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Magazine lists UMES among HBCU elite Annual U.S. News & World Report “Best College” ratings Peers continue to rank UMES in the upper tier of historically black institutions, according to the latest U.S News & World Report survey of colleges and universities. UMES is listed 28th among 80 institutions that meet the federal definition of a historically black college or university, improving three spots over its 2009 ranking by the magazine. U.S. News began surveying presidents, academic officers and admissions deans at HBCUs four years ago to gauge how they viewed what the magazine calls “an appealing option for applicants of all races.” “Many HBCUs,” the magazine notes, “now actively recruit Hispanic, international and white students in addition to the African-American high school grads heading to college in record numbers.” UMES fits that profile. This past spring, when the magazine conducted the survey, 75 percent of UMES’ students were African-Americans, 14 percent were white, five percent were foreign and two percent were Hispanic. Just under 4,300 students were enrolled at UMES during the spring semester, a number that has been rising steadily since Dr. Thelma B. Thompson became president in 2002. Expansion of the curriculum – especially in the allied health fields – has been one of Thompson’s priorities. She also places an emphasis on testing UMES launched its newest doctoral studies program in August with the arrival of the inaugural class of pharmacy students. Earning a spot in the first class was competitive. UMES received 931 applications and interviewed 150 prospective students for just 64 seats. A week of orientation culminated with a “white (lab) coat” ceremony the day before classes formally started on Aug. 16. Among the participants were Dr. Howard Schiff, executive director of Maryland Pharmacists
and accreditations, which have helped the university improve its studentretention rate. Alumni and university supporters have responded to those positive trends by making recordbreaking contributions to a $14 million fundraising campaign Photo by Jim Glovier on schedule to end in 2011. UMES ranked among the top 16 state-supported HBCUs in the latest survey, joining Morgan State University in Baltimore. Highlights of the college rankings will be published in the September issue of U.S. News & World Report. Association, and Dr. Butch Henderson, the association’s chairman. “I would love to be in your shoes right now and experience all the things you are going to experience,” said Henderson, who received a lab coat signifying his honorary status as a member of Photo by Jim Glovier UMES’ first class. He urged the class of 2013 to “become part of the community. You will save somebody’s life with all the knowledge you will have when you leave here.”
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Page 2 E.R. Braithwaite Visits UMES Founders’ Week
Page 3 Ignasias Mourned President Receives Honory Degree
Page 4 NSF Grant Funds New PSM Degree Forestry Program Approved
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Page 6 Page 7 MEAC GSR Award Golf Tournament EDLD Program Golfers’ Hall of Fame Redesigned
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Dr. E.R. Braithwaite will receive an honorary degree Dr. E.R. Braithwaite – physicist, social worker, U.N. ambassador – will receive an honorary degree Sept. 14 during UMES’ annual Founders’ Week convocation. Braithwaite is best known, however, for writing “To Sir, With Love,” an autobiography of Dr. E.R. Braithwaite his experience teaching churlish teens at a private London school in the 1950s. The book inspired a 1967 movie of the same name, starring Sidney Poitier, and that year’s best-selling pop music song. When he visited New York after both were released, Braithwaite said he “found it rather strange. Having all that attention thrust upon me was a bit disconcerting.” Braithwaite holds degrees from Queens College in his native Guyana, and Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge, England. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force, which he served as a fighter pilot during World War II. He could not find work after the war as a physicist so he turned to teaching, then social work – jobs where he encountered racism and
motivated him to write about social conditions and struggles AfricanAmericans faced. When South Africa lifted a ban on his works in 1973, Braithwaite visited the country for six weeks on a visa that granted him “honorary white” status. Seeing apartheid up close moved him to write “Honorary White,” another of his seminal books on race relations. “I believe the message in that book is still relevant today,” Braithwaite says. “I would hope people who might pick it up and read it will agree.” Braithwaite, now 90, recently penned “Billingsly” – a children’s story about “a little toy bear with a crinkled ear” that has had limited distribution. His goal was writing for young readers in a more sophisticated way. Braithwaite’s honorary degree from UMES will be his ninth. “I am pleased to be recognized by the university. I am looking forward to coming and visiting the campus,” he said. “I guess I see (the honorary degree) as an acknowledgement of the work I have done over the years.”
UMES celebrates Founders’ Week students and teachers. At Easton Over the 124-year span of UMES’ Middle School, where he began his history, a lot of changes have taken place. career, he piloted the Mathematics, UMES has grown from the one building, Engineering and Science Achievement one faculty member and nine students of the original Delaware Conference Academy to today’s university, part of the University System of Maryland, Dr. Lorenzo Hughes comprising 300 full-time faculty members and a student body over 4,000 strong and growing. According to UMES President Thelma B. Thompson, UMES is proud of its tripartite mission: being a Historically Black University, Photo courtesy of the Thomas being Maryland’s 1890’s Land-Grant Institution and being a Wiles Collection at the FDL comprehensive teaching/research institution. UMES will celebrate its birthday with a week-long schedule of events beginning with the traditional worship Photo by Jim Glovier service on Sun., Sept. 12, at 11 a.m. at Metropolitan U.M. Above: “UMES Women Alumni of Distinction,” a Church, William P. Hytche Blvd., Princess Anne. The two new exhibit at the Federick Douglass Library showinstitutions were founded just six days apart in 1886. The cases the accomplishments of woman alumni from the university’s founding programs forward. UMES Gospel Choir under the direction of Dr. Della Dameron-Johnson will perform. Left: Solomon Isekeije’s “Chorus” will be on display at the Mosely Gallery’s fall exhibit, “Fresh! New Later that evening at 7 p.m., a screening of the Work by Fine-Arts Faculty.” Isekeije is the new inacclaimed 1967 movie, “To Sir, With Love,” staring Sidney terim chair of the Department of Fine Arts. Poitier, will be shown in the Student Services Center Theatre. (MESA) program designed to increase the number of Based on the best-selling novel by E.R. Braithwaite, the minorities in those vital areas. There, he served as the movie explores the author’s experiences as a black high equity advocate and worked with the school’s guidance school teacher in the East End of London struggling to office to provide opportunities for at-risk students. connect with his white students. Hughes also recruited an unprecedented amount of Braithwaite will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters during the Founders’ Day Convocation and Summer minority teachers at Easton High for which he was recognized. Hughes is one of only 42 educators in the nation to participate in the Commencement at UMES on Tues., Sept. 14, at 10 a.m. in the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts. The speaker for the event is Lorenzo Hughes, College Board Leadership Institute for Principals. In 2008, he was appointed assistant superintendent for instruction for Dorchester County Public Schools by Governor Martin O’Malley to serve on the Governor’s Task Force on the and a UMES alumnus. In his post, Hughes supervises principals and Principalship, where he researched issues pertaining to attracting, retaining curriculum supervisor—the first African-American to serve in this capacity. and developing principals in the state. Throughout his career, Hughes has been an advocate for minority FOUNDERS’ WEEK continued on page 4
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Dr. C. Dennis Ignasias – 1939-2010 Veteran educator worked 37 years as a UMES administrator The campus community mourned the passing of Dr. C. Dennis Ignasias, a long-time administrator who died July 18 at the age of 70. Ignasias was associate vice president of academic affairs, one of several leadership positions he held during 37 years at UMES. He served Photo by Jim Glovier under the leadership of five university presidents, including President Thelma B. Thompson. “I will miss Dr. Ignasias,” Thompson said. “He was very helpful and supportive of me for eight long years. He never let me down. He’s done everything from serving as (campus) historian to serving people (at social functions) … when we were short of help. He was a good man.” Ignasias’ began his higher education career teaching history and political science at colleges in Ohio and Wisconsin. He earned two doctorates; one in history from Michigan State University and the second in educational administration from the University of Wisconsin. He arrived at UMES in 1973 to be director of research and grants and its 1890 Agricultural Research Program. In 1983, he moved on to oversight of international studies and then graduate studies, where he eventually served as dean. Dr. Ronnie Holden, vice president for administrative affairs, and Ignasias were colleagues for more than three decades. “He worked tirelessly in his efforts to assist UMES in achieving the academic programs
and quality that currently exists. He truly loved the university, its students, faculty, staff and all of his colleagues.” “The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is a better place because of the presence and work done by Dr. Ignasias. We are better people for having had an opportunity to have known him,” Holden said. Other colleagues characterized him as quiet, hard-working and immensely proud of his children. “He had no pretense about him. He was the type of person you liked to call your friend,” said Ernest R. Satchell, who retired this spring after 39 years teaching art at his alma mater. “Everything he did was measured, but always for the good of the university. He was almost like an alumnus.” “Dependability and trustworthiness,” Carolyn Brooks said, “were two of his strongest traits, making him a joy to have as an administrative peer.” Brooks, executive director of the Association of Research Directors of 1890 Land Grant Universities, said Ignasias “reserved his sense of humor for private times and what a warm and bubbly talker he could be……especially as he talked about himself as a father and some of the situations he found himself in as an administrator.” Dr. Karen Verbeke, chair of the Department of Education called him “a kind, gentle spirit with a wonderful sense of humor. He was always generous with his time and energy. He had many dimensions.” Over the past four years he served as associate vice president for academic affairs, Verbeke said Ignasias deserves credit for bolstering graduate studies, with the number of programs and enrollment doubling, and a corresponding increase in financial support.
President Thompson receives honorary degree Sojourner-Douglass College in Baltimore awarded UMES President Thelma B. Thompson an honorary degree during the college’s 30th commencement exercises. Thompson was conferred the Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree by the university’s president and founder, Dr. Charles W. Simmons, and the Board of Directors. According to college officials, the degree has been awarded since 1983 to people whose work fits into the mission of the college. “Dr. Thompson was selected on the recommendation of our faculty and staff, many of whom met her during a “Women in Higher Education” conference,” said Provost Marian Stanton, Ph.D. “Our college enrollment consists of 80 percent women. It provides inspiration to introduce them to women, such as Dr. Thompson, who are successful and are community oriented.” A cum laude graduate, Thompson holds bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees from Howard University, where she was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society and received the coveted Terminal Fellowship Award. She also holds a diploma from Bethlehem College, Jamaica, and a certificate from London University.
Among her many honors and accolades, Thompson was conferred the Doctor of Literature and Philosophy honorary degree last fall from Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science in South Africa. “I was honored to receive this degree from such a fine institution,” said Thompson. “Unlike UMES, the average student at Sojourner-Douglass is seeking an advanced degree during their mature years-many of which have raised or are currently raising a family. The college’s mission to educate and motivate this special segment of AfricanAmericans inspired me. What Sojourner-Douglass is doing is commendable.” R. Donahue Peebles, one of the most successful Photo by Jim Glovier entrepreneurs in the nation, was the commencement speaker and was also conferred a Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree along with William T. Middleton III, former superintendent for Wicomico County Public Schools. Peebles is the owner, chairman and CEO of the largest AfricanAmerican real estate development companies, The Peebles Corporation, with a multi-billion dollar development portfolio of properties in Washington, Las Vegas and Miami Beach.
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National Science Foundation grants $699,998 to UMES for new PSM degree The first of its kind in the nation, a Professional Science Master’s Degree in quantitative fisheries and resource economics, will be offered at UMES this fall in collaboration with state and federal agencies, especially the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA NMFS). “Professional Science Master’s degrees represent the current trend in graduate education to include graduate degrees geared toward the needs of industry. The emphasis is on workforce development with three-month internships with agencies as part of the degree requirements in lieu of a thesis,” said Dr. Jennifer Keane-Dawes, interim dean, School of Graduate Studies at UMES. “Of the PSM degrees offered in the U.S. (about 151), UMES’ will be the only one in this academic area and only the second Historically Black College and University (HBCU) to offer a PSM degree.” Funded by a $699,998 grant from the National Science Foundation, the innovative program is designed to address projected shortages in the number of scientists working in fisheries stock assessment in the U.S. over the next decade. A report submitted to Congress by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Department of Education in 2008 predicted the shortage and recommended nine courses, many of which are currently missing from fisheries science curriculums, be added as essential to fisheries graduate programs across the nation. The new PSM program is geared to meet the staffing needs of federal agencies such as the NOAA NMFS, the USDA, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, state agencies, universities, consulting firms and international aid agencies. “Since UMES will be offering these essential courses online, in the evening and on weekends, it is expected that staff of these agencies will enroll in the program to obtain an advanced degree or for continuing education because of the flexibility the program offers,” said Dr. Paulinus
USM Board of Regents approves new academic program for UMES The University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents approved a Bachelor of Science in urban forestry residing in the School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences. Within the Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences, the new Bachelor of Science in urban forestry will provide academic and research training in urban forestry, the care and management of trees in the urban setting and the promotion of the benefits that trees provide. The program will provide hands-on learning experiences and job networking opportunities in forestry and related disciplines; and prepare students for graduate study. For more information on the new master’s in urban forestry, contact Dr. Gladys Shelton, interim dean, School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, at 410-651-6072 or by email at ggshelton@umes.edu.
Chigbu, principal investigator of the NSF grant, a fisheries scientist and director of the Living Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center (LMRCSC) at UMES. “UMES will be one of the few institutions in the nation to offer all of the recommended courses,” said Chigbu. The courses will be taught by UMES faculty and scientists from NOAA and other universities affiliated with the LMRCSC. “PSM graduates will be in great demand because employers need these particular skills,” said Keane-Dawes. Another incentive, she said, is that each student accepted into the program will be named a Professional Science Scholar and receive $25,000 to cover costs for tuition, fees and a stipend. Students will be enrolled this fall with bachelor degrees in natural, environmental, mathematical or social sciences. “UMES, in bringing the Professional Science Master’s Degree to students beginning this fall, will be contributing immensely to the training and production of the next generation of fisheries scientists and resource economists, including underrepresented minority students, in the U.S.,” said Chigbu. According to Dr. Joseph Okoh, chairman of the Department of Natural Sciences and co-principal investigator of the NSF grant, the program is in line with UMES’ mission as a land-grant institution to serve the research and educational needs of businesses, industries, government and nongovernment agencies. “Through the PSM program, UMES now offers distinctive learning, discovery and engagement opportunities in fisheries science,” said Okoh. For more information on the new PSM in quantitative fisheries and resource economics, contact Dr. Okoh, chair, Department of Natural Sciences, UMES, at 410-651-6014, by email at jmokoh@umes.edu, or by visiting www.umes.edu/LMRCSC. FOUNDERS’ DaY continued from page 2
The Frederick Douglass Library opens a new exhibit, “UMES Women Alumni of Distinction,” on Monday, Sept. 13, at 7 p.m. on the second floor. The exhibit, on display through December 15, features the achievements of women alumni as depicted through photographic images, 3-D displays and historical documents. Also on Monday, enjoy Light Night, a tour of the historic Academic Oval by horse and carriage or by walking tour. The tour begins on the portico of the Richard A. Henson Center at 7 p.m. with students acting as tour guides. Billed as “a musical evening under the stars, packed with explosive excitement,” the Founders’ Week Outdoor Concert (indoors in the event of inclement weather) features entertainment by the Washington High School Jazz Band, UMES alumni and the UMES Gospel Choir. The event takes place on Wed., Sept. 15, at 7:30 p.m. A brilliant fireworks display closes the evening. As part of a 15-year tradition, Fine Arts faculty display their latest artwork in a fall exhibition in the Mosely Gallery. An opening for the exhibit takes place on Thurs., Sept., from 4-6 p.m. The exhibit runs through Oct. 15. All events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 410-651-6669.
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Walgreens contributes to Capital Campaign UMES’ “Walgreens capital has demoncampaign strated a recently commitment to received a pharmacy $30,000 education donation from across the Walgreens, the country and we nation’s largest are very drugstore chain appreciative of with 7,507 its support of locations. our new The gift pharmacy came in the program,” said midst of the Dr. Nicholas university’s Blanchard, preparations dean, School of Walgreens Delaware South Pharmacy Supervisor Don Holst (center right) presents a check for $30,000 to Dr. for the Pharmacy and inaugural class Nicholas Blanchard (center left), dean, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, UMES, for a room in the newly renovated Somerset Hall, home of the university’s new pharmacy program. Pictured, from left to right, are Health of the School of Paul Butler, major gifts officer, UMES; Anna Conner, regional pharmacy recruiter, Walgreens; Blanchard; Holst; Professions, Pharmacy and Dr. Veronique Diriker, director of development, UMES; Skip Bourdo, Delaware South district manager, Walgreens. UMES. “The gift Photo by Jim Glovier Health represents a Professions’ unique three-year Doctor of Pharmacy Program. reciprocal relationship; employees of Walgreens are interested in furthering “This new program presents a tremendous opportunity to invest in the their education at UMES, while UMES pharmacy students will be placed education of the nation’s future pharmacists, particularly on the Eastern among 15 Walgreens sites for internship experiences.” Shore of Maryland and Delaware,” said Walgreens Delaware South UMES is in the midst of a seven-year, $14 million campaign with a Pharmacy Supervisor Don Holst. “More and more, pharmacists are playing priority to raise private gifts for endowed student scholarships. Thus far, a vital role as a health and wellness resource in the communities they the university has raised $12.5 million. serve.” For more information about the campaign or how to make a The company’s donation funds a break out room in the newly charitable gift to UMES, contact Gains Hawkins, vice president of renovated Somerset Hall, which houses the Pharm.D. Program. Students institutional advancement, at 410-651-7773 or by emailing will use the Walgreens Room to work on small group activities. ghawkins@umes.edu. Dr. Peggy Naleppa, president and chief executive officer of Peninsula Regional Medical Center and Peninsula Regional Health System in Salisbury, is the newest member of the UMES’ Board of Visitors. “Dr. Naleppa’s 30 years of experience as a health care executive make her a valuable new asset to the Board of Visitors,” UMES President Thelma B. Thompson said. “We welcome her input, particularly as it relates to the university’s programs within the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions.” UMES’ Board of Visitors meets four times annually and serves in an advisory role to Thompson, who appointed Naleppa. Naleppa, a registered nurse, was director of Neurosurgical Services at George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. She has held leadership positions at Anne Arundel Medical Center, Calvert Memorial Hospital and St. Mary’s Hospital. She earned a bachelor’s degree in health care administration from St. Joseph’s College, a master’s degree in administration (finance) from the University of Maryland University College, a master’s in business administration (medical services) from The Johns Hopkins University and a doctorate in management from the University of Maryland University College. PRMC has provided financial support to the Physician Assistant and Physical Therapy programs at UMES, making it valued partner, Thompson noted. It has contributed $310,000 to the university’s capital “Campaign for Academic Excellence.”
Naleppa named to UMES Board of Visitors
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UMES wins MEAC’s Highest Graduation Success Rate Award By the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, UMES UMES was recognized as the 2009 recipient of the MEAC Highest Graduation Success Rate (GSR) Award. In addition to the recognition, UMES was presented a check for $10,000. UMES’ 77-percent GSR is the highest among any MEAC institution spanning the 1999-2002 cohorts. “I would like to congratulate the University of Maryland Eastern Shore for achieving the Highest Graduation Success rate in the MEAC,” stated MEAC Commissioner Dennis Thomas. “I applaud UMES for making a commitment to the studentathletes academic success and their ultimate collegiate goal of obtaining a college degree.” The NCAA Graduation Success Rate was developed in response to college and university presidents who wanted graduation data that more accurately reflect the mobility among college students today. The GSR improves on the federally mandated graduation rate by including students who were omitted from the federal calculation. “We are very proud of this award,” said UMES Director of Athletics Keith Davidson. “Student-athletes compete athletically for this university, but first and foremost they come here to get an education and earn a degree. This award shows that we are doing our job of educating young men and women and exemplifies the total strength of our athletic program.” PhaRm.D. continued from page 1
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The new professional program at UMES will produce its first graduates in three years not the usual four. That’s because students – all of whom have completed two-to-four years of college work – will take classes year-round to earn a doctor of pharmacy degree, the profession’s entry-level credential. UMES is among just 12 schools in the country offering the year-round schedule, according to the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Dr. Nicholas R. Blanchard, UMES’ pharmacy school dean, said Pharm.D. graduates routinely get job offers with a six-figure starting salary. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the median income in 2009 for all pharmacists was $109,180. “Job prospects are expected to be excellent” through the remainder of this decade, the agency’s website predicts. Expansion of health care instruction has been a focus of Dr. Thelma B. Thompson’s tenure as UMES’ president. A Pharm.D. program fit her vision of the institution’s role in the 21st century. It took UMES six years to build its case before the University System of Maryland’s governing board authorized the program in 2007. Dr. Ronnie Holden, vice president for administrative affairs at UMES, said the late Del. Page Elmore played a critical role assisting the university in receiving state-level approval for its initiative. Twenty-three of the 64 pharmacy students are from Delmarva; two-thirds are minorities. Pharmacists will play a crucial role in shaping health care treatment as baby boomers age and researchers continue producing new drugs to combat illnesses and diseases. Blanchard became dean in 2008 and has been working to shape a curriculum and build a 20-member faculty. As the next two classes arrive, he anticipates adding nine more professors. UMES’ pharmacy program is eligible for full accreditation in 2013, when it will serve a total of 180 students.
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UMES program aims to produce leaders for area’s schools Area school administrators-as well as those across the state and nation- can now look to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to provide them with a new opportunity to receive state licensure and obtain a doctoral degree. A recent redesign of the Education Leadership Doctoral Program took place in order to offer degree candidates licensure in the State of Maryland as an Administrator II and make the program eligible for national accreditation by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). “Beginning with a selective group of 15 students to the program this fall, UMES will be an avenue for mid-career principals, assistant principals and those in similar positions already possessing bachelor’s and master’s degrees’ and the Administrative I certification to earn a doctoral degree,” said Dr. Karen Verbeke, professor and chair of the Department of Education at UMES. “To serve students locally and nationally that are likely working full-time, the courses will be offered in a non-traditional format on weekends.” “Based on current state workforce reports, a need has been cited in the state for education leaders with training at the doctoral level,” said Dr. Derry Stufft, coordinator of UMES’ Education Leadership Doctoral Program. “Personnel needs in school administration are in line with projected shortages of teachers impacted by a growing school-aged population and projected retirements. UMES’ Education Leadership Doctoral Program aims to address these cited needs of school administrators across the state and particularly those living and working on the Eastern Shore.” To achieve state licensure eligibility for students and pending national accreditation, the program was recently aligned with the standards of the Educational Leadership Constituent Council, the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium and the Maryland Instructional Leadership Framework. For more information, contact Dr. Stufft at 410651-6216 or by emailing dlstufft@umes.edu.
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Art Shell UMES Celebrity Golf Classic and Junior Tournament UMES President Thelma B. Thompson wishes golfers well just before the shotgun start of the Art Shell UMES Celebrity Golf Classic.
Art Shell, the legendary offensive tackle for the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, member of the National Football League Hall of Fame Class of ‘89 and Maryland State (now UMES) Class of ’68, tees off as he hosts other NFL greats and Eastern Shore golfers during the tournament. Photos by Jim Glovier
UMES alumnus and Oakland Raider great Art Shell took to the green along with more than 27 NFL, college football and African-American golf celebrities to raise some green for students in the university’s PGA Golf Management Program. The event took place at Great Hope Golf Course, only minutes from campus. Approximately 150 golfers took part in the Celebrity Golf Classic, the main event, while 25 junior golfers participated in an all-new Junior Golf Tournament. Pictured from left, UMES alumni Roger Brown (Detroit Lions 1960-66, Los Angeles Rams 1967-69) and Emerson Boozer (New York Jets 1966-75) are members of the College Football Hall of Fame.
African American Golfers Hall of Fame (AAGHOF) members, from left, Selina Johnson and James Black, lend their support for the Art Shell UMES Celebrity Golf Classic and Junior Golf Tournament.
UMES inducted into the African American Golfers Hall of Fame Dr. Thelma B. Thompson, UMES president, (center right) accepts an award in recognition of the university’s induction into the African American Golfers Hall of Fame. Malachi Knowles, founder of the African American Golfers Hall of Fame, (center left) accepts a proclamation designating June 15 as African American Golfers Hall of Fame Day at UMES. Also present at the ceremony are Avis L. Brown-Riley, chair, AAGHOF National Advisory Board and vice president, San Diego Junior Golf, (far left); and James Garvin Jr., chair, African American Collegiate & Youth Golfers Hall of Fame, and chairman, Golf Course Specialist Inc., (far right). Photo by Esmeralda H. Knowles, director of photography, GolfForeAnyone.com
linked with legendary golfers from this country and abroad,” said UMES President Thelma B. Thompson. “We warmly thank the African American Golfers Hall of Fame for the distinction they have bestowed upon us: it’s not every day that a land-grant college on the Eastern Shore of Maryland is inducted into a Hall of Fame! We are quite proud of our PGA Golf Management Program because we are enabling new generations to build productive and rewarding golf careers and to spend their lives enjoying the UMES was inducted into the African American Golfers Hall of Fame (AAGHOF) at ceremonies held this past June in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. It game they love.” William Dillon, director of the PGA PGM program at UMES, describes joined such legendary professional golfers as Jim Dent, Ann Gregory, Gary the curriculum as a “unique mixture of academics and athletics.” Accepted Player, Jack W. Nicklaus, Pete Brown, James W. Black, James Garvin, students who complete the program’s requirements graduate as members William “Bill” Powell, Selina Johnson, Calvin Peete and others. of the PGA. The key, he believes, is “preparing students for the realities of “The university has been accorded this honor because it is the only the industry.” That’s why degree requirements include having a USGA Historically Black College and University––among a total of only 20 other institutions worldwide––certified by the Professional Golfers Association of handicap of 12 strokes or less, as well as studying hotel and restaurant America to offer the PGA Golf Management Degree Program,” said Malachi management and academic basics, such as English, mathematics and economics. By learning every aspect of the golfing business, graduates are Knowles, founder, AAGHOF. virtually assured of prospering in the industry and sport they are passionate UMES was cited as a 2010 Founders Awardee for launching its PGA program in 2008; the PGA of America authorized the program in 2007, and about, and as Dillon notes, “that’s doing something special.” Thompson issued a proclamation to memorialize the university’s in 2009, the program was accredited by the Accreditation Commission for induction. She declared Tuesday, June 15, 2010 to be African American Programs in Hospitality Management. Golfers Hall of Fame Day at the university. “We are honored to be associated with the PGA and to be forever
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The Key / Sept. 3, 2010
UNIVERSITY of MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE
Aerial entrepreneurs in our midst University of Maryland Eastern Shore backs new flight design research UMES entertained the crowd at this year’s J. Millard Tawes’ seafood festival with a powered paraglider suspending a banner underneath promoting the school’s growing programs in engineering and aviation sciences. It’s a sign of things to come from the Maryland Hawk Corporation, UMES’ research and economic development initiative that collaborates with local companies aiming to create high-tech jobs for the Eastern Shore. One such project is designing and building the next generation of lightweight aircraft that resemble an extreme dune buggy powered by a small motor and huge propeller – all kept Pictured, left to right, are: Fotios Skouzes, executive director of the Mid-Atlantic Institute for Space Technology (MIST); Daniel Kuennen, director of the UMES Rural Dealoft by a parachute. "We are expecting that in the near future, engineering and velopment Center; UMES President Thelma B. Thompson; Jerry Redden, director of the Worcester County Department of Economic Development; and Dr. Ronald aviation science students at UMES will have opportunities to Forsythe, vice president for technology and commercialization. Photos by Jim Glovier participate in future design, training, operation, and instruction UMES is focused, Forsythe said, on “helping companies create of these aircraft,” UMES President Thelma B. Thompson said. technology-based jobs in the region and is now building the support Festival-goers at the event put down their crab mallets to take in an structures for students to spin off new high-tech businesses locally.” aerial show by Capt. Hank Austin that provided a respite from the politicking. Partnerships between the UMES Rural Development Center's Revolving Conversations stopped and cell phones were aimed skyward to snap photos of Loan Fund, the U.S. Commerce and Agriculture departments and Maryland's Austin as he methodically circled downtown Crisfield. Department of Business and Economic Development have enabled the Entrepreneurs see powered paragliders having broad appeal. Dr. Ronald university to invest in such technology firms as Hardwire, NavTrak, Harvard Forsythe Jr., UMES’ vice president for technology and commercialization, said Custom Manufacturing, BelArt, AviHome and Matech. future applications might include commercial clients, public safety, Matech, a Salisbury-based design and engineering company, is working emergency management, homeland security, military, tourism and outdoor with Austin and Robert Nolan of Innovative Flight Solutions Inc. of Virginia sporting adventures. Beach, Va., to establish a satellite office on the Lower Shore to manufacture "UMES has demonstrated for years that it knows how to turn capital the kind of flying machine that dazzled seafood lovers in Crisfield. investments into high-tech jobs,” Forsythe said. “That is why the governor and UMES’ technology-based incubator has lots of ideas in the works, the legislators are investing in the new Engineering and Aviation Sciences Forsythe said. “You haven't seen anything yet,” he said. “Just wait until you see building at UMES." the companies and projects that we have in the pipeline.”
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12 MOVIE SCREENING 7 p.m. “To Sir, With Love” Student Services Center Theatre
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13 OPENING RECEPTION-LIBRARY EXHIBIT 7 p.m. Frederick Douglass Library Women Alumni of Distinction: From Our Founding Programs Forward 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Mon. through Thurs.; 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Fri.; 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat.; 3-10 p.m., Sun. 14 FOUNDERS’ WEEK CONVOCATION AND SUMMER COMMENCEMENT 10 a.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts
15 FOUNDERS’ WEEK OUTDOOR 13 LIGHT NIGHT CONCERT AND FIREWORKS 7 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Tour the historic Academic Oval by horse and carriage Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts Portico of Richard A. Henson Center