ANNUAL REPORT2012-2013

Collaboration and generosity mark a year of continued success.

Shortly after the 2012-13 academic year started, Salisbury University began preparations for a potential visitfrom Hurricane Sandy. Toward the end of the spring semester, we announced an $8 million gift for a new $116million academic commons including a much needed library. In short, it was a year filled with dramaticpossibilities; fortunately, most of them were good! New collaborations on campus and with the greatercommunity benefitted both. SU helped advance the revitalization of downtown Salisbury, working with cityofficials and local organizations to plan bike lanes and open the Salisbury University Art Galleries - DowntownCampus. We were lauded for increasing diversity in our student body, began cooperative programs withneighboring universities both in state and internationally, and even observed parliamentary elections in Ukraine.

Our students certainly did their part, assisting with Hurricane Sandy relief and damage assessment, as wellas raising money for underprivileged children and homeless war veterans. Culturally, we explored Brazilian artand music with multiple Grammy nominees, and hosted a moving lecture from a Holocaust survivor.

We also celebrated the generosity of others, marking the 40th anniversary of the Salisbury UniversityFoundation, Inc., as well as the kindness of the Guerrieri Family Foundation, which donated $8 million towardthe construction of the Patricia R. Guerrieri Academic Commons.

Our students also were successful, earning prestigious honors like the Gates Cambridge Award, not tomention fellowships from the National Science Foundation and the Environmental Protection Agency. Ourfaculty garnered kudos from state legislators, national organizations and leading research companies, while theU.S. Green Building Council recognized our beautiful campus for progressive efforts in sustainability. We alsointroduced new scholarships and launched our first doctoral program, in nursing practice.

The year was marked by achievement and optimism. We believe that our students will contribute to thenext great advancements in education, health care, technology, art, business and more. We look forward tochallenging and nurturing the next generation in thecoming year. Thank you for your support of this Maryland University of National Distinction.

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

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State Honors Two SU LeadersSU President Janet Dudley-Eshbach and Dr. Lisa Seldomridge, Nursing Departmentchair, both received impressive honors in 2013.

The Daily Record, a Baltimore-based businessnewspaper, named Dudley-Eshbach one ofMaryland’s MostAdmired CEOs for2012. The awardrecognized 30Maryland leaders whohave excelled bothprofessionally and inserving theircommunities. Dudley-Eshbach, the firstwoman to serve asSU’s chief executive,was the only university president honored.

Winners were chosen based on theirdemonstration of strong leadership, integrity,values, vision, commitment to excellence,financial performance and ongoing commitmentto their communities and diversity. DuringDudley-Eshbach’s tenure, SU has increased insize and reputation, becoming an economicengine for the region with an annual impact of$420 million. Dudley-Eshbach expanded sharedgovernance – for which SU has become a modelin the University System of Maryland – whileimproving town-gown relations and increasingdiversity on campus.

Seldomridge received the University Systemof Maryland’s highest faculty honor: theRegents’ Faculty Award for Excellence. Theaward celebrated her distinguishedaccomplishments in teaching. Since coming toSU in 1986, Seldomridge has secured more than$4 million in grants. She was instrumental increating the Richard A. Henson MedicalSimulation Center, and was the prime mover indeveloping the University’s first doctoralprogram – in nursing practice – launched last fall.

Janet Dudley-Eshbach, Ph.D.President

SU Earns High Marks Salisbury University continued its winningstreak, ranking as one of the topuniversities in the country in several keypublications.

For the fifth consecutive year,Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazinenamed the University one of its Top 100“Best Values in Public Colleges.” SU wasranked No. 72 out of more than 600institutions nationwide, based on factorsincluding in-state and out-of-state costs,admission rates and SAT scores, student-faculty ratios, student indebtedness andfour-year graduation rates. SU is thesecond-highest-ranked University System ofMaryland campus, trailing only theUniversity of Maryland, College Park.

The Princeton Review ranked theUniversity one of The 377 Best Colleges forthe 14th consecutive year, and for the 16th consecutive year SU was named oneof U.S. News & World Report’s Top PublicRegional Universities in the North. U.S. News also named SU among theRegional Universities in the North thatoperate most efficiently.

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New Administrators NamedThree new top administrators, each withimpressive backgrounds, were named at SU.

T. Greg Prince was appointed vice presidentof advancement and external affairs at SU, andexecutive director of the SU Foundation, Inc.Prince, who earned his master’s degree inadministration, planning and social policy fromHarvard, previously worked at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, the Universityof Miami Miller School of Medicine andHarvard University.

Dr. Beatriz B. Hardy was appointed dean oflibraries. Hardy directed William and Mary’sSpecial Collections Research Center for six yearsand served as interim dean of the library, whichwas ranked among the nation’s best by ThePrinceton Review. She is expected to play a crucialrole in the development of Salisbury’s newAcademic Commons. Hardy holds an M.A. inAmerican history from the University ofVirginia, as well as a Master of Library Scienceand a Ph.D. in history from the University ofMaryland College Park.

Dr. Cheryl Parks was appointed dean of theSeidel School of Education and ProfessionalStudies. Parks comes to SU from the Universityof Connecticut’s School of Social Work where

she served as associatedean for research. Parksalso taught at FloridaState University andBryn Mawr College.She earned her Ph.D. insocial work from Bryn Mawr and herM.S.W. from theUniversity ofWashington in Seattle,and has nearly twodecades of experienceas a private social work practitioner.

Collaborative Programs ProvideNew Opportunities Expanded opportunities to study in three rapidlygrowing fields are now being offered at SU.

The university helped students enter thebooming cybersecurity industry, signing amemorandum of understanding for a newacademic program with prestigious Estoniancampus Tallinn University of Technology(TUT). The collaboration, which also involvedthe University of Tartu (UT), will allow SUstudents who are pursuing bachelor’s degrees incomputer science, mathematics or informationsystems to complete their senior year in thenewly created Salisbury Abroad: CybersecurityProgram in Estonia. After graduation, they mayseamlessly continue on to earn an M.S. in

cybersecurity or software engineering at TUT orUT. Participants also are eligible for a highlycompetitive internship at NATO’s CyberDefence Centre.

SU also was awarded almost $800,000 instartup grants from the University System ofMaryland to facilitate the addition of satellitelocations for programs in social work andinterdisciplinary studies. The SouthernMaryland Higher Education Center in St. Mary’s County became the fourth satellitesite in Maryland to offer accredited bachelor’sand master’s degrees in social work from SU.Students may also pursue a B.A. ininterdisciplinary studies at the Eastern ShoreHigher Education Center in Wye Mills. Bothprograms launched in fall 2013.

Dr. Beatriz B. Hardy Dr. Cheryl Parks

T. Greg Prince

Prestigious NSF GraduateScholarship EarnedStudent Mallory Hagadorn was the recipientof the National Science FoundationGraduate Research Fellowship, an awardthat provides three years of support foroutstanding graduate students who arepursuing research-based master’s anddoctoral degrees. The fellowship is valued at $126,000.

Working with Dr. Dana Price, a facultymember in SU’s Biological ScienceDepartment, and Dr. Anne Estes of theUniversity of Maryland Medical School’sInstitute of Genome Sciences, Hagadornidentified and compared populations ofdung beetles on organic and conventionallymanaged pastures. She expects farms using natural methods will have morediverse and abundant beetle populations,and hopes to educate farmers and create asystem so they can monitor the “highlybeneficial” insects.

The NSF fellowship program is theoldest in the country to offer direct supportto graduate students in science, technology,engineering and mathematics fields.Hagadorn earned her B.S. in biology fromSU in December 2012. Her three-year grantwill cover tuition for her M.S. in appliedbiology. Hagadorn also received the 2013 Biology Department Faculty Awardand the 2012 Dhimitra S. Davenport-Hopkins Scholarship.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

Students Honored byCongressional Leaders, EPATwo SU juniors earned the EnvironmentalProtection Agency’s 2012 Greater ResearchOpportunity fellowship, while a sophomore wasselected for “Posters on the Hill.”Keyyana Blount (below right), an

environmental studies major, and Amanda Stone(below left), an environmental studies andconflict analysis and dispute resolution doublemajor, MD, were two of only 40 students toreceive the EPA award nationally. The honoroffers students the chance to work side-by-sidewith EPA officials, provides students with collegefunding for their junior and senior years, andincludes paid internships at EPA facilities duringthe summer. Blount and Stone are the fourthand fifth SU students in the past three years toreceive the honor.

Stone would like to continue her studies ingraduate school and hopes her experiences withthe EPA will help narrow her focus. Blount saidshe would like her EPA internship to allow her tostudy areas outside the Maryland-Washington,D.C. area. After graduation, she plans tocontinue working with the EPA onenvironmental policy issues and communityoutreach efforts.Samim Manizade (above) presented his

impressive research on robotic arms at “Posterson the Hill”– a national event attended by U.S.Congressional leaders. Selected by the Councilon Undergraduate Research from among some800 applicants nationwide, Manizade was one ofonly 60 student participants and the solerepresentative of a Maryland campus.A physics/pre-engineering major who is

serving as the student regent representative tothe University System of Maryland Board ofRegents, Manizade explored the complexities of“Computational Modeling of Robotic ArmKinematics.” His project modeled a variety ofarms with a computer-algebra system and usedmathematical techniques to show their uses andapplications in the field of electrical engineering.He was funded by SU’s Bridges to Successprogram, made possible by a nearly $1 millionNational Science Foundation grant dedicated tosupporting the recruitment and retention ofstudents in science, technology, engineering andmathematics disciplines. He hopes to continueexploring robotics at SU.

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SU Centers Hit Milestones SU’s Counseling and Writing centers both marked major milestones this year.

In November 2012, a literature assignment that sophomore businessstudent Nick Giambra brought into the University Writing Center became the10,000th review.

The center opened in 2005. After a few weeks of training, the initialstaff of six student consultants reviewed 678 papers. Today, consultantsenroll in for-credit courses and review 2,500 papers annually. Located in theGuerrieri University Center, the Writing Center is scheduled to move into SU’snew Academic Commons in 2016, where it will expand its services to serveSU’s growing graduate programs.

In January 2013, the University’s Counseling Center earned a three-year $302,883 grant to launch a suicide prevention effort. Suicide is thesecond leading cause of death among college age students nationwide.

Funded by the federal Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act, the nation’s firstyouth suicide prevention bill, the grant was used to establish SU’sSTAND4YOU Suicide Prevention Program. The multi-pronged campaignestablished discussion groups and held e-training sessions. Program goalsinclude fostering early detection of mental health issues, reducing the stigmasurrounding those issues and increasing openness for those seeking help. The2004 Smith Act is named in memory of Oregon Senator Gordon Smith’s sonGarrett, a 21-year-old college student who committed suicide in 2003. TheU.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and theMental Health Services Administration awarded the grant.

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Hollywood Callson SU StudentsA pair of Universitystudents were chosen tointern with majortelevision and filmproductions.Junior communication

arts major Kristen Wolfewas selected to intern on the film Ping PongSummer, staring AcademyAward winner SusanSarandon. Productionbegan in October 2012 inOcean City, MD.Senior communication

arts major KelseyHovermale was tapped tointern for Ryan SeacrestProductions. Hovermale hoped her experiencewith Seacrest Productions would give her anadvantage in pursuing a career in entertainmentjournalism following her graduation. She plansto return to Los Angeles to pursue a career injournalism or public relations.

Student Interns Travel to NationalPolitical ConventionsSenior communication arts majors Jessica Cahilland Chelsea Brown were selected to intern at theRepublican and Democratic NationalConventions thanks to a partnership with theWashington Center for Internships andAcademic Seminars.Cahill, selected for the 2012 Republican

National Convention, previously interned withthe Republican National Committee for U.S.Representative Michele Bachmann in 2011.Brown, who interned at the 2012 DemocraticNational Convention, previously earned a B.A.in political science and English from theUniversity of Idaho, and she recently began a job with the U.S. Protective Services Divisionat NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in WallopsIsland, VA.

Bohanan ReceivesHargreaves Award Maryland Delegate John Bohanan Jr. is SU’s 2013 John R. HargreavesDistinguished Legislative Fellow.

Created by SU’s Institute for PublicAffairs and Civic Engagement to recognizeoutstanding public service, the award waspresented by SU President Janet Dudley-Eshbach in a ceremony in Annapolis.Bohanan was applauded for being anintegral part of the economic revitalizationof St. Mary’s County, including thedevelopment of the Patuxent River Naval

Air Station and the expansion of theSouthern Maryland Higher EducationCenter, where SU now offers master’s andbachelor’s degrees in social work.

“Delegate John Bohanan Jr. is one ofMaryland’s hardest-working legislators,”Dudley-Eshbach said. “Through hisleadership of the Bohanan Commission andhis committee work, he is uniquelypositioned as a steward for postsecondaryeducation in the state. A true visionary, heis an excellent role model for our studentsas they pursue careers in public service.”

A member of the House of Delegatessince 1999, Bohanan represents District29B in St. Mary’s County. A member of theAppropriations Committee since 2003, hechairs its Education and EconomicDevelopment Subcommittee. Bohanan is the12th recipient of the Hargreaves Fellowship.

CAMPUS ACCOLADES

Center Renamed for FounderThe University’s Center for Conflict Resolutionwas renamed the Bosserman Center for ConflictResolution. It’s founder, Rev. Charles “Phil”Bosserman, Ph.D., was a hugely accomplishedteacher, scholar and civil rights activist.Bosserman began his conflict resolution

studies in 1948 as a high school delegate at thefounding conference of the United NationsEducational, Scientific and CulturalOrganization. He received his master’s in socialethics and sacred theology from BostonUniversity, where he was a classmate of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He earned hisPh.D. in social ethics and sociology from theUniversity of Paris (Sorbonne) in 1956, retuningto the United States afterward to become aMethodist minister. After clashing with church hierarchy, which

at the time did not approve of his joining theNational Association for the Advancement ofColored People in support of racial equality, heleft the clergy to dedicate his life to teaching andworking toward civil rights. He joined the PeaceCorps in 1962, oversaw the building of 40schools in Equatorial West Africa and becamedirector of the Peace Corps’ training programsat Dartmouth College, NH, in 1965.Bosserman earned a Fulbright Fellowship to

teach for one year at the University of Paris in1972. In 1975, he and his family moved toSalisbury where he spent nearly 20 years as chairof the Sociology Department. In 1981, hereceived a National Endowment for theHumanities Fellowship, which allowed him to

return to Paris to research the development ofsociology in post-war Europe. He worked withthe Schumann Foundation and the Center forTeaching Peace in Washington, D.C., to establishSU’s Center for Teaching Peace (now the Centerfor Conflict Resolution) in 1992. In 1997, hejoined the center’s board of directors, remaininga member until his death in 2011.

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Noel-Levitz Honors SU Noel-Levitz, one of the nation’s leadingcompanies in higher education research, hashonored SU for outstanding marketing andrecruitment efforts.The company presented SU with its 2012

Marketing-Recruitment Excellence Award forstate-of-the-art programs, services and strategiesthat positively impact student enrollment. Thehonor, one of only four nationwide, was given atthe National Conference on StudentRecruitment, Marketing and Retention inChicago. SU was applauded for establishinggoals of increasing SAT scores and enrollment,and growing the minority student population.

SU was applauded for establishing goals ofincreasing SAT scores and enrollment, andgrowing the minority student population.

The Maroon and Gold Goes GreenSU continues to receive accolades for its dedication to the conservation movement.

The Princeton Review, in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council, named Salisbury University oneof the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges for the fourth consecutive year. The University isfeatured in the Guide to 322 Green Colleges, which highlights impressive environmental and sustainabilityprograms at campuses throughout the United States and select institutions in Canada. SU’s rating was 92 on ascale of 60-99.

In 2008, SU’s Teacher Education and Technology Center became the first LEED-certified new constructionproject on the Eastern Shore, earning Silver status. Since then, six other new or renovated campus buildingshave earned Gold or Silver certifications from LEED, the preferred rating of the USGBC. That list includes PerdueHall, Sea Gull Square and Pocomoke, Wicomico, Manokin and Nanticoke residence halls.

Wicomico Hall was the latest to earn LEED’s Gold certification. More than 15.8 percent of its buildingmaterials were sourced and manufactured within 500 miles of the construction site, reducing delivery-relatedfuel consumption and carbon emissions, while 22 percent were made from recycled material. The building uses27.1 percent less energy than similar buildings its size.

SU’s recycling program, begun in 1990, also marked a milestone. For the first time, more than 50 percentof the campus’ waste was sent to recycling outlets, up from just 27 percent in 2011. Nearly 740 tons of glass,wood, metal, paper, food waste, electronics, appliances, batteries, tires, grease, carpet, fluorescent light tubesand yard waste were diverted from landfills. A year ago, none of SU’s food waste was recycled. Last year, 100percent, or 304 tons, was recycled. Other significant increases included glass and aluminum, credited to the SUStudent Government Association’s aggressive Recycle Madness campaign.

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SU Forums Explore Key IssuesSeveral important political and environmentalforums were held in October. SU’s Institute for Public Affairs and Civic

Engagement (PACE) held forums on theMaryland Dream Act and the legalization ofsame-sex marriage. PACE also co-hosted theforum “Land, Water and Communities: What Isthe Future of the Shore?” and SU facultyanswered questions on socio-political tensionsand conflicts during presidential elections at thediscussion “Presidential Elections and Conflict.”

Panelists for the Maryland Dream Act forumincluded Maryland Delegates Ana Sol Gutierrez(D-18 Montgomery) and Patrick McDonough(R-7 Baltimore and Harford), CASA deMaryland Political Director Kim Propeack andFederation for American Immigration Reform(FAIR) Communications Director Bob Dane.PACE co-founder and SU professor ofphilosophy emeritus Fran Kane moderated.Panelists for the legalization of same-sex

marriage forum included Maggie Gallagher,founder of the National Organization forMarriage; Dr. Odeana Neal, associate professorof law at the University of Baltimore; DerekMcCoy, executive director of the MarylandMarriage Alliance; and Salisbury Mayor JamesIreton Jr., representing Equality Maryland.Jennifer Hicks of Sustainable Delmarva

facilitated the “Land, Water and Communities:What Is the Future of the Shore?” discussion,which included a community dialogue.Panelists for the “Presidential Elections and

Conflict” forum include Drs. Leonard Arvi ofthe Economics and Finance Department,Gregory Cashman and Adam Hoffman of thePolitical Science Department, Marion Duval ofthe Modern Languages and Intercultural StudiesDepartment and Itir Gunes of the PhilosophyDepartment. Dr. Jacques Koko of the ConflictAnalysis and Dispute Resolution Departmentmoderated.

Ukrainian Election Watch Through the Organization for Security andCooperation in Europe (OSCE), Todd Becker– Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution,Political Science and Sociology departments– was one of some 600 volunteers from the 57 OSCE member states taskedwith observing parliamentary elections in Ukraine.

The observations were especiallyimportant this time, following controversysurrounding the nation’s 2010 presidentialelection, Becker said. The SupremeAdministrative Court of Ukraine temporarilysuspended the decision in that election priorto the inauguration of winner ViktorYanukovych. Then, as now, OSCE-appointedvolunteers oversaw and made observationson the election process. Becker was part ofa short-term team, together with a retiredNorwegian police supervisor, assigned tothe coastal city of Odessa, where he and his colleagues were asked to randomlyselect 20 polling places to observethroughout the day.

In all, Becker spent some 26 hoursobserving the election, including an ElectionDay stretch that lasted from 5:30 a.m. untilabout midnight. During that time, he wasimpressed by much of what he saw. For thefirst time, for example, entrances to pollingplaces and areas where ballot boxes werekept were monitored by Web cameras forheightened security.

FULTON SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS

National Research FellowshipsTwo Fulton School professors earned researchfellowships from leading national institutions ofhigher education. Dr. Céline Carayon (left), History

Department, earned the John Carter BrownLibrary Fellowship – one of the few long-termfellowships this year, an award co-sponsored bythe National Endowment for the Humanitiesand InterAmericas fund in coordination withThe Reed Foundation. Carayon conductedresearch at Brown University in Rhode Island asone of 42 scholars nationwide selected for theprestigious honor during the 2012-13 academicyear. She used her research to further prepareher manuscript Beyond Words: NonverbalCommunication and Culture Change in the Early French-Indian Atlantic, c. 1500-c. 1700. She submitted hermanuscript to publishers at the end of thefellowship. In addition, she prepared severallectures and spoke as part of the John CarterBrown Library Fellows Lunch Talk Series duringthe spring. Stanford University’s Stanford Woods

Institute for the Environment selected Dr. JillCaviglia-Harris (right) – Economics and Financeand Environmental Studies departments – as aprestigious Leopold Leadership Fellows. Fromresearch in the Brazilian Amazon to

sustainability efforts on the Delmarva Peninsula,Caviglia-Harris has been an environmentalleader for many years. Honorees are mid-careeracademic environmental researchers fromaround the world, based at North Americaninstitutions of research or higher education.They are conducting research related to theenvironment and sustainability in the biophysicalsciences, the social sciences, or technical, medicalor engineering fields, and contributing toenvironmental science and leadership inaddressing sustainability challenges. Caviglia-Harris was chosen for her research

in deforestation and human welfare, and the roleof human decisions in shaping the environment.She has intertwined teaching and research byinvolving students in hands-on learning throughresearch projects, data collection and fieldwork.

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Student Actors Help With Social Work Scenario TrainingStudents in the Theatre and Dance Departmentare portraying “standardized clients” – rangingfrom hoarders to spinal injury victims – inpractice courses taught in SU’s Social WorkDepartment. The program, founded by Drs. Peg McGuire

and Margo Kushner, Social Work Department,and Dr. T. Paul Pfeiffer, chair of the Theatre andDance Department, trains social work studentsto handle specific scenarios. The actors helpprovide experience for social work students atSU and at the University’s satellite program atChesapeake College in Wye Mills. “This program is extremely beneficial to

both sets of students,” said Pfeiffer. “Our futuresocial workers gain by the immediacy of theinteraction. Our actors hone their skills atimprovisation and realistic characterizationthrough this intense and challenging experientiallearning.” Some of the acting students haveparlayed the experience into paid positionsbeyond SU, providing similar services formedical school classes training future emergencyroom workers.

Johnson Earns DistinguishedFaculty Award Known nationally for his in-depth work infilm studies, Dr. David Johnson, EnglishDepartment, is the 2012 SU DistinguishedFaculty Award honoree.

As co-editor of the internationaljournal Literature/Film Quarterly since2005, his name is known among filmscholars. His recent book on director RichardLinklater, part of the University of IllinoisPress’ Contemporary Directors series, hasearned critical praise. In the classroom,students are enthusiastic about learningfrom Johnson. He also has served theFulton School and the greater SU community, with service on committeesfor Fulton Scholars, long-range planning,and academic freedom and tenure, among others.

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Wright Performs at Ireland’s JFK CelebrationA few months before he was assassinated,President John F. Kennedy made a historic tripto Europe, which included his ancestors’homeland in Ireland. The event left an indelibleimpression on the Gaelic country, which hostedthe nationwide anniversary celebration “JFK 50:The Homecoming” in summer 2013. Invitedguests included the Kennedy family, singer-songwriter Judy Collins, Riverdancechoreographer Michael Flatley … and SU voiceinstructor John Wesley Wright. A singer with the American Spiritual

Ensemble, Wright joined three other hand-selected members of the group during four daysof performances for the high-profile celebration.Wright and his colleagues joined a communitychorus outside Dublin for a cultural exchangeconcert and performed on an Irish radio showfeaturing a panel of Kennedy experts. They alsowere guests and performers at a 280-persondinner held in the Kennedy family’s honor. At a national celebration event, some 15,000

gathered at the Kennedy Monument in New Hope, where the president had spoken fivedecades prior. Following the lead of formerMaryland Lt. Governor Kathleen KennedyTownsend, all in attendance stood and joined theAmerican Spiritual Ensemble in a powerful post-slavery song used frequently during the civilrights era, “Oh, Freedom.”

(Left) Singers gathered at the celebration included (fromleft) American Spiritual Ensemble founder and director Dr. Everett McCorvey, Irish Tenor and Wexford AmbassadorMichael Londra, pianist Tedrin Blair Lindsay, tenor JohnWesley Wright, soprano Karen Slack, Judy Collins,countertenor Matthew Truss and bass Kevin Thompson.

HENSON SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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Gates-Cambridge Award Winner Chemistry major Dominique Kunciw earnedone of the world’s most prestigious internationalscholarships, the Gates Cambridge Award, toexplore the development of drugs, especially forantibiotic-resistant diseases. She will pursue aPh.D. in chemistry at the renowned University of Cambridge. Established by the Bill and Melinda Gates

Foundation, the highly competitive scholarship isakin to Oxford’s Rhodes Scholarship, or theMarshall, which also supports study in theUnited Kingdom. Over 4,000 people worldwideapply for the Gates annually; Kunciw was one ofonly 39 U.S. recipients for 2013-14.

Her father Bohdan, who teaches in SU’sMathematics and Computer Sciencedepartment, attributed her academic success toher determination and ability, “endless hours” ofstudying, and continual search for researchopportunities. Kunciw actively engaged inresearch on the organic synthesis of biologicallyactive compounds at SU and at institutions inFrance and Germany. Her SU work, exploringthe structural requirements of compounds usedto treat tuberculosis, led to an article publishedin Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters inSeptember 2012. At Cambridge, Kunciw will study under

Dr. David Spring of the Chemistry Departmentand will be a member of the 600+ year oldGonville and Caius College. Among its notablefellows is physicist Stephen Hawking. TwelveNobel Prize winners also are graduates,including Francis Crick, who co-discovered thestructure of DNA.

GIS Students and Faculty Make a World of DifferenceGeography and Geosciences Department faculty and staff are making a positive impact in the state, in theregion and internationally.

As the East Coast recovered from Hurricane Sandy, some 50 SU geography students assisted with stormdamage assessments. Working around the clock in Henson Science Hall on the weekend following the storm, theteam, led by four graduate students, examined before-and-after Google Earth aerial images of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. They labeled damage to homes and buildings on grids using a four-level classificationprovided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. They also compared photographs to determine how highwater levels rose. Their data was immediately shared with ImageCat, Inc., an international risk and disastermanagement company contracted by New Light Technologies, Inc. of Washington, D.C., to support FEMA’s effort.ImageCat compiled the data with other teams’ to help provide the federal government with an overall damageassessment. SU was the largest contingency to assist ImageCat, and the company paid students for their time.

SU’s Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative (ESRGC) was contracted for its first overseas project. Over sixmonths, staff are developing a pilot, security-related GIS program for Texas A&M University’s branch campus inDoha, Qatar. The system will allow the Middle Eastern institution to see and communicate real-time data aboutor impacting its personnel. The system will assist with emergency management by allowing the campus to havereal-time access to the location of all its employees and their families, and showing on-demand options forrouting them in critical situations.

One of the SU’s geography stars, Dr. Michael Scott, founder and director of SU’s M.S. in GIS ManagementProgram and leader of the ESRGC, is serving on the Maryland Integrated Map (iMap) Executive Committee,which sets policy and advises Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley on state iMap initiatives.

Leaders in Nursing Education SU’s Nursing Department was awarded$1,079,644 from the Maryland HigherEducation Commission to expedite andexpand doctoral education for nurses acrossthe state.

SU launched its new Doctor of NursingPractice program last fall. The three-yearNurse Support II grant will enhance thiseffort by assisting faculty in making coursesmore accessible to professionals statewide.

During phase one, faculty willtransform all courses in the D.N.P.curriculum into a distance-accessible formatby combining online coursework, individualactivities, and synchronous meetings andwebinars. This approach will keep studentsin close contact with professors and eachother, but with limited face-to-facemeetings at SU. Faculty hope this will makethe program more attractive to nurseeducators, executives and practitioners whowork across the state and help expedite thecompletion of their degrees.

At the undergraduate level, SUstudents again earned the highest pass rateof all baccalaureate programs in Marylandon the National Council LicensureExamination for Registered Nurses. Withsome 97.26 percent of students passing onthe first try, SU topped peers includingJohns Hopkins University and the Universityof Maryland, according to Maryland Boardof Nursing data for 2011-12.

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From Electronics to DNAFor two science students, successs has movedbeyond the classroom. Physics major Sam Brown won a bronze

medal for electronics technology at the 49thSkillsUSA National Leadership and SkillsConference (NLSC) in Kansas City, MO. Some5,600 students from across the nation competedin the weeklong event. At NLSC, Brown tooktwo exams and participated in three hands-onchallenges. He was one of only two in hisdivision to pass the International Society ofCertified Electronics Technicians test, earningthe highest score and a $500 award. He alsoearned the Electronics Technicians Association’sCustomer Service Specialist certification. In 2012, Dr. Les Erickson, Biological

Sciences Department, and former student Ryan

Protzko published a paper in BIOS, the journalof the Beta Beta Beta national biological honorsociety, describing a method to produce activeTaq DNA polymerase in an undergraduateclassroom. The article earned the C.E. McClungAward for the most outstanding research paper published in BIOS. It also prompted anumber of requests to the authors for materialsand questions about the protocols invoked in the research. After responding to dozens of universities in

20 countries, they decided to follow up with asecond article, also published in BIOS. This time,they sought to develop a faster, simpler protocolthat would allow labs and classes with limitedequipment and supplies the ability to produceactive Taq DNA polymerase more easily forteaching and research.

Honors for Respiratory TherapyDr. Robert Joyner, respiratory therapy programdirector and associate dean of the HensonSchool of Science and Technology, wasappointed as a representative of the AmericanAssociation of Respiratory Care to the NationalBoard for Respiratory Care, Inc. (NBRC). Hewill serve a one-year renewable term on the 31-member board for the Kansas City, KS-based organization, which providesvoluntary credentialing examinations forpractitioners of respiratory therapy andpulmonary function technology. In addition to providing high-quality

standardized exams for practitioners, NBRC

seeks to advance medicine by promoting the useof respiratory care in treating human ailments.Joyner is not alone in earning regional

recognition. Four seniors from the respiratorytherapy program were chosen by theMaryland/District of Columbia Society forRespiratory Care to receive the 2012 KarrieLipscomb Achievement Award. Katelyn Cassand Kurt Strudwick attend the main Salisburycampus, and Fatima Granados and RenadinSiagat are enrolled in SU’s satellite program atthe Universities at Shady Grove. Each yearstudents from all two- and four-year respiratorytherapy programs in Maryland and D.C. whohave a GPA of 3.0 or higher are asked to submitan essay for the award.

Diriker Named InfluentialMarylanderDr. Memo Diriker, the founding director ofSU’s Business, Economic and CommunityOutreach Network (BEACON) was namedone of 2013’s Influential Marylanders.

He was selected for The Daily Recordhonor, which recognizes those who have“made truly significant impacts in theirfields and continue to be leaders in thestate.” The Baltimore-based businessnewspaper applauds successful citizens innine categories, including education.

At BEACON, an outreach of SU’s PerdueSchool of Business, Diriker advises private,public and nonprofit sector organizations,and specializes in the use of scenarioanalysis and demographic, business andeconomic trend forecasting. He has ledgrants and sponsored research projectstotaling over $16 million.

Diriker chairs the Council of EconomicAdvisors for Wicomico County and is vicepresident of the Salisbury Area Chamber ofCommerce and the Network of InternationalBusiness Schools. He is a member of theGovernor’s Elderly Migration Task Force andserves on advisory boards for Kids ofHonor, a program helping youth graduatefrom high-school, and AngaraiInternational, Inc., an award-winningconsulting service. He also is part of theLeadership Maryland Class of 2012.

PERDUE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Competing With the BestOnce again, Perdue School students aredominating at national competitions. A student team placed first at the Enactus

ethics competition. Enactus is sponsored by over100 major corporations including BB&T, Walmart, KPMG, Coca-Cola and Unilever.

SU also won the competition in 2011. This year, each student team was asked to

develop and present a strategy to solve an ethicaldilemma faced by textile giant Inditex. In thecase, the company was providing funding forcommunity centers and working with a non-governmental organization to identifyproblem areas such as literacy to better assistcontractual workers in Tangier, Morocco. Whileeffective, the program’s expense led the companyto consider whether to continue funding in thoseareas or move operations to another countrywhere labor and infrastructure may have beenless expensive. The SU team’s response was to advise

Inditex to continue funding operations andoutreach in Tangier, Morocco. Students on theSU team included information systems majorHenry Hunt, business and political sciencemajor Katie Joy, finance major Julian Scott, andsenior marketing and public relations majorCorey Salemi.

In addition SU’s team placed in the top 10 ofthe International Collegiate Sales Competitionat Florida State University. Amanda Abbott andD’Arcy Devine progressed to the quarterfinals ofthe event, while Amy Kavanek became SU’s firstsemifinalist in the competition. Bestinginstitutions including the University of Alabamaand West Virginia University, Salisbury was oneof the few schools in the competition sending allthree students on its team at least to thequarterfinal round. Some 27 institutions fieldedteams. In addition to competing, students at theevent were able to network with recruiters fromFortune 500 companies.

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Shipper Receives Fellowship Dr. Frank Shipper,Management andMarketing Department,received the prestigiousKevin E. RubleFellowship from Rutgers University. The fellowship,

presented by Rutgers’School of Managementand Labor Relations,includes a $15,000 award.Shipper plans to use the prize to research andwrite a new book on employee ownership inbusiness, tentatively titled Shared Entrepreneurship:A Path to Engaged Employee Ownership. Generally, shared ownership and employee

engagement are examined and written aboutseparately, said Shipper, who has researched thebenefits of employee engagement and employeeownership in companies domestically andinternationally. He hopes the book will allowscholars and business leaders to see how the twointeract to yield shared entrepreneurship.

Entrepreneurship Competition Celebrates 25 Years and ExpansionAfter 25 years of rewarding excellent student business plans, the Perdue School expanded its annual BernsteinAchievement Award into a three-part Entrepreneurship Competition.

The new format offered over $20,000 in prizes to students. Previously, Bernstein winners earned a topprize of $5,000, which many have used to spark successful endeavors.

The three-part, daylong event started with a new “Invest in My Idea” poster session that took over the firstfloor of Perdue Hall. Some 30 participants visually shared their business ideas with judges, fellow students,faculty members and other spectators who mingled through the exhibit areas over the course of two hours. Thetop 15 earned $300 each and a spot in the new Gull Cage, a “shark tank” competition that allowed them todeliver one-minute verbal pitches to judges, followed by four minutes of Q&A.

This year, Senior Anthony Zangara and his business partner Nicholas Neuman’s business plan forexpansion of their Quikshakes business, which will create new jobs in Maryland with multiple shops andadditional employees, so impressed judges of the competitions, the duo walked away with $14,300 in prizemoney to support their growth. They opened their first Quikshakes location in a YMCA in Abingdon, MD, inJanuary. Providing all-natural smoothies and shakes, and education about nutrients, the team topped $1,600in sales on its first day and is on pace to hit $140,000 in sales in the first year. They already are looking to addtwo more locations: YMCAs in Ellicott City and Elkton, MD.

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Koval Earns Teaching Award Mike Koval, Accounting and Legal StudiesDepartment, was named one of the nation’s toplegal studies educators, earning the Academy ofLegal Studies in Business’ prestigious Charles M.Hewitt Master Teacher Award. The honor is presented annually to a legal

studies faculty member teaching at a businessschool. The award highlights faculty who leadthe way in incorporating new subject matter,cultural shifts, and advances in pedagogy andtechnology into their classes. In 2003, Koval gave up his full-time private

law practice to become a stay-at-home dad to hisnew triplets. Seeking to re-enter the job marketthree years later, he was hired at SU to teachlegal environment and business law. As one of four finalists, Koval attended the

academy’s annual conference in Kansas City,MO, making a presentation before a crowd ofsome 200 peers. “My focus is on engagingstudents with course content on the first day ofclass,” he said. “I shared a method for faculty toteach law in that first class, rather than just readthe course syllabus and tell students how theirgrades will be calculated.” As this year’s winner, Koval received $500

and the traditional golden apple trophy. Hechairs the panel to evaluate nominations for nextyear’s award and moderated the presentations atthe academy’s 2013 conference in Boston.

Education Students Dedicate Peace PolesTwo six-foot white poles, covered in eightdifferent languages, now stand outside SU’s Teacher Education and TechnologyCenter to spread the message “May PeacePrevail on Earth.”

The project was initiated by students inDr. Patricia Dean’s early childhood socialstudies class. Participating studentsmentioned their desire to leave a legacy atSU, and how the peace poles representunity within the campus community. Thepoles also send a message of peace to

visitors, a message that the students wantto carry throughout their lives. Funds raisedby the students to purchase the poles werematched by the Peace Study Center inBaltimore, whose mission is to help teacherscreate curricula that emphasizes peace.

Masahisa Goi started the internationalpeace pole project in Japan in 1955.Devastated by destruction from WWII, Goidedicated his life to uniting people acrossthe world and spreading hope for worldpeace. Today, there are peace poles in 180countries worldwide. Languages featured onSU’s poles include English, Hindi, Swahili,Chinese (representing an exchange studentwho was part of the class), Sign Language,Cherokee, Arabic and Spanish.

SEIDEL SCHOOL OF EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

Social Work Projects BetterThe CommunityStudents in Eileen Gilheany’s Practice III MacroSocial Work class spent countless hours on effortsto better the region during the spring semester.

Examples include the creation of a readinggarden for children at Head Start in Berlin, MD;a dinner and silent auction that raised some$3,000 to fund the Delaware Diamonds, a 12-and-under girls softball team; and a program tohelp give pregnant teenagers resources to stay inschool. Working with decorated soldiers formerlydeployed in Iraq, they also raised $2,200 for

homeless veterans. Students filled empty foodbanks and gathered school supplies for childrenin foster care whose parents are incarcerated. Agolf tournament they organized raised $4,400 tobenefit children in Worcester County.

“While projects raised thousands of dollarsand gathered supplies, they are more thanfundraisers,” said Gilheany. “The goal here is toinvolve community members who then decidewhat their neighborhood needs, and our studentshelp them see how they can bring about positive,sustainable change. ... With these projects, bondsare formed, skills are honed and the communityis strengthened.”

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Riall Lecture Celebrates 25th YearSU’s E. Pauline Riall Lecture Series in Education celebrated its 25th year in2013 with a presentation by University of South Carolina (USC) College ofEducation Dean Emeritus Les Sternberg (above), who discussed “ThePerceptual Cataracts of Educational Policy: Creating Clearer Vision.”

Sternberg is special assistant to the provost at USC, coordinating publicservice outreach initiatives. Under his leadership, USC gained prominence asa leading research university in the Professional Development Schools (PDS)movement. Sternberg has been described as the “godfather of PDS” for hisrole in supporting research, encouraging collaboration and shaping anagenda for political activism by educators. His presentation includedinformation on U.S. education policy issues and the role PDS can play ineducational renewal.

The E. Pauline Riall Lecture Series is named in honor of its founder,teacher and later principal at SU’s Campus School from 1929-1969. Uponher death in the late 1980s, she left a bequest providing funding for theseries, scholarships and an award given annually to an outstandinggraduating elementary or early childhood education major. The series’purpose is to bring to the University and community outstanding nationallecturers in the field of education. Its first speaker, in 1988, was the lateErnest Boyer, who served as president of the Carnegie Foundation. Othernotable educators who have given Riall Lectures include Maxine Greene,Luann Johnson and Cornell West.

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Wagner Earns HolocaustFellowshipUpon completing theHolocaust EducatorsNetwork’s annualsummer seminar at New York City’sMemorial Library, Dr. Diana Wagner,Education SpecialtiesDepartment, wascharged with using herexperience to helpteachers in theWicomico County area.

The goal: Educate them in ways to teach theHolocaust across multiple disciplines as anopening for larger discussions about social justice.

Wagner, who received a fellowship to attendthe two-week seminar in Manhattan, was one ofonly 24 participants from the United States andBelgium selected from more than 60 applicants.Wagner has long been a proponent of socialjustice. In 2011, she worked with RutgersUniversity-Newark to develop Safe Zonecurricula and training after the suicide ofRutgers-New Brunswick freshman TylerClementi raised critical questions about civilityand acceptance. She also has conducted twocampus climate surveys for Eastern Shore publicschools, examining patterns of bullying.

Finch Examines Early Math SkillsIn the journal Educational Evaluation and PolicyAnalysis, Dr. Maida Finch, Education SpecialtiesDepartment, and colleagues from VanderbiltUniversity and the University of Chicagodocument that most kindergarteners are readyfor more challenging mathematical education.

The trio studied data from the NationalCenter for Educational Statistics’ EarlyChildhood Longitudinal Study-KindergartenCohort (ECLS-K) to determine themathematical skills of most children enteringkindergarten. Their findings: about 95 percent ofchildren have mastered counting from 1-10 andrecognizing basic shapes. At the same time,kindergarten teachersreported spendingapproximately 13 dayseach month teachingthose skills. More timeon these rudimentaryskills and less time onhigher-level skills such asaddition and subtractionare associated, onaverage, with lower end-of-kindergarten test scores, according to the study.

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Sea Gull Century BenefitsNonprofits, StudentsSU’s Sea Gull Century, an annual traditionon the Eastern Shore, has raised money fora number of local charities over the years.

Thanks to the 2012 event, the SUFoundation, Inc. donated $6,093.96 toHabitat for Humanity of Wicomico County.Total Foundation contributions have topped$120,000 over the years. “We are gratefulfor the support from the Century,” saidJoan H. Mulvanny, executive director ofHabitat for Humanity of Wicomico County.“The University and its students have alongstanding commitment to Habitat,providing funds to build homes and alsohelping with construction.”

SU students have also benefited.Proceeds from the 2012 Century and extradonations from riders provided $6,000 inscholarships for 11 students whoparticipated or served as event volunteers.Selected annually by the Sea Gull CenturyScholarship Committee and given throughthe SU Foundation, Inc., the awards benefitstudents who posses a 3.0 or higher gradepoint average, and are for use during thespring semester. Scholarships ranged from$250 to $1,000.

SALISBURY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, INC.

Guerrieri Family KindnessContinues to Benefit SU The Guerrieri Family Foundation, one of theEastern Shore’s leading philanthropies, hasannounced an $8 million gift for theconstruction of a sprawling new AcademicCommons at SU. This is one of the largestprivate donations for a capital project in thecampus’ history.

The gift is made in memory of Patricia R.Guerrieri, an SU alumna for whom the newcomplex will be named. At 234,000 square feet,the $115.8 million facility is the largestconstruction project ever undertaken at SU.Echoing the classical athenaeums of ancientGreece as a gathering place for intellectual,social and cultural pursuits, it is expected tobecome the hub of campus life.

The Guerrieris’ generosity has benefited theUniversity for decades. In 1990, the familyannounced the gift of a $1 million scholarshipfund, at that time the most generous endowmentfor scholarships in the history of the campus. Amulti-disciplinary scholarship, the GuerrieriScholars Program reaches across all fouracademic schools, benefiting students with awide range of interests and concentrations. In the last 10 years alone, nearly 200 studentshave received some $725,000 in scholarshipsfrom the endowment, which has grown to morethan $1.7 million. In appreciation, theUniversity named its student center in honor ofthe Guerrieris.

In 2000, a $500,000 gift from the GuerrieriFamily Foundation established the GuerrieriResearch Fund for equipment and materials forstudents and faculty in the University’s HensonSchool of Science and Technology. The fundalso provides student stipends and support forundergraduate research. In recognition of thisgift, the Guerrieri Laboratory Wing in HensonScience Hall was dedicated in their honor.

The Patricia R. Guerrieri AcademicCommons is scheduled to open in 2016. It willinclude a state-of-the-art library, the NabbResearch Center for Delmarva History andCulture, academic centers serving students, aflexible assembly hall accommodating up to 400,art display space and a Wi-Fi café.

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Foundation Celebrates 40th Anniversary and WelcomesNew Board MembersThe Salisbury University Foundation, Inc.,established in 1973 to accumulate funds by giftand investment to enhance the University,celebrated its 40th anniversary this year.

The Foundation has enriched the academicgrowth and physical expansion of SU through thesupport of student scholarships, faculty research,new facilities and community outreach.

Earlier this year, the Foundation alsowelcomed two new members to its board ofdirectors: Timothy Miller of Easton and MicheleThomas of Salisbury. An SU alumnus, Millerpurchased National Premium beer in 2010 andreinvigorated the once-defunct brand. Thomas,vice president of business development at TheBank of Delmarva, follows in the footsteps of herhusband, a past Foundation Board chair.

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SU Foundation AwardsInternships, ScholarshipsTwo significant scholarships stewarded by theSalisbury University Foundation, Inc. benefited20 students in 2012.

The Henry H. “Buddy” Hanna MemorialAward sent nine students to work as legislativeinterns in the Maryland General Assembly lastspring. Established by Henry H. Hanna III and hiswife Dara, the scholarship helps students developtheir passion for government, politics andcommunity affairs. It is named in honor ofHanna’s father, a longtime Eastern Shore legislator.

The Foundation’s 2013 Marshall W. MooreScholarship awarded $1,000 to 11 SU studentswho demonstrated academic excellence and adesire to achieve. The annual award honors theFoundation’s longest-serving original member,Marshall Moore, a 1948 graduate of theUniversity. Created in 2006, the scholarshipcarries an endowment of nearly $200,000.

New Scholarships IntroducedThe Salisbury University Foundation, Inc.launched two new scholarships in 2012.

The Salisbury’s Promise Scholarship wasestablished by Dr. George Whitehead (below left)of SU’s Psychology Department after hereceived the community’s oldest civic honor –the prestigious Salisbury Award – for his workwith area youth. Whitehead used its $500 prizeto begin an endowment. Once fully funded at$10,000, the endowment is expected to providean annual $500 scholarship for SU students.

The D. Page Elmore Legislative MemorialAward was launched to honor the memory ofthe late Maryland Delegate, and to andencourage public service among the nextgeneration of civic leaders. His wife, Carolyn(below right), donated $10,000 to the Foundationto establish the award, which helps defrayexpenses for SU interns working in Annapolisthrough the University’s Institute for PublicAffairs and Civic Engagement.

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The Hanna Scholars joined SU President Janet Dudley-Eshbach and Hanna family members for a luncheon in Annapolis.

CULTURAL EVENTS

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From Jazz to Opera: SUEntertained by Musical Diversity The 15-piece jazz, blues and funk ensembleRhythm in Blue rocked the house, while theSalisbury Symphony Orchestra (SSO) showedoff its versatility.The Rhythm in Blue Jazz Ensemble of the

U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Bandperformed swinging hits from the big band eraby Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, EllaFitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn at a concert inOctober. Led by MSgt. John Cisar, Rhythm inBlue has earned worldwide acclaim, performingat ceremonies for U.S. presidents and foreignheads of state including the Queen of England.

The SSO entertained crowds at twoperformances – the annual Children’s Concert“In the Beginning” in October and the annualHoliday Concert “Opera Classics and BroadwayFavorites” in December. Dr. Jeffrey Schoyenconducted the festive Holiday Concert, featuringguest tenor Dominic Armstrong, a graduate ofthe Curtis Institute and the Juilliard School.Armstrong has performed with Deutsche OperBerlin, Opera Regio Torino and the New YorkCity Opera. “In the Beginning” featured the Alaskan

Native American myth of “Raven and Ganook,”about a plucky Raven who delivered food andwater to the people of the world. Dr. JackieChooi-Theng Lew of SU’s Department ofMusic narrated, with full orchestralaccompaniment. The SSO also performedselections from Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at anExhibition” and Rossini’s “William TellOverture.”

“Brazilian Groove” Brings International FlairSU hosted a number of top international artists as part of its “Brazilian Groove” fall cultural events series,including several Grammy-nominees and a pair of artists the New York Times hailed as “performance virtuosity.”

Minas, one of the most popular Brazilian bands in the United States, performed to an enraptured crowd inSU’s Red Square in September. Featuring guitarist Orlando Haddad and pianist Patricia King, the GrammyAward-nominated group has appeared at prestigious venues including the Lincoln Center and the KennedyCenter for the Performing Arts.

In November, the popular Peter and Judy Jackson Chamber Music Series presented Canções and LendasBrasileiras in Holloway Hall Auditorium. Comprised of countertenor José Lemos, guitarist Marco Sartor andpercussionist Danny Mallon, the group presented an evening of stirring music crafted exclusively for SU. Theprogram included classical selections “Lendas Amazonicas” and “Suite Popular Brasileira.”

Lemos, a member of the Baltimore Consort, has received critical acclaim at venues throughout NorthAmerica and Europe, including Carnegie Hall, London’s Barbican Hall and Paris’ Thèatre de Champs Elysèe. Hisrecorded works include a production of Lully’s Psyche, which was nominated for a 2009 Grammy Award. Sartorhas performed in North America and Europe, as well as his native South America, and was featured on MarcRegnier’s Grammy-nominated album Radamés Gnattali: Solo and Chamber Works for Guitar. Mallon hasrecorded with musicians including Liza Minnelli and Maureen McGovern.

The series also included the intriguing McLean Mix multimedia rainforest installation in the Wicomico Roomof the Guerrieri University Center in November. The installation, which earned raves from the New York Times,brought a portable audio-visual-environmental interactive exhibit that allowed participants to reproduce thecaptivating sounds of the rainforest using recordings and instruments, while viewing a slide presentation ofrainforests around the world. The McLeans recorded rainforest sounds from locations including Peru, Hawaii,Australia, Borneo and Puerto Rico.

University Art GalleriesExpands to DowntownSalisbury SU joined the city’s growing downtown artscommunity, opening a striking 2,000square foot multi-room gallery space therein April. The opening of the SU Art Galleries –Downtown Campus coincided with the city’sannual Salisbury Festival.

“The University is excited by thepotential of such a presence,” said SUPresident Janet Dudley-Eshbach. “We hopethe art exhibits will attract more studentsand other visitors, who, in turn, will explorethe neighborhood and enjoy whatdowntown businesses, shops and otherartists have to offer. A vital, attractive andprosperous downtown benefits us all.”

The first two exhibits were held May 17-June 29. “Young Philly,” a groupshow, showed off the impressive range ofseveral emerging artists currently living andworking in Philadelphia. Exhibitingconcurrently was “The Immortals,” a boldsolo show of contemporary portraiture byJessica Cross Davis, who teaches painting,drawing, design and printmaking in SU’s ArtDepartment. Dr. Maarten Pereboom, deanof the Fulton School of Liberal Arts, laudedthe benefits of University arts programs onurban revitalization. “A synergy developswhen the arts are concentrated in adowntown neighborhood,” he said.

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Holocaust Survivor and Pulitzer-Winning Author Give LecturesTwo powerful speakers appeared at SU.Martin Weiss, a survivor volunteer at the U.S.

Holocaust Memorial Museum, gave the lecture“Life in the Holocaust: Memories of a Survivor”in November as part of the SU Center forConflict Resolution’s “One Person Can Make aDifference” series.Born in 1929 in Polana, Czechoslovakia,

Weiss was present when Germany occupied thecountry in 1939. Five years later hundreds ofthousands of Hungarian Jews, including theWeisses, were arrested and deported to theMunkacs Ghetto and forced to perform slavelabor at a brick factory. Within the next threemonths, the Weisses were deported fromHungary to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Weiss, hisbrother Moshe, his sister Cilia and his fatherJacob were selected for slave labor. The rest ofthe family was killed upon arrival.As the Allies advanced into Germany in

spring 1945, Weiss and the other inmates weremarched to Gunskirchen, where the U.S. Armyeventually liberated them. Weiss immigrated tothe U.S. in 1946, serving in the Korean Warbefore entering the grocery business in 1955 andstarting a family. He began volunteering with theHolocaust Memorial Museum in 1998.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward P. Jones read from his works as part of theWriters-on-the-Shore series in October.

Jones won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction forhis 2003 New York Times bestseller The KnownWorld. The book also earned the National Book Critics Circle Award, InternationalIMPAC Dublin Literary Award and LannanLiterary Award. Also known for his compilations of short

stories, Jones’ first collection, Lost in the City, won the PEN/Hemingway Award and wasnominated for the National Book Award. His second, All Aunt Hagar’s Children, was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award.

Holocaust survivorMartin Weiss

Pulitzer Prize winnerEdward P. Jones

SU Travels to CamelotThe Bobbi Biron Theatre Program, led by atalented cast that drew equally from the actingand music programs at SU, presented Lernerand Loewe’s beloved epic musical Camelotin March.Dr. T. Paul Pfeiffer, chair of the Theatre and

Dance Department, directed the play withmusical direction by Dr. William Folger, chair ofthe Music Department. The productionrepresented a homecoming of sorts for Pfeiffer.A longtime fan of the work, he portrayed KingArthur in a production of Camelot as a senior inhigh school.Pfeiffer compared the play to another

popular love triangle. “It’s not ‘Team Arthur’ or‘Team Lancelot,’” he said, referencing theallegiances built around the romantic leads in thepopular Twilight book and film series. The cruxof the play, he insisted, is much deeper. “It’sabout thinking things through and working outproblems by using your head instead of force orintuition or emotion.”

SEA GULL ATHLETICS

Salisbury Concludes AnotherStrong Year with Postseason Play The 2012-13 year ended with Salisbury againbeing recognized as one of the top athleticdepartments in the nation. The NationalAssociation of College Directors of Athletics(NACDA) ranked the Sea Gulls No. 12 in thefinal Learfield Sports Directors Cup. Teams areranked based on their finishes in NCAAtournaments.

Salisbury sent seven teams to the NCAAtournament this past season. Along with thewomen’s lacrosse team claiming the nationalchampionship, the softball team qualified for theNCAA Division III World Series, the men’slacrosse team advanced to the NCAA semifinalsand the baseball team was an NCAA regionalfinalist. The volleyball team made its deepest runin the NCAA tournament, winning the regionalhosted at Maggs Physical Activities Center andadvancing to the NCAA quarterfinals, while thefootball team made the NCAA tournament forthe third year in a row – a program first.

Along with the NCAA tournament runs,Salisbury claimed seven conferencechampionships and saw seven athletes namedconference Players of the Year.

Looking ahead, the future is bright forSalisbury athletics with three conference Rookieof the Year awards.

The year was not simply about 12 months ofaction, as the Sea Gulls welcomed three newmembers into the Athletics Hall of Fame for

their contributions to the program more than adecade ago. Erik Miller ’95 (men’s lacrosse), LisaNeylan Vuolo ’01 (women’s basketball) andMichael Svehla ’02 (men’s soccer) made up theClass of 2012.

Salisbury men’s lacrosse Head Coach JimBerkman received an honor that was a long timecoming, as it was announced that he would beinducted into the National Lacrosse Hall ofFame in October 2013.

Women’s lacrosse and track & field were notthe only programs to bring a nationalchampionship back to the Eastern Shore, as theclub men’s rugby team won the Division IInational championship. The SU Sharks lost inthe 2012 national championship game and madethe long road back to the title tilt, taking on theteam from the University of Minnesota-Duluth,which had steamrolled all of its othercompetition in the tournament. In stunningfashion, Salisbury came up with a 32-17 victoryfor the national championship.

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FALL SPORTS RECORD HIGHLIGHTMen’s Cross Country -- CAC Third Place

Women’s Cross Country -- CAC Third Place

Field Hockey 15-3 NCAA Second Round

Football 9-3 NCAA Second Round, Empire 8 Champions

Men’s Soccer 9-7-2 CAC Semifinalist

Women’s Soccer 11-5-2 CAC Finalist

Volleyball 37-4 NCAA Quarterfinals, CAC Champions

WINTER SPORTS RECORD HIGHLIGHTMen’s Basketball 19-8 CAC Semifinals

Women’s Basketball 15-12 CAC Semifinals

Men’s Swimming 3-7 CAC 4th Place

Women’s Swimming 2-8 CAC 5th Place

SPRING SPORTS RECORD HIGHLIGHTBaseball 33-9 NCAA Regional

FinalistCAC Champion

Men’s Lacrosse 17-6 NCAA Semifinals

Women’s Lacrosse 23-0 NCAA ChampionCAC Champion

Softball 42-4 NCAA DIII WorldSeries, CAC Champion

Men’s Tennis 14-10 CAC Finalist

Women’s Tennis 20-3 CAC Finalist

Men’s Track & Field -- CAC ChampionCampbell claims NCAA title in 110-meter hurdles

Women’s Track & Field -- CAC ChampionTavik claims 2nd NCAA title in shot put

Athletics At A Glance

Sea Gulls Bring Home Three National ChampionshipsThe end of the academic year is about celebration, having completed another successful year in the classroom,and for the luckiest of athletic programs, celebrating national championships. SU was able to celebrate twoNCAA individual titles and the department’s 17th team NCAA championship in May.

The women’s lacrosse team entered 2013 with “redemption” as the theme for its year. Having lost toTrinity (CT) College in the 2012 national championship game, for the Sea Gulls’ only loss of the season, theplayers felt they had let an opportunity slip away, and in 2013 they would not be denied. Salisbury did not losea single game in the regular season, spending the entire year ranked No. 2 in the country, behind undefeated No. 1 Trinity. The Sea Gulls rolled through the Capital Athletic Conference tournament, for the program’s 13thconference championship, and the first three rounds of the NCAA tournament to reach the semifinals. Salisburysurvived its first halftime deficit, coming from behind to beat Middlebury College in the national semifinal, 8-7.The championship game was a rematch of 2012, and this time, the Sea Gulls would get the best of theBantams. Salisbury scored four goals in the first 12 minutes of the game, and never looked back from the 4-0lead, claiming the program’s second national championship, 12-5.

The men’s and women’s track & field teams saw their first individual NCAA national champion in 2009 andhave used that first title to only gain momentum. In 2013, the programs achieved another first, seeing both amen’s and women’s competitor winning a title at the same championships. Senior Chelsea Tavik (below right)earned her second national championship, and first during the outdoor portion of her career, claiming thewomen’s shot put competition. She closed her career as the most decorated women’s student-athlete in track & field history, claiming five All-American awards. She traveled to the championships with freshman Luke Campbell (below left), who earned an All-American honor during the indoor season and came from his 10th seeded position in the men’s 110-meter hurdles at the outdoor championships to claim his firstnational championship.

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Perdue Estate Dedicates Gift toWomen's Basketball Program In early March, the Madeline G. PerdueCharitable Foundation, Inc. announced two giftsto the SU Foundation, Inc. with a combinedworth of $540,000 to benefit women’sbasketball at the University.

Some $200,000, to permanently endow thewomen’s basketball program, may be used forteam operating expenses. The remaining$340,000 will be placed in a special account forthe eventual construction of a new athleticsfacility, dedicated to a locker room and teamgathering place for women’s basketball. AMemorandum of Understanding states that thespace “shall be comparable to the best NCAADivision III facilities.”

In gratitude for her support, the women’sbasketball locker/team room will be named the“Madeline G. Perdue Women’s Basketball TeamRoom” when a new athletics facility is built.

SU Sports Information OfficeGains National Recognition A year-in-review article in Lacrosse Magazine,published by US Lacrosse, the sport’s nationalgoverning body, named Tim Brennan, SU sportsinformation director, the “SID of the Year.”

“The Sea Gulls website is one of the mostcomprehensive around and when I checked [oure-mail] account, Salisbury’s releases were alwaysone of the first I found on game day,” said writerJac Coyne. “If I needed art or quick access to aplayer, Brennan turned around my requestseemingly withinminutes.”

Brennan joined theUniversity’s staff in 2009.He credits his staff,especially SU graduateassistant Joshua LaVeck,who worked primarilywith men’s lacrosseduring the 2012 season.

The Year In ReviewAs part of our Fiscal Year 2013 operating budget, the University received a second 3 percent structuraladjustment to its in-state tuition rate. Consistent with the strategic planning involved with requesting theadjustment, investments were made in institutional based financial aid, student recruitment and retentioninitiatives and in hiring a limited number of new faculty and staff.

On the capital side, the University completed the multi-year comprehensive housing renovations in thesummer of 2013. Additional capital investments were made in multiple facility renewal projects, the athleticcomplex and for pedestrian safety around campus.

FINANCIAL REPORT

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University FinancialReport Fiscal Year 2013Revenues...................................................FYE 6/30/13Tuition & Fees .................................................................$50,002,136State Appropriation ...........................................................40,142,526Government Grants & Contracts ...........................................4,747,843Private Gifts, Endowment Income Non-governmental Grants & Contracts

...................................................................................1,058,898Sales & Services of Educational Departments...........................288,257Other Income......................................................................7,763,901Auxiliary Services .............................................................50,025,791Total Current Fund Revenue...........................................$154,029,352

ExpendituresEducation & General:

Instruction ..................................................................$48,779,937Research............................................................................717,817Public Service..................................................................6,229,573Academic Support ...........................................................9,255,275Student Services..............................................................5,873,805Institutional Support......................................................14,472,350Operation & Maintenance of Plant .................................16,727,030Scholarships & Fellowships....................................................36,257

Auxiliary Enterprises .........................................................35,472,809Interest on Indebtedness .....................................................3,806,647Total Expenditures.........................................................$141,371,500

Net Increase in Fund Balance Over Previous Year ................................................$12,657,852

Please Note: The financial information displayed is based on the University’s submission to the University System of Maryland (USM)and is published prior to either the USM’s or the external auditor’s finalreview. As such, any subsequent changes that may have been requested and/or made are not reflected.

RestrictedFunds

$5,806,7413.77%

State Support Funds$98,196,820

63.75%

Self SupportFunds

$50,025,79132.48%

Revenue By TypeRevenue By Source

StateAppropriations

26.06%

AuxiliaryServices32.48%

Tuition& Fees32.46%

Non-governmentGrants & Contracts.69%

Sales & ServicesOf EducationalDepartments.19%

OtherIncome5.04%

Instruction34.50%

AuxiliaryEnterprises

27.78%

StudentServices

4.15%AcademicSupport6.55%

Research.51%

Scholarships/Fellowships.03%

InstitutionalSupport10.24%

Revenue Distribution FY 2013

Expenditure Summary FY 2013

Instruction47.78%

PlantOperations

16.38%

Insti-tutionalSupport14.18%

AcademicSupport

9.07%

StudentServices5.75%

Scholarships/Fellowships.04%

State Support ExpenditureBy Program

Total ExpenditureBy Program

Government Grants &Contracts

3.08%

Research.70%

PublicService4.41%

PublicService

6.10%

Plant Operations11.83%

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CHARLES R. & MARTHA N.FULTON SCHOOL OF LIBERALARTSUndergraduateDepartments/Majors

■ Art- Art- Fine Art

■ Communication Arts■ Conflict Analysis and

Dispute Resolution■ English

- English- ESOL/K-12 Certification

■ Environmental Studies■ History■ Interdisciplinary Studies■ Modern Languages and

Intercultural Studies- French- Spanish

■ Music■ Philosophy■ Political Science

- Political Science- International Studies

■ Psychology■ Sociology■ Theatre and Dance

- TheatreGraduate Degrees

■ Master of Arts (M.A.)- Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution

- English- History

RICHARD A. HENSON SCHOOLOF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYUndergraduateDepartments/Majorss

■ Biology- Biology- Biology/EnvironmentalMarine Science

■ Chemistry■ Geography and Geosciences

- Geography- Earth Science

■ Health Sciences- Medical Laboratory Science- Respiratory Therapy

■ Mathematics and Computer Science- Computer Science- Mathematics

■ Nursing■ PhysicsGraduate Degrees

■ Master of Science (M.S.)- Applied Biology- Applied Health Physiology- GIS Management- Nursing- Mathematics Education

■ Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.)

FRANKLIN P. PERDUE SCHOOLOF BUSINESSUndergraduateDepartments/Majors

■ Accounting and Legal Studies- Accounting

■ Economics and Finance- Business Economics- Economics- Finance

■ Information and DecisionSciences- Information Systems

■ Management and Marketing- International Business- Management- Marketing

Graduate Degrees

■ Master of BusinessAdministration (M.B.A.)

SAMUEL W. & MARILYN C. SEIDELSCHOOL OF EDUCATION &PROFESSIONAL STUDIESUndergraduateDepartments/Majors

■ Education Specialties- Secondary Teaching Licensure

■ Health and Sport Sciences- Community Health- Exercise Science- Physical Education

■ Social Work■ Teacher Education

- Early Childhood Education- Elementary Education

Graduate Degrees

■ Master of Arts in Teaching(M.A.T.)

■ Master of Education (M.Ed.)- Curriculum and Instruction- Educational Leadership- Reading Specialist

■ Master of Social Work (M.S.W.)

■ President: Dr. Janet Dudley-Eshbach

■ Provost and Senior VicePresident of Academic Affairs: Dr. Diane D. Allen

■ Vice President ofAdministration and Finance:Betty P. Crockett

■ Vice President of Advancementand External Affairs: T. Greg Prince

■ Vice President of StudentAffairs: Dr. Dane R. Foust

■ President’s Chief of Staff: Amy S. Hasson

■ Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Government &Community Relations: Robby Sheehan

■ Dean of Fulton School of Liberal Arts: Dr. Maarten L. Pereboom

■ Dean of Henson School of Science and Technology: Dr. Karen L. Olmstead

■ Dean of Perdue School of Business: Dr. Bob G. Wood

■ Dean of Seidel School of Education and Professional Studies: Dr. Cheryl Parks

■ Dean of Graduate Studies and Research: Dr. Clifton P. Griffin

■ Dean of Libraries and Instructional Resources: Dr. Beatriz B. Hardy

■ Faculty Senate President: Dr. Elizabeth Ragan

■ Graduate Student CouncilPresident: Tabatha Beck

■ Staff Senate President: Steven Blankenship

■ Student GovernmentAssociation President:Katherine Mooney

■ University ConsortiumCoordinating Committee Chair: Dr. Elizabeth Ragan

■ Adjunct Faculty Caucus Chair: Timothy Robinson

STATE OF MARYLAND

■ Governor: Martin O’Malley■ Lt. Governor:

Anthony G. Brown■ Maryland Higher Education

Commission Secretary: Dr. Danette Gerald Howard

UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND

■ Dr. William E. Kirwan,Chancellor

BOARD OF REGENTS■ James L. Shea (Chair)■ Gary L. Attman■ Norman R. Augustine■ Dr. Patricia S. Florestano■ Louise Michaux Gonzales■ Linda Gooden■ Barry P. Gossett■ Earl F. Hance (ex officio)■ The Hon. Francis X. Kelly Jr.■ David W. Kinkopf■ Samim Manizade

(student regent) ■ The Hon. C. Thomas McMillen■ Robert D. Rauch■ Dr. Frank M. Reid III■ Thomas G. Slater■ Tracye Turner■ Paul L. Vance

MissionSalisbury University is a premiercomprehensive Maryland publicuniversity, offering excellent,affordable education inundergraduate liberal arts, sciences,pre-professional and professionalprograms, including education,nursing, social work and business,and a limited number of appliedgraduate programs. SU’s highestpurpose is to empower its studentswith the knowledge, skills and corevalues that contribute to activecitizenship, gainful employment andlifelong learning in a democraticsociety and interdependent world.

Salisbury University cultivatesand sustains a superior learningcommunity where students, facultyand staff engage one another asteachers, scholars and learners, andwhere a commitment to excellenceand an openness to a broad array ofideas and perspectives are central toall aspects of University life. SU’slearning community is student-centered; thus, students and facultyinteract in small classroom settings,faculty serve as academic advisorsand virtually every student has anopportunity to undertake researchwith a faculty mentor. SU fosters anenvironment where individuals makechoices that lead to a moresuccessful development of social,physical, occupational, emotional andintellectual well-being.

The University recruitsexceptional and diverse faculty, staff,and undergraduate and graduatestudents from across Maryland, theUnited States and around the world,supporting all members of theUniversity community as they worktogether to achieve the institution’sgoals and vision. Believing thatlearning and service are vitalcomponents of civic life, SalisburyUniversity actively contributes to thelocal Eastern Shore community andthe educational, economic, culturaland social needs of the state andnation.

Salisbury University does not discriminate on the basis of sex,gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, nationalorigin, age, disability, genetic information, religion, sexualorientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or otherlegally protected characteristics in its programs and activities. Directall inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policy to HumbertoAristizabal, Director of Fair Practices & EEO/AA, Title IXCoordinator, Salisbury University, 1101 Camden Avenue, HollowayHall 131, Salisbury, MD 21801-6860; Tel. 410-548-3508.

Salisbury University is a proud member of the University System of Maryland.

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Salisbury University’s Leadership

A four-year comprehensive university offering 58 distinct undergraduate and graduate degreeprograms, SU is one of those rare places whereindividual talents are celebrated while big ideas are encouraged and nurtured.

A Maryland University of National Distinction

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