The Key September 17, 2010 Edition

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UMES sends delegation to White House Initiative on HBCUs President Thelma B. Thompson represented the university at the annual White House Initiative on HBCUs’ National Conference this week in Arlington, Va. Thompson accepted an invitation from event organizers to introduce U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who gave a keynote speech during a luncheon on the conference’s final day.

The theme for the 2010 conference was “Moving Toward HBCU Cathedrals.” Among the workshop topics were: “Building Private Partnerships,” “Stimulating Innovation and Collaborative Partnerships,” an overview of “HBCU Desegregation” and “Building Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Capacity.”

Drs. Quentin Johnson, Frances McKinney, Ron Forsythe, Emmanuel Acquah and Veronique Diriker attended the conference as well as Lisa Purnell, UMES' USDA liaison.

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English major interns on Capitol Hill Cherish McMillan, an English major at UMES, spent her summer as an intern on Capitol Hill in the office of Pennsylvania Congressman Patrick Murphy and for a Cherish McMillan non-profit organization, The American stands outside Forum, located in the National Press Congressman Patrick Murphy’s Building. office on Capitol “I was in the thick of the political Hill. atmosphere,” said McMillan of her observation and participation of the daily operation of the congressman’s office. “They allowed me to do a lot of hands-on work such as responding to constituent’s letters and fielding calls.”

McMillan plans on moving to the nation’s capital after her graduation from UMES in December. “I want to be close to D.C., because I like all of the political activities,” she said. She plans on attending graduate school at the University of Maryland College Park to get a master’s degree in broadcast journalism with an emphasis on political reporting.

For her final semester at UMES, McMillan is interning at a local television station. “Even though I have just started, I have already had the experience of being in the newsroom dealing with a major weather event—Hurricane Earl,” she said. “I assisted with communication with news correspondents and members of the public sending information in to the newsroom about the storm.” McMillan says that in her current internship, she will be doing field work, looking for storylines and shadowing employees in various departments at the station.

Students perform at Kennedy Center as part of National HBCU Week Two UMES music majors, Megan Azu and Valencia Courtney, will be among the “105 Voices of History” lifted in song at the HBCU National Concert Choir on Sunday, Sept. 19, at 5 p.m. at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Megan Azu and Accompanied by UMES Concert Choir Valencia Courtney.

Photo by Jim Glovier Director and one of last year’s selected conductors of the National HBCU Choir Sheila McDonald Harleston, Courtney will be performing for the first time at the event, while Azu will be making a repeat performance.

“It’s an honor to be selected to perform at the Kennedy Center,” said Courtney, a senior. “Being a part of this special event for the first time is exciting.”

“I am proud to serve as an ambassador for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and look forward to rehearsing and performing with other students from the nation’s HBCUs and working with other conductors,” said Azu, a junior.

Both students were thrilled to be working with Grammy Award winning

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Page 3 Page 4 Local Trust Makes Donation Students Go Global Eisenhower Fellows Students Exhibit Art

gospel artist Dr. Shirley Caesar, who serves as host, and Grammy nominee vocalist and pianist Kim Burrell.

Caesar, known as the “First Lady of Gospel,” is an inductee in the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. She is the recipient of 11 Grammys, an Essence Award, and a NAACP Achievement Award among a myriad of others. She has performed with Patti Labelle, Whitney Houston, Dorothy Norwood and others.

Dubbed “this generation’s ‘Ella Fitzgerald,’ Burrell describes her music as “jazz gospel.” She has worked alongside Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston and Harry Connick Jr., among others. Her most recent album, “No Ways Tired,” was released last year.

The “105 Voices of History” Concert Choir will perform classical pieces, African-American spirituals, works from African-American composers, jazz selections and gospel music. The 2010 National conductors are Dr. Wayne Barr of Tuskegee University, Director D’Wall Burke of South Carolina State University, Director Jeremy Winston of Wilberforce University and Dr. Curtis Powell of Delaware State University.

Tickets are available through the Kennedy Center ticket office or special ticket reservations for Scholarship Donors and Partners can be made by visiting www.hbcuchoirs-a05.org.

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Page 7 Volunteer of the Year New Honor Society Chapter In Memoriam

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UMES researchers are experiencing a stellar year, having been awarded nearly 10 percent of the Capacity Building Grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and some $3.5 million in funds aimed at strengthening the institution’s research, teaching and extension capacity.

“This has been a monumental year for UMES in terms of the competitive funding we have received from the USDA as well as the number of projects that have been funded,” said Dr. Gladys Shelton, interim dean of the UMES School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences and director of the 1890 Agricultural Experiment Station. Our researchers have done an excellent job designing studies that address regional and national issues; and through partnering with the USDA, we are able to enhance our research capabilities.”

USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) provides support to the 18 HBCUs that were designated as land-grant universities in the Second Morrill Act in 1890. Grants to these 1890 universities support research, extension and teaching in the food and agricultural sciences by building the institutional capacities of these schools.

“Our 1890 historically black land-grant universities play a critical role teaching students to meet the high quality, innovative research needs that are vital to the wellbeing of our nation’s food, fuel and fiber,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsak. “These awards mark a substantial investment in addressing the robust and varied research challenges facing American agriculture today, but more importantly, it is also an investment in

UMES researchers worth their weight in gold

our future scientists and engineers, farmers and foresters.”

The CBG Program strengthens the linkages among the 1890 universities, other colleges and universities, USDA, and private industry. It focuses on advancing cultural diversity in the scientific and professional workforce by attracting and educating more students from underrepresented groups.

Through federal funding and leadership for research, education and extension programs, NIFA focuses on investing in science and solving critical issues impacting people’s daily lives and the nation’s future.

In conducting their research, UMES Agricultural Experiment Station researchers are working to characterize certain plants as a source of biofuels, study the role of cowpea production in bio-diversity and food security, enhance agriculture students’ communication and problemsolving skills, explore air and water quality protection, examine watershed levels and protect the Chesapeake, address leafy greens and tomato safety for small farmers, promote healthy lifestyles in Head Start, develop a model program for experiential learning in human ecology, investigate the safety of poultry and seafood distributed through internet and local markets, improve the experiential learning paradigm for precision agriculture and increase graduation rates among first generation college students in human ecology.

For more information about research being conducted at UMES, visit www.umes.edu/aes or call 410-621-3850.

Welcome, incoming freshman, Class of 2014!

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Local trust makes major donation to UMES HRM students Photo by Jim Glovier UMES students who want to Dr. Ernest Boger, the Hotel work in the hospitality industry Restaurant Management have a friend in the Thomas G. Department chairman, calls the Hanley Trust.

Hanley gift “a validation of the The UMES Foundation importance of program recently received a $250,000 gift accreditation, since we came to from the trust based in Ocean City, (Mr. Trader’s) attention via a Md. The money will be used to media highlight of that underwrite expenses and travel for accomplishment.” students pursuing a degree in The gift “will permit us to Hotel and Restaurant provide a level of student President Thelma B. Thompson accepts a major donation for students in the Management. enrichment and external industry HRM Department from Winston Trader, representing the Thomas G. Hanley Winston M. Trader manages Trust. Pictured from left to right are Dr. Ernest Boger, chair of the Department professional involvement,” Boger the Hanley trust for his late uncle, of Hotel and Restaurant Management; Trader; Thompson; Wilma Trader; and said, “that has been … restricted Dr. Ayodele Alade, dean of the School of Business and Technology. a Worcester County businessman due to funding limitations.” and philanthropist who dabbled as a hotelier. Trader once worked as a The gift will be placed in a designated scholarship account named in bellhop at Hanley’s Ocean Lodge in Ocean City.

Hanley’s honor, which Trader said he hopes will memorialize his uncle in When Trader read about UMES’ hospitality program earning national perpetuity. Hanley died in 1982. accreditation, he decided the Hanley trust should invest in educating future UMES’s hospitality program operates from the Richard A. Henson workers in the industry locally.

Conference Center, a facility that includes classrooms, banquet facilities and “I thought ‘That’s something local’,” Trader said. “It makes more an on-campus hotel where students get hands-on lessons. sense than to send it up to New York,” home of an Ivy League school of The 200 undergraduates enrolled in the program can choose from a hotel administration. variety of hospitality specialties to study culinary arts, restaurant Hanley was known in the Milford and Middletown, Del., areas as a management, food and beverage management, hotel administration, golf savvy businessman who bought and managed profitable properties. A management and travel/tourism management. community flagpole in Milford is named in his honor.

UMES is one of 54 institutions recognized by the Accreditation The gift comes at an opportune time because the university is in the Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration, joining Purdue, final year of raising $14 million to support and expand its academic Oklahoma State and the University of South Carolina among others. mission as a land-grant institution. UMES leaders were pleasantly surprised UMES graduates work for such industry giants as Marriott and Hyatt to be contacted by Trader. hotels, T.G.I. Friday’s and Red Lobster restaurants, Sodexo, Aramark and “This is certainly a welcome donation,” President Thelma B. Walt Disney.

Thompson said. “I’m deeply appreciative of people like Mr. Trader, who For more information about UMES’ HRM degree program, call 410look closely at what we do and want to support us.”

651-6563, or visit www.umes.edu/hrm online.

UMES chosen for Eisenhower HBCU Fellowship Five students received awards ranging from $1,500 to $7,500 UMES has been awarded a grant totaling $20,500 from this year’s Dwight David Eisenhower HBCU Fellowship.

Five students were selected as recipients of the fellowship, which is provided through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Technology Partnership Program.

The awards, ranging from $1,500 to $7,500, will help cover the cost of the students’ tuition, fees and other academic expenses. Additionally, the students will have the opportunity to attend the Transportation Research Board annual meeting held January 23-27 in Washington, D.C. “The meeting is an excellent opportunity for students to meet leaders in the transportation industry and make contacts at the Department of Transportation,” said Chris Hartman, a lecturer in the Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences at UMES. The objective of the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program is to attract qualified students to the field of transportation and research, and advance transportation workforce development.

This is the fourth year that UMES has received funding for Eisenhower Fellowships.

“In the past, we have had as many as five students receive as much as $10,000 each,” Hartman said.

To qualify for the fellowship, students had to submit research proposals, which were ranked by an on-campus committee consisting of three UMES representatives and a representative from the Maryland Aviation Administration, Hartman said. Final decisions were made off-campus by the fellowship providers at the Department of Transportation.

Graduate student Xavier Henry of Fruitland, who is majoring in food and agricultural science, received the largest fellowship amount of $7,500.

Jake Brady Jr. of Pasadena, Md., who is earning his master’s degree in career and technology education, and Andrew Grizzle of Negril, Jamaica, a senior engineering major, both, received $5,000.

Jayalaxmia Don of Princess Anne, a graduate student studying food and agricultural science, and Paul Woode of Washington, D.C., an aviation management major, were each awarded $1,500.

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Modern languages connect UMES students to the global community

Top: UMES students Shakena Goode (back row, far right) and Meghin Seldon (front row, second from right) are pictured with fellow international study students at Salamanca.

Left: Shakena Goode’s photo of the vista of Toledo, a famous medieval city, taken during a weekend excursion. The Alcázar is the large fortress shown in the upper right, while the Gran Catedral de Toledo is in the upper center-left.

Two UMES students joined the global community of international students this July. Meghin Seldon, a sophomore English major, and Shakena Goode, a graduating accounting major with a Spanish minor, studied at the University of Salamanca in the intensive language and culture program, the second-oldest international program in Europe.

Goode recommends study abroad to other students. “My trip to Spain was something that I am never going to forget,” she said. “They (other students) will also meet people from all over the world and they will learn things that they cannot learn in the classroom.” While there, Goode visited the coast of Portugal as part of the program and Toledo, Segovia and Ávila on weekend excursions.

Both students are Spanish tutors with Access and Success and plan to further pursue their interests. Goode will pursue international studies at American University, while Seldon will advance her fluency as she prepares for graduate school.

“Both students have discovered that international education opens the mind to a world of possibilities,” said Dr. Carole Champagne, associate professor of modern languages at UMES. Champagne spend three

semesters in undergraduate study and two summers as a graduate administrative and teaching assistant, which led to her work in international education.

Champagne’s professional affiliation with the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese facilitated agreements with Spanish university and governmental administrators for the program. Travel and Education (http://www.travelandeducation.org), representing several Spanish universities, facilitated housing, transportation and registration for the students.

The Intensive Summer Program offers 100 hours of Spanish instruction taught by university professors. While the beginner through advanced level of proficiency is determined through a placement exam, all courses are taught in the target language. Students receive 40 hours of intensive language instruction daily. Detailed program descriptions may be found at http://corinto.usal.es.

Students also have the opportunity to participate in evening cultural and social events that focus on Spanish cooking, music, dance, festivals and holidays.

UMES students exhibit artwork at Baltimore Comic-Con

Rob Bennett, “Captain America”

Students at UMES recently traveled to the Baltimore ComicCon for a chance to exhibit and sell their “funny book” art. The two-day comic book fan convention was held at the Baltimore Convention Center at the Inner Harbor.

“Students were able to network with editors and other professionals in the field,” said UMES Fine Arts Instructor Brad “Hudson, who teaches comic book illustration, also known as Sequential Arts, at the university.

For the last four years, Hudson has made an effort to take interested students to national comic book conventions to gain exposure in the field.

“It has been tremendously rewarding and fruitful,” he said. “They have seen what is required and as a result, have evolved at a much quicker rate as artists.”

Hudson also used the event as an opportunity to spread the word about UMES’ newly approved Sequential Arts concentration. Few public institutions across the country currently offer coursework in this specialized field, Hudson said.

“It’s very frustrating to be a young artist with an interest in comic book illustration and cartooning and not have anywhere to go,” said Hudson.

Hudson taught several experimental Sequential Arts courses to gauge student interest at UMES. He eventually decided to draw up a proposal for the concentration, which was approved last fall.

“Students were coming here with a desire to create cartoons and comic books,” he said. “I was simply responding to an interest and a demand that already existed in our student body.”

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UMES Dietetic Interns earn first place award for research project Two dietetic interns at UMES earned a first place award for their research poster at the annual Maryland Dietetic Association meeting.

Andrea Elmore and Katherine Huffman received a $100 prize and split the winnings. They completed their project on “Health Literacy and Numeracy Assessment in the Tri-County Area of the Maryland Eastern Shore” under the Katherine Huffman and guidance of Dr. Virginie Zoumenou in the Andrea Elmore University of Maryland Extension Office.

“We gathered brochures on different diseases from health centers on the Eastern Shore and assessed their grade reading level,” said Elmore, 23, of Owego, N.Y. “We used these brochures along with three questionnaires

to learn about the health literacy of individuals in Worcester, Wicomico and Somerset counties.”

The Dietetic Internship Program at UMES is a performance-based generalist program designed to bridge the gap between didactic education and entry-level dietetic practice.

Elmore, who already holds a bachelor’s degree in nutritional sciences from Cornell University, aspires to become a registered dietician. Huffman, a Virginia Tech graduate, is interested in a dietetic career that focuses on athletics.

“I want to be a sports dietitian with collegiate or professional athletes,” said Huffman, 24 of Glenmoore, Pa. “I’d preferably like to work with the Virginia Tech Hokies and Philadelphia teams.”

Both students enrolled in UMES’ Dietetic Internship Program last year and earned their certificate of completion, along with two graduate credits, in June.

Choice Hotels funds UMES summer internships for hospitality students From left, Dr. Ernest Boger, chair of the Department of Hotel and Restaurant Management at UMES, is pictured with UMES students Stephanie Begin and Ellis Gardner, and the CEO of Choice Hotels Steve Joyce at the National Association of Black Hotel Owners Operators and Developers (NABHOOD) Annual Conference in Miami, Fla. Choice sponsored the student's NABHOOD attendance as a part of their internship.

Two students at UMES learned valuable skills related to their field of study, Hotel and Restaurant Management (HRM), during summer internships funded by Choice Hotels International, one of the largest lodging franchisors in the world with over 6,000 hotels in the U.S. and more than 35 other countries and territories.

Choice Hotels presented Dr. Ernest Boger, chair of the Department of Hotel and Restaurant Management at UMES, with a check for $10,000 for the summer internships, $1,000 of which covered the cost of the interns attending the National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators and Developers (NABHOOD) annual Summit and Trade Show in Miami, Fla. “At Choice Hotels, we are committed to promoting the hospitality industry as a career path to a diverse population of students,” said Patrick Cimerola, senior vice president, Human Resources and Administration for Choice Hotels. “Being able to launch this program really allows us to strengthen our relationship with UMES and provide valuable work and life

experience to these students.”

Stephanie Begin, a senior with a minor in culinary arts and restaurant management from Piscataway, N.J., completed an internship at the Comfort Inn Manhattan in New York City, while Ellis Gardner, a junior from Silver Spring, Md., interned at the Comfort Inn in Washington, D.C. The two HRM majors were finalists among six possible candidates. Each received three credit hours for the 10-week internships. They were selected based on their GPA, demonstrated leadership abilities and professional demeanor.

“This program presents an opportunity for the students to acquire real life, hands-on experience in a major destination hotel environment,” said Boger. “It is the first collegiate hospitality program that Choice has been involved in and we expect it to expand and become a model for other HRM programs at fellow Historically Black Colleges and Universities.”

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Concert Choir tours St. Thomas A postlude to a year full of goat, stewed chicken, plantains, practices and performances at boiled fish, potato stuffing, Johnny UMES and the surrounding cakes, meat patties, kallaloo, peas community, the Concert Choir’s and rice, fungi and ginger beer were reward for all of their hard work served-up for the tasting. was their annual trip abroad—this A day trip to St. John by boat year to St. Thomas and St. John, U.S. provided a day of sight-seeing and Virgin Islands. shopping.

Hosted by the American Legion “I continue to be very thankful Choir, Post 90 of St. Thomas, the for the talented and dedicated choir and the UMES Brass Quartet students in the Concert Choir and performed at several venues for the support we receive from the The UMES Concert Choir on tour in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. including the New Hernhut Moravian university administration, staff and Church, the Emanuel Benjamin Oliver Elementary School, the Antilles faculty and our neighboring communities,” said Harleston.

School, Saint Andrews Episcopal Church and the Memorial Moravian The tour is made possible through fundraisers, contributions from Church. churches, organizations and friends of the choir and a choir fee. They are “The choir was well received by appreciative audiences,” said Dr. currently organizing and selling tickets for their major annual fundraiser, a Sheila McDonald Harleston, director, UMES Concert Choir. “The audience Basket Bingo, being held on Saturday, October 9, in the Student Services numbers grew with every performance. Some people attended every Center Ballroom on campus. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. with games from 5-8 concert and would bring others on the following nights.” p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door if they haven’t been The schedule for the seven-day spring performance tour did allow reserved. Prizes are genuine Longaberger products. The event is not time for some relaxation. After three days of performances, choir members affiliated with the Longaberger Company. had a day at the beach followed by a special meal of local cuisine prepared For more information or for tickets, call 410-651-6574, 410-651by the congregation of the New Hernhut Moravian church. Ox tails, curried 6571 or 443-801-0738.

Hospitality group awards students prizes for designs Three UMES students placed first in the 2009 Hospitality Design Project, which is coordinated by Hotel and Restaurant Management lecturer, Karl Binns. Students enrolled in Binns’ HMGT 404 class are assigned to work on this competitive project throughout the semester and present it before a panel of industry professionals. Last year, the winning team developed a restaurant concept called “Smoke BBQ and Grill” for the old Salisbury Fire House. The team was awarded a $2,500 prize sponsored by the Eat’n Park Hospitality Group.

Winners, from left to right, are James Thomas, Susan White and Marc Schwartz.

Exercise Science students participate in summer internships

Pictured from left to right, Ashanti Hunter, Nicloe Ouzts, Lynsey Hayes and Richard Warren participated in the 10-week Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Program (SURP). The program is an essential aspect of the training component of the USU Center for Health Disparities and a part of the collaborative relationship with UMES. The goal is to provide training opportunities for students from diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds who are underrepresented in medicine and who are interested in biomedical sciences and healthcare fields.

The students are teamed with research mentors to fully integrate them into the research team and to supervise the student’s research activities. “It was a great experience for the students,” said Dr. James Heimdal, chair of the Department of Exercise Science at UMES. “They each received a $5,000 stipend, plus the mentoring/research internship experience was invaluable.”

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UMES student named “Big Brothers Big Sisters” Volunteer of the Year Conor Cox first teamed up with 13-year-old Ty’Ron through the “Big Brothers Big Sisters” mentoring program three years ago.

“When Ty and I first started out, our conversations involved talking about stereotypical guy stuff like sports and cars,” said Cox, now 22, who is currently earning a doctorate in physical therapy from UMES. “But the better we got to know each other, the more he would open up.”

Cox and Ty’Ron meet up weekly to play video games, basketball, football and kickball if they can find enough people to organize a team. Sometimes they spend their time riding go-carts in Ocean City, watching movies on the big screen, or knocking down pins at the bowling alley.

“I know it sounds cliché, but I've learned just as much from Ty, maybe even more, then what he has learned from me,” he said.

This summer, Cox was recognized by the Lower Shore chapter of Big Brother Big Sister as one of its volunteers of the year. He received the award from Salisbury Mayor Jim

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Conor Cox mentors at-risk teen, while earning a doctorate in physical therapy

Ireton during a ceremony held at the Delmarva Shorebirds Arthur W. Perdue Stadium.

“I was very surprised,” said Cox, who was awarded for his “excellence and selflessness in mentoring at-risk children.”

The Harford County native will now be in the running for statewide honors, according to Jessica Mims of the Lower Shore chapter.

“I've learned from Ty like he has learned from me and I get to act like a 15-year-old kid sometimes, so that's fun too,” Cox said.

Cox says the biggest challenge he needed to overcome as a “Big Brother” involved establishing trust with Ty’Ron. But he never let that discourage him.

“As long as you have a few extra hours every one to two weeks, that's enough to join the program,” he said.

“It’s really just about providing a positive influence in the life of a kid.”

The UMES Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest, largest and most selective all-discipline honor society, begins its inaugural year on campus.

More than 80 students, faculty members and administrators joined the newly chartered Chapter 312.

UMES President Thelma B. Thompson and UMES alumnus Ray Davis, vice president of the society’s Southeast Region, welcomed the charter members at an installation ceremony at the close of the ’09-10 academic year.

“We look forward to making our chapter the finest in the region, and then in the nation,” said Rita T. Lamb, chapter president and director of the UMES Honors Program. “We expect to take advantage of the opportunities that Phi Kappa Phi makes available to its members. Now, we can collaborate with our students and faculty in applying for numerous fellowships, grants and awards.”

Phi Kappa Phi members are eligible to apply for scholarships and awards valued at more than $700,000 annually. Membership is by invitation only.

Dr. Rita Lamb, chapter president, director of the Honors Program and dean of the UMES School of Arts and Professions, congratulates a student on her induction into Phi Kappa Phi. Ray Lewis, vice president of the society's Southeast Region is shown in the background.

Photo by Matthew Wittiker

Alex Arroyo-Flores March 5, 1989-September 4, 2010

In Memoriam

Cheryl Lynne King January 24, 1959-September 7, 2010

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OCTOBER 3

SAXOPHONE RECITAL 4 p.m.

Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts

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JAZZ ENSEMBLE FALL CONCERT 7 p.m.

Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts

*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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FALL MIDTERM STUDIO-CLASS RECITAL 11 a.m.

Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts

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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

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Gourmet Dining Series Tickets are on sale now through the time they are sold out for the HRM 2010 Gourmet Dining Series. Tickets are $50 per person and can be purchased MondayThursday, 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.

See menu below. For more information, contact Angie Price at 410-651-6563.

Friday, October 8—Mama Creole Haute Cuisine Soup: Appetizer:

Honey Butternut Squash with Grand Marnier Crème Bitter Orange Glazed Duck Breast with Balsamic/Sugar/Mustard Bacon; composed with Mesclun Greens and HRM Passion Vinaigrette Entrée: Triple Delight - Cumin Roasted Lamb Chop, Jumbo Lumps and Alaskan Crab Puff Pastry Remick, Jerk Roasted Pork Tenderloin Accompaniments: Tarragon Herbal Potato, Roasted Asparagus and Sauce Chasseur Intermezzo: Lemon Sorbet Dessert: Havana Fruit Mousse Torte Cake with Famous HRM Sauce Raspberry Beverage: Coffee and Assorted Teas

Friday, November 12—Gastronome High Cuisine Gastronomy Soup: Appetizer:

Beatle Street - All That Jazz Turtle Duet of Bordelaise Frog Leg and Pungent Garlic/Scotch Bonnet Escargot with Composed Endives, Greens, Avocado and HRM Citrus Vinaigrette Entrée: Amandine Soft Shell Crab with Missouri Bison’s Tenderloin Wellington Accompaniments: Sauce Perigourdine - Truffle Oil Macaroni and Cheese, Sauté Pearl Onions, Squash and Zucchini Wrap Intermezzo: Cilantro Ice Tea-Exotic Dessert: UMES Rum Torte Cake with Bourbon Street Crème Sauce Beverage: Coffee and Assorted Teas

Friday, December 3– Happy Merry Haute Cuisine Party Reception:

Shrimp Cocktail, Catfish Nuggets, Stuffed Strawberries and Collard Green Puffs Carving Station: Honey Roasted Pork Loin with HRM Jus Lie Beverages: Traditional Ginger Beer, Assorted Champagne Aperitif & Cranberry Gin Ginger Beer Soup: Sherry Pernod Rio Sweet Onion Appetizer: Blackened Tuna and Brine Eggs with Composed Endive Garden Salad and HRM Vinaigrette Intermezzo: Coffee Granita Entrée: Jumbo Crab Lump Imperial with Southwestern Barbeque Sirloin Steak Accompaniments: Corn and Pepper Pudding, Broccoli Flan and Mango Barbeque Sauce Dessert: Awesome Chocolate Bomb Tart with HRM Raspberry Sauce Beverage: Coffee & Assorted Teas EACH COURSE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED WITH APPROPRIATE WINE SELECTED BY CLASS SOMMELIER.