The Key September 5, 2014 Edition

C I R C L I N G T H E W O R L D

Page 3Kirkland HallEmerging LeadersJustin Bailey

Page 4-5Freshman Move-in DayLearning CommunityOpens

Page 8Calendar of Events

Page 7Hawk License PlatesCampus ConnectorsRovertown AppClub Football Schedule

Page 6Stop the Violence 9-11 EventNew Library ScannerCareer Services Has New NameNew Faculty Welcomed

THE

A newslet ter for s tudents , facul ty, s taf f , a lumni and fr iends September 5, 2014

INSIDE

Page 2“Just One Book” ReactionCollege Alcohol Survey

UMESUMES

Ed Gordon, a broadcastjournalist known for getting the“big” interview, will be the firstspeaker at the inauguralPresidential Lecture Series at the University of Maryland EasternShore Sept. 10 at 7 p.m.

In light of recent events (the Michael Brown case) and theupcoming November election, Gordon’s message will focus onthe role of the media in political, economic and social activity. Hewill also give the keynote address the following day at theuniversity’s Founders’ Week Convocation and SummerCommencement. The event commemorates UMES’128th anniversary on Sept. 13 and the graduation of28 students who will receive Doctor of PhysicalTherapy degrees.

Gordon’s career in television and radio isstoried; he currently is host and producer of“Conversations with Ed Gordon,” a syndicatedquarterly 60 minute special that features today’stop newsmakers and celebrities. The latest featurecomedian Kevin Hart, R&B star KEM andlegendary entertainer Whoopi Goldberg. Gordonalso hosts the nationally syndicated radio program,“WEEKend with Ed Gordon.” He recently joined the

“Steve Harvey Morning Show” andcan be heard every Tuesday andWednesday with his take on currentheadlines. The Detroit native is also

president of Ed Gordon Media, a multi-service production company.Previous career milestones include being a correspondent for CBS’

“60 Minutes II,” three years with NBC as a contributor to the “TodayShow” and “Dateline NBC” and two stints at BET where he hosted “BETTonight,” anchored “BET News” and created “Conversations with Ed

Gordon.”Gordon has interviewed many of our generations’

most influential newsmakers including: PresidentBarack Obama, Beyoncé and Oprah Winfrey. He’salso covered many of the defining internationaland domestic events of our time, including the2008 and 2012 U.S. presidential elections, thebeating of Rodney King, the September 11terrorist attacks, and most recently the funeralof former South African President NelsonMandela.

The lecture, which takes place in UMES’Student Services Center Theater, is free andopen to the public. Call 410-651-UMES for

more information.

Emmy award-winning broadcaster opens Presidential Lecture Series

Justice for Mike Brown The spirit of civic activism and engagement is alive and well at UMES. Some 200

students supported by university employees gathered at Cappy Anderson stadiumAug. 26 to show solidarity for the “Justice for Mike Brown” movement. The eventwas organized by the campus chapter of the NAACP and generated a lot of buzzaround campus – and on social media

Maryland college studentsare no different than peers inother states when it comes toconsuming alcohol, according tothe Maryland College AlcoholSurvey released in mid-August.

A statewide collaborativeled by 10 college and university presidents released the results of the survey,which provided a comprehensive look at excessive drinking amongMaryland college students and risk factors that contribute to it. UMES wasamong the participating institutions.

Nearly half - 47 percent – of students surveyed engaged in bingedrinking (defined as five or more drinks in a row or within two hours formen and four or more for women) at least once (in a) month, reflecting abinge drinking rate similar to the national average.

“This survey represents a unique effort … to measure college studentdrinking and its consequences in a standardized way,” said Amelia Arria,the University of Maryland College Park professor who oversaw the survey’sdesign and implementation. Its findings, she said, “can be used to refine

2 C I R C L I N G T H E O V A LUNIVERSITY of MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE

The Key / September 5, 2014

After hearing some of my professors at theUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore rave about“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” byRebecca Skloot, I decided I would invest timethis summer reading the book. Since it is thefeatured selection in the university’s new “JustOne Book” initiative, I figured it would beworthwhile to get a head start. I am unsure Iwill be required to read the book in any of mycourses, but as a tutor in the university’s WritingCenter I reckoned I should be familiar with it.

What I read was not only engaging, butalso informative. I’ve never really beeninterested in scientific topics. This book,however, took me out of my comfort zone andintrigued me about the roles of science and cellresearch more than I had expected.

I carried the book everywhere I went. Itold coworkers and family members about whatI had been reading and I honestly felt as thoughI was witnessing everything the charactersdescribed. I felt as though I was a Lack, just asSkloot must have felt during her adventure.

Skloot’s ability to tell the Lacks’ familystory sincerely and inform readers of thescientific debate – whether or not humans haverights to their tissues once removed from their bodies – was a brave task.One might think the author would have given up after the numerous failedattempts of getting in touch with the family, but she did not. She was so focusedon finding the truth behind Henrietta Lack’s cells.

Most of us recoil at the “c-word,” cancer. Cancer is so feared becausein most cases it cannot be prevented. Doctors attempt to give advice, but whenits cause is hereditary not much can be done. Henrietta’s cells seemed devilishand angelic. They killed her, yet also helped an abundance of people survivea variety of diseases.

I constantly wondered whetherDeborah, one of the book’s characters,would be diagnosed with cervicalcancer. Fortunately, she never had toconfront that fear, which made mehopeful. My family has a history of heartdisease and strokes, which is ironicbecause those also were amongDeborah’s health challenges.

What would have made Henrietta’sstory less unfortunate was if her familywas able to at least receive a portion ofthe money that her cells earned. Afterthe researcher realized how profitableHenrietta’s cells were, I would think thatit would have been instinctive to contacther struggling family and see that theyreceived compensation, especially afterrealizing her children would have tolose their mother and leave them lesswell off.

What is so strange is if the sameincident happened today that happenedin the 1950s, I believe there would notbe much of a difference in the outcome.

UMES professors chose “TheImmortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” for the “Just One Book” initiative becauseit is still relevant today. It covers a variety of subjects, from science, to history,to ethical issues. Students will be able to walk away with insight of the science’sadvancement in theories due to Henrietta’s cells, and static ethical issues inthe courtroom.

The most chilling concept in the story was that African-Americans werebeing used as test subjects and treated as subhuman. Their worth seemed tobe identical to that of a mouse. I encourage you to read this book; we shouldall know our history.

UMES student shares reactionto “Just One Book” selection

existing interventions that target specific risk factors, like high-risk off-campus drinking, false ID use or parental influences.”

“The survey results provide insight into our students drinkingbehaviors and the consequences they are experiencing,” said LauresaWigfall, director of UMES’ Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug PreventionCenter.

“This data allows us to evaluate our current programs and servicesand assists us in identifying those additional services that could bebeneficial, if offered, to our students’ health and safety not just while theyare here at UMES, but across their lifespan,” Wigfall said.

The survey of 4,209 students at nine schools across Marylandexplored alcohol use, related problems and the role of: access andavailability, attitudes and expectations about use of alcohol and itsperceived benefits, early exposure to alcohol and parental influences.

In addition to UMES, institutions participating in the survey were:Allegany College of Maryland, Frostburg State University, Johns HopkinsUniversity, Loyola University Maryland, McDaniel College, Notre Dame ofMaryland University, Towson University, University of Maryland BaltimoreCounty and the University of Maryland College Park.

College alcoholsurvey resultsreleased

Aundrea Townsend is a senior at UMES majoring in English. This essay wasinitially published Aug. 29 in The (Salisbury) Daily Times.

UNIVERSITY of MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE

3The Key / September 5, 2014U M E S P E O P L E

Editor’s note: The Aug. 20edition of The Key misidentifiedUMES recruiter Justin Bailey inrecognition of a recent honor hereceived. Below is the correctversion.

Justin D. Bailey, a recruiter inUMES’ Office of Admissions andRecruitment, was named theCollegeBound Foundation’s 2014College Representative of the Year.

Bailey was selected among 10candidates nominated by collegespecialists from 21 Baltimore-areahigh schools. Nominees were chosen for having gone “beyond the call of duty”in working with potential students.

Tyrone Young, admissions director at UMES, attributes Bailey’s success toa high level of professionalism along with being an alumnus. “Together, thismakes his impact even stronger, bringing the student perspective as well as anadministrative viewpoint,” Young said. “Justin works hard on a daily basis tobuild bridges to education.”

Bailey was recognized at the organization’s annual scholarship luncheonfor 500 scholarship recipients and their parents, Baltimore City Public Schoolofficials, business leaders and college representatives attending.

Justin Bailey

Samuel Adedeji, (left) a junior majoring in computer science fromClarksburg, Md., and Latifah Doobay, a senior business administration majorfrom Irvington, N.J., attended the 15th annual Emerging Leaders conferencein Roanoke, Va., with Aundra Roberts, the assistant director of the RichardA. Henson Honors Program at UMES. Student representatives from minorityinstitutions networked with fellow scholars and business and industryprofessionals through workshops, panel discussions and mock interviews.

UMES students attendleadership conference

Dr. Kirkland Hall, a UMES alum ('74) andprofessor, attended the 50th anniversarycelebration Aug. 21 in Washington forthe Upward Bound program. Hall was inthe first group of local Upward Boundparticipants on the Princess Annecampus during the 1960s, when it wasknown as Maryland State College. Hecredits the federal program with helpingmake him a life-long learner.

U.S. Senator BenjaminCardin made a stop Aug.13 at the University ofMaryland Eastern Shorefor the African-AmericanWomen’s LeadershipRoundtable, the third in aseries across the state.The purpose of the eventwas to create an opendialog between thesenator and area leaderson issues and concernson Maryland’s EasternShore.

Hall attributes UpwardBound to his success

U.S. SenatorBenjamin Cardinvisits UMES

improve retention rates, increase student productivity and enhanceacademic performance.” They do so, he said, through cultivating a senseof community and providing a peer support system.

Residents can also participate in activities designed to promoteprofessional development, leadership skills and community service, andexpand cultural and global awareness.

First-year students, Lane said, are enrolled in an Honors FreshmanSeminar titled, “Selves & Others,” a hybrid course (classroom andonline), which utilizes a web-conferenced, professionally moderated live-chat platform that “connects UMES students with others from all over theworld in conversations and exercises leading to expansion ofinternational awareness and multicultural understanding.”

The course is a federally funded Title III partnership between theuniversity’s Honors Program and its Foreign Language InstructionalCenter.

Lane said he hopes the Honors Residential Learning Community willbecome “a model to other campus units and organizations that see thebenefit of creating one of their own.”


4 The Key / September 5, 2014 5S C H O O L N E W S The Key / September 5, 2014

Thirteen was a lucky number for a group of first-year University ofMaryland Eastern Shore students who moved their belongings into anew Residential Learning Community Aug. 20 — Freshman Move-InDay.

These students, part of a group of 50 enrolled in the university’sRichard A. Henson Honors Program, will join another 30 who arehonors eligible as the inaugural group of residents in the learningcommunity housed in the Murphy Hall Annex. The area is touted as“the premier place serious scholars, excellent leaders and responsiblecitizens call their campus home.”

The purpose of the Honors Residential Learning Community, saidDr. Michael Lane, program director, is to “recruit highly motivatedstudents to the Honors Program and to support those who aren’tmembers, but are like-minded in wanting to focus on academicexcellence.” Students must possess a minimum grade point average of3.0 to apply with priority given to Honors Program members or thosestudents with a 3.5 GPA.

Lane said studies show that such communities “dramatically

U M E S s e t t l e s n ew s t u d e n t s i n t o t h e H AW K ’ s n e s t

UMES unveilsnew ResidentialLearningCommunityon FreshmanMove-in Day

From left, AyannaTilghman, areadirector for MurphyHall; Aundra Roberts,assistant director,Richard A. HensonHonors Program; andDr. Michael Lane,director, Richard A.Henson HonorsProgram assist UMESPresident Juliette B.Bell in cutting theribbon on a newResidential LearningCommunity for honorsstudents.

University Terrace welcomes new students.

Four-year old Kelsey Matthews ofWashington, D.C., gets a cup oflemonade from Ashley Smith, a UMESvolleyball player volunteering to helpFreshman, like Kelsey’s big sister,Kayla, during Freshman Move-In Day.UMES provided the refreshment as partof Aug. 20th’s designation as NationalLemonade Day.

Kennedi Collins gets some assistance fromUMES President Juliette B. Bell.

FreshmanAaliyah D.Jones ofBaltimore,left, shares amoment withher mother,LatriceMelton, whosported acustomizedUMES T-shirtemblazonedwith familyphotos.

A parent makes one ofmany trips ferryingher student’sbelongings fromvehicle to dorm room.

Freshman ImaniT. Edwards ofWashington,D.C. (third fromleft) and herfamily unloadedbelongingsoutside her newcampus homefor the fallsemester.

Thomas and Shon Little (right) move their daughter,Lakerera, (center) into her dorm at UMES. She is a freshmanpursuing a degree in Criminal Justice. Friend DavonteVincent (far left) is there to lend a hand.

Returningstudentsshare somemuscle andgood will.

6 S C H O O L N E W SUNIVERSITY of MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE


UMES nutrition and Salisbury University family communication studentswill spend September 11 helping a group of area youth “Stop the Violence—Start the Garden.”

The Governor’s Office on Service and Volunteerism approved a $1,200grant from the Maryland Volunteer Generation Fund for the project, whichcommemorates this year’s September 11 Day of Service and Remembrance.

“This service learning project provides our dietetics students with anopportunity to get involved in the community and shape the food habits ofyouth in a positive way,” said Malinda Cecil, assistant professor and directorof the dietetics program at UMES. “These youth will learn basic nutritionprinciples and experience the joy of growing their own food.”

The youth will plant a community garden at the “Stop the Violence’”youth drop-in center located at 509 Calloway St. in Salisbury using knowledgethey gleaned from nutritional instruction sponsored by the project and basedon the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “A Yummy Curriculum” program.The college students will assist with the creation of the garden and continueto work on a weekly basis to help the youth tend it, Cecil said.

The garden’s yield will help provide healthy meals to children attending“Stop the Violence” programs.

Cecil said UMES and SU will be joined by the Wicomico Partnership forFamilies and Children and “Stop the Violence” Wicomico County on theproject. The agencies will also solicit donations from local businesses, farmersmarkets and other agencies for a community food drive. Collected food willbe distributed to area families who visit the Stop the Violence center from 4-6 p.m. that day, or while supplies last. The garden kickoff is scheduled from3:30-6 p.m. Call Cecil at 410-651-7578 for more information.

Thanks to a Community Foundationof the Eastern Shore grant and matchingfunds from the UMES Division ofInstitutional Advancement, patrons of theFrederick Douglass Library now have useof a bookedge scanner—the latest intechnology.

“The new scanner is faster andallows books to be cradled and scannedin such a way to avoid unwanted darkareas near the binding that can block outtext,” said Joseph Bree, access services

librarian. "The high quality scanner and system also allow for the creation ofsearchable PDFs and word documents.”

Bree said additional features enable users to scan directly to a flash drive,download to a mobile device, email or add to a cloud storage account suchas Google Drive.

The scanner is located by the interlibrary loan desk as it will also beused for scanning articles loaned to libraries around the world, Bree said.

Bree reports positive feedback since the system was set up in early June.Over 700 pages have been scanned to date.

The Division of Student Affairs andEnrollment Management announced a namechange for the Office of Career Services andCooperative Education. Now known as the Careerand Professional Development Center, it reflects anew direction.

“The office has charted a new course ofaction after having thoroughly examined newtrends in career services,” said Dr. TheresaQueenan, director of the Career and ProfessionalDevelopment Center. “The name changeemphasizes the importance of professionaldevelopment.”

The main objective, she said, will befacilitating the student’s successful transition fromcollege to careers. Beginning in the Freshman

year, new or expanded services will support students’ career and professionaldevelopment and enhance internship and employment opportunities,mentoring and networking programs, experiential learning opportunitiesand/or graduate professional school exposure.

“New trends have identified the career professionals’ role with studentsas a partnership, where they listen, guide and inspire them as they proceedalong their respective journeys,” Queenan said. “Every student has uniquetalents, passions and goals. The Career and Professional Development Center’sstaff are here to help uncover them and equip students with the tools andconfidence they need to successfully bring their talents to a global job marketor graduate/professional school.”

UMES joins September 11 Day ofService and Remembrance project

Library announces new technology

Career Servicesgets name change

Higher education faculty welcomed to area

UMES andSalisburyUniversity co-hosted areception at theWard Foundationa week ago towelcome newfaculty to thearea. Pictured atthe event, from left, are: UMES pharmacy professor Richard DeBenedetto;Judith Franzak, Stacie Tate and Ron Siers of Salisbury University’s educationspecialties department and Latasha Weeks, a UMES pharmacy professor.Photo courtesy of Salisbury University.

7S C H O O L N E W SUNIVERSITY of MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE


The Office of AlumniAffairs has revived a programencouraging the HAWKcommunity to show itsschool spirit by purchasingUMES specialty licenseplates in the state of

Maryland and helping studentsin need at the same time.

“UMES had a program in the early ’90s for students, alumni, faculty andstaff to be able to display distinctive license plates on their vehicles to showtheir Hawk Pride,” said James Lunnermon II, director of alumni developmentand alumnus Class of 1996. “The tags were popular then, and we have hadrequests to bring them back.”

The tag features the UMES Hawk with the letters HWK vertically followedby four numbers. It costs $30, which includes a one-time donation of $5 tothe “Circle of Hope” fund to provide emergency funding for students whohave outstanding tuition fees, need funds for books or have a financial needdirectly related to academic endeavors, Lunnermon said.

Visit the Office of Alumni Affairs in Suite 1135 of the Student ServicesCenter to fill out a Motor Vehicle Administration (VR124) application alongwith a check or money order payable to the UMES Foundation. Or call 410-651-7606, or email [email protected].

The MVA has a processing time of six to eight weeks. Tags will be maileddirectly to the UMES supporters’ home address. It is the individual’sresponsibility to return current license plates to the MVA, Lunnermon said.

HAWK license plates now available

Date Opponent Location Time

09/13/14 Eastern Connecticut State Princess Anne, MD 1:00 pm

09/21/14 Delaware Gamecocks Wilmington, DE 1:00 pm

09/27/14 Open Date

10/05/14 Salisbury University Salisbury, MD 1:00 pm

10/11/14 Metro Area Athletics Princess Anne, MD 1:00 pm

10/18/14 George Mason University** Salisbury, MD 1:00 pm

10/25/14 Open Date

11/01/14 Coppin State University Baltimore, MD 7:00 pm

11/08/14 Longwood University Princess Anne, MD 1:00 pm

11/15/14 Radford University Radford, VA 1:00 pm

11/23/14 MAC Championship TBA

12/06/14 NCFA National Championship TBA

** Skip McCain Classic (Alumni Week) at Shorebirds Stadium in Salisbury, Maryland

Head Coach: Dr. Bryant C. Mitchell ([email protected]; (410)651-6524

Meet Tues., Sept. 94 p.m. in SSC, Room 2144

For more information, contact Alissa Carr,Director of Marketing & External Relations

at [email protected].

8 The Key / September 5, 2014

EditorsGail Stephens, Assistant Director of Public Relationsand Publications Manager

Bill Robinson, Director of Public Relations

Ashley Collier, Public Relations Assistant

C A L E N D A RThe Key / September 5, 2014

The KEY is published by the Office of Public Relations in the Division ofInstitutional Advancement. 410-651-7580 FAX 410-651-7914 www.umes.eduSubmissions to The KEY are preferred via email. All copy is subject to editing.

Design by Debi Rus, Rus Design Inc.

Printed by The Hawk Copy Center

The KEY is delivered through campus mail. Call 410-651-7580 to requestadditional copies. The Key is written according to the Associated Press stylebook.


18*Unless stipulated (*) all events listed are free and open to the public.

SEPTEMBERFirst Look Fair(For students)

11 a.m.-3 p.m. StudentServices Center RotundaCampus Life sponsored event to

highlight student organizations.410-651-628

BET College Tour Student Services CenterCourtyard410-651-6283

Salsa DanceLessons (UMES community)

6 p.m. Student ServicesCenter BallroomA Hispanic Heritage Month

activity. Learn some Latin dance

moves with Tabitha.410-651-6283

9

10

SE

PT

EM

BE

R 6

SATURDAY

78

10

11

12

13

STREET SWEEP: DAY OF COMMUNITY SERVICE 8 a.m.Princess AnneTeams from UMES and the town will work to clean-up and organize the Garland

Hayward Youth Center followed by lunch.410-651-8143

FOUNDERS’ WEEK WORSHIP SERVICE 11 a.m.Metropolitan United Methodist Church410-651-6669

LIBRARY EXHIBIT Mon.-Thurs. 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.Fri. 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.Sat. 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.Sun 3 p.m. – 11 p.m.Frederick Douglass LibraryFounders’ Week ExhibitOn display through December 12, 2014.

410-651-6226

PRESIDENTIAL LECTURE SERIES 7 p.m.Student Services Center TheaterEmmy award-winning journalist Ed Gordon discusses the role

of the media as it pertains to political, economic and social issues.410-651-UMES

FOUNDERS’ WEEK CONVOCATION AND SUMMER COMMENCEMENT 10 a.m.Ella Fitzgerald Center Convocation, commencement and tribute to September 11th.410-651-6669

DEDICATION OF JOHN T. WILLIAMS STATUE noonJ.T. Williams Hall & International Flag MallJoin us for the reveal of the John T. Williams bronze statue, created by retired

faculty member Ernest Satchell. 410-651-7684

MANOKIN RIVER ARTS & JAZZ FESTIVAL 4 p.m. – 9 p.m.Ella Fitzgerald Center LawnEnjoy an evening of jazz and more (neo-soul, spoken word and

gospel) on the campus lawn. 410-651-7684

MANOKIN RIVER ARTS & JAZZ FESTIVAL 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.Town of Princess AnneThe streets of Princess Anne come alive with arts, jazz, food and fun.410-651-7684

MARSHALL MUSKRAT’S CARTOON JAMBOREE 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.Manokin River ParkA day of fun for the whole family. Characters, costume parade, comic dealers,

food, entertainment and more! Come dressed as your favorite cartoon

character. Sponsored by the Princess Anne Chamber of Commerce.410-651-7684 or 410-651-0757

Ed Gordon

Documents

The Key September 5, 2014 Edition