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A newsletter for UNIVERSITY of MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends
THE October 19, 2012
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Welcome To Parents’ Weekend! October 19-21, 2012 Lectures enhance "Journey Stories" exhibit Two guest lectures will be held at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in conjunction with the “Journey Stories” traveling exhibit of the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum on Main Street project. Dr. Psyche Williams-Forson, an associate Williams-Forson professor of American studies at the University of Maryland College Park, will speak Nov. 8, at 12:30 p.m. in the Student Service Center, multi-purpose room. Dr. Robert Ginsberg, professor emeritus at Pennsylvania State University with 35 years teaching philosophy and comparative literature, is UMES’ guest Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. in the Frederick Douglass Library auditorium. Both lectures are sponsored by the Maryland Humanities Council.
“The ‘Journey Stories’ exhibit in itself is a gem, but to have these companion activities adds to the breadth and depth of the subject,” said Jennifer Neumyer, special collections and outreach librarian at UMES. The lectures further illustrate how the Ginsberg development of transportation and technology has greatly impacted American society, she said. Williams-Forson’s topic is “Freedom to Travel: When the Proper Airs of Refinement, Beautiful Clothes, and a Packed Lunch Were Just Not Enough.” She “facilitates a lively discussion” among participants who are asked to contribute their own experiences in order to think more deeply about how
New higher education network launches to improve Maryland and DC communities
University of Maryland Eastern Shore is joining 29 other public and private colleges and universities to form The Maryland-District of Columbia Campus Compact, a consortium committed to addressing local and global community issues through student service, civic engagement, academically based service-learning and campus-community partnerships. In one of her first acts after becoming UMES president July 1, Dr. Juliette B. Bell committed the university to joining other two-, four-year and graduate institutions that now form an expanded version of an older organization. “I believe that personal and social responsibility are essential attributes of an educated citizenry. We have the capacity and responsibility of making civic learning and engagement integral components of the educational enterprise here at UMES,” Bell said. The new compact will hold its inaugural meeting at Montgomery College’s Takoma Park campus, Oct. 26, when presidents of member
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Page 2 Inauguration Committee Named Phil Anthropy Works Here
Page 3 Theater Production School of Pharmacy Lecture Series
Pages 4 PAs Win Award Thurgood Marshall Recruits Dietietics Program Wins Award
Pages 5 First PGA Class Dunn Elected Drama Director Assists
Page 6 Bowling Top Team Hawk Hysteria
Page 7 Student Q&A Cancer Walk
Page 8 Calendar of Events Gourmet Dining Series Where's Phil?