The Key November 4, 2016 Edition

A newsletter for students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends

November 4, 2016

UMES President Bell announces strategic administrative changes With the 2016-17 academic year in full swing, I want to take this opportunity to share with the UMES community some strategic administrative changes you will begin to see implemented this semester.

Stephen McDaniel, who joined us in September 2013 to lead the Division of Institutional Advancement, has announced his retirement. His last day with UMES officially is Dec. 31.

During Mr. McDaniel’s three years at UMES, our university’s fundraising efforts met annual goals and we took important steps to modernize the way we engage our friends to support us with their generous gifts.

This past February, Institutional Advancement initiated a 48-hour fundraising blitz tied to Homecoming Weekend and the activity proved not only successful, but a popular rallying point as well.

The University has been in the news recently, with two $1 million gift announcements - one from Delmarva Power CHANGES / continued on page 6

UMES/CISCO sales competition nets two winners CISCO Systems Inc., a Fortune 500 Company, named UMES junior Waunye Seawell and senior Christian Walston, winners in the second annual CISCO Invitational Sales Competition Oct. 13 at UMES. “This was a dynamic sales competition that challenged top university students to engage in a mock sales conversation with a potential customer,” said Dr. Theresa Queenan, director of UMES’ Career and Professional Development Center. “The process tested each student’s ability to ask effective questions, build rapport with the client and identify the customers’ business initiatives.”

Walston, 21, an engineering major from Crisfield, Md., will fly to Raleigh, N.C. to interview with the company for a potential position in sales or network engineering as his prize

The 2015 winner in the UMES/CISCO Systems sales competition Temi Okulate, center, congratulates, from left, Christian Walston and Waunye Seawell on winning this year’s event.

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for winning the competition as a graduating senior.

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Nemazie Exhibit at Mosely Gallery Board of Regents Visit

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Rudasill to Serve on Council Visiting Professor UMES Staffer Wins Traveling Price is Right

“Normally, I would have to pass about three interviews, but by winning the competition I get to skip to the front of the line,” Walston said.

Walston attributes his success to prep sessions held by last year’s victor in the junior category, Temi Okulate, and UMES representatives Dr. Bryant Mitchell, Dr. Monisha Das, Dr. Lei Zhang and Queenan.

“Most of us were nervous about the competition and stepping out of our comfort zone,” Walston said, “but the CISCO judges were impressed. One told me that I performed as well as some who had come out of their training school. It was a testament to how UMES has prepared us for the real world.”

Walston isn’t resting on his laurels. He’s waiting to hear back from an interview with Orbital at NASA Wallops Flight Facility for a possible spring internship.

What does he do in his spare time? He races a 2013 Undercover Dragster at Delmar and regional racetracks, traveling as far as Tennessee. The speedster finished second overall nationally for his age bracket when he was 18 and received the COMPETITION / continued on page 5

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International Students Election Views Casting First Time Vote

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HBCU All-star Inducted Students Recognized for Research

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Athletics: Cross Country

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Chesapeake Housing Mission WESM Fundraiser Open Enrollment Froggy Fiascos!

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Calendar of Events

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Circling the Oval

Nemazie photographs on exhibit at Mosely Gallery Local photographer and world traveler Cheryl Nemazie presents, “A Career in Balance; Capturing the World from Both Sides of the Economic Divide,” at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Mosely Gallery.

The exhibit opened with a reception Thursday, Nov. 3, from 4-6 p.m. and remains on display through Nov. 23.

“These beautiful photographs provide an intimate glimpse of the glaring inequities in our world,” gallery director Susan Holt said. “The contrast is poignant, but the overall message is also positive.”

Nemazie, she said, calls attention to victims of war and poverty around the world with her photography.

Nemazie, in her job as art director for global hotel brands, became curious about how the majority of the population in the many countries she visited lived, Holt said. She enrolled in a photography class for non-governmental aid organizations and her unique career path was born; one of art director creating carefully composed settings and that of documentary photographer capturing economically challenged situations as they unfolded before her.

The artist will visit the gallery, Friday, Nov. 11, from 10 a.m. to noon, for an informal discussion of her work with students and the community. The Mosely Gallery is located in the Arts and Technology building at UMES. Hours are Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Call 410-6517770 for group reservations or visit www.moselygallery.com.

Board of Regents’ chairman pays a visit Dr. Payam Matin, left, briefs University System of Maryland regents’ chairman Jim Brady on the uses of an Engineering & Aviation Science Complex laboratory during Brady’s Oct. 28 visit to UMES. Looking on, at right, are Drs. Yuanwei Jin, Ayodele Alade, and Juliette B. Bell, president.

UMES People

UMES’ Rudasill to serve as councilman R. Hardy Rudasill, UMES’ equity and compliance officer, stepped into the political arena a week ago when the Salisbury City Council unanimously selected him to fill a mid-term vacancy on the five-member panel.

Rudasill, 38, replaces Laura Mitchell, who resigned from the $10,000-a-year position in September.

“I like to think I’m a rational person – that always helps,” he told “The (Salisbury) Daily Times.”

Neighbors and UMES colleagues, he said, encouraged him to apply for the vacancy after Mitchell and her husband relocated to the Washington, D.C. area. Mitchell had three years remaining on her term representing the city’s 5th district, which covers the city’s east side from Gordy Road south to the Marley Manor apartment complex.

An attorney as well as UMES’ Title IX coordinator, Rudasill is a 2006 graduate of the university. He returned to his alma mater as an employee in 2014. That same year, he accepted a mayoral appointment to Salisbury’s Board of Adjustments and Appeals.

His law degree is from the University of Illinois’ College of Law. He is a native of Prince George’s County.

“The Salisbury Independent” weekly reported that his previous experience includes working for former U.S. Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes, the Upward Bound Program at the University of Maryland, the University of Illinois Law Library, Wor-Wic Community College and as a public defender.

Two others also applied for the vacancy; Hsin Cheu and Raymond R. Sander. About 35 percent of the city’s population is African-American, “The Independent” reported.

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UMES staffer wins on traveling “Price is Right” I grew up watching “The Price is Right” on TV, so I bought four tickets to attend the live show Oct. 16 at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center in Salisbury. I was joking with my wife, Kathy, my brother, Josh, and his girlfriend, Sheri, about how I was planning to go on stage and play Plinko—one of my favorite games on the show.

I couldn’t believe when my name actually showed up on the board of “next contestants on the Price is Right!”

The item I successfully bid on was an Epiphone guitar and amplifier combination. I play music for the Sunday service at my church, so I had an idea about the value. I was up against three other contestants, but luckily, was the last bidder in line. This gave me an advantage, because I knew what the others had bid – $649, $730 and $760.

I was thinking they were probably worth at least $800. Not wanting to go over, I used a common show tactic and placed a bid for $761 to be the highest (but conservative) bidder and sure enough the actual retail value of the items was $899.

I ended up on stage, where I was questioned by the show’s host, Todd Newton, who coaxed out of me that I have a twin brother and the funny things that can happen being a twin. After a few minutes of banter and laughter from the crowd, he told me I would be playing Plinko. It really felt like a dream at that point.

I was given one chip to play the game and earned an additional two Plinko chips after correctly identifying which numbers were right in the corresponding household items I was challenged to price.

My first chip got stuck just after takeoff from the top of the board. I was given that chip back and tried again, but it ended up landing in the $0 position. My second chip was worth $200 and my third and final chip landed right in the middle at the bottom of the board to take the top dollar amount of $500.

The crowd erupted in cheers. I had won a total of $700 and had a great time playing. It was a thrill to “come on down.” And I have the pictures to prove it.

Jeremy Townsend, UMES webmaster

implement a proposed dual-degree program between UMES Dr. William Otoo Ellis has joined the University of Meet UMES’ visiting and KNUST in organizational leadership. He also will be Maryland Eastern Shore faculty for the 2016-17 academic year as a visiting professor from the Kwame Nkrumah professor from Ghana collaborating with organizational leadership colleagues to create a graduate-level Executive Leadership Certificate University of Science and Technology (KNUST).

Program with a global perspective. Additionally, he will be Ellis was vice chancellor (president) for six years at collaborating with food science and technology faculty to the institution in Kumasi, Ghana, which has an enrollment explore the possibility of developing a dual degree Ph.D. of more than 45,000 students. Prior to becoming vice program between UMES and KNUST. chancellor, Ellis was pro-vice chancellor (vice president) Ellis earned a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from for two terms. He also served as head of the biochemistry the University of Science and Technology (now known and biotechnology department for four years, overseeing as KNUST) and a doctorate in food science from McGill the academic and administrative management of the University in Montreal. His education and work experience biochemistry and food science and technology programs. has provided him with the opportunity to have his writings He earned tenure at KNUST in 1993. appear in more than 156 publications, to supervise or coEllis, an accomplished researcher, is bringing his supervise more than 40 graduate students, and to foster strategic institutional expertise to UMES’ doctoral programs in organizational leadership (ORLD) relationships with distinguished organizations in the private and public and food science and technology as well as the toxicology program.

“The university is blessed to have Professor Ellis as a visiting professor sector nationally and internationally.

While at UMES, Ellis will serve as a research adviser and member of because of his world view and his international perspective on leadership,” said Dr. Prince Attoh, director and faculty member of the ORLD program. ORLD dissertation committees supporting students and faculty to publish “He has incredible knowledge of how leadership works, and how leaders dissertations. He also will collaborate with ORLD and agriculture faculty in exploring a research agenda in cross-cultural leadership as well as advocacy should support and cherish followership.”

Ellis is team-teaching ORLD seminar courses while working to and mentoring of African leaders in the agriculture and food industry.

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School News

“The Key” invited four UMES international students who are ineligible to vote in the Nov. 8 presidential election to share their views on the unique 2016 campaign: Azra Fanoos, doctoral student in education leadership, Mardan, Pakistan The American president is not American only. The person affects the whole world.

Usually, your presidents are really enlightened, wise people. But this time, oh my God. I can’t imagine what happened to the people here. (On Hillary Clinton) There’s nothing revolutionary in her profile. What did she do for them? (On Donald Trump) He’s simply a wealthy man who doesn’t seem to care about other people. I don’t know why the parties selected (either of) them.

Kenza Katema, freshman business major, Paris Politics in the United States is crazy – and much different than in France. Donald Trump likes to use strong words to shock people.

He brings to mind (former French president) Nicolas Sarkozy. I don’t know how I feel about that. French people might think Donald Trump is a little bit extravagant. I’m not sure Hillary Clinton is viewed very positively either. I think it will be interesting to see what happens if Americans elect a woman (to be) president.

Patrick Makary, doctoral student in pharmaceutical sciences, Cairo I can tell you Egyptians are paying attention to the election here. I feel so bad for Americans. They are stuck between two options that are not very good this time. I feel sometimes (voters) are ashamed to tell you how they are going to vote. America is supposed to have the best of everything. Who can help the country more? And why does no one know of (independent candidate) Evan McMullin? Many of his positions make sense.

Ksenia Popovich, freshman financial management major, Moscow I was taught not everything on TV is true.

I was really shaken when I came to America and I saw how much racism there is. I think that is what is affecting the elections right now.

I think voters are trying to pick the person who is going to be less racist as opposed to the best person for American and who has the best plan. It’s crazy in my country, too. I’m an athlete. I’m not about politics.

An interesting time to cast my first vote for president For the first time in my forty-plus years as a Caribbean-American woman, I will be voting in a United States presidential election. A U.S Virgin Island resident gets almost all of the perks that someone living in the contiguous United States (plus Alaska and Hawaii) would get, but voting in the presidential election is not one of them.

Virgin Islands residents get to elect a U.S. House of Representative and this Congressman gets to vote in the Congressional committees, but that is as far as it goes in terms of election process for the people of the Virgin Islands.

I lived in Florida during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Social media obviously did not exist then, and that allowed me to stay in my own uninterested state of mind. My circle of friends did not disclose their political views, nor did I pay attention to the election process. I had no interest in politics and never registered to vote.

When I returned home, the neighborhood in which I lived was knee deep in politics. I heard from the politicians live and direct. They canvassed the neighborhoods with megaphones outlining their platforms. They distributed campaign paraphernalia, and they held large motorcades advocating for their candidacy. Of course, I registered to vote and got involved. I took part in the election process and it was that election process that I wanted to stay a part of.

As a Virgin Islander living in Maryland for the past three years, I can now vote fully in all the elections, which includes the presidential election.

I want to make an informed decision when I vote, but I did not think I knew enough about the community of which I reside to make that informed decision.

I struggled long and hard with the challenge of sitting on the sidelines and not becoming involved with this civic engagement in the community where I now reside. While I am not seeing any local campaign activity, the social media rhetoric along with television advertisements are all echoing the same sentiments that everyone must vote because it matters. I finally gave in and registered to vote on Oct. 18, the last day to do so in Maryland.

While I know I will miss the festive interactions that occur while standing in the long lines at my last polling station, I am certain I will get that familiar, anxious feeling that I would get upon entering the booth and closing the curtain behind me. I await the new experience that I will encounter Nov. 8 for this next chapter of my journey.

Renise M. Johnson, MLIS, Reference & Instruction Librarian

Congratulations to Career & Professional Development Center staff

Dr. Theresa Queenan, director, and Bettye Hoskins-Knox, career specialist, enhanced their career coaching skills at a threeday, intensive seminar in Sterling, Va. Both received “Job and Career Transition” and “Job and Career Developer” certifications to “better assist students with navigating in a changing workplace.” The workshops included an overview of the changing nature of work, jobs, and careers, as well as job search techniques and new career assessments.

School News

UMES’ HBCU All-Star inducted

Benjamin Webster is pictured with a group of supporters at the HBCU Week Conference Oct. 23-25 in Washington where he was inducted in a ceremony as an HBCU All-Star. From left, are his mother, Raina Price, his stepmother Diavia Webster, President Juliette B. Bell, and Dr. Angela Williams, director of UMES’ Center for Access and Academic Success. “The ceremony was intimate and I was honored to be recognized among such impactful student leaders,” Webster, a junior majoring in business administration, said. “As an HBCU All-Star, I am responsible for promoting the value of an education and carrying out a specific initiative at UMES.” Webster’s initiative focuses on educating LGBT students on the Title IX federal policy and is working with the university’s Title IX Coordinator Hardy Rudasill to develop a workshop. Programming surrounding domestic violence and sexual assault are also on his agenda.

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“Best Engineered Dragster” award Oct. 1 at the 2016 International Hot Rod Association Division 1 Bracket Finals at Maryland International Raceway in Mechanicsville, Md. The prize for Seawell’s placing first in the category for juniors is a 10-week internship with CISCO in San Jose, Calif. The 20 year-old computer science major from Baltimore hopes that like Okulate, who won the competition in 2015, he will be offered employment at the end of the summer.

The recent experience, he said, “was kinda tough, but I got through it.” Seawell prepared by doing research on the company’s products and services and through his student employment with UMES’ IT Department as a network technician.

“During the competition, they would try to throw you off, but I got back on track by using the things I already knew, mainly from my work in IT,” Seawell said. He survived by “being myself.”

When not behind a computer, Seawell might be seen at center court at one of UMES’ basketball games doing “animation.”

“I’ve been doing it since high school and used to want to be a hip hop (as it is better known) performer once,” he said.

“Now I just do it for fun.”

He’s also a close personal friend of Harry The Hawk.

Photo by Joey Gardner

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UMES students recognized for research at symposium

For the third consecutive year, UMES students have been recognized for their “research excellence” at the University of Maryland Baltimore County’s Undergraduate Research Symposium in Chemical and Biological Sciences, said Dr. Victoria Volkis, associate professor of chemistry in UMES’ natural science department, who organized the trip. Pictured from left, Esereoghene “Mary” Mowoe and Heather Goldsborough, both seniors in the department in Volkis’ research group, earned second place honors for their research poster, “Macroporous Resins for Anthocyanin Extraction from Aronia mitchurinii Berries.” They were among 14 UMES students who presented or co-presented research under the guidance of faculty members, Drs. Kausik Das, Jennifer Hearne, Linda Johnson and Volkis.

“Waunye is a selfmotivated individual who is always willing to jump in with any task and learn new technology which is an

essential skill to have as far as IT support,” said Bill Premo, Seawell’s supervisor in UMES’ IT Department. “He’s very personable and has a great ‘bedside manner’ when providing support services.

The university is among the first HBCUs to participate “in a competition of this magnitude,” Queenan said. Competition was open to upper classmen in UMES’ business management and accounting, engineering and aviation science, and mathematics and computer science departments.

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Athletics

UMES men snag 3rd straight MEAC “XC” title Women’s team is conference runner-up

UMES’ 2016 cross-country teams have set the performance bar high for fellow student-athletes for the remainder of the year in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play.

The men’s squad won its third consecutive MEAC title in dramatic fashion Halloween weekend at Delaware State University, eking out a narrow victory over hard-charging Norfolk State. The women’s team was runner-up in its event at the same venue.

The day prior to the conference championship, MEAC announced seven UMES cross country runners earned All-Academic team honors.

As he has throughout much of his career at UMES, senior Khalil Rmidi Kinini led the men’s team to victory with a first-place win, the third time he has won the MEAC Most Outstanding Performer Award, a conference record.

It was fellow senior Mark Blackmon, however, who is credited with clinching the conference title for the Hawks. Blackmon surged past a Norfolk State competitor near the end of the five-mile race, turning in a personal best time of 24:49.07, which proved the difference between winning and losing the team title.

Senior Nassor Whitehead also cracked the top 10 to finish third among Hawks. He placed eighth overall with a time of 26:01.77. Junior Donovan Mundy finished 12th with a time of 26:16.52 and sophomore Jordan Leon completed the race in 26:36.48 to come in 15th.

Meanwhile, senior Jennaya Hield finished second in the women’s meet won by Florida A&M. Her time was 18:12.21 over 3.1 miles.

Freshman Sharon Jerop registered a top five finish with a personal record time of 18:34.24. Neus Quinonero and Silvia Guerra posted their best times as collegians with Quinonero taking 10th with a time of 18:58.50 and Guerra taking 11th at 19:00.60.

The seven Hawks named to the MEAC cross country All-Academic team are: seniors Hield and Rmidi Kinini, Derrick Cheruiyot and Rachel Halmon; juniors Stanley Meli and Dypna Umunakwe; and sophomore Lenneisha Gilbert.

The MEAC recognizes sophomore, junior and senior student-athletes who have a 3.0 or higher cumulative grade point average, including transfer student-athletes, who have been in residence at the institution for at least one year.

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and the other from our loyal supporters at the Richard A. Henson Foundation.

On behalf of UMES, I thank Mr. McDaniel for all the success he had directing our fundraising efforts and wish him well on the next phase of his life.

His decision provides a catalyst for us to rethink how we are working to move UMES forward.

We received positive news in September from U.S. News & World Report that our peers at historically black institutions view us as the nation’s 22nd best HBCU. Just as significantly, we ranked 9th among public HBCUs. Everyone should be rightfully proud of this move up in the rankings from 30th a year ago.

But we cannot rest on our laurels.

Consequently, I am announcing a realignment of some lines of reporting that will keep this momentum going in the right direction while making us more nimble and responsive to the ever-changing world of higher education.

These organizational realignments become effective November 1.

The Division of Institutional Advancement with its fundraising responsibilities, alumni affairs office, advancement services and WESM radio will be joining – or in some instances “rejoining” – their colleagues in marketing, public relations and related communications responsibilities who

currently report to the executive vice president.

We believe the synergy of this combined group – the Division of University Relations – will provide the kind of coordination in messaging we need to attract the best and brightest students as well as faculty and staff who can continue to help UMES make a difference.

There are a number of 21st century communication platforms out there and it is crucial to have a singular focus on what we want all our audiences – internal and external – to know about UMES. That can best be accomplished having these offices and functions working side-by-side.

Kimberly Dumpson, our executive vice president, will be responsible for oversight of this new, merged division. As many of you know, she previously worked as alumni affair director as well as vice president.

Dumpson also will be taking on added responsibilities with the additional title of Chief of Staff, a position used to enhance organizational effectiveness.

We are continuing on our journey to shore up our baseline of excellence as we move “from excellence to eminence”. I know you join me in looking to the future with excitement.

With the new Division of University Relations, we intend to make the great work we do at UMES recognized not only across Maryland and the nation but around the world!

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The Key / November 4, 2016

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Don’t tell anyone, but 91.3-WESM is conducting a “silent” fundraising drive throughout November.

On second thought, tell everybody you know.

The goal is modest: $15,000 and listeners won’t be inconvenienced with program interruptions.

Listeners who wish to contribute to WESM’s fall campaign can: • Call 410-651-8001 or • Use WESM’s secure webpage at wesm913.org; click the “DONATE” button in the upper right portion of the webpage.

Lending a hand to our community

Over 20 UMES students from across academic disciplines volunteered with Chesapeake Housing Mission to build a wheel chair ramp for a Somerset County resident. UMES’ Office of University Engagement and Lifelong Learning organized the activity.

Open Enrollment Oct. 13- Nov. 15

Representatives will be present to provide information and answer questions.

Please contact Betty Fosque, extension 6403, for more information.

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Calendar

arts & entertainment calendar

NOVEMBER 2- 13 5 Fall Theatre Production

7:30 p.m., Ella Fitzgerald Center UMES Drama Society presents “Rotten Apple,” a family drama by UMES alum Barry Battle, directed by Dr. Della Dameron-Johnson. $5 general admission, $3 seniors, students free w/ID 410-651-6553

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UMES Concert Choir Performance

4 p.m., Ella Fitzgerald Center 410-651-6571

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International Education Week

“La Chureca,” Managua, Nicaraugua by Cheryl Nemazie

Art Exhibit

Mosely Gallery Local photographer Cheryl Nemazie presents “A Career In Balance: Capturing the World from Both Sides of the Economic Divide.” Her beautiful and poignant images assist victims of war and poverty all over the world and demonstrate balancing career with philanthropy.

Hours: Mon. through Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Show on display through Nov. 23. www.moselygallery.com /410-651-7770

Maryland STEM Festival

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The Center for International Education in collaboration with campus partners invites you to attend the following activities this year: Mon., Nov. 14, 1 a.m.-4 p.m., SSC Rotunda.

Passport Day; Information on study aboard and Semester at Sea. Panel discussion 5-7 p.m., Hazel Hall 1008.

Tues., Nov. 15, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., SSC Ballroom.

International Festival; sample international foods, music, dance and more.

Wed., Nov. 16, 5-7 p.m., Hazel Hall 1008.

Panel Discussion; International Etiquette.

Thurs., Nov. 17, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., SSC Ballroom.

Sudan Day; speaker, music, dance performance, fashion show and exhibits.

Fri., Nov. 18, noon-5 p.m., Hawk’s Corner, Downtown Princess Anne. Sample International Teas and Coffees and baked goods.

410-651-8385

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UMES Chamber Ensemble and String Program Concert

6-7:30 p.m., Richard A. Henson Center Ballroom 7 p.m., Ella Fitzgerald Center STEM activities for students ages early childhood through college.

UMES instrumental ensembles perform.

Underwater robots, amphibious vehicles, drones, 3-D printing and 410-651-6571

more. Email jckoller@umd.edu for more information.

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UMES is a student-centered, doctoral research degree-granting university known for its nationally accredited undergraduate and graduate programs, applied research and highly valued graduates.

UMES provides individuals, including first-generation college students, access to a holistic learning environment that fosters multicultural diversity, academic success, and intellectual and social growth.

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