celebrating 20 years of the
INCENTIVE AWARDS PROGRAM at the university of maryland
c el ebr ating 2 0 yea rs of t he
I N C E N T I V E AWA R D S P R O G R A M at the un ive rsity o f mary land
CONTENTS
History Introduction
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Transforming Lives
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Program Components Timeline
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By the Numbers
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Alumni Career Highlights
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Scholars Inaugural Cohort Fellows
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Award Winners Cohort 20 Cohort 21
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Partners Mentors
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Guidance Community Schools Represented Selection Committee Community Partners Donors
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Transformative Gift Advisory Board
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Acknowledgements
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History
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I n 1 9 98, soon after he began his tenure as
president of the University of Maryland, C.D. Mote, Jr. noticed a glaring problem that required urgent attention. An abysmally low number of students from Baltimore— by far the largest city in Maryland—were applying and enrolling at the state’s flagship university. And among the few students from Baltimore’s public high schools studying at UMD, the overwhelming majority came from just three schools: Baltimore City College, Baltimore Polytechnic and Western High. Representation from all the other public high schools in Baltimore ranged from little to zero. Mote had dealt with a similar problem before, while serving as vice chancellor for university relations at the University of California, Berkeley. He led the effort at UC Berkeley to raise $22 million for a highly successful program aimed at attracting and nurturing students from underrepresented areas. He set out to put in place a similar model at Maryland. In 2000, Maryland created a program based on the Berkeley model: the University of Maryland Incentive Awards Program.
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scholarship, leadership
The Incentive Awards Program is designed to recognize and promote scholarship, leadership and community responsibility among students from select high schools, and to make it financially possible for these students to enroll at the University of Maryland. The program identifies and selects students who have demonstrated uncommon persistence, ingenuity and maturity by maintaining good academic performance in the face of challenging circumstances.
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Launched as a pilot program in Baltimore, the program was designated The Suzanne G. and Murray A. Valenstein Baltimore Incentive Awards Program in 2006, and was expanded to select schools in Prince George’s County a short time later. A generous gift in 2012 allowed further expansion to KIPP public charter schools in Maryland and Washington, D.C. In 2019, another gift enabled the program to include students from select private schools in Baltimore and most recently, a significant investment allowed for expansion to Montgomery County. Each IAP student is awarded financial support for four years and benefits from a strong, nurturing community of advisors, mentors and administrative staff while at Maryland. I N C E N T I VE AWA R D S PRO GR A M
and community
However, the program is not defined by its scholarship component. The distinguishing characteristic of IAP is its focus on developing character, critical thinking skills and leadership in the context of an intimate community of peers. This “community within a community” sustains IAP students and challenges them to develop lifelong skills, not just to benefit themselves, but their communities as well. In addition to the advising network, the mutual support provided by the peer group encourages students to persist. IAP students are empowered to assume leadership roles within the group. They exercise autonomy in planning social and community-building activities. They’re also encouraged to shape the culture of the group, with each new cohort making its unique impression on the community.
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The University of Maryland Incentive Awards Program values a spirit of reciprocity. IAP scholars embrace this spirit by maintaining strong ties to their home and school communities, regularly returning to their high schools to serve as role models for younger students. They engage in discussions with students in their high schools, sharing with them their experiences at UMD and the importance of proper academic preparation for college. The intent is for their success — attained through hard work — to be an incentive for others to persist toward high school graduation, pursue higher education and achieve in the face of adversity. Twenty years after the program’s inception, the university’s commitment continues under the leadership of President Darryll J. Pines. “Education is the great equalizer,” President Pines says. “It is by far the best and most rewarding investment anyone can make in the future of a young person, our local communities, our state, our nation and our world. The Incentive Awards Program is a vital part of this mission, providing opportunities for some of the most talented and dedicated students in our community to excel. We all benefit from this investment.” As IAP students graduate and the alumni base continues to grow, the positive impact will be even more profound on the communities these students call home. Throughout all future endeavors, they will hone the skills nurtured through the University of Maryland Incentive Awards Program and use them in every aspect of their lives. ]
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Within their high schools and communities they are regarded
spokespersons, leaders, doers, achievers. They do not lose as
touch with their roots — they give their roots new vigor.
—C.D. MOTE, JR. IAP founder
TRANSFORMING LIVES
I have never seen a better program for transforming the lives of young
capability, character, and determination to break
people who have the
out of what many would say are tough circumstances. This program has the
institutions, communities, and families as much
potential to transform
as the students themselves. —C.D. MOTE, JR.
"We are offering an opportunity for students who in
many cases dare d to dre am… to use the resources of the state’s premier research university to create a future for themselves in the global marketplace. We commit to doing everything within our power to help them succeed."
“The Incentive Awards Program is
i m p o r t a n t a n d l i fe t r a nsf o r m i n g experience of any
the most
program that I have known in my lifetime. I thank everyone associated with it for making its dream come true for all to appreciate.”
“I am struck by the depth of the students’ thoughts about their
the array o f o ppo rt un i t ies before them and about their understanding that
experiences at the University, about their engagement with
this experience will transform their futures if they take full advantage of it. What was most moving for me was the wide-open engagement of the students with the plethora of university opportunities available to them. That is their pathway to their futures that only they can light up.”
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PROGRAM COMPONENTS
ACADEMIC COACHING IAP staff provide academic support and guidance on course selection, majors, and more. COMMUNITY BUILDING Retreats, excursions, social activities and monthly student meetings foster camaraderie and a supportive community.
OUTREACH Scholars maintain strong ties to their home and school communities through high school visits and other outreach efforts.
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MENTORING Dedicated faculty and staff commit to a mentoring relationship throughout scholars’ tenure. SERVICE Scholars are encouraged to identify and address the needs of their surrounding community through meaningful service projects. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT The IAP community extends through graduation and beyond, offering relevant seminars on student-driven topics throughout the year.
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HISTORY Jacqueline Wheeler Lee is hired as BIAP director.
The Baltimore Incentive Awards Program (BIAP) launches in partnership with nine public high schools in Baltimore City.
1998
1999
Dr. C. D. Mote, Jr. becomes the new president of the University of Maryland. President Mote envisions a pipeline program, inspired by a similar one he developed at UC Berkeley, that will identify and encourage talented, determined students from Baltimore City to enroll in UMD in greater numbers.
Barry Gossett makes the first gift to what will become the Baltimore Incentive Awards Program.
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2000
2001
The first cohort of BIAP scholars matriculates at UMD.
2002
BIAP staff expands to include associate director.
The program expands to Prince George’s County Public Schools. The first cohort of IAP scholars graduate. The program moves into Cole Field House.
2003
2004
2005
The program is designated the Suzanne G. and Murray A. Valenstein Baltimore Incentive Awards.
Tiana Wynn ’05 becomes the first scholar to study abroad.
2006
First scholars from Prince George’s County matriculate at UMD.
2007
The program’s newsletter, InTouch, is launched.
The first Jennifer F. Lewis Memorial Award, honoring a 2006 graduate, is presented to Randal Brewer ’09 for outstanding academic performance, exceptional character and lasting contributions to the Incentive Awards Program and the UMD community.
1984–2008
2008
2009
Yavona Williams Pirali ’06 becomes the first IAP alumni to earn a graduate degree: M.Ed. in secondary education from Towson University
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2010
The number of alumni tops 100! Cohort 7 makes the first class gift to IAP.
2011
Nancy Canales ’13 becomes the first IAP scholar to be inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa and elected into Phi Beta Kappa. She is chosen to serve as a senior marshal at spring commencement. Kori Hill ’13 is selected to be the student speaker for the winter commencement ceremony.
2012
IAP starts a professional development series for alumni.
2013
2014
The program institutes an annual IAP Day of Service, in which all students, alumni, mentors and friends are invited to participate. IAP expands to KIPP schools, thanks to a gift from Chuck Daggs ’69.
Lenaya Stewart ’15 is the Department of English’s student speaker at spring commencement.
2015
The number of high school students reached through IAP recruitment and outreach events exceeds 3,500. Charmaine Wilson-Jones ’15 is selected as a Byrd/Elkins Award finalist and member of the Maryland Medallion Society.
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CollegeBound Foundation textbook scholarships for Baltimore IAP scholars top $250,000.
2016
IAP joins the Office of Undergraduate Studies under the leadership of Dean William A. Cohen.
2017
2018
IAP partners with Education Abroad for the Maryland in Buenos Aires program in the winter term—the first time IAP students and an IAP staff member traveled abroad together. This trip becomes a permanent fixture for interested students each year.
IAP’s Giving Day fundraising totals are double the previous year due to a concerted effort to engage alumni and students.
Darian Senn-Carter ’08, Ed.D., Educational Leadership, Edgewood College, becomes the first alumnus to earn a doctorate.
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IAP welcomes 22 students into its 21st cohort—the largest cohort in its history.
Arnold I. ’69 and Alison L. Richman ’69 make a substantial gift, allowing IAP to extend its reach in Baltimore City and expand its cohort by almost 50% in the first year.
2019
Jahi Jones ’19, a four-year wrestling letterman, is selected as the University of Maryland’s recipient for the 2019 Big Ten Medal of Honor award, the conference’s most prestigious accolade.
2020
2021
IAP expands to include high school students from Montgomery County Public Schools thanks to a $6.8M gift from Phill and Elizabeth Gross. The gift leverages matching funds from the Maryland Promise Program, funded jointly by the A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation, the University of Maryland and other generous donors. The Alumni Council is launched to promote lifelong engagement with IAP staff, students and alumni and to foster professional development, social interaction, and personal enrichment.
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BY THE NUMBERS
96%
84%
One-year retention rate for IAP scholars, higher than that of other freshman students at the University of Maryland
Six-year graduation rate of IAP scholars
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IAP scholars who have served as commencement speakers
Student inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, America’s most prestigious honor society
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36% Current IAP scholars who are enrolled in the Honors College, College Park Scholars, CIVICUS and other living and learning programs
IAP students inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa, a 100-year-old national leadership honor society
Student received Big Ten Medal of Honor, the conference’s most exclusive award
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Maryland Medallion Society and Byrd & Elkins Finalists
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graduates
An additional 12 students are on track to earn their bachelor’s degrees in 2021.
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IAP alumni who have earned or are pursuing doctoral degrees. These alumni will be among the 2% in the United States population who hold doctorates.
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IAP scholars who have studied abroad in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, England, Ethiopia, France, Germany, the Grenadines, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Lesotho, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam.
IAP alumni who have either completed or are pursuing graduate studies at institutions, including Cornell University, Georgetown University, William & Mary Law School, University of Illinois, American University, Johns Hopkins University, Temple University, Strayer University, Widener University, Edgewood College, Argosy University, Morgan State University, Drexel University, University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University, New York University, Syracuse University, Boston University, San Francisco State University and the University of Maryland.
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EDUCATOR • ACCOUNTANT • PSYCHOTHERAPIST • TAX SENIOR ASSOCIATE •
PROJECT MECHANICAL ENGINEER • CITY PLANNER • RECORDING ARTIST •
GUIDANCE COUNSELOR • POLICE OFFICER • PROGRAM DIRECTOR •
PROFESSOR • MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM ANALYST • SOCIAL WORKER •
GRADUATE STUDENT • ENTREPRENEUR • ARCHITECT • CONSULTANT •
INFORMATION SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR • RETAIL MANAGER • AUDITOR •
GRAPHIC DESIGNER • RESEARCH ASSISTANT • RADAR SYSTEMS ENGINEER
GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SCIENCE ANALYST & DEVELOPER • ACTOR •
HIGHER EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL • COMMODITY SOURCING SPECIALIST •
RESEARCH COORDINATOR • PROJECT MANAGER • PRODUCTION ASSISTANT •
SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST • NEWSROOM ASSISTANT AND PRODUCER
TECHNOLOGY ENGINEER • PHYSICAL SCIENTIST • ASSIGNMENT EDITOR •
FINANCIAL PRODUCT ANALYST • CLINICAL RESEARCH ASSISTANT •
EDUCATOR • ACCOUNTANT • PSYCHOTHERAPI • TAX SENIOR ASSOCIATE •
ALUMNI CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
CITY PLANNER • RECORDING ARTIST • PROJE MECHANICAL ENGINEER •
GUIDANCE COUNSELOR • POLICE OFFICER • MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM
ANALYST • PROGRAM DIRECTOR • PROFESSOR • SOCIAL WORKER •
GRADUATE STUDENT • ENTREPRENEUR • ARCHITECT • CONSULTANT •
INFORMATION SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR • RETAIL MANAGER • AUDITOR •
GRAPHIC DESIGNER • RESEARCH ASSISTANT • RADAR SYSTEMS ENGINEER
GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SCIENCE ANALYST & DEVELOPER • ACTOR •
HIGHER EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL • COMMODITY SOURCING SPECIALIST •
RESEARCH COORDINATOR • PROJECT MANAGER • PRODUCTION ASSISTANT •
SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST • NEWSROOM ASSISTANT AND PRODUCER
TECHNOLOGY ENGINEER • PHYSICAL SCIENTIST • ASSIGNMENT EDITOR •
FINANCIAL PRODUCT ANALYST • CLINICAL RESEARCH ASSISTANT •
EDUCATOR • ACCOUNTANT • PSYCHOTHERAPIST • TAX SENIOR ASSOCIATE •
PROJECT MECHANICAL ENGINEER • CITY PLANNER • RECORDING ARTIST •
IAP graduates are employed at places like KPMG, HBO, NBC, Morgan Stanley, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, CohnReznick, Catholic University, Baltimore City Public Schools, Prince George’s County Public Schools, Montgomery County Public Schools, Bloomberg, Accenture, Department of Defense, CollegeBound Foundation, Teach for America, University of Maryland, Prince George’s County Police Department, Northrop Grumman, NBC, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the U.S. Department of State.
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Scholars
A TRIBUTE TO THE INAUGURAL COHORT Without the nine courageous students who were in the inaugural IAP cohort, there would be no anniversary to celebrate. These first scholars entered into a fledgling program with only one staff member and no peer group to show them the ropes. They proved their resilience as the program and its activities evolved from moment to moment. They quickly learned how much they needed to lean on each other as they balanced home and school life, explored the diversity of the campus, and became acclimated to its unfamiliar culture.
All of this was against a backdrop of the highs and lows—or “gripes and grins” as we affectionately call them—of freshman year. There was a fierce tornado that ripped through the campus, claiming the lives of two UMD students. And there was the 9/11 tragedy. Both events sent IAP students rushing back to Baltimore to worried family members. There were lighter moments during the Maryland Leadership Conference, the weekly watch parties of the first season of American Idol, and the late night conversations in Easton Hall. Through all the highs and lows, the scholars in the first cohort of IAP persevered, stayed focused and made steady progress toward earning their degrees. IAP honors the first nine students for their persistence and achievement; for laying the groundwork for a program— now 20 years old—they likely could not have imagined; and for establishing a tradition of excellence that has become the program’s defining feature. Thank you, Cohort 1, for your invaluable contributions and for making such an indelible mark on the Incentive Awards Program.
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EBONY JAMISON BECKLES
Medication Adherence Nurse for the Medication Support Team, Chase Brexton Healthcare
REGINALD JONES
Detective, Warrant Apprehension Task Force, Baltimore Police Department
MYRON GOLDSTEIN
IMA BASSEY IBIDAPO, ESQ.
Denial Specialist, Johns Hopkins Health System
Attorney, Full-time Lecturer, Political Science, Morgan State University
MBA, Strayer University, 2012
ESSENCE JORDAN
Retired Federal Police Officer, Business Coach & Video Strategist
National Manager, Training University, AT&T Mobility
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Science Teacher, Elmer A. HendersonHopkins School M.A.T., Secondary Science, Towson University
Police Instructor Certification
NICOLE POON-YING
JD, College of William and Mary School of Law, 2009
TIANA WYNN
Partner, SB & Company, LLC MBA, Loyola University Maryland, 2015
JOSEPH ROBINSON
We’re still seeking recent information about Joseph. We wish him the best!
Thank you, Cohort 1! SCHOLARS
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FELLOWS Scholars, servant-leaders, role models. A highly select group, IAP Fellows are exemplary students who demonstrate positive attitudes and strong character while encouraging others to follow their example. Most importantly, they are academic leaders who seek ways to augment their classroom experience with experiential learning and international travel and impact the campus through extracurricular involvement. They are expected to support the IAP leadership by acting as a student advisory board, leading community meetings and annual retreats and coordinating social activities for the entire student group.
The first fellows, 2008
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Jenniffer Alberti ’21
Sharina Alston ’11
Roger Arangorin ’21
Jose Arevalo ’13
Brittany Atkinson ’11
Ayomide Awobajo ’22
Olivia Bankole ’20
Isaiah Bell ’16
Brian Robinson Bowers ’10
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I’Shea Boyd ’20
Randal Brewer ’10
Joshua Brown ’21
Nancy Canales ’13
Sabrina Christian ’18
Katherine Coleman ’13
Dekebra Arrington Crowe ’10
Gerard Dailey ’16
McAllister Egbire-Molen ’16
David Egbufoama ’18
Brian Escobar ’22
London Faust ’11
Alecia Frye ’16
Amirah Grady ’17
Jose Granados ’15
Alma Hernandez ’22
Kori Hill ’13
Hamza Idris ’14
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Shane James ’17
Kalani Johnson ’16
Elias Kallon ’22
Christina Kearns ’18
Christopher Lane ’15
Ganiyat Lawal ’16
Rafael Lovo ’13
Chijiaku Maduka ’16
Katherine Medina ’19
Davian Morgan ’14
Kiosha Murphy ’12
Jessica Nolasco ’17
Chukwuma Odigwe ’18
Olatunji Onibanjo ’19
Juan Peralta ’13
Ladeja Robinson ’17
Teddy Rosemond ’21
Jayme Savoy ’22
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Kareem Shakoor ’10
Djuan Short ’12
Amara Sillah ’10
Dominic Smith ’09
Taylor-Omaree Smith ’19
Tamicka Smithson
Zalandria Spann ’18
Brian Spates ’22
Maiya Spell ’21
Lenaya Stewart ’15
Jasmine Thomas ’17
Joshua Trowell ’16
Changing lives.
Enriching our campus. Miguel Turcios ’20
Tochi Ukwu ’15
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Charmaine Wilson-Jones ’15
Impacting our community.
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AWARD WINNERS The JENNIFER F. LEWIS MEMORIAL AWARD was created to honor one of our former scholars who lost a six-year battle with cancer in 2008, after a remarkable but brief life. Jennifer ’06 showed academic prowess and was also involved in campus life and deeply committed to social justice and civil rights issues; she wanted to make them her life’s work. Each year, we recognize a graduating senior who captures her spirit and who has made an impression on the Incentive Awards community—a student with impeccable character who demonstrates exemplary qualities and who embodies the ideals of the program as Jennifer did. Through the years, we have selected 13 students as recipients of this award—for their unwavering commitment to the program and for serving as models for others to follow. The highest honor bestowed on an Incentive Award student, the Jennifer F. Lewis Memorial Award is accompanied by a financial gift from the family foundation created in her memory. Our heartfelt thanks go to all recipients for their dedication to IAP. Randal Brewer Williams, first recipient of the Award, with Jennifer’s mother, Casandra Rendleman-Hall, in 2009. Isaiah Bell receiving the 2016 Jennifer F. Lewis Memorial Award.
JENNIFER F. LEWIS MEMORIAL AWARD WINNERS
Randal Brewer Williams ’10
Isaiah Bell ’16
Amara Sillah ’10
Jessica Nolasco ’17
Brittany Atkinson ’11
Chukwuma Odigwe ’18
Djuan Short ’12
Katherine Medina ’19
Nancy Canales ’13
Taylor-Omaree Smith ’19
Davian Morgan ’14
Roger Arangorin, Jr. ’21
Charmaine Wilson-Jones ’15
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In celebration of their 10-year college reunion, the class of 2008, Cohort 4, created the VISIONARY AWARD to provide financial support to a senior entering the workforce or graduate school. The Award, funded entirely by the cohort members, is intended to assist with personal and professional expenses (e.g., professional wardrobe, graduate school entrance exams, etc.) after graduation. This award is an outgrowth of the enduring friendship among Cohort 4 scholars and their affinity for the program, and an effort to pay forward the gifts they received through IAP. They hope to inspire future alumni to follow suit and contribute similarly. After an application review process, members of Cohort 4 select winners based on the clarity of their vision for the future and a coherent and realistic plan to attain their professional goals. Congratulations to Roger Arangorin, Jr. ’21 for being the 2021 Visionary Award winner! VISIONARY AWARD WINNERS
Allexxus Farley-Thomas ’18 Olatunji Onigbanjo ’19 I’Shea Boyd ’20 Roger Arangorin, Jr. ’21 Roger Arangorin, Jr., 2021 Visionary Award winner
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COHORT
How do you have a strong college start in a pandemic? Ask Cohort 20. Most of them have never met each other faceto-face — they live at home, on campus and in off-campus apartments—but they have forged a supportive community among themselves. Through COVID-19 disruptions, quarantine housing, uncertainty, and asynchronous lectures, they have stayed positive, excelled academically and stayed true to their IAP commitment. Hats off to a stellar group of scholars!
Gabriel Assan
Emmanuel Barnes
Collin Bast
Jade Brown
Natalya Brown
Isaac Bunyun
Michelle Castro-Lemus
Destinee Dunham
Maximiliano Gonzalez-Cruz
Alexis James
Taylor-Simone Johnson
Tobius Nance
AyoOluwakiitan Oluwafemi
Maria Ortez
Madeleine Oum-Ray
Cameren Pearsen
Diana Rivera
Jade Rowe
Carmela Sambells
Ronald Wingate
Ariel Wright
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Twenty years after the first cohort started their journey in the Incentive Awards Program, another cadre of exceptional students will enter into the tradition of achievement and excellence. We are proud to welcome the largest cohort in IAP’s history and look forward to seeing the impact they will make in the IAP community, on the campus, and in the world! Mark Aguilar
Bryan Carrillo
Jhennifer Celestino-Alva
Isaiah Chapman
John Djeuf
Kerra Dukes
Rozhin Fadae
Alexa Figueroa
Justin Guzman
Lixander Guzman
Devin Harris
Alana Hines
Tishanique Johnson
Judith Lin
Micah McCready
May Soe Min
Rebecca Oluwasanmi
Aracely Perez
Abel Shiferaw
Adero Wilkes
Leandra Williams
Janae Young
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MENTORS
Javaune Adams-Gaston Letters & Sciences
Annie Foster Ahmed Pre-College Programs
“I value my participation as an IAP mentor as it is
David Allen
an opportunity to help make connections with and
Department of Transportation Services
for my mentees. In my life journey, I’ve learned
Pamela Allen
that it is
w ho you kn o w a s w e l l a s w h a t yo u k n o w
University Career Center & The President’s Promise
that can make a difference, and sometimes who
Dale Anderson
you know can be more important. People create
Rosalyn Anderson-Howell
opportunities for others. Through programs like IAP, I hope to help give our mentees the
University Human Resources College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Gloria Aparicio-Blackwell
confidence to aim high, to succeed and to learn
Office of Community Engagement
from disappointments large and small.”
Melanie Ashton
Robert H. Smith School of Business
Deidre Bagley
Robert Infantino College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences IAP Mentor since 2002
Alumni Association
Monette Bailey
Center for Leadership & Organizational Change
Joan Bellsley
University Health Center
Allison Benton
Robert H. Smith School of Business
Bruk Berhane
Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering
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Kimberly Bethea
Theo Caruthers
Johnetta Davis
Cordell Black
Nick Celedon
Marcio de Oliveira
Natasha Chapman
Joanne DeSiato
Learning Assistance Service Academic Affairs
Sacared A. Bodison
University Health Center
Gloria Bouis
Office of Diversity & Inclusion
Monique Boyd
Letters & Sciences
Reed-Yorke Health Professions Advising Office Teaching and Learning Transformation Center
Darrell Claiborne
Office of Student Financial Aid
Robert H. Smith School of Business
Lisa Bradley-Klemko
Brandon Clark
College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
Mark Brimhall-Vargas Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Stacey M. Brown
Academic Achievement Programs
Stephanie Timmons Brown College of Education
Deborah Reid Bryant Letters and Sciences
Courtney Butler
Reed-Yorke Health Professions Advising Office
Jeany Cadet
College Park Scholars
Stephanie CarringtonBrown Ernest Cartledge
Office of the Registrar
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Linda Clement
Graduate Studies
Division of Information Technology Graduate Studies and Research
Bill Destler Provost
Bonnie Thornton Dill College of Arts and Humanities
Audran Downing
Keonna Feaster Vicky Foxworth
Center for Leadership and Organizational Change
Sharon Fries-Britt College of Education
Ebony Fullwood
Robert H. Smith School of Business
Robert Gaines
College of Arts and Humanities
Barbara Gill
Enrollment Management
Andrea Goodwin
Student Affairs
College of Arts and Humanities
William L. Clemm ll
Brandon Dula
Mary Graham-Fisher
Adele H. Stamp Student Union
Office of Diversity & Inclusion
Roberta Coates
Traci Dula
Carol Grant Gilchrist
Katherine Coleman
Cynthia Edmunds
Office of the President
College of Arts and Humanities
Michelle Espino-Lira
Leah Grosse
College of Education
University Relations
Monique Everette
Amilcar Guzman
Adele H. Stamp Student Union Ombuds Officer
Robert H. Smith School of Business*
Leslie Coleman
University Relations
Carol Corneilse Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Karmin Cortes
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Nicole Cousin-Gossett College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Honors College
Office of Student Conduct
J. Darius Greene
College of Arts and Humanities
Tiana Hakimzadeh
Colleen Farmer
Undergraduate Studies
School of Public Health
Funsho Fashina Education Abroad
Donna Hamilton Paul Hanges
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Nariman Favardin
Clark School of Engineering
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Kecia Hansard
Robert H. Smith School of Business
Georgette Hardy-DeJesus Pre-College Programs
Nina Harris
School of Public Policy
Cheryl Harrison
University Relations
Brent Hernandez
College Park Scholars
Continuing Education
Martin Johnson
College of Education
Raymond Johnson
Nance Lucas
Ed Montgomery
Ashely Luster
Tamika Montgomery
J.M. Burns Academy of Leadership Letters and Sciences Philip Merrill College of Journalism
College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
Brenda Jones Harden
Ed Maginnis
Jim Newton
College of Education
Lisa Kiely
Division of Administration and Finance
College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
Warren Kelly
Marcia Marinelli
Lee Hinga
Taneisha Leathers
College of Arts and Humanities
Criminal Justice and Criminology
Tricia Homer
Linda Lenoir
Tynesha McCullers
Robert H. Smith School of Business
Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs
University Career Center & The President’s Promise
Carlos Howard
Andrea Levy
Mary Hummel
Sharon Strange Lewis
College of Arts and Humanities* Division of Student Affairs
Robert Infantino
Justin Nero
Joshua Madden
Tanika Mangum
Department of Resident Life
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
Undergraduate Studies
Richard Highton
Academic Affairs Robert H. Smith School of Business
University Human Resources
Tom Mauriello
Department of Resident Life
James McShay
Undergraduate Studies
Danita Nias
Alumni Relations and Development
Laura Nichols
Women’s Studies
Kim Nickerson
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Kent Norman
University Human Resources
Multicultural Involvement Community Advocacy
Heidi Onkst
Marinel MartinezBenyarko
Nkemdirim Onokala
Adele H. Stamp Student Union
University Relations Undergraduate Studies
Miriam Osbourne-Elliott
College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
Lea Linton
Dario Middleton
Academic Achievement Programs
Office of Multiethnic Student Education
Angela Jackson
T.C. Lloyd
Patricia Mielke
Jim Osteen
University Human Resources
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Eric Van Johnson
Tiara Lowe
Courtney Milton
Nelson Padua-Perez
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Diana Jackson
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University Relations
College of Arts and Humanities
Department of Resident Life Undergraduate Admissions
Adele H. Stamp Student Union College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
I N C E N T I VE AWA R D S PRO GR A M
Benjamin Parks
College Park Scholars
Carla Partlow
Pre-College Programs
Marchelle Payne-Gassaway Letters and Sciences
Shaunna Payne-Gold Office of Multi-ethnic Student Education
John Pease Sociology
Randall Phyall
Letters and Sciences
Jazmin Pichardo Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Maria Pineda
Robert H. Smith School of Business
Darryll J. Pines
A. James Clark School of Engineering
Kevin Pitt Linda Platt
Tony Randall
Victoria Shay
Rashawn Ray
Ebony Terrell Shockley
Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Nicholas Richardson Evan Riddle
Robert H. Smith School of Business
Winona Roach
University Relations
David Robb
Robert H. Smith School of Business College of Education
Brian Shook
University Relations
Kumea Shorter-Gooden
Office of Diversity & Inclusion
Carolyn Skolnik
Office of General Counsel
Leon Slaughter
Office of the Registrar
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Michael Robinson
Ann Smith
A. James Clark School of Engineering
Danilo Romero
A. James Clark School of Engineering
Rhea Roper Nedd
McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program
Nicholas Sakurai
Undergraduate Studies
Mia Smith-Bynum Family Science
Jeanette Snider Robert H. Smith School of Business
Cynthia Stevens
Undergraduate Studies
Gabriele Strauch
University Relations
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Equity Center
Pasquale Quintero, Jr.
Tamara Saunders
Gerry Strumpf
Office of Student Conduct
New Student Orientation
Anthony Savia
Alicia Thomas
Robert H. Smith School of Business
Neruh Ramirez
A. James Clark School of Engineering
UNIVERSIT Y OF MARYL AND
School of Public Policy
Tony Shavers
University Relations
College of Arts and Humanities
Reed-Yorke Health Professions Advising Office
Michelle Udeli
Letters and Sciences
Patty Wang
University Relations
Robert Waters Academic Affairs
Ronald Walters
Government and Politics
Timea Webster
Office of Diversity & Inclusion
Jamie Weiler
University Counsel
Christine White
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Alexis Williams
College of Education
Millree Williams
University Communications
Clyde Woods
African-American Studies Program
Laura Anderson Wright Office of General Counsel
Ann Wylie
Office of the President
Terry Zacker
Adele H. Stamp Student Union
Ruth Zambrana Women’s Studies
Ronald Ziegler
Nyumburu Cultural Center *IAP alumni
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GUIDANCE COMMUNITY Since 2000 in Baltimore City, 2005 in Prince George’s County, and 2020 in Montgomery County, the guidance community has been invaluable to the success of the Incentive Awards Program. At least one staff member has assisted with our outreach efforts by supporting the recruitment, nomination and selection of IAP scholars. These committed individuals have helped scores of students realize their dreams of a college education and thereby, chart a new life course. We wholeheartedly thank our school partners for their unwavering support of the program and its students.
“The most exciting part of being an IAP liaison is the moment my students learn they have been granted the Incentive Award, and
that they ar e g o i ng to co l l e g e.
i t s i nks i n They recognize
that guidance and nurturing will be available to them—not just money—and they realize they’re going to be okay. Most rewarding, however, is when they graduate from UMD and become productive citizens throughout Baltimore City. One of my former students is now my colleague. I can hardly believe it.”
Pamela Wainwright Digital Harbor High School, Baltimore, Md. IAP High School Liaison since 2002
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SCHOOLS REPRESENTED BALTIMORE CITY
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY
Baltimore City College Baltimore Design School Baltimore Leadership for Young Women Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore School for the Arts Benjamin Franklin High School Digital Harbor High School Edmondson Westside High School Forest Park High School Mercy High School Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School Northern High School Northwestern High School Patterson High School Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Southern High School Southwestern High School W.E.B. DuBois High School Western High School
Academy of Health Sciences at PGCC Bowie High School Central High School Crossland High School DuVal High School Eleanor Roosevelt High School Fairmont Heights High School Frederick Douglass High School High Point High School Northwestern High School Oxon Hill High School Parkdale High School Potomac High School Suitland High School Surrattsville High School
KIPP
KIPP Baltimore - St. Paul’s School for Girls KIPP DC College Preparatory
UNIVERSIT Y OF MARYL AND
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Albert Einstein High School Gaithersburg High School Richard Montgomery High School Springbrook High School Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School
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SELECTION COMMITTEE Each spring, the selection committee joins IAP staff in identifying exceptional students for the new cohort. Members review applications, interview students and then make thoughtful recommendations to staff. With our applicant pool growing and becoming more competitive, this is a yeoman’s task that they undertake year after year. The dedication and support of the selection committee is not just invaluable; it is a way to engage the community, raise awareness of the program and cultivate champions for IAP. The 32-person committee comprises UMD and IAP alumni, university staff, donors and community volunteers.
"Serving on the IAP selection committee is one of the most rewarding and exciting points in my work calendar all year. Meeting young people with
the ir live s
drive , c o n vi c ti on
and a
visi o n f o r
is a boost to my spirit. It is an
honor for me to be able to support a program that was designed specifically for Baltimore City students as a pathway to and through college. Giving my time is a small investment for a big payoff.”
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Danista E. Hunte Executive director, Child First Authority, Inc. Member since 2001
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COMMITTEE MEMBERS FROM 2001–PRESENT
Janiceia Adams ’07*
Carolyn Crews ’09*
Gary L. Kaplan ’94
Bruce Sherman
Helen Amos
Walter L. Dozier
Beatrice Key ’88
Amara Sillah ’10*
Tedd Alexander lll
Juliet Eurich
Diane Marimow
Kelly Smith ’06*
Gloria Aparicio-Blackwell
Diana Forbus
Warren McKay
John Starling
Rahn V. Barnes
Tom Gildee
Mardell Moffett
Helen Szablya
Jonathan Barrett ’87
Anne Girod
Ovetta Moore
Jimmy Tadlock
J. Kenneth Battle, Jr.
Barbara Goliday
Kathi Muhammad ’77
Jay Turkhia ’11
Christie Bianco ’97
Mary Graham-Fisher
Randall Phyall
Ralph Tyler
DeAngela Boone ’10
Patricia A. Granata-Eisner
Yavona Williams Pirali ’05
Rodney Washington ’87
D. Stuart Bowers ’81
Sarah Grebow
Yolanda Pruitt ’78
Thalia T. Washington ’00
Jane Brown ’72
Desiree Griffin-Moore
Tony Randall
Kimberly Watson
Karmen Walker Brown
Shannon R. Gundy
Alison L. Richman ’69
Kathy Keys Waymmann ’81
Howard Burnett
Bill Haris ’94
Stuart Ritter ’89
Timea Webster
James E. “Eddy” Campbell
Stephen Haylek ’80
Jose Rodriguez
John Wetzelberger lll ’71
Nancy Canales ’13*
Danista E. Hunte
Terry M. Rubenstein
James Wheeler
Michael F. Canning, Sr. ’61
Luwanda Jenkins
Pranav Saha ’02
Jack Wilen ’72
Alexandra Carter
Derrick Johnson ’00
Jonathan Schaechter ’87
Randal Brewer Williams ’10*
Susan Chong
Tina Jolivet
Marilyn Schaftel ’65
Frank Williams
Jonathan Claiborne ’77
Sheila D. Jones ’74
Robert B. Schaftel ’62
Tiana Wynn ’05*
Olivia Coates ’08*
Essence Jordan ’05*
Donald C. Scheeler ’85
Jennifer Covahey ’08*
Leronia A. Josey, Esq.
J. Keith Scroggins ’79
Dekebra Arrington Crowe ’11*
Bahareh Kamali ’97
Darian Senn-Carter ’08*
UNIVERSIT Y OF MARYL AND
*IAP alumni
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COMMUNITY PARTNERS
B a l t i mo re C i ty C o u nc i l
•
B u i l di ng S t e ps
•
C o l l e g e Bo u nd F o u nd a t i on
•
M e ri t
•
P ri nc e G e o rg e ’s C o u nty C o u nc i l
” Because of the Incentive Awards Program, every year several outstanding Baltimore
City public school graduates are able to attend and graduate from the University of Maryland, College Park without incurring any debt. IAP’s generous financial and advising support has made a tremendous impact on these students’ collegiate journeys over the last twenty years. CollegeBound is grateful
Cassie Motz Executive director, CollegeBound Foundation
for our longstanding partnership with IAP, and is happy to provide an additional source of support for the program’s students through CollegeBound’s IAP Book Award.
Congratulations on twenty years
of
positively changing the trajectory of the
lives of Baltimore City Schools graduates!”
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DONORS
Over the last 20 years, the power of education and the contributions of many supporters have helped transform the lives of our students and secured the future of the Incentive Awards Program. We are deeply grateful to all the friends and donors who have joined with us to make this life-changing opportunity possible for our students through named scholarships and other support.
How better to invest in the community than through the young people? This program gives really
promising young people
…the opportunity to accomplish something on their own. In turn, these kids will realize that there are people who are willing to give back to the community, and we hope they will follow in the same footsteps. Barry Gossett
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I have been privileged to watch IAP students become alumni and go out into a challenging world. I have enjoyed reading about their As ex-Baltimoreans, my wife and I realize the great need for a closer bond between the university and Baltimore. This program serves two purposes — it benefits the students and it brings the city and the university
together .
inestimable successes .
And I am proud that so many of their successes can be credited to the University of Maryland Incentive Awards Program. Suzanne G. Valenstein
Murray A. Valenstein ’40
UNIVERSIT Y OF MARYL AND
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TRANSFORMATIVE GIFT
A nearly $7 million gift from a Boston couple will significantly increase the size and longterm impact of a University of Maryland program that supports promising students from selected areas of the state. Starting in Fall 2021, five freshmen from Montgomery County each year will be awarded four-year scholarships, receive mentoring and join a tight-knit peer community in the Incentive Awards Program (IAP)—which until now comprised students in Prince George’s County and Baltimore—through the funding from Phillip and Elizabeth Gross and a matching grant from UMD and the Clark Challenge for the Maryland Promise Program (MPP).
It is the largest-ever donation to IAP, now celebrating its 20th anniversary, and to the Maryland Promise Program, created by a 2017 investment from the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation to provide scholarships to underserved populations from the state of Maryland and D.C. “We’re leveraging matching grant money, and we’re supporting outstanding students in a program where they have a very high chance to succeed and high expectations to perform and impact the community,” Phill Gross said. “Put that together and it was easy for Liz and me to get involved.” The gift, the biggest to the university since Darryll J. Pines assumed its presidency in July, supports both of his top priorities: to promote excellence and to create an inclusive, multicultural campus community.
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“I’m energized by the generosity of Phill and Liz Gross, whose approach to philanthropy is uniquely unbound by geography or personal affiliation,” Pines said. “By giving to IAP and the Maryland Promise Program, they are expanding access to a world-class University of Maryland education, and we are deeply grateful.” Phill and Liz Gross, whose substantial philanthropy extends across the arts, higher education and youth programs, are particularly moved by those that focus on diversity and mentorship, as IAP does.
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“I really, really believe we all have mentors in our lives who changed the trajectory of our education or our careers, and we believe that diversity is critical, but it’s not going to happen by itself,” he said. “We’re very fortunate to be in the situation that we’re in, and we feel it’s an obligation to try to support many, many different programs that achieve these important goals.” ]
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e all have mentors in W our lives who changed the trajectory of our educat ion or our careers. —PHILL GROSS
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ADVISORY BOARD William A. Cohen Undergraduate Studies University of Maryland
Barry Gossett The Gossett Group
Chuck Daggs ’69 KIPP Bay Area Schools
Daniel I. Millman ’84 Chairman Turner Impact Capital LLC
Barbara Gill ’85 Enrollment Management University of Maryland
C.D. Mote, Jr. Honorary Chairman University of Maryland
Michelle Packer University Relations University of Maryland J. Keith Scroggins ’79 Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Craig A. Thompson ’92 Venable LLP
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Academic Achievement Programs
Office of Extended Studies
Conferences & Visitor Services
Office of Letters & Sciences
Department of Dining Services
Office of Student Financial Aid
Department of Resident Life
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Department of Transportation Services
Pre-College Programs
New Student Orientation
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