The Key April 6, 2018 Edition

A newsletter for students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends UMES junior Langston O. Frazier’s nomination

by Gov. Larry Hogan to serve on the University System of Maryland’s governing board has received formal approval from the state senate.

Frazier will represent 170,000 of his peers – including his 20-year-old sister at the University of Maryland Baltimore County and those at other USM campuses – as student regent for 12 months starting July 1.

“I’m looking forward to sharing the concerns of students and their ideas with the regents, especially those who think they don’t have a voice,” Frazier said.

Although records are incomplete, Frazier is believed to be the second UMES student to be a regent in the USM era. Malika Singleton served during the 1995-96 school year.

Frazier has embraced an active campus life since enrolling in 2015, which he credits to UMES’ Men Achieving Dreams through Education orientation program. Frazier joined the group prior to his freshman year.

“It really gave me confidence that what I had experienced in high school could be valuable at college,” said Frazier, a golf management major from Bowie.

UMES junior named to university system’s governing board

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As a collegian, he’s been involved with the Discover UMES broadcasting operation, the Golf Management Student Association, the UMES athletics department’s media relations team and Hawk Radio, where he has co-hosted an online broadcast with UMES’ interim vice president of student affairs.

Frazier’s activism, his enthusiasm – his “Hawk Pride” – caught Dr. J. Michael Harpe’s attention and prompted the administrator to nominate him as candidate for student regent.

Frazier said his life’s experiences will guide him in his time as a regent. Born in May 1997 three months early, he weighed less than two pounds.

“I’m told it was a struggle for me, and my family,” he said.

In elementary school, Frazier was diagnosed with a hearing impairment, likely the result of his premature birth. He relies on hearing aids but downplays his circumstances as a disability.

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Taryn Jones named 2018-19 Newman Civic Fellow

Taryn B. Jones, a junior biochemistry major from Willingboro, N.J., will be the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Newman Civic Fellow for the 2018-19 academic year.

Jones is among 268 college students selected for the honor by Campus Compact, a Boston-based non-profit organization “working to advance the public purposes of higher education.”

A transfer student from Hampton University, Jones wasted no time immersing herself in UMES campus life. She is a member of the Richard A. Henson Honors Program and its student-group president.

She has traveled during winter break to the Dominican Republic, where she did community service work in sometimes challenging conditions alongside peers as an advocate for environmental citizenship.

A year ago, she spent spring break week with a small group of fellow student-volunteers doing such activities as a trash sweep of the beach at Assateague State Park, restoration of a neglected Somerset County cemetery and visiting historic sites as education tourists.

“Over the past two years, Taryn has been actively engaged in numerous service projects with the Office of University Engagement and Lifelong Learning,” director Clifton Harcum said. “It has been a pleasure witnessing

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Pharmacy Program Opens Simulated Pharmacy Jazz Enthusiast Leaves Collection to UMES

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Bell Elected To National 4-H Council Board Dr. Carolyn Brooks to be Honored

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Campus Heroes The President’s Closet

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Creating a Culture of Health National Ag Day 2018 Ag Programs Receive Funding SNPhA Named Regional Finalist

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UMES Bowlers Receive End-OfSeason Accolades

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UMES Hosts Educators From Ghana UMES Students Go For Pi Day Record Dietetic Interns Showcase Program Students Guests of Indonesia Ambassador

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A&E Calendar Retool Your School

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Circling the Oval

UMES pharmacy program opens simulated pharmacy

By Dr. Tosin David

equipment. This The doctorate provides an opportunity of pharmacy degree for didactic lectures program at UMES is and allows students to an intense accelerated practice utilizing health program as students care-based electronic learn the necessary systems individually. The information in three second half of the facility years versus four for in Building 934-2 behind most programs. With Spaulding Hall includes a the demands of the familiar pharmacy layout program, students with drop-off and pick up may not have as many areas, empty medication opportunities as their bottles and other items counterparts to work commonly seen in a in various pharmacy community pharmacy. settings before their This area offers an ideal graduation. Many of environment for students the skills necessary for pharmacists cannot be From left are pharmacy students Vu Nguyen, Shahrzad Barzin and Harris Ngokobi. to work in groups to process orders and taught via an exam but need to be practiced and developed. The school of pharmacy saw this need manage complex situations that occur in a community pharmacy.

The grand opening was a time to showcase the simulation area to and created a simulated area where student pharmacists can train and the entire UMES community. The hope was to bring awareness that this obtain the required skills needed in the community pharmacy setting. is a simulated pharmacy on campus (not a real pharmacy) and to let On Friday, March 30 the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s individuals know there are NO medications in the simulation area. The School of Pharmacy and Health Professions had the grand opening of School of Pharmacy also wanted to showcase the versatility of pharmacists the Next-Level Educational Simulation Training (NEST) Center. The NEST by providing preventive services for the community like blood pressure is split into two simulation areas. The first is a computer laboratory readings and diabetes risk assessments. that comes equipped with state of the art software system and technical

Late jazz enthusiast leaves recording collection to UMES

Dr. Adrienne Webber, left, UMES’ Dean of Library Services, and Sharon Brooks, visited with the late James B. Young earlier this year to talk about how his donation of a jazz CD collection would benefit university scholarship.

James Biays Young spent a rich-and-full life collecting jazz recordings and books about “America’s classical music,” and now the fruits of those twin obsessions are entrusted to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Before Young, a Baltimorean by birth who retired to Ocean Pines, died in mid-February he donated some 5,000-plus compact discs to UMES, a decision influenced by the fact the campus is home to a jazz-format FM radio station.

“This is one of the most impressive private jazz collections I’ve ever seen,” Gerry Weston, radio station manager, said.

Adrienne Webber, UMES’ Dean of Library Services, jumped at the chance to be the collection’s caretaker when she learned of Young’s vision.

He had been diagnosed with a terminal illness and was eager to put his affairs in order.

Along with Young’s treasured jazz CDs were some 460 books on the subject.

Webber said Young’s collection has her thinking creatively about not only cataloging and preserving it, but also making the recorded music available for casual listening in the library as well as for scholars doing research.

The recordings also will be accessible to WESM 91.3, so a broader audience will be able to enjoy Young’s gesture to support scholarship at the university.

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President Juliette B. Bell elected to National 4-H Council Board Dr. Juliette B. Bell has been elected to the National 4-H Council Board in recognition of her work as an educator who encourages students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math. She also is among seven 4-H alumni recently named a 2018 “4-H Luminary” for raising awareness of the life-changing 4-H impact and generating support to bring 4-H to more youth in need.

Jennifer Sirangelo, the National 4-H Council president and CEO, said Bell’s participation makes her an important partner “in the board’s work to continue to engage alumni as well as support the 4-H system’s goal of significantly increasing investment and participation in Cooperative Extension’s 4-H program.”

Dr. Carolyn Brooks to be honored at May 25 commencement Dr. Carolyn B. Brooks, an awardwinning educator at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore for more than three decades, will be formally named a faculty member emerita May 25 during the 2018 spring commencement.

The Richmond, Va. native joined the UMES faculty in January 1981 as a research associate specializing in microbiology and emerged as a respected campus leader, eventually serving as an academic department chair, research director of 1890 land-grant programs, dean of the School of Agriculture and Natural Sciences and executive assistant / chief of staff to President Dolores R. Spikes.

In 2007, she became executive director of the Association of 1890 Research Directors, an organization of administrators specializing in agriculture and food sciences at the nation’s 19 historically black land-grant

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“He wanted to pass on that love of music to as many people as possible,” his son, Colston Young, said.

The elder Young grew up and attended school in Baltimore, briefly studying at Yale before enrolling in Johns Hopkins University in his hometown.

After graduation, he took a job with Life magazine in New York before returning home to work as a broadcaster with WBAL radio and then WJZ-TV. Colston Young said his father was a well-read, “intellectually curious” man who especially liked public policy and current affairs. When he left broadcast journalism, took a job as an aide for U.S. Sen. Charles “Mac” Mathias of Maryland and spent the “last 28 years of his professional career as an associate covering federal public works and transit legislation … with

universities, including UMES, where she maintained an office in her new role.

Dr. Brooks was credited with attracting more than $4 million in external funding to support research and teaching initiatives as a UMES faculty member and administrator.

Named a Distinguished African American Scientist of the 20th Century, her other career highlights include: the Maryland Association of Higher Education’s outstanding educator award; an excellence in science and technology honor from the White House Initiative for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and the UMES National Alumni Association’s faculty award for excellence and achievement. She is a member of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute for Agriculture Hall of Fame.

She served as chair of the board of LEAD 21, a national program that provides leadership and professional development training for faculty and professionals within the nation’s land-grant system of about 90 institutions.

Dr. Brooks also traveled extensively as a consultant or evaluator of research and academic programs at universities across the country as well as internationally.

She is an alumna of Tuskegee University, where she earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biology. Her Ph.D. in microbiology is from The Ohio State University.

She retired in 2016. government relations firms” in Washington.

Colston Young said his father became enamored with jazz as a teen in the 1950s, when music was recorded on vinyl. Young would have been known then as a “hipster,” a connoisseur of ‘bop’ jazz. Composer, bandleader and bassist Charles Mingus was his favorite artist.

Over three decades, he collected thousands of albums – many early “collectible” editions – he eventually sold to pay for converting to less cumbersome compact discs that comprise his gift to UMES. He kept one album from his youth for sentimental reasons, his son said; the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival recording featuring, among others, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald.

“He used to say ‘jazz is the heart of pretty much all modern music, and what it is today’,” Colston Young said.

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Meet UMES

These faculty and staff among a group named Campus Heroes during the fall semester go “above and beyond the call of duty and have contributed in a significant way to the success of students and the university.”

Giving students an edge in the job market

“UMES means the world to me… each child, family, student, mentor, supervisor, colleague and friendship has left an indelible mark.”

Dr. Donna Long, Child and Family Development Center

“As I give, I get.”

Rache Alaran, Office of Residence Life “I feel fortunate, each day, to belong to the vibrant and diverse community at UMES. Our Hawk family is full of inspired people doing impressive things. I’m especially grateful to work alongside some of our best and brightest scholars, to witness their growth, support their success and celebrate their triumphs.”

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but enjoying life; maybe other students will see that despite the odds, anything is possible and to always dream big.”

A UMES golf management program requirement is passing a “playing ability test” to qualify for PGA of America’s pro credentials. The organization has placed a lot of emphasis on acceptance, diversity and inclusion.

“That really appeals to me,” he said. “People being more accepting of others is something we need.”

As a young black man who plays the game left-handed, he knows he draws attention when he steps on a course. He’s learned to shrug it off.

“I’m just a guy who plays golf,” Frazier said.

With graduation looming in 2019, Frazier is giving serious consideration to pursuing a master’s degree in journalism and possibly a doctorate in higher education.

His family provided plenty of role models as inspiration. His parents are Hampton University graduates and one of his grandfathers earned a Ph.D. from Michigan State University, which explains why the 1998 Camry that Frazier inherited from him sports a Spartan decal.

Fashion merchandising juniors Neville Lee Mills; Alexia Moye (seated); and Khiyah Ward.

The President’s Closet, a “pop-up”-inspired shop featuring professional dress that debuts this fall, will fulfill a vision by Dr. Juliette B. Bell that she was inspired to create based on a need she observed through interaction with students.

Dr. Bell understands the importance of career preparedness and professionalism for college students and is confident the President’s Closet will provide students access to appropriate attire they need to represent themselves as well-prepared graduates of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

The President’s Closet’s mission is equipping students with not only free professional clothing, but also the tools needed to realize their full potential, including career development and a network of support.

Students will have access to gently-used men’s and women’s business attire for use during interviews and attending other professional activities.

Dr. Bridgett Clinton-Scott, assistant professor in the Human Ecology department, Dr. Theresa Queenan, director of Career & Professional Development Center and James Lunnermon II, director of Alumni Affairs, took on the challenge of creating this unique resource for UMES students.

The President’s Closet will open in the Alumni House next to the Thomas & Briggs Arts and Technology Center. It will be open twice a month, four hours each day, under the direction of Dr. Clinton-Scott and staffed by fashion merchandising students from the Human Ecology department.

Meanwhile, a clothing drive to collect professional garments is underway and continues through the end of the spring semester.

Donations of gently used men’s and women’s professional attire can be dropped off at the Career & Professional Development Center in the Student Services Center, Suite 2158. Guidelines are: • Garments must be clean: We will only accept garments that have been washed or dry-cleaned and are free of stains and unpleasant scents.

• Garments should be stylish: We will offer students up-to-date looks even if achieved through vintage items.

• Garments are seasonable: Only garments that are versatile and can be worn throughout the year will be accepted. Outerwear and other warm weather garments will not be included in the store’s inventory.

– Dr. Bridgett Clinton-Scott

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UMES researchers pursue ways to “create a culture of health” The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is among The project’s goal is working over the next 10 years five land-grant universities with cooperative extension on this partnership to build a culture of health in 1,000 programs partnering with the National 4-H Council communities across the nation. The Johnson Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in search of has pledged $4.6 million toward the project. strategies to “create a culture of health” in communities The partnership involves the 4-H National Council with limited resources. working with the five partner institutions to identify The Johnson Foundation’s initiative envisions helping “innovator” communities as well as communities in need youth take a leadership role in three communities in each where locally-responsive strategies will be implemented. state, identify the priorities and focus on a single priority UMES’ trio of researchers led by Dr. Virginie in each community during an initial two-year pilot study.

Zoumenou will work to develop an action plan and With its $89,000 in seed money, UMES has selected connect with at least 150 volunteers to mentor youth the following Lower Shore communities: leaders to build local capacity and ensure successful • Princess Anne–Eden (Somerset County) implementation of that plan.

• Fruitland (Wicomico County) They will be trained on community engagement Zoumenou’s UMES • Pocomoke (Worcester County) strategies; receive community service hours and free colleagues, Dr. Naveen Kumar The “culture of health” approach will focus on resume writing workshop; have opportunities to lead and Marietherese Oyalowo, are small projects and show their skills and talents; and environmental health as well as physical health. project collaborators. receive a letter of recommendation.

A multi-sector health council will be developed and the youth will take the lead in conducting need assessments and identifying UMES is the lone historically black land-grant institution participating.

The other four are South Dakota State University, University of Minnesota, priorities. In collaboration with the health council, the youth will develop University of Tennessee and Utah State University. an action plan.

National Ag Day 2018

Sophomore Alexis Doon spent part of spring break on Capitol Hill representing UMES’ chapter of Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources & Related Sciences at National Ag Day 2018 events when she encountered and spoke with Vice President Mike Pence

Agricultural programs receive funding

Jocelyn Koller received a $950 grant from the Taste of Maryland Agriculture event on behalf of UMES to fund three on-campus agricultural programs. The aim of the programs, “Rams, Lambs and Ewe Sheep Workshop,” “Touch-A-Tractor” and “Just Kidding Around Goat Yoga” is to promote an appreciation for Maryland agriculture. The UMES grant proposal was among 30 to be submitted and only one of six to be funded. Koller is a 4-H STEM senior agent associate with the University of Maryland Extension 1890 Program for Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties.

UMES SNPhA Named Regional Finalist for Walmart/ Sam’s Club Prescription for Service Competition The UMES chapter of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association was awarded one of five national Walmart/Sam’s Club “Prescription for Service” grants. Student pharmacists Emily Biskach, Emily Diseroad, Emily Biskach Emily Diseroad Tori Hearn, and Seth Weinstock will use a $2,500 grant they won to implement Eastern Shore Opioid Abuse Prevention (ESOAP), their grassroots community service project. Its purpose is to work with physicians to educate patients to discard unused Tori Hearn Seth Weinstock prescription opioids safely and efficiently to decrease opioid abuse on the Eastern Shore. The ESOAP project will compete in July at the National Pharmaceutical Association annual conference for a $10,000 prize.

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Athletics

UMES bowlers receive end-ofseason accolades Eight Lady Hawk bowlers have been recognized with individual end-ofseason honors from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

Classmates Alexandra Hernandez (above left) and Jacqueline Rhoda (above right) were named to the first team All-MEAC squad.

Five of their teammates, senior Jalesa Johnson, juniors Danielle August, Lindie Esteban and sophomores Cayla Hicks and Brigitte Jacobs, earned MEAC All-Academic honors for their performances in the classroom during calendar year 2017.

Sophomores, juniors and seniors with a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average as well as transfer student-athletes who have been in residence at their institution for at least one year are eligible for AllAcademic accolades.

Prior to the conference championship tournament in late March, Hernandez, a junior, ranked fourth in the MEAC and No. 37 in the NCAA in traditional average. She was fourth in the MEAC and 11th in the NCAA in Individual Spare Conversion Percentage (75.3 percent).

Hernandez tied for seventh for high game in the MEAC with a 247 and was named MEAC Bowler of the Week (Dec. 5). She had one first place finish, two Top 5 finishes and two Top 10 finishes in events this season in traditional competition. Her 199.5 average was second on the team. She

bowled 13 games of 200 or better including two of 240 or more.

During the regular season, Rhoda led the NCAA in Individual Spare Conversion Percentage (78.9 percent) and was second in the MEAC and No. 31 in the NCAA in traditional average (202.67).

Rhoda, also a junior, tied for fourth for high game in the MEAC with a 257 and won MEAC Bowler of the Week (Oct. 31). She had two Top 5 and two Top 10 finishes in events this season in traditional competition.

UMES’ 2017-18 squad finished runner-up to North Carolina A&T in the conference championship tournament, but did earn its way into the United States Bowling Congress’ Intercollegiate Team Championships later this month.

UMES finished 3rd in a 16-team field qualifying event that included coach Kayla Bandy’s alma mater, the University of Pikeville (Ky.), which finished fifth. The top four finishers in UMES’ sectional event will be making the trip to Lincoln, Neb. “We had to knock out (my) alma-mater to do it, but I now bleed maroon and grey, so I can’t feel too terrible,” Bandy said.

UMES has twice won the USBC-sponsored championship for college teams at all levels – in 2011 and again in 2013.

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Shore, that I became more passionate about giving back to the community,” she said.

Making care packages for the homeless, building ramps for the wheelchair bound, donating food to needy families during the holidays “was nothing short of amazing,” she said, activities that “touched my heart in a way that has allowed me to appreciate community service differently.”

Campus Compact president Andrew Seligsohn said, “the stories of this year’s Newman Civic Fellows make clear that they are bringing people together in their communities to solve pressing problems. That is what Campus Compact is about, and it’s what our country and our world desperately need.”

Jones was nominated by a fellow biochemist – UMES President Juliette B. Bell, who was impressed by her altruism and noted that she also has “encouraged her peers to participate … and readily works alongside students who are new to environmental designed projects.”

The Newman Civic Fellowship is supported by the KPMG Foundation and Newman’s Own Foundation.

Campus Compact contributed to this article.

her devotion to personal development and willingness to assist those in need in the surrounding community and abroad.”

Jones has devoted “over 100 hours of community service hours and continues to seek more opportunities to give back. Taryn is a model for those who practice the mantra service before self,” Harcum said.

The Newman Civic Fellowship, named for Campus Compact co-founder Frank Newman, is a one-year experience emphasizing personal, professional, and civic growth. Jones will participate in a variety of learning and networking opportunities, including a national conference of all Newman Civic Fellows in partnership with the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate.

The fellowship also provides participants with access to apply for exclusive scholarship and post-graduate opportunities.

Jones says she became interested in community service as a child “working at soup kitchens and participating in occasional park clean ups.”

“It wasn’t until I started attending the University of Maryland Eastern

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UMES hosts hospitality educators from Ghana

Hospitality tourism management faculty from 10 Ghana Technical Universities attended a Certified Hospitality Educator workshop and exam session at UMES. The event was co-hosted by Dr. Ernest P. Boger, chair, hospitality and tourism management department and the university’s Office of International Programs.

Dietetic interns showcase UMES program in Annapolis UMES students go for Pi Day record

UMES science students designed and executed a seven-footdiameter shaving cream pie in Carver hall on Pi Day 2018 (March 14) to stake a claim on a world record. Among those putting on the finishing touches, from left are: sophomore Seirra Evans, Baltimore; junior Keirra Wells, Baltimore; senior Breann Hrechka, Berlin; junior Katie Lipsius, Mardela Springs; senior Reuel Danquah, Ghana; and senior Charity Nichols, Washington.

UMES students are guests of Indonesia Ambassador

UMES dietetic interns attended the Maryland Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ Interactive Legislative Workshop Feb. 21 in Annapolis, where they shared information with lawmakers about proposed legislation related to food and nutrition. The event provided opportunities to showcase the university’s dietetics program while advocating for improved public policy involving health and nutrition issues. Pictured from left, are: Shouk Mansour, Shawnee Sweeney, Gwyneth Bradshaw, Alyson Hickman, Megan Rider, Jackie Longworth and Dr. Malinda Cecil, Dietetic Internship director.

UMES’ Pineapple Culinary Express Club in the Hospitality and Tourism Management department visited the Indonesian Ambassador to the United States’ residence in Washington, D.C., Friday, March 9 for a culinary cooking demonstration by renowned Master Chef William Wongso.

“It was an enlightening and educational experience, which showcased the cultural and culinary uniqueness of Indonesia,” UMES’ Chef Ralston Whittingham said. “Master Chef Wongso thrilled the crowd with his culinary skill and expertise as he demonstrated Indonesia’s culinary techniques.”

The students were feted with a three-course, upscale buffet catered by Wongso and his assistant.

“This was indeed a culinary adventure, enjoying and exposing our palate to exotic Indonesia foods,” Whittingham said.

The Ambassador was impressed with UMES’ students and extended an invitation to an international function at the Indonesian Embassy in May. The “hospitality adventure” was made possible by Chef Susan Callahan, an instructor at UMES’ Shady Grove Program.

Pictured from left are Hospitality and Tourism Management students Brandon Smith (sophomore), Danielle Wojeski (junior), Jennella Arter (junior), Master Chef William Wongso, UMES’ Chef Ralston Whittingham, Codi Chavis (junior), Vernajh Pinder (junior) and Cailey Mitchell (junior).

APRIL

7:30 pm Friday & Saturday 2:00 Sunday Ella Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center A prohibition-era play written by UMES Alum Takeisha Jackson. $5 General admission Students free with ID UMEStickets.com

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*Unless noted, all events listed are free.

UMES Concert Choir Spring Performance

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4 p.m. / Ella Fitzgerald Center Performance under the direction of Dr. Devonna B. Rowe. 410-651-6574

Springfest

12:00 p.m., Student Services Center Courtyard UMES Open House and Carnival with campus tours, carnival rides, food trucks, vendors and more.

Food prices determined by visiting vendors.

410-651-6411 (Admissions) 410-651-6434 (Carnival)

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