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Adoption of classroom security device puts UMES in national spotlight UMES’ decision to purchase hand-held dryover in three minutes. The armor needs to be erase boards that can double as bulletproof in the hands … of the teachers because they shields has brought the university world-wide are the ones that are there to protect the media attention. students.” An international TV audience that tuned in UMES announced Aug. 14 its purchase of Aug. 26 to the CNN talk show, “Piers Morgan 200, 18-inch-by-20-inch writing tablets from Live,” heard UMES police chief Ernest Leatherbury Hardwire in nearby Pocomoke City. The talk about a new kind of classroom security boards will be made available to faculty and measure. possibly placed in other high-traffic offices. “I see this as a proactive step to ensure the The university bought the boards using safety of our community in the unlikely event … George Tunis, CEO and founder of Hardwire, $59,800 provided by its private foundation. No someone does come on this campus with the demonstrates what the impact of a bullet to the public funds or student tuition were used. whiteboard would feel like as a CNN videographer intent to harm our students, staff and our faculty,” Tunis said UMES is the first college in the tapes. Leatherbury told the show’s host. nation to invest in his new product, a Leatherbury was joined in a UMES classroom by George Tunis, founder pronouncement that has attracted attention from journalists. of Hardwire LLC, the manufacturer of protective armor for the military and Reports about the university’s dry-erase board acquisition have appeared law enforcement agencies that he is now marketing as a supplemental safety across America and in Asian newspapers, while television journalists from tool to educators. Japan and France also have expressed interest in the story. “This same technology can apply to your school and the armor needs Morgan, who was in Los Angeles, asked Leatherbury, a retired Maryland to be there,” Tunis said. The “Sandy Hook (school shooting) was done and SECURITY / continued on page 4
50th anniversary march on Washington for Jobs and Freedom “Fingertips” by Little Stevie Wonder topped the Billboard charts the last week of August 1963, stamps sold for a nickel and “The Great Escape” was the must-see movie. Upwards of a quarter million people gathered in the nation’s capital a half-century ago to participate in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. In the crowd that day were those with University of Maryland Eastern Shore ties. Among them were Dr. David Johnson Jr., Pat Kiah and her best friend, Ann Sullivan. Sullivan and Kiah were teenagers whose fathers, T.
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Waldo Kiah and James Sullivan, were Maryland State College faculty colleagues. “Mr. Kiah took us to Constitution Avenue, where we joined a stream of people that seemed to be absolutely endless,” Sullivan said. “I don't think we had ever seen so many people of color in one place.” “Almost everyone carried a sign that let the world know what they stood for, and who they represented,” she said. Sullivan and the Kiahs were too far from the Lincoln Memorial to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his “I Have A Dream” speech, but saw it later that day on TV. “We were in awe of what we had just heard,” Sullivan said. “I thought, ‘no wonder the people were cheering and applauding so loudly’."
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New roundabout benefits UMES and Town of Princess Anne Gov. Martin O’Malley announced issues that have been problematic to the $3.7 million from the 2013 region for many years have been Transportation Infrastructure Investment remedied. I’m very pleased of our Act will be used to build a roundabout at accomplishments and grateful the funds the intersection of UMES Boulevard and have been made available for this Somerset Avenue in Princess Anne. The project to become a reality.” state projects it will support nearly 50 The Town of Princess Anne jobs and construct a long-awaited safety applied for a $250,000 Community improvement project. Development Block Grant from the state “Thanks to the better choices we've to cover the cost of moving the local made to pass the Transportation Act, we utility lines to enable the project to can continue to create jobs for our move forward. The cost of the From left, Dennis Williams and Jay Parker, both Princess Anne families and advance crucial safety roundabout and sidewalk town commissioners, and UMES President Juliette Bell recently projects like this roundabout across the joined improvements, including right-of-way, the Governor at one of the highway and bridge project State,” O’Malley said. design and construction, is $4.1 sites expected to improve safety and generate construction jobs. Construction begins this fall with a million. completion date of fall 2014. New sidewalks will be built along Somerset “Princess Anne is a growing community and infrastructure sits at the Avenue from the roundabout to Mt. Vernon Road. The project also includes top of our list of things to get done,” Garland Hayward, president of the drainage improvements and modernizing stormwater treatment facilities. Princess Anne County Commissioners said. UMES Boulevard will be open to traffic during construction. “Improved access to our campus and the safety of our students, who “The UMES-Somerset Avenue Roundabout Project demonstrates how must walk along roads with no sidewalks, have been long-standing our citizens, towns, counties and the state government achieve success by concerns of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore,” UMES President working together,” state Sen. Jim Mathias said. “In this project, years of Juliette Bell said. “We are delighted that this project will be underway soon pedestrian safety concerns, as well as traffic issues affecting the residents of and extremely grateful to Gov. O’Malley and the state for making this Princess Anne and students of UMES, and serious storm water management funding possible.”
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Cooperative program benefits construction management students UMES’ Construction Management Technology students at From left are: (seated) Derrek Dunn, chair of UMES’ The Universities at Shady Grove now have Department of Technolgy; Greg Druga, president of Grunley Construction; Stewart Edelstein, executive an opportunity to get director, USG; (standing) Aleksey Polyakov and Elizabeth hands-on training with Hussein, construction management students; and Bijan Shapoorian, program director of UMES’ Construction an award-winning Management program at USG. construction firm after company officials and educators endorsed a new cooperative education agreement. Leaders at UMES’ School of Business and Technology, USG and Grunley Construction Co. signed a memorandum of understanding this summer to formalize a partnership to provide “meaningful, co-curricular learning opportunities for students, while growing a diverse talent pool of candidates for Grunley’s employment pipeline.” USG is a regional campus of the University System of Maryland, which offers academic programs in collaboration with nine public universities, including UMES in Princess Anne. Grunley’s headquarters is in Rockville less than a mile from the Shady Grove campus in Montgomery County. “Our firm is firmly committed to excellence and to doing all we can to ensure that the construction management industry in this fast-growing region is helping to prepare, attract and retain the highest quality professionals possible,” said Gregory M. Druga, president of Grunley Construction Company Inc. “We’re excited to be teaming up with UMES and USG to launch such an innovative co-op program that will give these construction management technology students an incomparable on-thejob learning experience and an intensive opportunity to explore their career interests and develop their skills.” “UMES is pleased to provide our well-respected Construction Management Technology program at The Universities at Shady Grove and we are excited to partner with Grunley Construction Co., which has an outstanding reputation in our region,” UMES President Juliette B. Bell said. “This is a ‘win-win’ for our students, who will have opportunities to gain critical, real-world experience while earning academic credit toward their bachelor’s degrees.” To apply for the co-op program – where eligible students will be able to earn an hourly wage from Grunley and academic credit from UMES – students must be enrolled in the UMES Construction Management program at USG as a junior or senior with a minimum GPA of 2.5. Students must also go through a pre-screening process conducted by USG’s Career and Internship Services Center. Upon successful completion of required work, UMES will award participating students two credits for every 240 hours worked. The students may receive a maximum of four credits through this co-op program. Other opportunities for participating students will include the chance to earn a $300 book scholarship from Grunley upon acceptance in the program; a monetary bonus for successful completion of each of four departmental rotations within the company; professional development and certification opportunities; and an assigned mentor from the Grunley team.
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Kimberly Dumpson named executive vice president UMES President Juliette B. Bell announced last week that Kimberly Dumpson will move from the position of vice president for institutional advancement to the newly created position of executive vice president within the Office of the President. Dumpson will continue to advance the university, playing a lead role in developing and executing the university’s major strategic initiatives. Working closely with the president, provost and other senior colleagues, she also will oversee government relations and the Office of Marketing and Communications, which includes public relations. This executive position “is being created to provide strategic support to the president on internal and external matters of importance to the university,” said Bell. “I am extremely pleased that Kimberly has agreed to take on this critical role.” Dumpson, Bell also noted, will represent her and articulate the president’s position “on a variety of issues, as needed.” Dumpson was selected after a national search a year ago to fill the vice president for institutional advancement position previously held by Gains B. Hawkins Jr., who retired after nine years leading the university’s record-setting fundraising efforts. A new vice president for institutional advancement will be identified to fill this post. Dumpson is a graduate of Towson State University and Ohio Northern University College of Law. Her legal background enabled her to establish a planned giving program aimed at securing legacy gifts through bequests and gifts of assets to support university programs and priorities. During its recent capital campaign, Dumpson played an integral role in fundraising that resulted in more than $16 million to benefit the university. She joined UMES in 2005 as director of alumni affairs In her new role, Dumpson will coordinate integration of the university’s marketing and communications efforts to increase awareness of programs and priorities. She will assume her new role Sept. 16. A Wicomico County native, Dumpson was recognized in 2006 by the Wicomico County Commission on Women and state officials as Woman of the Year and has served the county on numerous boards and commissions, including the Wicomico County Personnel Board and the Compensation and Allowance Commission. Her civic and community work earned her recognition in 2010 as a “Hometown Hero” from Md. Gov. Martin O’Malley.
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Faculty and Staff Spotlight Dr. Kathryn Barrett-Gaines, director of African American
Studies and an associate professor of African and African American history, joined a cast of eight in a production of Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap.” She appeared in the stage play July 25 through Aug. 4 at the Parlor Room Theater performing at the Bishop McNamara High School Photo by Barbara Sigler Fine Arts Theater in Forestville, Md. Barrett-Gaines portrayed the character Miss Casewell. Dr. Gurdeep Hura, chair and professor of math and computer science, contributed a chapter to the June issue of the research publication “Data Mining in Dynamic Social Networks and Fuzzy Systems.” Hura’s chapter, “Need for Dynamicity in Social Networking Sites: An Overview from Data Mining Perspective,” presents a new perspective of data mining methodologies with its dynamicity for social networking analysis and interpretation for a number of real world applications. Dr. Ernest Boger, chair and associate professor of the Department of Hotel and Restaurant Management, received the Howard B. Meek Award of the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education for his lifetime contributions and outstanding service to hospitality education and to the organization. It is the highest recognition a member can receive. Boger, who has been in the hospitality industry for some 40 years, has served among other posts as president of the organization. Bijan Shapoorian, the UMES Construction Management and Technology program director at the Universities at Shady Grove, was the recipient of the annual Purcell Sustainability Award at USG. The award recognizes someone in the USG community who is committed to conservation. Shapoorian was nominated from among his students for promoting the merits and options for making buildings more efficient.
Muna Elobaid, a lecturer in the Department of Business,
Management and Accounting, was given the Maryland Parent Involvement Matters Award by the Somerset County Board of Education for her volunteerism at Somerset Intermediate School. She has served on the school’s Parent Advisory Council, the Parent Teacher Organization and regularly attends functions and assists with fundraising activities. Dr. Nicholas Blanchard, founding dean of UMES’ School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, was recently recognized by Brevard (N.C.) College, his undergraduate alma mater (1983). He is now a member of the Gallery of Distinguished Alumni, “who through outstanding achievement and service brought honor and respect to Brevard College.” Rhett Burden and Larita Hugee, both area directors in the Office of Residence Life, were contributors to articles in the Summer issue of the Mid-Atlantic College University Housing Association magazine. Burden’s article “Will You Be Missed?” suggests a professional mantra to live by. Hugee’s article is titled, “Would You Hire You? Moving from Para to Professional: Advice for Paraprofessional Staff on their Professional Development.” Christopher Harrington and Michele Demanche, both faculty in the Department of Fine Arts, received awards in the annual Summer Juried Members Show at the Art Institute and Gallery in Salisbury. Demanche took second place Photo by Lamar Waul for her gelatin silver print “Jimmy at the Bum Shack.” Harrington, chair of the department, received third place for his abstract, two-dimensional piece “Coalescing Matter” in resin.
Marica Parker is UMES’ AmeriCorps VISTA representative Marica Parker, a Maryland-DC Campus Compact AmeriCorps VISTA program member, is shown at the
Department of Education’s Summer Institute, where she presented an infomercial on a project she is coordinating, the UMES-Garland Hayward Youth Center Community Empowerment Project. The program was developed through the university’s Title III: University Engagement and Lifelong Learning Initiative and is sponsored by the Corporation for National Community Service. The project serves to break the cycle of generational poverty by improving the scholastic achievements and civic engagement of K-12 youth who attend the center. Parker is coordinating the placement of UMES volunteers at the center for afterschool tutoring and mentoring. Interested students should call 410-621-3088 or email mebaxter@umes.edu. assailant, but she also said she felt “empowered” having something in her SECURITY / continued from cover State Police officer, how he felt about having whiteboards in the classroom. hand that could distract an assailant so students could seek safety. “I am supportive of anything that aids us in ensuring the safety of our School security is a growing concern across the country and UMES students, faculty and staff at the university,” Leatherbury said. President Juliette B. Bell has said she is heartened by the dialogue the While some have questioned the whiteboards’ potential effectiveness, university’s action has sparked nationwide. Leatherbury and other security experts point out the tablet should be viewed “If our decision to be pro-active in making our classrooms a little safer as a “last line of defense” in response to an active shooter intrusion. has contributed to the national discussion, then we feel good about the role During the 4-minute, 20-second segment, CNN viewers also saw a pre- we’ve played,” Dr. Bell said. “At the end of the day, making our campus as safe taped demonstration featuring Dr. Nina Lyon-Bennett, a UMES faculty leader, as we possibly can is a top priority.” holding a whiteboard while Tunis discharged a high-pressure instrument that Bell and Bennett also noted the university investment has potential to pay simulates a bullet at point-blank range. dividends as a teaching tool, since UMES trains future teachers as well as law Bennett said she visualized being fearful at the prospect of fending off an enforcement professionals.
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What we did this summer
Second year students from UMES’ School Of Pharmacy took a two-week pharmacy elective course in June learning Spanish, especially for medical professionals, in Salamanca, Spain. Pictured at the Plaza Mayor in the city from left, are: Brittany Galiano, Ziad Haddad, Brittany Coleman, Brandy Inkrote, Brian Ricci, Marsha Muhic, Rachael McWilliams and Megan Glass.
Dr. Nicholas Blanchard, dean of the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, traveled to Easter Island, a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean and a territory of Chile. He is shown in Rapa Nui National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, known for its 887 monumental statues called “moai.”
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Kiah, now 65, traveled cross country to attend the 50th anniversary celebration. “The march was serendipitous and heart-warming,” Kiah said. “I’m so glad I made the trip. Ann and I spent the day together once again, marching and listening to speeches.” Dr. Kathryn BarrettGaines also attended the 2013 gathering and was inspired to pen an essay reflecting on her experience. It read, in part: “As a professor … I prepare students for freedom by teaching critical reading, analytical writing, gathering evidence, critically thinking, questioning, and doubting.” “Learning about history creates compassionate people,” she wrote. “Passing on these tools is my way of opening doors to the struggle for freedom.” “I am free to go to the Mall for the Let Freedom Ring March. I am free to be challenged and to challenge others. I am free to publish my thoughts, because I have a job that frees my mind and body.” “I am free to engage in the wondrous struggle for freedom, the
struggle for what to believe. I can give no greater gift to a student,” she wrote. The 1963 Washington march called to Dr. Johnson, also a UMES professor, because he was a sit-in demonstrator while a student at North Carolina A&T State University during the civil rights movement. “I wanted to be a part of it. I knew it was going to be a history-making day,” Johnson told The Daily Times, “It was one of the most exciting times in my life.” Bill Jones, a UMES alumnus and Kiah family friend, did not attend the 1963 march, but heard King speak earlier that summer. He was in Detroit when he participated in a June 23 event where King invoked his “I have a dream …” mantra. “Of course, (it) wasn’t ‘historic’ to me at the time…,” Jones said. There were, “just far, far more people than this Somerset County kid (who was 12 at the time) had ever seen gathered in one place.” Christina deHuarte, a receptionist in UMES’ financial aid office, treasures a collection of black and white photos her father took on Aug. 28, 1963. “People need to remember that it was not just one particular race or a particular religion that marched, but people from all races, religions … and ethnic backgrounds banding together to show their support for the cause of equality in a peaceful, unified way,” deHuarte said. “As I think of all the students I have greeted in the past three years … I can’t help but think of the speech (Dr.) King gave that day,” she said. She describes UMES today as “a place where people of all colors, races, religions and ethnic backgrounds have found a way to work together, eat together, study together and live together in peace and equality in our little corner of the world.”
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Art Shell inducted into College Football Hall of Fame University of Maryland Eastern Shore alumnus Art Shell was inducted a week ago into the College Football Hall of Fame during a ceremony held in Atlanta. Shell, who played for the Hawks in the mid1960s when UMES was known as Maryland State College, was already in the professional football Hall of Fame and is the modern era’s first AfricanAmerican head coach in the National Football League. In a Sept. 1 interview published in The (Salisbury) Daily Times, Shell called his induction the “culmination of being around a lot of good people, good teammates and good coaches.” “I learned a lot of things, including a lot of life lessons, during my time there. I was very happy and very proud to be inducted by the university,” he said. The 2013 induction class included Dave Casper (Notre Dame), Art Monk (Syracuse), Jonathan Ogden (UCLA), and coaches Jimmy Johnson (Miami) and Phillip Fulmer (Tennessee). Shell was inducted as part of the Division College Football Hall of Fame, which, according to its mission statement, honors players and coaches from the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision, Division II, Division III UMES President Juliette B. Bell was on hand to congratulate Alumnus Art Shell on his induction into the College Football Hall of Fame.
and NAIA. In the 1960s, UMES competed in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, a Division II conference. Shell, class of 1968, is the fourth Hawk to be inducted in the college football shrine, joining Emerson Boozer, Roger Brown and a legendary coach, the late Vernon “Skip” McCain. Among those on hand to help Shell celebrate the honor were his family, UMES President Juliette B. Bell, Dr. Bryant Mitchell, Kim Dumpson and Shell’s college coach, Roosevelt “Sandy’ Gilliam. “I thought about the coaches I had and the guys I played with and the people at the school who supported me,” Shell told the Daily Times. “That’s why this is not just for me, but it’s for everybody.” Shell played four seasons with the Hawks from 1964 to 1967, when his teams went 34-14-2. He was a two-time All-American as an offensive and defensive lineman in his junior and senior seasons plus earned All-CIAA honors his final three years. He had a stellar professional career with the Oakland Raiders, where earned three Super Bowl championship rings and was an eight-time Pro Bowl member. The event was hosted by the Atlanta Hall Management and the Atlanta Sports Council in partnership with the National Football Foundation. The College Football Hall of Fame is expected to move into a 94,256-square-foot home in Atlanta a year from now. "This is a truly exceptional group of College Football Hall of Fame inductees from the divisional ranks," said Archie Manning, NFF’s chairman. "We applaud them for reaching the pinnacle of recognition in our great sport." The sold-out event was broadcast on ESPN3.
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UMES demonstrates “Hawk Pride”
Freshman arrive at UMES The Harry Potter generation that descended on UMES Aug. 21 must have felt the campus was the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A rare, late-summer fog enshrouded lower Delmarva just as early arriving freshmen prepared to move into residence halls.
on College Colors Day Aug. 30.
Annual President’s Picnic
Dr. Ibibia Dabipi introduces his family to Dr. Juliette B. Bell, UMES president. The lawn of the President’s House was home to the annual President’s Picnic Aug. 23. Faculty and staff, along with their guests, enjoyed BBQ, music, dancing and socializing to kickoff the academic year. Some members of UMES student organizations also joined in the fun.
UMES students give Willie Bell, the president’s husband a “lesson or two” on line dancing or is he giving them the lesson?
The first freshman and his family in the parking lot adjacent to Nuttle Hall was Corey Bell of Scotch Plains, N.J., who left at 2:30 a.m. to make the trek to Princess Anne. Bell was experiencing the usual emotions of first-year college students moving away from home. “I’m a bit nervous, but I’m also excited,” he said. Bell, who plans to major in engineering, picked UMES because he “wanted to try something different. This is a lot different than New Jersey. I’m relaxed here.” Bell’s mother, Jennifer, said she, too, was “excited for him to go away from home. It means he’s starting to grow up, and I’m proud of him. I think he’ll do just fine.” The Bells were familiar with UMES; several of Corey’s cousins are alumni. He’ll be a fourth-generation college student in his immediate family. “We feel like this is just the right fit for Corey,” said Howard Bell, his father. “We’re very comfortable with him coming here.” UMES President Juliette Bell, no relation to the New Jersey Bells, was at Court Plaza Hall early greeting new students and helping a few get settled in. “It’s important for me to be here … and meet our new students,” Bell said. “This is always an exciting day.” Jason Browne of Hempstead, N.Y. was among the lucky early arrivals getting a helping hand from Dr. Bell, who quickly struck up a rapport with his parents, sister and maternal grandmother. “She is so down-to-earth,” Sondra Browne said of Dr. Bell. “Her being here, embracing us – and him, quieted our spirit.” The Brownes posed for Kodak-moment family photos with Dr. Bell in Jason’s third-floor room. Browne said he considered two other colleges but chose UMES to study business because he got a vibe that the campus was “close-knit, family oriented. I’m a family-oriented kind of guy, as you can see.” Was he at all apprehensive? “It’s all happening so fast,” Browne said. “I’ll be fine.” UMES student leaders and athletes were out in full force, helping moms and dads and freshmen haul Rubbermaid tubs, flat screen TVs, dorm refrigerators, ironing boards and mirrors into their new “homeaway-from-home.”
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT *Unless stipulated, all events listed are FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Events are subject to change. For the most updated information, call the numbers listed or visit www.umes.edu/events.
10 Lecture 11 a.m. Student Services Center Theatre Topic, “In Search of Justice,” presented by Sherman Lambert, Esq., Class of ’74, examines social justice through recent court cases. 410-651-6669
6 Art Exhibit Opening Reception
Jimmy at the Bum Shack2 by Michel Demanche
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10 Greek Life Lecture/Fair
4-6 p.m. Mosely Gallery New work by fine arts faculty. Gallery Hours: Mon.- Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Show on display through Oct. 4. 410-651-7770
7 UMES/Town of Princess Anne Community Service Day/Picnic 8 a.m. Project / Noon Picnic Manokin Park Teams from UMES and the Town of Princess Anne will pitch in for a day of service ending with lunch and music in the park. 410-651-8143
8 Founders’ Week Worship Service
11 a.m. / Metropolitan United Methodist Church 410-651-6669
9 Library Exhibit
Frederick Douglass Library “Hawk Pride” 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Mon. through Thurs.; 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Fri.; 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat.; 3-11 p.m., Sun. 410-651-7696
10 First Look Fair
11 a.m.-3 p.m. Student Services Center Registered student organizations exhibit and recruit new members. UMES students only. 410-651-6434 Editors Gail Stephens, Assistant Director of Public Relations and Publications Manager Bill Robinson, Director of Public Relations Ashley Collier, Public Relations Assistant
7 p.m. Student Services Center Theatre Interactive event showcases Greek Life. UMES students only. 410-651-6434
10 Founders’ Week Light Night 7 p.m. Begin: Richard A. Henson Center, portico End: J.T. Williams lawn Historic walking tour of UMES. 410-651-6669
11 Groundbreaking Ceremony 11 a.m. / Construction site UMES breaks ground on the new 163,500 square-foot engineering and aviation sciences building. 410-651-6669
11 Founders’ Week Outdoor Concert 7:30 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts A musical salute from the music department. Bring a folding chair or blanket! 410-651-6669
12 Founders’ Week Convocation and Summer Commencement 10 a.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts Wreath laying, Home Depot check presentation, birthday cake reception following ceremony. 410-651-6669
13 Student/Faculty Softball Game 5 p.m. Softball Field 410-651-6434
15 Club Football Game
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