The Key October 5, 2012 Edition

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Grid feasibility study panel has December deadline administration hired a consulting firm to help it identify factors that should be considered in such a decision. Bell said the Alden & Associates report provides a roadmap to follow in addressing the feasibility of offering football as part of UMES’ sports line-up.

“We still have a long way to go before a decision can be made,” Bell said. “But it is important to have this independent perspective of what our institution should consider when assessing whether adding a football program makes sense.”

An advisory panel formed to evaluate a consultant’s study that addresses challenges presented by reintroducing varsity football at UMES has a December deadline to produce findings for President Juliette B. Bell.

Bell, who announced the formation of a task force Sept. 20 when she released the football feasibility study, said the report would help guide her in weighing the pros and cons of fielding an NCAA Division 1 team, but she has not determined when that decision would be made.

Earlier this year, the UMES

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UMES to receive $2.5 million federal grant UMES is among 97 of the nation’s historically black institutions that learned Sept. 17 it will receive a share of a $227.9 million federal grant to strengthen academic resources, financial management systems, endowment-building capacity and physical plants.

The university will get $2.5 million from UMES $2.5 M the U.S. Department of Bowie $3.0 M Education, which Coppin $2.8 M formally announced plans to distribute the Del. St. $2.4 M federal aid beginning Morgan $3.9 M this week.

The five-year grants — Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities — will help pay for such activities as curriculum reform; counseling and student service

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programs; establishing teacher education programs designed to qualify students to teach; acquiring real-estate property in connection with construction, renovations, or additions that may improve campus facilities; and funding faculty and staff development. In addition, funds may be used for the purchase, rental, or lease of scientific or laboratory equipment and the development of academic instruction in disciplines in which African-Americans are underrepresented.

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Journey Stories, a traveling exhibit of the Smithsonian Institutes’ Museum on Main Street opens at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Mosely Gallery on Oct. 18 with a reception from 4-6 p.m. It remains on display through Nov. 30.

“We’re pleased to bring such an outstanding exhibit to the lower Eastern Shore,” Cori Beardsley, the new interim director of the Mosely Gallery at UMES, said. Journey Stories uses images, audio and artifacts to tell how our ancestors came to America or pursued a new life in another state or across the continent, she said. “The reasons why they came or why they migrated within the country are as diverse as the individuals themselves. Their stories demonstrate the critical role travel has played in forming American society.”

The exhibit covers four centuries of American history and includes accounts of European immigrants traveling in search of promise in a new country; Africans forced into slavery and brought to North America; ‘forty-niners’ following the California Trail during the Gold Rush; Native Americans traveling the Trail of Tears after the Indian Removal Act of 1830; the harrowing tales of slaves escaping through the Underground Railroad; and families leaving their hometowns in search of employment during the Great Depression.

“The exhibit shows how the development of transportation technology was inspired mainly by the human desire for freedom,” Beardsley said.

The Maryland Humanities Council is sponsoring Journey Stories’ five-location route in Maryland and assists host museums in developing public programs to supplement the Smithsonian exhibit. At UMES, the Frederick Douglass Library hosts a companion exhibit, “International Voices: Capturing Their Journeys to UMES,” from Oct. 18 (opening reception from 2-4 p.m.) to Nov. 30 and a lecture, “The Global Village in the New Millennium,” on Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. by Dr. Robert Ginsberg, professor emeritus at Pennsylvania State University with 35-years teaching philosophy and comparative literature.

Dr. Psyche Williams-Forson, an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland and author of “Building Houses Out of Chicken Legs: Black Women, Food, and Power,” will speak on Nov. 8, at 12:30 in the UMES Student Services Center.

Somerset County libraries, in partnership with UMES, will offer the film screening of “Grapes of Wrath” at the Princess Anne Library on Oct. 9, at 1 p.m. A discussion of the book, which is set in the Great Depression, follows on Oct. 11, at 4 p.m. at the Crisfield Library and Oct. 24, at 2 p.m. at the Princess Anne Library. A book discussion on “The Alchemist,” Paulo Coelho’s story of a young shepherd on his journey to Egypt, takes place on Nov. 8, at 4 p.m. at the Crisfield Library and Nov. 21, at 2 p.m. at the Princess Anne Library.

Want to add your “Journey Story” to the collection? Smartphone users can download an app, “Stories from Main Street,” to record their own story, Beardsley said. The collection includes life in small towns and the American experience and is part of the Smithsonian Institute’s oral history archives. Selections appear online at www.storiesfrommainstreet.org.

The Mosely Gallery of Art is open Mon.-Fri., from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Call 410-651-7770 for more information. The Frederick Douglass Library is open Mon.-Fri. from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Call 410-651-7696. Both have evening and weekend hours by appointment. For Somerset County libraries, call 410-651-0852.

UMES offers gourmet dining series

Photo courtesy of Cheryl Nemazie

Smithsonian traveling exhibit stops at UMES

It’s officially fall. The cooler weather and an appetite for something warm from the oven go hand-inhand. Just in time, UMES’ Hotel and Restaurant Management Program offers its Fall 2012 Gourmet Dining Series with dinners Nov. 9 and Dec. 7 at the Richard A. Henson Center. Tickets are on sale Oct. 8.

Students in the Commercial Food Production course led by Chef Ralston Whittingham have come up with menus sure to please, said Dr. Ernest Boger, chair of the department.

“This exercise provides the opportunity for these students to meet the third and final requirement in the Food Production classroom series,” Boger said.

“Planning and management skills are emphasized as much as the culinary skills.”

“Collectively, they (the advanced culinary students) are an awesome bunch,” said Whittingham. “They have a good understanding of cuisine and are the managerial hospitality leaders of the future.”

Themed, “Salute to Our Military Men and Women,” the first dinner will be held Fri., Nov. 9. A cream of corn seafood chowder will be followed by a smoky bacon chicken cup appetizer and a lemon-zest sorbet.

The main event, Cajun grilled filet mignon with island flavors curry lobster, is accompanied by a celeriac, apples and potato puree. Caramel molten cake with vanilla sauce tops off the evening’s culinary delights.

On Fri., Dec. 7, diners will be treated to a reception with a bourbon glazed turkey breast carving station and shrimp cocktail, catfish bites, Stilton cheese crostini and fruit hors d’oeuvres. An appetizer with crab and capers will be elegantly served in a martini glass. A sorbet intermezzo precedes a southwestern roasted sirloin and coconut shrimp entrée accompanied by an asparagus risotto with merlot sauce. Dessert is a pecan triangle with brandy cream.

Each of the five-course meals are paired with two wines and include coffee or tea.

Tickets are available for $50 per person. They can be purchased Monday- Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Richard Henson Center, Room 2100. Only checks or money orders made payable to UMES are accepted.

Seating time for each of the dinners is 7 p.m. Call 410651-6563 for more information.

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UMES students, with the advent of club football to the campus this fall, can now join an estimated two million college students who play competitive club sports. It's a trend on the rise among universities across the nation.

A club team is a student organization that competes with club sports teams from other schools. The team falls under the auspices of the Office of Campus Life rather than the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. As a student organization, teams are Photo by Valentine Anamelechi therefore run by the students. Participants raise funds for equipment, schedule practices and games, decide what teams to play, make the team rules and arrange travel.

“The great thing about club sports is that it's not a financial burden on the university and it provides students an outlet for their athletic ability and the opportunity to network with other universities,” said Lowen Wharton, a

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senior who was instrumental in bringing club football to UMES; a process three years in the making.

Any UMES student, faculty or staff member can be a club member, says Wharton.

Students—male or female— meeting the guidelines of GPA and classification can play.

The team sports new uniforms purchased through a fund created SCHEDULE a few years ago to bring OCT. 6, 1 P.M. HAMPTON ROADS CC football back to UMES. OCT. 20, 1 P.M. GEORGE MASON It plays at a spruced up Oct. 28, 1 p.m.

At Salisbury Cappy Anderson NOV. 3, 1 P.M. VCU Stadium. For $3, faculty and staff with a UMES ID can come out and cheer the team on. Tickets for the public are $5 and UMES students are free with ID. “We are a member of the National Club Football Association,” Wharton said. The team competes in the Mid-Atlantic Conference along with fellow University System of Maryland member, Coppin State.

The team is two-and-two, with four games remaining.

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Hawk's Nest marks golden anniversary A front-page article published in The Marylander and Herald newspaper 50 years ago this fall announced the opening of a new business – and what perhaps was a seminal moment in Somerset County history.

William P. Hytche, a young math professor at then-Maryland State College, and his wife, Deloris, opened a restaurant on the outskirts of campus called The Hawk’s Nest, a name that endures today as an on-campus sandwich shop and snack bar.

Just like the restaurant's name, Hytche and his wife would become fixtures in Princess Anne and at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, where he was the institution's top administrator from 1975 until 1997.

In his 1999 memoir, Hytche wrote that he started the business on Broad Street, which eventually would be renamed in his honor, out of frustration. Local restaurateurs in the early 1960s resisted or refused to serve blacks.

Understandably, students knew they were not welcome at those establishments. Hytche saw an opportunity to fill that void. After all, as a young man in his native Oklahoma, he supplemented his income as a high

school teacher by operating a restaurant.

Hytche reluctantly re-entered the restaurant business in Princess Anne because he recognized Maryland State students needed a place to get a bite to eat and socialize.

That his foray into business warranted a frontpage article in the local weekly newspaper in 1962 was in itself remarkable, and perhaps an early indication of the level of respect he already was starting to earn in the community.

“At one time” Hytche wrote in his presidential memoir, “We had the largest payroll for blacks in Somerset County, excluding the university.”

Jaqueta Hytche-Simms, his daughter, remembers working alongside her siblings in their parents' restaurant.

"We were free labor," she said with a laugh. "But I have a lot of fond memories of those days." Her favorite dish was pulled pork featuring a secret family-recipe sauce only her nephew knows.

The Hytche children and grateful alumni talk fondly of the original Hawk’s Nest, and how hungry students with little or no money gravitated to the eatery.

"Daddy never turned away anyone," Jaqueta Hytche-Simms said.

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PGA Golf Management students recognized Two PGA Golf Management majors at UMES received the 2012 African American Golfers Hall of Fame (AAGHOF) Youth Golfer of the Year award and were inducted into the AAGHOF Collegiate & Youth Golfers Hall of Fame. The ceremony took place in West Palm Beach, Fla., during the organization’s annual conference. Selection is based on educational drive, integrity, dedication and, most importantly, the demonstration of love for the game of golf.

Anthony Long, a junior from Washington, D.C., came to UMES’ PGA Golf Management program as part of its charter class. He has since advanced to Level three of the PGA Education program and has Anthony Long completed his fourth internship at East Potomac Golf Course in Washington.

Norman Blanco, a freshman from New Orleans, La., is a member of the program’s fifth class.

Norman recently won his first PGA Golf Management Student Association (PGMSA) Tournament at Bayside Golf Resort in Selbyville, Del. He carded 78 to win by two strokes. He has also worked for the Tournament Norman Blanco Players Club Louisiana, which hosts a yearly PGA Tour event. Photos by Esmeralda H. Knowles / AAGHOF

HRM student receives scholarships Muhammad Khan, a senior in the Hotel and Restaurant Management program at UMES, is the recipient of a $5,000 (NEWH) Hospitality Industry Network Scholarship. He was also awarded a $1,000 scholarship by the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame Foundation for the second consecutive year.

UMES student interns at Penn State Okwenuke Ofejiro, a senior majoring in electrical/electrical engineering technology at UMES, spent his summer as an intern with the Agriculture Research Service, the main inhouse research arm of the USDA, at Pennsylvania State University. Ofejiro’s research, for which he presented a seminar at its conclusion, was “Pennsylvania Cotton Response to Nitrogen Source.” Ofejiro wrote the protocol for the testing procedures, conducted the study, analyzed the results and prepared a report that he says may be used within a larger study for publication.

Pharmacy students compete Marina Byrd, a second-year student in UMES' School of Pharmacy, took top honors this summer in the “Pain Management Counseling” competition at the 2012 Maryland Pharmacists Association convention in Ocean City.

Byrd topped 11 other competitors selected at random to win the $500 first-place prize in an event that put participants through a rapid-fire Q & A session and then a mock counseling session involving a sample patient with a hypothetical pain problem. Byrd’s classmate (2014), Shane Hodges, was one of three finalists.

A four-member team from UMES won the "Self Care" competition; second-year students Matt Balish and Liz Eddy, assistant professor Patrick Dougherty and clinical pharmacist Geoff Twigg of Apple Drug combined their talents to place first. Balish also was awarded a scholarship by the state association.

Campus community observes Peace Day

Photo by Jim Glovier

International Day of Peace, Sept. 19, a day of global cease fire, was observed with the screening of the film "Peace One Day" at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

The film documents Jeremy Gilley's journey to secure recognition by the United Nations General Assembly for one day of global cease fire and nonviolence, said Tammy Gharbi, coordinator of the university’s Foreign Language Instructional Center.

Footage of Kofi Annan, the Dalai Lama and the childhood victims of conflict in regions around the world are featured.

FLIC declared Sept. 20 UMES Peace Day and invited university students, faculty and staff to form a human peace sign on the lawn in front of the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts for a photo opportunity.

Peace Day activities at UMES are sponsored by the Foreign Language Instructional Center, a Title III Activity and the Department of English and Modern Languages. Call 410-651-6543 for more information.

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UMES 2012-13 Faculty Senate The 2012-13 officers of the UMES Faculty Senate are: Chair - Dr. Nina Lyon Bennett, chair, human ecology Vice Chair – Dr. Robert Johnson, chair, mathematics Secretary – Dr. Lombuso S. Khoza, human ecology Parliamentarian – Dr. LaKeisha Harris, rehabilitation services Photos by Jim Glovier

He’ll be here soon … stay tuned.

Housekeepers Gets Certification Sixteen University of Maryland Eastern Shore housekeepers and custodians have earned national certification in their field from the Cleaning Management Institute in Latham, N.Y. Those who completed the 25 hours of instruction include: Patrick White, Shanta Thomas, Tiffany Watson, Carter Pruitt, DoReisha Handy, Michael Dennis, Maria Canindo, Michael Palmer, Judy Morris, Donald Shreeves, Eron Truitt, Andre Collins, LaRon Dennis, David Wallace, Dionne Jones and Marcus Fontaine.

Each took a series of five exams demonstrating their knowledge of the proper way to mix and use chemicals and cleaners, care and maintain carpet and hardwood floors, basic cleaning of restrooms and shower facilities as well as precautions to take in dealing with bodily fluids.

“This training provided our staff the opportunity for personal and professional development in best housekeeping practices and procedures,” UMES physical plant director Leon Bivens said.

A new emphasis of training is on “green cleaning,” an alternative that works “equally well, if not better than traditional methods while minimizing health risks” and saving time and money as well, Bivens said.

UMES’ housekeeping staff is responsible for cleaning residence halls, administrative facilities and classrooms across a 750-acre campus. Kenneth Evans, an executive housekeeper certified by the National Executive Housekeepers Association and UMES’ housekeeping supervisor, conducted the in-house training.

Bivens said, “The program has increased staff productivity, raised morale, improved efficiency in the use of housekeeping chemicals and supplies – and has raised awareness that we are becoming a green campus.”

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Meetings are the second Tuesday of each month at 11 a.m. in the Frederick Douglass Library auditorium. Students, administrators, staff and faculty are welcome to attend. The next meeting of the UMES Faculty Senate is Oct. 9.

The mission of the UMES Faculty Senate is to provide the president and administrative officials with the benefit of systematic consultation with members of the UMES community and to enable the community to participate in the formulation of policies of concern to the UMES campus. The senate has plenary jurisdiction to investigate, discuss, and make recommendations to the president concerning any matters submitted to it by the president or by any member of the UMES community. Results of deliberations may be communicated to the chancellor and/or the board of regents within the procedures established and approved by the board of regents.

Chancellor welcomes Bell to USM at reception

A delegation of UMES alumni and employees traveled to the Baltimore area earlier this week to attend a welcome reception hosted by Dr. William Kirwan in honor of Dr. Juliette B. Bell. The University System of Maryland chancellor, left, surprised Bell with a bronze-and-marble sculpture of a hawk, the university’s beloved mascot.

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UMES AND CBS Interactive launch UMESHAWKS.COM Site gets new look and features for more user-friendly access

October 19-20 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 6 p.m. women’s volleyball 8 p.m- 1 a.m. HAWK Hysteria William P. Hytche Athletic Center Men’s and women’s basketball scrimmage Give-a-ways, contests, games, autographs and Harry the Hawk’s birthday party 410-651-6499 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Hawks Tailgate Tawes Gym parking lot Food, music, games, “HAWK Pride” 410-651-6277 1-4 p.m. HAWK Football Game Cappy Anderson Stadium UMES vs George Mason University 410-651-6277 7 p.m. Tri-County Alumni Chapter Fall Fling Richard A. Henson Center, ballroom $35, proceeds support student scholarships 410-651-6141

The Athletics Department welcomes fans to the new UMESHawks.com web site, launched Sept. 12 in conjunction with CBS Interactive.

Hawk fans and supporters now have a more convenient way to follow all 15 athletic programs.

The new site has a sharper look, easier ways to follow the Hawks on social media and live broadcasts and numerous fan-friendly options such as photo galleries and the Hawk Club.

“UMES Athletics is thrilled to present this new site to our fans,” said Assistant Athletics Director G. Stan Bradley. “We try to stay on top of technology and be among the best in our conference and area with fresh ideas and new experiences. Updating UMESHawks.com is just one example of our commitment not only to our student-athletes, but to everyone who bleeds maroon and gray.”

UMES bowling names new assistant coach Schmitz takes over for Doug Dukes Tyler Schmitz, a native of Green Bay, Wisc., brings experience outside and within UMES as the new assistant women’s bowling coach.

Schmitz is a former collegiate standout at the University of WisconsinWhitewater. He participated in five consecutive USBC Junior Gold Championships from 2005-09 and has bowled 10 career 300 games. At UW-Whitewater, he was named the team's Most Valuable Player twice and led the team to the Intercollegiate Team Championships in 2007. He was named an All-Academic recipient in 2007 and now bowls professionally.

Schmitz worked with the Lady Hawks a year ago as an academic advisor. He joins Assistant Coach Vince Brummell on the bench to support Interim Head Coach Kristina Frahm. Frahm and Brummell, along with former Assistant Coach Doug Dukes, guided UMES to its fourth National Championship last season in Wickliffe, Ohio. It was the Hawks’ second straight NCAA title and third overall, accompanying the USBC Collegiate National Championship they won in 2011.

“We are going to miss Doug tremendously,” Frahm said. “He will always be a part of our Hawk family, but things change in our lives and he had to make a decision that is best for him. He helped shape me as a player and a coach and I cannot thank him enough for that.” Luckily, she said, Tyler knows the high expectations of the bowling program, how the program operates and has the skill set to step in and be a factor as a coach right away.

Schmitz gets his first taste of competition as a coach in November when the Hawks open their season at the Farleigh Dickinson University New Jersey Jamboree.

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The consultant’s report provides a snapshot of the current state of athletics at UMES and projects what would be needed to restart a football program. It also assesses the potential impact an NCAA-eligible football team would have on the university.

“Ultimately, our decision will be one that puts the best interest of our students and our university’s mission at the forefront,” Bell said.

Bell noted that the consultants put together a scenario using a threeyear phase-in as a model for starting a football program. It estimates the first year would cost just under $1 million; the second year $3.6 million; and year 3, the first year for competitive play, is projected at nearly $3.9 million.

Embedded in those numbers is the suggestion UMES add intercollegiate sports opportunities for female athletes to remain in compliance with federal gender-equity laws as well as the assumption the university would also develop a full-fledged marching band.

“That is a sizeable investment,” Bell said, “And it does not include the estimated $21 million in capital funds needed for improving existing facilities and building new ones, including a football stadium.”

Bell met with the 17-member task force to provide the panel copies of the Alden study along with a charge to evaluate the consultant’s findings.

“I’m looking for these volunteers to draw on expertise from their respective fields to provide their assessment of what is contained in the report and

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said the money comes to the university through a long-standing federal program that assists HBCUs with special needs. McKinney is hopeful Congress will continue to provide UMES with similar allocations the remaining four years, as well.

Among ways UMES will spend the grant: • Co-curricular programs for English-communications students to provide hands-on experience in video (Discover UMES) and radio (Hawk Radio) broadcasting.

• A “safety net” program for first- and second-year students to improve retention (and graduation) rates. It includes tutoring, mentoring and workshops on such things as effective ways to study, time management, coping with stress during exams.

• Strengthen the early childhood degree program in the Department of Human Ecology, one of UMES’ most popular majors.

• Enhance outreach of the Hotel Restaurant Management program at the Shady Grove campus in Montgomery County.

• On-campus workshops for faculty as well as pay for travel to attend offcampus conferences where the emphasis is on “professional development.”

The International Education office also will use its allocation to sponsor workshops and counseling to help international students and their instructors bridge cultural gaps that sometimes inhibit communication and classroom success.

“HBCUs have made enduring, even staggering contributions to American life despite the steep financial challenges many have faced,” U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said. “The grants will help these important institutions continue to provide their students with the quality education they need to compete in the global economy.”

The Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities grant is administered by the Office of Postsecondary Education.

what is best for UMES,” Bell said.

Bell asked the task force, chaired by Dr. Earl S. Richardson, to complete its work by December. Dr. Richardson is a UMES alumnus and president emeritus of Morgan State University, which fields a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football team. Once the task force completes its work, the university will then focus on making a decision on whether to add intercollegiate football at UMES. The Alden study focuses on the projected investments UMES would need to make for a team to compete in the Football Championship Subdivision. Specifically, the report addresses scholarships, financial aid, coaches, uniforms, travel and facility needs.

Once a determination was made that a study was necessary to make an objective decision about re-establishing a football team, the study was paid for with $35,000 raised for the Hawks for Football Fund within the university’s foundation.

UMES last fielded a football team in 1979, when the university had fewer than 1,000 students. Eleven of MEAC’s 13 member institutions field football teams that compete against such institutions as the University of Delaware, James Madison University and Towson University.

UMES currently fields teams in seven men’s sports and eight women’s sports at the Division I level. The university also has a club team recognized as a sanctioned student activity through the Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management.

Football feasibility task force Earl Richardson, president emeritus, Morgan State University, Task force chairman G. Stan Bradley, sports information director, UMES Sharon Brummell, assoc. athletics director for business & finance, Georgetown University Darryl Conway, asst. athletics director-sports medicine, University of Maryland, College Park Jahan Culbreath, interim athletics director, Central State University Raynoid Dedeaux, director of championships, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

Veronique Diriker, director of development, UMES LaKeisha Harris, assistant professor, Department of Rehabilitation, UMES Garland Hayward, president, Princess Anne Town Commissioners Ronnie Holden, vice president, administrative affairs, UMES Eric Jodlbauer – historian, Frederick Douglass Library, UMES Phillip Taylor, director, information technology, UMES Kijontray McClay, president, UMES student athletics advisory council Tom McMillan, chairman, Intercollegiate Athletics work group, University System of Maryland Board of Regents Charles Otto, delegate, Maryland General Assembly Billy Thompson, director, community outreach, Denver Broncos Shana Washington, student government president, UMES Jesse Williams Sr., chairman, UMES Board of Visitors

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*Unless stipulated, all events listed are FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC For Athletics, visit www.umeshawks.com Events subject to change. Call numbers listed for most updated information.

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DEPT. FINE ARTS MUSIC MID-TERM RECITAL 11 a.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts 410-651-6571

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ART EXHIBIT OPENING 4-6 p.m. Mosely Gallery Smithsonian Institute traveling exhibition: “Journey Stories” Gallery Hours: Mon. through Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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HAWK HYSTERIA 6 p.m. women’s volleyball 8 p.m - 1 a.m. HAWK Hysteria William P. Hytche Athletic Center Men’s and women’s basketball scrimmage Give-a-ways, contests, games, autographs and Harry the Hawk’s birthday party • 410-651-6499 HAWK HYSTERIA 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Hawks Tailgate Tawes Gym parking lot Food, music, games, “HAWK Pride” • 410-651-6277 1-4 p.m. HAWK Football Game Cappy Anderson Stadium UMES vs George Mason University • 410-651-6277

20* TRI-COUNTY ALUMNI CHAPTER FALL FLING 7 p.m. Richard A. Henson Center, ballroom Cost $35 • 410-651-7686

NOVEMBER 1-3* FALL THEATER PRODUCTION 7:30-9:30 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts “For Colored Girls” $5 general public, $3 seniors, $2 students with ID 410-651-6575 9 FALL HRM GOURMET DINING SERIES 7 p.m. Richard A. Henson Center Ballroom Menu/Cost TBA • Advanced tickets required 410-651-6563 11 CONCERT CHOIR FALL CONCERT 4 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts 410-651-6571 14 WIND ENSEMBLE FALL CONCERT 7 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts 410-651-6571 15 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ETHNIC FESTIVAL 11 a.m. Student Services Center Ballroom 410-651-6079 17 MUSIC RECITAL 4 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts Michael Dykes, a senior music major, performs on saxophone • 410-651-6571

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“Empowerment”

Who: Jacqueta Hytche-Simms, team leader What: A local fundraiser to support Alzheimer’s research Where: 3-mile walk begins at the Salisbury-Wicomico Senior Center behind the Holly Center on Snow Hill Road When: Saturday, Oct. 27 @ 10 a.m. / registration @ 9 a.m.

Why: Help the late Dr. William Hytche’s daughter raise awareness about one of America’s growing health concerns that touched her family How do I participate: Contact Ayanna Evans, Rm. 2119 J.T. Williams Hall, ext. 8143 about joining Ms. Hytche-Simms or to make a donation supporting “Team Hytche”

Women’s Forum Annual Conference

The UMES Foundation is a sponsor of the 2012 Lower Shore walk.

Fri., Nov. 9, with evening pre-conference sessions Thur., Nov. 8, at: The Richard A. Henson Center UMES 30690 University Boulevard South Princess Anne, Maryland 21853 For more information, visit http://usmwf.usmd.edu/index.php or contact Ms. Karen Corbin @ 410-651-6585 or via e-mail: klcorbin@umes.edu.

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