The Key April 28, 2017 Edition by University of Maryland Eastern Shore

A newsletter for students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends

April 28, 2017

‘The imminent autumn of our new content’ “Open educational resources” coming to UMES

UMES students who register this fall for a select number of general education classes offered by the university’s Department of English and Modern Languages can expect to spend less on traditional textbooks. That’s the objective of Courtney Harned (pictured left) and Bonni Miller, who are tapping into an emerging grassroots movement known as “open educational resources” to revamp outlines for a half-dozen courses. Miller and Harned conservatively project a successful transition could collectively save hundreds of UMES students upwards of $150,000. “Textbooks are a significant expense for our students,” Harned said. “I see it in my classroom all the time.” Harned and Miller each received a $2,500 grant from the William

E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation to underwrite a project to identify and compile online sources that their UMES faculty colleagues can then use crafting lesson plans. “These are all materials that have been vetted,” Harned said. “The level of transparency,” Miller noted, “creates confidence in the quality of the material.” Use of open education resources will give UMES instructors the flexibility to customize a syllabus for a prerequisite course with multiple sections. One professor might like using fiction while a colleague may prefer teaching current events using news-gathering sites and periodicals. UMES students in those courses will nonetheless be expected to meet basic objectives and outcomes established by the state of Maryland. RESOURCES / continued on page 4

Confronting opioid addiction and abuse UMES to host free strategy clinic April 29

Lower Delmarva residents who know someone struggling with opioid use can get answers to their questions Saturday, April 29 at a free information-exchange clinic sponsored by the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Students in UMES’ School of Pharmacy and Health Professions have organized workshops and training in the use of a rapid antidote to help an overdose victim. Those completing the 30-to-40 minute hands-on Students in UMES’ School of Pharmacy and Health Professions instruction will receive free Narcan™ nasal spray to administer in an who organized the event, from left, are: (seated) Onyinyechi Mgbenka, Marcus Mog, Tolani Adebanjo, (standing) Mabele Madiba, opioid rescue.

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UMES Student Recognized by Community Commencement Speaker Announced

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Exemplary Faculty SGA Elects Officers

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Oketoun Akangbe, Scott Baker, Alexis Smith and Shelby Holstein.

Students Study Abroad Ecuadorian Mayor Visits

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Community Garden Social Media Inspires

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Hawk Track Highlights

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Marketing Award Graduation Retention Toby Foyeh Performs

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Calendar of Events

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Circling the Oval

UMES student recognized by community

president of the International Zoe Johnson, a UMES Graduate Students Association graduate student pursuing a on campus and for doctorate in toxicology, received the encouraging its members Greater Salisbury Committee’s 2017 (and undergraduates) to join College Leadership Award. The and participate in activities award, sponsored by M&T Bank, is of the Black Professionals presented to a student at each of the In International Affairs—a area colleges for their leadership in first for the university. either the surrounding community, Students have earned valuable their home community or campus. internship experiences Johnson, recommended by through the organization. Drs. Jennifer Keane-Dawes and He has also been an Lombuso Khoza, was commended invaluable addition to the for “his positive attitude towards School of Graduate Studies academics, mentoring fellow as a graduate assistant to students and fulfilling community the dean and as a teaching service.” assistant in biochemistry for “As an international student,” the Department of Natural Khoza said, “he has had to learn Sciences. about living in a new country “His positivity, experiencing its culture and innovative learning skills and traditions while balancing and commitment to giving back managing time for studies and exemplify traits necessary as a social, professional and personal M&T Bank Regional Vice President Gene Malone (left) presents UMES leader,” Khoza said. activities.” “We are all His gift has been sharing that graduate student Zoe Johnson with the Greater Salisbury Committee’s 2017 College Leadership Award. Attending in support are UMES ambassadors,” Johnson said as knowledge with other international President Juliette B. Bell and Salisbury Mayor Jake Day. he called on the whole student students and helping bridge the gap body, faculty and staff to express and extend Hawk Pride wherever they go. between domestic and foreign students. “Together, we can contribute to UMES being the place for our individual Johnson, who calls Nigeria home, has been an asset to UMES’ Center and collective efforts.” for International Education, Khoza said, by serving as the founding

UMES announces commencement speaker Rushern L. Baker III, Prince George’s County Executive, will be the speaker for the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s spring 2017 commencement exercises on May 26 in the William P. Hytche Athletic Center. UMES’ student enrollment from Prince George’s County has hovered around 22 percent over the past five years according to Dr. Stanley Nyirenda, director of institutional research for the university. It is the highest income African-American majority county in the U.S. and the second largest jurisdiction by population in the state, according to the county government’s website. Baker has “worked closely with other state and regional leaders to pursue positive change, focusing on creating jobs, growing the economy and improving public safety and education in the county” since his 2010 election. He is the recipient of the National Forum for Black Public Administrators’ National Leadership Award for Public Service.

His Economic Development Incentive Fund created a $50 million earmarked to stimulate business growth in the county. The Democrat is also advocating for a new Regional Medical Center with distinction that will “transform health care in the region and address health care disparities.” Honored as a 2012 Most Innovative Executive of the Year for Minority Business from the Maryland/Washington Minority Contractors Association, Baker introduced the Transforming Neighborhoods Initiative, to assist economically challenged neighborhoods in PG County. Baker’s support of funding and resources for education and public safety has resulted in “rising test scores and significant reductions in overall crime.” He began his political career in 1994 in the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 22-B for nearly a decade. He served as chair of the Prince George’s County Delegation from 1999 to 2003 earning a reputation of being “a consensus builder, an honest professional, and a tough, wellrespected leader.” Baker graduated from Howard University with a law degree in 1986. He holds membership in the Maryland Chapter of the NAACP and Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.

UMES People

Post-tenure review spotlights exemplary faculty

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SGA elects officers for 2017-18 academic year

UMES is singing praises for a quintet of faculty members who have been singled out as “Exemplary” during a recent post-tenure review. The policy was developed by a taskforce of tenured faculty and librarians and approved by the UMES’ Faculty Assembly, Senate, President Juliette B. Bell and USM Chancellor Robert Caret, said Dr. Latasha Wade, interim vice provost. Each year, she said, a portion of the faculty will be evaluated in three categories: teaching, research/scholarship and service. Those deemed “Exemplary” in all three categories will be recognized with awards and honored at the president’s annual Faculty Appreciation Luncheon May 4 at 11 a.m. in the Student Services Center, ballroom. Faculty members evaluated this year will be reviewed again in five years, as will be the case for subsequent groups.

School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences

Dr. Anugrah Shaw, Department of Human Ecology Dr. Lurline Marsh, Department of Agriculture, Food and Resources Sciences “Faculty like Drs. Shaw and Marsh make a significant difference in defining what UMES stands for through the students they nurture and the knowledge they generate and apply.” –Dr. Moses Kairo.

School of Business and Technology

Dr. Ibibia Dabipi, Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences. “Dr. Dabipi is a distinguished engineering professor who brings a wealth of experience to educate and nurture engineering and aviation students. He is a selfless and a visionary leader who uses his talent to create innovation to advance research and promote student engagement in the engineering and aviation sciences department.”-Dr. Ayodele Alade.

Dr. Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences. “Dr. Nagchaudhuri has distinguished himself as a professor and a leader in research and student engagement and extends himself in fostering cross-disciplinary education and research innovation among STEM programs at UMES.”Dr. Ayodele Alade. Dr. Kenny Fotouhi, Department of Technology. “Dr. Fotouhi is one of our pioneer professors at UMES in engineering technology. As the sole professor in electrical engineering technology for years, he helped to shape the program into a viable career program that nurtures and produces students as leaders in engineering technology education in the country.”-Dr. Ayodele Alade.

Owanaemi Davies SGA Executive Board President - Owanaemi Davies Vice President – Shemari Allen Chief of Staff - Alicia Thomas-Goode Business Manager – Brandon Lewis Program Coordinator - Jonathan Mitchell USM Representative - Aajah Harris Mister UMES – Aswan Mangrum Miss UMES – De’Aira Johnson Senior Class Board President – Diamond Watson Events Coordinator - Daejanae Day Mister Senior – Abu Sillah Miss Senior – Britney Cush Junior Class Board President – Marcus Burrell Mister Junior – Noah Townes Miss Junior - Jasmine McCoy Sophomore Class Board Mister Sophomore – Jose Garcia Miss Sophomore – Morgan Branch

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UMES students accepted to study abroad programs Ta’ Quan Cave, a junior history major, earned a $1,500 CIEE Study Abroad Global Access Initiative Grant for its Summer Open Campus program in London. Cave will be studying International Management at a CIEE study center at the University of London May 21-June 19. “I am very passionate about traveling and am thankful a study abroad program like CIEE has given U.S. students an opportunity to experience the world outside their hometowns and to expand one’s horizons,” Cave said. Cave is looking forward to “experiencing business management from a non-American perspective.” Christine Hackley, a senior majoring in sociology, will be studying June 30-August 5 in Florianopolis, Brazil at the Universidade Do Sul De Santa Catarina. Hackley has selected two courses of study; Race, Ethnicity and Society in Brazil and Brazil in the New Global Economy. Her study abroad experience is organized through International Studies Abroad (ISA), one of the three affiliates that UMES has a formal agreement for study abroad with. Hackley will be traveling outside of the country for the first time. “This will be an amazing opportunity to get familiar with another culture and environment other than my own,” she said. “I’m ready to meet new people with a different background and to see how people outside of the U.S learn in their classrooms.” For more information on study abroad, contact the Center for International Education by emailing egordon@umes.edu, or stop by 11966 Dean Harris Court – in front of Student Housing.

Ecuadorian mayor visits UMES President Juliette B. Bell welcomed Mayor Daniel Cisneros of Salinas, Ecuador to campus March 31. Cisneros met with Bell and other members of the campus community to discuss possible academic exchanges in agriculture, hospitality- tourism management and marine science disciplines.

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Miller informally has been using material she found online in classes she teaches in fiction and drama. She found motivation to do so three years ago after attending a conference where she heard Jack Andraka describe how, as a high school student, he did Internet research to devise a simple blood test for cancer detection. “I was inspired by him,” Miller said. “If he could do what he did, I can certainly teach a grammar class using the best resources I can find” online. “I can’t in good conscience ask students to pay $85 for a textbook, when I can provide them what they need with a little online research,” Miller said. Miller and Harned are among 21 educators at colleges across the state chosen by the Kirwan Center to receive a “high-impact mini-grant” through the Maryland Open Source Textbook initiative. “The replacement of traditional textbooks with open education resources has the potential to make higher education in the state of Maryland more affordable and accessible for students,” Kirwan Center director M.J. Bishop said. “Our goal,” Bishop said, “is to strategically scale up effective implementation of (these resources) across the state and significantly increase the number of students who are impacted through textbook cost savings.” UMES students taking traditional first-year English classes, technical writing and advanced composition will still have to show up. They’ll just use electronic devices to access reading material and supplemental information need to completed assignments and study for exams. “They’re much more comfortable doing this kind of work online,” Harned said. Colleagues from other UMES academic units already have attended a campus workshop conducted by Lumen Learning, an Oregon-based company specializing in helping educators reduce reliance on textbooks. Harned said there are high expectations the experiment in UMES’ English department will inspire others to embrace the teaching strategy. When the Kirwan Center advertised for grant applications, it set a goal of limiting student textbook costs to about $40 per class. Harned and Miller believe UMES students may spend less than half that much on “hard copy” reading material – if anything at all. In addition to the Kirwan Center mini-grants, Harned and Miller also will get help from Lumen Learning, including training, personalized support for adoption, delivery and access to a collection of curated courses as well as (an online) platform to build, edit and deliver courses. Harned credits colleague Robin Hoffman in UMES’ Center for Instructional Technology for helping her and Miller move the content/text materials they identified from Lumen’s online platform to the university’s Blackboard system, which will make it accessible to students. Hoffman encouraged Miller and Harned to seek the grant from the Kirwan Center. Both said they are finding the 20th century model of college textbook publishing is becoming increasingly outdated. Maturation of the Internet as a reliable source of shared instructional material has made instantaneous publishing commonplace. “Open education resources is more in the spirit of education,” Miller said. “Education,” Harned added, “is not about making money.” “When you publish the latest developments or changes or discoveries online, isn’t that what we want our students to have?” Harned said.

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UMES groups contribute to community garden project Princess Anne’s Garland Hayward Youth Center is “Growing More Than Vegetables” in its community garden. Project organizers hope to sow the seeds of service, learning and fellowship. Members of UMES’ Rotaract Club, MDCCC AmeriCorps VISTA program, student organizations, and departments of agriculture, engineering and residence life joined representatives of the Somerset County Local Management Board, Garland Hayward Center, Rotary Club of Salisbury, the Ward Museum and the City of Salisbury community gardens committee to create the garden launched in early April. A May 6 ribbon-cutting ceremony is planned at the center during its youth field day. Logan Gibson, a graduating senior at Pikesville High School near Baltimore and newly admitted UMES student, met her favorite social media personality, UMES senior Jayla Watson, at an April 8 open house on campus. Gibson is smitten with UMES and Watson’s concentration in fashion merchandising, thanks to Instagram and YouTube posts Gibson has followed from the vlogger since she was in the eighth grade. “I’m into fashion and came across her video, ‘College Life,’” Gibson said. “Jayla’s vlogs (giving) advice on being a freshmen inspired me. I was surprised how honest she was about life experiences, friends and advice on how to pick classes. She made amazing videos on fashion.” Logan considered Bowie State and Woodbury universities, but was really interested in the Fashion Institute of Technology. UMES was her ticket. “I saw that Jayla was in a program where she was able to stay close to home and still go to the Fashion Institute of Technology,” Gibson said. “I’ve been following her since and the Eastern Shore has been my number one choice.” UMES’ fashion merchandising program

UMES Rotaract student Diamond Nwaeze (seated) who germinated plants and created the garden blueprint and landscape design, shows a group of first grade students how to use a tape measure to determine how to plant seeds an inch deep in the soil.

The garden project aims to “promote healthy eating and lifestyles while educating area youth through hands-on STEM and agricultural activities in a fun and enriching way,” said McCoy Curtis, program coordinator of UMES’ AmeriCorps program. The center’s participants will also be “developing social, communication and leadership skills.” Fresh vegetables grown, he said, will be shared among the youth, their families and community residents. The garden might also provide “a quiet place to relax on a nice day.”

UMES social media personality inspires future Hawks

Accepted student Logan Gibson (left) met her UMES social media idol Jayla Watson at UMES’ recent open house.

“prepares students for entry-level management in the field with emphasis on the retail process of products and services.” Housed in the human ecology department, the program partners with the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Visiting Student Program. UMES fashion merchandising students can opt to spend their junior year at FIT in New York to earn an associate’s degree in advertising and marketing communications in addition to their UMES bachelor’s degree in human ecology. Watson, who has more than a quartermillion YouTube followers, will graduate in May. Like Gibson, she wanted a New York-inspired education in fashion with a reduced price tag. The UMES senior, who published a book “Pretty and Educated” last year and is working on a second, plans on opening an advertising and marketing firm for small businesses when she graduates. You can follow her on YouTube, Twitter and Instagram at @JaylaKoriyan. – Special thanks to Kerry Carr and Sanada Spellman, UMES Office of Admissions and Recruitment and Ashley Collier, UMES social media coordinator.

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Senior Jennaya Hield, pictured, (Freeport, Bahamas) and freshman Neus Quinonero (Valencia, Spain) headlined the Hawks weekend in track & field, which was split between the Morgan Legacy and the Virginia Challenge. Overall, the women’s team finished ninth while the men placed 15th at Morgan and the Virginia Challenge was not affected by team scoring. Hield and Quinonero earned a trip to the 2017 ECAC Championships next month for their efforts in the 800 meter run. Both competed in Virginia, with Hield finishing 29th with a time of 2:11.16 and Quinonero coming in 33rd with a time of 2:11.47. This marks the 17th and 18th qualification to the IC4A/ECAC Championships by the Hawks this year. The Shore also earned a 19th qualification to the ECAC Championships in the 4x400 relay with the team of junior Luan Gabriel (Roseau, Dominica), sophomore Lenneisha Gilbert (Miami, Fla.), Hield, and junior Dypna Umunakwe (Bronx, N.Y.) running a time of 3:47.73—the second best time for the Hawks this season. Senior Mark Blackmon (Charlotte, N.C.) earned the Hawks’ one trip to the 2017 MEAC Championships over the weekend. He ran a time of 15:36.02 at

Athletics

Hield, Quinonero highlight weekend for Hawks Track Duo qualified for ECAC in the 800 meter run

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In addition to front-line health care practitioners sharing their advice, UMES students have arranged for those attending to receive a free breakfast and lunch as well as childcare services. “Just come,” said Dr. James Bresette, a pharmacy professor advising student-organizers, “We want to help our neighbors help our communities.” The event starts at 8 a.m. in UMES’ Student Services Center, followed by breakfast at 9 a.m. The mother of Paul Montalvo, a UMES graduate student who died a year ago from an opioid overdose, will be among those offering remarks at the start of the event. “Julie Montalvo is a brave woman,” said Dr. Rondell Allen, dean of the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions. “She has committed herself to trying to help others avoid what she and her husband have experienced.” Student-organizers recommend people interested in attending preregister at https://soaar.typeform.com/to/jXowGk so they can plan accordingly. They’ve dubbed the event “Substance & Opioid Abuse Awareness Response” - S.O.A.A.R., an acronym inspired by the university’s mascot, a red-tailed hawk. Among local experts conducting workshops, which will be held concurrently and throughout the morning, are: 2013 UMES alumnus Donald D’Aquila, a clinical pharmacist with Shore Regional Health (University of

Virginia to punch his ticket to Greensboro in the 5k race, marking the 47th qualification to that event. In that same race, senior Khalil Rmidi Kinini (Malaga, Spain) ran a Hawks season best of 14:10.37 at Virginia. Two more Hawks registered team season best performances in their events as well. Umunakwe ran the 200 meter dash in 24.69 seconds and freshman Sharon Jerop (Eldoret, Kenya) ran the women’s 5k in 18:59.97. In addition to all the fast times, six athletes set personal records and freshman Noah Agwu (Wilmington, Del.) earned a win in the discus at Morgan. The PR’s were set by senior Kevin Stanford (Salisbury, Md.) in the 400 meter, freshman Tamunoibi Dabipi (Salisbury, Md.) in the men’s hammer throw, freshman Tenae Pitts (Abington, Pennsylvania) in the 200 meter dash, Quinonero in the 1500 meter run, and junior Regyn Davis-Young (Lanham, Md.) and freshman Marie Hassan (Hyattsville, Md.) in the women’s hammer throw. All of these PR’s except for Quinonero’s were set at the Morgan Legacy meet. The Hawks close out the outdoor regular season with the Virginia Grand Prix in Charlottesville this weekend. For complete recaps, results and news of Hawk athletics, please visit www. easternshorehawks.com.

Maryland Medical System), Tyantha Randall of Hudson Health Services and William Johnson, a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist. Scott Baker, a second-year pharmacy student from Snow Hill, said he and classmates wanted to provide the community with a public service project that “would make a true difference in people’s lives.” “Opioid abuse is in the news everywhere you turn,” Baker said. “It’s a serious problem that we know is out there. As medication experts and stewards, pharmacists have a professional and moral imperative to help lead this charge.” The morning workshops are scheduled so participants can take in several before lunch featuring a panel discussion. Among the panelists will be Debbie Wessels, an educator who lost her 23-year-old son Mac to an opioid overdose, then shared her heartbreaking story in a Salisbury Independent newspaper article published Feb. 9. Bresette said the Narcan™ training is a key component to the day’s activities. “An overdose can have catastrophic effects very rapidly,” he said. “Often-times emergency responders cannot get to a victim quickly enough. Equipping our community members with the means and skill to render aid in a suspected opioid overdose is a vital first step in this fight to save lives.” Student-organizers say they are motivated by a slogan they crafted for the event: “Rise Above - S.O.A.A.R. Above.”

School News

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UMES Student Handbook is awardwinning publication

UMES’ 2015-16 Student Handbook won the “Gold Award” in the 32nd annual Educational Advertising Awards by the Higher Education Marketing Report. Creative Communication Associates and UMES were coauthors on the project. UMES representatives, from left, are: Alissa Carr, associate vice president and director of marketing and external relations, and Jinawa A. McNeil, interim director of strategic enrollment management & performance.

University groups coordinate recruitment/retention event

International Graduate Students Association President Zoe Johnson (5th from left) partnered with the Division of Students Affairs Vice President Michael Harpe (center) and university engagement and men’s program director Clifton Harcum (5th from right) in a Men’s Bowling Night graduate school recruitment and retention initiative April 20.

University groups coordinate graduate recruitment/retention event

International Yoruba group performs at UMES

UMES hosted a free performance for the community by Toby Foyeh and Orchestra Africa April 14 in the Ella Fitzgerald Center. The group, which has upcoming concert dates across the U.S. and in London and Canada, plays a unique blend of traditional Nigerian Yoruba music fused with Afrobeat, jazz, rock, pop and Latin, said Walter Woods, UMES’ coordinator for outreach and strategic initiatives. “It was a fantastic experience,” he said. “One that was wonderfully engaging for the community and campus.”

Calendar

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arts & entertainment calendar

APRIL MAY 28, 29 7:30 p.m. Wilson Hall Black Box Theatre

Theatre Production*

Adaptation of David Mamet’s twocharacter play, “Oleanna,” under the direction of Dr. Dean Cooledge. $5 general admission, $3 seniors, students free with ID. Advanced tickets at UMEStickets.com 410-651-6553

Faculty Recital

4 p.m. / Ella Fitzgerald Center Dr. Devonna Rowe, soprano, performs, “Poetry in Song: Ancient Tales and Cultural Expressions.” 410-651-UMES

Springfest/Open House

10 a.m.-4 p.m. Student Services Center Courtyard UMES admissions open house and tours, carnival rides, vendors, games and entertainment. 410-651-6410

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Gospel Revival Nights

7 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center

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Gospel Choir Concert 5 p.m. / Ella Fitzgerald Center 410-651-UMES

Art Exhibit-Opening Reception

4-6 p.m. / Mosely Gallery “Senior Show.” May graduates in the Department of Fine (visual) Arts showcase portfolio pieces. Live jazz. Show closes with a reception May 25, 5-6 p.m. 410-651-7770 or visit www.moselygallery.com *Unless noted, all events listed are free.

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