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The sixth annual “Reach for the Stars!” summer camp for teens will be held in 2012 at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, thanks to a generous grant from the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Baltimore. Tina Baxter, an RMHC of Baltimore board member, and representatives of Salisbury-based Baxter Enterprises presented a $23,000 check to the university’s Institutional Advancement Office to sponsor next summer’s program. Baxter Enterprises is the franchisee for most McDonald’s restaurants on Delmarva. “Reach for the Stars!” offers 40 teens from Worcester and Wicomico counties an opportunity to learn about robotics from engineers who work at NASA and UMES. Six college students enrolled in UMES’ Rehabilitation Services Program also participate to apply their skills with children with special needs. Baxter visited the camp at UMES this past summer to investigate how it focuses on science education targeted specifically to middle schoolers. “The Reach for the Stars program is so representative of A University of Maryland Eastern Shore community service project, which brought 300 Thanksgiving meals to needy families a year ago, has doubled its goal for 2011. Two staff members of the Residence Life Department at UMES, Clifton Harcum and Phillip Thomas, are working this year with the Institute for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement (PACE) at Salisbury University and the Maryland Food Bank to provide 600 holiday meals to residents in need in Wicomico and Somerset counties. “Times are tough out there,” Harcum said. “With the economic downturn, more people than ever need any assistance the community can offer. We’re here to help.” Harcum said that bringing Salisbury University on board this year makes it possible to “extend the reach of generosity to Wicomico County residents.” Students from both universities and community volunteers will pack baskets filled with a complete Thanksgiving dinner for four donated by area businesses and individuals. Meals will not be served. The baskets will be distributed Nov. 19 to families identified as in need of assistance through local social services offices, churches and charitable organizations. Meals will be distributed to those holding a voucher from one of these groups. “Seeing the happy faces of family members when they are handed a C IRCLING THE W ORLD Page 2 Concert Choir performs Wind Ensemble fall concert Page 3 Alumn director of honors program SGA president Q&A Page 5 Pharmacy week Mosely exhibit Page 7 For a worthy cause Page 8 Calendar of Events University Ads THE A newsletter for UNIVERSITY of MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends C OMMUNICATION IS November 4, 2011 Page 4 Coronation Alumni convocation INSIDE Community service project provides holiday meals to needy McDonald’s charity to sponsor UMES’ teen science camp Residence Life area directors, from left, Phillip Thomas and Clifton Harcum, are organizers of "A Day of Thanksgiving," a community service event providing meals to 600 needy families. The 2010 UMES “Day of Thanksgiving” food drive provided 300 needy families from Somerset County with a holiday meal. Organizers have doubled their goal this year and have added Wicomico County residents to the distribution. Tiffany and Tina Baxter (far left) present a Ronald McDonald House Charities of Baltimore check to sponsor a science summer camp at UMES coordinated by Brenda Dingwall (third from left) of NASA’s Wallops Flight Center. Also participating were McDonald’s of Princess Anne store manager Elizabeth Fleming; Denise Meade of UMES’ Honors Program; Dr. Ron Forsythe, UMES vice president of technology and commercialization; and Dr. Veronique Diriker, UMES’ director of development. McDONALDS / continued on page 2 MEALS / continued on page 2 Page 6 Athletics Armwood lynching Alumni recognized Photo by Jim Glovier

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The sixth annual “Reach for the Stars!” summer camp forteens will be held in 2012 at the University of Maryland EasternShore, thanks to a generous grant from the Ronald McDonaldHouse Charities of Baltimore.

Tina Baxter, an RMHC of Baltimore board member, andrepresentatives of Salisbury-based Baxter Enterprises presenteda $23,000 check to the university’s Institutional AdvancementOffice to sponsor next summer’s program. Baxter Enterprises isthe franchisee for most McDonald’s restaurants on Delmarva.

“Reach for the Stars!” offers 40 teens from Worcester andWicomico counties an opportunity to learn about robotics fromengineers who work at NASA and UMES. Six college studentsenrolled in UMES’ Rehabilitation Services Program alsoparticipate to apply their skills with children with special needs.

Baxter visited the camp at UMES this past summer toinvestigate how it focuses on science education targetedspecifically to middle schoolers.

“The Reach for the Stars program is so representative of

A University of Maryland Eastern Shore community service project, whichbrought 300 Thanksgiving meals to needy families a year ago, has doubled itsgoal for 2011.

Two staff members of the Residence Life Department at UMES, CliftonHarcum and Phillip Thomas, are working this year with the Institute for PublicAffairs and Civic Engagement (PACE) at Salisbury University and the MarylandFood Bank to provide 600 holiday meals to residents in need in Wicomico andSomerset counties.

“Times are tough out there,” Harcum said. “With the economic downturn,more people than ever need any assistance the community can offer. We’rehere to help.”

Harcum said that bringing Salisbury University on board this year makes itpossible to “extend the reach of generosity to Wicomico County residents.”

Students from both universities and community volunteers will packbaskets filled with a complete Thanksgiving dinner for four donated by areabusinesses and individuals. Meals will not be served. The baskets will bedistributed Nov. 19 to families identified as in need of assistance through localsocial services offices, churches and charitable organizations. Meals will bedistributed to those holding a voucher from one of these groups.

“Seeing the happy faces of family members when they are handed a

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Community service projectprovides holiday meals to needy

McDonald’s charity to sponsor UMES’ teen science camp

Residence Life area directors, from left, Phillip Thomas andClifton Harcum, are organizers of "A Day of Thanksgiving," acommunity service event providing meals to 600 needy families.

The 2010 UMES “Day ofThanksgiving” fooddrive provided 300needy families fromSomerset County with aholiday meal. Organizershave doubled their goalthis year and haveadded Wicomico Countyresidents to thedistribution.

Tiffany and Tina Baxter (far left) present a Ronald McDonald House Charities ofBaltimore check to sponsor a science summer camp at UMES coordinated by BrendaDingwall (third from left) of NASA’s Wallops Flight Center. Also participating wereMcDonald’s of Princess Anne store manager Elizabeth Fleming; Denise Meade ofUMES’ Honors Program; Dr. Ron Forsythe, UMES vice president of technology andcommercialization; and Dr. Veronique Diriker, UMES’ director of development. McDONALDS / continued on page 2

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the type of children's organizations that our grants program supports, by directlyserving the needs of children within a community,” Baxter said. “It is a programthat addresses a much underserved area in the exploration of math and sciencewhile learning how to partner with students of different abilities.”

The summer program, which began in 2007, is a collaborative project ofUMES, NASA (Wallops), Worcester County Economic Development and the Mid-Atlantic Institute for Space and Technology.

“This gift will make it possible for us to provide more students, particularlythose students who are often overlooked, with an opportunity to get excitedabout science, technology, engineering and mathematics,” said Brenda Dingwall,equal opportunity specialist for NASA’s Wallops Flight Center.

The two-week camp encourages participants to pursue careers in thoseacademic disciplines that educators commonly refer to collectively as STEM. Thecamp serves children with disabilities, at-risk students as well as those who aregifted and talented.

A Georgetown University economist recently produced a study that showsstudents who earn STEM degrees typically earn salaries that are 50 percentgreater than those who major in the humanities.

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When the University of Maryland Concert Choir takes to the stage Nov. 13 for itsannual fall concert, the group will be under a new director for the first time in 21 years.

Dr. Roy Belfield, a native of Petersburg, Va., will fulfill his goal of directing a collegechoir when he leads the 20-member choir for the first time at 4 p.m. in the Ella FitzgeraldCenter for the Performing Arts.

Belfield came to UMES this past August as associate professor of music and directorof choral activities at the university. He was the assistant director of choral activities atWinston-Salem State University for four years prior to coming to UMES.

Belfield is a published composer and arranger. “My choral compositions haveliterally pulled me into conducting,” Belfield said.

Under his direction, the choir will perform works by Rosephanye Powell, AdolphusHailstork, Rene Clausen and R. Nathaniel Dett among others.

“I look forward to the students realizing their hard work in rehearsals has paid off,”Belfield said.

Dr. Troy Banks of Salisbury University will be the guest accompanist. The concert is free and open to the public. Call 410-651-6571 for more information.

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore Wind Ensembleperforms its fall concert on Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Ella FitzgeraldCenter for the Performing Arts.

The 30-member instrumental group will be led by MercuryMorris, a UMES alumnus, teacher at Purnell Music Studio of Salisburyand former Somerset County music educator. The group is comprisedof community musicians, alumni and faculty members Brian Perezand Patrick McHenry, along with university music education majors.

Wind Ensemble arrangements and holiday favorites fill theprogram.

“We are performing pieces from ‘Fanfare’ and ‘Allegro’ by CliftonWilliams, ‘But Joy comes…’ by Williams Owens and traditionalChristmas music done in an overture style,” Morris said.

The concert is free and open to the public. Call 410-651-6571for more information.

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basket—that’s the payoff for our efforts,” Thomas said.“This is a great opportunity for us to help local families who are

struggling this holiday season,” said Robby Sheehan, interim managingdirector of PACE. “We really thought that given the state of our economy, weneeded to do something; partnering with UMES in this drive was a perfectopportunity,” Sheehan said. “After hearing how incredible this program was,PACE was eager to jump on board.”

Businesses and organizations interest in donating food items orvolunteers for assembling and distributing the baskets can call Harcum at410-621-0497 or Thomas at 410-651-8306.

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Denise Meade, a 2008 alumna from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, has come fullcircle, returning to the university as the director of the Richard A. Henson Honors Program.

While pursuing a bachelor’s degree in rehabilitation services and a master’s in rehabilitationcounseling at UMES, Meade interned with the “Reach for the Stars” summer science campsponsored by UMES, NASA and the Worcester County Department of Economic Development.

The internship led to a position with NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in the Equal OpportunityOffice and later with the Mid-Atlantic Institute for Space and Technology (MIST). In bothpositions, her work focused on implementing diversity and education programs in STEM fieldssuch as the “Reach for the Stars” summer camp and the year-round college internship programSTEP-UP, the Science, Technology, Engineering Program for Under-Represented Populations.

Meade implemented the NASA Early Career Hiring Initiative to aid in the recruitment, hiringand retention of minorities and individuals with targeted disabilities. She has also worked withCamp Agape, a residential camp and year-round mentoring program for children who have anincarcerated parent.

As director, Meade will lead a program that aims to prepare honors students to be “ready forthe next step after graduation; whether it’s to continue their graduate studies or to go into theworkforce.”

Honors students are undergraduates who have demonstrated “a record of scholarlyaccomplishments, high motivation and a desire to succeed at their maximum levels.” There arecurrently 152 students from a variety of the undergraduate degree programs.

The mission of the program, Meade said, is to implement and maintain academic servicesand extra-curricular activities in cooperation with other university departments and organizationsthat will encourage and promote academic, personal, cultural and professional growth.

“We want to produce graduates who will serve as leaders in their professional careers and asmembers of the community.”

Valarie Matthews, a 21-year-old senior fromBaltimore, Md., is the Student GovernmentAssociation president for 2011-12. She sat downwith the Office of Public Relations to share someobservations about being a student leader.

Tell us a little about yourself?I am a biology (non-teaching) major with a

focus in nursing. My mother, who is a nurse,greatly influenced my pursuit of this career. Inhigh school, I received my nursing certification ingeriatrics and since then, I have been inspired tohelp others.

What was your first SGA experience atUMES?

On my first day of new student orientation, twoSGA members helped me move my belongings intomy residential hall. They encouraged me tobecome active with my freshman class. I wasdrawn into the “Hawk Pride” that the SGA andStudent Activities Board promoted during my first week. I became thefreshman class president soon after my first introduction to the group.

Describe your most successful effort in promoting Hawk Pride. Every other Thursday, we have pep rallies where we have give-aways,

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teach school chants, do the Hawk shuffle andsupport athletic games on campus. We want tospread the love of the university to others.

Who roles/positions did you hold beforeyour presidency in SGA?

I was freshman class president, sophomorevice president and SGA vice president my junioryear.

Describe the typical day of Valarie Matthews. I do my homework in the morning after my

early class. In the afternoon, I go to the SSC, whereI am usually in a meeting or a university event. Ileave my office late in the evening. On average, Ispend (at least) 20 hours a week on SGA-relatedactivities.

What music are you currently listening to?Contemporary R&B artists [such as] Drake

and J. Cole.

Who do you look to as your role models?First Lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey are who I look to as

female role models. They both exemplify humbleness and dedication toserving others. In my eyes, they are the epitome of a strong black woman.

Q & A with SGA President Valarie Matthews

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class of 1947 were in theaudience. Both attracted a lotof attention from youngeralumni who wanted them toshare stories about life oncampus during the 1940s.

Miles talked of growingup during the 1960s, whencivil rights demonstrationsand civil disobedience werecommonplace in herhometown just as they were inurban areas.

“It all played out right here in little ole Princess Anne,” Miles said.She said she learned much from watching and listening to elders

engaged in the movement to right social injustices.She also spoke admiringly of her undergraduate years at UMES

under the late William P. Hytche, whom she said took a personal interest inpushing her to enroll in college.

Hytche and the faculty, Miles said, “built character in me – they builtmy self-esteem. None of them would let me fail.”

The lessons she learned at UMES have served her well over a 30-yearcareer as a classroom educator and administrator.

“No one at this institution ever said it would be easy,” Miles said. “I’mhonored to be a Hawk … and to be back home.”

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The reigning Mr. andMiss UMES and theirImperial Court took part in acoronation ceremony androyal ball as part of theuniversity’s Parent’sWeekend activities.

A long-standingtradition at historically blackinstitutions, the ceremonymarked the 49th year UMEShas crowned a queen.

Until 1996, Miss UMESreigned alone, primarily as ahomecoming queen. Herduties since have evolvedinto that of a universityspokesperson, student rolemodel and recruiter for new students, said James Lunnermon II, director ofcampus life. Mr. UMES and the Imperial Court were added to assist MissUMES in her duties. Today’s court serves as ambassadors for the universityat academic and social functions throughout the year. They are selected bya panel of student life leaders based on their character and sense of schoolspirit.

Brittany Harris, a senior majoring in rehabilitation services with aconcentration in behavioral rehabilitation, was crowned Miss UMES. Harriscame to UMES as a participant of the first group of participants in the

UMES’ alumni affairs officecommemorated the university’s 125thanniversary in mid-October with aconvocation organized specifically forgraduates.

Marjorie Miles, newly appointedsuperintendent of Somerset County schools,was the keynote speaker for the Oct. 21event that attracted about 100 people,

including two of UMES’ oldest living alumnae.Miles grew up in Somerset County, attended its

public schools and earned two degrees from theuniversity – a bachelors of arts and a doctorate. Shebegan her career as an educator in SomersetCounty, but most recently worked in administrationin Baltimore-area public schools.

Miles immediately took note of the 125thanniversary theme – “Celebrating the Journey.”

“Here on a schoolhouse earth,” she said,“we’re all on a journey …”

Kimberly Dumpson, UMES’ alumni affairs director, said inviting Milesto speak was an easy decision – she’s an alumna who has returned to herroots and Dumpson said she thought other alumni might enjoy hearing herstory.

Blanche Furniss Purnell, class of 1946, and Loretta Bibbins Jolley,

HBCU tradition continuesMr. and Miss UMES and Imperial Court coronated

Dr. Marjorie Miles wasthe keynote speaker forthe event.

Robert McGlotten, class of 1975, was amongalumni leaders who greeted Loretta Jolley(class of 1947) and Blanche Purnell (class of1946) at an October convocation organized forUMES graduates.

Alumniconvocationhelps mark125thanniversary

Summer EnrichmentAcademy.

Harris has been activeon campus as a member ofthe Student Activities Board,Human Ecology Club,Ambiance Dance Companyand a modeling troupe.Professional organizationsshe belongs to are theStudent RehabilitationAssociation and the Prep forHealth Professionals. In thecommunity, she is a mentorwith Big Brothers, Big Sisters.

After graduation, shewants to continue hereducation, be licensed in

marriage and family therapy and earn a doctorate in psychology.Lamar Clark is the university’s Mr. UMES for 2011-12. Clark is a senior

majoring in rehabilitation services with a concentration in behaviorrehabilitation. He plans to attend graduate school and become a child andfamily counselor.

Clark has been active in the UMES Gospel Choir, was named Mr.Gospel Choir for 2009-10 and now serves as its president. He has beeninvolved in the Human Ecology Club, Drama Society and the StudentRehabilitation Association.

The Imperial Court, from left, are: Mr. Sophomore Jeremey Whichard, Mr. Junior Paul Jerry, Mr.Senior Andre Eaton, Mr. UMES Lamar Clark, Miss UMES Brittany Harris, Miss Senior Mia Hynes, MissJunior Alisha Wells and Miss Sophomore Jessica Parker.

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For nearly three hours on Oct. 22, historians, civic leaders, attorneys,members of the clergy, a journalist and “just plain folks” struggled to makesense of a senseless Great Depression-era lynching in Princess Anne thatstill leaves heartache and scars.

UMES’ Student Services Center was the site of “George Armwood: ARemembrance, “ a free wheeling panel discussion organized by theSomerset County chapter of the NAACP and the American Civil LibertiesUnion of Maryland.

A mob murdered Armwood, a young black man, in October 1933 afterhe was accused of assaulting an elderly white woman in Somerset County.The circumstances of the allegations and the street justice doled out againstArmwood triggered deep-seated resentment and mistrust that some say stilllingers in the community today.

“This meeting, hopefully, is the beginning of a dialogue that willcontinue,” said Carl O. Snowden, director of the Maryland AttorneyGeneral’s civil rights office.

Snowden moderated the event that featured attorney Sherrilyn Ifill,political scientist Meredith Ramsay, author and former Baltimore Sunreporter Fraser Smith, civil rights activist Michael Mitchell, UMES professoremeritus John R. Wennersten, historian Eric Jodlbauer of UMES’ FrederickDouglass Library and Somerset County native Eldon Hayman, who countsfive generations of UMES alumni in his extended family.

Kirkland J. Hall, a UMES alumnus and exercise science lecturer,organized the event on the local NAACP’s behalf.

No one was ever held accountable for Armwood’s death, a situationthat reflected the tense racial divide of that era, panelists noted. Even acongressional inquiry could not resolve the issue.

Wennersten said public forums like the one at UMES can be a smallstep toward reconciliation, a word used frequently during the event.

“We must own our own history,” Ramsay said.Ifill, a law professor who wrote “On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting

the Legacy of Lynching in the Twenty-first Century,” questioned the accuracyof the news accounts from that era. Public records, such as Armwood’sdeath certificate, were woefully incomplete, she said her research showed.

“How do we look at these people we don’t know much about,” Ifillsaid, adding “are we engaged in the seeds of the same behavior?”

Photographer exhibits at Mosely GalleryWorks from Ramona Bultman-Lewis’ “Thick as Thieves” and “Words ofWisdom” photography series are on display in the Mosely Gallery through Nov.18. Pictured at the opening reception, from left, are: Dr. and Mrs. HermanFranklin, Bultman-Lewis and Dr. William Talley.

School of Pharmacy celebrates National Pharmacy Week

Armwood lynching: In search of reconciliation

Alumn finalist forTeacher of the YearAaron Geiman, who in 2009 earned a

master’s of education in Career andTechnology Education from the Universityof Maryland Eastern Shore, was a finalistfor Maryland’s 2012 Teacher of the Yearhonors. An agriscience teacher at NorthCarroll High School, Geiman workedunder the supervision of the late Gerry Dayat the Baltimore Museum of Industry.Karen Verbeke, chair of UMES’ educationdepartment, said “Mr. Geiman certainlymade us proud. We were able to havesome of our interns attend the gala … andthey were most impressed that we had thisdistinction.” Geiman said “having anadvanced degree has enabled me to gain more credibility in educationalcircles and discussions.”

Aaron Geiman

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from home but she was always very welcoming and brought me in. Anythingwe ever need, Coach is there for us. She really deserves this honor becauseshe does so much for this program, brought it up from nothing. Wewouldn't be here right now without her, so it's just a big honor."

UMES interim president Dr. Mortimer H. Neufville said that Brummellis a pillar of the university and very deserving of the honor.

"She represents longevity, dedication, support and leadership; she's anexcellent role model for the young women on the team," said Neufville.

"This is a first for UMES. This is our firstchampionship since the 1980s, so to have acoach leading a National Championship teamwas just a great success for UMES."

Brummell said she is not quite sure howto feel about the lanes being named in her

honor, but believes the walls adorned with banners of past champions andpictures of past All-Americans will help spur on a new batch of Hawkbowlers.

"I think (the facility) is going to give all the young ladies that come inhere some pride, more pride in what they are doing," said Brummell."Hopefully it will make them want to work harder so they can see theirpicture hanging on this wall one day, and to know that, "Yeah, maybe I canbe an All-American and have my picture hanging up. I think this is going todo a lot for us."

Reprint courtesy of The Daily Times, Salisbury, Md.

University of Maryland Eastern Shore women's bowling head coachSharon Brummell had to wipe away a tear from her eye as she walked intoher celebration. Greeted by friends, family and former players, Brummellstood in happy disbelief as she laid her eyes on the newly dedicated“Sharon D. Brummell Bowling Lanes” for the first time.

"This is amazing," said Brummell from inside the formerly UMESStudent Service Center Lanes. "It's just amazing to think that even when I'mgone, I will still be here. I will be here forever and all of ouraccomplishments will be here forever. This isjust amazing."

Brummell, who helped start the bowlingprogram at UMES 15 years ago, has a long listof accomplishments. She became both the firstAfrican-American and the first female coach tocapture an NCAA Division I National Championship in bowling, winningtitles in 2008 and 2011, along with the United States Bowling CollegeChampionship in 2011. Brummell is also a two-time National Ten-PinCoaches Association Coach of the Year, in 2008 and 2010, and five-timeMid-Eastern Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. She has coached 11 All-Americans and a National Player of the Year. And while thoseaccomplishments are great, they don't touch on Brummell's best qualities,according to her players.

"She's like a second mom to me," said T'nia Falbo, a junior on thebowling team. "Coming here was hard for me, it was my first time away

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“I will be here forever and all of ouraccomplishments will be here foever.

This is just amazing.”Sharon Brummell,

UMES women’s bowling head coach

UMES bowling coach Brummell honoredBy Shawn Nisson, staff writer, The Daily Times, Salisbury, Md

Bowlingvolunteers at LifeCrisis Center UMES women’sbowling teammembers spent arecent Saturdaycleaning andorganizing storagespace at the LifeCrisis Center inSalisbury inrecognition of Octoberas Domestic ViolenceAwareness month.

Pictured from left, are: RuthJones (Coach’s mom), HeadCoach Sharon Brummell,Tatiana Munoz, Megan Buja,Mariana Alvarado, VictoriaJones, T’nia Falbo andValentina Collazos.

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UMES men “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes”

Some three dozen UMES men strapped on women’s shoes to support“Walk a Mile in Her Shoes.”

Students and staff met at the Student Services Center courtyard Saturdayand teetered to the Oval and back in women’s heels to take a stand againstsexual violence against women.

Celebrating October as National Domestic Violence Month, a women’sgroup (W.O.R.T.H.) at UMES and the Office of Campus Life partnered tobring the event to campus to raise awareness.

Campus Life director James Lunnermon explained its importance: “Weeducate men on the true struggles that woman go through in their lives and

For a worthy cause...

In recognition of October as national Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Health and WellnessCenter hosted a “UMES Men’s Zumba Challenge.” Around 30 men (and some ladies, too) raised$100 for Women Supporting Women. A few of the men wore the signature “pink” for breast cancerawareness; some even dyed their hair.

Zumba Challenge raises awareness for breast cancer

Students and faculty of the Department of Exercise Science and theSchool of Pharmacy entered a team for the Seagull Century Oct. 15.Participants, from left, are: Dr. James Heimdal, chair, Departmentof Exercise Science; Kevin Ottley; Malcolm Johnson; and Dr. DavidWebster, director, experiential education, School of Pharmacy.Webster rode 100 miles in the Century course, while the othermembers of the team rode the 64-mile Metric Century.

UMES cyclers go the distance atSeagull Century

especially the portions where woman have gone through domestic violenceor sexual assault."

Anthony Jenkins, UMES’ vice president for student affairs andenrollment management, graciously thanked the participants who werebrave enough to walk around the campus in the opposite sex’s shoes.

Proceeds from the walk benefited the Life Crisis Center in Salisbury. Acheck of $415 was presented to the organization.

Frank Baird created “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” in 2001. It has becomea national movement which annually raises funds for rape crisis anddomestic violence centers and for education and prevention programs.

To learn more visit http://www.walkamileinhershoes.org.

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