University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Mission
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore, the state’s historically black, 1890 land-grant institution, has its purpose and uniqueness grounded in distinctive learning, discovery and engagement opportunities in the arts and sciences, education, technology, engineering, agriculture, business and health professions. UMES is a student-centered, doctoral research degree-granting university known for its nationally accredited undergraduate and graduate programs, applied research and highly valued graduates. UMES provides individuals, including firstgeneration college students, access to a holistic learning environment that fosters multicultural diversity, academic success and intellectual and social growth. UMES prepares graduates to address challenges in a global, knowledge-based economy while maintaining a commitment to meeting the workforce and economic development needs of the Eastern Shore, the state, the nation and the world.
Values INTEGRITY
Exhibit honest and strong moral principles in all that you do
COMMITMENT Be dedicated to your work and give 100% everyday
ACCOUNTABILITY Be responsible for your actions and have high expectations for yourself and others
RESPECT Show due regard for the feelings, wishes, rights and traditions of others
EXCELLENCE Strive to be the best in all that you do!
“I CARE”
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Table of Contents President’s Message
2
Welcome Team Members
3
Thompson Hospitality
4
Promoting Health in our Community and Abroad
5
Nigerian Women
6
Breaking Ground
7
U.S.Congressman Jon R. Lewis Speaks at Spring 2014 Commencement
8
Invention of the Year Awarded
9
The School of the Arts and Professions
10
The School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences
11
The School of Business and Technology
12
Research Symposium Winners
13
Top 100 Women
14
I CARE
14
Faculty Recognitions
15
Athletics
16
Philanthropy
18
Financials
20
New Programs
21
About UMES Leadership: Dr. Juliette B. Bell, President Mr. Keith Davidson, Director of Athletics Ms. Kimberly Dumpson, JD, CFRE, Executive Vice President Kevin Appleton, Vice President of Administrative Affairs Dr. James White, Acting Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Dr. Patrick Liverpool, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Mr. Stephen McDaniel, CFRE, Vice President for Institutional Advancement Dr. Garlen (Dale) Wesson Vice President for Research and Economic Development 2014 Annual Report Contributors Alissa Carr Ashley Collier James Glovier William Robinson Gail Stephens Designed by Debi Rus, Rus Design Inc. Produced annually by Talon Media Group/ University of Maryland Eastern Shore One Backbone Road, Bird Hall, 2nd Floor, Princess Anne, MD 21853. (C) 2015 University of Maryland Eastern Shore The University of Maryland Eastern Shore does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, including transgender status and gender expression, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, genetic information or veteran status in employment, education, and all other programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies: R. hardy Rudasill, JD Acting Equity Compliance Officer/Title IX Coordinator, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Office of Human Resources 30665 Student Services Center Lane, Princess Anne, MD 21853.
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President’s message Dear Friend, Welcome to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. It is with great pleasure that I look back on our last year together. I am in awe of all that our institution has achieved and is achieving! Inside this Annual Report, you will find out how our campus is growing with the current construction of our new science, technology, engineering and mathmatic building as well as how our campus has grown with the acquisition of 365-acres of local farmland and our team of dedicated faculty, staff and administrators continues to expand to include new specialties necessary in the 21st century. We are truly breaking ground at UMES with a new customer service program, a new food service partner and new accreditations for our programs. We have added new majors for our students to choose from, awards for our faculty members and championships for our sports teams! True to the theme of this report is also the fact that we came together as a university community to retool our mission statement this past year. With input from all levels across the university, we remain true to our original mission and vision, while expanding our reach into new areas. In 2014, colleges and universities all vie to attract and retain the same students and UMES is no different. We are breaking ground on new programs and opportunities all to benefit future Hawks. I would like to thank our friends and alumni for their support and I look forward to sharing more exciting news with you from UMES in the coming year! Sincerely, Juliette B. Bell, Ph.D
POINT OF PRIDE
In November 2013, Dr. Bell moved into the leadership post of chair of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, Council of 1890 Universities, a group of 20 institutions that trace their roots to financial support from the federal government when it adopted the Morrill Act of 1890.
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Dr. Bell and the University
welcome team
members in the last fiscal year:
Ernest Leatherbury Jr. a 28-year veteran of the Maryland State Police (MSP) and Somerset County native, took the helm of UMES public safety as director July 1, 2013. After retirement from the MSP and after filling a seat temporarily as Crisfield’s chief of police while a formal search took place, Leatherbury has joined the university. President Dr. Juliette B. Bell said of Leatherbury, “Over his extensive career in law enforcement and as an active member of the community, he has demonstrated the strengths and characteristics that will serve the UMES community well.” Kimberly Dumpson JD was promoted to executive vice president from a post as vice president of institutional advancement in September 2013. The position “is being created to provide strategic support to the president on internal and external matters of importance to the university,” Bell said. “I am extremely pleased that Kimberly has agreed to take on this critical role.” Dumpson will represent the president and the university as she continues to advance the university and its strategic initiatives. Dr. Michael E. Lane assumed the post of director of the Richard A. Henson Honors Program in September 2013. Lane comes to UMES from Appalachian State in Boone, N.C., where he was associate director of its Honors College. In addition to his responsibilities as Henson Honors Program director, Lane will be a tenured professor of French in UMES’ Department of English and Modern Languages. Stephen McDaniel CFRE joined the University as interim vice president for institutional advancement in October 2013. Over a 30-year career, McDaniel has held senior-level fundraising and marketing leadership positions at nine colleges and universities. Robert McGlotten Jr., UMES 1975, was appointed to the newly created post of government and public affairs liaison for the university in the fall of 2013. He brings three decades of public service in Maryland’s government and
economic development overseeing the restructuring and expansion of the state agency. McGlotten’s primary role is to monitor legislation and provide lawmakers with information they might need when faced with making decisions that affect higher education, specifically UMES, while the General Assembly is in session. In October 2013, Walter Woods moved into the newly created role coordinator for outreach and strategic initiatives. Woods will focus on providing a foundation for ideas and projects Bell wants UMES to pursue in raising its visibility as well as burnishing its reputation as a toptier institution. James G. Lunnermon II became the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s director of alumni affairs in fall 2013. Lunnermon’s prevoius experiences as special projects manager in Auxiliary Services, assistant general manager of the Henson Center and director of student affairs, provides him a wealth of institutional knowledge in his new post, he pledges to keep alumni abreast of activities taking place on campus so they can come back and participate when possible. The University welcomed Alissa Carr as the director of marketing and external relations in November 2013. Carr will use her 15 years of marketing and advertising experience to help the University launch a branding strategy, new promotional materials and lead the Discover UMES Title III activity. Robin Hoffman was appointed director for the Center for Instructional Technology at UMES in December 2013. Hoffman returns to his alma mater from Salisbury University, where he served as a senior instructional designer. He is earning a doctorate in education at Morgan State University. “ As a graduate of UMES, it’s great to be back on campus,” Hoffman said.“I am excited about the opportunity to collaborate with faculty on new and emerging instructional technologies.”
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Thompson Hospitality UMES Welcomes
"I am very pleased with the new options that Thompson Hospitality Services brings for providing high quality food services to the UMES community. This is an opportunity to enhance the campus dining experience for everyone." President Juliette B. Bell
POINT OF PRIDE
Thompson Hospitality Services LLC got the green light to manage the university’s food services beginning July 2014. The five-year deal calls for the Reston, Va.-based company to provide “student board meals, retail sales, internal and external catering and concessions.” Thompson also committed to “in-kind dining facilities renovations and upgrades,” including space for retail food outlets and upscale venues for alumni and recruitment activities. “We are honored the University of Maryland Eastern Shore chose us to be its food service partner and very excited to begin serving the UMES community,” said Warren M. Thompson, president and chairman of Thompson Hospitality. “Our team has experienced ‘Hawkspitality’ first-hand, and we look forward to building upon the fine foundation that UMES Dining has established and helping to take your program to the next level.” Students increasingly have expressed a desire to have a broader range of dining options, including food that falls in the category of “healthy eating,”
administrators said. As part of ongoing reviews of campus operations, the university administration began weighing the pros and cons of continuing to provide food service in-house or switching to a private-sector vendor. A campus committee studied proposals from three companies and recommended the university pursue a change, which required approval of the University System of Maryland’s governing board and the state’s Board of Public Works. The change means students in UMES’ Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management will see up-close how private-sector, forprofit businesses operate. The company pledged to provide “access to our network of corporate clients for employment and internship opportunities. We are particularly excited about working with your awardwinning hospitality program," Thompson said. Thompson, which bills itself as the country’s “largest minority-owned food service” company, has food service contracts with 20 historically black institutions, including Morgan State, Bowie State and Norfolk State universities.
Founded in 1886, UMES is one of the state’s four Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
health community...
Promoting
in our
UMES’ pharmacy students rallied around epilepsy awareness this year. Inspired by their participation in a United Needs and Abilities Inc.“5K Family Fun Run”in the Salisbury City Park in the fall, the group organized its own event in the spring. Students, faculty and staff showed up in full force to support the “5K Strides for Epilepsy” event to raise funds for the local charity and Citizens United in Research for Epilepsy. Some 150 runners and walkers (at right) are pictured at the start of the race. A group of Physician Assistant students (left)were on the boardwalk in Ocean City in October for the American Cancer Society’s “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” Run/Walk. The PA students hosted a breast cancer awareness information booth. Some 130 participants broke in their sneakers in late April for the fourth annual President’s Challenge Hawk Walk. UMES athletes, representatives of student organizations and members of the community, including those from Relay for Life and the Somerset County Health Department, joined UMES President Juliette B. Bell in promoting healthy habits. Cutting the ribbon, from left, are: Princess Anne Town Commissioner Garland Hayward, Vice President Patricia Durham, Exercise Science Club President Jeffery Locklear and Bell and Harry the Hawk.
...and abroad
UMES signed a collaborative agreement with La Merced, a Salisbury-based non-profit organization, that has provided specialized medical services and supplies to the poor—mainly children in Nicaragua for nearly a decade. “Together we are providing humanitarian aid to a group of people in need of assistance and providing hands-on experience in a unique setting for students in our School of Pharmacy and Health Professions,” UMES President Juliette B. Bell said.
UMES participants during the June 2014 trip, pictured from left, are Donnie d’Aquila, a 2013 graduate of the School of Pharmacy, Veronique Diriker, director of development, and Katelyn Whitelock, a 2013 graduate of the Physician Assistant program.
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Nigerian Women
among 2014 graduating class
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is a multi-cultural institution that during the just-completed academic year drew students from three dozen nations. Two members of a Nigerian contingent 2010, Rosemary Adurumokumo of Kokodiagbene and Jennifer Ossai of Kwale, received their undergraduate degrees during the spring commencement as members of the Class of 2014. “It was a long journey,” Ossai said. “Getting a college degree in this country is a stepping stone for other things that I want to accomplish in my life.” Adurumokumo said, “It has been a great opportunity to come here for a degree. My challenges were a good experience.” The women grew up in a progressive region of the western African nation where both genders are encouraged to get an education. Ossai’s father is a college graduate and two siblings are attending college, while Adurumokumo’s father and three of her siblings hold college degrees. Far to the north of their respective home towns is a different story, where conservative Muslims believe only men should attend school. Islamist terrorists triggered international outrage in mid-April when they boldly kidnapped over 200 pre-adolescent girls from a school in Chibok in the Borno State.
POINT OF PRIDE
The two UMES graduates have tried to keep abreast of news back home by monitoring Internet reports and in exchanges with family and friends on social media sites.“I feel so sad when I think about it,”Adurumokumo said,“… like it happened to me.” Ossai thinks about the girls’ parents.“I don’t know how they survive – how they cope.” Ossai and Adurumokumo say they are grateful to be from the southern region of Nigeria, where Christianity and its tenets guide life and culture. Adjusting to a new life and culture in America four years ago proved challenging but nonetheless rewarding, the women agree. “It was my first time away from my family,” said Ossai, who earned a degree in biology,“ but I found that I could be responsible for making decisions.” Ossai said once she got past the initial feeling of being far from home, UMES became a comfortable fit. “The university didn’t make you feel out of place, Ossai said, adding that professors showed her the kind of personal attention that she believes helped her assimilate into American college life. Both women are not finished pursuing an education. Each would like to go on to graduate school. Adurumokumo says she would eventually like to earn her Certified Public Accountant credential.
Ranked in the Upper Tier among peers by U.S News & World Report.
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Acquiring Local Farm With the acquisition of a local farm, UMES now covers about 1,100 acres in
A ceremonial ground breaking on September 11, 2013 signaled the start of construction of what will be the university’s newest classroom building on the east side of campus. Upon completion, the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) building will also be the largest facility on campus – a title that is currently held by the Student Services Center with 155,000 square feet. This facility will be the new place of study for future engineers, mathematicians, computer scientists and air plane pilots just to name a few. The university made room for the 166,000-square-foot structure that will stand 3 stories high by demolishing a building off of College Backbone Road that was previously used for poultry science. In addition to classrooms, labs and faculty offices, the STEM building will feature conference rooms, a library, media production labs, a lounge and central computing services. Costing a grand total of $91.5 million, the project is expected to be completed in 2015.
Somerset County. The 365-acre farm is situated off Stewart Neck Road overlooking King’s Creek south of Princess Anne. The new addition to UMES property cost $1.55 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 1890 land-grant extension program. Its intended use is for agriculture and natural science research.
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commencement U.S. Congressman John R. Lewis speech spring 2014
May 16, 2014 These remarks
were excerpted from a
commencement
speech delivered by U.S.
Congressman
John R. Lewis of Georgia during
the spring 2014 graduation
exercises at the University of
Maryland Eastern Shore.
POINT OF PRIDE
I’m happy and I’m honored to be here … to come to this university where Martin Luther King Jr. spoke; to stand here, to be in this special place. When we would visit Montgomery, visit Tuskeegee, visit Birmingham, I saw those signs that said white men, colored men, white women, colored women, white boys, colored boys, white girls, colored girls. Going downtown to the theater (in Troy, Ala.), all of us little black children had to go upstairs and all the little white children downstairs. I would come home and ask my mother, ask my father, my grandparents: “Why?” And they would say, “That’s the way it is. Don’t get in the way. Don’t get in trouble.” But one day in 1955, I heard about Rosa Parks. I heard the words of Martin Luther King Jr. on our radio. The actions of Rosa Parks … the words of Martin Luther King Jr. inspired me. Dr. King - this man inspired me to find a way to get in the way. And I got in the way. I’m saying to you as you leave this great university … find a way to get in the way. Find a way to get in trouble. Good trouble. Necessary trouble. Make our country what our country should be and help change
the world. You can do it. You have received a good education. You cannot just stay and be still. You’ve got to get up, speak up, speak out and move your feet. Move your hands and make some noise. The world is waiting for you. I know your teachers, I know your president, have said to you, “Do well.” And you should do well. But others have said “do good.” Get in some good trouble. If someone had told me when we were walking across that bridge in Selma, left beaten and left bloodied and unconscious … that one day I would live to see a man of color as president of the United States, I would have said you must be crazy, you must be out of your mind. You’ve got to get out there and help create the beloved community. It doesn’t matter in the final analysis whether we are black or white, Latino, Asian American or Native American. We’re one people. We’re one family. We’re one house. We all live in the same house. Not just the American house, but the world house. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., my big brother, my mentor, said on one occasion: “We must learn to live together as brothers and sisters, or we perish as fools.” Someplace along the way, if we get it right here in America, we lay down the burden of the vision of separation. We can create the beloved community. And be a model for the rest of the world Go out there and fight the good fight. And never, ever give up. Be bold. Be courageous and find a way to get in the way.
Over 60 active student organizations to choose from including Greek organizations and Honor Societies.
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UMES researchers awarded
Invention of the Year An independent panel of judges singled out Dr. Patrice Jackson-Ayotunde, an assistant epilepsy research at UMES for special recognition along professor of pharmaceutical sciences, and Dr. Tawes with scientists whose projects included developing a Harper, a pharmacy program graduate, were recognized better material for the 3D printing of vascular implants, for their pioneering work on developing medication to a technology that makes cloud (computing) storage treat epilepsy. more secure and Epilepsy is efficient, and a lowa chronic cost, high-energy neurological solid state lithiumdisorder ion battery. characterized by Bobbi recurring seizures, Donley, the OTC’s which can be assistant director of debilitating. Some administration, said, patients “Patrice’s research experience Pictured from left at the awards ceremony are: Gayatri Varma, executive director of the Office of was just so multiple episodes Technology Commercialization at the University of Maryland; William Kirwan, chancellor of the impressive … we all daily. University of Maryland System; Patrice Jackson-Ayotunde, assistant professor in UMES’ School agreed we had to do Research by of Pharmacy; James L. Hughes, chief enterprise and economic development officer and vice something to Jackson-Ayotunde president at the University of Baltimore; Tawes Harper, resident pharmacist at Lebanon Veterans recognize her and Harper Affairs Medical Center and 2013 UMES alumnus; and Wallace Loh, president of the University work.” focused on of Maryland. Jacksondesigning and Ayotunde has been doing epilepsy research for nearly 14 producing novel anticonvulsant analogs as potential years dating back to her days as a college student. She agents for treatment of therapy-resistant, partial was inspired, in part, by a nephew who had a related epilepsy. They identified at least a dozen compounds neurological disorder but has since grown out of it. that show anti-epileptic properties in multiple animal The American Association of Colleges of models with limited-to-no-observed neurotoxicity. Pharmacy also named her a “New Investigator Award” “This (peer) recognition means a lot,” Jacksonwinner, which included a $10,000 grant to help Ayotunde said.“I’m passionate about the research I do underwrite her ongoing epilepsy research work. as a medicinal chemist and working with students.” “With the grant funding,” she said, “I hope to Her research already has qualified for a further my research in the area of drug design and provisional patent, but she noted that safely moving a discovery – and continue to provide research preliminary medicinal finding from the lab to the patient opportunities for undergraduate science majors and can take 15-to-20 years. pharmacy students.” “With the many hours spent in the lab – working A wide range of treatments for epilepsy exist, but on potential agents – it’s all about the patients suffering 25-to-30 percent of the nation’s two million epilepsy epilepsy. The goal is to discover new effective and safe patients do not have complete control of their seizures, therapeutics that will give epileptic patients a better or they may suffer severe side effects from anti-epileptic quality of life,” she said. drugs. The College Park campus’ Office of Technology That leaves a significant portion of the population Commercialization (OTC) sponsors the annual without adequate treatment and a great need for the Invention of the Year Awards program, now in its 27th development of new treatments to help these patients. year. In 2013, it received 154 nominations and from that That’s what motivates Jackson-Ayotunde to be an group, 11 were chosen as finalists based on their impact educator-researcher. on science, society and market potential.
Two UMES researchers are among “Invention of the Year Award” winners honored by the University of Maryland College Park’s Division of Research.
UMES Concert Choir tours Caribbean Island
A group of 28 representatives from UMES began its summer by serving as musical ambassadors in Guadeloupe, a group of French islands located between Antiqua and Dominica. The students closed their books, took their last exams and the May graduates among them walked at commencement before departing for the seven-day adventure. Led by Dr. Sheila McDonald Harleston, the choir performed daily concerts at churches, a high school and a park to packed houses. Following a radio interview and, particularly a news segment on a local TV station, Harleston said, the choir members “appeared to have ‘rock star’ status and were recognized wherever they went.”
Photo by Marilyn Buerkle
The School of the Arts and Professions
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Prestigious exhibit comes to Mosely Gallery A wealth of significant AfricanAmerican art from the David C. Driskell Center housed at the University of Maryland College Park was on display at UMES’ Mosely Gallery as part of Black History Month activities in February, 2014 . Driskell, an artist, collector and art historian, is considered a leading authority on AfricanAmerican art and the black artist in America. Designated as a National Academician by the National David C. Driskell, DANCING ANGEL, SeriAcademy, his artworks are part of graph, 2002, © David C. Driskell, 2014, collections in the National Gallery of David C. Driskell Center Collection, Gift of Sandra and Lloyd Baccus Collection Art and the Yale University Gallery. Driskell was awarded the National Humanities Medal in a 2000 White House ceremony for his exhibit “Two Centuries of Black American Art: 1750-1950,” which laid the foundation for the field of study.
School of the Arts and Professions
July 1, 2013-June 30, 2014 • Harvard’s W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research selects Dr. Joshua Wright, an assistant professor of Criminal Justice, to attend the 2013 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for College and University Teachers. • UMES is the national secretariat for Alpha Phi Sigma, the criminal justice honor society, for 2013-15. Chapter advisor, Dr. Emmanuel Onyeozili, was selected as Adviser of the Year at the organization’s annual conference in Dallas. UMES students Saadia Feliciano, Kadijah Munu and Ericka Gregory were elected as the national president, secretary and treasurer, respectively and will serve for the 2013-15 period. • The school conferred 118 degrees during winter commencement exercises— one of its largest December graduating classes. • UMES’ Department of Education hosted 70 local public school teachers, school administrators, higher education faculty, state officials and community leaders at the 12th annual Professional Development School Summer Institute to learn of new education standards and initiatives for the academic year ahead. • Dr. Karen Verbeke, chair of UMES’ Department of Education is a key player in Maryland’s efforts to prepare its teachers to best meet students’ needs. She serves as co-chair of the Maryland Partnership for Assessment of College and Career Readiness work group on teacher education and its educator leader cadre, is president of the Maryland Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and a member of the Maryland Teacher Education Task Force, and the Governor’s P-20 Leadership Council.
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Human Health and Development Infectious Diseases
Nutrition Program
Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Water Resources and Watershed Management
Rural Development
Toxicology and Environmental Health
Agriculture and Food
Coastal and Marine Resources
Food Safety Child and Family Development Youth Development
Sustainable Energy
Agribusiness, Trade and Economic Development Food Crops Poultry and Small Ruminants Small Farm Development
Seafood and Aquaculture Products Development Textiles and Fashion Development Materials-Polymers or Nano-materials with a Natural Products Focus Food Science and Technology/Food Manufacturing/Innovation and Commercialization
Dr. Jurgen Schwartz, who arrived at UMES in 2002, has been named chair of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences.
Dr. Deborah Sauder has been elevated to the position of Chair of the Department of Natural Sciences.
Deputy Secretary Harden Visits On November 14, 2013 USDA Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden visited UMES to provide a listening ear to her constituents and offer career advice for students. She told them that she never took a job for money, but for what she could accomplish for the better good. She worked hard, she said, and was honest in her dealings and eventually someone noticed. Her visit culminated with a press conference that announced a $12.7 million project funded by USDA Rural Development. The funds will be used to purchase land and to construct rental housing for graduate students at UMES.
Dr. Nina Lyons-Bennett, who was with UMES for the last 15 years, most recently serving as Chair of the Department of Human Ecology extended her gratitude as she stepped down and left her position in June 2014.
Dr. Enrique Nelson joined UMES in 2009 and has recently been named Interim Associate Extension Administrator for 1890 Programs.
The School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences
SANS’ Clusters
Dr. Lombuso Khoza, who has been with UMES since 2007, has been named Interim Department Chair for the Department of Human Ecology.
News & Moves
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School of Business and Technology July 1, 2013-June 30, 2014
• UMES’ School of Business and Technology’s engineering program received ABET initial accreditation. ABET is a recognized accreditor in the U.S. by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Accreditation assures that the program is preparing students to meet the quality standards established by the profession. • The PGA of America re-affirmed accreditation of the School’s PGA Golf Management program. • (Name?), a junior business administration major, was the first recipient of the President’s 2013 Scholarship Award given by the Washington D.C. branch of PRT Reach Foundation to empower future minority entrepreneurs. • Dr. Abhijit Nagchaudhuri, professor of engineering, was the recipient of a“Best Paper Award” at the 2013 annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education. • UMES’ mathematics and computer science department received a $50,000 equipment enhancement grant from IBM to support computer program initiatives.
Culinary Challenge team brings home first place for second year “Unbelievable,” was the unanimous response from members of a winning team of hospitality students when asked how they felt when they learned they would take home first place honors for the second year in a row. The quartet of students from the school’s student chapter of the International Food Service Executives Association competed in a culinary challenge as part of the parent organization’s annual conference in Orlando April 9-13, 2013. Culinary Challenge team members, from left, are: Marlon Bouie, Alyssa Davis, Jade Overton, Kaila Cornelius and Jamel Smith. UMES bested eight teams, including culinary giant Johnson & Wales, with its award-winning menu; a strawberry steak salad appetizer, seared salmon topped with pineapple salsa and mango fried rice entrée, and a Mexi-crème brulée dessert.
The School of Business and Technology UMES draws national attention to golf program
Representatives of three leading golf organizations spent two days on campus exploring ways they might be able to work with UMES’ PGA Golf Management Program. From left, are: sophomore Norman Blanco from New Orleans, La.; junior Nia Troutman from Dayton, Ohio; Wayne Jearld UMES’ coordinator for strategic partnership development; UMES President Juliette B. Bell; Steve Mona, CEO of the World Golf Foundation; Billy Dillon, director of UMES’ PGA Golf Management Program; sophomore Andrew Shirdon from College Park, Md. and senior Anthony Long from Washington, D.C.
• Dr. Thomas Loveland, associate professor and coordinator of UMES’ Career & Technology Education Graduate Program at Baltimore Museum of Industry, received the 2014 Career and Technology Education Outstanding Postsecondary Service Award of Excellence from the Maryland State Department of Education. • Three PGA Golf Management Program students took second place in a MEAC Golf Tournament at Riverfront Golf Course in Suffolk, Va.
POINT OF PRIDE
Smaller class sizes allow for individual attention. Student to faculty ratio is 15:1.
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The School of Graduate Studies 2013-14 Research Symposium Winners GRADUATE STUDENTS
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Robert Figliozzi First Place, Poster “Thyroid Hormone Treated, Differentiated, Human Neuro-Endocrine Cells, Exhibit Hormone-Dependent Viral Gene Silencing/Reactivation Similar to HSV-1 Latent Infection”
Courtnee DePass First Place, Poster “Contrasting Biogenic Silica concentrations in the North and South Atlantic”
Heather Wolfer First Place, Oral “Physiological and Immune System Effects of Sublethal Hypoxia on Atlantic Croaker, Micropogonias Undulatus, in the Chesapeake Bay” Brittany Omess Department of Physical Therapy, First Place, Poster “Cognitive and Balance Screening Among College Football Players”
Wahab Gdadamos receives the first place oral award from Dr. Juliette B. Bell
Blessing Aroh First Place, Oral “The Effect of Nitrogen Treatment on the Anthocyanin and Polyphenol Content of Aronia Melanocrapa Grown in Maryland” So Jin Park Department of Natural Sciences, First Place, Poster “Studying the Magnetic Resonance Properties of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide (Fe203) Nanoparticles”
Wele Elangwe celebrates her win with Dr. Jennifer Keane-Dawes of the graduate school
Graduate Studies hosted the fourth annual Regional
Research Symposium
on April 16. The event was in conjunction
with the week-long celebration of Dr. Juliette B. Bell’s
inauguration with the theme “Achieving
Eminence through the Integration of Quality Research and Education.”
Two graduate
students and two undergraduate
FACULTY Wahab Gbadamosi School of Pharmacy, First Place, Oral “Design, Synthesis and Pharmacological Evaluation of Novel Enaminone Analogs as Potential Anticonvulsant Agents for TherapyResistant Partial Seizures”
The School of
Dr. Madan Kharel assistant professor, School of Pharmacy, First Place, Poster “New Bacterial Natural Products Isolated from Unique Ecological Niches of Rural Kentucky” Wele Elangwe student services coordinator, School of Graduate Studies, First Place, Oral “From Disdain to Esteem: An Auto-ethnographical Study on the Socio-Cultural Attitudes on Disability in Africa and the United States”
students from the Department of
Natural Sciences won awards for their
research on various topics. Dr. Thomas Kunkel, a National Institute of Health Distinguished
Investigator in the
Division of Intramural Research, was the keynote speaker.
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Top 100 Women
Dr. Juliette B. Bell,UMES’ president was named to the Daily Record’s 2014 list of Maryland’s Top 100 Women. For the past 18 years, the newspaper has recognized,“…100 amazing leaders for stellar achievements in their careers, for their exemplary citizenship and for encouraging and shaping the lives of a younger generation through mentoring,” said Suzanne Fischer-Huettner, publisher of The Daily Record. Bell was selected among 370 women nominated for the statewide honor.“I strive every day to be a role model and mentor to the next generation of young leaders for our state and our nation. I am humbled to be counted among this stellar group of phenomenal women leaders,” Bell said.
“Our goal is to consistently pursue customer service excellence in all that we do.” Kim Dumpson, UMES’ executive vice president
In January 2014 President Juliette B. Bell introduced I CARE, a customer-service marketing campaign fueled by a newly coined term,“Hawkspitality.” I CARE is an acronym for five guiding workplace principles – integrity, commitment, accountability, respect and excellence. “How we treat each other and our students says a lot about our ability to be successful,” Bell told teammates. Bell and her cabinet are putting special emphasis on the importance of making students, their families, alumni and campus visitors feel appreciated in their everyday dealings with the university. Training graduates for careers in hospitality fields is a signature academic program at UMES, so “Hawkspitality … is our university’s brand of hospitality and customer service,” explained Kim Dumpson, EVP. “We cannot deliver quality customer service if we do not first provide it to each other and our employees,” Dumpson said. “We must act with an ‘I CARE’ attitude – and value the contributions of each and every employee.” Comment boxes have been strategically placed
around campus in high-visibility areas so that employees, students, faculty and visitors may leave a comment regarding the service they received at the university. A Hawkspitality Committee has been formed to review those comments and help channel them to the appropriate teammates to correct inconsistent service when needed. In addition, a web site and web address have been added to allow anyone to submit comments at www.umes.edu/icare or icare@umes.edu.
Faculty
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Recognitions
UMES employees establish honors scholarship fund
From left, Balwant and Gurbax Singh, Ph. D., create endowment for UMES students.
Dr. Gurbax Singh, a professor in the Department of Natural Sciences, and his wife, Balwant, who retired in 2010 as an IT systems analyst in Administrative Computing, have established an endowed scholarship fund through the University System of Maryland Foundation. The G. Singh Honors Scholarship Fund will provide scholarships to UMES students in the Honors Program pursuing degrees in STEM fields. STEM fields are broad and include physics, biology, chemistry, environmental science, technology, engineering, mathematics and computer science. faculty on new and emerging instructional technologies.”
Standing ovation for the UMES career of Dr. John Lamkin II The remarkable career of Dr. John R. Lamkin II was celebrated at UMES’ Alumni Jazz concert in April 2014. Several generations of alumni, from 1984 to 2013, returned to campus to play alongside such a talented teacher, and above all, dedicated man. Colleagues in UMES’ Department of Fine Arts presented Lamkin with an honorary plaque as a token of appreciation. It saluted Lamkin’s impact on colleagues in addition to each of his students in their own unique way. He announced his retirement in 2013 that after 30 years, he was ready to step down as the director of bands, the coordinator of music education and a fine arts instructor.
Devenia Victoria Wallace 1919 - 2013 Generations of UMES alumni remember fondly Devenia Wallace, a beloved fellow Hawk who passed away late September. She was 93. Wallace earned a Bachelor of Science in 1943 from Princess Anne College, as the university was known in the mid-20th century. She went on to earn a Master of Science in 1946 from Virginia State College and eventually returned to her alma mater in the late 1950s to teach. Wallace was a life-long educator who specialized in the field of home economics and dietary studies. She taught 20 years at UMES, retiring in June 1978. In addition to her two degrees, Wallace did additional study at Drexel University, the University of Massachusetts, Iowa State University, Cornell and nearby Salisbury State College, according to her personnel records. She also spent time at Metropolitan Hospital in East Harlem, N.Y., and with the American Dietetic Association in Chicago. At UMES, she taught in and eventually served as chairwoman of the home economics department, today known as the Department of Human Ecology. In retirement, she was a fixture at alumni and homecoming events who routinely delighted others in attendance.
Brooks Retires
Dr. Henry M. Brooks, an associate professor and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore administrator for Cooperative Extension, retired June 30 after 47 years of service in Extension, with 33 of those spent at UMES. Brooks lists 2014 as a “pinnacle year” not only for himself, but for Cooperative Extension. May 8 marked the 100th anniversary of the signing of the SmithLever Act of 1914, which officially created the national Cooperative Extension System.
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UMES Athletics
Hawks Welcome New Coaches
UMES wins MEAC Bowling Championship
In May 2014, Bobby
UMES brought home its second straight Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference bowling crown in 2014 in a marathon duel with Florida A&M that required 14 games rolled over six hours. “We stayed positive and kept fighting until the very last shot,” junior Mariana Alvarado said. “We overcame a lot of adversity today and we are happy with the end result.” Alvarado was named the MEAC Championship Most Outstanding Player and an All-Tournament Team selection. Megan Buja, the team’s lone senior, was also named to the All-Tournament Team. “It’s amazing to have won three MEAC Championships in my career,” Buja said. “(It) was a roller coaster but we stuck together and never gave up. This just shows how determined we were to win.” UMES Head Coach Kayla Bandy was named the MEAC Championship’s Most Outstanding Coach.
Collins joined the University of
Maryland Eastern
Shore as head men’s basketball coach. In addition, Coach
Toby Rens came
back to UMES as head volleyball coach.
Hawks fight through a tough day to claim their second-straight conference title.
UMES student wins national scholar-athlete award Ishaq Pitt, a guard on the UMES men’s basketball team, was named the 2014 winner of the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar of the Year award. Pitt was attending an annual symposium organized by Diverse Issues In Higher Education magazine, where he received the honor in a surprise announcement during an awards luncheon that recognized some of the nation’s top student-athletes. A Canadian by birth who grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., Pitt is one of the university’s most visible student-athletes. In addition playing Division 1-level basketball, he last served on the Student Government Association's executive board and is president of the university’s chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants. Other honors include recognition during the 61st annual Honors Convocation for being a dean’s list student during the spring and fall semesters in 2013 and named UMES’ Male ScholarAthlete of the Year for 2013.
POINT OF PRIDE
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The NCAA Division I teams at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore have won 22 championships in the last 22 years!
Alumnus Inducted into The College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, Ga.
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“Thank you UMES donors, because without financial help, I would not be able to afford college!” Caleb Clark “I have benefitted greatly from scholarships. I am here in the Richard A. Henson Honors Program. Without financial help, I would not be able to be a part of the Program and I love UMES! I have seen how much scholarships have benefitted other students as well. Thank you UMES donors!” Kortne Smith '15
Philanthropy Enrollment - Fall 2011-2014 GRADUATE
UNDERGRADUATE 3,862 3,758 3,591 3,531
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5 Most Popular Declared Majors Fall 2013 Undergraduate: 1. Criminal Justice 2. Biology 3. Exercise Science 4. Human Ecology 5. Business Administration
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5 Most Popular Programs Fall 2013 Graduate: 1. Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) 2. Physical Therapy (DPT) 3. Organizational Leadership (Ph.D.) 4. Educational Leadership (Ph.D.) 5. Rehabilitation (Master’s)
2004-2014 UMES Foundation
• The Foundation has 35 scholarship accounts.
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• There are 26 common trust endowment accounts in the UMES Foundation.
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• The UMES Foundation has 299 endowment accounts (including several Title III matching accounts and State matching accounts) for a total value of $20,126,218 million.
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FY 2014
416 $515,598 awards
awarded
The majority of the awards are designated for “meritbased scholarships” and for “general scholarships.”
“Scholarships have helped me become a better person from who I was in the past to who I am now as a young man. Thank you to all who are helping me along the way.” Paul Hines '17
2013-14 Gift Designations 1% 16.5% 18.2% 3%
61.3%
School of the Arts and Professions School of Business and Technology School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences School of Pharmacy and Health Professions School of Graduate Studies
“Scholarships allow me to focus on my grades and softball and lighten the burden off of my parents. I really appreciate the help.” Kaitlin Hitch ’18
CJ ‘Fore’ Scholarships
Philanthropy
Private Giving
Baltimore businessman Carnelious Jones made a half-million dollar pledge to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in October of 2013. The donation will support four full-ride scholarships to UMES for the PGA golf management program. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is one of 19 higher education institutions in the country that offers the unique course of study. However, UMES is the only historically black college with an undergraduate program that combines instruction on how to play golf at a professional level, as well as training in the hospitality industry. Jones’ incredibly generous gift will help the university provide the PGA golf management program with the much needed resources to recruit students who are interested in the field. Jones is the epitome of a self-made entrepreneur. As a petroleum wholesaler and the owner of a consulting firm, he has also made investments that have contributed to his success. His interest and commitment to golf expanded when he invested in A-GAME Global Sports, a golf shoe and apparel company. He is also a past winner of UMES’ Art Shell Celebrity Golf Classic fundraiser. A leading advocate in the growing movement to diversify golf, Jones asked that the scholarships created from his donation be named in honor of four African American golf legends – James Black, Renee Powell, Calvin Peete and the late Ann Gregory. “It’s about opportunity and access,” Jones said. “The University of Maryland Eastern Shore seems like the natural place where young people can come and earn a degree and learn what it takes to be involved in business golf. He sees UMES and its golf management program as the next step in “growing the game” among a more diverse group of athletes and casual players.
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Financials Number of Full Time Authorized Positions Number of Part Time/Contractual Estimated Positions Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits Technical and Special Fees Operating Expenses
Beginning Fund Balance before State Actions FY 2015 Fund Balance Reversion to the State in FY 2014 Revised Beginning Balance
FY 2014 Actual 766.32 125.00
FY 2015 Working Budget 797.82 135.00
FY 2016 Request 794.82 135.00
69,612,308 139,027 54,840,980 124,592,315
71,108,749 173,862 50,558,652 121,841,263
78,680,241 288,142 61,581,275 140,549,658
7,300,987 (152,972) 7,148,015
6,797,456 (970,410) 5,827,046
5,129,703 0 5,129,703
Current Unrestricted Revenue Tuition and Fee State General Funds Higher Education Investment Fund Budget Restoration Special Funds Federal Grants and Contracts Private Gifts, Grants and Contracts State and Local Grants and Contracts Sales and Services of Educational Activities Sales and Services of Auxiliary Enterprises Other Sources Transfer (to)/from fund balance Total Unrestricted Revenue
32,373,538 29,961,557 1,014,840 1,399,540 739,254 243,354 0 112,930 28,031,905 1,879,003 350,560 96,106,480
30,511,890 33,864,925 33,013,384 36,191,460 1,915,615 1,641,303 0 0 998,511 729,073 9,912 245,078 0 1,247,003 99,522 113,280 25,797,734 33,736,437 1,868,376 286,318 697,343 (1,050,000) 94,912,287 107,004,877
Current Restricted Revenue Federal Grants and Contracts Private Gifts, Grants and Contracts State and Local Grants and Contracts Other Sources Total Restricted Revenue
24,927,497 738,223 2,820,115 0 28,485,835
23,465,213 64,750 3,261,269 137,744 26,928,976
Total Revenue Ending Fund Balance
124,592,315 6,797,456 0
32,755,611 765,983 2,470 20,717 33,544,781
121,841,263 140,549,658 5,129,703 6,179,703 0 0
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New Programs The University of Maryland Eastern Shore expanded its degree program offerings to include three new options for students. For the first time, jazz and popular music, finance, and marketing will be available as courses of study. The proposal to add the new area of performing arts study to the university’s list of undergraduate degrees was approved by the University System of Maryland Board of Regents. Prior to adding jazz and popular music as a degree program, the university’s Department of Fine Arts only offered a Bachelor of Arts in music education. “A pursuit of degree in jazz and popular music would give students the skills to quickly apply their knowledge in one of these arenas,”noted UMES in their proposal. Additions to the undergraduate business offerings were also approved this past year. Although classes in marketing and finance were already available to students, they can now choose to pursue a degree in either subject after a few modifications to the course catalog. By expanding the business degree study options, the university would be consistent with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business accreditation, which UMES earned in April 2011.
For the first time, jazz and popular music, finance, and marketing will be available as courses of study.
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