The Key October 31, 2014 Edition

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The Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center at UMES played host earlier this week to the “7th Biennial Education and Science Forum” under the auspices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Educational Partnership Program.

The national event attracted several hundred participants, including these two young professionals now working in the field and who

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credit the university’s Graduate Sciences Program with launching their careers.

Larry Alade, a stock assessment biologist, didn’t foresee a career in fisheries science when he earned a bachelor’s degree in biology at UMES. He had his sights set instead on medical school.

He discovered following graduation he enjoyed computer programming and earned a master’s degree in applied computer science here in 2002. Alade then made the pivotal move of taking a fisheries stock assessment course. He completed the necessary courses and earned Larry Alade a doctorate in marineestuarine and environmental

UMES graduates on the front lines of marine research

Lonnie Gonsalves

Courtesy of the NOAA Education Partnership Program’s education office.

science in 2008.

Alade worked with the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center and New England fishermen on a yellowtail flounder tagging study as part of his doctoral research. With his strong computer science and quantitative background, he was well prepared for work involving fisheries model development.

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UMES is recipient of $900,000 grant The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is the recipient of a $900,000 grant from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration as part of a minority AIDS initiative.

Funds, awarded $300,000 per year over a three-year period, will be used to support coordinated and integrated services among the university, the project lead, and three community-based organizations— Somerset County Department of Health, Community Services and Research Center Inc. and Urban Community Solutions LLC. “Collectively, we are committed to doing all we can to reduce substance abuse, HIV/Aids and Hepatitis C in Somerset County,” said Dr. James D. White, associate vice president of student affairs and enrollment management at UMES and project director.

The grant will be used for behavioral health screening; primary substance abuse and HIV prevention; substance abuse and mental health treatment; creation of infrastructure to provide integrated care; HIV and hepatitis screening and testing; and hepatitis vaccination.

UMES’ School of Pharmacy and the Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs program, White said, will play a major role in the initiative.

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Page 2 New Fundraising Tool EcoArt Exhibit

Page 3 Art Faculty Awarded Alumni Vie for Legislative Seats Blacksmithing in the Classroom

Page 4 Meet HH3 Club Football Coronation Festivities

Page 5 Hawk Hysteria

Page 6 World Music Concert Presidential Lecture Series

Page 7 Health Fair Walk for Breast Cancer Club Football Schedule

Page 8 Calendar of Events UPDS Services

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UMES unveils new fundraising tool

University of Maryland Eastern Shore benefactors have a new high-tech way of supporting the institution with their donations—with security a priority as always.

The university’s Office of Institutional Advancement has partnered with GiveCorps, an online website that enables UMES to highlight – and target – fundraising efforts.

UMES initially has chosen 13 funds to feature from its portfolio that the fundraising office hopes will appeal to a broad spectrum of donors.

The interactive UMES-Giving site includes photos, an explanation of each fund’s purpose and depending on the time of year, an up-to-theminute accounting of how much has been raised toward a specific goal.

“You’ll be able to see in real time what the impact of your gift is on our goal,” said Jeremy Whichard, UMES’ fundraising development specialist.

The appeal of the new website, according to Whichard, is that UMES supporters can use any electronic device.

“A donor can transfer money from a personal debit or credit account to a secured UMES fund,” Whichard, a 2014 UMES graduate, said.

And, he noted, there is also a social media component that enables donors to share causes with their Facebook and Twitter friends who may be interested in helping as well.

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EcoArt exhibit opens at UMES’ Mosely Gallery

“EcoArt: Intersections of Art, Science and project add to the exhibit. Stern’s artist Activism” opens at the University of Maryland statement explains, “In my work, I seek out the Eastern Shore’s Mosely Gallery Nov. 6 with a 3 in-between places, the odd, the unusual, the p.m. lecture and a reception from 4-6 p.m. overlooked, the forgotten… presenting them in “As the title suggests, the media and the a way that draws the viewer into a third space, activities used by ecological artists are diverse,” somewhere between the abstract and the Susan Holt, Mosely Gallery director, said. representational.”

“EcoArt often is inspired by or uses scientific Martin, an organic farmer from Bivalve, information about nature to educate society and contributes a pop-up show from The Lexicon of to bring about political activism to restore or Sustainability™, which is based on the preserve it.” principle, “People will live more sustainably if The exhibit, held in partnership with the they understand the most basic terms and university’s natural and environmental sciences principles that will define the next economy.” department and the Wicomico Environmental Ecological artist and activist, Baker, relays Trust, features environmental art from two local messages “concerning water quality, availability artists, Joan Maloof and Peter Stern; a local and rights.” His artist statement reads: “We are organic farmer, Jay Martin; regional artists Mark seduced by waters' beauty; mesmerized and Cooley, and Krisanne Baker and the Beehive awed by its' power or soothing meditative Design Collective, both of Maine. qualities, and have taken it for granted for far Cooley, a professor of new media at James too long. It's necessary to remember the limits Mason University, presents the opening lecture, of the give and take system between this planet which takes place in UMES’ Richard A. Henson and its inhabitants—that person-by-person, it is Center, room 1116. The mission of a possible to turn the tide of our current failing Krisanne Baker’s “Black Microscope View collaboration of the arts and the sciences is environment and humanity.” of Psuedonitzschia Slide.” “working across the boundaries of ecosystem The Beehive Design Collective is a “wildly science, art and design fields to share motivated, all-volunteer, activist arts collective knowledge, expertise and strategies for creatively engaging in the common dedicated to ‘cross-pollinating the grassroots’ by creating collaborative, pursuit of a sustainable future.” anti-copyright images for use as educational and organizing tools. We work Joan Maloof, professor emeritus at Salisbury University, founded the as word-to-image translators of complex global stories, shared with us Old-Growth Forest Network “to preserve, protect and promote the through conversations with affected communities.” The Mosely Gallery will country's few remaining stands of old-growth forest.” She will display showcase several of the group’s graphic posters. enlarged illustrations of her books and an installation of tagged tree The show is on display through Nov. 26. The Mosely Gallery is free branches, which honor the victims of 9-11. and open to the public Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 410Aerial photographs of the Eastern Shore from Peter Stern’s Nentego 651-7770 or visit www.moselygallery.com for more information.

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UMES fine arts faculty stand-out at local exhibit

Photo courtesy David Purtell-Salisbury Post

Susan Holt and Christopher Harrington, members of UMES’ Department of Fine Arts, were lauded for works of art on display in the members’ exhibition at the Art Institute and Gallery in Salisbury this month.

Holt, director of UMES’ Mosely Gallery, won an award for “Form, Integrity and Expressive Power” for her recent piece “US/THEM” from the series “Questioning Duality.” The piece is an example of contemporary conceptual art—an art form in which the artist’s intent is to convey an idea or concept rather than a traditional art object such as a painting or sculpture.

The image was created with Holt, Us, Them graphite on paper and is a rendering of another piece she made by manipulating wire screening that was in the AI&G’s National Juried show. As the viewer continues to look at the piece, the words “US” at the top and “THEM” at the bottom begin to emerge.

“The large space between the two words is filled with lines and shaded

areas that connect all of the letters. In the original piece, these were formed by pinching and twisting the wire screening. The concept was that this notion duality – us versus them – is ultimately false because we’re all connected. To me the ‘grey area’ where these distinctions disappear is much more interesting,” Holt said.

Harrington, chair of UMES’ Department of Fine Arts, received an honorable mention for his oil on canvas painting, “Three Hour Portrait Study.”

“I strongly believe that professors should create assignments that they themselves would like to do,” he said. Each summer, Harrington does an Harrington, assignment from one of his painting Three Hour Portrait Study classes. This year, he said, it was a portrait study created in the timeframe of a single class.

“I hope that students can learn not just from the final product, but by the process which I documented in photographs,” he said. “I don’t generally exhibit these demonstrations, but I am glad the judge appreciated the effort.”

names of at UMES alumni vie least The two UMES alumni be on the Nov. 4 for legislative seats will general election ballot

Faculty member takes hobby to the classroom

for state legislative offices, one in Maryland and the other in North Carolina.

Judy H. Davis is a Democrat from West Ocean City running for the newly created 38-C House of Delegates seat representing northern Worcester and eastern Wicomico counties. Her Republican opponent is Mary Beth Carozza, 53, of Ocean City.

Davis, 58, earned a master’s degree in special education from UMES in 1997 and says it “has been instrumental in my work with children and as an advocate for students with learning differences.” She taught for 22 years.

Constance L. Johnson of Salisbury, N.C. is running as a Democratic challenger to Andrew Brock, 40, a Republican incumbent who has represented the Tar Heel state’s 34th senatorial for the past 12 years.

She is vying to represent Davie, Iredell and Rowan counties 50 miles northeast of Charlotte. This is her first run for public office.

Johnson, 52, is a 2003 graduate of UMES with a master’s degree in guidance and counseling. She has worked as an educator and publisher.

Little did Mark Williams, a math professor at UMES, know that when he came into the possession of some old tools, they would lead not only to a hobby, but a course at the university as well.

“Blacksmithing is a fascinating blend of fire and earth, strength and precision,” said Christopher Harrington, chair of the Department of Fine Arts. “There are very few practitioners with the skill and passion of Dr. Williams. His students are very lucky.”

Williams said, “It’s my wife’s fault,” that he got into blacksmithing, explaining that it was when the couple inherited a box of tools from her great grandfather, a West Virginian craftsman, that he sought to find what they were used for.

“People told me that I needed a forge and an anvil to use those tools,” he said. He connected with the Furnace Town Black Smith’s Guild in Snow Hill and “then I got hooked.”

Williams works at the craft on weekends and regularly attends events such as last weekend’s Sea Witch Halloween & Fiddler’s Festival in Rehoboth Beach to educate the public on the ancient art form.

“Blacksmithing is both a craft and an art. Giving students a different medium in which to work broadens their abilities and sharpens their creativity,” Williams said.

“Blacksmithing has been a human endeavor since biblical times. Preparing for the future requires a knowledge of the past. Besides, pulling a piece of hot metal from the fire and changing its form is fun.”

The course, 499G Independent Study in Art: Sculpture, will be taught at Furnace Town in Snow Hill during the January session, Jan. 2 through 21. Current students can register Nov. 10-21 through HAWKWeb. For more information, email mewilliams@umes.edu.

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Meet HH3...

UMES’ dynamo bird of prey

UMES club football gets win for Parents’ Weekend

The UMES club football team beat George Mason University, 20-6, in a National Club Football Association Mid-Atlantic Conference game during Parents’ Weekend.

Coronation 2014 festivities held

Hawk Hysteria each October serves a dual purpose; it symbolically signals the start of college hoops season and doubles as an opportunity for the UMES campus to gather and wish Harry T. Hawk, its beloved mascot, “happy birthday.”

As Harry grows older and takes on more responsibilities serving as the university’s imaginary goodwill ambassador, time management has become a HUGE issue in the go-go world of mascotry.

So, Harry looked around his family tree and recruited a protégé, his nephew, HH3, to share the everexpanding load of filling public appearance requests.

Unbeknownst to the capacity crowd at Hawk Hysteria ’14, the event two weeks ago also was HH3’s hatching out party.

The usual cast of local mascot characters showed up to celebrate Harry’s birthday: Sherman the Shorebird, the Chick-fil-A cow and the Hardee’s Star.

They danced with UMES cheerleaders and Wee Hawks at center court and everybody sang “happy birthday” to Big Harry.

But as the festivities wound down, over in the corner of Hytche, a large transport cart mysteriously rolled out with a man-size egg atop it.

Peck, peck, peck.

The egg slowly broke open.

And out emerged HH3, bursting with energy. He danced. He hugged well-wishers. He posed for selfies.

Oh, that sneaky Harry. As is his practice, he offered no comment how he managed to turn his party into a surprise.

The reigning Miss and Mr. UMES (201415), Ericka Gregory and Dionte Salvi, (at center) are pictured with the outgoing royal couple, Samantha Clarkson and Jeremy Whichard.

The 2014-15 UMES Royal Court, pictured from left, are: Atiya Stewart and Babatunde Olu, Miss and Mr. Junior; Desiree Wright and Paul Hines, Miss and Mr. Sophomore; Ericka Gregory and Dionte Salvi, Miss and Mr. UMES; Kelsey Tate and Anthony Holton, Miss and Mr. Senior; and Ivana Washington and Jevonne Ashley, Miss and Mr. Freshman.

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The Thunderin’ Hawks Pep Band performs during Hawk Hysteria 2014 in the William P. Hytche Athletic Center.

Men’s basketball coach Bobby Collins addresses fans on the upcoming basketball season, which opens Nov. 14 at Virginia Tech.

Hawks Elijah Wright and Naijah Killikelly show which team is No. 1.

The women’s basketball team scrimmaged to show fans what is in store for this season. The team begins play on the road Nov. 14 in Washington, D.C., where it will face Georgetown at 6 p.m.

Hawks volleyball player Aleksandra Manolova signs an autograph for a young fan. The team did its part to make the 2014 Hawk Hysteria weekend a success, sweeping both home matches against Norfolk State (Friday) and Delaware State (Sunday).

UMES President Juliette B. Bell encourages the bowling team on its quest for its eighth MEAC title. The team opens its season this weekend (Oct. 31Nov. 2) at the Fairleigh Dickinson University (N.J.).

UMES’ cheerleading squad gets the crowd pumped-up.

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World music concert comes to UMES

Presidential Lecture Series

Curtis A. Ward, former Jamaican Ambassador to the United Nations, speaks on the topic:

INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT November 6, 11 a.m.

Richard F. Hazel Hall, Room 1020 Free and open to the public.

Foty Fusion, a musical group out of Washington D.C., performs its unique style of Arabic fusion at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore November 14.

The concert is free and takes place in the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts at 7 p.m.

The group consists of a Palestinian father and his five American-born children. Their music is influenced by their PalestinianEgyptian roots along with classical music training and the urban sounds of political rap, jazz and gospel from living in D.C. The concert features traditional instruments, vocals and the debke—a centuries-old dance performed in the Middle East.

Call 410-651-6543 for more information.

The event is sponsored UMES’ Department of English and Modern Languages, the Foreign Language Instructional Center and the Office of Title III Programs.

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Alade finished his dissertation while a student trainee at the population dynamics branch of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole, Mass.

Today, Alade assesses several New England fish stocks and provides scientific advice for management. He serves on a groundfish – bottom-dwellers like flounder – planning development team for the New England Fishery Management Council, which works to conserve and manage fishery resources. He also co-teaches a stock assessment course at UMES similar to the one that inspired him to go into fisheries science.

Alade credits UMES’ partnership with NOAA in helping him find a rewarding career path where he enjoys working on complex problems in fisheries stock assessment. Perks of the field, he said, are having intellectual freedom and working with world-class scientists.

Lonnie Gonsalves, a research ecologist, earned his doctorate in environmental molecular biology at UMES’ Living Marine Resources science center. He investigated the nutritional status and immune function of the Chesapeake Bay’s striped bass, a NOAA Fisheries managed species, as part of his dissertation research that fed directly into NOAA’s informational needs.

Gonsalves now applies his research skills to other organisms (sentinel species) critical to the bay ecosystem in his position with NOAA Fisheries at the Cooperative Oxford (Md.) Laboratory. His research focuses on using molecular-based techniques to measure fish health, ecosystem level processes and ecosystem services. Gonsalves is also the president of the American Fisheries Society’s Equal Opportunity Division.

Gonsalves participated in two of this year’s forum events, the NOAA Professionals Panel and a second entitled, “How to Initiate and Build Collaborative Relationships.” He recommends students take advantage of events like the 2014 forum to start mapping out career options. He points to the opportunity for students to align their research with the needs of NOAA, other resource management agencies and private-sector companies to be career-ready.

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School of Pharmacy sponsors campus health fair

Javaria Alvi, a pharmacy student, shares information on diabetes with Sally Daamash (both at center) while fellow pharmacy students Zehra Demir (left) and Damaris Ndam (right) help man the health fair display.

Pictured, from left, at an informational display on breast cancer are pharmacy students Mallory Greenberg, Laura Byrd, Adedamola Ajiboye and Tiffany Taylor.

UMES students walk for breast cancer

Hawk Pride…Catch it!

UMES’ Men Achieving Dreams Through Education, (M.A.D.E.) hosted the inaugural “Stepping Up to Make a Difference” walk on campus to raise awareness of breast cancer. The male retention initiative raised nearly $450 in donations for Women Supporting Women, a local non-profit cancer support group. Over 200 students participated in the walk.

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Among Whichard’s tasks is finding ways to connect with younger alumni, to keep them engaged with their alma mater and to persuade them to support it no matter the amount. The UMES-Giving site also allows donors to specify how their gift should be used.

One approach Whichard is hoping will resonate with his peers suggests that donors commit to contributing $1,000 by authorizing a recurring monthly transfer of $8.33 over 10 years.

“That’s about the cost of one fast-food meal a month,” Whichard said.

Another opportunity Whichard is hoping will capture potential donors’ attention across several generations, is the new “Achieve 23” fund, created specifically in recognition of UMES being rated this fall as the nation’s 23rd best historically black institution by “U.S. News & World Report.” Donors are encouraged to make a one-time contribution of $23.

Among funds now featured on the site: Circle of Hope, which helps students foot unexpected education bills; Rx for Good - UMES Health Professions fund and The Thunderin’ HAWKS Pep Band fund.

For more information about how to be one of the first to participate in this new way of supporting UMES, contact the Division of Institutional Advancement at 410-651-8848 or visit: https://iaumes.givecorps.com/.

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Fall Theatre Production* 7:30 p.m.

Ella Fitzgerald Center UMES’ Drama Society presents “A RAISIN IN THE SUN” $5 general admission, $3 seniors, $2 students w/ID 410-651-6571

Presidential Lecture Series 11 a.m.

Richard F. Hazel Hall, Room 1020 Curtis A. Ward, former Jamaican Ambassador to the United Nations, speaks on the topic “International Engagement.”

410-651-UMES

Art Exhibit Opening Reception 4-6 p.m.

Mosely Gallery “EcoArt: Intersections of Art, Science and Activism.”

Hours: Mon. through Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Show on display through Nov. 26.

3 p.m.

Richard A. Henson Center, Room 1116 Lecture on EcoArt by Mark Cooley, professor of new media at James Mason University. www.moselygallery.com /410-651-7770

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*Unless stipulated (*) all events listed are free and open to the public.

UMES Concert Choir Performance 4 p.m.

Ella Fitzgerald Center 410-651-6571

UMES Wind Ensemble Concert 7 p.m.

Ella Fitzgerald Center 410-651-6571

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World Music Concert Concert 7 p.m.

Ella Fitzgerald Center Foty Fusion performs a blend of Middle Eastern rhythms and sounds and debke, a traditional dance.

410-651-6543

UMES Jazz Ensemble Concert 7 p.m.

Ella Fitzgerald Center 410-651-6571

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International Student Ethnic Festival 11 a.m.

Student Services Center Ballroom 410-651-6079

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UMES Jazz Combo-Chamber Ensemble Recital 7 p.m.

Ella Fitzgerald Center 410-651-6571

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