The Key October 15, 2010 Edition

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NAACP looks to future UMES president: 'We must hold together the strength of the family'

By Deborah Gates , staff writer, The Daily Times

Ashanti said drew fewer guests this Organizers of the NAACP year because many supporters Freedom Fund Banquet in traveled to Washington that Wicomico County have always morning to attend the One Nation invited a guest speaker with ties to Working Together rally for job education, but at the fifth annual creation, diversity and tolerance. milestone event, the task was She called Thompson's reserved for a university president. attendance "an important Thelma B. Thompson of the presence" as the community University of Maryland Eastern struggles with economic and social Shore in nearby Princess Anne issues that impact the educational warned the audience that an performance of youth. attitude of indifference in the Photo by Jim Glovier "This year, it was important current era of economic and social Pictured from left to right: Rev. Lewis N. Watson, pastor of First Baptist that we got Thelma Thompson," infirmity would erode future Church and a UMES alumnus; UMES President Thelma B. Thompson; Mary opportunities for the community's Ashanti, president, Wicomico County branch of the NAACP; and Rev. Hugh Ashanti said of the 13th president Nichols. Dr. Thompson was the keynote speaker at the fifth annual Freedom at UMES who also is a writer and youth.

Fund Banquet held at Rev. Watson’s church in Salisbury. international figure in education.

"The family is under assault," "If you look back, most speakers have been educators or had ties to said Thompson, citing a growing rate of single heads of households, illness education -- one of the No. 1 priorities for the NAACP. It is the one component and record unemployment. "We must hold together the strength of the family through unity and solidarity. We must reach that can move you from poverty to success."

Thompson spoke on the theme "embracing family, instilling education out to youth in particular." and ensuring economic security for all" and urged the audience to take Close to 200 people attended the banquet at First Baptist Church in Salisbury, an event that Wicomico County NAACP branch President Mary continued on page 7

UMES enrollment eclipses 4,500

Photo by Jim Glovier

President Thelma B. Thompson enjoys an informal moment with UMES students.

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Enrollment at UMES has topped 4,500 students for the first time in the institution’s 124-year history.

UMES’ research office reports 3,967 undergraduates and 573 graduate students are currently enrolled at the historically black institution.

This fall’s record-breaking total includes 64 Doctor of Pharmacy candidates in the inaugural class of the university’s newest academic program. By the fall 2012, UMES’ pharmacy school expects to be training 180 students spread across three classes.

“It is encouraging to see enrollment growth at UMES,” President Thelma B. Thompson said. “This improvement is indicative of our collective effort and excellence in program offerings.”

When Thompson became UMES’ 13th president in 2002, enrollment stood at 3,644 students. It has grown by some 25 percent during Thompson’s eight years at the helm.

In 1981, UMES’ enrollment was approximately 1,000 students.

Today, UMES is recognized by its peers as one of the nation’s upper-tier historically black institutions, according to an annual survey by U.S. News & World Report.

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Page 5 University Gift Alumni Endowment

Page 6 Pep Band Relay for Life

Page 7 Dinner Raises Funds for Children

Page 8 Calendar of Events Chef Wins Contest

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Mosely Gallery hosts the comic book art of Michael Golden Comic book artist and writer Michael Golden opens an exhibit at the Mosely Gallery featuring his work created as an editor at DC Comics and senior art director at Marvel Comics. The opening reception and book signing takes place on Thursday, October 28, from 4-6 p.m. Golden is best known for his work on Marvel’s “The Micronauts” and his cocreation of the X-Men’s “Rogue” character.

“We are thrilled to have an artist of great international stature on campus—the inimitable storyteller Michael Golden,” said Solomon Isekeije, interim chair of the Fine Arts Department at UMES. “It is especially fitting as UMES is the only public university in the nation to offer a concentration in sequential arts, better known as comic book art.”

Brad Hudson, art instructor and designer of the sequential art curriculum at UMES said of Golden’s work, “He has a clean graphic sensibility that’s admired throughout the comic art community; his excellence, paired with enduring success, assures him a place among the

greats in sequential history.”

Golden is known for his detailed pencil work on “The ‘Nam,” “Micronauts,” the “G.I. Joe Yearbook” and “Dr. Strange.” According to his agent, Renee Witterstaetter, Golden modestly never identifies which is his own favorite project. However, according to one art dealer, "Everybody in the business has been influenced by Golden's “Dr. Strange.”

Milestones in Golden's career include the co-creation of Continuity Comic’s “Bucky O’Hare”, which led to an animated series and toy line designed by Golden, as well as “Spartan” with Jackie Chan, “Inside Kung Fu” columnist Ric Meyers and editor Renee Witterstaetter.

Currently, Golden's work can be seen with new covers on “Nightwing,” “Iron Man,” “Heroes for Hire,” “Exiles,” “Demon’s Regret” and more.

Vanguard Productions recently released a “Manga” version of the “Bucky” series, as well as the top-selling art retrospective “Excess: The Art of Michael Golden.” A two-part candid DVD on Golden and his career has also just been released by Creator Chronicles.

As a conceptual cover artist, Golden has penciled everything from “Batman” and “Captain America” to “Vampirella” - and “….virtually every character in the industry at some point or another. I'm the one they come to when they want one of those covers with a thousand characters on them," he said.

Along with his written and illustrated projects, Golden has worked on scores of movie production projects, including some currently in development. His art has been the focus of gallery shows in Gijon and Barcelona, Spain; New York; and Antwerp and Brussels, Belgium. Golden’s class on storytelling has also made an international circuit.

The exhibit is on display at the Mosely Gallery of Art at UMES from October 21-December 2. Hours of operation are Monday-Thursday, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Friday, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. The Mosely Gallery is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Anke Van Wagenberg, gallery director, at 410-651-7770, by emailing gallery@umes.edu or by visiting www.umes.edu/arts.

UMES Drama Society to present “God’s Trombones”

by James Weldon Johnson A cast and crew of over 30 members of UMES’ Drama Society along with university faculty and staff will present “God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse and a Prayer” for their annual fall theater production November 4-6, at 7:30 p.m. at the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts.

The play comes from the 1927 book of poems by James Weldon Johnson patterned after traditional African-American religious oratory or “folk sermons” passed along through generations by members of the clergy. The seven poems are: “Listen, Lord—A Prayer,” “The Creation,” “The Prodigal Son,” “Go down Death—A Funeral Sermon,” “Noah Built the Ark,” “The Crucifixion,” “Let My People Go” and “The Judgment Day.” “We’re going to bring these bible stories that the community grew up with to life,” said Dr. Della Dameron-Johnson, director of the UMES Drama Society and assistant professor of English and modern languages. “Our lighting and set design teams are creating authentic settings to support the actors. We even have an ark, ‘animals,’ an old-time casket, a crucifixion

Photo by Jim Glovier

Dr. Della Dameron-Johnson, director of the UMES Drama Society, works with students as they rehearse the “Prodigal Son,” a scene from their upcoming production “God’s Trombones.”

scene and other surprises.”

The UMES Gospel Choir combined with area gospel soloists from various community churches lend their talent to this year’s production by stepping in to provide a smooth transition from scene to scene. “The music will reinforce the message in the theatrical performance,” said DameronJohnson. “Liturgical or ‘praise,’ dancing by talented university students will also add a new element to the production.”

Tickets are available at the door. Prices are $5 for the general public, $3 for senior citizens and $2 for UMES students. For more information, call 410-651-6575.

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Former UMES professor talks about the world’s water woes Dr. Jack Wennersten returned to his professional roots when he country?” he said. “We can take lessons from countries still using antique challenged UMES students, who attended his guest lectures, to think of water water systems … because they work." as an irreplaceable resource.

Wennersten predicted his new book may not be popular or a best-seller Wennersten is writing a book about the topic, adding to those about the because it won’t offer a hopeful message. “We need some reality books – environment already on ‘this is the way the world his resume: “Chesapeake is today’ and these are Bay: An Environmental the options,” he said.

Biography” and “Oyster The recent Gulf of Wars of the Mexico oil-spill and Chesapeake.” debate about pollution “Dr. Wennersten’s in the Chesapeake Bay ‘Oyster Wars’ has been a inspired Wennersten to favorite read of mine for accept UMES’ invitation several decades now,” to return to campus. said Mike Bilek, director, "Dr. Wennersten Maryland Tributary had the students riveted Strategies Program at the when he described the state Department of presence of our Natural Resources. medicines in our water Photo by Jim Glovier Friends and former colleagues of Dr. Jack Wennersten join him at a reception and book signing “Oyster Wars,” supply. He figured out UMES. Pictured from left are Drs. Phyllis and Leonard Jaffe, Wennersten, Agnes Dennis and Wennersten notes, is still at how to communicate Dr. Della Dameron-Johnson. in print 30 years after he how the medicine we wrote it. It was reissued in paperback in 2007. take...comes out into our water supply. He used a great word--new to most Wennersten taught history at UMES from 1972 until his retirement in of us--effluvia," Dr. Kathryn Barrett-Gaines, associate professor of social 1996. At a reception following his guest lectures, he said “who would have sciences at UMES said, adding, "Students appreciated his gritty realism as he thought I’d go on to another life as a writer.” He has authored six books, warned of the water problems which face us, really soon!" including the popular “25 Bicycle Tours on Delmarva: Cycling the “We don’t miss water until a well is dry, or it is gone, or it is polluted,” Chesapeake Bay Country.”

Wennersten said. “We’re going to have a major catastrophe world-wide with In retirement, Wennersten has traveled widely. Less-developed nations water, or the lack of it, if we don’t wake up and realize where we are and primitive cultures value water preservation, he said. A recent trip to headed."

India inspired Wennersten to look critically at water as a limited resource Wennersten lives in Washington, but maintains emotional ties to most people around the world take for granted. He saw a populous country Delmarva. The region, he says, faces uncertainty as growth and development reliant on a shrinking amount of potable water. threaten to transform “Chesapeake society as a settled community of farmers “Where are they going to get the water to support this booming and watermen and quiet country towns out of existence.”

Roberts to serve on Women in Maryland Higher Education Executive Board Aundra Roberts, program assistant, UMES Honors Program, was recently nominated to serve on the Women in Maryland Higher Education (WIMHE) Photo by Jim Glovier executive board, which represents both public and private institutions in the state.

“I am honored to receive this nomination,” said Roberts. “This will be a great opportunity to contribute, support and build a stronger network for women in higher education.”

WIMHE is affiliated with the Office of Women in Higher Education of the American Council on Education (OWHE). Since 1973, OWHE’s purpose is to identify women leaders in institutions of higher education, develop

their leadership abilities and aid in the advancement of women’s careers.

According to Roberts, the WIMHE is in the process of recruiting for general membership. Currently, the executive board sponsors an annual conference, professional networking activities, mentoring support, leadership skill development seminars and a fall luncheon to honor prominent women leaders in Maryland institutions of higher education.

Roberts’ career at UMES has spanned 16 years and five departments within the institution. She has served as administrative assistant, executive administrative assistant and development foundation coordinator.

In her current position with UMES’ Honors Program, Roberts assists students with academic counseling, course scheduling, coordinates outreach and recruitment initiatives, and organizes intellectual, cultural and social activities.

She received a bachelor’s degree in sociology at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and a master’s degree from Wilmington University, both with honors.

Roberts resides in Salisbury with her husband Wayne.

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UMES awards doctorates to largest physical therapy class Profession recognized during National Physical Therapy Month in October Heather Bennett saw up close how a physical therapist can make a difference in someone’s life when Bennett’s mother tore one of her anterior cruciate ligaments, also known as an ACL. The therapist worked with her mother to ease her pain and restore mobility after she ruptured the tissue in her knee that connects the thighbone to the shinbone.

“That’s how I found out what I wanted to do with life,” said Bennett, 24, who enrolled in UMES’ Doctor of Physical Therapy Program three years ago.

Bennett and 22 other UMES students recently earned their physical therapy degrees during a graduation ceremony held in conjunction with the Founders’ Day Convocation. The class of 2010 is the university’s largest since the inaugural class of doctoral students graduated in 2005. Newly minted graduates are now eligible to sit for the professional licensure exam to earn the credential that most employers require when hiring physical therapists.

“I’m a little nervous about the test, but I think the program at UMES has definitely prepared me for it,” said Bennett, an Ellicott City resident.

UMES graduates boast a 100 percent passing rate on the National Physical Therapy Exam, according to Dr. Raymond L. Blakely, chairman of the Department of Physical Therapy. He’s confident the class of 2010 can keep that streak alive. Blakely believes his faculty’s “student-centered” approach to teaching is the key to graduates’ success on the test.

“They spend a lot of time working one-on-one with the students,” Blakely said. “We also have a topnotch curriculum.”

UMES’ Doctor of Physical Therapy Program is a three-year course of study that combines clinical and classroom experiences. Classrooms, laboratories and faculty offices are located on campus in Hazel Hall, which features state-of-the art teaching and laboratory equipment.

Graduates are prepared to carry out the responsibilities of health care providers, practicing prevention, examination, and intervention in acute care, outpatient and other rehabilitation settings, Blakely said. The doctoral program also prepares students to contribute to the field of physical therapy through research and other scholarly activities.

Blakely noted that “UMES is one of two Doctor of Physical Therapy programs offered in the Photo by Cynthia Gill state.” The other is the University of Maryland’s downtown Baltimore campus.

Shannon Davis, a Salisbury University graduate, enrolled in UMES’ physical therapy program because of its excellent reputation. The 25-yearold Hagerstown resident had a job lined up before she received her diploma on September 13. She accepted a position as a traveling physical therapist.

“I really like working one-on-one with patients and making a difference in their lives,” Davis said.

Fellow graduate Dave Hartwig, 26, said he has already received multiple job offers. He enjoys the fact that he can be “choosy,” especially in a sluggish economy when jobs are difficult to find.

“I had the chance to shadow a physical therapist for a day in high school and I was sold,” said the Baltimore native. “I also saw the potential to make a really good salary.”

Maryland is considered one of the top paying states in this occupation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In May 2009, the median annual income of physical therapists was $76,220.

“Physical therapists are much needed across the country, as well as, in our community,” Blakely said.

All but one of this year’s physical therapy graduates list Maryland as their home state; three are from the Lower Eastern Shore.

UMES doctoral student named vice chancellor at HBCU North Carolina A&T State University recently appointed Nicole Pride associate vice chancellor for university relations.

Pride is currently pursuing her doctorate in organizational leadership at UMES. The New Jersey native previously held the position of vice president for development and communications for the Child Care Services Association in Chapel Hill, N.C. Throughout her career, Pride also took on numerous roles at IBM, including marketing program manager, corporate learning; manager, corporate community relations and public affairs; program manager, corporate community relations and public affairs; and manager, employee charitable contribution campaign. Additionally, she served as an assistant director of alumni relations at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Pride received her bachelor’s degree in business management and economics from North Carolina State University and her master’s degree in corporate and public communications from Seton Hall University.

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Dr. Sarah Miles Woods honors memory of her parents through university gift It has been some 95 years since Eastern Shore residents Howard and Marguerite Miles graduated from Princess Anne Academy, now UMES. Thanks to a major gift given to the university by their daughter, Dr. Sarah Miles Woods of Crisfield, their memory Photo by Patty Hancock lives on.

With a recent contribution of $50,000, Dr. Woods established “The Mrs. Marguerite Daugherty Miles and Mr. Howard S. K. Miles Scholarship” to fund scholarships for students majoring in one of the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, agricultural and mathematics) disciplines or in human ecology.

“Dr. Woods is an avid scientist and believes in education, as evidenced by this gift,” said Kimberly Dumpson, J.D., director of alumni affairs and planned giving at UMES. “Her generosity will make a lasting difference in the lives of our students.”

The author of several publications in chemistry, Dr. Woods served as a member of the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania. She taught high school chemistry in Chicago for 10 years, before rising through the faculty ranks at Roosevelt University, where she served as a full-time professor and head of the African, Afro-American and Black Studies Program there. Upon her retirement, Woods returned to her native Crisfield. She continues to maintain her memberships in Sigma Xi, The Scientifc Research Society, and the American Chemical Society. Dr. Woods is also a 70-year member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., and remains an active member of the local Delta Sigma Omega chapter in Salisbury.

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GOURMET DINING SERIES FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22 Mama Creole Haute Cuisine Entrée: Triple Delight-Cumin Roasted Lamb Chop, Jumbo Lumps and Alaskan Crab Puff Pastry Remick, Jerk Roasted Pork Tenderloin

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Gastronome High Cuisine Gastronomy Entrée: Amandine Soft Shell Crab with Missouri Bison’s Tenderloin Wellington

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3 Happy Merry Haute Cuisine Party Entrée: Jumbo Crab Lump Imperial with Southwestern Barbeque Sirloin Steak Tickets are on sale now for the HRM 2010 Gourmet Dining Series. Tickets are $50 per person and can be purchased Monday- Thursday, from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. in the Richard Henson Center, Room 2100. Checks or money orders only made payable to UMES. Seating time for the event is 7 p.m. For more information, contact Angie Price at 410-651-6563.

Dr. Woods earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, N.C., a master’s degree in organic chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania and a doctorate in organic chemistry from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

“Although not a graduate herself, Dr. Woods’ family has a longstanding connection to our institution,” said Dumpson. “Her grandparents, Washington and Annie Miles of Crisfield, sent five of their six children, including her father, Howard, to be educated at UMES. There was no other place locally where African-American children could be educated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.” Dr. Woods’ two sisters, Portia Anderson and Marizita Grimes graduated from Princess Anne College in 1938, and her niece, Clarissa Grimes Price, along with her husband, Robert, graduated from Maryland State College in 1969.

According to Dumpson, applicants must be junior or senior honor students with at least a 3.0 cumulative and semester GPA prior to applying for the award. Eligible students must be from a socio-economic disadvantaged background or must be from an under-served or underrepresented population in the STEAM fields of study.

For more information or to learn more about how you can contribute to the Campaign for Academic Excellence, a $14 million capital campaign benefitting student scholarships, contact the Office of Institutional Advancement at 410-651-7686.

UMES National Alumni Association president endows new scholarship Dianna Rogers-Ford, a 1969 graduate of Maryland State College, now UMES, and current president of the UMES National Alumni Association Inc., recently established a scholarship in memory of her son, Marcus Nyerere Rogers.

Rogers-Ford’s $25,000 gift, to initiate The Dianna Rogers-Ford Scholarship for Arts and Professions, will support need-based scholarships for students majoring in either history, English and modern languages, criminal justice, education, or the visual and performing arts. The fund may also be used to support student research or study abroad.

“There has been such a global emphasis on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines that it would be easy to overlook the importance of the arts,” said Kimberly Dumpson, J.D., director of alumni affairs and planned giving at UMES. “The creation of this scholarship for the arts and professions reinforces the validity of these areas of study as well.”

Rogers-Ford is a guidance counselor at Patterson High School in Baltimore and is a member of the UMES Baltimore Alumni Chapter and the Baltimore Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.

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Collaborative effort creates Thunderin’ Hawks Pep Band

Part of the Thundering Hawk’s Pep Band, the drum line, lent their support of the UMES team at Relay for Life.

The dream of a few alumni has come to fruition with the creation of the Thunderin’ Hawks Pep Band—a credit to a collaborative effort by alumni and campus partners.

“I want to see school spirit increased,” said Simba Leonard, Thunderin’ Hawks Pep Band director. “I’m envisioning that the pep band members will have fun, which will therefore excite the community and create a lot of energy on campus.”

The idea was generated at the 2010 MEAC Tournament, where it was noted that UMES was the only one of 11 universities in the MEAC without a pep band. Action was taken with the formation of a steering committee comprised of alumni and representatives of the UMES departments of Athletics, Student Activities and Alumni Affairs.

“Under the leadership and tenacity of alumni Delphine Lee, Class of ’70, and Jesse Williams, Class of ’62, approximately $75,000 has been raised with $25,000 to go to meet the goal of $100,000 to re-establish a first-class pep band at UMES,” said Kimberly Dumpson, J.D., director of Alumni Affairs. “For all of us, it is music to our ears.”

The 30-piece band is poised to bolster Hawk pride at their debut at the university’s Hawk Hysteria, on Friday, October 15.

For more information or to contribute to the Thunderin’ Hawks Pep Band, contact Dumpson at 410-6517686.

Hawks raise over $2,400 for Relay For Life

By Maggie Hayon, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics

In a continual effort to support the community, the UMES Athletic Department participated once again in the annual Wicomico County Relay for Life at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium.

Linda Baines, director of student-athlete services, in addition to the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) organized the “Fighting Hawks” team with a “Vintage Throwback” theme.

UMES received an enormous turnout by student-athletes, coaches, staff members, friends and family members who raised money and walked in honor and memory of those who have been affected by cancer.

SAAC’s goal was to raise $1,500 with the participation of all Hawk teams. They exceeded this goal by nearly $1,000, raising a grand total of almost $2,500 for the American Cancer Society—a significant increase from the team’s donation last year of $600.

“This event was a huge success,” said Baines. “We have received numerous compliments from on-lookers and were commended by the Relay for Life committee for our spirit and participation.”

The event kicked off early Friday evening with a moment of silence for those who lost their battles with cancer. This was followed by a lap by

survivors, including Bowling Head Coach Sharon Brummell and others related to UMES. “I’m always touched by the attendance and fellowship that we have at Relay for Life,” commented Brummell. “The whole Athletic Department supports a cause that is very near and dear to my heart and I am proud that we can help those that are in need on the Eastern Shore.”

Relay for Life is the American Cancer Society's signature event— offering the community an opportunity to take part in the fight against cancer. According to organizers, the event has brought together more than 3.5 million people to celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer.

The strength of survivors inspires others to continue the fight and allows everyone to remember loved ones who have been lost to the disease.

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UMES students sponsor dinner to raise funds for children in Africa Workers place solar panels on a school building in a village in rural Uganda—the result of last year’s Hawk Children’s Fund fundraising efforts.

A student-run group at UMES that focuses on helping underprivileged children in Africa will stage a fundraising dinner Friday, November 19.

This year’s goal is generating money to sponsor reading instruction programs in 10 rural villages in Uganda, where previous Hawk Children’s Fund efforts have assisted in building a school, providing books and installing a modern water-tank system.

Students in UMES’ Hotel and Restaurant Management program manage the Hawk Children’s Fund under the direction of professor Richard P. Gormley.

Since its inception in 2008, the Hawk Children’s Fund has significantly impacted young people on two continents. Children in Africa, Gormley said, have been the beneficiaries of the altruism of UMES students, who are learning skills operating a philanthropic organization that should help them find a job when they graduate.

Gormley said students are motivated this year by the prospect of working with a partner willing to provide matching funds to what they raise with their fund-raising dinner.

This year’s dinner menu features jumbo shrimp and New York strip steak, cream of crab soup, Caesar salad and lemon intermezzo. The dessert is warm apple crumble with French vanilla ice cream.

The dinner begins at 7 p.m. in the Richard Henson Center ballroom on the UMES campus. Half of the $30 ticket price is tax deductible, Gormley said.

Only 80 tickets will be sold, he said, and checks should be made payable to the Maryland Hawk Corp.

To purchase tickets, mail a request with full payment to Richard P. Gormley, 2108 Henson Center, UMES, Princess Anne, Md., 21853. For more information, call 410-651-6562, or email rpgormley@umes.edu.

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branches across the country to continue to fight injustices for all people, not just blacks, Martin also said.

"The cause or reason may not be lynching, but there is still the disparate treatment of human beings because of their social or economic status," Martin said. "Fighting the injustices is hard work and it takes money to move forward. The Freedom Fund Banquet is one of the sources used to help get the job done.

Ashanti called on elected officials and candidates for political office in attendance to put political agendas aside for the common good of humanity.

Rick Pollitt, Wicomico County executive, called the occasion a time to reflect upon what's important.

Salisbury Mayor Jim Ireton praised Ashanti's efforts to help record residents for the 2010 census, calling her "a valued partner in inspiring participation."

Constance M. Stewart, director of the Sojourner-Douglass College branch on the Lower Shore, received the NAACP branch's Community Service Award for her contributions to the community.

command of heir child's education, rather than pass off all of the responsibility to teachers and other influences.

"We must take responsibility and work with teachers," she said. "Just because you send your child to school every day, it doesn't mean that they're learning."

Economic and social success, she said, is dependent on family engagement and education.

The economic situation of a family drives everything else," Thompson said.

"Given the right opportunity, they can be successful; they have the brain power," Thompson also said. "(But) many end up as drug dealers."

Sandra Martin, treasurer of the Wicomico NAACP, recalled that the 1909 founding of the NAACP had a mission to "make right the injustices and unfair treatment of the Negro." While lynching and race riots of the early 20th century have passed in America, "there is still a need for the organization," she said. The Freedom Fund Banquet is a signature fundraiser for NAACP

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UMES chef instructor wins National Healthy Cheese Recipe Contest An abundance of pumpkins in Susan Callahan’s kitchen Pumpkin Macaroni and Cheese at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore at Shady Grove last fall inspired the chef instructor to create an award-winning recipe: Preparation Ingredients Pumpkin Macaroni and Cheese.

Prepare dish with pan spray.

1 lb penne macaroni; cooked al dente “The students and I developed it when we had so many pumpkins in the Place cooled penne in kitchen after an event,” said Callahan, who won the Wisconsin Milk Marketing 2 cups pumpkin puree baking dish.

Board’s first-ever Healthy Cheese Recipe Contest for educators this past 1 diced red pepper Mix the puree and all other summer. ingredients except bread 2 tablespoons seasoned flour “I am the queen of finding new things to do with excess food.” crumbs, oil, and ¼ cup 1 cup milk This summer, Callahan joined 19 other food service instructors for an allparmesan cheese. expense-paid tour of Wisconsin cheese-making. The trip featured tastings, ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes Mix bread crumbs and demonstrations, facility and farm tours, discussions and three days of famous Freshly ground black pepper parmesan cheese with oil.

Wisconsin hospitality.

1 cup part-skim ricotta cheese Sprinkle over pasta.

“There were dozens of contest entries, so we congratulate each winner Cover with parchment, and ½ cup parmesan cheese as having met the spirit of the contest most effectively,” said Mary Peterson, foil. president of the Center for the Advancement of Foodservice Education (CAFÉ). ½ cup cheddar cheese Bake in a preheated 375 CAFÉ was a sponsor of the contest, which required participants to use 2 tablespoons olive oil degree oven for about 20 Wisconsin cheese as an ingredient in the recipe entry. Recipes were judged ½ cup bread crumbs minutes. on creativity, appearance, flavor and calorie count.

Remove foil and bake until ¼ cup parmesan cheese “I think my recipe stood out because it’s unique,” said Callahan, a Silver brown.

Pan Spray Spring resident who started teaching at UMES four years ago.

In addition to the tour, some of winners had their healthy cheese recipes featured at the CAFÉ Leadership Conference, as well as, at other events that CAFÉ produced for professional food service educators and trainers this past summer.

“I have been a foodie for as long as I can remember,” said Callahan, the mother of four boys, who discovered her passion for cooking as a child. “When I was a kid, I used to cut out pictures of food from my mother’s magazine and feed my stuffed animals.”

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*Unless stipulated, all events listed are FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. For more information, call 410-651-6669 or 410-651-6571.

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HAWK HYSTERIA 6 p.m.

Volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball and more.

William P. Hytche Athletic Center

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OPENING RECEPTION-ART EXHIBIT 4-6 p.m.

The Comic Book Art of Michael Golden Mosely Gallery/ Hours: Mon. through Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Show on display until Dec. 2

NOVEMBER 3-6

UMES FALL THEATER PRODUCTION* “God’s Trombones” 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts

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UMES CONCERT CHOIR CONCERT 4 p.m.

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