Along with 273 graduates, including 29 master’s and nine doctorate degree recipients, two of the university’s retired professorswill be honored at UMES’ 16th Winter Commencement exercises on Dec. 14.

Dr. Sally Bing, former associate professor of education, and Ernest Satchell, former chair of the Department of Fine Arts, willreceive the honor of Professor Emeritus.

Bing, who devoted 35 years to the university in the Department of Education, was instrumental in forming the firstundergraduate program in elementary/special education, which evolved into today’s Special Education Program. She also co-developed a joint graduate program in special education with the University of Maryland College Park.

Most noteworthy, she served as the first assessment coordinator of the Professional Education Unit at a time when UMES earnedits initial and subsequent accreditation from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education. The unit was commendedfor its assessment systems.

During her tenure, Bing stepped in twice as interim chair of the department. However, she was most known for her teaching,advising and mentoring. She coordinated several grants, including Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers for Technology and the GEAR UPprogram. In 1987, she was awarded the Chancellor’s Teacher Scholar Award.

Bing holds a bachelor’s degree in German from the University of Vermont, and a Master of Education in specific learningdisorders and a doctorate in educational psychology, both from the University of Georgia.

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Family, friends and those who respected him gathered on the UMEScampus this past Saturday to say their final good-byes to Dr. H. DeWayneWhittington, who died Nov. 20 following a short illness. He was 81.

Whittington was a pioneering educator-administrator for more than fourdecades who, after retiring in 1992, stayed active as a civic leader andvolunteer.

When the legislature created the University System of Maryland in arealignment of public higher education, Whittington accepted an invitation in1997 to serve as a charter member of the UMES Board of Visitors, the advisorypanel to the university president. He also was a visiting lecturer at theuniversity, served as a field experience director and as a member of UMES’Upward Bound program’s advisory committee.

Whittington made history in 1988 when he was named Somerset Countypublic schools’ superintendent, the first African-American of the modern erato hold that job. As a teacher, coach and administrator, he touched many livesand his funeral at the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts wasattended by more than 500 mourners.

“He knew who he was. He stayed in his lane and he helped people alongthe way,” said the Rev. Alan Gould Sr., who delivered a moving eulogy. “Dr.Whittington was a friend to many. He was a friend and mentor to me.”

The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History andCulture paid tribute to Whittington in 2007 by displaying his portrait in theBaltimore facility—another first for a lower Eastern Shore native. Gov. MartinO’Malley appointed him in January 2009 to the Somerset County Board ofEducation and he served on that policymaking panel until earlier this month.

BOV charter member H. DeWayne Whittington dies at age 81

Faculty emeritus recognized at Winter Commencement

Whittington graduated from Morgan StateCollege in 1952 with a Bachelor of Sciencedegree. He went on to earn his master’s ineducation from Pennsylvania State Universityand in 1980 he received his doctorate fromNova University.

The Rev. David Briddell, a collegeclassmate who presided over Whittington’smarriage to Louise Holden in 1957, traveledfrom Teaneck, N.J. to attend the funeral andoffer words of condolence. He was among some two dozen clergy in theaudience.

Whittington’s interests in public service extended beyond education.He was chairman of the board of directors of SHORE Up! Inc., a private,

non-profit agency in Salisbury that helps “people reach economic self-sufficiency.” He also served 45 years on the governing board of McCreadyMemorial Hospital in Crisfield, where he was born June 9, 1931.

Whittington held the distinction of being the first African-American to beappointed to the health care facility’s board and was among its longest-servingmembers when he left the panel in 2009. He was proud to lobby successfullyin the 1960s for the integration of the hospital’s patient population and laterthe recruitment of minority doctors.

He served two years as an officer in the U.S. Army and also was a memberof Crisfield’s Masonic Lodge of the Prince Hall Masons of Maryland, theGideons International and Omega Psi Phi fraternity.

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Local couple funds foreign language and study abroad for studentsUMES students will be able to strengthen their

foreign language skills and study abroad as a result ofthe generosity of two Eastern Shore educators. CharlesGorman and Gladys Billups Goslee recently made a$10,000 gift to establish the Charles G. and Gladys B.Goslee Fund for English and Modern Languages.

The Goslees are active, compassionate membersof the community and have long supported efforts toincrease opportunities for local students. Charles, a1955 Maryland State College graduate, is a formerWicomico County principal, and Gladys, a member ofthe university’s Board of Visitors, is a former Frenchteacher and teacher-mentor in Wicomico County. Thecouple established the Charles and Gladys GosleeYouth Help Fund at the Community Foundation in 1997 to provideresources for local youth.

Given the couple’s connection to UMES, commitment to youth andinterest in foreign language and travel, “it was only natural for the Gosleesto establish a fund that will prepare students for careers in the global

Philcontinues to begenerous atUMES! Over the

past seven years, Phil helped raise over $15million to support student scholarships,provide increasing endowment funds forthe long-term and meet immediate needs.

Phil could be found all over campusthis fall. The response has been fantastic.Several departments and divisions havealready achieved a 100 percent responserate and many others are well on their way.

If you haven’t donated yet and wouldlike to take part in the effort, please write acheck to the UMES Foundation, go onlineand click on online giving, or fill out apayroll deduction form. You can choose thefund you want to support. Call me at 410-651-8142 if you have any questions.

Please remember that it's not aboutthe size of your gift, but your participationthat matters. It is the sum of our effortsand commitments that makes thedifference for our students and ourcommunity. Thank you for all the good thatyou do for UMES every day.

Thank you Phil! Thank YOU! Veronique Diriker,

director of development

Departments have 100 percent participation

community by helping them expand their languageskills and develop a mastery of foreign languages,”said Kimberly Conway Dumpson, esq., UMES vicepresident for institutional advancement.

The UMES Foreign Language Instructional Centeris one of the programs that may be enhanced as aresult of the Goslees’ gift. FLIC provides instruction inless-commonly taught languages to individuals andorganizations seeking to advance their proficiency foracademic, professional or personal goals. The centeruses traditional and technology-based instruction.Instructors are native speakers and students use astate-of-the art language laboratory featuring RosettaStone and other language software to develop oral and

written communication skills and cultural understanding. The Goslee endowment fund, which will remain open to future

contributions, will be administered by Dr. Jacqueline Brice-Finch, theEnglish and Modern Languages department chair. The fund also providesfor faculty support and research, Dumpson said.

“Where’sPhil?”

Frederick Douglass Library staff contributed 100 percent to the effort. From left are: (frontrow) Karen Cannon, Carol Stroh, Tyvonnia Braxton, Jennifer Neumyer, Marvella Rounds,Michel Clark, (back row) Joseph Bree, Michelle Turner, Beverly Dennis, Joan Harmon, Dr.Ellis Beteck, Karen Ames, Cynthia Nyirenda, Rena Finney and Jennifer Carpenter.

The Office of Financial Aid staff pictured from left, are: Susan Creager, Vera Miles-Heath,Donzell Hayman, Holly Trice, Pridgett Harmon, Danena Livingston, Christina DeHuarte,Roberta Stokes and James Kellam. The office had 100 percent participation in the Where’sPhil employee fundraising campaign.

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Faculty/Staff SpotlightDr. Maurice Clarke, an assistant professor in the

Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences, waselected to the general conference committee of the NationalPoultry Improvement Plan during its 41st annual conference.

Clarke has been a member of the poultry taskforceorganized by the Delmarva Poultry Industry since 1991. Prior

to joining UMES’ faculty in 2008, he served as field veterinarian and actingdirector for more than two years in a poultry diagnostic laboratory inSalisbury. His work focuses on disease diagnosis and prevention in poultry.

“It is a great opportunity for UMES to be represented at this forum andto have an input in poultry disease diagnosis and prevention on a nationalscale, given its importance in international trade and the possible zoonoticimplication (of animal-to-human transmission),” Clarke said.

The committee serves as an advisory board to the U.S. Secretary ofAgriculture. It assists federal agency in planning, organizing and conductingthe biennial NPIP conference, while also serving as a liaison between theUSDA and the poultry industry. Committee members work to fulfill theorganization’s mission to prevent disease through new diagnostictechnology and to protect international trade.

Marcellus Connor, an area director in the Office ofResidence Life, competed against some 100 entries to win“Region’s Best” at the Mid-Atlantic Association of Collegeand University Housing Officers regional conference inBaltimore Nov. 7. The award includes an all-expense paidtrip to the national conference in Minneapolis, Minn. in June.

Kuennan hands over reigns ofRural Development Center

Warner Sumpter,director of UMES’ Departmentof Public Safety since January2008, retires from the postDec. 31.

One of his last projectswas coordinating a hazardousmaterial spill exercisedesigned to ensure thatuniversity personnel areprepared in the event of a realemergency on campus.

Sumpter served in Vietnam with the U.S. Marine Corps’ ForceReconnaissance Company and retired as the Commanding General of theU.S. Army Intelligence Center at Fort Huachuca, Ariz. He also worked fortwo decades as a Maryland State Police officer.

Gov. Martin O’Malley appointed Sumpter in January 2009 to SomersetCounty’s school board, which he currently serves as chairman.

Sumpter is a graduate of Anne Arundel Community College and receiveda Bachelor of Science degree, with honors, from the University of Baltimore.He is an avid history buff who can trace his family roots to the nation’sfounding, where a distant relative was Gen. Thomas Sumter, a RevolutionaryWar hero.

He did graduate work at the University of Louisville’s Southern PolicyInstitute as an honors graduate and attended the U.S. Command and StaffCollege and the National Defense University, where he received a Master ofScience degree in national security strategy.

Dan Kuennen is retiring from the UMESRural Development Center after 22½ years asdirector. His last official day also is Dec. 31, buthas pledged to help the UMES administrationwith its transition in 2013 to a new managementstructure for outreach projects like those heworked on.

Under Kuennen, a Peace Corps alumnus,the RDC provided financial and technical

information for business startup and expansion projects he estimates createdmore than 6,000 local manufacturing jobs. That business incubator strategyrelied on a revolving loan program that used $18 million in state and federalgrants to leverage another $100 million in investments to help some 100companies.

The center also develops marketing materials, supports regional tourismcooperation and resource-sharing among counties across Maryland’s EasternShore, assists them in promotional efforts to attract new business and supportsstudies in select industries.

The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic DevelopmentAdministration designated the RDC as an EDA University Center in 1995,making it a business entrepreneurship center for rural business.

Among its successes is the Maryland Hawk Corp., a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization focused on moving intellectual property developed at UMESinto the commercial world that results in business growth and new jobs.

Connor’s presentation was titled “Tips and Tools to Becoming aFriendlier Housing Professional.”

“Where this title appears to be light in spirit, it is indeed very technicaland requires intense professional understanding of the subject matter,”said Marvin Jones, director of the Office of Residence Life. “Marcellus’command of the material and delivery style rated him and UMES highamong the universities participating. This honor helps fortify our institutionas a model in the student housing industry.”

Cedric Rashaw and Dr. Melanie Davenport, staffof UMES’ Counseling Center, presented “Active CounselingThrough Student Involvement, Outreach and Retention” atthe seventh annual HBCU Counseling Center conference.The event, held Nov. 8-12, was hosted by SouthernUniversity in Baton Rouge, La.

Rashaw and Davenport’s workshop included apresentation on faculty/staff involvement with studentsoutside the classroom and an interactive breakoutdiscussion in which each group developed a plan on howuniversity employees can play a more vital role in studentretention on their campuses.

As a result of their presentation, both counselors wereselected to serve as HBCU Counseling Center conference representatives forDelaware and Maryland. They will be responsible for contacting universitiesin their assigned territory to inform and update them on the association’sinstitutional membership and the 2013 conference.

Sumpterannouncesretirmentas publicsafety director

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UMES is uniquely qualified to address a chronic complaint within thecommunication industry. Concerns surface repeatedly in surveys ofbroadcast managers that their companies may not reflect theircommunities, that there is a lack of diversity among decision makers.

UMES has hundreds of students who could help solve the industry’sproblem, but providing the hands-on tools and professional expertisemedia-studies students need to perfect their skills is costly. Without theTitle III program, those costs would likely have been prohibitive at UMES.

Over a five-year period, through a Title III activity titled “EnhancingTelecommunications Education,” the university has developed significanttools to provide its students interested in radio and television careers withexperiential learning opportunities.

The Department of English and Modern Languages has used Title IIImoney to support two broadcast professionals who provide technicalexpertise, teach classes, coordinate internships and supervise HawkRadio, the student-managed Internet radio station. The funding alsoassisted the university in creating Discover UMES, a video production unitwhere students learn to produce stories and programs and post theirwork on a UMES YouTube channel. Fledgling reporters, videographers,anchors and studio crew members gain hands-on experience and createprofessional portfolios that prove invaluable when searching for a job.

“I appreciate Hawk Radio and Discover UMES to the utmost,” saidsenior Jasmine Walden, also an English major. “They have given me theexperience I need to excel in my career after graduation. Hawk Radio hasnurtured me to be the leader that I am today.”

Another benefit for students is exposure to seasoned industryprofessionals. Through guest speakers, station visits, practice interviewsessions and resume reviews, UMES students learn how to network andmarket themselves.

Students with Hawk Radio and Discover UMES credentials on theirresume have secured internships at BET, CNN, Radio One and other well-known media outlets. Once they earn their degrees, they have alsoparlayed their Title III-funded experience into employment. UMES alumniare in television newsrooms, radio promotion departments and publicrelations firms around the country.

“The experience I have gained … will stay with me forever,” saidjunior Da’Vone Freeman, an English major. “I started out with littleexperience working with bigger cameras and editing. My skills havegrown so much that people around now recognize me when I walkaround campus. There is no better feeling then the feeling of learningmore about what you love.”

“Enhancing Telecommunications Education” has benefitted jobprospects for UMES students and proven to be an effective retention tool,a positive public relations vehicle as well as an opportunity for mediaexecutives to hire the diverse staffs they seek.

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UMES’ Writing Center was alive andwell this fall. Users saw some new strategiesat the start of the 2012-13 academic yearthanks to the leadership of a new directorand the support of senior administrators.

Terry Smith, an assistant professor inthe Department of English and ModernLanguages, returned to her “professionalroots” as the director of UMES’ WritingCenter. Smith takes on the addedresponsibility with plenty of experienceleading a writing center including fouryears at Salisbury University and five years at

Wor-Wic Community College. She spent the past five years at UMES primarily teaching technical

writing. To brush up on the latest and best of writing center theory andpractice, Smith attended the International Writing Center AssociationSummer Institute this past summer in Seven Springs, Pa.

“I renewed and forged friendships with leading writing center scholarsand directors from around the world,” Smith said. “It was exciting to returnto campus and open our Writing Center for the semester.”

Two notable changes, she said, were made this semester—implementing an online scheduling and record-keeping system andincreasing the number of tutors and tutoring hours. Smith credits Dr.Jacqueline Brice-Finch, chair of the Department of English and ModernLanguages, and Dr. Ray Davis, dean of the School of Arts and Professions,with helping her.

“We have a strong group of tutors and challenging goals for the nextsemester,” Smith said. The center plans to continue to increase individualsessions for students, offer small-group workshops and expand support forWriting in the Disciplines. She said the support of the entire university isneeded to reach the latter goal.

“As faculty plan their spring 2013 syllabi, we suggest including writingassignments on which the Writing Center can provide support to studentsduring the writing process. They can be emailed to me and I will reviewthem with the tutors,” she said. “We want to continue to improve writingskills at UMES.”

All are welcome to visit the Writing Center located in Wilson Hall 1107.

Writing Center growthFederal programhelps launch

Hawkbroadcasters

Jasmine Walden

Terry Smith

What activities occupyyour time outside theclassroom? USM studentrepresentative, Wicomico HallResident Assistant, Alpha Phi

Sigma (National Criminal Justice Honor Society)and Sophomore Class Senator.

What goals have you set this school year?What are your career plans? My main goal isto be the best that I can possibly be as a USMrepresentative and to have a positive impact onmy university. For future goals, I want be a PrinceGeorges’ County police officer.

Why did you want to be a USMrepresentative? Interning this past summerwith Councilman Will Campos and now state Del.Alonzo Washington inspired me to make adifference at UMES, just as they do for PrinceGeorge’s County. Engaging in intellectualconversation and being able to convey my opinionin a professional manner heightened my interest in this position.

What are your duties and responsibilities? I attend monthly meetingsat different USM institutions and vote on behalf of UMES for policies andlegislation that affect the entire system and most importantly, report to myconstituents.

What interests you about being a representative? Networking withstudents from the council. Being a part of the council is preparing me forthe real world by getting used to being a minority in a room full of themajority.

What one thing do you want Santa Claus to get you for Christmas?Any sport games (Madden) and more dress clothes!

What advice would you give a high school student about preparingfor college? “Come to college with an open mind and be able to workhard. Play later.”

Christopher Padmore, Shannon Hampton, Travis Chambers andCameron L. Jones, applied design and graphic illustration majors in theDepartment of Fine Arts, lent their time and expertise to create a mural toadd life to the walls of the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts.Their artistic expression will be their parting gift to UMES before theygraduate in May. A dedication ceremony in conjunction with a GospelChoir performance takes place Dec. 17 at the center.

Mural brightens Ella Fitzgerald Center

Chris Padmore-PAC mural Shannon Hampton-PAC mural

Several dozen fire, rescue and lawenforcement professionals converged onthe UMES campus this past Sundaymorning to participate in a hypotheticalhazardous material emergency exercise.

The activity satisfied a requirementthat colleges and universities mustconduct emergency-response practiceevents to comply with federalregulations.

UMES’ Poultry Science and Research Center on StricklandLane adjacent to the university’s physical plant was the site for the Dec. 2exercise.

Participants learned that a mock chemical spill was a deliberate act.Responders discovered five “actors,” criminal justice majors, overcome bytoxic fumes. The script called for two of the victims to be dead.

E-mails and text alerts about the exercise were distributed, and sirens

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and public address broadcasts wereemployed.

Planning involved key universitypersonnel as well as firefighters fromPrincess Anne and Mount Vernon,Maryland Fire and Rescue Instituteofficials, local law enforcement agenciesand specially trained HAZMAT-responseand decontamination teams fromWorcester County.

The exercise originally wasscheduled for Nov. 4 just days after Hurricane Sandy battered Delmarva, soplanners rescheduled it because participants were still dealing with thestorm’s aftermath.

The four-hour event attracted specially equipped vehicles and theiremergency responders, a majority of them volunteers who live in thecommunity and are trained in handling hazardous materials.

Eric A. LanejuniorAge: 20

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Art majors taking in the National Gallery Nov. 9, from left, are:Trevonta Poulson, Sean Milbourne, Arden Dejesus, Ikenna Umeh,Tiffani Revels, Travis Chambers, Jamaal Peterman, Darcy Walker,Alycea Ginyard, Erica Mathews, Joanna Webb, Danyeal Charles,Instructor Brad Hudson, Stokey Jackson and Mosely Gallery InterimDirector Cori Beardsley

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and 32 digs during the title run. It was the sophomore’s second “MOP”award. She overcame an early season knee injury that threatened to sidelineher from MEAC play.

"I was told I wasn't going to play this season," Iosia said, "I wasdevastated, and [when I learned I would play] it was a big motivation, andit was great to be out there."

Joining Iosia on the all-tournament team was her classmate, VictoriaWilliams, who delivered15 kills against FAMU and a total of 48 during thetournament for a .513 hitting percentage.

"[Victoria] is a fantastic player,” head coach Don Metil said, “And weneeded her to be successful this weekend, and she did. We had more thanone Most Outstanding Player." Metil was named the Most OutstandingCoach in the 2012 tournament after leading UMES to its second straightMEAC Championship.

UMES came into the championship match perfect in five-set matchesthis year, something that Metil relayed to his team before the tiebreaker set.

"The girls believe, no matter what," Metil said. "In years past, I havehad teams that get down, but this team adapted quickly."

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The UMES women’s volleyball team is the 2012 MEAC tournamentchampion for the second year in a row.

A tense, five-set victory over Florida A&M earned the Lady Hawks anautomatic invitation to the NCAA tournament, where they played perennialpower, the University of Nebraska. The Cornhuskers swept that first-roundmatch. Nevertheless, UMES finished its season with a record of 28 wins and6 losses, which the university’s athletics department characterized as the“greatest season in (school) history.”

"As a senior, you always wonder if this is the last time you'll be outthere," first-team All-MEAC performer Ndidi Ibe said after the MEACchampionship match, "but it was a great feeling to be out there and win it."

In a scenario identical to a year ago, Saitaua Iosia delivered achampionship-winning “kill” – her 25th of the title match – to seal the win.

By sweeping the tournament held at Coppin State, the 2012 squadproduced the most victories a volleyball team has had in a season since2003, when the Hawks went 26-12.

Iosia earned Most Outstanding Performer honors in the MEAC tourneyfor her three-match performance in which she recorded 60 kills, 10 aces

Back-to-back MEAC volleyball champs

Satchell, known to friends and colleagues as Ernie, is a native ofVirginia’s Eastern Shore and a 1963 Maryland State College (now UMES)alumnus with a bachelor’s degree in art education.

He returned to UMES in 1971 as a professor and taught for 39 years inthe Department of Fine Arts, the latter 25 as chair. He was instrumental indeveloping applied design degree programs in photography, graphicillustration and sequential arts. Enrollment in the department quadrupledover a 10-year period during his tenure.

As an involved member of the local arts community, Satchell is acharter member of the Somerset County Arts Council. He has also servedon the Somerset County Board of Education, Somerset County Ethics

Committee and The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore.He has exhibited extensively over the years with a number of solo and

invitational shows to his credit. He is known for his extensive work in thedevelopment of large pottery throwing techniques that he learned under theinstruction of renowned educator and ceramic artist Dr. Kenneth Beittel ofPennsylvania State University. His UMES mentor, Jimmie Mosely, introducedSatchell to Beittel in the spring of 1960 while the professor was visitingUMES.

Satchell holds a Master of Fine Arts in ceramics from Towson StateUniversity. There, under the artistic influence of Thomas Suspensky, hestarted to move more toward ceramic sculpture.

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UMES students held a Fun Fitness Challenge Nov. 16 at neighboringGreenwood Elementary School to show youngsters how being active can beboth fun and healthy. The school’s fifth graders participated.

The event was spearheaded by UMES’ Honda Campus All-Star ChallengeAcademic Quiz Bowl Club in cooperation with Somerset County publicschools. They enlisted the help of other students in UMES' departments ofexercise science and human ecology, the Student Government Associationand the university’s Health and Wellness Center, said the academic team’sadvisor, Dr. James White Jr.

“Even the UMES mascot, Harry the Hawk, joined in the fun,” White said.“Fun Fitness Challenge features fitness activities and nutritional

information designed to get the school’s youth moving and practicing healthyhabits,” he said.

UMES students demonstrated activities like doing jumping jacks, skippingrope and using a hula hoop as healthy activities that can help their elementarycounterparts be fit. As Greenwood students went through a series of exercisedrills, the UMES contingent cheered and clapped and in some instances, didactivities like push-ups and crab-walking alongside their hosts.

The Quiz Bowl Club at UMES is taking on the event as a community serviceproject — a requirement for qualifying for the Honda Campus All-StarChallenge college tournament.

White, the father of eight children, appeared as a studio guest on WMDT'searly morning news show before the event to talk about the joint projectbetween the university and the Somerset County public school system.

The tournament, sponsored by Honda Motor America, is the firstacademic competition between students at America's Historically BlackColleges and Universities. The event is in its 25th year. Nearly 100,000 studentshave demonstrated their intellect and fast recall and have earned over $7million in grants from Honda for their institutions.

Harry the Hawk anda UMES studentencourage aGreenwoodElementary fifthgrader with a set ofjumping jacksduring a Fun FitnessChallenge at theschool.

A Greenwood Elementary student uses ahula hoop to exercise.

University students sponsor event to promote physical fitness

UMES shows appreciation for veterans

Two prospective collegestudents search a list ofover 100 recruitersrepresenting collegesacross the country atthe event.

Tyrone Young, UMES' director ofadmissions and recruitment, welcomes agroup of Pocomoke High School studentswho were among 1,700, the largest turnoutin the event's 11 years, to attend theuniversity's Tri-County College Fair Nov. 29.

UMES hosts 11th annual Tri-County College Fair

Photos by Jim Glovier

The Office of Admissions and Recruitment held its first Veteran’s appre-ciation luncheon Nov. 13 honoring students, staff and faculty for theirservice to our country. A group of students that participated in theevent, from left, are: Dickson Muiruri, Shalonda Griffin, Admissions Spe-cialist Denitta Gladding, Jerrell Harris and Darius Tillman.

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