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Bell outlines university’s path in installation speech Juliette B. Bell is confident after 9½ months at the helm of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore that it has the foundation to achieve eminence in teaching, research and public service. “UMES is already an excellent institution,” Bell said in an inaugural address that followed her formal installation as president. “I have been many places and (have) seen many different college campuses. I know quality when I see it.” Moving from excellence to eminence, the motivational theme Bell has chosen for her administration, however, “is more than a slogan or mantra.” “It is a state of mind, a way of life and a statement of expectations,” she said. “It is UMES saying that we expect to start with excellence as the baseline. We UMES bested powerhouses Morrisville State and Johnson & Wales to bring home first place in the International Food Service Executives Association annual culinary challenge. “We didn’t place last year, so it was redemption for me, especially,” said captain David Cox, a senior from Suitland, Md.–the only returning team member. Cox, four fellow Hotel and Restaurant Management students and a chaperone boarded a plane headed for Dallas April 10 for the IFSEA event as part of its 2013 conference. The thought on their minds….what would be this year’s mystery ingredient. “There’s only 90 minutes for the whole competition,” Cox said. “The
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expect to engage in continuous improvement. We aim high to move our university to the next level.” In a 20-minute speech to an audience that included Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, University System of Maryland Chancellor William Kirwan and her immediate family, Bell laid out a six-point plan for reaching that goal. She called on university constituencies to support a strategy that emphasizes marketing, investment and collaboration. UMES, she said, also should be nimble while focusing on niches that define it as a university. Dr. Juliette B. Bell presents herself to the audience after being And, she added, doing so with a installed as the university’s 15th leader and receiving the symbol of the office, the university medallion, made especially for the occasion. sense of excitement, “because … we Platform guests behind her, from left, are: Regent Louise Gonzales, are poised at the precipice of change.” Regent Patricia Florestano, Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, USM “We have to tell our story,” she Chancellor William Kirwan and USM Board Vice Chairman Barry Gossett. PHOTO BY JOEY GARDNER
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HRM students bring home first place honors
UMES’ team that took first place in the IFSEA’s culinary challenge, from left, are: Marlon Bouie, Kadijatu Kargbo, David Cox, Jade Overton and Jamel Smith.
Page 2 Pinder Named to Business Hall of Fame Doctor Training Collaboration NAACP Reactivated SGA Executive Board Named
first 10 minutes is dedicated to planning the menu.” Competitors face-off in individual equipped kitchens and a shared pantry of over 132 items. “We don’t know what will be there,” Cox said. Teams have to evaluate the items quickly to prepare three samples of three courses; an appetizer, entrée and dessert. They don’t go with recipes in hand, either, Cox said, so they have to use the skills and experience they’ve acquired at their respective schools to be successful. The UMES student team HRM / continued on page 7
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Page 4-5 Inauguration Celebration Week
Page 6 Bowling Champs Volleyball Coach Named
Page 7 Service Awards Dinner Theatre
Walk a Mile Vanguard
Page 8 Calendar of Events Mother Daughter Banquet Art Shell Save the Date Phi Kappa Membership
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Board of Visitor member named to business hall of fame Sharon R. Pinder, an 11-year member of UMES’ Board of Visitors, received the 2013 Business Hall of Fame award yesterday at the 66th annual meeting of the Baltimore Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce. Pinder is founder of the Mid-Atlantic’s Top 100 MBE® program and Maryland’s first appointed special secretary of the Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs. She is being recognized for her leadership and advocacy on behalf of minority and women entrepreneurs. “I am very proud and honored to be inducted into BWCC's Hall of Fame,” Pinder said. “I hope to continue to use Top 100 MBE® and other vehicles as the voice of the minority and women business community. It is important to express the concerns about equity and opportunity for minority and women entrepreneurs.”
SGA names 2013-14 executive board Justin Thompson
President
Candra Jackson
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Jeremy Whichard
Mr. UMES
Porsha Harvey
Miss UMES
Tyrell Garner
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Vacant
USM Representative
Jasmine Roberts
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Ishaq Pitt
Business Manager
Shanay Snead
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Photo courtesy of UMB
State universities to collaborate on medical training
Students initiate reactivation of NAACP on campus
Juliette B. Bell joined state university counterparts Jay A. Perman (University of Maryland, Baltimore) and Janet Dudley-Eshbach (Salisbury University) for a ceremonial signing of an agreement to explore ways the three public universities might support medical training on the Lower Shore in collaboration with Peninsula Regional Medical Center. The April 12 event took place at a meeting of the University System of Maryland’s governing board.
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said. “We can no longer be the ‘best kept secret’ or ‘diamond in the rough.’ We must develop, build and protect our brand.” Bell’s vision for shaping a path forward is aligning “our budget with our strategic priorities” and ensuring UMES achieves “measureable outcomes that support our goals.” Topping her list of priorities is rallying support for a new library, just one element in a sustained effort “to ensure the state of Maryland … continues to make the necessary investments in UMES that will allow this university to rise to the level of its full potential.” In addition, Bell said, “we must identify what is unique about UMES and those areas that are specifically suited to our character and our capabilities.” Examples she cited the public already knows about are degrees offered in hotel and restaurant management, construction management, professional golf management and pharmacy. Since its founding in 1886 as a place to educate teachers and
Four UMES students, Jessica Land, Jenny Porch, Nanika Shockley and Andrea Walsh, were catalysts for an interest meeting to reactivate an NAACP chapter on campus that attracted 32 students to the William P. Hythche Athletic Center April 12. Elected officers for the 2013-14 academic year, from left, are: Kianna Harris, Devin Hamilton, So-Jin Park, Clinton Thomas, Mariah Dennis, Nanika Shockley and Paul Jerry.
preachers and now as a doctoral research university, “We are poised to make continuing and significant contributions to the research and economic development of this region and the state,” Bell said. Universities, she noted, “are under increased scrutiny and public concern over access, affordability and accountability.” “We must … act with agility and … adapt and respond” to a rapidly changing landscape, she said. “We must be nimble.” Bell pledged to establish and strengthen partnerships with primary and secondary schools, community colleges, other universities, as well as business and industry. “We have to make connections and develop those relationships that help the university move forward,” she said. “If we build on ‘excellence’ to market and invest in our niche areas and excitedly and nimbly collaborate with our partners, we will achieve ‘eminence’.” “I stand before you ready to lead UMES to its next level,” she said. “I pledge my best effort to the journey ahead.”
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Photo by Joey Gardner
UMES hosts Regional Research Symposium Exhibitors share their research with Dr. Juliette B. Bell and plenary speaker Dr. Thomas Kunkel of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
The School of Graduate Studies hosted the fourth annual Regional Research Symposium April 16 as part of the weeklong celebration of Dr. Juliette B. Bell’s inauguration. This year’s theme was “Achieving Eminence through the Integration of Quality Research and Education.” Dr. Thomas Kunkel, a National Institute of Health Distinguished Investigator in the Division of Intramural Research, was the keynote speaker. Kunkel is the leader of the DNA Replication Fidelity Group in the laboratories of structural biology and molecular genetics, where Bell once worked.
2013 Research Symposium Award Winners Photos by Joey Gardner
GRADUATE STUDENTS Robert Figliozzi, Department of Natural Sciences, First Place, Poster “Thyroid Hormone Treated, Differentiated, Human Neuro-Endrocrine Cells, Exhibit Hormone-Dependent Viral Gene Silencing/Reactivation Similar to HSV-1 Latent Infection” Heather Wolfer, Department of Natural Sciences, First Place, Oral “Physiological and Immune System Effects of Sublethal Hypoxia on Atlantic Croaker, Micropogonias Undulatus, in the Chesapeake Bay”
UNDERGRADUATES Courtnee DePass, Department of Natural Sciences, First Place, Poster “Contrasting Biogenic Silica Concentrations in the North and South Atlantic” Blessing Aroh, Department of Natural Sciences, First Place, Oral “The Effect of Nitrogren Treatment on the Anthocyanin and Polyphenol Content of Aronia melanocarpa Grown in Maryland”
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Faculty Award Recipients
Photos by Joey Gardner
Distinguished Scholar Dr. S. Victor Hsia, associate professor of pharmacology/immunology in the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, is the recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award. The award recognizes his securing a $748,759 competitive research ROI grant to conduct biomedical research—the first at the university. He will investigate roles of thyroid hormone and its nuclear hormone receptor in the regulation of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) latency reactivation. Hsia is the first faculty member from the Pharmacy Department to be a member of the UMES Graduate Faculty and has two graduate students in toxicology as research advisees. Dr. Ronald Nykiel is the presenter.
Promising Scholar Award Dr. LaKeisha Harris, assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Services, was awarded the Promising Scholar Award. The award is presented to an untenured junior faculty member whose research, teaching and service to graduate and undergraduate students show signs the individual is on the path to a successful career. For the last six years, Harris has served as the coordinator of the graduate program in rehabilitation counseling and spearheaded its accreditation by the Council on Rehabilitation Education. Harris is a member of the UMES Graduate Council and advises 64 students. She has secured over $750,000 in grant funds to train rehabilitation counselors and promote behavioral health awareness. Dr. Dale Wesson presents the award.
Joseph M. Okoh Award for Excellence Dr. Arthur Allen, a professor in the Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences and associate research director for the Agricultural Experiment Station, is the Joseph M. Okoh Award for Excellence recipient. The award, in honor of the former chair of the Department of Natural Sciences, recognizes an outstanding faculty member in the areas of teaching, research, service and administration. During his 17 years at UMES, Allen has formed successful research partnerships with the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service units at several universities including Penn State, Auburn and the University of Arkansas’ Small Farm Research unit at Booneville. He and collaborators were awarded the Mid-Atlantic Educational Institution and Federal Laboratory Partnership for outstanding work in the transfer of technology. Allen has secured more than $15 million in grants and is a research advisor to students. He was one of the 2012 University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents’ Faculty Award recipients. Dr. Dennis Klima, Department of Physical Therapy, received the faculty award for the poster session. His research is “Fall Risk Screening in the Emergency Department: Development of a Preliminary Tool.”
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Ecumenical Service
Diamond Jubilee Presidential Scholarship Ball
Washington Metropolitan Area Alumni Chapter Reception
The week-long celebration begins with an ecumenical worship service April 14 in the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts. UMES’ gospel choir sings a selection.
UMES installs its 15th president with week-long celebration
McKinley Hayes, chair of the reception for Dr. Bell hosted by the Washington Metropolitan Area Alumni Chapter, greets her at the event held April 17.
Photos by Joey Gardner
A special chandelier is installed as the centerpiece for the ballroom.
The Installation of Dr. Juliette Bell as UMES’ 15th Leader
Birthday Celebration
Dr. Juliette Bell presents her sister, Mary Garrett of Omaha, Neb., with a companion birthday cake to her own as she shares her campus birthday party. The two were born on the same day, April 15, two years apart. Dr. Bell introduces her sister, saying, “She’s older than me.”
Health & Wellness Festival
Campus Life Director James Lunnermon II presents a check for $5,850 to Dr. Juliette Bell during her birthday gathering. The gift represents donations by UMES student organizations to the “Where’s Phil?” campus fundraising appeal.
The 15th annual Health & Wellness Festival April 17 featured over 70 exhibitors and was held during inauguration week in honor of Bell’s parents, Patsy and Willie Ball.
Among highlights at the Diamond Jubilee Presidential Scholarship Ball was an announcement by Dr. Juliette B. Bell and her husband, Willie. The couple pledged $25,000 to the newly created Eminence Fund that will assist deserving students and promote innovative faculty research. Platform guests representing the university’s various constituencies, from left, are: Mr. Barry Gossett, the University System of Maryland Board vice chairman; Justin Thompson, president-elect of the Student Government Association; Lauren Taylor, vice chair of the UMES Board of Visitors; Paul Trotter, president of the National Alumni Association; Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown; Jesse Williams, chairman of the Board of Visitors; Dr. Juliette B. Bell, president, UMES; and Dr. Nina Lyon Bennett, chair of the UMES Senate.
Dr. Bell is pictured with two invited guests from universities she previously served as provost and vice president; from left, are Dr. T.J. Bryan, chancellor emerita from Fayetteville State University and Dr. John Garland, president emeriti from Central State University. Dr. Bell takes advantage of a health screening provided by a student in UMES’ School of Pharmacy and Health Professions.
Paul Trotter, ’74, announced at the scholarship ball the National Alumni Association he leads as president will raise $15,000 over the next three years for scholarship funds administered by the UMES Foundation. Also pictured are Kim Dumpson, vice president for Institutional Advancement, and Dr. Juliette B. Bell.
Delphine Lee (left), ’70, also stepped forward at the scholarship ball to announce the Baltimore Alumni Chapter’s pledge of raising $10,000 over the next two years to help deserving students with financial aid. Accepting the ceremonial check are Dumpson and Bell.
Dr. Bell and her sister, Mary, visit a booth by a community health organization during the event.
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company Performance
Roger Blunt Construction Management Lecture Dr. Juliette Bell greets Dr. Anthony Junior, the speaker for the sixth annual Roger R. Blunt Lecture. Junior is recently retired as the director of the Department of the Navy’s HBCUs’ program. Junior’s topic was “Frontiers of STEM Education in the United States.”
Dr. Bell welcomes Debbie BlundenDiggs, the artistic director of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company. The Ohio troupe performed April 18 as part of the inaugural events.
Dr. Bell introduces Star Jones (center left) to her family.
Dr. Brenda Wade, retired UMES dean, and her husband, John, will contribute $5,000 over the next five years to the School of Arts and Professions Faculty Development Fund that Dr. Wade started in 2004.
Star Jones
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UMES CLAIMS ANOTHER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Hawks top Pikeville 2-0 to win their fifth National title in the last six years.
The team greets T’nia Falbo as she clinches the National Championship.
The UMES women’s bowling team claimed the Intercollegiate Team Championship title today at the school year’s final national tournament, a win that solidifies the university’s reputation as one of the country’s premier bowling programs. The Lady Hawks topped the University of Pikeville (Ky.) 2-0 in a bestof-three final at Sun Valley Lanes, recorded for a tape-delayed broadcast May 18 on the CBS Sports Network. The win eased the frustration for the 2012-13 squad, which finished third a week earlier in the NCAA’s Division 1 tournament. The Lady Hawks were the two-time defending champions. The 2013 ITC title is UMES’ second United States Bowling Congress collegiate championship in three years. The 16-team event was open to
Van Norden named head volleyball coach
institutions of all sizes, including community colleges and club teams. To be eligible for this version of the national championship, teams must post a qualifying score in a “sectional” event much the way golfers earn an invitation to play in the U.S. Open. In both games, Pikeville bolted out to an early lead only to see UMES storm back with a finishing kick in the final frames led by team anchor, T’nia Falbo. Falbo and fellow senior Anggie Ramirez were named to the alltournament team, and Falbo also came home with the Chris Stoehr Sportsmanship Award. “This feels amazing,” said Falbo, a three-time All-American. “It’s great to go out with a championship!” Ramirez, a four-time All-America selection, said, “My last day of collegiate bowling couldn’t be any more perfect.” Head coach Kristina Frahm said, “To accomplish what they have is nothing short of incredible. The team is so phenomenal. A national championship in each of the last three years? Wow, what a feat.”
Millicent Van Norden is the new head coach of the UMES women’s volleyball team, the reigning Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference champions. Van Norden left an assistant’s job at the University of Pittsburgh under former UMES coach Toby Rens to return to familiar stomping grounds. She previously coached at MEAC rivals N.C. A&T, S.C. State and most recently Coppin State as well as Alcorn State. Van Norden replaces Don Metil, who resigned March 29 to fill a coaching vacancy at Towson University. During her 11 years as a head coach, she has a career record of 176-206, earning 20 wins in a season three times and receiving two “Coach of the Year” honors. “We are extremely excited to have Coach Van Norden start the next chapter of UMES Volleyball,” athletics director Keith Davidson said. “She is a proven winner in this conference and has national experience as well. We know we can look to her to continue our expectations of being at the top of the MEAC each season.”
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UMES employees recognized for years of service Photos by Matthew Whittaker
UMES Drama Society presents annual Dinner Theater Jon’Mel Davenport sings “Amazing Grace” as the character “Berta Williams” in the UMES Drama Society’s production of “One Mo’ Time.” Nearly 400 people made up the audience between the nights of April 12 and 13 and enjoyed the show along with a soul food dinner buffet prepared by University Dining Services.
Evelyn White, Physical Plant, 45 years of service
Dr. Howard Rebach, Social Sciences, 40 years of service
An awards ceremony and luncheon was held April 2 to honor faculty and staff service to the university. Those employees with service in increments of five years, from five to 45 years, were honored. The university also recognized the retirements of 14 members of the campus community. Not pictured: Bruce Forster, Agriculture, 40 years of service
Career Services hosts investment management company Photo by Jim Glovier
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from the school’s IFSEA chapter “worked” because of the many hours they spent over a four-week period meeting to practice. “Chef (Ralston Whittingham) would give us a mystery box of items (ingredients) and we would practice the scenario of the competition,” Cox said. The mystery ingredient required to be used in one dish this year—Nutella, a hazelnut spread, which the team incorporated in the dessert. “We were all nervous, but I was able to calm us down and get to work,” Cox said. “The team did great and executed all of the dishes to a tee and communicated effectively. I was proud of them.” Cox said they showed the competition, which also included the University of Missouri, that UMES was a “serious competitor” despite the fact the program here is management-based and not just culinary. “We can also cook.” Other benefits from the conference, Cox said, that students took home was information gained from classes, workshops and networking with veteran food service professionals they were paired with as mentors. His favorite class—one on fruit and vegetable carving. Angie Price, an administrative assistant in the department who accompanied the team, was proud of their accomplishment. “Mama Price went with them and we brought it home,” she said.
The Vanguard Group, an American global investment management firm, visited campus April 11 to give UMES students an overview of possible internships and employment opportunities within the company. Pictured from left, are: Kahmandin Daiga, a senior majoring in accounting; Christopher Holland, a human resources representative from the Vanguard Group; and Kiara Short, a senior accounting major.
Campus men “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” Some 25 men from UMES’ Corporate Men Inc. and the National Pan-Hellenic Council donned ladies high heels to “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” April 4 as part of Campus Life’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month Activities. Around $200 was raised for the Life Crisis Center in Salisbury. Can you guess whose high-heeled feet are pictured?
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