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Golf management and pharmacy programs award first degrees

The University of Maryland Eastern my life to help people.”

Shore, founded in 1886 to train students DeAngelo Price of Fruitland called in modern agrarian skills of that era, earning his doctorate “the best DeAngelo Price of Fruitland receives his Pharm.D. diploma from produced its first crop of graduates this UMES President Juliette B. Bell. Photo by Jim Glovier experience in the world. It’s a relief – past school year in two promising fields and a blessing, really.” within the hospitality and health care professions.

“It was well worth the time I had to put in,” Price said. “The salaries This spring, UMES delivered on a promise more than a decade in the are certainly generous, but I believe it’s also just as important to be making when it awarded 57 doctorates in pharmacy. dedicated to the role of helping people. Be humble about it.”

It is among a handful of the nation’s 129 accredited pharmacy school According to a May 2012 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics survey, the with an “accelerated curriculum” where students earn their field’s top average salary for a pharmacist was $114, 950. While UMES took no formal academic credential in three years instead of the traditional four. measure of what members of the class of 2013 were offered as starting One-third of the new pharmacists told UMES administrators they had salaries, faculty said some could expect to begin their careers at $100,000. jobs on Delmarva waiting for them after graduation. Sixteen will start their UMES pharmacy students worked alongside practicing professionals at careers in hospitals or medical centers.

Nanticoke Memorial (Seaford) and Atlantic General (Berlin) hospitals as Michael Geesaman of Snow Hill accepted a position with Rite-Aid on well as Peninsula Regional Medical Center (Salisbury). the Lower Shore. Receiving his Pharm.D. degree was the fulfillment of a Field-training relationships were established with CVS, Rite Aid and goal he’s had since high school.

Walgreens, where students “had the opportunity to experience a corporate “I always liked science, especially chemistry, and I thought about pharmacy practice,” said Mark Freebery, assistant dean of experiential getting into the medical field,” Geesaman said. “Being able to become a learning. pharmacist is a way to combine those two interests and do something with Apple Discount Drugs, a locally owned pharmacy, offered students GOLF AND PHARMACY continued on page 2

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Page 2 Welcome to UMES Helpful Hints National Spelling Bee

Page 3 UMES Police Chief Chosen New Classroom Construction Scholarship Started

Page 4-5 Camps Map

Page 6 Renting Texbooks Saves Money Did You Know?

Academic Programs Tuition Rates

Page 7 UMES History Education Pioneers

Page 8 Arts and Entertainment Calendar Fall 2013

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Welcome to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Although the summer months find the university a little quieter than the hectic pace of the academic year, the campus is nonetheless alive with activity.

Gone are the bulk of the 4,454 students who enrolled in the fall, leaving behind a smaller number of students attending summer sessions, participating in undergraduate research programs or internships, or continuing their regular coursework in academic programs such as pharmacy, physical therapy or physician assistant. Mid-July the campus is also host to some 1,000 new students and their parents as part of the open enrollment process.

Glimpses of groups of high school students taking advantage of exciting camps or seeking a leg-up on the college experience can be seen moving about, loading buses for field trips or even launching rockets on the driving range.

Summer is a time when local educators attend workshops at UMES sponsored by the university’s Education and Natural Sciences departments to receive important updates and teacher training. UMES also opens its doors to the community to use facilities for conferences and other events.

Whatever the reason for your visit, we hope you enjoy your experience here at UMES.

Helpful hints while visiting UMES For building location, refer to the number on the map, pages 4 and 5.

Some phone numbers that may be of assistance: UMES Events ...............................................................................410-651-UMES Office of Public Relations .............................................................410-651-6669 Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts (#3) ......................410-651-6571 Mosely Gallery of Art (#19)..........................................................410-651-7770 Campus Life (#10).......................................................................410-651-6434 To book an event at UMES: Richard A. Henson Center (#2), 410-651-8100, cjbowen@umes.edu Student Services Center (#10), 410-651-6436, mapotter@umes.edu Parking for visitors: Legally parked vehicles are allowed in all lots on campus from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m.

During normal working hours (Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-5 p.m.) visit Public Safety (#32) to receive a temporary Visitors Parking Pass or visit the front desk of the Richard A. Henson Center (#2) if your event is in that building.

Visitors may park at all times without a parking pass in Lot S across from the Student Services Center.

Visit the UMES Home Page at www.umes.edu Visit Hawk Athletics at www.umeshawks.com

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exposure to medication therapy management services, diabetes education, service to nursing homes, dispensing and compounding.

“Experiential learning” opportunities took student-pharmacists to New York, Georgia, Texas, Minnesota and Alaska.

Travel did not make them invisible in the community. The class of 2013 provided an estimated 5,000 hours of public service, including free diabetes screening, drug counseling and working on homes built by Habitat for Humanity.

The 2012-13 academic year also saw the first degrees in professional golf management presented to seven graduates in December and one this spring. All eight are working in the business, according to Billy Dillon, the golf management program director.

“It’s hard to find good people in this profession,” Dillon said, “and our guys are good.”

UMES is one of 20 universities offering the highly specialized course of study that combines instruction in the hospitality industry as well as playing golf at a professional level. The bachelor’s degree program is endorsed by the PGA of America.

The charter class in golf management was stellar academically; six graduated with honors. No surprise to Dillon, because “the one thing we have is that we get to know our students on a personal basis.”

Baltimore’s Zach Allen calls Billy Dillon “… a great teacher. His knowledge of the industry and his persistence in making sure we succeed is something I’ll always appreciate.”

“The prospect of being part of something new was just the kind of challenge I was looking for” in college, Allen said. “We got a lot of personal attention from (the) faculty and I’ve learned a lot about the industry.”

Golf management students also are enrolled year-round and must fulfill a requirement to do field work under the supervision of a working PGA professional.

Brian Anderson, a “scratch” golfer, said he learned a lot about merchandizing, including selecting the right inventory, displaying it in a way that makes it appealing and pricing it to sell.

“It was very much a hands-on experience,” said UMES sends local Anderson, who did representative to field work at a National Spelling Bee country club in Khaled Mohamed of Montgomery Salisbury, winner of the inaugural County where he Maryland Eastern took a job after Shore Spelling Bee graduation. sponsored by “I’ve had a UMES, finished in a tie for 43rd at the great experience 2013 Scripps here,” Anderson National Spelling said. “I grew up Bee that featured 281 competitors. (in Westminster, The local bee Md.) playing golf. demonstrates It was something I UMES’ role as a community partner, was good at and especially providing now I have a programs for young degree to make people.

Photo courtesy of that work for me.”

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Ernest Leatherbury chosen as UMES police chief The University of Maryland Eastern Shore named a 28-year veteran of the Maryland State Police (MSP) and Somerset County native to lead the university’s police force. Ernest Leatherbury Jr. takes the helm July 1 as the director of public safety.

Leatherbury retired from the MSP a year ago, having managed operations as Lieutenant Commander for three years at the Salisbury barrack. He served as commander from 2007 to 2009 of the Princess Anne barrack and prior to that, the barrack in Westminster. Leatherbury was also appointed by the MSP as Crisfield’s chief of police for a year while the search for a permanent chief took place.

“We are pleased that Lt. Leatherbury will be joining the leadership team at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore,” said Dr. Juliette B. Bell, president. “Over his extensive career in law enforcement and as an active member of the community, he has demonstrated the strengths and characteristics that will serve the UMES community well.”

Dr. Ronnie Holden, vice president for administrative affairs, to whom Leatherbury will report, said there were several highly qualified applicants, but Leatherbury “rose to the top” of the applicants interviewed.

Holden said along with his many favorable attributes and qualifications, he received excellent recommendations from the heads of local and university law enforcement agencies. One cited Leatherbury as “a natural leader, with a high degree of political savvy and charisma.”

“We appreciate the strides made and groundwork laid by former chief Warner Sumpter during his five years at the university, and by acting chief Kenneth Collins during his brief tenure” Bell said. “Both have paved the way for the leadership and direction that Lt. Leatherbury will bring to help move the university forward in maintaining a safe environment.”

New classroom building construction to start mid-summer The noise of heavy equipment you may hear this summer emanating from the east side of campus is the sound of progress a decade in the making.

Construction on a new classroom building for the university’s science, technology, engineering and math programs – collectively known as “STEM” – is scheduled to start in July.

“The building is key to President (Juliette) Bell’s vision of making UMES a STEM-driven institution,” said Maurice Ngwaba, the university’s facilities planning director. “It embodies that vision and will be a bulwark of our science and engineering programs.”

Workers have a June 2015 deadline to finish the 163,500 square-foot, three-story structure.

Planning is under way to hold a symbolic “groundbreaking” ceremony.

This past spring, Maryland lawmakers OK’d $22.7 million from the sale of revenue bonds to be the first installment toward the $91.5 million project.

A structure off College Backbone Road once used for poultry science instruction will make way for the new building. Ngwaba estimated it would have parking for roughly 170 vehicles.

In addition to classrooms and labs for engineering and aviation science, the building will be home to the School of Graduate Studies and the dean of the School of Business and Technology.

Classes in computer science and math as well as telecommunications offered by the English and modern languages faculty also will be housed there.

UMES’ food science classroom building opened in 2003 and was followed a year later by the physical plant, both on the eastern edge of the campus. For generations, the area was home to field research and hands-on agriculture training.

A 17-acre corn field near the campus water tower became the site two years ago for 7,800 solar-energy collection panels that reduce electric bills. The new classroom building will utilize a geothermal heating and cooling system, Ngwaba said.

Friends of the Rev. Charlotte A. Nichols, center, announced at her recent retirement banquet they started a scholarship fund in her honor at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Accepting were UMES President Juliette B. Bell, left, and Kimberly Dumpson, vice president for institutional advancement. Nichols was the Salisbury District Superintendent of the United Methodist Church’s PeninsulaDelaware Conference.

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Renting textbooks at UMES Bookstore saves students money

Ashley Jones, UMES’ new bookstore manager, displays the savings students received from renting books last semester.

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UMES students saved big by renting their textbooks at UMES’ Neebo Bookstore. Those who rented their textbooks for the spring semester saved a total of $62,063 over the cost of purchasing the same textbooks.

“The savings add up quickly,” Ashley Jones, bookstore manager, said.

“Renting a textbook can save students up to 50 percent compared to purchasing a book. Last semester, the UMES Bookstore rented 1,483 textbooks, which saved students an average of $41.85 per book.”

With increasing costs of attending college, students are looking for ways to be frugal, making the textbook rental program especially popular.

Those who rented their textbooks saw their total savings printed at the bottom of their receipt. Often, the amount a student saved by renting their textbooks was more than the total cost of their bill.

“There are many options for buying or renting textbooks. It’s great to know that our store offers students real savings,” Jones said. “Plus, there’s the added benefit of being able to pick out books and not have to wait to see if the correct book will arrive on time and in good condition.”

For more information on textbook rentals or purchases, call the UMES Bookstore at 410-651-6437.

Four of UMES’ 15 leaders have been women: Portia L. Bird (1897-99), Delores R. Spikes (1997-2001), Thelma B. Thompson (2002-11) and Juliette B. Bell (2012-present).

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A 17-acre solar-power collection system made UMES Maryland’s first college to make a major investment in that form of “green” energy.

Thurgood Marshall was the university’s 1957 commencement speaker, three years after successfully arguing the Brown vs. the Board of Education school desegregation case before the U.S. Supreme Court, where he would eventually serve.

UMES awarded 724 degrees during the just completed 2012-13 school year, including 30 doctorates in the largest class to graduate from its physical therapy program.

UMES ACADEMIC PROGRAMS BACHELOR OF ARTS Art Education African American Studies Elementary – Special Education English History Music Education Sociology BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Accounting Agribusiness Agriculture (general) Applied Design Aviation Science Biochemistry (2011) Biology (general) Business Administration Business Education Chemistry Computer Science Construction Management / Technology Criminal Justice Engineering Engineering Technology Environmental Science Exercise Science Human Ecology Hotel and Restaurant Management Mathematics Physical Education Professional Golf Management Rehabilitation Services Technology Education Urban Forestry BACHELOR OF GENERAL STUDIES General Studies MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING Secondary Teacher Initial Certification MASTER OF EDUCATION Career and Technology Education Counselor Education Special Education

MASTER OF SCIENCE Applied Computer Science Chemistry (2011) Criminology and Criminal Justice Food and Agricultural Sciences Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences Medical Science in Physician Assistant Studies (2011) Quantitative Fisheries and Resource Economics Organizational Leadership Physician Assistant Toxicology DOCTOR OF EDUCATION Educational Leadership DOCTOR OF PHARMACY DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Food Science and Technology Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences Organizational Leadership Toxicology DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL THERAPY UMES is accredited by: • The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) • The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) • American Review Commission on Education for Physician Assistant (ARC- PA) • American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), Commission on Accreditation • American Dietetic Association Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) • National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) • Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) • American Chemical Society (ACS) • American Council for Construction Education (ACCE) • Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA) • Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration (ACPHA)

What does it cost to go to UMES? The University System of Maryland’s governing board this spring approved tuition rates for the 2013-14 academic year that translate into a 3-percent increase for in-state undergraduates at UMES. Here's how the decision affects all UMES students: 2013-14 TUITION & FEES In-state Out-of-state undergraduate $6,998 $15,504 pharmacy $27,065 $50,924 Out-of-state students and doctoral candidates in the School of Pharmacy at UMES will pay 4 percent more toward tuition than a year ago. Attending UMES is still one of higher education’s best values; over the past 10 years, annual tuition has risen less than 2.7 percent.

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UMES is rich in history

First president, Benjamin O. Bird (center) with his wife, Portia (to his left) and faculty of the Delaware Conference Academy in 1890.

The institution known today as the University of Maryland Eastern Shore opened Sept. 13, 1886, when as a preparatory school, it enrolled nine students taught by Principal Benjamin O. Bird and his wife, Portia.

Initially, it was a branch of Baltimore’s Centenary Biblical Institute under the auspices of the Delaware Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. By the end of the first school year, the new Delaware Conference Academy’s enrollment had more than quadrupled to 37 students.

Centenary became Morgan College in 1890. The Princess Anne campus frequently was referred to as the “Industrial Branch” because along with traditional subjects, it offered vocational training in agriculture and related trades of the era.

That same year, Congress adopted legacy legislation to provide funding to “land-grant” schools, which states operated specifically to teach blacks how to be successful farmers.

Maryland, however, had no such formal arrangement in the late 19th century, and blacks were not allowed to study at Maryland Agriculture College in College Park. The state entered into a partnership with Morgan College to provide some of the annual federal money as a supplement to what the Methodist Episcopal Church spent operating Princess Anne Academy.

Official state documents of the early 20th century routinely described the academy as the Eastern Branch of Maryland Agriculture College. By agreement in 1919, the University of Maryland assumed management of the campus in Princess Anne even though legally it remained in the hands of Morgan College trustees until 1936.

In the midst of the Great Depression, the state bought Princess Anne College, as it alternating had come to be known, paving the way for it to become a public, four-year institution.

Princess Anne College was renamed Maryland State College in 1948, a division of the University of Maryland.

On July 1, 1970, college’s name changed yet again – this time to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to reflect its teaching and research missions.

With strong support from the Board of Regents, the University System of Maryland and faculty, UMES has developed a diverse curriculum that reflects its colorful past and addresses the educational expectations of the 21st century.

Following in the steps of an education pioneer When Letitia DeLaine received her doctorate May 17 during UMES’ 2013 spring commencement, she penned another chapter in her family’s remarkable story of education pioneers.

She took a chance three years ago by becoming one of the first students to enroll in UMES’ new pharmacy school.

Her great-granduncle, the late Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine Sr., was also a trailblazer.

He was a civil rights leader in South Carolina behind Briggs v. Elliott, the first of five school desegregation lawsuits that eventually were argued collectively before the U.S. Supreme Court Fifty-nine years ago – also on May 17 – the court issued the landmark “Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kan.” decision that transformed public education.

The serendipity of the calendar is not lost on Letitia, who at 29, knows the value of education and appreciates her ancestor’s role in changing our nation.

“Education has always been important to my family,” she said. “When I think of what my uncle and his family endured, it’s humbling and inspiring.”

Harry and Eliza Briggs and other black adults in Summerton, S.C. after World War II believed the path to overcoming discrimination they and their children endured daily was through education.

“All they wanted was a bus so their children wouldn’t have to walk” to school, Letitia said. R.W. Elliott and other whites who controlled the public school finances refused to provide transportation because they contended the parents of black children didn’t pay enough taxes to justify the expense.

As the Briggs’ case made its way successfully through the courts, AfricanAmericans in Clarendon County faced retaliation. They were harassed and intimidated. Many lost their jobs or businesses and moved away.

DeLaine also felt the backlash. With help in 1955, he fled South Carolina, never to return, and found safe haven in New York. He eventually resettled in North Carolina to be near family, including Letitia’s great grandfather.

As a child, Letitia remembers family stories about “the Rev. J.A.”, but did not grasp their importance until she reached high school.

“The more I researched, the more I realized how big a deal it was to the whole world, and what my family’s role was – what contributions my family made, what sacrifices they had to make,” she said.

Her parents hold master’s degrees, and five paternal aunts and uncles are college educated. One is a lawyer, another is an engineer, and a third is studying to be a nurse.

Letitia graduated from North Carolina A&T in 2007 with a chemistry degree and worked as a pharmacy technician. A career as a pharmacist appealed to her when she saw “there is more to it than standing behind a counter dispensing medicine.”

“It is a way to make a difference in people’s lives, which is something that has motivated the DeLaines for generations,” she said.

Letitia’s family attended her graduation, quietly content May 17 once again is an important date in their collective history.

“It’s not something I spend a lot of time thinking about or talking about,” she said, “but I’m proud of the role my family had” in making history.

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*Unless stipulated, all events listed are FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. The following is a tentative calendar and events are subject to change.

For the most up-to-date information, call the numbers listed or visit www.umes.edu.

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Founders’ Week Worship Service

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7:30 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts Play/Cost TBA • 410-651-6575

Light Night

Founders’ Week Convocation and Summer Commencement 10 a.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts Birthday cake reception following ceremony.

410-651-6669

Gourmet Dining Series 7 p.m. Richard A. Henson Center HRM students and faculty present “A Night of Elegance” featuring French-Italian and sophisticated tropical dishes. $50 per person or $120 for a gourmet series ticket. Tickets must be purchased in advance.

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*For the latest news about UMES Athletics, visit www.umeshawks.com

Art Exhibit Opening Reception

UMES Jazz Combo 7 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts. • 410-651-6571

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UMES Wind Ensemble Fall Concert 4 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts. • 410-651-6571

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International Student Ethnic Festival 11 a.m. Student Services Center Ballroom 410-651-6079

DECEMBER 3&5 Dept. of Fine Arts Music Recitals

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Gourmet Dining Series 7 p.m. Richard A. Henson Center HRM students and faculty present “Culinary Adventurism” featuring exotic cuisine. $50 per person or $120 for a gourmet series ticket. Tickets must be purchased in advance.

410-651-6563

1 & 2*UMES Fall Theater Production 7:30 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts Play/Cost TBA • 410-651-6575

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UMES Choir Fall Concert

Art Exhibit Opening/Meet The Artist Reception 4-6 p.m. Mosely Gallery “Graduating Senior Show” Hours: Mon. through Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Show on display until Dec. 13.

410-651-7770

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Gourmet Dining Series 7 p.m. Richard A. Henson Center HRM students and faculty present “Celebration,” a toast to veterans featuring seafood and beef. $50 per person or $120 for a gourmet series ticket. Tickets must be purchased in advance.

410-651-6563

4 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts • 410-651-6571

“See you in the fall!”

Art Exhibit Opening 4-6 p.m. Mosely Gallery “Sequential Art (Comic) Show” Hours: Mon. through Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Show on display until Nov. 8.

410-651-7770

FALL 2013

11 a.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts • 410-651-6571

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UMES Fall Theater Production

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7 p.m. Richard A. Henson Center, ballroom Cost TBA. • 410-651-6277

7 p.m. Begin: Richard A. Henson Center, portico End: J.T. Williams lawn Historic tour of UMES. • 410-651-6669

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Tri-County Alumni Chapter Fall Fling

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4-6 p.m. Mosely Gallery “Fine Arts Student Show” Hours: Mon. through Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Show on display until Nov. 28.

410-651-7770

Hawk Hysteria 7 p.m. William P. Hytche Athletic Center Men’s and women’s basketball scrimmage. Givea-ways, contests, games, autographs and Harry the Hawk’s birthday party. • 410-651-6499

Library Exhibit Frederick Douglass Library “Hawk Pride” 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. • 410-651-7696

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Dept. Fine Arts Music Mid-Term Recital 11 a.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts • 410-651-6571

11 a.m. Metropolitan United Methodist Church 410-651-6669

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Jazz Ensemble Fall Concert “UMES and Alumni jazz ensembles perform.”

7 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts • 410-651-6571

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. 4 410-651-7770

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