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W h a t ’s H a p p e n i n g
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A newsletter for University of Maryland Eastern Shore students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends
CAMPUS EVENTS December 9 • 12 p.m. Men’s Basketball v. Howard William P. Hytche Center
January 20 • 4 p.m. Men’s Basketball v. Florida A&M William P. Hytche Center
December 9 • 2 p.m. Lady Hawks v. Winston-Salem State William P. Hytche Center
January 22 • 7:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball v. Bethune-Cookman William P. Hytche Center
December 30 • 5 p.m. Men’s Basketball v. Dartmouth William P. Hytche Center
January 29 • 7:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball v. Coppin State William P. Hytche Center
January 2007
February 2007
January 3 • 7:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball v. Norfolk State William P. Hytche Center
February 3 • 4 p.m. Men’s Basketball v. North Carolina A&T William P. Hytche Center February 5 • 7:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball v. South Carolina State William P. Hytche Center
December 2006
January 6 • All Day UMES Coach O Invitational Indoor Track Meet William P. Hytche Center
December 2 • 5 p.m. UMES Gospel Choir Fall Concert Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts
January 17 • 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball v. Shenandoah William P. Hytche Center
November 2006
Keep UMES Beautiful! Do Not Litter!!!
For the latest news about UMES Athletics, check out Hawk Talk: www.umeshawks.com Chevonne Mansfield Graduate Assistant, Sports Information University of Maryland Eastern Shore Phone: (410) 651-6499 Fax: (410) 651-7600 Email: cmansfield@umes.edu
The Key is written according to the Associated Press stylebook.
November 18 • 4 p.m. Men’s Basketball v. Wagner William P. Hytche Center November 27 • 7 p.m. UMES Gospel Choir Fall Revival Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts Revival continues through December 1 November 28 • 11 a.m. Fall Recital Voice & Woodwind Students Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts November 30 • 11 a.m. Fall Recital Piano, Brass & Percussion Students Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts
February 12 • 7:30 p.m. Men’s Basketball v. Delaware State William P. Hytche Center
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CONTENTS Page 1 Circling the World Page 2 Circling the Oval Page 3 UMES People
A prestigious national all-star band has been chosen will not be able to perform. selected two of our students to join their Dr. Lamkin will serve as one of the three ranks, one of them in a lead position. conductors for the band. For the fifth consecutive year, UMES According to a statement from the AAJC, was included when the International the selection committee had a monumental Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) and task of selecting the best jazz performers the African American Jazz Caucus (AAJC) from the Historically Black Colleges and recently announced the 20 members of the Universities in a blind audition process. 2007 African American Jazz Caucus The AAJC/HBCU Student All-star Jazz Mercury Morris Historically Black Colleges and Universities Ensemble will be featured in three concerts (HBCU) Student All-star Big Band. Senior in three different celebrated settings. They Mercury Morris, from Baltimore, MD, will are: (1) 34th Annual International play lead (first) trombone and freshman Association for Jazz Education Conference: Elliot Womack, from Philadelphia, will Hilton New York, 8 p.m. (2) 34th Annual play third trumpet. Both are music educaInternational Association for Jazz tion majors and are members of the UMES Education Conference: Sheraton New York Jazz Ensemble and the UMES Wind Hotel & Towers, Saturday, January 13, Ensemble. Charles Smith, also from 2007, 7 p.m. (3) The New York Public Philadelphia, has been selected as one of ten alternates who Library / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, will be asked to play if any of the trumpet players who have Sunday, January 14, 2007, 3 p.m.
UMES Musicians Invited to Join All-star Big Band
Page 4 UMES People Page 5 School News Page 6 School News Division of Institutional Advancement #3 Alumni House Princess Anne, MD 21853
Page 7 Difference Makers Page 8 Calendar of Events
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TEAM Awards Winners
Lecturer Program. The Technology In addition to Association of teaching a variety of Maryland (TEAM) undergraduate and has honored a graduate courses in faculty member his 30 years at and a student UMES, Copeland from UMES at its has made contribuannual banquet. tions to curriculum Department of design and educaTechnology tional research. Chairman Dr. The Lifetime Leon Copeland Achievement Award received the TEAM is the most recent Lifetime L to R: William Johnson, president, TEAM; Dr. Leon Copeland, chair, UMES Department of of several honors Achievement Technology; Michael Weglein, president-elect, TEAM; Dr. Ayodele Alade, chair, UMES Department TEAM has bestowed Award. Senior of Business, Management & Accounting. on Copeland. He Gregory Ross has also been recognized by the International Technology Cullen was presented with the 2006 Donald Maley Education Association, the Association of Career and Scholarship. Technical Education and various organizations in construcCopeland was honored for a lifetime of leadership and tion management. dedication to the field of technology education. He has From his own point of view, Copeland considers his chaired the Department of Technology at the University involvement and co- directorship of a $1.2 million grant since 1983. For more than 25 years, he has coordinated continued on page 7 the department’s annual Tech Expo and its Distinguished The Key is a publication of the UMES Division of Institutional Advancement for the students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the University. Please call 410-651-7773 for more information.
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Circling the Oval LADY HAWKS REACH OUT THROUGH PROJECT ACHIEVE Usually, when the Lady Hawks Basketball team has visitors, they strive to defeat them – but not every time. Not these visitors. The Lady Hawks have become mentors to area students through a program called Project Achieve. Young students come to campus each Tuesday afternoon to meet with their mentors and to get help with math, science, English or any homework they may have. When they’ve had time to work, play and just hang out, the mentees and Lady Hawks head to the dining hall together. Head Coach Fred Batchelor helped select Project Achieve as this year’s community service project. “It gives us the chance to give
back in a personal manner as well as giving back to the local community,” he told program organizers. “I feel community service is very important,” agreed Acting Athletic Director Keith Davidson. “I admire our teams for showing and giving support.” Having seen them at their kindest, the young students will also have the chance to see their mentors as fierce competitors on the court. As an incentive for participation, the Lady Hawks have provided Project Achieve with tickets for their home games. Partially reprinted from the Project Achieve Newsletter, Fall 2006 Issue.
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A Weekly Column about the Power of Giving
Gains Hawkins, Vice President for Institutional Advancement
It was a special night before it ever began. My Dad was taking me to the Officers Club (the OC) with him for Bingo Night. Just the two of us. Not my younger brother or baby sister. Not even Mom, who was pregnant and stayed home with my younger siblings. Dad was a career Army officer and traveled extensively. He was currently stationed at the Pentagon and we were living in Northern Virginia. I was a fourth grader at Springfield Elementary, newly arrived from our two-year tour of Japan, short on friends and long on loneliness. Dad obviously sensed my need for companionship. Just spending time with him was a gift. It was postKorean War, but the Southeast Asia conflict was brewing and the Army was training him to become a military intelligence expert on the Far East. He would ultimately serve two tours of duty in Vietnam—but that was a lifetime away this evening. To top it off, we got to play bingo. Not that either of us were bingo aficionados, but we both loved to compete: in school, sports, board games, you name it. Poker was his game, baseball mine, but winning was all consuming.
We did zilch all night, until blackout. I won! $25--a fortune to a 9-year-old in 1958. My head was spinning, imagining a new baseball glove, unlimited trips to the movies ($1 got you a seat, popcorn and a Coke), a transistor radio. The OC had a gift shop and I passed through as we prepared to go home where I could engage in insufferable bragging to my 7-year-old brother. My eyes connected with a pair of cameo ear rings. Mom. Not only would I get a night out with Dad, an evening of games, a winning score, but by spending my booty on my mother, I’m a total hero—a grand slam. I looked at my Dad and he knew just what I was thinking. He smiled, but then caught me off guard by darting his eyes, signaling me to look to my right. There was a bucket on the table as you exited the OC, with a hand-made sign that read “Support Disabled Veterans, Share Your Winnings.” I took a deep breath, thought about what a good glove I already had and the pain of breaking in a new one, and plopped the $25 in the bucket. It felt good right away and still feels good today. I doubt I’d remember the evening were it not for my Dad’s wordless suggestion. And Mom still talks about it, so I won her over anyway. Philanthropy—it’s a great feeling and lasts a lifetime.
The KEY is published by the Office of Public Relations in the Division of Institutional Advancement. Editors Suzanne Waters Street, Director of Public Relations Gains B. Hawkins, Vice President for Institutional Advancement Maureen McNeill Office of Public Relations
SAVE THE DATE Saturday, December 2, 2006 Holiday Celebration & Awards Ceremony 6pm – 11pm Student Services Center University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, Maryland Entertainment by: Exquisite Band Mr. Keith Sewell, Manager 1992 UMES Graduate
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from the National Science Foundation for the Technology Leadership Project a highlight of his career. The threeyear project involved more than 200 technology educators and administrators in developing leadership, professional development and curriculum development skills. Cullen, who is due to graduate in May, is described by UMES faculty as a conscientious student who has been active in campus programs. In presenting Cullen with the 2006 Donald Maley Scholarship, a $500 prize, the organization described him as task-oriented, enthusiastic and motivated, describing high hopes for his success as a technology educator in Maryland. His acceptance speech was followed by a standing ovation. TEAM is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the improvement of technology education. The UMES Department of Technology offers three unique professional academic programs leading to the Bachelor of Science degree. The programs are construction management technology, engineering technology and technology education.
Debi Rus, Graphic Designer Printed by The Hawk Copy Center Photos by: Jim Glovier Suzanne Street Maureen McNeill Office of Public Relations Division of Institutional Advancement University of Maryland Eastern Shore 410-651-7580 410-651-7914 fax www.umes.edu
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UMES People Seabrook Joins Criminal Justice Faculty
T Enjoy Hawk Basketball on Saturday, December 9, when the first 100 UMES Faculty and Staff are admitted free of charge. 12 p.m. Televised LIVE on ESPNU UMES Fighting Hawks vs. Howard University 2 p.m. UMES Lady Hawks vs. Winston-Salem State
The newest member of the Criminal Justice faculty at UMES brings a wealth of practical experience and scholarly research to the classroom. As a visiting lecturer, Renita L. Seabrook will teach several classes for the University, from undergraduate courses in criminal justice, criminology theory, terrorism and introductions to a graduate level class in theoretical perspectives. Seabrook is a doctoral candidate at the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University and plans to receive her Ph.D. in May. Her dissertation examined “The Effects of the Georgia Cognitive Skills Experiment for Pre-Release Female Offenders.” She holds an M.A. in criminal justice, also from Rutgers; and earned her B.A. in law and society at Purdue University. While at Rutgers, Seabrook received several prestigious awards, including the David Twain Fellowship, the Walter C. Russell Scholars Award and a Rutgers University Teaching Assistant Fellowship. Her professional experience has been both in the academy and in the field. Seabrook is a program development consultant for the Georgia Department of Corrections. For six years, she was a counselor with the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles, having served as a program coordinator for the same board for two years previous. Seabrook has used her time with the Georgia system to advance understanding of corrections practices. With four colleagues, she co-authored “The Georgia cognitive skills-experiment: A replication of reasoning and rehabilitation,” published in 2004 in the journal “Criminal Justice and Behavior.” Beyond her classroom work, Seabrook will serve on a variety of committees at UMES, including: the committee for general education and the curriculum committee for the Department of Criminal Justice. She is a freshman advisor and the co-ed advisor for the pre-law students.
DUMPSON EARNS FUNDRAISING CERTIFICATE Kimberly Dumpson, Esquire, director of alumni affairs, recently earned a certificate in fund raising management from The Fund Raising School at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. Indiana University's Fund Raising School "promotes the highest standards in professional fundraising and the body of knowledge informing philanthropic tradition." The certificate in fund raising management is awarded after successful completion of the following four key courses: Principles and Techniques of Fund Raising, Planned Giving: Getting the Proper Start, Developing Major Gifts and
Interpersonal Communications for Fundraising." “I will use the knowledge and skills I’ve learned from the Indiana University program to support efforts spearheaded by the UMES Division of Institutional Advancement to raise $14 million for the University's Campaign for Academic Excellence,” said Dumpson. The Fund Raising School is the only international fundraising education program housed within a university. It helps thousands each year to develop more fully as fund raising professionals.
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UMES People USDA Stations Liaison Officer with UMES
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Dr. Ahmad Jilani comes to UMES from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to serve as the new liaison officer. In this capacity, he is charged with recruiting students to the UMES Departments of Agriculture and Human Ecology, helping students find internships within USDA, promoting the generous scholarship opportunities that USDA offers and assisting students who are interested in post-college employment in any of the 19 different agencies within USDA. Jilani holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of Punjab in Pakistan. Prior to coming
Jessica Craney Wins Mosely Gallery Logo Contest When it comes to finding design talent, an art department has a certain advantage. At UMES, the Department of Fine Arts has a new image for its Mosely Gallery, thanks to Jessica Craney, the winner of the Mosely Gallery logo contest. The faculty selected Craney’s design from several dozens of entries by fine arts majors. Her design combines the letters M and G in an artistic yet clear fashion, in the approved UMES colors. The Mosely Gallery logo will be used on signs around campus during gallery receptions. Currently the Mosely Gallery, located in the Arts & Technology Building, is showing The Artists’ Co-op Fall 2006 exhibition until December 21. The Mosely Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and admission is free.
to UMES, he spent 20 years with USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service as a public health veterinarian. He worked as a supervisor, a public health veterinary officer and an enforcement investigator and analyses officer, reviewing facilities and procedures to ensure the public receives safe and healthy food. He is familiar with multiple species such as poultry, turkey, duck, cattle, swine, horses and game animals and a variety of methods and regulations for slaughter, including traditional, New York dressed, Jewish, Buddhist and Islamic. He has worked closely with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Office of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as well as many of USDA’s other agencies, such as the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). His work has taken him to New York City; Lubbock and Waco, Texas; Boston; Maryland; and Delaware. Of UMES he said, “People don’t realize what a gem this University is. My job is to spread the word about the full range of opportunities that are available to people interested in the broad, exciting and important fields of agriculture and human ecology.” Jilani works in Trigg Hall, Room 1137, on the UMES campus. He can be reached at 410-651-6313. He and his family have lived in Salisbury for ten years.
School News UMES JOINS LEADERSHIP ORGANIZATION By joining the world’s preeminent leadership organization, UMES is bringing a powerful network of professionals and scholarships within reach of its doctoral candidates. Dr. Jay Bishop explains that a newly established membership in the International Leadership Association (ILA) will open doors for participants in the University’s Organizational Leadership doctoral program. Bishop has also signed on as a member of the organization’s review committee to select presenters from among the submissions for next year’s annual conference. With that experience, he believes he will be better prepared to advise members of the UMES community who would like to speak before the ILA membership. Among those who presented at the 2006 meeting were professors, doctoral candidates and even an undergraduate student. For Bishop, membership in the ILA opens a world of opportunity to UMES. Not only can students in the ORLD program join at a reduced rate, they will also have access to some very promising networking opportunities. At the conference last month, Bishop was able to meet and discuss the UMES program with some of the most highly regarded scholars and practitioners in the field of leadership. He enthusiastically recruited potential guest lecturers while there.
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