (accused) murderers.

On the civil side of the High Court, I researched and analyzed a novel question of South African constitutional law dealing with the intersection of the right to dignity and freedom of expression on social media.

I also did a lot of sightseeing. I love hiking and joined a hiking club; there are no wild animals running about.

I took a cable car to Table Mountain, toured

Robben Island, and went to too many braais (barbeques) to count. Even though I saw a lot, I did not see everything in Cape Town. I plan to return.

I went to Cape Town expecting to get a sense of the legacy of the late Nelson Mandela. This man is iconic. The civic center in the middle of town has Mandela’s face on it; it can be seen from miles away. There are many places within the city where one can see Mandela’s impact. His dream is far from being realized, however, especially on the socioeconomic level.

This experience was very rewarding. Cape Town is a beautiful city – in my view the most beautiful city I have visited. By the time you read this, I will be heading back home, where I will have more time to reflect on my experiences and ponder what I took away from this remarkable internship opportunity.

The problems we face in America are the same issues that face South Africa, just on a bigger scale. Both countries have a long walk towards true socioeconomic equality. I loved Cape Town and will never forget my time there, but look forward to returning to Maryland. There is no place like home.

UMES graduate student receives NSF fellowship Juan Alvarez-Rosario, a master’s candidate in UMES’ Marine Estuarine and Environmental Science program, received a 2014 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship.

Alvarez-Rosario is believed to be UMES’ first graduate student to receive the prestigious award. He currently is funded by the NSF Center of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) - CISCEP, and in part, by NOAA’s Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center.

Before enrolling at UMES in the fall 2013, AlvarezRosario completed a Bachelor of Science degree (with honors) in environmental science with a minor in marine science at the Universidad Metropolitana in Puerto Rico.

During the summer of 2012, he served as assistant coordinator for the Puerto Rican Research Experience for Undergraduates, established in collaboration with the Maryland Sea Grant Program, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences and his home institution.

Prior to that, he was a biology educator at the Wildlife Museum, also in Puerto Rico. He has participated in many research programs at various institutions since 2007, including Spain’s Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences and Michigan Technological University.

Alvarez-Rosario has made award-winning presentations at major scientific meetings in the United States, Mexico, Ecuador and Puerto Rico. He also wrote an article published in the Global Aquaculture Advocate journal.

Among his many honors are the Ana G. Méndez System Medal from Universidad Metropolitana, a (USDA) Natural Resource Conservation Service scholarship and the Haciendo Ambiente Scholarship.

Alvarez-Rosario’s research project at UMES focuses on the trophic role of ctenophores in Maryland’s coastal lagoons. Dr. Paulinus Chigbu is his advisor.

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Professor Publishes Book Dr. Bradley G. Stevens, a professor of environmental science and research scientist in UMES’ Department of Natural Sciences, edited a book that was published in mid-March by CRC Press.

“King Crabs of the World: Biology and Fisheries Management” is the culmination of three years of research by Stevens and a team of 23 contributing authors.

“With species existing in all sub-polar seas, king crabs are one of the most valuable seafoods,” Stevens said.

“Major fluctuations in their abundance have stimulated a flurry of research and a rapid expansion of the scientific literature in the last decade.”

“King Crabs of the World: Biology and Fisheries Management,” he said, consolidates extensive knowledge on the biology, systematics, anatomy, life history and fisheries of king crabs and presents it in a single volume. “The book is the first comprehensive scientific reference devoted to the biology and fisheries of king crabs.”

The book can be found by visiting www.crcpress.com.

Faculty and Staff Spotlight Benita Rashaw, assistant director in the Office of Residence Life, recently was named the 2014 Parent Involvement Matters Award winner for Somerset County. She is among parents representing each of Maryland’s public school systems in the running for the state’s top honor. The winner will be named May 16 at a gala awards event in Baltimore.

Dr. Jennifer Keane-Dawes, dean of the School of Graduate Studies, was presented an award by the graduate faculty. The award recognized, “Outstanding Leadership and Vision in Graduate Education, Exceptional Commitment and Service to Graduate Students and Faculty, and Championing Excellence, Growth and Recognition of the Graduate School.”

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a senior from Baltimore, Md., UMES’ captain and a return competitor.

Jamel Smith, a senior from Philadelphia, Pa., alternate on the team and also returning to the challenge, added that this year’s event was tougher overall because there were more teams entered in the competition.

UMES bested eight teams including culinary giant Johnson & Wales with its award-winning menu; a strawberry steak salad appetizer, seared salmon topped with pineapple salsa and mango fried rice entrée, and a Mexi-crème brulée dessert.

What gave the team the edge?

“We kept it simple, but with a lot of flavor,” Smith said.

With a pantry of over 100 items to choose from, some of the teams tried to “get a little crazy” and attempted too much, Overton said. The UMES team, she said, simulated what the challenge would be like back in the university’s kitchen practicing with about 30 items—a fraction of what would be at their disposal—and a mystery ingredient, a requirement of the competition. Team UMES also tried to use the same equipment in practice that would be available in the competition, but was thrown a curve-ball this year when it was faced with using an induction cook top that members were unfamiliar with, but conquered nonetheless.

Marlon Bouie, a senior from Baltimore, Md. and also a veteran competitor, said the group intimidated its peers and impressed the panel of eight judges, one from each category of requirements, with adhering strictly to the guidelines.

The biggest challenge? “Anticipation of the announcement (of the winners) a day later,” Bouie said. “I knew we were going to do well, but didn’t know if we were going to win.”

Chef Ralston Whittingham praised this year’s leadership of Bouie, who served as production manager for the UMES Dinner Theatre and the HBCU Choral Festival dinner, and Overton, team captain, saying it was a well-balanced year. “They have a mutual respect for each other’s skills. I wholeheartedly congratulate them.”

New to the event and rounding out the team were Alyssa Davis, a junior from New Jersey, and Kaila Cornelius, a junior from Edenton, N.C. The team and their companions, a chaperone and 18 peers, were also treated to a special welcome dinner — a highlight according to the students—arranged by Rilous Carter, vice president of Catering, Convention Services and Park Event Operations at Walt Disney World Resorts, and member of UMES’ Hospitality and Tourism Management Department’s industry advisory board.

“The ‘Chef’s Table’ was amazing,” Overton said. Tables were set up in the catering kitchen of the Magic Kingdom’s Contemporary Resort’s Convention Center, she said, so they could watch the chef prepare a five-course meal. “It was a culinary experience—not just a meal. The chef came to our tables and explained the items on the menu and the techniques.”

Students also took part in activities of the conference, most notably, Bouie said, networking. “These are the top executives in the food service industry. I feel good about them seeing us win for the second time; it will make us better known to them for the future and jobs.”

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201 4 R e g i o n a l R e s e a rc h S y m p o s i u m The School of Graduate “Having someone of his stature come Studies at the University of to our campus says a lot about what we are Maryland Eastern Shore held its trying to accomplish with this event every Regional Research Symposium year,” Keane-Dawes said. last week at the Student Services Throughout the day, participants, Center on campus. visitors and guests saw 62 posters on Dozens of studentdisplay and heard nearly five dozen oral researchers and faculty from presentations.

UMES and other schools UMES undergraduate Imani Brown participated in the fifth annual presented her findings on “Can Online event organized to draw attention UMES-White House Initiative All-Stars, from left, sophomore So-Jin Streaming Music Shift Consumer to the scholarly work taking Park and senior Chanel Banks, meet with Ronald Blakely, the Preferences.” Gabriel Charles, another associate director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs. place at a historically black UMES student, has been researching how institution.

“Spiritually Oriented Users Choose and Use Online Spiritual Resources.”

“We really do quality research on this campus,” said Jennifer KeaneKeane-Dawes said she was pleased two high schools, working in Dawes, dean of UMES’ School of Graduate Studies. “This is a chance for us concert with UMES researchers, will participate in this year’s poster to showcase that.” presentation category.

Keane-Dawes was instrumental in launching the day-long symposium, Crisfield High School students have been working with UMES’ Joseph which attracts researchers from other University System of Maryland Pitula and graduate student Kristen Lycett on how “dinoflagellates” affect the institutions and this year colleges and universities from as far away as Newport Bay watershed near Berlin in Worcester County. Students from Michigan, Ohio, Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky.

James River High School in Richmond have partnered with UMES’ Paulinus Keane-Dawes said the gathering exposes UMES students to other Chigbu on studying the “Ecology of the Bay Anchovy in Maryland’s Coast institutions and potential future employers.

Bays.”

The 2014 symposium participants heard from Ronald Blakely, associate Audrey Trotman, lead program and policy analyst for the National director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, kicked off the 2014 symposium as Universities, as the keynote speaker at lunch. guest speaker.

Symposium highlights research

2014 Research Award Winners

So Jin Park

Robert Close

Sean Phillips, Brittany Omess, Kyle Davis and Daniel Witkowski

Undergraduates So Jin Park, Department of Natural Sciences, UMES, First Place, Poster “Studying the Magnetic Resonance Properties of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide (Fe203) Nanoparticles” Robert Close, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Salisbury University, First Place, Oral “Creating the Sea Gull Century Mobile Application—A Mulit-Discipline Effort” Graduate Students Sean Phillips, Brittany Omess, Kyle Davis and Daniel Witkowski, Department of Physical Therapy, UMES, First Place, Poster "Cognitive and Balance Screening Among College Football Players"

Wahab Gbadamosi

Dr. Madan Kharel

UMES Faculty Award Recipients Distinguished Scholar Award Dr. Salina Parveen, a professor in the Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences, was the recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award. In her 12 years at UMES, she has secured more than $3.7 million in grant funds from various agencies. Parveen has published 29 peer-reviewed journal articles and three book chapters. She also serves as the associate editor of Frontiers in Environmental Health and is a member of the USDA’s National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods. She received her doctorate in microbiology and molecular biology from the University of Florida, Gainesville where she was also a post-doctoral fellow in its Food Safety Laboratory. Parveen has assisted 26 doctoral and 11 master’s students while serving as chair or member of graduate committees.

Promising Scholar Award Dr. Lily Tsai, an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice for the last two years, was awarded the Promising Scholar Award. She is a co-principal investigator of a recently awarded grant, “Target Hardening-Situational Crime Prevention and Campus Crime.” Tsai co-authored an article in Justice Quarterly, considered one of the top journals in the criminal justice field. She has also published articles in the Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. She earned a doctoral degree in criminal justice from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. Tsai serves on five graduate committees in the department and advises more than 100 undergraduate students.

Dr. Patrice Jackson-Ayotunde, an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was also a recipient of the Promising Scholar Award. As principal or co-principal investigator, she has secured grant funds and received the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy New Investigator Award. Jackson-Ayotunde has published four articles in peer-reviewed journals and a book chapter. Jackson-Ayotunde earned a doctorate degree from Howard University and was a post-doctoral fellow at George Washington University. She has also supervised several student research projects.

Outstanding Mentor Award Dr. Derry Stufft is an associate professor and coordinator of the Education Leadership Doctoral Program in the Department of Education. He has been instrumental in developing the program as its only full time faculty member. A current advisor of some 39 students and chair of 17 dissertation committees of students in the program, he was awarded the Outstanding Mentor Award. Stufft co-authored a $1.3 million Race to the Top grant that supports students recruited into the Education Leadership Doctoral Program. He is a member of the National Council of Professors of Education Leadership, has published in several journals and has presented at national and international conferences focusing on leadership and public education. Stufft received a Doctor of Education degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

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Wahab Gbadamosi, School of Pharmacy, UMES, First Place, Oral “Design, Synthesis and Pharmacological Evaluation of Novel Enaminone Analogs as Potential Anticonvulsant Agents for Therapy-Resistant Partial Seizures”

Dr. Thomas Loveland, an associate professor and coordinator of graduate studies for the Career and Technology Education Program, also is a recipient of the Outstanding Mentor Award. He currently serves as advisor of 38 graduate students in the Career and Technology Education Program at the Baltimore Museum of Industry, UMES’ off-site campus for technology graduate studies. Loveland has received numerous awards including the 2011 Lockette-Monroe Humanitarian Award from the International Technology and Engineering Educator Association, the 2014 Distinguished Administrator of the Year from the Nu Chapter of Iota Lambda Sigma and the 2014 Distinguished Service-Postsecondary Award of Excellence from the Maryland Department of Education. Loveland received a doctorate from the Curriculum and Instruction-Vocational Education Program at the University of South Florida.

Faculty Dr. Madan Kharel, assistant professor, School of Pharmacy, UMES, First Place, Poster “New Bacterial Natural Products Isolated from Unique Ecological Niches of Rural Kentucky” Wele Elangwe, student services coordinator, School of Graduate Studies, UMES, First Place, Oral “From Disdain to Esteem: An Auto-ethnographical Study on the SocioCultural Attitudes on Disability in Africa and the United States”

Joseph M. Okoh Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Service Dr. Ali Ishaque, an associate professor of environmental science in the Department of Natural Sciences for the last 13 years, is the recipient of the Joseph M. Okoh Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Service. He expanded upon his work in the Marine Estuarine Environmental Science program to play a lead role in re-activating the toxicology programs. Ishaque, in collaboration with colleagues, secured funding through the University of Maryland Partnership in Cancer Research and Outreach Program to establish toxicology labs and new equipment in the department. He received a doctorate from Free University of Brussels, Belgium.

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UMES student wins national scholar-athlete award Ishaq Pitt, a guard on the UMES men’s basketball team, was named the 2014 winner of the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar of the Year award.

Pitt was attending Diverse Issues In Higher Education magazine’s annual symposium, where he received the honor during an awards luncheon that recognized some of the nation’s top student-athletes.

Pitt credits, “...the UMES athletic staff from the coaches all the way up to the athletic director and all the professors and administrators that have played a monumental role in helping me achieve this award."

Among previous winners is Russell Wilson, quarterback for the reigning Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks.

A Canadian by birth who grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., Pitt is one of the university’s most visible student-athletes.

In addition to playing Division 1-level basketball, he is serving this year on the SGA's executive board and is president of the university’s chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants.

He was recognized a week ago during the 61st annual Honors Convocation for being a dean’s list student during the spring and fall semesters in 2013.

Pitt was selected a year ago to the Honor Court by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, a program that recognized 785 studentathletes from 285 colleges and universities for their performance on the court and in the classroom. He was UMES’ Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year for 2013.

The university’s athletics department nominated Pitt for the 2014 Ashe award, which was presented in conjunction with a day-long program “dedicated to encouraging high school and college student-athletes to set and achieve higher academic goals.”

In a Jan. 24 profile published in The (Salisbury, Md.) Daily Times, the newspaper reported his current grade point average is 3.94. During the justcompleted basketball season, the 6-3 junior averaged 5.3 points per game, 4.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists.

Pitt also told the newspaper he will be interning this summer with Deloitte, the internationally renowned accounting and consulting firm. After earning his UMES degree, Pitt has his sights set on an MBA.

Fifty years of championship titles have sacrificed much on fields and earned by lower Eastern Shore collegiate courts.” and professional teams are now on Supporters of the recognition display together at the corner of West project point to Champions Way as an Main and North Division example of the collaboration streets in Salisbury, where that exists between the City of civic leaders last week Salisbury, the local unveiled Champions Way. universities that engage in A ribbon-cutting intercollegiate athletics and ceremony was held during the Shorebirds. the Salisbury Arts & “I applaud efforts to Entertainment District’s solidify partnerships between monthly “Third Friday” community stakeholders,” celebration. Flags Salisbury University President commemorate 26 winning Janet Dudley-Eshbach said. teams from UMES, Salisbury “We appreciate the University and the Delmarva opportunity to celebrate not Cutting the ribbon for Champions Way, from left, are: Shorebirds General Shorebirds, spanning from only SU’s outstanding record Manager Chris Bitters, the Delmarva Shorebird’s mascot “Sherman the 1963 to 2013. UMES of athletic excellence, but Shorebird,” Salisbury University’s mascot “Sammy the Seagull,” Salisbury City President Juliette B. Bell was Council President Jake Day, Salisbury University President Janet Dudleythose of the University of Eshbach, UMES’ “Harry the Hawk,” UMES President Juliette B. Bell and Salisbury among those on hand to Maryland Eastern Shore and Mayor Jim Ireton. launch the celebration. the Shorebirds. Interestingly, “The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has a long tradition of all our mascots have feathers, and it seems appropriate that we flock combining the best of academics and athletics, and we are happy to share together on Champions Way.” our story of successes on the fields of play through this exciting project,” Salisbury City Council President Jake Day agreed: “We have so much Bell said. “The UMES Hawks proudly take our place along Champions Way to be proud of in this community. In this small display of collaboration and alongside the SU Sea Gulls and the Delmarva Shorebirds.” partnership we are able to celebrate the dozens of champions in our midst The Champions Way project arose from suggestion by Pastor Ryan whose talent was tested and proven to be the best.”

Weaver of Remedy Church, located on Salisbury’s Downtown Plaza, as a way Each of the 26 aluminum flags on Champions Way will commemorate to celebrate the region’s athletic victories. a specific athletic victory win. They include: “We are so proud of the legacy of champions who have represented • UMES women’s bowling 2008, 2011 and 2012 NCAA championships, our community,” Weaver said. “Champions Way is a beautiful opportunity and 2011 and 2013 USBC championships to celebrate the successes of the many students, athletes and coaches who • UMES men’s outdoor track and field 1963 NCAA and NAIA

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Male students support awareness effort

If you were near the Student Services Center courtyard April 10, you may have seen men walking in women’s high heels. They donned the shoes to generate awareness for “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes,” an international men’s march to stop rape, sexual assault and gender violence.

UMES artists create tribute to Mandela

“Reconstructing Mandela,” a collaborative mural project produced by fine arts students and faculty, was a highlight of a Mosley Gallery show held April 10 through 24. The piece is a celebration of the legacy of Nelson Mandela, who campaigned against apartheid in South Africa and became the country’s first black president.

Gallery director Susan Holt said a grid was placed on a photograph of the iconic leader, dividing it into 20 sections. “Each artist then painted one section in his or her unique style.”

UMES elects new SGA officers Sophomore Seth Ward, left, will serve as president of UMES Student Government Association for the 2014-15 school year and classmate Justin Matthews will be the SGA vice president. The winning Ward-Matthews ticket served as the Class of 2016’s president and vice president, respectively, this year.

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Former UMES president visits campus for book signing

Physical Plant director Leon Bivens, left, and Vernia Fletcher, an executive administrative assistant in the President’s Office, get autographed copies of “Bay Leaves and Cinnamon Sticks: Life Is” by former UMES President Thelma B. Thompson. Thompson visited campus April 14 to read passages from the book and to sign copies along with a children’s book she wrote, “Children’s Day.”

Mr. and Miss UMES named

Seniors Ericka Gregory of Baltimore and Dionte Salvi of Philadelphia were named Mr. and Miss UMES for the 2014-15 academic year. Jeremy Whichard, (center) the reigning Mr. UMES, congratulates the two, both of whom are criminal justice majors. Gregory is the reigning Miss Junior, while Salvi is a member of Bazaar Models Entertainment, a UMES student organization.

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Springfest* 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Cappy Anderson Stadium UMES Open House and Carnival.

410-651-6411 (admissions) 410-651-6434 (carnival) UMES Honors Band and Choir Concert 4 p.m.

Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts 410-651-6571

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*Unless stipulated, all events listed are FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Events are subject to change. For the most updated information, call the numbers listed or visit www.umes.edu/events.

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Mosely Gallery Graduating Senior Show on display through May 15.

410-651-7770

UMES’ ForEign LangUagE inStrUctionaL cEntEr

The Summer Language Experience A two-week, intensive, non-residential program for high school-age students. $200 per course or $375 for both courses; includes materials Call 410-651-6543 or visit www.umes.edu/FLIC

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Sessions are: June 16-27; Beginning Chinese July 7-18; Intermediate Chinese

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and Junior Tournament*

Great Hope Golf Course, Westover, Md. We welcome golfers ages 8-18 for an 18-hole round of play, golf seminars and educational opportunites. $50 local students $150 students with campus stay.

410-651-7556 or jjohnson@umes.edu

Editors Gail Stephens, Assistant Director of Public Relations and Publications Manager Bill Robinson, Director of Public Relations Ashley Collier, Public Relations Assistant

The talents of students in UMES’ Department of Fine Arts were on display April 16 at Get’N Grounded Café in Princess Anne. The venue played host to six graphic illustration and commercial photography seniors who are exhibiting and offering original works for sale. From left, are: Lauren Baldwin of Baltimore, Md., Tiffani Revels of Pokomoke, Md., Paul Jerry of Clinton, Md., Demetrius Tatum of North Plainfield, N.J. and Jamaal Peterman of Glendale, Md. Melita Surgick of Camden, N.J., a photographer, is not pictured. These students will also be featured in the upcoming “Graduating Senior Show” May 1 through 15 at the university’s Mosely Gallery in the Thomas Briggs Arts and Technology Center. A closing reception will be held May 14, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the gallery. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and admission is free. Call 410-651-7770 or visit www.moselygallery.com for more information.

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Art Shell Pre-game Mixer*

Richard A. Henson Center, UMES If you’re not a golfer you can still attend the mixer. $50 per person $500 for a table of 10.

410-651-UMES

Gospel Choir Concert 5 p.m.

Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts UMES Gospel Choir performs.

410-651-6575

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Art Shell UMES Celebrity Golf Classic* 8 a.m. tee off Great Hope Golf Course, Westover, Md. Advanced registration required.

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