The Key March 13, 2015 Edition

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A newsletter for students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends

March 13, 2015

A season to remember The last time the UMES men’s basketball team won at least 18 games in the regular season, a first-class postage stamp was 10 cents, milk sold for an average of $1.39 and the average price of a gallon of gasoline was 53 cents. That was in 1974, the same year Richard Nixon became the only person to resign the presidency. The 2014-15 MEAC pre-season poll projected the Hawks would finish 11th in the 13team league. Oops. They finished third. That’s because UMES was led by 2014-15 MEAC Coach of the Year, Bobby Collins, who in his first year infused men’s basketball with energy, enthusiasm and victories not seen in four decades. Collins guided the Hawks to an 11-5 MEAC mark and 18-13 overall finish, greatly improving upon the team’s last-place finish a year ago with just four MEAC victories. The Hawks also went undefeated in six games this season with other Division 1 teams from Maryland, the only team to accomplish that feat. HOOPS / continued on page 6

Gia Bautista, a Wicomico Middle School eighth-grader, successfully Front row, runner-up Erin Welch (#37), winner Gia Bautista (#43) and second runner-up defended her Maryland Eastern Shore Regional Spelling Bee championship Gracious Mudoh were the top spellers at this past Saturday at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. the 2015 Maryland Eastern Shore Regional Spelling Bee. Gia, the 2014 winner, outdueled Erin Welch in a marathon “spelldown” to repeat as champion. Welch was the 2014 runner-up. Each spelled some three dozen words with seeming ease before Erin tripped up on “plummet.” Gia accurately spelled “curate”, positioning herself to win the event by spelling one more word: “blustery.” She nailed it and the audience in the Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts erupted. Gia and Erin went 27 rounds a year ago before Gia emerged the winner. “It’s a relief,” Gia said. “I really wanted to win again, but I was a little nervous.” Erin, a 6th grader at St. Francis de Sales Catholic School, was gracious in finishing behind her friend for the second year in a row. She hugged the winner and offered congratulations. “Maybe next year,” Erin, 11, said with a shrug and smile. Gia, 13, qualified to represent the lower Eastern Shore at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington May 24-29. In addition to an all-expense paid trip to the event awarded by UMES, Gia received a medallion, a year’s subscription to Encyclopedia Britannica online and Merriam-Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged.

The 2015 “spelldown” at UMES was uplifting

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Fine Arts Faculty News Campus Kitchen Wins Dean Recognized Prize Chefs & Farmers’ Summit Women Named Top 100

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Feminism Student View Tech Student Receives Award Michael Taylor Joins Team

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UMES Men Volunteer Students Meet Legislators 1890 Save the Date Essay Contest

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Bowling Cheerleaders Basketball

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Police Workshop Rotaract Pharm. Students

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Calendar of Events


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