Ricky Stanfield has worked on some of America’s critical defense and science projects, including Armytactical hardware, Navy missile-flight tests and payload development for NASA’s sounding rockets.

Now, the Northrop Grumman Corp. engineer is applying that real-world experience in a UMES classroom,where he teaches a fluid mechanics course.

"I was a relentless builder of things growing up," Dr. Stanfield said. "It all started with Lego sets and modelkits."

Fluid mechanics is the study of liquids and gases under stationary and moving conditions. Students whomajor in mechanical, aerospace and civil engineering will likely encounter fluid motion issues when designingcars, medical equipment and duct systems, to name a few.

“Fluid mechanics is very difficult,” said Derek Cooper, a 21-year-old mechanical engineering major at UMES.“But Dr. Stanfield definitely makes it easier to comprehend.”

Northrop Grumman relocated its engineering and fabrication operation from Virginia to Somerset County in

The University of Maryland Eastern Shorerightfully can lay claim to being home ofAmerica’s best women’s bowling team.

On consecutive weekends earlier thismonth, the Lady Hawks won two nationaltournaments – the NCAA Division 1 title and theUnited States Bowling Congress IntercollegiateTeam Championships.

The dual titles make UMES the first schoolin collegiate bowling history to win both eventsin the same year.

For seniors Kristina Frahm, Martha Perezand Maria Rodriquez, the accomplishmentmarks the end of remarkable careers thatbegan with an NCAA title when they werefreshmen.

A come-from-behind victory in the finalmatch of the 2011 NCAA tournament overVanderbilt University marks the second time infour years the university has brought home thecoveted national title. The team followed up thatfeat with a resounding charge through a 16-team field in the ITC tournament, beatingLindenwood University of St. Charles, Mo., inthe finals.

In the NCAA tournament, UMES won nineof its 13 matches – coming out of the losers’

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Page 6Big Band BashHealth Disparities

Page 7Pharmacy Service DayRx On Capital HillMD Legislative Day

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bracket of the round-robin/double-eliminationtournament to win the collegiate sport’s topprize. The Lady Hawks defeated FairleighDickinson University, the nation’s top-rankedsquad, three times in this year's tournamentand Vanderbilt twice to do the trick.

Frahm, a dean's list student in accountingwho received the university's top all-aroundstudent honor – the Bernstein AchievementAward - was named the 2011 tournament'sMost Outstanding Performer.

Other members of the Lady Hawks’championship roster are: junior Paula Vilas,sophomores T’nia Falbo and Anggie Ramirezand freshman Megan Buja.

The Lady Hawks overcame a two-games-to-one deficit against Vanderbilt of theSoutheastern Conference to win threeconsecutive games and the best-of-seven match.

UMES grabbed the lead with a 215-197 winin the opening game, but Vanderbilt answeredwith a 193-164 win in game two. TheCommodores recorded strikes in each of thefirst six frames en route to a 248-201 win ingame three.

The Lady Hawks rebounded with a 30-pinwin to pull even in game four.

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Honors students receive first in competition

Students representing the Richard A. Henson Honors Programat UMES are recognized for their first place finish in acompetition at the 19th annual conference of the NationalAssociation of African American Honors Programs (NAAAHP.)Dr. Jacqueline Brice-Finch, interim assistant vice president foracademic affairs, (far right) congratulated students (from left)Jeffery Locklear, Michael J. Taylor, Quiana A. Montgomery andAshley M. Bell. The NAAAHP University Feud tournament tookplace at North Carolina A & T State University in Greensboro,N.C., as part of the conference.

Alumna receives award as a first-yearspecial education teacher

A Maryland State Department of EducationTeacher of Promise for 2010 is living up toexpectations. Mary Collins, a May 2010 graduateof UMES, was recently named the First ClassTeacher of the Year for Dorchester County PublicSchools.

Collins, a special education teacher atChoptank Elementary School in Cambridge, Md.,was selected among 11 nominees for the award.She works with the life skills students at theschool. According to Jennifer Ruark, principal at

Choptank Elementary, Collins “is always smiling and is always looking for newstrategies to facilitate breakthrough opportunities for her students.”

“My first year has been a rollercoaster of learning experiences,” Collinssaid. “I am not sure who has learned more, my students or me.” Collins liststhe Alternate Maryland State Assessment as one of them, having to learn howeach child could access the tests and learning the information to becomesuccessful.

As for her biggest surprise—the extra hours invested apart from theschool day to get all of her work completed. “It is not a 9-to-5 occupation,”she said. The extra time was well worth it. “Overall this year, I have been filledwith new information and a great foundation to my future teaching.”

Collins attributes her success in her first year to supportive teachers atUMES and valuable internship experiences as part of the university’s TeacherEducation Program. “Nothing could replace the hands on experiences thatUMES provided me with to prepare for my first year of teaching,” she said.

Mary Collins

Dr. Anthony Jenkins, (top row, far left), vicepresident for student affairs, and GainsHawkins, (top row, far right), vice presidentfor institutional advancement,accompanied a group of students to theannual UMES Day in Annapolis along withLouise Gaile, (fourth row, far left)coordinator, student activities. Thestudents toured the Lowe House OfficeBuilding (where members of the MarylandHouse of Delegates have offices andmeeting rooms), the James and MillerSenate Office Building (Maryland Senateoffices and meeting rooms) andGovernment House, home to Marylandgovernors (Gov. Martin O’Malley and hisfamily). Del. Addie Eckardt (R, District37B—Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot andWicomico counties) met with students inthe Legislative Services Building to talkabout the process of citizen ideasbecoming bills and subsequently laws.Sen. James Mathias (D, District 39—Somerset, Wicomico and Worcestercounties) and Del. Charles Otto (R, District38A—Somerset and Wicomico counties)met the students for lunch and talked aboutissues impacting the Lower Shore. Thestudents also heard from three UMESclassmates (Sade Parker, Phylicia Henryand Clifford Glover) currently participatingin political internships. The trip was fundedby donations to the UMES Foundation.

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UMES’ 2011Graduating Senior Show,“Art through our Eyes,” willbe on display at the MoselyGallery from May 5 - 19.

An opening receptionfor the bi-annual exhibit –which features paintings,graphic illustrations,photography and comicbook art by UMES seniors –will be held on Thursday,May 5, from 4-6 p.m.

“My artwork is a directreflection of who I am as aperson,” said KatherineBrown, one of six artists

showcasing their work. “I do all of my art in the moment and find it variesdaily. Art is an excellent way to express yourself.”

“Art through our Eyes” participants also include Robert Bennett,Yasmin Dunwell, Josh Herstein, Vivienne McCabe and Stephanie Whitley, saidDr. Anke Van Wagenberg, gallery director.

“A person makes art because there is something in that individual’sDNA that compels him or her to do so,” said Whitley, who completed her

internship at the Mosely Gallery. “For that person to deny art – it would belike denying his or her own existence.”

Events at the Mosely Gallery are made possible with the generoussupport of the Maryland State Arts Council and the Somerset County ArtsCouncil. The exhibits are free and open to the public.

The gallery is located in the Arts and Technology building on the UMEScampus. It is open Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For moreinformation about upcoming events, call 410-651-7770, e-mailgallery@umes.edu or visit www.umes.edu/arts.

Mosely Gallery highlights student artwork

2010 to support a U.S. Navy contract. Stanfield is engineering director anddeputy program manager at the facility in the Princess Anne Industrial Park.

"Part of the attraction to moving to Princess Anne, for me, was thechance to teach at UMES," said Stanfield, who once considered teaching highschool physics. This spring, he teaches a class with two mechanical and twoaerospace engineering majors.

Stanfield graduated from Longwood College in Farmville, Va., with aBachelor of Science degree in physics.

“Longwood is about the same size as UMES,” he said. “I enjoyedattending a smaller college since it gave me the chance to be more involvedwith the college itself. Those were leadership experiences that I have beenable to apply in my career.”

Stanfield’s first job was with the Department of the Army, where heworked as a physicist for 10 years.

“I worked on landmine countermeasures and tactical deceptionsystems,” he said. “Despite my title, they were using me more as a mechanicalengineer than as a physicist, so I steered my graduate studies in thatdirection.“

The New Jersey native, who grew up in an Air Force family, earned aMaster of Science in engineering and a doctorate in mechanical engineeringfrom The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

“I attended all of my graduate school classes while working full time andraising a family, so I understand the pressures that non-traditional studentshave when balancing school, work and family,” Dr. Stanfield said.

Next time someone says, “It’s not rocket science,” check with Stanfield’sstudents. The answer might surprise.

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Room dedicated to school’s first dean of the library

An exhibit room in UMES’ library now bears the name of theinstitution’s first dean of library services, Jessie Cottman Smith.

Smith’s alma mater paid her tribute by naming the second-floor spacein Frederick Douglass Library, where she worked almost 34 years andbecame an institution herself.

Family, friends and former co-workers turned out for a 75-minutededication ceremony featuring speakers, who shared colorful stories andwords of praise for the woman many affectionately refer to as “Miss Jessie.”

“I almost feel important,” Smith said with a smile.

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Jessie Cottman Smith at podiumand front center in insert photo

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Dr. Salina Parveen, an associate professor in the Department of Food Scienceand Technology and a member of the Agricultural Experiment Station, both atUMES, has spent the last five years dedicated to research aimed at improvingthe safety and quality of seafood. As principal investigator working in tandemwith other UMES and USDA researchers, Parveen has been awarded more than$1.2 million in external funding through the USDA National Institute of Foodand Agriculture’s Capacity Building Grants Program and the National ResearchInitiative. One study involved Listeria contamination in blue crabs and the otherVibrio bacteria in oysters. Findings for the crab study are shared with theChesapeake Bay Seafood Industries Association and the Maryland Departmentof Agriculture Seafood Marketing Program, while oyster research findings areshared with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, theWorld Health Organization, the FDA and other organizations. She is picturedabove with doctoral student Meshack Mudoh. Parveen also collaborated on ajournal article, “Qualitative Map of Salmonella Contamination on Young ChickenCarcasses,” which was one of the most read articles in the Journal of FoodProduction’s September issue.

Research Associate ProfessorFawzy Hashem is a recipient of the2010 Project of Excellence awardfrom the National Institute of Foodand Agriculture National WaterProgram for his contribution in astudy that examines E. coli andSalmonella in runoff water on theEastern Shore. Hashem’s award-winning presentation to theNational Water Program was titled"Microbial Transport in Run Offfrom Soils Amended with DifferentManure," and is part of a largerUMES study titled “PathogenTesting Metrics for Gaps inDelmarva Leafy Greens/FreshProduce and Poultry LitterCompost.” For the full story and formore information on the run-offstudy or on other research beingconducted at UMES, visitwww.umes.edu/aes.

Photo courtesy of Agriculture Research

Photo courtesy of Agriculture Research

Food Science and Technology researcher in the news

Paul Butler, major gifts officer inthe Division of InstitutionalAdvancement at UMES, hasrecently had his second bookpublished. The book, “Winningat High School,” is aimed atmotivating teens

to “betheir best every singleday.” The book providesanswers, tips andstrategies to identifytheir passions andstrengths and turnthem into a successfulcareer. Butler’s firstbook, “BetterPractices, BetterPlayers, BetterTeam,” was geared

to youth and high schoolbasketball coaches. Butler has had a lifelonginterest in sports, competing in high school andcollege athletics and as the sports director withWBOC-TV 16 for three years prior to coming toUMES. He is president and head coach of theDelmarva Basketball Academy and volunteers atParkside High School as an assistant men’sbasketball coach. The book is available atwww.paul-butler.com and www.lulu.com. Butlerexpects it to be available on Amazon.com soon.

UMES staffmemberwrites book

Agricultureresearch professor receives award

Photo by Jim Glovier

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Marcelle Schiff, instructor of musiceducation and voice in theDepartment of Fine Arts at UMES,was selected to present research atthe Music Educator’s EasternDivision Conference held recently inBaltimore. Schiff’s research, rootedin her dissertation work at BostonUniversity, addresses teachers’ difficulties implementingmusic composition in the classroom—a core standard inmusic education. According to Schiff, the research (withthe goal of creating a theoretical model) focuses on ananalysis of the educational writings of Canadiancomposer R. Murray Schafer, whose approach is an out-growth of the Creative Music Movement in Canada andGreat Britain during the 1960s and ‘70s. “Schafer’s workis being brought forward because it has much to offertoday’s music educators and their students as it movesstudents from the role of imitator to creator,” Schiff said.

Music instructorpresents research

Dr. Anke Van Wagenberg, art historian and directorof the Mosely Gallery at UMES, received a FranklinResearch Grant from the American PhilosophicalSociety in support of the Weenix Project. TheWeenix Project is a scholarly, art-historical,research project that entails the works of theDutch, 17th-century painters Jan Baptist Weenix

(1621-1659) and his son Jan Weenix (1640-1719). According to VanWagenberg, the research will result in a monograph on both artists,whose works are represented in the most important museums of theworld as part of the Golden Age of Dutch painting. “The publication willfill a gap in art history,” Van Wagenberg said. “The Weenix project canbe considered as a stepping stone in the process of shedding morelight and creating a broader base for the appreciation of Dutch art.”Since 2004, Van Wagenberg has documented over 650 artworks.Thegrant will fund fieldwork and travel expenses to address questions ofattribution and evaluate paintings in public collections in Germany,Austria and Russia.

Art historian receivesgrant for research

Michel Demanche, professorin the Department of Fine Artsat UMES, was the featuredartist at a recent art exhibit atthe Causey Contemporarygallery in Brooklyn, N.Y. Theshow, “Michel Demanche….Corrected to 20/40,”highlighted the artist’sabstract “Icarus” silverprintseries and her sharplyfocused color work in her“Triage….Tagged Tree”series—each series a sharpcontrast to one another. Oneseries investigates perception,the other is an experiment incognition and biodiversity.

New Yorkart gallery showcasesprofessor’swork

Judith Streeter is this year’s recipient of the Kendall Service “Excellence inTeaching” Award. Streeter is the program director of Hotel and RestaurantManagement for UMES at the Universities at Shady Gove, a position she hasheld for five years. This is the second time in the last three years that a UMESfaculty member has been awarded this honor, said Dr. Ernest Boger, chair ofthe HRM Program at UMES. Prior to teaching, Streeter spent 31 years inmanagement and leadership positions in the hospitality industry. She retiredfrom Marriott as senior vice president for human resources. “I knew for morethan a decade that I wanted to teach at the college level and help preparestudents for successful careers in the hospitality business,” Streeter said.Streeter is pictured receiving the award from presenters (from left) StewartEdelstein, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at the UniversitySystem of Maryland and executive director at USG; Joseph Chirico, groupvice president of corporate banking at Capital One North America; andMichael Priddy, chair of the USG board of advisors, president and CEO ofIntervise.

UMES faculty receives award atShady Grove

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In celebration of Jazz AppreciationMonth (JAM), held each April, UMES ishosting the first annual Big Band Bash.

The jazz ensembles of Bowie State,Morgan State and UMES gather on onestage to perform music from some of thegreatest jazz composers—CharlieMingus, Duke Ellington, Frank Fosterand Count Basie—that ever lived, JohnR. Lamkin, director of bands at UMES,said. The event takes place on Friday,April 29, at 7 p.m. in the Ella FitzgeraldCenter for the Performing Arts. Generaladmission is $7, with students admittedfor $3.

The concept was the dream of oneman—Tom DeLane, a retired musicadministrator from Baltimore Cityschools and a member of the JazzHeritage Society, Lamkin said.

“He was always trying to get us together to showcase the students in the various jazz programs,” Lamkin said. DeLane supervised Lamkin as a youngmusic teacher in Baltimore prior to coming to UMES and taught Melvin Miles, the band director from Morgan State. “I felt compelled for this to come tofruition for him.”

Lamkin said each band will play a half-hour set with members from all of the bands uniting for one final piece. Following this inaugural event at UMES,each campus will take a turn in rotation in subsequent years.

Call 410-651-6571 for more information.

UMES sponsors Big Band BashThree collegiate bands unite for

Jazz Appreciation Month celebration

April 297 p.m.

Ella FitzgeraldCenter for the

Performing Arts

Health disparitiesbetween racial and ethnicminorities was the focus of arecent conference at UMES.

The Center for HealthDisparities at the UniformedServices University for HealthSciences hosted the event –“Reducing Health Disparitiesthrough Strengthening andSustaining HealthyCommunities: StrongerTogether!" – in conjunctionwith National Minority HeathMonth.

Health educators,scientists, community andhealth-policy leaders, health care and public health professionals attended theconference, which included topics such as health care reform and the PatientProtection and Affordability Care Act.

UMES seniors Ashanti Hunter and Richard Warren participated in apanel discussion to share their experiences in the 10-week SummerUndergraduate Research Internship Program (SURIP).

The annual internship experience – offered by Uniformed ServicesUniversity of the Health Sciences – provides training for students interested incareers in the biomedical sciences and healthcare fields.

Hunter, 22, spent the summer of 2010 working within the “African

Conference probes health disparity challengesAmerican Health Program” –an organization committed toeliminating health disparitiesand improving the quality oflife for blacks in MontgomeryCounty, Md.

“The challenge was mymotivation,” said Hunter, anexercise science major. “Wehad to conduct researchprojects and give oralpresentations. I didn’t havethe best weekly progressreports, but that onlyencouraged me to workharder.”

Warren, 21, currentlyserves as president of the

Exercise Science Club at UMES. He said the internship reinforced his decisionto eventually work at a public health facility, like the Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention.

Hunter and Warren both plan to attend graduate school after theyreceive their UMES diplomas in May.

Dr. James E. Heimdal, chairman of UMES’ Department of ExerciseScience, plays a role in recruiting students for the internships. “It’s anopportunity for students to expand their horizons,” said Heimdal. “Thesestudents are our future leaders.”

Photo by Joey Gardner

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Pharmacystudents take part

in MarylandLegislative Day

Pharmacy students attend Rx Impact Day on Capitol Hill

UMES’ Pharmacy Class of 2013 visitedAnnapolis in mid- February for MarylandLegislative Day.

The event provided an opportunity for theburgeoning health professionals to speak withlegislators about important health care issues.Students met with delegates Norman Conway,Charles Otto, Heather R. Mizeur, TonyMcConkey and state Sen. Ed Reilly.

“The event gives pharmacy students achance to interact with government officials onan individual level,” said Natalie Hemphill, afirst-year pharmacy student. “The discussionswe had with the legislators helps us …understand a mindset (that is) different fromour own, and gives us a chance to educate theofficials on the real-life merits of the bills theyvote on.”

Abduselam Suleyman and Padraic Keenalso thought the day was well spent. “I feltinvolved and (it) made me realize how it’simportant to support efforts like this for thebetterment of the field of pharmacy,” Keen said.

UMES pharmacy students (from left) Kiesha Patterson, Mira Sin, Agnes Elangwe andKyle Odenwelder plant 40 tree saplings at the Somerset County Centralized AthleticsComplex facility in Westover, Md., as part of Pharmacy Service Day. Students alsofanned out in the community on April 13 as volunteers with Habitat for Humanity withlandscaping services and for the Blood Bank of Delmarva with a blood drive at theuniversity. According to Suzanne Murray, account executive for the Southern Divisionof the Blood Bank of Delmarva, 63 pints of blood were collected at the recent UMESdrive. During a fall blood drive here, 48 pints were collected. Combined, the two eventsnetted donations from 172 people—the most on record in one academic year fromUMES. “Our goal is that these events will cultivate a strong sense of service andcommitment for our students and future graduates to their respective communities,”said Celia Williams-Fowlkes, director for student affairs, UMES School of Pharmacy.

UMES School of Pharmacy students recentlyparticipated in Rx Impact Day on Capitol Hill inWashington, D.C. The purpose of the event was forthe National Association of Chain Drug Stores(NACDS) and pharmacists to lobby members ofCongress to support a bill to amend part D of titleXVIII of the Social Security Act to promotemedication therapy management under Medicarepart D prescription drug program. It also proposesfair reimbursement for pharmacists providingmedication therapy management services. Thestudents met with Faye Powers from Rep. RoscoeBartlett’s office, James Ulwick from Sen. BenjaminCardin’s office, and Nick Michel, from Rep. AndyHarris’ office. They also attended a press conferenceand a Senate meeting. Deanna Dunn, a first-yearpharmacy student said, “It was an exciting andfulfilling experience for me.” Pictured from left are(front row) Tanaya Hampton; Powers; NatalieHemphill; (back row) Dr. Nicholas Blanchard, dean,UMES School of Pharmacy and Health Professions;Justin Ogoti; Lisa Acedera; Jared Steward; and Dr.Zachary Heeter, assistant professor, UMES.

Pharmacy Service Day promotes volunteerismPhoto by Amanda Rippen White

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MAY3&5 SPRING STUDENT RECITAL

11 a.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts410-651-6571

5 OPENING RECEPTION - ART EXHIBIT4-6 p.m. Mosely GalleryGraduating Senior ShowGallery/Hours: Mon. through Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Show on display through May 19.410-651-7770

8 UMES GOSPEL CHOIR SPRING CONCERT5 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts410-651-6571

9-11 DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS MUSIC JURIESElla Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts410-651-6571

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State of MarylandEmployee Benefits Division

Announces

Health Insurance Open EnrollmentApril 26-May 26, 2011

Expect to see information packets via campus mail (off-siteemployees will receive by their official payroll address).

Refer to the Open Enrollment Statement included to makechanges through the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Systemduring the Open Enrollment period. Contact the Office ofHuman Resources at ext. 6400 if you have questionsconcerning this process.

The Department of Budget and Management website willcontain Open Enrollment information. Please refer to thewebsite, www.dbm.maryland.gov, for updated information.Select state employees and then health benefits.