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UNIVERSITY of MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE
students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends
THE
April 20, 2012
CIRCLING
THE
WORLD
UMES women’s bowling brings home national championship
The UMES women’s bowling
team delivered a memorable gift
Saturday night to celebrate the
university’s125th academic year –
another national championship.
The Lady Hawks defeated east
coast rival Fairleigh Dickinson
University four-games-to-two to win
the NCAA title for Division 1
schools, repeating a feat the
university achieved a year ago.
“Words cannot describe the
feeling of winning, it’s the greatest
feeling ever,” junior T’nia Falbo
said.
The scintillating victory marks Senior
Paula Vilas
the third time in five years UMES hoists the
has come home with the coveted 2012 NCAA
national championship trophy, trophy.
firmly establishing the university as Photo by Matthew Bliss
one of the most consistant performers on the women’s collegiate bowling
scene.
This year’s win was particularly gratifying for the team and the university.
Halfway through the season, long-time coach Sharon Brummell resigned to
take an administrator’s job at Georgetown University in Washington. Into the
Room named in Walgreens’ honor
Walgreens Delaware South Pharmacy Supervisor Don Holst (left) and
Delaware South District Manager Craig Clarke recently visited UMES to
drop off the final installment on a $50,000 pledge to the university’s
pharmacy program and were shown a meeting room by Dean Nicholas
Blanchard named in the company’s honor in recognition of its support.
INSIDE
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Spring Concerts
Salisbury Rotary Club
Camp Agape Donation
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Golden Key Inductees
Junior Interns in NYC
Q&A with Aja Meadows
breach stepped Kristina Frahm, a
two-time national champion and
2011 graduate, to serve as interim
coach. The victory over Fairleigh
Dickinson in the finals makes
Frahm the first person in NCAA
history to win a national title as a
bowler and a coach.
The 2011-12 Lady Hawks had
a successful regular season, but
were not considered strong title
contenders when the tournament
field was announced. In addition to
Frahm, the 2011 championship
team featured seasoned veterans
Martha Perez and Maria Rodriquez,
who also graduated a year ago.
Nevertheless, UMES had a solid
corps of experienced bowlers
returning – senior Paula Vilas,
Falbo and fellow junior Anggie Ramirez, and sophomore Megan Buja. Those
unflappable four, plus freshman Mariana Alvarado, formed the quintet that
brought home the 2012 hardware.
“I was the only lefty today,” Ramirez said after Saturday's final. “So I was
getting some good shots, but didn’t have anyone else to talk to or watch about
how the lane was reacting, so at times it was trial and error.”
After a preliminary round on Thursday to establish seeding for Friday’s
double-elimination match play, the Lady Hawks defeated three opponents to
earn a spot in Saturday night’s finals.
College bowling employs the ultimate team approach to crown its
champion in a best-of-seven match. Each school uses five bowlers in a single
game, so each participant rolls two frames. Frahm tapped Vilas, the team’s
emotional sparkplug, to lead off in the first frame and put Falbo in the anchor
slot to handle the pressure of finishing the game.
In the deciding sixth game, Falbo came through in a tense back-and-forth
contest with three strikes in the final frame to seal the victory for the team –
and the tournament’s “Most Outstanding Performer” honors.
Throughout much of the finals, Frahm sat stoically as her team (and
former teammates) exhorted one another with fist-pumps, high-five hand
slaps and linking arms in unity. But in the sixth game, the old competitive
juices clearly brought Frahm to her feet and she stood alongside the team as
it watched Falbo clinch the victory.
“You just can’t describe this feeling to somebody; you have to experience
it to know,” Frahm said
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Honors Convocation Bernstein Award Women’s History Month Heath & Wellness Festival
Pinkett Award
Autism Day
Teaching Award
Leadership Luncheon
Financial Freedom
Peace Rally
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Campus
Events
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UNIVERSITY of MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE
Fine arts spring concerts aim to entertain and educate
Imani Winds
The university’s Department of Fine Arts is showering the community
with three musical events next week.
Area high school musicians will join the UMES Wind Ensemble and
Concert Choir for the Honors Band and Choir Concert Sunday, April 22.
The event takes place at 4 p.m. with free admission.
Since no auditions are required—only the recommendation from
their band or choir directors—the concert gives young musicians who may
not have had the opportunity to be in the All-Shore or All-County bands and
choirs a chance to perform with more experienced musicians, Dr. John
Lamkin, director of bands at UMES, said.
On April 25 at 7 p.m., the university will present the Jazz Combo and
Chamber Concert. Students and faculty will perform original works by
members of the ensemble and pieces by musicians such as Ben Allison,
John Coltrane and Miles Davis. Admission is free.
The Imani Winds, a Grammy nominated wind quintet, will present a
concert April 26 at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the door. General
admission, $7; seniors, $5; and students with ID, $3.
In the past 15 years, the group has performed in most of the nation’s
major concert venues including, Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center, the
Kennedy Center, Disney Hall and the Kimmel Center and at many university’s
and music festivals. This season they will also have appearances in France,
China and Brazil.
“We are really excited to have a group such as the Imani Winds
perform at UMES and work with the music students. The Imani Winds are a
world-class chamber group who are setting new standards for the
possibilities of classical music,” Brian Perez, woodwinds instructor, said.
All events will be held in the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing
Arts. Call 410-651-6571 for more information.
Salisbury Rotary Club expands
its youth program to UMES campus
Members of the Salisbury Rotary
president for the 2012-13 academic
Club—who also happen to be
year.
employees at UMES—have
Students who want to make their
spearheaded an effort to establish a
community a better place while
Rotaract Club at the university with
networking and honing their leadership
activities beginning next fall. The
skills are welcome to apply, Harcum
university-based club would be
said. Members benefit in these areas by
sponsored by the Salisbury Chapter of
participating in service projects, social
Clifton Harcum
Wennett Johnson
Ernest Boger
Rotary International.
activities, leadership workshops and
Area director, Office of
Chair, Hotel and Restaurant
Administrative assistant,
“We’re enthusiastic about giving
Management Program, Rotarian by attending regular meetings with
Office of Residence Life
Residence Life, Rotarian
UMES students the personal and
guest speakers from local businesses.
professional opportunities that having a youth chapter on campus would
Members can also reach beyond local opportunities through regional
provide,” said Clifton Harcum, an area director in the Office of Residence
and international activities, Harcum said. “We intend to visit other
Life and chapter advisor. “This university chapter would be the first in the
chapters, attend district conferences and seminars and participate in the
area.”
international service project.”
Laura Moore, a graduate assistant in the Office of Residence Life
“The sky is the limit for where this could go,” Harcum said.
pursuing her master’s in guidance and counseling, is slated to be the first
Call Harcum at 410-621-0497 for more information.
Camp Agape gets $50,000 boost
Camp Agape Family Ministries, a summer program specifically for
children of incarcerated parents directed by Brenda Dingwall (left)
recently received a $50,000 donation from the Episcopal Diocese of
Easton presented by Bishop Bud Shand. Representing UMES, which
plays host to the annual camp, were Interim President Mortimer
Neufville (center) Dr. Ron Forsythe, vice president of technology and
commercialization, and Dr. William Talley, rehabilitation services chair.
UMES rehabilitation services majors get hands-on experience helping
at the week long camp that serves about six dozen children from the
Eastern Shore.
UMES PEOPLE
The Key / April 20, 2012
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UNIVERSITY of MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE
Golden
Key
inducts
new
members
UMES’ chapter of the Golden Key International Honour Society’s induction
ceremony was held earlier this month. New members had to be in the top 15 percent of
students with a GPA of 3.5 or more to be eligible. For more than 30 years and with over
400 chapters in eight countries, Golden Key members have been committed to
academics, leadership and service. New members pictured with advisors from left to
right, are: (first row) Jeffrey Ekoma, Christopher Hall and advisors Louise Gaile and
Tselate Talley; (second row) Elizabeth Penn-Wuorinen, Serge Jordan, Jordan McDougal
and Venea Moore; (third row) Sunita Jones, Diane Schultz, Amber Johnson and Kierra
Daniels; and (fourth row) Christopher Peterson, Brent Tran and Noman Choudhry. Other
members inducted were: Crystal Adams, Sewuese E. Agev, Maria Bama, Holly Baptist,
Megan Buja, Brittany Butler, Kirsten Carrington, Dede Etey-Benissan, Andrew Glass,
Abdul Hafeez, Harrison hillier, Jonathan Jones, Desmond Keyaka, Heather Lee, Aklilu
Lemma, Gladis Maldonado, Christopher Perkins, Jessica Ray, Raquel Rogers, Blen Sime,
Richard Stonebraker, Devon Taliaferro, Rachel Thornton and Charis Toney.
For UMES student, it's
summer in the Big Apple
UMES junior Leroy Myers of Baltimore will be a fellow at the
2012 Schomburg-Mellon Humanities Summer Institute in New York
City.
He will spend six weeks at The Schomburg-Mellon Humanities
Institute, where he will study in graduate-level seminars in the
humanities and conduct research at the Schomburg Center for
Research in Black Culture housed at The New York Public Library in Harlem.
Myers, a history major, is one of 10 rising seniors to be selected as a participant in this
prestigious summer program; five are from the New York area and the remainder are chosen
from the nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities. He said he has not yet chosen
a research topic.
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation created the Schomburg-Mellon Humanities Summer Institute to encourage
minority students and others with an interest in African-Americans and studies of the African
diaspora to pursue graduate degrees in the humanities.
The aim of the fellowship is to assemble bright undergrads in the humanities and help
prepare them for the scholarly atmosphere of graduate school. This is a competitive award
and an invaluable experience. Myers said he is hoping to pursue a master’s degree in
English.
Another UMES student, Naeemah Kitchens, also participated in this program two years
ago. The 2011 graduate has since gone on to win a fellowship for graduate study at Boston
University, a Fulbright teaching grant to work in Kenya and numerous offers from law
schools.
“Leroy will no doubt follow her into a bright and interesting future,” said Dr. Kathryn
Barrett-Gaines, director of African and African American Studies. “This is another proud
moment for UMES and for Leroy Myers.”
Q&A with DC
Spotlight Poetry
Contest winner
Aja Meadows
Aja Meadows is a 23-year-old English major from
Parksley, Va., who recently won second place in the DC
Spotlight Poetry Contest.
What are your campus activities?
I am a member of the Drama Society, Sigma Gamma Rho
Sorority Inc., and Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society.
What inspires you to write?
My personal experiences. It’s me being vulnerable. I
don’t write necessarily to inspire or motivate, I write to
purge myself. My works are real, but not necessarily
literal. For instance, “one day the lion will lay with the
lamb,” I’m not speaking of an actual lion and a lamb,
I’m speaking of two contrasting souls.
When did you realize your gift for writing?
Honestly, I still haven’t realized that I have a gift for
writing. I believe (my gift) is in my production of
thoughts—I just transcribe what I think.
What gets you writing?
I just think of something and as soon as it pops in my
head, I find a piece of paper and a pen and start
transcribing it. If I don’t do it then and get all the
thoughts out at that moment, it’s a lost cause.
What’s your favorite poem that you have written?
“Song of His Life” and I wouldn’t call that a poem, but
more so spoken word. If I ever thought I was a writer
before, that piece would be the reason. The words in it
are actual quotations and the personification and the
extended metaphor throughout are mind blowing.
Where do you think your talent might lead?
I am working on a book of poetry and thoughts almost
like my personal diary called, “Dear Aja Samone.” After
that, I’ll see where it leads me, hopefully traveling to
perform my work of art.
What poet inspires you?
Edgar Allen Poe. He speaks of dark love. I like him
because he doesn’t show love depicted with dandelions
and pixie dust. It’s a deep emotional thing.
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HONORS CO
U N I V E R S I T Y o f M A RY L
The Key / April 20, 2012
Students recognized at
Honors Convocation
The following students—one from each department and
one overall award winner from each school—were
recognized at the 59th annual Honors Convocation:
Genevieve Warmann is
the top scholar for the
School of Agriculture
and Natural Sciences.
Kirsten Carrington
receives the top scholar
award for the School of
Arts and Professions
from Dr. Brenda Wade,
acting dean.
Siddig Mohamed is
presented with the top
scholar award for the
School of Business
and Technology from
Dr. Ayodele Alade,
dean.
Toni Sturgis-Bright is
awarded the top
scholar award for the
School of Pharmacy
and Health Professions
from Dr. Nicholas
Blanchard, dean.
Photos byJim Glovier
School of Agriculture and Natural Sciences
• Genevieve Warmann, Natural Sciences
• Camille Brandenburg, Agriculture, Food & Resources Sciences
• Tia Cropper, Human Ecology
• Overall top scholar: Genevieve Warmann
School of Arts and Professions
• Kirsten Carrington, Criminal Justice
• Henoch Hailu, Education
• Joscelyne Swift, English & Modern Languages
• Lauren Ritter, Fine Arts
• Alvin Jones, General Studies
• Jocelyn Puller, Social Studies
• Overall top scholar: Kirsten Carrington
School of Business and Technology
• Siddig Mohamed, Engineering and Aviation Science
• Dominique Bias, Business, Management and Accountant
• Christopher Johnson, Mathematics and Computer Science
• Stacian Williams, Technology
• Ashley Davis, Hotel and Restaurant Management
• Richard Dailey, Profession Golf Management
• Overall top scholar: Siddig Mohamed
School of Pharmacy and Health Professions
• Alissah Battle-Reed, Exercise Science
• Angela Akinpelu, Physician Assistant
• Jasmyn M. Jones, Rehabilitation Services
• Overall top scholar: Toni Sturgis-Bright
UMES students who met the requirements for the dean’s list for the spring and fall
semesters of 2011 were recognized. Members of the following groups were also honored:
• Honors Program
• Who’s Who Among American Colleges and Universities
• Golden Key International Honour Society 2011-12
• National Collegiate Honors Society
• MARC U*STAR/MBRS Rise Research Awards 2011-12
• UMES College Fed Reserve Challenge Team 2011
Professor honored with newly created teaching award
Dr. Michael C. Rabel of Fruitland, an assistant professor of
physical therapy, is the inaugural winner of a teaching award at
UMES. Rabel received the Excellence in Teaching Award at the 2012
Honors Convocation.
Dr. Charles Williams, vice president for academic affairs, and
the deans of UMES’ four schools developed the criteria for the honor
that recognizes, rewards and promotes excellence in teaching as
well as advocacy for the profession.
Plans call for the award to be presented annually to a full-time faculty
member nominated by peers and students. The winner receives funding to
attend a national conference of his or her choice.
Nominees must be a UMES faculty member a minimum of three years. In
addition to demonstrating excellence in the classroom “over a sustained
period of time,” the selection committee also takes into account nominees’
role in such activities as advisement, student organization sponsorship,
undergraduate research experiences, service learning and instructional
technology.
A licensed physical therapist, Rabel became a full-time UMES
faculty member in January 2007 and is a board certified orthopedic
clinical specialist. He also has experience working with physical
therapy patients in the private sector on the lower Eastern Shore.
He earned his undergraduate degree in computer information
systems from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, a master’s
in physical therapy from UMES and a doctorate from the University
of Maryland School of Medicine.
The Linthicum, Md. native has peer-reviewed and published abstracts as
well as peer-reviewed scientific and professional educational presentations.
Interim President Mortimer Neufville noted Rabel is credited with securing
several research grants and is “well respected for his scholarly products for
teaching and his continuing education activities.”
Rabel believes “it is critical that students be expected to act responsibly,
to learn to be professional and to meet high standards in the classroom.”
NVOCATION
LAND EASTERN SHORE
The Key / April 20, 2012
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UMES biology student named 2012 Bernstein Award winner
A biology student hoping to combine an interest in biomedical research
and a desire to become a dentist is the 2012 winner of the university’s Richard
Bernstein Achievement Award.
Senior Genevieve Warmann of Baltimore received the $5,000 award
during UMES’ 59th annual honors convocation ceremony. An Honors Program
student with a near-perfect 3.96 GPA, Warmann has been a dean’s list fixture
since enrolling in 2008 and will begin post-graduate research this fall as an
intern at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Medicine.
“I never imagined I would have this opportunity and to meet such
wonderful mentors, professors and friends,” Warmann said. “I feel very
blessed to be given such an award.”
The Bernstein Award is named for and established by the businessman
and philanthropist credited with introducing advanced technology to
Maryland’s Eastern Shore. The unrestricted gift goes to a graduating senior in
business, accounting, science, engineering, construction management
technology, mathematics or computer science with outstanding grades and
leadership skills and who has the potential to continue scholarly work.
Warmann, described as “exceptional, talented, hardworking and
dedicated,” easily met those criteria, according to faculty who nominated her
for the prestigious honor.
One wrote simply that she has “a strong passion for learning and helping
others.”
Warmann volunteers to tutor fellow students and spends countless hours
in hospitals, including in her native Ghana, where she “shadows doctors and
nurses and provides assistance to patients.”
Perhaps her proudest accomplishment is being a co-author of a 2011
article produced by a team of University of Pennsylvania Medical School
researchers studying the protein that modulates how humans metabolize
glucose and fatty acid.
“It is rare for an undergraduate … to have a research paper published
in a refereed journal,” said Gurbax Singh, a professor and acting chairman
From left, Genevieve Warmann, the 2012 recipient of the Richard
Bernstein Achievement Award—UMES’ top honor, is pictured with
keynote speaker Kalia Reynolds, an award-winning Delaware public
school principal and 2000 UMES honors graduate, and Dr. Mortimer
Neufville, interim president, UMES.
of the Department of Natural Sciences.
Also in 2011, she won first place for a presentation at the 12th annual
Undergraduate Research Symposium in Biological Sciences at the University
of Maryland Baltimore County.
Her success at UMES was not pre-ordained, however. Bureaucracy in
Ghana’s education system seemingly blocked her ambition of a career in
dentistry despite a sterling academic record in high school. A full scholarship
offer from UMES led her to the U.S. to study.
Her experiences at UMES have re-fueled her passion to pursue dentistry,
and have nurtured a love for biomedical research.
In her words, “My UMES education has shaped me into becoming one
of the best among the best.”
Lower Shore students share Pinkett Award
The professor who nominated
Two local math students who
Moore described him as having “an
graduate in May have been named coexceptionally positive attitude and
recipients of a departmental award in
consistently demonstrates an eagerness
recognition of their academic
to assist others.”
performance.
Moore has plans to pursue a
Katie Abreu of Nanticoke, Md. and
master’s and then a doctoral degree in
Neil Moore of Accomac, Va. are the
mathematics and applied physics with
2012 winners of the Daniel J. Pinkett
an eye on going into research.
Award in Mathematics. Each received a
Abreu, the mother of three young
$750 cash award during the 2012
children, has a 3.89 GPA, and like
Honors Convocation ceremony.
The award is named for an early
Photo by Jim Glovier Moore, has worked as a learning
assistant in the Math Redesign Program.
20th century math teacher at what was Interim President Mortimer Neufville, center, presents the Daniel J.
A faculty member noticed Abreu
then known as Princess Anne Academy Pinkett Award in Mathematics to Katie Abreu and Neil Moore.
“handled difficult assignments (in a computer science class) in a seemingly
under legendary educator Frank Trigg.
Moore has worked as a learning assistant for UMES’ Mathematics effortless way … and I would notice her helping other students many times.”
Abreu is awaitng acceptance in the master’s program at UMES, where
Redesign Program and recently won second place at a regional conference
that featured innovative approaches to instruction in science, technology, she wants to pursue a graduate degree in computer science. Long-term, she’d
like to work for NASA.
engineering and mathematics.
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SCHOOL NEWS
The Key / April 20, 2012
UNIVERSITY of MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE
Celebrity speaks at Women’s History Month event
By Shauna Garriques, senior
The women of UMES welcomed Beverly
Bond, celebrity DJ, model and founder of Black
Girls Rock, to celebrate National Women’s History
month on Saturday, April 7. Bond spoke to her
audience at the SSC Theater about “Women’s
education: Women’s empowerment.”
Dressed in all black – slacks, a blazer and
stylish five-inch heels – Bond described the
characteristics of a “rocking black girl” and the
importance of nurturing those characteristics in
them.
“A black girl who rocks has confidence and
integrity. A black girl who rocks is fearless and
strong,” she said.
Bond said she found inspiration for her
movement in a rap song by the late Tupac Shakur,
“Keep Ya Head Up.”
“I get it now,” she said. “People want me to
speak at colleges and universities because, like
Tupac did with the song, I stood up when others
would not.”
Bond said she hopes her message and
programs provide young women with the strength
to reach goals their mothers and grandmothers
Beverly Bond
Nine UMES women were chosen by the
Women’s History Month committee
for their extraordinary leadership
and for setting an example for striving for excellence.
"Black Girls Who Rock” are:
• Dr. Bernita Sims-Tucker
• Nelva White
• Cheryll Collier-Mills
• Valarie Matthews
• Beatrice Folks
• Porshey Thompson
• Roberta Ocran
• Alexandra McIntosh
• Ta-Shay Watkins
struggled to reach. She challenges college students
to find and use their voice to speak up about
issues that women of color confront through
negative media messages.
She also believes it is important this
generation accept her challenge – not ignore it, or
the next generation will do the same.
Bond said college women can build selfesteem and focus on being successful without
being materialistic.
“You can pile up as much make-up, clothes,
jewelry, and hair, but if you’re not healthy, inspired
and spiritual you can’t grow,” she said.
Bond has more ideas on how to spread the
message of showing young women how to rock.
“I really want to expand Black Girls Rock.
and to create camps, like The Boys and Girls
Clubs, all over the world,” she said.
Sandra Joseph, a student, found Bond’s
speech offered words of encouragement. “She
inspired me to be the change, if I want to witness
any change in the world,” she said.
The model-turned-DJ and connoisseur of
modern art insisted Black Girls Rock is a viable
movement. “Instead of being defined,” she said.
“We are defining ourselves.”
Leadership luncheon honors employees
UMES employees were honored at the 2012
Leadership Luncheon March 29. The luncheon is
held every year as part of Women’s History Month
and university faculty and staff development
activities.
Out of the field of six nominees, Crystal
Purnell was chosen as the fourth annual “Caught
Doing Good” award winner. Her nominator
described how Purnell took time during a busy
registration day to pass along information to a
student with test anxiety and then followed it up
with additional information a week later without
Photo by Jim Glovier
prompting. “The young man’s mother was truly Attendees at the 2012 Leadership Luncheon, pictured from left, are: Dr. Anthony Jenkins,
vice
grateful that someone took the time to help her
president for student affairs and enrollment management; Edward Jones, athletics; The Rev.
Carroll Fields, guest speaker; Vanessa Warner, comptroller's office; Martha Perez, athletics; Dr.
son,” wrote the nominator.
Neufville, interim president; Patricia Jones-Bailey, English and Modern Languages; Phil
Purnell received a $50 gift certificate to the Mortimer
Taylor, information technology; and Crystal Purnell, Center for Access and Academic Success.
UMES Bookstore. All nominees received a
year’s event. Fields encouraged the 50 luncheon attendees to, “rejoice
certificate and an inspirational Padfolio donated by Auxiliary Enterprises.
every day” and “not to be a knife (cutting), or a fork (piercing), but rather
Nominations ranged from acknowledging single acts to consistently
be a spoon (uplifting).”
providing outstanding customer service, Lisa Johnson, assistant director,
The annual event is sponsored by the Office of Human Resources. Dr.
Office of Human Resources, said.
Guest speaker, The Rev. Carroll Fields of St. Andrews United Methodist Nicholas Blanchard, Cheryll Collier-Mills and Johnson make up the “Caught
Doing Good” award selection committee.
Church in Upper Hill, Md., spoke about empowerment, the theme for this
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UNIVERSITY of MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE
UMES presents 14th annual
Health and
Wellness
Festival
Nutrition/Dietetics
Physician Assistant Program
Department of Physical Therapy
Campus observes Autism
Awareness Day
The Office of Campus Life hosted an Autism
Awareness Day April 2. Members of the campus
community gathered at the SSC courtyard and
donned complimentary T-shirts for a group photo to
commemorate the event. After the photo, 100 blue
balloons were released to coincide with the theme,
“Light It Up Blue.” Areas of the SSC were also lit in
blue in recognition of the observance.
Autism occurs one in every 88 cases among
children in the U.S. according to a new federal health
report. The findings indicate autism is nearly twice
as common as originally thought. The increase is
attributed mainly to better recognition of cases
through wide screening and better diagnosis.
UMES Health & Wellness Center
Pharmacy Program
Author gives advice on
financial freedom
From left, Dr. DeForest Soaries
autographs copies of his book for
Javid Brathwaite and Alverne
Chesterfield, both of Auxiliary
Enterprises.
Pastor and author Dr. DeForest B.
Soaries autographed complimentary
copies of his book, “dfree Breaking
Free From Financial Slavery.” The April
3 lecture and book signing was
sponsored by UMES’ Office of Student
Financial Aid in conjunction with the
Financial Literacy is Paramount 4
Success (FLIPS) program.
Justice for
Trayvon Martin
peace rally
A March 27 rally in
memory of Trayvon Martin
attracted 150 UMES
students troubled by the
Florida teen’s shooting
death and its aftermath.
Students
wore
Photo by Ryan Forbes
hooded sweatshirts and
UMES students attend
carried Skittles and iced
justice for Trayvon Martin
rally.
tea in their hands – the
same attire and snacks
found on Martin when he was shot by a neighborhood
security guard in late February.
Martin’s death and subsequent reaction by Sanford,
Fla. authorities has fueled a simmering national debate over
street justice and racial profiling, and raised questions
about the role both might have played in the tragedy.
UMES students respectfully listened to remarks by
student leaders and guest speakers, including local pastor
Mark Thomas, who said “this is a time for us to come
together.”
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& Entertainment
*Unless stipulated, all
events listed are FREE &
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
2012 CALENDAR
For Athletics, visit
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Arts S
PRING
APRIL
19 Art Exhibit
thru 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon. - Fri., Mosely Gallery
5/17 “Graduating Senior Show” • 410-651-7770
26* Imani Winds Concert
7 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts
The five-member guest instrumental group will
also hold a master class at 11 a.m.
$7 general, $5 seniors, $3 students with ID
410-651-6571
22 Honors Band and Choir Concert
4 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts
410-651-6571
24 Jazz Combo and Chamber Concert
7 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts
410-651-6571
May
5
Gospel Choir Concert
5 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts
410-651-6571
17
Closing Reception
4-6 p.m. Mosely Gallery “Graduating Senior Show”
410-651-7770
2nd Annual President’s Challenge Healthy
Photo by Jim Glovier
Hawk Walk
Sat., April 28, 2012
Registration: 8-9:30 a.m.
Walk begins 10 a.m.
Courtyard in front of William P. Hytche Athletic Center
Sponsored by the Department of Exercise Science and the Exercise Science Club
UMES Springfest
Friday, April 27
11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Cappy Anderson Stadium
Carnival rides, food and much more!
Open to students, faculty, staff and the community.
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