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UMES graduates first class from pharmacy school Three years of non-stop study and professional practice experience pay off for the charter class of UMES’ School of Pharmacy May 17 when its members receive their well-earned degrees. Some five dozen graduate students are set to accept their field’s top credential – a doctor of pharmacy degree – culminating a decade-long effort to expand the university’s support for educating health care professionals. They’ll be among a projected 400 degree candidates and their guests who will gather at the William P. Hytche Athletic Center for spring commencement, where honors graduate and track star Andre A. Walsh will deliver the student commentary. The event begins at 10 a.m. For UMES’ first student-pharmacists, their journey began on a muggy Delmarva day in mid-August 2010. A week of intensive orientation, which foreshadowed a more-intense three years of lectures, labs and hands-on experiences in the field, ended with a brief ceremony with each receiving a white lab coat. Pharmacy school dean Nicholas Blanchard said at the time he hoped the symbolism would bond class members and the program to the university that was embarking on a new academic path.
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Members of the Pharmacy department’s first graduating class from left, are: Lisa Acedera, Chad Vignale, Sumiti Chadda and Emile Domingue.
By most accounts, the foundation that Blanchard, his faculty and the class of 2013 have laid appears to be a solid one. The School of Pharmacy now has a full complement of students pursuing doctorates in a year-round curriculum that enables them to graduate in three years instead of the traditional four offered by most other universities. Blanchard estimated 80 percent of the class of 2013 had job offers to PHARMACY SCHOOL / continued on page 6
UMES will receive a $10,000 grant from the 2013 “Retool Your School” campus improvement contest sponsored by The Home Depot. Leon Bivens, UMES’ physical plant director, said the money will be used this summer to spruce up the Student Services Center, Murphy Hall and the Clusters student housing complex with new paint and other minor repairs. The university was among 12 historically black institutions that qualified for a $10,000 grant from the Atlanta-based home improvement retailer that started the Internet-based competition in 2010. Some 70 HBCUs had to describe two projects that needed funding and then were encouraged to get their supporters to vote online daily and to use social media to publicize and promote the event. This was UMES’ first year as a contestant. UMES supporters cast more than 250,000 votes over an eight-week period. “The UMES community was terrific,” Bivens said. “I appreciate
everyone’s efforts. They kept us in the running to the very end.” The $50,000 grand prize winner was Oakwood University in Birmingham, Ala. A separate category, the $25,000 “Campus Pride” grant, went to Knoxville College in Tennessee, which The Home Depot judged had the strongest campaign that weighed voting and social media activity. Grants awarded to UMES, Oakwood and the other institutions were based on a ratio of consumer voting and judging by an advisory board panel, according to the competition website. If UMES had won the grand prize, the money would have been used campus-wide to replace fluorescent lights with energy-efficient LED lighting. Bivens, who has worked at UMES for 35 years, is hopeful the excitement generated by this year’s competition will carry over to 2014. The competition is a campus improvement grant program created by The Home Depot, the Retool Your School website says, and is designed “to help HBCUs make enduring improvements to their campus and facilities.” The company awarded $195,000 in grants this year.
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Page 2 Graduating Senior Art Show Student Is Legislative Intern
Page 3 Page 4-5 Administrative Professionals Day End of Year Awards Faculty Award Presented and Inductions Retia Walker Reflects on UMES
Page 6 Luke’s Premier Foods is Awarded Hawk Card Recognized
Page 7 Students Participate in Outdoor Events
Page 8 Textbook Returns Art Shell UMES Golf Tournament Summer Transportation Institute Walk A Mile in Her Shoes Answer
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Applied design seniors display artworks Senior applied design majors from left are: Esther Simplice, Christopher Padmore, Lauren Ritter, Chikizie Onyenekwu, Shannon Hampton, Ikenna Umeh, Mia Bland and Cameron Jones. Summer Leverette is not pictured.
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Seniors in the Department of Fine Arts graduating May 17 with a bachelor’s degree in applied design appropriately named their show that opened in the Mosely Gallery May 3, “NINE.” The works are as varied as the nine artists. “The artworks on display include a series of oil and watercolor paintings, as well as silver gelatin and digital photographic prints. The artists portray a range of subject matters which include classic, urban representational and abstract figures. Other pieces on display document human and ecological evolution on the Eastern Shore,” said Solomon Isekeije, assistant professor, Department of Fine Arts. The students display pieces in various concentrations within the applied design program, Isekeije said. Graphic illustrators exhibiting include: Cameron Jones, Baltimore; Christopher Padmore, Mardela Springs; Shannon Hampton, Columbia, Md.; and Chikieze Onyenekwu, Prince George’s County. Mia Bland, Baltimore; Lauren Ritter, Chincoteague; Ester Simplice and Summer Leverette, both of Salisbury, have a commercial photography concentration. Ikenna Umeh, Laurel, Md., is a sequential artist, someone who specializes in the kind of
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drawings that tell stories, such as comic books. Isekeije, who is the instructor for the senior seminar, said the artists have worked “tirelessly through the semester” developing strong portfolios and writing proposals to local businesses to be settings for student art shows to fulfill service learning requirements. A self-help attitude is essential to developing a career in the arts, Isekeije said. “We want to make sure that our students are self-sufficient after graduation to prepare them for whatever career path they choose to pursue.” Jones, Padmore, Simplice, Onyenekwu and Umeh arranged an art show April 19 at Get’N Grounded in Princess Anne. Bland and Ritter were offered exhibit space and an artist reception May 3 at the new Ocean City Center for the Arts on 94th Street in Ocean City, Md. Leverette and Hampton will be featured in an exhibit today from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Evolution Craft Brewing Company in Salisbury. The young artists will “transform the local establishment into a classic exhibit space for one night,” Isekeije said. Fine arts, food and music will be the order of the evening. Isekeije encourages the campus community to come out and support the students.
Monet D. Gilliam, a criminal justice major who graduates with honors May 17, spent the spring semester in Annapolis working in the office of state Sen. Christopher B. Shank, RHagerstown. Gilliam, who is from Largo, Md., is the latest UMES student to serve as a legislative intern in a program funded by a gift from a Salisbury attorney and supervised by Dr. Kathryn Barrett-Gaines. “It was a great experience,” Gilliam said. “You get to meet so many exceptional individuals. I loved every second of it.” Her performance impressed Shank and his staff because she is continuing to work in his office as an employee through June 30. Gilliam said she is hopeful the extension will lead to a fulltime job starting in July. Gilliam assisted Shank’s legislative aide with research, did constituent casework, organized meetings and handled constituent correspondence. “Being on the forefront of politics was so interesting,” the Washington, D.C. native said. “Until I came to Annapolis, I was oblivious to what the General Assembly was all about.” Gilliam had a front row seat – literally, in the Senate chamber – for debates about such hotbutton issues as gun control, repealing the death penalty law and raising the gasoline tax. Barrett-Gaines said Gilliam’s experience is what the UMES legislative intern program is about. “We congratulate her and we are proud of her,” Barrett-Gaines said. Whitney Gladden, a 2012 legislative intern from UMES, works for the lawmaker who is chair of the House Ways and Means committee. Gilliam said the opportunity to compete successfully for a statehouse internship her senior year motivated her academically. She said she will leave UMES with a 3.6 grade point average.
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Administrative professionals recognized Nearly 100 UMES employees were served breakfast by their supervisors and given a token of appreciation April 24 as part of the university’s celebration of Administrative Professionals Day. Pictured from left, are: Rebecca Selby, Patricia JonesBailey, Alverta Polk, Karen Corbin and Brenda Slade. Photo by Alverne Chesterfield
A civil engineer is the winner of UMES’ 2013 Arumala Teaching Excellence Award. Dr. Joseph O. received the honor May 2 from receives Arumala President Juliette B. Bell during the university’s faculty appreciation luncheon. UMES annualArumala was recognized as “a dedicated and talented teacher” who colleagues consider a faculty “keystone in the (technology) department and major talent in the School of Business and award (a) Technology.” In brief remarks following the surprise announcement, the soft-spoken Arumala said he was honored and flattered to be recognized. Nominations for the UMES teaching excellence award can come from alumni, administrators, colleagues and students. Bell said she was struck by a student who acknowledged struggling in Arumala’s classes, but wrote a letter in support of his nomination nonetheless. “From beginner classes like statics to more advanced classes like design structures, Dr. Arumala stuck with me and encouraged me to be a better student and a more focused person,” the student wrote. “Thank you, Dr. Arumala, for everything.” Bell said Arumala’s portfolio portrays him as “an excellent teacher” who is “respected by peers, grounded in the craft, and impassioned about teaching and learning.” He has written a textbook, journal papers and has had conference papers published as well. He also is credited with successfully writing funded grant proposals in excess of $850,000. Dr. Derrek Dunn, the UMES technology department chairman, described Arumala as an educator who has a “commitment to educating students in the art of learning and research … (who) engages students at their level and is able to extract the best out of them.” In 2010, the University System of Maryland’s governing board recognized Arumala as one of the state’s top college instructors. Arumala earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Lagos in his native Nigeria. He received a Master of Science and doctorate in civil engineering from Clemson University in South Carolina. Among the courses he has taught at UMES: dynamics, strength of materials, structural design, engineering drawing and professional ethics in civil engineering. Since joining the UMES faculty in 1996, Arumala has looked beyond the campus for ways to have an impact on the community. An outdoor athletic center opened in 2008 on the site of an abandoned clam factory, thanks to a cooperative effort between UMES and the town of Princess Anne. The Garland Hayward Youth Center off Hampden Avenue is one of the community’s most popular gathering spots. “Before the athletic center opened,” he said, “those kids didn’t have anywhere else to go.” Arumala also has helped organize engineering expos in Somerset and Wicomico counties featuring hands-on demonstrations staffed by engineers and technologists from local engineering firms and UMES. Arumala will receive a $1,000 stipend for offsetting travel costs to attend professional conferences and seminars.
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Reflections on a Journey Coming Full Circle I came to UMES in 1983 as chair, Department of Human Ecology, with instructions to build a strong academic unit. Eleven years later, student enrollment had more than tripled and grew stronger with each new program, including fashion Photo by Jim Glovier merchandising, interior design and nutrition. There was the joy of recruiting students and faculty, increasing research/scholarly activities, professional and community involvement and pursuing external funding. I developed a bond with colleagues and a few students who are among my lifelong friends. Those were the joys and challenges of leading a department and memories of “making a difference.” I left in 1994 for the University of Kentucky, where I served as dean and vice president for 11 years before entering semi-retirement. I was honored to be asked by Dr. Mort Neufville, my former dean, to be his executive assistant during his year as UMES’ interim president. I returned with 35 years of experience as an administrator ready to share and use my knowledge and skills to “make a difference” again. Little did I know 21 months and three different positions later, I would still be here. My reflections on this journey began with walks across this beautiful campus ... feeling President William P. Hytche’s spirit and appreciating his years of hard work for ‘change and progress’. The second time around has been most enjoyable. Leading the Strategic Planning Process was fascinating and challenging, and I am pleased to have left my ‘footprint’ with respect to the concept of university engagement. I also have delighted in seeing many talented students participating in cultural and sports events. I have enjoyed working with former colleagues and friends, meeting new ones, seeing my former staff in leadership roles and former students serving as faculty members. I thank Dr. Neufville and Dr. Juliette Bell for giving me the opportunity to serve UMES again, to continue giving back and using my experience to help make a difference in the lives of others. A few days ago, a member of the faculty paid me a very nice compliment I will cherish: “You not only handle matters in a professional manner, but also in a compassionate way … you will be missed.” I will miss my UMES family when I return to Kentucky and retirement for the second time. Thanks for your support and friendship. Submitted by Retia Scott Walker
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Year culminates with awards and scholarly activities Pharmacy recognizes students and faculty
UMES students elected to national offices of honor society Student-officers of UMES’ chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma, the National Criminal Justice Honor Society, were elected to national offices at its annual conference in Dallas. From left, are: Kadijah Munu, national secretary; Saadia Feliciano, national president; and Ericka Gregory, national treasurer. This win makes UMES the first HBCU to hold three national executive positions in the society’s 70-year history. The university will be home to the National Student Secretariat for the next two years, the terms of the offices, along with an extension of Dr. Emmanuel Onyeozili’s term as the national advisor.
Writing Center staff presents at conference
Dr. Thomas A. Menighan, who heads the American Pharmacists Association (center-front), is joined by student-pharmacists and faculty members following the UMES School of Pharmacy’s annual spring awards program where Menighan was the keynote speaker.
UMES’ School of Pharmacy recently held its annual spring awards where it recognized top students and faculty for the 2012-13 academic year; Highest GPA Awards: (Class of 2014) Marina Byrd and Avraham Failaev; (Class of 2015) Racquel Reese and Ross Jones; American Pharmacist Association – Academy of Student Pharmacists’ Outstanding Member: Camille King (2014); Ziad Haddad (2015); APhA-ASP 2012-13 Patient Counseling Competition Winner: Marsha Muhic (2015); APhA-ASP University of Utah Program: Lawren Bryce Slate and Morgan Dykes (2014); American Society of Health-System Pharmacists / Member of the Year: Kristen Hoang (2014); National Community Pharmacy Assoc. Recognition: Jarjeet Singh (2015); Student Leadership Award: Jeremy Peterson (2014); Class of 2014 / Teacher of the Year: Dr. Michael Miller; Class of 2015 / Teacher of the Year: Dr. Sean Vasaitis; Outstanding Service Award: Dr. James Junker.
UMES Writing Center peer tutors, from left, Liz Ranger, Kelsey Tate, Shanay Snead and Ny’Asia Brooks, accompanied Director Terry Smith, far right, to the Mid-Atlantic Writing Center Association Conference at California State University, Pa. April 6. The group presented a panel discussion and submitted a poster titled, “Incidental and Insidious Implication: How Moving to an Online Scheduling and Record-Keeping Program Affects Tutoring in the Writing Center.”
Student delegation gets tips from entrepreneurs A group of 27 business students interested in entrepreneurship spent three days in mid-April being inspired by African-American business owners, attorneys and community leaders. The trip to The Allen Entrepreneurial Institute in Lithonia, Ga. was spearheaded by Marcellus Connor and Rhett Burden, two area directors in the Office of Residence Life at UMES. They were guests of Lecester “Bill” Allen, owner and operator of the institute, who reaches out to HBCUs with the philosophy “Exposures Expands Expectations.”
Dr. Herman Franklin student awards The Herman Franklin Awards of Excellence were presented at a May 2 banquet to recognize paraprofessionals in residence life. From left, are: LaRaeu Franklin; Ashley Lewis, Best New Resident Assistant; Andren Hamilton, Graduating Senior Award; Paul Jerry, Returning Paraprofessional and Dr. Herman Franklin, former UMES vice president of student affairs.
UMES golfer places second in tournament
UMES senior honored for civic leadership President Juliette B. Bell, left, presents Shana Washington with a Campus Compact Newman Fellow award in recognition of the senior’s leadership in service and civic engagement. Washington is among five college students in the Maryland – Washington, D.C. region selected to receive the honor in 2013. Joining her are Dr. Retia Walker, Ayanna Evans and Dr. Rolanda Burney, who collaborated in guiding UMES into the Maryland-DC Campus Compact, a consortium of institutions that advocate civic engagement.
UMES golfer Mike Veverka, a senior from Brunswick, Md., placed second in a field of 87 golfers in the Carolinas Cup golf tournament April 6 and 7 at The General James Hackler Golf Course in Conway, S.C. Veverka finished with a score of 151 in two rounds (74-77) in 36 hole stroke play.
Photo by Valentine Anamalechi
Golden Key inducts new members UMES’ chapter of the Golden Key International Honour Society inducted new members at a ceremony April 3. From left, are: (front row) advisor Louise Gaile, Assante Thomas, Alexandra Alford, Alewya Adem, Andrew Cover, Stephanie Hallowell, (back row) Chibuikem Nwaokolo, Carmen Frazier, Ronesha Johnson, Adebola Daramola, Dinbanimibofa Ari and Michael Chaney.
Phi Kappa Phi inducts members Construction management students recognized Four members of UMES’ chapter of Sigma Lambda Chi, the International Construction Honor Society, attended an annual awards dinner in Arlington, Va. of the National Capital Chapter of the Construction Management Association of America. From left, are: Pride Abeke, Eyen Edema, Dr. Joseph Arumala (faculty adviser), Kenneth Odiete, and Alex Obi-Ugbo. Abeke, Edema and Obi-Ugbo received $1,500 each, while Odiete was awarded $2,000—the largest scholarship ever given by the organization. The award qualifies Odiete to compete for a $15,000 award at the National CMAA meeting in Las Vegas in October.
UMES’ chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, which bills itself as the nation’s oldest, largest and most selective all-discipline honor society, inducted members in a ceremony May 1. Dr. Donna Long, president of UMES’ Phi Kappa Phi chapter, congratulates Dinbanimibofa D. Ari, one of 26 undergraduates, on his Photo by Joey Gardner induction. Also inducted were eight graduate students and five administrators, including President Juliette B. Bell. Membership is by invitation extended to the upper 7.5 percent of second-semester juniors, 10 percent of seniors and graduate students, along with administrators, faculty, professional staff and alumni.
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Luke’s Premier Foods wins industry award
Photo by Suzanne Street
From left, are: Dr. Jurgen Schwarz, director and associate professor of UMES’ Food Science and Technology Ph.D. program, and Jim Hudson, owner of Luke’s Premier Foods.
Auxiliary Services wins award for Hawk Card
UMES won the 2013 Best Card Design Award at the 20th annual conference of the National Association of Campus Card Users in Orlando, Fla. April 17. Javid Braithwaite, assistant director of Auxiliary Services, and designer of the card, accepted the award. UMES’ card placed first in peer votes among 23 other card designs.
Luke’s Premier Foods won the “sofi™ Finalist” award and is in the running for a coveted Gold sofi™ Award reserved for the elite of the $86 billion specialty food industry. Owner Jim Hudson’s entry, Luke’s Heirloom ™ “Bloody Delicious Mary Mix™, was named a finalist in the Outstanding Cold Beverage category. It is the only product in the category made in the United States. “We have been working at this for seven years,” said Hudson, “and have been told (by consumers) that our “Bloody Delicious Mary Mix” is a high-quality product. But to have expert judges in the industry agree . . . well, it’s pretty much like receiving an Oscar! In fact, it’s a privilege to even be acknowledged in the same group as the other finalists.” Luke’s is among 109 finalists selected from 1,885 entries across 30 award categories by a national panel of specialty food professionals. Gold winners will be announced at a red-carpet ceremony July 1 at the association's Summer Fancy Food Show in New York. Hudson, an avid home gardener and Iowa native, is known in the industry for products he has perfected over the years, all stemming from his grandmother’s recipe for tomato juice. Dr. Jurgen Schwarz, director and associate professor UMES’ Food Science and Technology Ph.D. program, provides leadership for the research that yields engineering and processing advice to the company. Friends of the company and of the specialty food industry are invited to support Luke’s Kickstarter™ campaign, launched to defray travel, lodging and display expenses associated with the Summer Fancy Food Show. To support the campaign ending May 31, visit www.kickstarter.com and search Luke’s World Class Heirloom Tomato Juice, Nectar, Bloody Mary. For more information about the sofi™ Awards, visit www.specialtyfoods.com. Submitted by Suzanne Street, agriculture communication specialist
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date. Eight students will go on to post-graduate residency assignments at such places as Holy Cross Hospital in Baltimore and the State University of New York – Buffalo. UMES pharmacy students worked alongside practicing professionals at Nanticoke Memorial (Seaford) and Atlantic General (Berlin) hospitals as well as Peninsula Regional Medical Center (Salisbury). PRMC president Peggy Naleppa will be the featured speaker at a dinner for the student-pharmacists the evening before graduation. The university also has established relationships with CVS, Rite Aid and Walgreens, where students “have the opportunity to experience a corporate pharmacy practice,” said Dr. Mark Freebery, assistant dean for experiential education. Apple Discount Drugs, a locally owned pharmacy, exposed students to the responsibilities associated with medication therapy management services, diabetes education, service to nursing homes, dispensing and compounding. Some students have completed their advanced pharmacy practice requirement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health and the Indian Health Services. “These elite and competitive rotations usually require the students to apply and be accepted,” Freebery said. “Experiential learning” opportunities have taken UMES student-pharmacists to New York, Georgia, Texas, California and Alaska. But travel hasn’t made them invisible in the community. The class of 2013 provided an estimated 5,000 hours of public service, including free diabetes screening, drug counseling and working on homes built by Habitat for Humanity. “The faculty and I will have indelible memories of this special group that can take pride it helped the university launch something we’re confident will make a difference in people’s lives,” Blanchard said.
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Pharmacy students organize 5K for epilepsy Members of the UMES Pharmacy Student Government Association are pictured at the finish line of a 5K “Strides to Fight Epilepsy” walk/run they organized April 28 at the MAC Center in Salisbury. Some 80 participants from the university and community raised around $3,000. They were inspired at the start of the race by Natassia Feather, who lost her 9-year-old daughter to the disease last year.
Pep Band and cheerleaders march in D.C. parade
Photo by Joey Gardner
Cultivating Hope & Unity UMES and Somerset Intermediate students worked together to clean-up and beautify Main Street in Princess Anne April 30. The younger students worked with teacher, Don Rush, to plant and nurture the flowers used in the project in the Somerset County school system’s Tawes Campus greenhouse. The event was sponsored by the university’s Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, G.R.A.S.P., Somerset Intermediate School and the Town of Princess Anne.
The Thunderin’ Hawks Pep Band and the UMES cheerleaders performed at the D.C. Emancipation Day parade April 16. The UMES groups marched down Pennsylvania Avenue from 4th Street to Freedom Plaza at 14th Street, NW. A concert and fireworks culminated the day’s events.
Rotaract plants tree on Arbor Day
Photo by Valentine Anamalechi
Campus enjoys breath of fresh air Mother Nature provided a beautiful day April 26 for UMES’ annual Springfest. Cappy Anderson Stadium was full of life with carnival rides, entertainment, food and fun. The event provides a spring release for soon-to-bein-finals students while serving as a recruitment vehicle for area high schools.
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Members of UMES’ chapter of Rotaract planted a tree April 26 in observance of Arbor Day. From left, are: Monique Stapleton, 2013-14 president; Dr. Lombuso Khoza, adviser; Dr. Ernest Boger, adviser; and Andren Hamilton, 2012-13 treasurer.
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Applications available for Summer Transportation Institute
Look who’s wearing the shoes for “Walk A Mile” Did you recognize who was wearing high heels to raise money for Salisbury’s Life Crisis Center and Sexual Assault Awareness Month in the April 26 issue of The Key? If you guessed Jimmy Lunnermon II, director of Campus Life, you were correct.
UMES is the host site for a two-week summer program for underserved middle-schoolers on the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland looking to explore careers in the field of transportation. Funded by the Federal Highway Administration through the Maryland State Highway Administration, the goal of the program is to create awareness and stimulate interest in the transportation industry, said Dr. Joseph Arumala, a professor of technology at UMES and the program’s director. “Students will undergo an integrated program of math, science, English and communication, as well as participate in activities, field projects and trips to local land, air and water transportation-related facilities,” Arumala said. The Summer Transportation Institute is a day program and takes place June 24 to July 5, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. There is no cost to selected students. Participants receive a TI-83 graphing calculator and are provided lunch. Applicants must have a minimum 2.0 GPA and be enrolled in grades 7-8 for the 2013-14 school year in Worcester, Wicomico or Somerset county schools. Underserved, female and first time applicants are encouraged to apply, Arumala said. A completed application and copy of student transcript must be received by June 14. Call 410-651-6472 or email joarumala@umes.edu for more information.
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