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A newsletter for UNIVERSITY of MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends
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BOV charter member H. DeWayne Whittington dies at age 81 Family, friends and those who respected him gathered on the UMES campus this past Saturday to say their final good-byes to Dr. H. DeWayne Whittington, who died Nov. 20 following a short illness. He was 81. Whittington was a pioneering educator-administrator for more than four decades who, after retiring in 1992, stayed active as a civic leader and volunteer. When the legislature created the University System of Maryland in a realignment of public higher education, Whittington accepted an invitation in 1997 to serve as a charter member of the UMES Board of Visitors, the advisory panel to the university president. He also was a visiting lecturer at the university, served as a field experience director and as a member of UMES’ Upward Bound program’s advisory committee. Whittington made history in 1988 when he was named Somerset County public schools’ superintendent, the first African-American of the modern era to hold that job. As a teacher, coach and administrator, he touched many lives and his funeral at the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts was attended by more than 500 mourners. “He knew who he was. He stayed in his lane and he helped people along the way,” said the Rev. Alan Gould Sr., who delivered a moving eulogy. “Dr. Whittington was a friend to many. He was a friend and mentor to me.” The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture paid tribute to Whittington in 2007 by displaying his portrait in the Baltimore facility—another first for a lower Eastern Shore native. Gov. Martin O’Malley appointed him in January 2009 to the Somerset County Board of Education and he served on that policymaking panel until earlier this month.
Whittington graduated from Morgan State College in 1952 with a Bachelor of Science degree. He went on to earn his master’s in education from Pennsylvania State University and in 1980 he received his doctorate from Nova University. The Rev. David Briddell, a college classmate who presided over Whittington’s marriage to Louise Holden in 1957, traveled Dr. H. DeWayne Whittington from Teaneck, N.J. to attend the funeral and offer words of condolence. He was among some two dozen clergy in the audience. Whittington’s interests in public service extended beyond education. He was chairman of the board of directors of SHORE Up! Inc., a private, non-profit agency in Salisbury that helps “people reach economic selfsufficiency.” He also served 45 years on the governing board of McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield, where he was born June 9, 1931. Whittington held the distinction of being the first African-American to be appointed to the health care facility’s board and was among its longest-serving members when he left the panel in 2009. He was proud to lobby successfully in the 1960s for the integration of the hospital’s patient population and later the recruitment of minority doctors. He served two years as an officer in the U.S. Army and also was a member of Crisfield’s Masonic Lodge of the Prince Hall Masons of Maryland, the Gideons International and Omega Psi Phi fraternity.
Faculty emeritus recognized at Winter Commencement
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Along with 273 graduates, including 29 master’s and nine doctorate degree recipients, two of the university’s retired professors will be honored at UMES’ 16th Winter Commencement exercises on Dec. 14. Dr. Sally Bing, former associate professor of education, and Ernest Satchell, former chair of the Department of Fine Arts, will receive the honor of Professor Emeritus. Bing, who devoted 35 years to the university in the Department of Education, was instrumental in forming the first undergraduate program in elementary/special education, which evolved into today’s Special Education Program. She also codeveloped a joint graduate program in special education with the University of Maryland College Park. Most noteworthy, she served as the first assessment coordinator of the Professional Education Unit at a time when UMES earned its initial and subsequent accreditation from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. The unit was commended for its assessment systems. During her tenure, Bing stepped in twice as interim chair of the department. However, she was most known for her teaching, advising and mentoring. She coordinated several grants, including Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers for Technology and the GEAR UP program. In 1987, she was awarded the Chancellor’s Teacher Scholar Award. Bing holds a bachelor’s degree in German from the University of Vermont, and a Master of Education in specific learning disorders and a doctorate in educational psychology, both from the University of Georgia. COMMENCEMENT continuted on page 6
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Page 2 Goslee Gift Philanthropy
Page 3 Faculty & Staff Spotlight Sumpter and Kuennan Retire
Pages 4 Hawk Radio Writing Center
Pages 5 HAZMAT Drill The Arts Student Q&A
Page 6 Athletes
Page 7 Fitness Challenge College Fair Veteran's Day Observed
Page 8 Calendar of Events Holiday Reception Closing Schedule
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Local couple funds foreign language and study abroad for students UMES students will be able to strengthen their foreign language skills and study abroad as a result of the generosity of two Eastern Shore educators. Charles Gorman and Gladys Billups Goslee recently made a $10,000 gift to establish the Charles G. and Gladys B. Goslee Fund for English and Modern Languages. The Goslees are active, compassionate members of the community and have long supported efforts to increase opportunities for local students. Charles, a 1955 Maryland State College graduate, is a former Wicomico County principal, and Gladys, a member of the university’s Board of Visitors, is a former French teacher and teacher-mentor in Wicomico County. The couple established the Charles and Gladys Goslee Youth Help Fund at the Community Foundation in 1997 to provide resources for local youth. Given the couple’s connection to UMES, commitment to youth and interest in foreign language and travel, “it was only natural for the Goslees to establish a fund that will prepare students for careers in the global
Departments have 100 percent participation
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Phil continues to be generous at UMES! Over the past seven years, Phil helped raise over $15 million to support student scholarships, provide increasing endowment funds for the long-term and meet immediate needs. Phil could be found all over campus this fall. The response has been fantastic. Several departments and divisions have already achieved a 100 percent response rate and many others are well on their way. If you haven’t donated yet and would like to take part in the effort, please write a check to the UMES Foundation, go online and click on online giving, or fill out a payroll deduction form. You can choose the fund you want to support. Call me at 410651-8142 if you have any questions. Please remember that it's not about the size of your gift, but your participation that matters. It is the sum of our efforts and commitments that makes the difference for our students and our community. Thank you for all the good that you do for UMES every day. Thank you Phil! Thank YOU! Veronique Diriker, director of development
Frederick Douglass Library staff contributed 100 percent to the effort. From left are: (front row) Karen Cannon, Carol Stroh, Tyvonnia Braxton, Jennifer Neumyer, Marvella Rounds, Michel Clark, (back row) Joseph Bree, Michelle Turner, Beverly Dennis, Joan Harmon, Dr. Ellis Beteck, Karen Ames, Cynthia Nyirenda, Rena Finney and Jennifer Carpenter.
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community by helping them expand their language skills and develop a mastery of foreign languages,” said Kimberly Conway Dumpson, esq., UMES vice president for institutional advancement. The UMES Foreign Language Instructional Center is one of the programs that may be enhanced as a result of the Goslees’ gift. FLIC provides instruction in less-commonly taught languages to individuals and organizations seeking to advance their proficiency for academic, professional or personal goals. The center uses traditional and technology-based instruction. Instructors are native speakers and students use a state-of-the art language laboratory featuring Rosetta Stone and other language software to develop oral and written communication skills and cultural understanding. The Goslee endowment fund, which will remain open to future contributions, will be administered by Dr. Jacqueline Brice-Finch, the English and Modern Languages department chair. The fund also provides for faculty support and research, Dumpson said.
The Office of Financial Aid staff pictured from left, are: Susan Creager, Vera Miles-Heath, Donzell Hayman, Holly Trice, Pridgett Harmon, Danena Livingston, Christina DeHuarte, Roberta Stokes and James Kellam. The office had 100 percent participation in the Where’s Phil employee fundraising campaign.
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Faculty/Staff Spotlight Dr. Maurice Clarke, an assistant professor in the Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences, was elected to the general conference committee of the National Poultry Improvement Plan during its 41st annual conference. Clarke has been a member of the poultry taskforce organized by the Delmarva Poultry Industry since 1991. Prior to joining UMES’ faculty in 2008, he served as field veterinarian and acting director for more than two years in a poultry diagnostic laboratory in Salisbury. His work focuses on disease diagnosis and prevention in poultry. “It is a great opportunity for UMES to be represented at this forum and to have an input in poultry disease diagnosis and prevention on a national scale, given its importance in international trade and the possible zoonotic implication (of animal-to-human transmission),” Clarke said. The committee serves as an advisory board to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. It assists federal agency in planning, organizing and conducting the biennial NPIP conference, while also serving as a liaison between the USDA and the poultry industry. Committee members work to fulfill the organization’s mission to prevent disease through new diagnostic technology and to protect international trade. Marcellus Connor, an area director in the Office of Residence Life, competed against some 100 entries to win “Region’s Best” at the Mid-Atlantic Association of College and University Housing Officers regional conference in Baltimore Nov. 7. The award includes an all-expense paid trip to the national conference in Minneapolis, Minn. in June. Warner Sumpter, director of UMES’ Department Sumpter of Public Safety since January announces 2008, retires from the post Dec. 31. retirment One of his last projects as public was coordinating a hazardous material spill exercise safety designed to ensure that director university personnel are prepared in the event of a real Photo by Jim Glovier emergency on campus. Sumpter served in Vietnam with the U.S. Marine Corps’ Force Reconnaissance Company and retired as the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center at Fort Huachuca, Ariz. He also worked for two decades as a Maryland State Police officer. Gov. Martin O’Malley appointed Sumpter in January 2009 to Somerset County’s school board, which he currently serves as chairman. Sumpter is a graduate of Anne Arundel Community College and received a Bachelor of Science degree, with honors, from the University of Baltimore. He is an avid history buff who can trace his family roots to the nation’s founding, where a distant relative was Gen. Thomas Sumter, a Revolutionary War hero. He did graduate work at the University of Louisville’s Southern Policy Institute as an honors graduate and attended the U.S. Command and Staff College and the National Defense University, where he received a Master of Science degree in national security strategy.
Connor’s presentation was titled “Tips and Tools to Becoming a Friendlier Housing Professional.” “Where this title appears to be light in spirit, it is indeed very technical and requires intense professional understanding of the subject matter,” said Marvin Jones, director of the Office of Residence Life. “Marcellus’ command of the material and delivery style rated him and UMES high among the universities participating. This honor helps fortify our institution as a model in the student housing industry.” Cedric Rashaw and Dr. Melanie Davenport, staff of UMES’ Counseling Center, presented “Active Counseling Through Student Involvement, Outreach and Retention” at the seventh annual HBCU Counseling Center conference. The event, held Nov. 8-12, was hosted by Southern University in Baton Rouge, La. Rashaw and Davenport’s workshop included a presentation on faculty/staff involvement with students outside the classroom and an interactive breakout discussion in which each group developed a plan on how university employees can play a more vital role in student retention on their campuses. As a result of their presentation, both counselors were selected to serve as HBCU Counseling Center conference representatives for Delaware and Maryland. They will be responsible for contacting universities in their assigned territory to inform and update them on the association’s institutional membership and the 2013 conference.
Kuennan hands over reigns of Rural Development Center Dan Kuennen is retiring from the UMES Rural Development Center after 22½ years as director. His last official day also is Dec. 31, but has pledged to help the UMES administration with its transition in 2013 to a new management structure for outreach projects like those he worked on. Under Kuennen, a Peace Corps alumnus, Photo by Jim Glovier the RDC provided financial and technical information for business startup and expansion projects he estimates created more than 6,000 local manufacturing jobs. That business incubator strategy relied on a revolving loan program that used $18 million in state and federal grants to leverage another $100 million in investments to help some 100 companies. The center also develops marketing materials, supports regional tourism cooperation and resource-sharing among counties across Maryland’s Eastern Shore, assists them in promotional efforts to attract new business and supports studies in select industries. The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration designated the RDC as an EDA University Center in 1995, making it a business entrepreneurship center for rural business. Among its successes is the Maryland Hawk Corp., a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization focused on moving intellectual property developed at UMES into the commercial world that results in business growth and new jobs.
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Federal program helps launch Hawk broadcasters
Writing Center growth
Jasmine Walden
UMES is uniquely qualified to address a chronic complaint within the communication industry. Concerns surface repeatedly in surveys of broadcast managers that their companies may not reflect their communities, that there is a lack of diversity among decision makers. UMES has hundreds of students who could help solve the industry’s problem, but providing the hands-on tools and professional expertise media-studies students need to perfect their skills is costly. Without the Title III program, those costs would likely have been prohibitive at UMES. Over a five-year period, through a Title III activity titled “Enhancing Telecommunications Education,” the university has developed significant tools to provide its students interested in radio and television careers with experiential learning opportunities. The Department of English and Modern Languages has used Title III money to support two broadcast professionals who provide technical expertise, teach classes, coordinate internships and supervise Hawk Radio, the student-managed Internet radio station. The funding also assisted the university in creating Discover UMES, a video production unit where students learn to produce stories and programs and post their work on a UMES YouTube channel. Fledgling reporters, videographers, anchors and studio crew members gain hands-on experience and create professional portfolios that prove invaluable when searching for a job. “I appreciate Hawk Radio and Discover UMES to the utmost,” said senior Jasmine Walden, also an English major. “They have given me the experience I need to excel in my career after graduation. Hawk Radio has nurtured me to be the leader that I am today.” Another benefit for students is exposure to seasoned industry professionals. Through guest speakers, station visits, practice interview sessions and resume reviews, UMES students learn how to network and market themselves. Students with Hawk Radio and Discover UMES credentials on their resume have secured internships at BET, CNN, Radio One and other wellknown media outlets. Once they earn their degrees, they have also parlayed their Title III-funded experience into employment. UMES alumni are in television newsrooms, radio promotion departments and public relations firms around the country. “The experience I have gained … will stay with me forever,” said junior Da’Vone Freeman, an English major. “I started out with little experience working with bigger cameras and editing. My skills have grown so much that people around now recognize me when I walk around campus. There is no better feeling then the feeling of learning more about what you love.” “Enhancing Telecommunications Education” has benefitted job prospects for UMES students and proven to be an effective retention tool, a positive public relations vehicle as well as an opportunity for media executives to hire the diverse staffs they seek.
Terry Smith
UMES’ Writing Center was alive and well this fall. Users saw some new strategies at the start of the 2012-13 academic year thanks to the leadership of a new director and the support of senior administrators. Terry Smith, an assistant professor in the Department of English and Modern Languages, returned to her “professional roots” as the director of UMES’ Writing Center. Smith takes on the added responsibility with plenty of experience leading a writing center including four years at Salisbury University and five years at
Wor-Wic Community College. She spent the past five years at UMES primarily teaching technical writing. To brush up on the latest and best of writing center theory and practice, Smith attended the International Writing Center Association Summer Institute this past summer in Seven Springs, Pa. “I renewed and forged friendships with leading writing center scholars and directors from around the world,” Smith said. “It was exciting to return to campus and open our Writing Center for the semester.” Two notable changes, she said, were made this semester— implementing an online scheduling and record-keeping system and increasing the number of tutors and tutoring hours. Smith credits Dr. Jacqueline Brice-Finch, chair of the Department of English and Modern Languages, and Dr. Ray Davis, dean of the School of Arts and Professions, with helping her. “We have a strong group of tutors and challenging goals for the next semester,” Smith said. The center plans to continue to increase individual sessions for students, offer small-group workshops and expand support for Writing in the Disciplines. She said the support of the entire university is needed to reach the latter goal. “As faculty plan their spring 2013 syllabi, we suggest including writing assignments on which the Writing Center can provide support to students during the writing process. They can be emailed to me and I will review them with the tutors,” she said. “We want to continue to improve writing skills at UMES.” All are welcome to visit the Writing Center located in Wilson Hall 1107.
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Emergency response exercise takes place on campus Several dozen fire, rescue and law enforcement professionals converged on the UMES campus this past Sunday morning to participate in a hypothetical hazardous material emergency exercise. The activity satisfied a requirement that colleges and universities must conduct emergency-response practice events to comply with federal regulations. UMES’ Poultry Science and Research Center on Strickland Lane adjacent to the university’s physical plant was the site for the Dec. 2 exercise. Participants learned that a mock chemical spill was a deliberate act. Responders discovered five “actors,” criminal justice majors, overcome by toxic fumes. The script called for two of the victims to be dead. E-mails and text alerts about the exercise were distributed, and sirens
Mural brightens Ella Fitzgerald Center
Chris Padmore-PAC mural
Shannon Hampton-PAC mural
Christopher Padmore, Shannon Hampton, Travis Chambers and Cameron L. Jones, applied design and graphic illustration majors in the Department of Fine Arts, lent their time and expertise to create a mural to add life to the walls of the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts. Their artistic expression will be their parting gift to UMES before they graduate in May. A dedication ceremony in conjunction with a Gospel Choir performance takes place Dec. 17 at the center.
Art majors take jaunt to D.C. museums
and public address broadcasts were employed. Planning involved key university personnel as well as firefighters from Princess Anne and Mount Vernon, Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute officials, local law enforcement agencies and specially trained HAZMAT-response and decontamination teams from Worcester County. The exercise originally was scheduled for Nov. 4 just days after Hurricane Sandy battered Delmarva, so planners rescheduled it because participants were still dealing with the storm’s aftermath. The four-hour event attracted specially equipped vehicles and their emergency responders, a majority of them volunteers who live in the community and are trained in handling hazardous materials.
What activities occupy your time outside the classroom? USM student representative, Wicomico Hall Resident Assistant, Alpha Phi Sigma (National Criminal Justice Honor Society) and Sophomore Class Senator.
Q&A
What goals have you set this school year? What are your career plans? My main goal is to be the best that I can possibly be as a USM representative and to have a positive impact on my university. For future goals, I want be a Prince Georges’ County police officer.
Eric A. Lane junior Age: 20 Majoring in criminal justice
Why did you want to be a USM representative? Interning this past summer University System of with Councilman Will Campos and now state Del. Maryland Student Council Alonzo Washington inspired me to make a representative difference at UMES, just as they do for Prince George’s County. Engaging in intellectual Landover, Md. conversation and being able to convey my opinion in a professional manner heightened my interest in this position.
Photo by Christopher Harrington
What are your duties and responsibilities? I attend monthly meetings at different USM institutions and vote on behalf of UMES for policies and legislation that affect the entire system and most importantly, report to my constituents. What interests you about being a representative? Networking with students from the council. Being a part of the council is preparing me for the real world by getting used to being a minority in a room full of the majority. Art majors taking in the National Gallery Nov. 9, from left, are: Trevonta Poulson, Sean Milbourne, Arden Dejesus, Ikenna Umeh, Tiffani Revels, Travis Chambers, Jamaal Peterman, Darcy Walker, Alycea Ginyard, Erica Mathews, Joanna Webb, Danyeal Charles, Instructor Brad Hudson, Stokey Jackson and Mosely Gallery Interim Director Cori Beardsley
What one thing do you want Santa Claus to get you for Christmas? Any sport games (Madden) and more dress clothes! What advice would you give a high school student about preparing for college? “Come to college with an open mind and be able to work hard. Play later.”
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Back-to-back MEAC volleyball champs
The UMES women’s volleyball team is the 2012 MEAC tournament champion for the second year in a row. A tense, five-set victory over Florida A&M earned the Lady Hawks an automatic invitation to the NCAA tournament, where they played perennial power, the University of Nebraska. The Cornhuskers swept that first-round match. Nevertheless, UMES finished its season with a record of 28 wins and 6 losses, which the university’s athletics department characterized as the “greatest season in (school) history.” "As a senior, you always wonder if this is the last time you'll be out there," first-team All-MEAC performer Ndidi Ibe said after the MEAC championship match, "but it was a great feeling to be out there and win it." In a scenario identical to a year ago, Saitaua Iosia delivered a championship-winning “kill” – her 25th of the title match – to seal the win. By sweeping the tournament held at Coppin State, the 2012 squad produced the most victories a volleyball team has had in a season since 2003, when the Hawks went 26-12. Iosia earned Most Outstanding Performer honors in the MEAC tourney for her three-match performance in which she recorded 60 kills, 10 aces
and 32 digs during the title run. It was the sophomore’s second “MOP” award. She overcame an early season knee injury that threatened to sideline her from MEAC play. "I was told I wasn't going to play this season," Iosia said, "I was devastated, and [when I learned I would play] it was a big motivation, and it was great to be out there." Joining Iosia on the all-tournament team was her classmate, Victoria Williams, who delivered15 kills against FAMU and a total of 48 during the tournament for a .513 hitting percentage. "[Victoria] is a fantastic player,” head coach Don Metil said, “And we needed her to be successful this weekend, and she did. We had more than one Most Outstanding Player." Metil was named the Most Outstanding Coach in the 2012 tournament after leading UMES to its second straight MEAC Championship. UMES came into the championship match perfect in five-set matches this year, something that Metil relayed to his team before the tiebreaker set. "The girls believe, no matter what," Metil said. "In years past, I have had teams that get down, but this team adapted quickly."
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Satchell, known to friends and colleagues as Ernie, is a native of Virginia’s Eastern Shore and a 1963 Maryland State College (now UMES) alumnus with a bachelor’s degree in art education. He returned to UMES in 1971 as a professor and taught for 39 years in the Department of Fine Arts, the latter 25 as chair. He was instrumental in developing applied design degree programs in photography, graphic illustration and sequential arts. Enrollment in the department quadrupled over a 10-year period during his tenure. As an involved member of the local arts community, Satchell is a charter member of the Somerset County Arts Council. He has also served on the Somerset County Board of Education, Somerset County Ethics
Committee and The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore. He has exhibited extensively over the years with a number of solo and invitational shows to his credit. He is known for his extensive work in the development of large pottery throwing techniques that he learned under the instruction of renowned educator and ceramic artist Dr. Kenneth Beittel of Pennsylvania State University. His UMES mentor, Jimmie Mosely, introduced Satchell to Beittel in the spring of 1960 while the professor was visiting UMES. Satchell holds a Master of Fine Arts in ceramics from Towson State University. There, under the artistic influence of Thomas Suspensky, he started to move more toward ceramic sculpture.
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University students sponsor event to promote physical fitness
A Greenwood Elementary student uses a hula hoop to exercise.
Harry the Hawk and a UMES student encourage a Greenwood Elementary fifth grader with a set of jumping jacks during a Fun Fitness Challenge at the school.
UMES shows appreciation for veterans
UMES students held a Fun Fitness Challenge Nov. 16 at neighboring Greenwood Elementary School to show youngsters how being active can be both fun and healthy. The school’s fifth graders participated. The event was spearheaded by UMES’ Honda Campus All-Star Challenge Academic Quiz Bowl Club in cooperation with Somerset County public schools. They enlisted the help of other students in UMES' departments of exercise science and human ecology, the Student Government Association and the university’s Health and Wellness Center, said the academic team’s advisor, Dr. James White Jr. “Even the UMES mascot, Harry the Hawk, joined in the fun,” White said. “Fun Fitness Challenge features fitness activities and nutritional information designed to get the school’s youth moving and practicing healthy habits,” he said. UMES students demonstrated activities like doing jumping jacks, skipping rope and using a hula hoop as healthy activities that can help their elementary counterparts be fit. As Greenwood students went through a series of exercise drills, the UMES contingent cheered and clapped and in some instances, did activities like push-ups and crab-walking alongside their hosts. The Quiz Bowl Club at UMES is taking on the event as a community service project — a requirement for qualifying for the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge college tournament. White, the father of eight children, appeared as a studio guest on WMDT's early morning news show before the event to talk about the joint project between the university and the Somerset County public school system. The tournament, sponsored by Honda Motor America, is the first academic competition between students at America's Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The event is in its 25th year. Nearly 100,000 students have demonstrated their intellect and fast recall and have earned over $7 million in grants from Honda for their institutions.
UMES hosts 11th annual Tri-County College Fair
Photos by Jim Glovier
The Office of Admissions and Recruitment held its first Veteran’s appreciation luncheon Nov. 13 honoring students, staff and faculty for their service to our country. A group of students that participated in the event, from left, are: Dickson Muiruri, Shalonda Griffin, Admissions Specialist Denitta Gladding, Jerrell Harris and Darius Tillman.
Tyrone Young, UMES' director of admissions and recruitment, welcomes a group of Pocomoke High School students who were among 1,700, the largest turnout in the event's 11 years, to attend the university's Tri-County College Fair Nov. 29.
Two prospective college students search a list of over 100 recruiters representing colleges across the country at the event.
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THE UNIVERSITY
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of MARYLAND 7 FALL HRM GOURMET DINING SERIES 7 p.m. Richard A. Henson Center Ballroom $50 per person Advanced tickets required 410-651-6563 7 ART EXHIBIT OPENING MEET THE ARTIST RECEPTION 4-8 p.m. Mosely Gallery “Graduating Senior Exhibition” Hours: Mon. through Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 410-651-7770 Closing reception Dec. 14, 1-3 p.m.
EASTERN SHORE will be closed Dec. 24 – Jan. 1.
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