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New dining experience at UMES The UMES community is about to embark on a whole new campus dining experience. Returning students will have to school freshmen on what the buzz is all about in the Student Services Center, where construction workers spent the summer transforming the look and feel of the main student dining facility. From new laminate floors to the addition of partition walls to “soft seating” and bar-style counters, the cafeteria known as The Plateau has noticeably raised its game. Oh. And revamping menus also was a key component of the SSC makeover coordinated by the university’s new food service provider, Thompson Hospitality of Reston, Va. Students on meal plans will find a wider selection of choices, including stations specializing in soups, pizza, salads, deli offerings and grilled foods. There will even be an “exhibition” station, where diners can place their “cook-to-order” requests for food posted on the day’s menu. Vegetarian or vegan dishes will be a daily option as well. Employees and campus guests will have roughly the same choices at The Oasis on the SSC’s second floor. UMES brought in a private company to run its food service operations to leverage the expertise of specialists who know what appeals to college f all – Be st o e. i t’s f re
students. “We’re excited about being here at UMES,” Maurice Jenoure, a senior Thompson executive, told employees in early July. “We have a lot of experience in delivering food service at colleges and universities and we believe we have the right formula to provide people a positive dining experience.” That formula at UMES also includes new tenants in the Hawk’s Nest, where students will be able to purchase Starbucks beverages and sandwiches by Mondo Subs. A Chik-fil-A (express) restaurant will be added to the mix shortly, as well. And there are plans to have a roving food truck featuring the Be Right Burger menu, where diners in a hurry can custom-order a hamburger and toppings to go. The food truck will appear on campus later in the fall. The optimum location has yet to be determined, but the vehicle will likely operate on the far side of campus from the Student Services Center weekdays during classes. Thompson also has pledged to work with the university’s Hospitality and Tourism Management department to identify work-experience opportunities in the company for UMES students.
UMES launches new cellphone, tablet app
UMES students have a new electronic tool at their disposal that makes staying connected academically and socially easier and more convenient. A UMES mobile app was rolled out in July to coincide with new-student orientation. “With the launch of a mobile app that works across multiple platforms, we had the opportunity to provide the UMES community with a significant resource that could benefit a variety of people, especially our students,” said Jamie Webster, the university’s assistant director of information technology. “Everybody may not have a brand new Apple laptop,” Webster said, “but most everyone has a smartphone or other APP / continued on page 6
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Page 2 Access and Success Message Greek Life Coordinator Hired
Page 3 Campus Construction New Faces in Academic Affairs
Page 4-5 Faculty and Staff Spotlight Kundell Returns as CIO Regents Honor Employees
Page 6 Rens Returns as Coach Veverka Honored by NCAA
Page 7 Students Intern Over Summer Student Elected to Public Office
Page 8 Calendar of Events
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A message from the Center for Access and Academic Success
The Center for Access and Academic Success welcomes the Class of 2018 to the Hawk Family and welcomes back returning students, faculty and staff. The Center is excited to begin a new academic year with a focus on working as a T.E.A.M. to achieve success. Together we strive for excellence, while being Efficient in our practices, Accountable to our students and Motivated to make a difference. CAAS serves students by providing academic coaching, tutoring, mentoring programs like Hawk Mentors and CONNECTIONS, the Seeds 2
Success workshop series and supplemental instruction. We encourage students to stop by and sign-up for CONNECTIONS. This program partners freshmen with an upper classman mentor and aids them in becoming better acclimated to the vibrant campus community we have here at UMES. This past Spring, the Center launched M.A.D.E., Men Achieving Dreams through Education, which focuses on helping our male students develop academically, personally and professionally through participation in life skills workshops, civic engagement, activities and social outings. This fall, we are happy to begin a companion initiative for women, F.A.M.E., Females Attaining and Mastering Education. During this inaugural semester, the initiative will provide women opportunities to engage in personal and professional activities on and off campus. Center staff believes both programs will make amazing contributions to the UMES community. Students are encouraged to take full advantage of the services and activities provided by the Center, which can be found on the second floor of the Student Development Center. Be on the lookout for emails, flyers and mailings regarding programs throughout the academic year. Once again, welcome and we wish you a successful academic year. Stephanie Krah, Director of UMES’ Center for Access and Academic Success
30 Greek social organizations with affiliations spread Cecilia Rivera has joined the Office of Campus Life among four councils: Panhellenic, Interfraternity, as the Greek life coordinator – a new position at the Multicultural Greek and National Pan-Hellenic. university. “I want our students to understand pledging is a “I tell people I’m in the business of changing lives,” lifetime commitment, not a four-year commitment, to Rivera said. uphold the principles and values of the organization,” she She hails from Willard, Ohio, some 77 miles southeast said. of the University of Toledo, where she spent nine years, UMES has five active NPHC chapters; four fraternities, including the past five working in the Greek life office. one sorority, two social fellowships (Groove Phi Groove, “I was looking for a change in my life professionally Swing Phi Swing) and Alpha Nu Omega Fraternity and and personally,” Rivera said. “(Toledo) will forever hold a Sorority. The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority chapter was special place in my heart, but it was time for me to leave so reactivated this past spring. that I could grow.” Rivera is enthusiastic – and optimistic – about “Everything for this move was a leap of faith,” she growing UMES’ Greek life community. She will be looking said, “but I know it was the right thing for me.” first at what it takes to revive inactive chapters of NPHC As an undergraduate at the University of Toledo, sororities. Cecilia pledged Sigma Lambda Gamma in 2000 while “I am confident Ms. Rivera is the right person for the studying criminal justice – a popular major at UMES. task. She understands my vision for Greek life and “Pledging was the best decision I’ve ever made,” she said. Aside from her upbeat demeanor and positive energy, Cecilia brings an possesses the skill set to make it happen,” said Dr. Anthony Jenkins, vice impressive background of experience to UMES. At Toledo, she worked with president for student affairs and enrollment management.
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What’s been taking shape on campus Summer-break construction projects, large and small, dramatically changed the landscape of the UMES campus and environs. Returning students will be glad to know Wilson Hall’s portico fronting the Academic Oval is now accessible. No more scrambling to squeeze into the classroom building’s McCain Drive entrance. STEM BUILDING Just down McCain Drive – actually College Backbone Road – the university’s newest classroom building dominates the east side of campus. When ready a year from now, it will be the CALL BOX INSTALLATION UMES’ largest building. The Information Technology office and Public Safety collaborated on installation of the next generation of emergency callbox towers placed strategically across campus. The 14½-foot tall structures feature a standard blue beacon light and a 911-style intercom connected to Public Safety. The towers also have surveillance cameras. GRAD HOUSING Student Service Center eating establishments have a new look, too. As part of its five-year contract to manage UMES’ food services, Thompson Hospitality renovated the food-delivery venues. Norfolk Southern Corp. repaired and repaved the Hytche Boulevard railroad crossing, eliminating the bumpy entrance on the campus’ south side. Construction along UMES Boulevard, which provides access to campus on the north side, includes new pavement and the planned construction of a circular “round-about” where the thoroughfare intersects Somerset Avenue. And two miles south of campus, on the west side of U.S. Route 13 across from Washington High School, a new graduate-housing apartment complex took shape. The university’s next (long-range) construction project is obtaining state approval and funding for a new library. Stay tuned.
New faces in Academic Affairs The Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs has two new interim administrators – Dr. Patrick Liverpool and Dr. Kimberly D. Whitehead. Liverpool, a retired college administrator, accepted President Juliette Bell’s offer to serve as her chief academic advisor for the upcoming academic year. His first day was July 11. “I have completed several interim positions with the intention of ensuring there is continuity and progress, and to lay the groundwork for the incoming provost or dean,” Liverpool said. Whitehead began work July 10 as associate vice president for academic affairs for 2014-15. She comes to UMES from West Virginia State University, where she worked in a similar capacity this past academic year. Prior to her year in Dunbar, W.Va., she worked for three years at Rowan University’s Camden, N.J. campus, where she was an associate dean and director of academic services. She was responsible for oversight of academic programming, registration, records and bursar services. Liverpool, who calls Richmond home, is no stranger to Delmarva; he is a former dean of Delaware State University’s School of Management, where he also held the position of MBNA Professor of Management. Since retiring from Del-State, he has worked at several universities, including last year as interim dean of the School of Business and Economics at North Carolina A&T State University. He previously served as interim executive vice president and provost at Fisk University, interim business school dean at Florida A&M University and interim provost of Central State University, where he replaced Bell when she became UMES’ president in 2012. “Patrick shares our values and our vision for this University,” Bell said, “and I know students, faculty and the entire campus community will be energized by his enthusiasm and energy as an educator.” Liverpool earned his undergraduate and MBA degrees from the InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico and his Doctorate of Business Administration from Kent State University. Whitehead holds a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Norfolk State University and earned her doctorate in genetics from N.C. State University in Raleigh. The Smithfield, Va. native has specialized in breast cancer research.
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Faculty and staff spotlight Dr. Arthur Allen has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy. He will be recognized for “outstanding professional achievements and meritorious service” during the organization’s 2014 annual meeting Nov. 5 in Long Beach, Calif. Allen is a professor in the university’s Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences. He serves as associate research director for the school’s Agricultural Experiment Station and as director of its Geospatial Information Technologies program. Allen’s notable career at UMES has spanned some 18 years and is distinguished by exceptional grantsmanship, developing unique research partnerships with USDA Agricultural Research Units at three universities, and authoring published scholarly journal articles and book chapters. His research on nutrient management, which addresses water quality in the Chesapeake Bay, has had major impact in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain and has been recognized internationally. It focuses on landscape processes, land use and management effects, phosphorus interactions in soil and water and drainage ditch management. Dr. Victoria Volkis, an assistant professor of chemistry at UMES, is one of five faculty members from Thurgood Marshall College Fund member-schools to receive a $25,000 research grant. The grant is funded by the Department of Defense Research and Engineering/Air Force Office of Scientific Research to assist TMCF schools with undergraduate degree completion in STEAM fields. STEAM stands for “Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture and Mathematics.” Volkis’ research is “Horticultural Phytochemistry of Aronia Melanocarpa as a Model for Interdisciplinary STEAM Research Training for Undergraduate Students at UMES.” Her grant proposal was selected among 45 submissions from 28 schools. Grant resources will be used to provide research opportunities to undergraduate students, document the research process and track the progress of students from their research experience through graduation. Dr. Terry Smith, an associate professor in the Department of English and Modern Languages, was awarded a $1,500 literacy grant by the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. The grant will be used to provide interested UMES students with free copies of “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” for the Just One Book project. In conjunction, UMES’ student chapter of Phi Kappa Phi will sponsor an essay contest and symposium highlighting the winners’ essays. The New York Times bestseller is about a poor black tobacco farmer known by scientists as “HeLa,” whose cells were taken without her knowledge in 1951 for scientific experiment. Her cells became vital in developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization and other biomedical research without her compensation. Smith is president-elect of Chapter 312 of Phi Kappa Phi. More information about the grant will be available on the Chapter 312 Phi Kappa Phi website at www.umes.edu/pkp312.
Justin Bailey, a recruiter in UMES’ Office of Admissions and Recruitment, was named the CollegeBound Foundation’s 2014 College Representative of the Year. Bailey was selected among 10 candidates nominated by college specialists from 21 Baltimorearea high schools. Nominees were chosen for having gone “beyond the call of duty” in working with potential students. Tyrone Young, admissions director at UMES, attributes Bailey’s success to a high level of professionalism along with being an alumnus. “Together, this makes his impact even stronger, bringing the student perspective as well as an administrative viewpoint,” Young said. “Justin works hard on a daily basis to build bridges to education.” Bailey was recognized at the organization’s annual scholarship luncheon for 500 scholarship recipients and their parents, Baltimore City Public School officials, business leaders and college representatives attending. Dr. Cynthia Boyle has been appointed interim dean of UMES’ School of Pharmacy and Health Professions. “Dr. Boyle brings a wealth of experience as a frontline educator and as an administrator to an important leadership post here at UMES,” said Dr. Patrick Liverpool, UMES’ interim provost and vice president of academic affairs. “Dr. (Juliette) Bell and I are confident she will continue building on the solid foundation we have established educating future generations of health care professionals.” Boyle joined the faculty in 2011. She has served as professor and chair in the school’s Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration. In addition to pharmacy, she will oversee academic departments offering allied health degrees in physician assistant studies, physical therapy, exercise science and rehabilitation services. Boyle is the president-elect of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, has served three terms of office in the APHA Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management and as president of the Maryland Pharmacists Association. She has received numerous national and local awards and is published. Dr. Enrique Escobar was appointed the interim associate extension administrator for 1890 programs filling the vacancy created by Dr. Henry Brooks’ recent retirement. According to Dr. Moses Kairo, dean of the School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences, Escobar will ensure the Extension Program will continue to thrive and excel as an integral component of the University of Maryland Extension during this transition period. Escobar has served UMES for the past five years as an assistant professor in the Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences and as a small ruminant (sheep, goats) specialist for Extension.
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Michel Demanche, a professor in the Department of Fine Arts, displayed her work in various art venues across Delmarva this summer. Demanche’s show, “Continuum,” representing 30 years of her art work was a featured exhibit on Salisbury’s Downtown Plaza at the Salisbury University art gallery. The opening was held in conjunction with the Salisbury Arts & Entertainment district’s monthly 3rd Friday celebration. Works based on stories from the artist’s past were revealed in paintings, mixed works on paper and photography. The subject matter she explores is perception, illusion and memory of eminent disaster as part of nightmares, storms or man-made destruction. Demanche’s photography was also on display at the Somerset County Arts Council’s Artspace in Princess Anne. Wilton Rose, a lecturer in the Department of English and Modern Languages, will enter a film he created in the 2014 Capital City Black Film Festival in Austin, Texas at the end of this week. The short documentary is titled, “My Bridge.” Rose, who lived in Brooklyn and Manhattan for many years, said the film, “encapsulates my memories of New York’s Brooklyn Bridge; a true landmark.” Jazz musician Adam Ben Ezra’s original composition, “Can’t Stop Running,” is featured in the film, Rose said. Ezra is a 31-year-old double bassist and multi-instrumentalist from Tel-Aviv. Rose said he was honored to be part of this year’s festival. “It means I will have the opportunity to share my creative acumen with other artists and talk about my upcoming projects.”
Former UMES employee returns as new CIO Kenneth Kundell, a UMES alumnus and former employee, is the University’s Chief Information Officer—a new position at UMES. “We’re very glad to have Ken return to UMES. He’s a very knowledgeable IT professional, an outstanding gentleman and a great team player,” said Dr. Ronnie Holden, vice president for administrative affairs. As CIO, Kundell will serve as the University’s principal technology leader. He will be responsible for “providing leadership and vision for the strategic planning, operations, integration and implementation of information systems and services,” which includes understanding the impact of advanced IT systems on teaching and research. Kundell is not new to the Eastern Shore or information technology and computer systems in the higher education setting. A Salisbury native, Kundell earned his undergraduate (physics) and graduate degrees (applied computer science) at Salisbury University and UMES, respectively and has held progressively responsible positions at both. Kundell comes to UMES with nearly 30 years of experience, 25 of which have been in higher education information technology and telecommunications. For the past 18 years, he has held positions at Salisbury University, serving as the interim CIO and prior to that, the director of IT and director of applications development. Kundell began his career in the university setting during a seven-year stint at UMES, serving first as a data processing programmer and technical specialist and rising to associate director of telecommunications. “Returning to UMES is especially exciting for me since I am an alum and returning employee after 18 years away. I have joined a team and campus of great people. I am looking forward to an exciting year,” Kundell said.
USM Regents recognize UMES employees John Tilghman, received the system’s Board of Regents’ Staff Award for “Outstanding Service to Students in an Academic or Residential Environment.” Tilghman’s career spans some 34 years as a live-in residential area director, most recently for the Nuttle and Wicomico residence halls at UMES serving nearly 200 freshman males each semester. The job entails supervising the daily management of the hall and its staff, along with counseling students and providing educational, cultural and social programs to promote personal growth. Tilghman, said Marvin Jones, director of UMES’ Office of Residence Life, has always gone the extra mile. “Dean Tilghman has guided countless residents from freshman entry through graduation and well beyond. His firm, yet nurturing demeanor is fueled with passion, common sense advice and a hot meal for those in need,” Jones said. He and his sister, Evelyn Christy, a long-time
employee of the university in dining services, have generously provided holiday meals for students who are unable to travel home for Thanksgiving. They fed 40 people last year according to Jones. “I always try to be kind and on the other hand—no nonsense,” Tilghman said. “I treat all our students alike or according to how their character allows.” “He (Tilghman) is a consummate professional who runs a tight ship,” said KeShawn Taylor, a former student who worked under Tilghman as a residential assistant and is now a peer in the office. “His generosity and genuine character define the great moral person and role model that he is.” Also recognized by the regents was Philip Thomas, a former employee who spent the last six years as a residence life area director like Tilghman. Thomas is the recipient of the staff award for Extraordinary Public Service to the University or the Greater Community.
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UMES athletic news Rens returns as volleyball coach Toby Rens is again at the helm of the UMES women’s volleyball team after a decade away from Princess Anne. Rens was named head coach this past spring to replace Millicent Van Norden, who resigned to move back to her native Louisiana after just one season. “This is a terrific opportunity and I am honored to lead the program to the next level,” Rens said. “This will be an exciting and thrilling journey as we prepare for a successful future.” As he did at the start of his first tour of duty as the Hawks’ coach, Rens inherits a struggling team that won three matches in 2013 after having qualified for the NCAA Tournament the previous two years. Rens left UMES following a record-breaking season in 2003 to be head coach of Long Island UniversityBrooklyn. “Toby is the coach we know,” athletics director Keith Davidson said. “He is a hard worker, a student of the game, and more importantly, a high-character individual. He knows what it takes to win here and we are thrilled to have him back.” Over the past 10 years, Rens also coached at the University of Pittsburgh, where he produced winning teams during five seasons, and at Chicago State, where he coached for one season a year ago. In 15 years as a head coach, Rens’ teams have won 300 of 519 matches, for a .578 winning percentage, including two 20-win seasons at UMES. The Hawks’ under Rens went from three wins in 2001 to 20 wins in 2002, marking the best single-season turnaround in the NCAA at the time. He was Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2002. “When I got the call from Mr. Davidson asking me to return to Maryland Eastern Shore the choice was easy and the offer too good to turn down,” Rens said. “In a business that is all about relationships, UMES has some of the finest people around.” He has been active in national volleyball circles, serving as a member of the NCAA Division I Head Coaches Committee and as a voter in the USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll. “The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has always been a special place for me,” Rens said. “The beautiful campus, the administration, fellow coaches and the surrounding community are what make the Eastern Shore feel like home.” A native of Orange City, Iowa, Rens graduated from Morningside College in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in physical education.
UMES golfer receives NCAA honors UMES’ Michael Veverka, a PGA professional golf management major and golf team member, was named this summer a Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-American Scholar for 2014 by the Golf Coaches Association of America. Veverka, who graduates this December, was among 208 Division 1 scholar-athletes to earn recognition for maintaining a minimum grade point average of 3.2 and a stroke average under 76 over the past three years This past season, Veverka received numerous academic honors, such as MidEastern Athletic Conference Golf All-Academic Team and MEAC Commissioner’s All-Academic Team. The Brunswick, Md. native was the lone MEAC representative to make the Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars Team this year. “Michael is a very good student-athlete,” head UMES golf coach Marshall Cropper said. “He’s been among our consistent golfers all season.” On the course, Veverka was UMES’ top golfer over the past couple of seasons, earning multiple team honors, including the Golf Coaches’ Award, the university’s Most Valuable Player award and a spot on the All-MEAC golf team during his final season. In addition to meeting academic and score-performance criteria, eligible nominees had to be a junior or senior academically, compete in at least three full years at the collegiate level, be of high moral character and be in good standing at his institution. APP / continued from cover
mobile device, and most don’t go far without that device.” UMES’ distinctive Student Services Center rotunda dome is the app’s easy-to-recognize screen image. It can be downloaded at no charge from Apple’s App Store on iTunes, or via the android app on Google Play. After months of study and testing, the university selected a mobile app that provides finger-tip links to key resources that college students need for day-to-day activities. The UMES app delivers quick access to a faculty directory, a customized campus map, university social media platforms, emergency contact information and a link to the university’s Frederick Douglass Library. “If you want to stay connected to the latest news and events, this mobile app will help you do that,” said Alissa Carr, UMES’ marketing director. The UMES mobile app is an electronic tool faculty, staff and administrators also are encouraged to use, said Webster, who headed the development team. Future upgrades planned include registration, course grades and class schedules. The university’s information technology office, Webster added, is constantly looking at strategies “bridging the gap, providing resources to those who may not otherwise have access.”
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Our students are showing up in some interesting places LEFT: Rising UMES sophomore Serge Bangamwabo was selected along with five of his former Patterson High School peers to show off a hovercraft invention early this summer at The White House science fair. The team—among 30 chosen to participate—qualified by winning the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship’s Baltimore STEM business plan competition during their senior year. Bangamwabo, who originally called the Congo home, is a dean’s list student at UMES majoring in engineering.
RIGHT: Dale King, a rising senior from Fairmount Heights, Md., joined 25 students from other colleges in a highly competitive internship program this summer at C-SPAN’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. King, a computer science major at UMES, worked in the engineering department at CSPAN repairing broken cables or systems. “Combining my knowledge of computer science (software) from school with engineering (hardware) from CSPAN, I hope to be more marketable as I enter the work force,” he said.
UMES student elected to local public office If college students wrote essays describing what they did during their summer vacation, few of Lionel Frederic’s peers at UMES could top his story. The 23-year-old senior from Princess Anne went out and won himself an election to public office in June. He’s now a member of the Town of Princess Anne’s board of commissioners. His victory sent shock waves through local political circles and doubled the number of minorities serving in elected office at the municipal level. Frederic unseated incumbent Jay Parker and by doing so joins UMES alum Garland Hayward, an African-American who was unopposed in his bid to retain his seat on the fivemember town commission. Roughly 15 percent of the town's estimated 1,600 eligible voters cast ballots during the June 3 election. Although no official records are kept, local historians believe Frederic is the youngest candidate to win a town election in recent memory.
ABOVE RIGHT: Biology major Diamond Nwaeza, a rising junior at UMES, spent the summer in Boulder, Colo. participating in a National Science Foundation research program for undergraduates.
"I'm very proud of the outcome and I'm very thankful for the support I received," he told The Daily Times. "It was a great election on both sides." Frederic campaigned aggressively on a platform in which he said he was interested in working to lower taxes and revive municipal recycling, topics that political scene observers said appeared to resonate with voters. In addition to pursuing a biology degree as a UMES student, Frederic operates a car wash and detailing business as well as a grass-cutting business. A seat on the town commission pays $6,000 annually. Dr. James M. White Jr., UMES’ associate vice president of student affairs, served on Princess Anne’s town commission for nine years and told The Daily Times he was heartened by the election results. "Much is happening across the nation with young people not voting, and to see someone of his age engaging in the political process is encouraging,” White said, adding “It is encouraging to see this young man step up and assume this role and position."
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Art Exhibit Opening Reception 4-6 p.m. Mosely Gallery “New Works by UMES Art Faculty.” Hours: Mon. through Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Show on display through Sept. 25. www.moselygallery.com /410-651-7770
Street Sweep: A Community Day of Service 8 a.m. Town of Princess Anne Teams from UMES and the town beautify area streets ending with lunch and music in Manokin Park. 410-651-7684
College Colors Day Wear your maroon and gray to show you’re part of Hawk Nation. 410-651-7684
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Founders’ Week Worship Service 11 a.m. Metropolitan United Methodist Church 410-651-6669
Library Exhibit 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Mon.- Thurs.; 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Fri.; 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat.; 3-11 p.m., Sun.
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Frederick Douglass Library “Showcase on archiving.” Learn what the university archive is and what it can do for you. On display through Dec. 12. 410-651-7696
Campus Life sponsored event to highlight student organizations. 410-651-6283
BET College Tour Time TBA
Presidential Lecture Series 7 p.m. Student Services Center Theater Emmy award-winning journalist Ed Gordon discusses the role of the media and politics just weeks before the November election. 410-651-7685 Ed Gordon
Editors Gail Stephens, Assistant Director of Public Relations and Publications Manager Bill Robinson, Director of Public Relations Ashley Collier, Public Relations Assistant
Enjoy an evening of jazz and more (neo soul, gospel, country, spoken word) on the campus lawn.
Sat., 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Town of Princess Anne The streets of Princess Anne come alive with arts, jazz, food, fun and games. 410-651-7684
Marshall Muskrat’s Cartoon Jamboree 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Manokin River Park A day of fun for the whole family. Characters, costume parade, comic dealers, food, entertainment and more! Come dressed as your favorite cartoon character. Sponsored by the Princess Anne Chamber of Commerce. 410-651-7684 or 410-651-0757
First Look Fair for (for students) 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Student Services Center Rotunda
Student Services Center Courtyard 410-651-6283
Manokin River Arts & Jazz Festival Fri., 4-9 p.m., Ella Fitzgerald Center, UMES
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Salsa Dance Lessons (UMES community only) 6 p.m. Student Services Center Ballroom A Hispanic Heritage Month activity. Learn some Latin dance moves with Tabitha. 410-651-6283 *Unless stipulated (*) all events listed are free and open to the public.
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Student Services Center Courtyard Vendors accepting the Hawk Card showcase their services. Music, food and give-aways. / 410-651-7744
For the most updated information, call the numbers listed or visit www.umes.edu/events.
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Auxiliary Day 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. (UMES community only)
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