The Key September 23, 2011 Edition

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Magazine lists UMES in top tier of black colleges U.S. News & World Report “Best Colleges” ratings UMES continues to move up in the annual peer rankings among the nation’s historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

The latest independent survey by “U.S. News & World Report” places the university at number 25—a move that is three notches up from its 2010 spot.

Which HBCUs offer the best undergraduate education? According to U.S. News, the same formula is used in the “Best Colleges” rankings for regional universities. Peer Photo by Jim Glovier assessment by the presidents, academic officers and admissions deans of the schools account for 25 percent of the equation with equal weight given to graduation and retention rates. The other 50 percent takes into consideration faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources and alumni giving.

“Increased enrollment, coupled with an increase in average SAT scores and an increase in retention rates attest to the fact that UMES is positioning itself as one of this nation’s premier HBCUs,” said former President Thelma Thompson, who led the school from 2002-2011.

Enrollment has increased steadily over the past five years at the

university to its current student body of 4,500. This year, UMES enrolled a freshman class of 780. When three new science degrees come online, these students can choose from 34 undergraduate degrees, 13 master’s degrees and seven doctoral degrees—one being the three-year Pharm.D. program added in 2010.

A low student-to-faculty ratio (17 to 1), emphasis on testing and accreditation (26 of the academic programs are peer accredited) have produced improvements in a student retention rate of nearly 70 percent.

U.S. News reports that 52 percent of the students who apply to UMES are accepted.

Alumni and university supporters have responded to these positive trends by making record-breaking contributions. This past June, the school completed and exceeded its five-year capital campaign, raising nearly $15 million.

UMES is ninth among its Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference HBCU peers and first among its University System of Maryland HBCU peers.

UMES signs MOU with Chinese university

Pictured, from left, are professors from HIT: Yinxia Hou, Pengyan Li, and Changsheng Li, with Drs. Ejigou Demissie and Tao Gong, from UMES, and Yulin Chen, professor from HIT.

UMES’ Office of International Development Programs has established its first formal partnership with a university in China.

Former UMES President Thelma Thompson approved a Memorandum of Understanding in July with Harbin Institute of Technology “for academic exchange and collaboration between the two institutions.”

Other U.S. universities that have partnership agreements with the institution in northeast China include Michigan, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Purdue and California (Berkeley), according to Harbin Institute’s website.

Tao Yang, dean of Harbin’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences, represented his institution in signing the agreement.

Drs. Ejigou Demissie and Tao Gong of UMES’ Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences Department were warmly received by Harbin Institute colleagues during a recent visit, where both sides shared information about their respective backgrounds, current operations and future developmental plans.

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Page 2 Alum Donates High Tech Devices Renewable Energy Company Formed

Page 3 Meet Paul Trotter

Page 4-5 Founder’s Week Activities

Page 6 Athletics

Page 7 President’s Volunteer Service Award UMES Researcher Wins Award

Page 8 Calendar of Events Gourmet Dining Series

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Alum donates high tech devices to Ag William Mapp (second from left), president and CEO of BA Systems LLC, presents two Radio Frequency Identification readers valued at $25,000 to Dr. Jurgen Schwarz, director of UMES’ Center for Food Science Technology.

Paul Butler (far left), major gifts officer, and Dr. Ronald Forsythe, vice president for technology and commercialization, helped facilitate the gift.

A successful small businessman and UMES alumnus recently donated two devices worth $25,000 to the School of Agriculture and Natural Science.

William Mapp, Class of 1999, is president and CEO of BA Systems LLC in the Washington, D.C. area, a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and wireless solutions provider, which does business with the federal government and large commercial organizations.

Mapp’s affection for the university inspired him to think of a way to give back. When he acquired the new RFID readers, he saw an opportunity. “I thought, ‘Who can use them?’” His answer was his alma mater.

The devices are typically used for tracing and tracking for food safety, Mapp said. RFID tags are placed on food items. A hand-held reader can determine “…where (the product) came from, when it was made and for live applications you can track it to an individual supplier.” Mapp gave the example of the recent ground turkey contamination. “You can pull from the shelf a particular manufacturer of a product.”

“RFID has a world of possibilities,” Mapp said.

“Traceability of food products to the point of origin is an important trend in the food industry. We really appreciate this gift,” said Dr. Jurgen Schwarz, director of the university’s Center for Food Science Technology. “It allows students to get hands-on experience in cutting-edge technology and provides researchers the ability to incorporate RFID technology into projects.”

Mapp is a self-professed nerd, tenacious problem solver and technical innovator.

Photos by Jim Glovier

“It’s a state of mind, Mapp said. “The word “Nerd” used to have a negative connotation; now it’s cool to be a nerd. I was a computer nerd when I was here at UMES, so I was one before it was cool.”

Mapp’s advice to students to find success, “Don’t be afraid of failure.”

Mapp is a proven leader. He has headed teams to deploy over 100 projects in 23 countries valued at over $1 billion. His experience has ranged from telecommunications to ground-to-missile guidance systems and sonar systems for the U.S. Navy’s Seawolf attack submarine.

As for the future, he sees mobile and wireless applications expanding in the field of technology. “We are looking to having a single device for all of your needs.”

Mapp, chair of the Maryland Hawk Corporation board, and his wife, Sabrina, have two daughters, Aurelia and Aurora.

The formation of renewable energy development company was announced before the start of a Mid-Atlantic Wind Energy Institute forum last week at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Eastern Shore Energy LLC will focus on creating renewable energy projects with an emphasis on harnessing wind power at multiple sites in Somerset and Worcester counties. The new company is looking to build several systems capable of generating 100 to 150 megawatts not only from wind, but also solar and biomass projects.

The regional initiative is the result of a partnership between the Maryland Hawk Corporation, (a non-profit affiliate of the university) and National Renewable Solutions LLC of Minneapolis, Min., an affiliate of National Wind LLC. “The launch of Eastern Shore Energy represents the culmination of UMES’ recent efforts to promote the development of renewable energy production within our region,” said Dr. Ronald Forsythe, UMES’ vice president of technology and commercialization.

Photo by Bill Robinson

Renewable energy development company formed UMES committed to sponsoring a 2-megawatt solar panel project on campus two years ago, Forsythe said, “and we have been seeking to continue the effort to support renewable energy development ever since.”

“We believe the community-ownership From left, Patrick Pelstring, president of National Renewable Solutions LLC and development model favored by manager of the new Eastern Shore National Renewable Solutions Energy LLC, and Dr. Ronald Forsythe, UMES’ vice president of technology and will create the greatest economic commercialization. value for our region, as well as foster continuing educational benefits for UMES students,” Forsythe said.

"It's what a land-grant university in the 21st century should be doing," he said.

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Meet Paul Trotter then landed a job with the National Weather Service.

Attend a UMES gathering where singing the alma mater His list of jobs he held with the federal agency is long is part of the festivities and chances are that if Paul S. Trotter and impressive. One assignment sticks out: Trotter was is there, he is among the most enthusiastic vocalists in the “meteorologist in charge” at the New Orleans office when room.

Hurricane Katrina came ashore in 2005.

Trotter, who earlier this year became the university’s “It was the most challenging period of my (35-year) alumni association president, has good reason. career,”” Trotter said. “Everybody felt totally helpless.’

The man who wrote the school song – the Rev. Daniel Trotter, 59, lives in Upper Marlboro, Md., which puts Lyman Ridout Sr. – presided over Trotter’s wedding. The him within a half-day’s drive of many UMES alumni who call minister, a 1918 graduate of the university when it was known the mid-Atlantic region home. as Princess Anne Academy, also happens to be the grandfather Now retired, he estimates he spends 20 hours-a-week of Trotter’s wife, D’anna, a graduate of St. Augustine College Photo by Jim Glovier on alumni leadership business. “More than I anticipated, I in Raleigh, N.C. Paul S. Trotter can tell you,” he said.

It’s one of those “Six Degrees of Separation” links at Trotter waded into the association’s leadership pool because “I saw a UMES that make it a special place.

At a heritage day luncheon that was part of 2011 Founders’ Week, Trotter need. This school gave me so much,” the Wilmington, Del. native said.

“I felt it was important to show the graduates coming along now that it’s proudly introduced his father-in-law, Ridout’s son, as well as the pastor’s OK – and rewarding – to be involved with the university after you get your grandson – both namesakes.

“This young man had a vision,” Trotter said of the eldest Ridout. “He degree,” Trotter said.

Every alumni leader says a goal is building membership and Trotter is no saw greater than we could see here today.”

Trotter earned his bachelor’s degree in math in 1974 from UMES, where different. Alumni he hears from are also watching the search for a new leader he also was an all-conference pitcher on the Hawk baseball team. He is a for their alma mater.

The topic he hears them bring up most often? “Bring back football,” he proud member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity.

He went on to do graduate work in meteorology at Penn State University, said.

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projects within the two Lower Shore counties and expects to identify additional sites over the next several months.

“We believe the current sites offer the opportunity for the first 30-to60 megawatts of wind development potential within these two counties, said Patrick Pelstring, president of National Renewable Solutions LLC, who also serves as the new development company’s manager. "We are encouraged with the initial findings,” UMES’ recent venture into developing a solar energy system with a private-sector partner caught Pelstring's attention and convinced him to approach the university's non-profit affiliate about working on a windenergy project.

“Maryland Hawk Corporation will play a key role in our success in this effort, and ESE’s ownership structure is consistent with our community ownership model,” Pelstring said.

Daniel S. Kuennen, Maryland Hawk Corp.’s executive director, said, “We’ve made definite headway on several fronts.”

“By creating a development partnership with a national renewable energy company, we believe we are providing a business model for local individuals and companies to benefit, and helping reduce the continuing escalation in electric congestion charges on our local utility bills through local-area generation,” Kuennen said.

Down the road, Forsythe said, UMES is hopeful students will benefit from being able to see and study wind-energy production up close.

The new company’s next steps will include installing anemometers on towers in the two target counties to collect wind data and seeking participation of public and private landowners in the company’s prospective development projects. ESE expects this initiative will be a long-term commitment of five-to-seven years, but hopes to have its first project ready for construction in the next 24-36 months.

Demissie made two presentations on U.S. agricultural policy and food marketing. Gong presented a lecture on incorporating research methodologies in the writing process.

Founded in 1920, Harbin Institute is a multidisciplinary university with Drs. Tao Gong and Ejigou Demissie, both science, engineering and with UMES’ Agriculture, Food and Resource research as its core. In Sciences Department, visit Harbin Institute 1996, it was in the first of Technology in northeast China. group of Chinese universities to be included in Project 211, a central government initiative that targeted 100 institutions of higher education to receive preferential support with the goal of becoming world-class universities.

Within three years, Harbin Institute was listed among China’s top nine universities. Assistance from Heilongjiang provincial government’s education ministry also enabled Harbin Institute to earn recognition as a highlycompetitive, first-rate university.

Today, Harbin Institute has 21 schools/departments, including 73 undergraduate programs, 147 masters' programs, 81 doctoral programs, 18 post-doctoral research stations, 18 national key disciplines and 32 national & provincial (ministerial) key labs. Among its nearly 43,000 full-time students are 11,794 master degree candidates and 4,387 doctorial degree candidates.

“We are excited about this collaboration with our new partner and know that this MOU will prove to be invaluable in the growth and development of both institutions,” the UMES International Development Program office said.

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FOUNDER’S WEEK

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UMES holds 125th Founders’ Week Convocation Twenty-six Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees awarded

UMES student Paul Jerry Jr., an applied design major from Clinton, Md., portrays Frank Trigg, UMES’ fourth leader, during the historic tour “Light Night” held in honor of Founders’ Week.

Trigg Hall, a majestic Colonial Revival building that houses UMES’ Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences, was named in his honor in 1957.

UMES students received their Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees at today’s 125th Founders’ Week Convocation. Pictured from left to right, (front row) Rupa Patel, Laurel, De.; Jessica Ofano, Cambridge, Md.; Ashley Landskroener, Chestertown, Md.; Brian Lee, Gaithersburg, Md.; Elizabeth Mason, Salisbury, Md.; Dr. Mortimer Neufville, UMES’ interim president; Maureen Hirsch, Fallston, Md.; Kathleen Diffily, Branchville, N.J.; Lindsay Ettinger, Pasadena, Md.; Calice Warlock, Silver Spring, Md.; (second row) Barbara Wise, Princess Anne, Md.; Joshua Ferguson, Hollywood, Md.; Isaac Kloch, Hurlock, Md.; Kristen Fiackos, Ellicott City, Md.; Ellen Kuhn, Bowie, Md.; Sarah Anderson, Bowie, Md.; (top row) Edmund Scarborough, Forest Hill, Md.; Elliot Moore, Biglerville, Pa.; Cordia Reilly, Hillsboro, Md.; Christopher Gardner, Severna Park, Md.; Tanya Dickson, Hebron, Md.; Michelle Thompson, Catonsville, Md.; Jessica Edwards, Severna Park, Md.; Quentin Campbell, Hagerstown, Md.; and Samuel Singleton, Baltimore, Md. Not pictured are Danielle Ethier of Westminster, Md., and Chidube Okechukwu of Laurel, Md.

Student Government Association members sworn in Photos byJim Glovier

Photos by Bill Robinson

What’s a birthday without a birthday cake, even if it is a university? Pictured from left are university representatives: Dr. Anthony Jenkins, vice president of campus life; Gains Hawkins, vice president of institutional advancement; Dr. Mortimer Neufville, UMES’ interim president; Paul Trotter Sr., president of UMES’ National Alumni Association; Dr. Ronnie Holden, vice president for administrative affairs and Dr. Charles Williams, vice president for academic affairs.

Dining services provided a good old-fashioned cookout to accompany the 12th anniversary celebration.

Agnes Elangwe, a UMES pharmacy student, is pictured with UMES alumna and actress Starletta DuPois.

UMES remembers 9/11

Founders’ Week exhibit opens at Frederick Douglass Library

Pictured, from left, at the library’s exhibit “If These Walls Could Talk: UMES 125 Years Through Its Architecture”are: William Mapp, Class of 1999, CEO of BA Systems LLC; Dr. Retia Walker, executive assistant to the UMES president; Masie Neufville; Dr. Mortimer Neufville, UMES interim president; Dr. Ellis Beteck, dean of the FDL; Kimberly Dumpson, director of alumni affairs; Gains Hawkins, vice president of institutional advancement; and Joseph Bree, librarian.

Dr. Mortimer Neufville, UMES’ interim president, and his wife, Masie, look at a map of the university along the journey to how it appears today.

Dr. Anthony Jenkins, vice president for campus life, swears in SGA President Valerie Matthews and SGA Vice President Jeffrey Ekome as Dr. Mortimer Neufville, UMES’ interim president, is a witness.

SGA class officers vow to represent the university’s students for the 2011-12 academic year.

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Paul Trotter, president, UMES National Alumni Association;; Dennis Williams, Princess Anne town commissioner; Rev. Darlene Dixon, Metropolitan United Methodist Church; Dr. Charles Williams, vice president for academic affairs; Dr. Mortimer Neufville, interim president, UMES; Jesse Williams, chairman, UMES Board of Visitors; Starletta DuPois, actress, Class of 1968; and Valerie Matthews, president, Student Government Association.

The 125th Founders’ Week Convocation was a momentous occasion for the university and for 26 students who received Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees.

Graduate Maureen Hirsch of Fallston, Md., said, “It (graduation) means I’m done. I get to get a job. It’s been eight years of hard work.” Her mom, Terry, added, “It means independence and relief. No, really, we are proud of her accomplishment.”

Hirsch is part of the university’s largest class of physical therapy students to graduate since the doctoral program began in 2005. She joins 22 other Marylanders; seven are from Delmarva.

The next step for the graduates is to sit for the professional licensure exam in October, Janet Mutschler, director of clinical education for the program, said. “They are lining up their jobs and are waiting to be licensed to start,” she said. “From what I hear, they have received offers from acute care hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals and outpatient centers.”

Every UMES graduate since the doctoral program’s inception has earned the professional licensing credential.

Dr. Mortimer Neufville, UMES’ interim president, said the 125th birthday is a celebration of university’s “legacy of caring and excellence and of accepting students with dreams and visions.”

Keynote speaker, university alumna and actress Starletta DuPois, opened her address with a stirring rendition of an old African-American spiritual “Hold On a Little While Longer.”

Photos by Alverne Chesterfield

Members of UMES’ Royal Court and Student Government Association escort Dr. Mortimer Neufville, interim president of the university, in a procession to place a patriotic wreath on the flag mall in front of J.T. Williams. Pictured from left are: Andre Eaton, Mr. UMES, senior class; Jeremy Whichard, sophomore class member of Royal Court; Neufville; and Jeffrey Ekoma, SGA vice president. In the background from left, are: Beverly Long, Ronnie Howard, J.R. Mister, all of the Princess Anne Fire Department, and Nichole Holmes, UMES SGA member.

UMES commemorated the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks with a Remembrance Day observance on the university’s flag mall.

“We honor those who died on Sept. 11, 2001, those who valiantly gave their lives and those who continue to protect us today,” Dr. Mortimer Neufville, the university’s interim president, said. “Let us not forget them.”

A brief sermon was delivered by Rev. Elmer Davis Jr., pastor of St. James United Methodist Church in Westover and Trinity Community Worship Center in Princess Anne. A contingent from the Gospel Choir sang, “Oh, Sweet Wonder.”

Neufville, whose daughter worked in an office building near the World Trade Center and witnessed the second plane crash into one of the buildings, told the gathering: “Let us be vigilant.”

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HAWK TALK A weekly recap of UMES Athletics

By Dave Whigham, UMES Department of Intercollegiate Athletics

CROSS COUNTRY UMES’ cross country teams participated in The Hampton Inn Salisbury North/UMES Cappy Anderson Invitational this past Saturday at home. The women’s team finished third amongst a field of 10 squads, while the men placed fourth.

Basil Melek stole the show for the men in the 8k race as he notched his second consecutive top-5 finish with a third-place time of 25:23.06. The men were well represented in the race with Zavior Brown (14th place, 26:58.33), Shadrick Maritim (27th, 28:14.82) and Codjo Gbedo (34th, 29:08.45) pacing the Hawks with top-35 finishes.

The women were led by Eunice Jones, who placed sixth in the women’s 5k with a time of 18:46.37. She was closely followed by Cynthia Anais (8th place, 19:04.08), Hana Jiraskova (27th, 20:05.01) and Melina Gallas (38th, 21:00.36). Emilie Ducados rounded out the top-5 finishers for UMES, placing 43rd with a time of 21:41.44.

The women’s team tallied 109 points; 24 higher than fourth-place Norfolk State University.

VOLLEYBALL The UMES volleyball team went 2-1 this past weekend at the Brown Invitational as the Hawks were named cochampions of the event. The women defeated Bryant and Brown universities before dropping a match to Fordham in the final contest of the tournament.

The Hawks (5-5) had two women named to the Brown Invitational AllTournament Team in freshman Saitaua Iosia and sophomore Kaveinga Lea’Aetoa.

The pair combined for 97 kills, 44 digs and 17 blocks. Lea’Aetoa, who was named the Peninsula Regional Medical Center/UMES Athlete of the Week for Kaveinga Lea’Aetoa the women, posted 38 kills, 14 digs and 10 blocks on her own.

For the second consecutive week, UMES opened with Bryant and won 3-2 (24-26, 25-16, 25-17, 17-25, 15-6), courtesy of a 30 kill performance by Iosia. The next morning, the Hawks defeated Brown (13-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-16, 15-11) behind 11 kills and four digs by Lea’Aetoa.

UMES concluded its play in the tournament with a 3-1 loss (25-21, 20-25, 28-26, 25-21) to Fordham.

Eunice Jones

For complete recaps, results and news of Hawk athletics, visit www.umeshawks.com.

Maroon & Gray Days

Celebrating 125th Anniversary

Photo by Matthew Whittiker

Show your Hawk Pride by wearing the university’s school colors: Every Thursday now through December 15!

SCHOOL NEWS

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Zoumenou honored with President’s Volunteer Service Award

By Suzanne Waters Street, agriculture communication specialist, UMES – University of Maryland Extension

Dr. Virginie Zoumenou is one of 56 volunteers awarded the President’s Volunteer Service Award, a prestigious national honor in recognition of volunteer service.

“These recipients of the President’s Volunteer Service Award are role models for all Americans,” said Kristi Burnham, director, community partnerships, U.S. Fund for UNICEF. “Each volunteer hour contributed makes a difference in improving the quality of life for others, and I encourage everyone to contribute to our community by volunteering. Volunteers bring us closer together as families, as communities and as a nation through their commitment.”

A farmer-to-farmer assignment led Zoumenou, a certified nutrition specialist, licensed dietitian and 1890 Family Consumer Science program leader at UMES, to volunteer in Nigeria in January with Winrock International. She conducted hands-on training sessions for three weeks for caregivers, ages 16 to 60, of HIV/AIDS orphans and vulnerable children. The goal was to provide them with skills to increase their income and provide nutritious food to their charge. The project was funded by the USAID, Winrock International and EUCORD/WEWE/Children of Hope organizations.

Since 2003, the award is given annually to individuals, groups and families demonstrating exemplary citizenship through volunteering. As one of thousands of Certifying Organizations participating in the AWARD program, Winrock International confers the award to recognize the Dr. Virginie Zoumenou outstanding achievements of its volunteers.

The award is issued by the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation, a group created by President George W. Bush to recognize the valuable contributions volunteers are making to our nation. Chaired by two-time Super Bowl Champion Darrell Green, with former U.S. senators Bob Dole and John Glenn as honorary co-chairs, the council is comprised of leaders in government, media, entertainment, business, education, nonprofits and volunteer service organizations and community volunteering.

Visit http://www.presidentialserviceawards.gov to learn how to qualify for the President’s Volunteer Service Award and about other volunteer opportunities. Call 410-651-6084 for more information about Zoumenou and her nutrition education work on the lower Eastern Shore.

UMES researcher earns journal’s Best Article award

By Suzanne Waters Street, agriculture communication specialist, UMES – University of Maryland Extension

Dr. Arthur Allen, associate research director and associate professor at UMES, received the 2011 Journal of Soil and Water Conservation’s Best Research Paper award for Impact and Quality.

Allen is co-author of an article titled “Dynamics of Phosphorus Transfers from Heavily Manured Coastal Plain Soils to Drainage,” one of the journal’s most cited articles to date.

His research is focused on reducing soluble phosphorus losses to drainage ditches, while using synthetic gypsum. He also is involved in a technology that applies dry poultry litter beneath surface soil in order to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus in run-off into waterways that can pollute the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Allen works collaboratively with USDA-ARS scientists: Drs. Peter Kleinman, Brian Needelman, Andrew Sharpley, Peter Vadas, Lou Saporito, Gordon Folmar and Ray Bryant at Penn State University.

Employed by the university since January 1996, Allen is an associate professor in UMES’ Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences.

The bulk of his time, however, is reserved for research and assisting graduate students. He encourages them to value the importance of professional

development in the areas of publishing in refereed journals and making presentations at professional conferences. He has authored and co-authored more than 40 published journal articles and two book chapters.

Allen has attracted competitive funds to support his innovative research. In the past four years, he has had a role in some $4.3 million in grants coming to the university.

Most recently, he received a $2 million grant award (which included a $1 million match from Constellation Energy Inc., in Baltimore) from the Natural Resource Conservation Service. He has unique partnerships with USDA-ARS units at three locations (Penn State University, Auburn University, University of Arkansas’ Small Dr. Arthur Allen Farm Research Unit at Booneville, Arkansas) and with an 1862 land-grant university, the University of Maryland, College Park. Allen also serves as director of the university-wide Geospatial Information Technologies Center at UMES. Call 410-621-3850 for more information about Allen and his cuttingedge research.

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

20 ART EXHIBIT OPENING RECEPTION 4-6 p.m. Mosely Gallery Mona Bultman Lewis’ “Words of Wisdom” and “Thick as Thieves” Hours: Mon. through Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Show on display until Nov. 18.

410-651-7770 21 HAWK HYSTERIA 7 p.m. 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 22* TRI-COUNTY ALUMNI CHAPTER FALL FLING 7 p.m. Richard A. Henson Center, ballroom $35 per person • 410-651-7686

NOVEMBER 3-5* UMES FALL THEATER PRODUCTION* 7:30-9:30 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts “Black Nativity” by Langston Hughes Cost TBA • 410-651-6575 5* DUTY, HONOR AND COUNTRY: A CELEBRATION OF SERVICE 6 p.m. (18:00 hours) Student Services Center Ballroom Military recognition dinner. Cost TBA. All armed services welcome. Military formal attire encouraged.

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Celebrating the Journey THE UNIVERSITY of MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE A RICH HISTORY OF PROVIDING EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE TO ALL… SPANNING THREE CENTURIES.

Learn more about us this fall by visiting www.UMES.edu/125

Friday, October 7

An Evening of Eastern Shore Seafood Delight Friday, November 11

Salute to Our Active Duty Veterans Friday, December 2

Celebration $50 per person Seating time is 7 p.m.

Richard A. Henson Center Ballroom Advance tickets required.

Tickets available Mon.-Thurs. from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Richard A. Henson Center, Room 2100 Check or Money Order ONLY make payable to UMES. No refunds.

Call Angie Price 410-651-6563 for more information.

KEEP UMES BEAUTIFUL. PLEASE DON’T LITTER!

CLARIFICATION UMES’ science faculty is working to lay the groundwork for three new degree programs the University System of Maryland approved in June. No timetable has been announced when the university will admit the first cohort of students who want to major in biochemistry, or pursue a master’s degree of medical science in physician assistant studies and a master’s in chemistry.

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