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VOL. 7, NO. 3 SPRING 2010TERPCONNECTING
THE UNIVERSITY
OF MARYLAND
COMMUNITY
TheMote-ivated
UniversityPresident steps down after
12 years, leaving UM transformed and energized
COMMEMORATIVE ISSUECOMMEMORATIVE ISSUE
TERPCONNECTING
THE UNIVERSITY
OF MARYLAND
COMMUNITY
Dear Alumni and Friends,
TERP
It’s no secret that I have always loved Maryland. I believed that Maryland was great before it became popular sentiment backed up by national and international rankings. You can imagine how excited I was in 1998, when I met Dan Mote, an outsider with an incredible academic pedigree who shared my belief in this great institution and recognized all that it could become.
So it is with a grateful heart that I cherish our last few months with Dan as university president. From his first days here, he saw great potential and called us on it, challenging us to grow. In 12 short years, he has changed our culture dramatically. If you love Maryland, you can no longer sit on the sidelines and simply cheer. Today, you are compelled to join in our pursuit of excel-lence. And much of that is due to Dan, who will retire from the presidency on Aug. 31.
What I appreciate most about his leader-ship is that Maryland is no longer the best-kept secret in higher education. The reality is that the Maryland of today far outpaces the perceptions of yesterday. We don’t only look better to those who know us through our standings in the ACC or Kiplinger’s or U.S. News & World Report. We are truly a better university, better able to meet the needs of our students, better positioned to change professions and society and better prepared to connect with our alumni.
As president, Dan gave the alumni as-sociation the freedom to embrace our alumni community in new and meaningful ways. When we envisioned a new home for alumni on campus, Dan pressed us to make it happen with the help of devoted alumni and friends. He wanted the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center to be a physical expres-sion of the greatness of our university and the people who make it great. He also stood
behind the creation of an annual gala, where we bestow awards on graduates representing the Maryland spirit and each of the univer-sity’s schools and colleges. And he urged us to create programs that would engage alumni socially, philanthropically and professionally.
Whenever Dan recounts the accom-plishments of alumni, he never forgets to mention how Maryland supported them on their way to success. It was my pleasure to turn the tables on him this spring, when the association inducted Dan and his wife, Patsy, into our alumni Hall of Fame as honorary members.
He’ll take a one-year leave of absence and will remain the Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor in the A. James Clark School of Engineering. But even as the Motes prepare to move to Annapolis, we know they will always be able to hear our rallying cry—and stand proud as they shout it with us.
Go Terps!
Danita D. Nias ’81Assistant Vice President Alumni Relations and Development
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6 rEsEarching nEw solutions
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12 making global connEctions
13 sharing maryland’s spirit
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a legacy of excellencedan mote’spresidency1998 – 2010
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Over the last 12 years, Dan Mote has combined his
passion for education with precise and ambitious plans
to elevate Maryland to one of the world’s top universities.
His leadership as university president has sparked dramatic academic improve-ments, expanded international programs and borne partnerships that benefited students, the state and the world.
This success has been grounded in what Mote considers his greatest accom-plishment: inspiring an “expectation of greatness” that today permeates the campus, through the quality of its faculty and students, the rigor of its academic programs or the remarkable increase in external funding for research.
“By any measure, the University of Maryland, College Park has emerged as one of the nation’s, indeed one of the world’s, premier research universities and a school of choice for the best and brightest students and top-level faculty,” says University System of Maryland Chancellor Brit Kirwan, who preceded Mote as university president. “Given these accomplishments, along with the univer-sity's multiple impressive public service activities, it is clear that Dan Mote’s lead-ership has had a profound impact.”
Mote, an accomplished mechani-cal engineer, professor and administra-tor, came to Maryland in 1998 after 31 years at his alma mater, the University of California, Berkeley. Maryland was on the cusp of greatness: Careful planning and a designation as the state’s flagship university had established a framework of excellence and sparked innovative pro-grams poised to deliver major advances.
Mote set the bar even higher, calling for “unrelenting, unashamed passion” for the university in his first State of the Campus speech.
During his tenure, the university increased opportunities for students, emphasized high-impact research, underwent an unprecedented building boom and adopted major sustainability guidelines. Mote recognized the impor-tance of global education and private and international partnerships, and he strongly emphasized the “unfair advantage” of the university’s proximity to Washington, D.C. This led to joint projects with the U.S. government and foreign nations on some of the world’s most critical issues: climate change and energy production, homeland security and public health.
He also played a critical role in the development of a strategic plan that will shepherd Maryland through 2018 as it transforms undergraduate and graduate education; research, scholarship and the arts; and partnerships and outreach efforts.
Molly Broad, president of the American Council on Education and president of the University of North Carolina from 1997 to 2006, credits much of Maryland’s rise to Mote’s back-ground as a faculty member, his “exqui-site academic taste” and his association with the National Science Foundation and the national academies.
“He was the right person for the right university at the right time,” Broad says.
Mote is featured in the new video "Maryland on the Rise.” Watch it at www.terp.umd.edu/rise
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“I am leaving this
presidency even more
confident than when I
arrived that the University
of Maryland is set in just
the right circumstances
to become a truly great
university,” Mote says.
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September 2001
The 318,000-square-
foot Clarice Smith
Performing Arts
Center opens,
is praised for
architecture,
programming
and acoustics.
Milestones of the Mote years
The university encourages
undergraduate research
through opportunities
such as the Gemstone
program, Honors
Humanities, College Park
Scholars, internships
with government agencies
and private industries
and more.
2001
The University of Maryland
Incentive Awards Program
offers full scholarships to
students who demonstrate
academic ability, uncommon
persistence and maturity
despite adverse life situations.
The program begins in Baltimore and
expands to Prince George’s County in 2008.
April 24, 1999
The First Maryland Day welcomes 20,000
visitors to campus. The university’s open
house expands to 75,000 visitors and more
than 400 events by 2009.
Mote brought to Maryland
one of his signature
programs from Berkeley,
the Incentive Awards
Program.
He established the President’s Promise, which offers every student the opportunity for at least one unique experience out of the classroom. Two-thirds of the Class of 2009 participated, whether through intern-ships, faculty-mentored research or study abroad. Half of all freshmen select living and learning programs, which allow students with common academic interests to share residence halls, courses and hands-on experi-ences. Such programs, including EcoHouse and Flexus: Women in Engineering, have been called “Academic Programs to Look For” by U.S. News & World Report. Other new programs under Mote’s watch include Federal Semester, an expanded Alternative Breaks program and an Honors College.
In the last 12 years, Maryland has added concentrations—including languages,
sustainable engineering and environmental science and technology—to match curricu-lum to emerging world issues. The university opened its School of Public Health in 2006 and reinvented the College of Information Studies as the iSchool to offer new advanced degrees and programs.
Mote pushed to elevate the university’s 83 doctoral programs to make them more selective and offer stronger financial support and mentoring to ensure that Maryland’s Ph.D. graduates are recognized as among the best in the world. He also guided a similar overhaul of the undergraduate curriculum.
Excellent faculty have played a critical role in the university’s increased commit-ment to academic rigor; today Maryland’s faculty includes three Nobel laureates, six
Pulitzer Prize winners and 49 members of national academies, up from 20 in 1998.
As part of a new focus on access, Mote started the Incentive Awards Program at Maryland. It recruits and provides full support to Baltimore and Prince George’s County high school students with out-standing potential who have overcome extraordinary adversity.
“He cares about the educational, aca-demic and social growth of each student,” says Director Jacqueline Lee. “When he talks about the program—he brings it up at every opportunity that he has—and when he interacts with, laughs with and advises the students it’s evident that this is a passion
for him, not a program. His passion is palpable. That is what I will miss most.”
Under Mote, the university made major progress in closing the academic achievement gap. Maryland ranked 14th in the nation for improving graduation rates among underrepresented minorities, and the six-year grad-uation rate of African Americans jumped from 46 percent in 1998 to 70 percent last year. The uni-
versity is also ranked 8th among all American universities for doctoral degrees awarded to African Americans.
Growing Achievement
By any measure, the university has dramatically grown in
stature over the past 12 years. Here are just a few examples: stature then nowU.S. News & World Report ranking 30 18
No. of academic programs in its top 10 6 29
No. of academic programs in its top 25 45 78
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance’s ranking,
Best Values in Higher Education No ranking 8
Academic Ranking of World Universities 75 (2003) 37
Exceptional academic programs are at the core of the
university’s meteoric rise, and the scope, quality and rigor of
Maryland’s academic offerings have flourished under Mote.
2002
The university teams with the Maryland
Department of Natural Resources to protect
diamondback terrapins and their habitat.
A portion of proceeds from Fear the Turtle
merchandise funds research
and field programs.
april 1, 2002
The men’s
basketball
team wins the
NCAA national
championship,
defeating Indiana,
64-52.
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Sept. 24, 2001
A tornado strikes
campus, killing two
students, leveling
trailers temporarily
housing the Maryland
Fire and Rescue
Institute and producing
widespread damage.
Researching New SolutionsResearch at Maryland focuses on today’s most pressing scientific
and societal challenges, such as climate change, the economy, energy,
homeland security and public health. Mote’s emphasis on the university’s
proximity to federal agencies and research labs—and a commitment to
new partnerships—led to unprecedented growth and success.
Under Mote’s leadership, the amount of external research funding the university receives annually swelled from $205 million in 1998 to $518 million in 2009. Increased funding has allowed researchers to find solutions to real-world problems, synthesize their findings with the critical issues emphasized in Maryland’s curriculum and train a new generation of scientists.
Mote also created M Square, the University of Maryland Research Park, a 124-acre site less than a mile from the university’s main campus. Tenants include the Center for Advanced Study of Language, the nation’s largest language research center; the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, joining Maryland faculty with federal climate experts; and the Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, a partnership between the university and the Food and Drug Administration focused on food safety.
The university opened dozens of other cutting-edge institutes and research centers, including the Roshan Center for Persian Studies, the Maryland NanoCenter and the Joint Quantum Institute.
Mote’s vision of science and technology partnerships reaches beyond the university. He is a leading voice on the importance of sci-ence, technology education and research to the nation’s economic well-being. He co-wrote a National Academy of Sciences report that called for increased U.S. research funding, investment in K-12 science and math education and enhanced opportunities for entrepreneurship.
“When the National Academies was assem-bling a committee to review America’s com-petitiveness at the request of the Congress, Dan was among the first people asked to serve,” says Norman R. Augustine, retired chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corp. and co-author of the report, “Rising Above the Gathering Storm.” “He made major contributions in the areas of increas-ing basic research, building ties between business and universities, and creating a strong innovation environment.”
$14 million from the
Department of Energy to
establish an Energy Frontier
Research Center, where
Maryland researchers are
designing next-generation
electrical energy storage
systems.
Up to $93 million from
the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
to allow Maryland research-
ers, federal scientists
and others to produce
long-range forecasts and
warnings about the impact
of climate change on the
Earth’s ecosystem.
$20 million from the Office
of Homeland Security and
other agencies, to fund the
National Consortium for
the Study of Terrorism and
Responses to Terrorism. It
links faculty from across the
social and behavioral sci-
ences to study the origins,
dynamics and social and
psychological impacts of
terrorism.
2009research funding
$518 million
1998research funding
$205 million
Recent research grants at Maryland include:
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The university works with
several federal agencies
to assess and minimize
significant threats to the
nation's food systems.
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M Square allows the University of
Maryland to effectively connect its expert
faculty and graduate students with
companies, government laboratories and
other specialized centers.
Faculty researchers Gary
Rubloff (left) and Sang
Bok Lee are designing
nanoscale electrical
energy storage systems
that can hold more
energy, deliver higher
output and recharge
faster than anything
currently in use.
oct. 14, 2004
The university
breaks ground
on M Square,
the University of
Maryland Research
Park, which houses
government and
private research
partners.
fall 2005
The President’s
Promise initiative
launches,
guaranteeing
every student the
opportunity for a
special experience
outside the
classroom.
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The Greening of Maryland
This high-visibility effort aims to address global warming by neutralizing greenhouse gas emissions from campuses and accelerat-ing research and educational efforts.
At Maryland, the pact led to the adop-tion of an ambitious carbon action plan that will help move the university toward carbon neutrality by 2050. Approved by Mote in Fall 2009, the plan calls for improved energy efficiency and conservation, investment in new technologies and the integration of
sustainability into campus research, teaching and service.
Mote backed the 2007 creation of the Office of Sustainability, which supports and advances environmental conservation, eco-nomic prosperity and social equality. “He has a good vision for a sustainable campus—it’s not just greening the campus, it’s about greening the culture and the curriculum,” says Mark Stewart, campus sustainability coordinator.
The university is thinking “green” in its
construction and renovation projects. Knight Hall is the campus’ first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, building. The university will meet LEED Silver rating criteria for all new con-struction and major renovations. In addition, lighting is being retrofitted to reduce energy consumption and new green roofs are reducing stormwater runoff.
In 2008, the American Public Garden Association recognized the campus as an official arboretum and botanical garden, while the Arbor Day Foundation last year named Maryland a Tree Campus USA university for its dedication to campus forestry management and environmental stewardship.
Maryland was also named America’s Greenest Campus in 2009 by Climate Culture, reflecting the campuswide commitment to reduce waste and lessen its carbon footprint.
march 6, 2006
The university marks its 150th anniversary.
Sept. 19, 2005
The Jeong H.
Kim Engineering
Building opens.
sept. 29, 2005
The Samuel Riggs
IV Alumni Center
opens.
Mote pushed environmental stewardship to the
forefront of university priorities, becoming one of the first to
sign the American College and University Presidents’ Climate
Commitment in May 2007.
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Advancing the MissionMote has served as head marketer and fundraiser-in-chief,
and re-engaged alumni to further the university’s mission.
A seasoned fundraiser at Berkeley, Mote put his skills to work for Maryland in dramatic fashion. He completed the Bold Vision*Bright Future campaign with $456 million, more than $100 million over goal, and in 2006, he launched Great Expectations, The Campaign for Maryland, which has raised more than $720 million toward its unprecedented $1 billion goal.
The surge in private support has been critical during an era of budget setbacks and tuition freezes. Campaign co-chair Alma Gildenhorn ’53 says Great Expectations’ $350 million scholarship goal is especially impor-tant to Mote.
“He wants not only excellence from students, but he wants to make it possible for people to learn in the best environment and not be overwhelmed by debt,” she says. “He has just embraced people—students, faculty and alumni—with his openness and warmth and advocacy for Maryland.”
Mote worked with the Maryland Alumni Association Board of Directors to build the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center, the home for Terps past and present, and with the alumni association to expand its network of clubs around the world.
He understood the power of a great brand, supporting the ZOOM and Fear the
Turtle marketing efforts, which publicized Maryland’s many accomplishments. Maryland and Mote were recognized by The Chronicle of Higher Education as early adopters of the type of branding most universities rely on today to attract students. To guide him in public relations, fund-raising and other strategic projects, Mote established the University of Maryland College Park Foundation and the Board of Trustees.
campaign total
$720 millionas of April 30, 2010
april 4, 2006
The women’s
basketball
team wins the
NCAA national
championship
with an overtime
victory over Duke,
78-75.
oct. 19, 2006
Great Expectations,
The Campaign for
Maryland kicks off
with the goal of
raising $1 billion in
private support.
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Enhancing the StateThe university is not only the state’s flagship institution
of higher education. It is the state’s most important economic
engine and a powerful force in the cultural life of Maryland,
through its enriching arts programming and exciting tradition
of athletic success.
2007
President
Mote signs the
American College
and University
Presidents’ Climate
Commitment,
dedicating Maryland
to a goal of climate-
neutrality.
sept. 18, 2007
The Bioscience Research
Building is dedicated.
sept. 26, 2007
The College of Health and Human Performance becomes
the School of Public Health, with a mission of translating
public health research into healthy public policy.
Performances in dance, theater and
music as well as workshops, lectures and
dialogues engage the community and
promote the exploration of new genres
and artistic styles.
The College of Education
is helping to train the
next generation of
teachers in science,
technology, engineering
and math, known as
STEM, a high priority for
the state and nation.
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Mote commissioned a 2008 report that found the university has a $3.4 billion annual impact on the state, supporting over 23,000 jobs. It attracts more than a million visitors a year, helps to grow small businesses across the state, wins hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants and graduates the state’s largest number of scientific, business, life science, engineering and technology students.
Mote helped to solidify the university’s position as an entrepreneurial, job- creating force.
He was a big booster of the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute, or Mtech, at the university, a key source of entre-preneurial services to Maryland companies. In 2009 alone, Mtech assisted 400 Maryland businesses, and companies served by Mtech sold $22.5 billion in goods and services over the past 27 years, more than 240 times the state’s financial support.
Mtech, along with the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship and the University of Maryland Small Business Development Network, nurture a culture of thriving entrepreneurship and innovation at the university.
“He is an entrepreneur himself,” Senate President Thomas V. “Mike” Miller ’64 says of Mote, an international patent holder. “Under his direction, the university started economic community development projects and research and brought literally hundreds of million of dollars to Prince George’s County and the state of Maryland.”
Innovation at Maryland isn’t just about business. The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, one of the first buildings to open during Mote’s presidency, is the largest venue of its kind on a university campus and hosts
nearly 1,000 events a year. Hundreds of thousands of fans
also flock to Maryland to cel-ebrate strong athletic traditions. Our 27 intercollegiate teams have won 14 national cham-pionships since 1998—includ-
ing titles in men’s and women’s basketball. The university also
won 51 Atlantic Coast Conference championships in that span.
then & nowAnnual sponsored research $205million $518million
Annual private giving $77.2million $112.2million
Annual freshman applications 16,000 28,443
Full-time enrollment 26,683 31,896
Alumni association membership 23,054 35,845
Pulitzer Prize winners 2 7
Members of national academies 17 49
Library volumes 2.7million 3.6million
Faculty members 3,170 3,997
Number of buildings 236 262
GPA of entering freshmen 3.54 3.93
Six-year graduation rate 65% 82%
Study abroad trips 553 1,873
International students 2,686 3,530
Recycling rate 21.2% 45.8%
fall 2009
The Honors College
forms, uniting
University Honors,
Gemstone and
Honors Humanities
programs and
creating new
living and learning
opportunities.
fall 2009
Capital One
Field at Byrd
Stadium
expands to
include a larger
Tyser Tower,
luxury suites
and mezzanine
seats.
january 2010
John S. and James
L. Knight Hall
opens.
Hinman CEOs,
founded by alumnus
Brian Hinman ’82,
was the nation’s first
living and learning
entrepreneurship
program.
University
experts are working
with state agencies,
watermen and farmers
to save the Chesapeake Bay,
through research on crab
populations, nutrient runoff, sea
grasses and shoreline erosion.
Making Global ConnectionsThe university is committed to engaging the global
community, and a critical component of that has been
international partnerships.
Maryland established more than 250 educational, research and economic relation-ships internationally since Mote’s arrival, with people and institutions in countries such as China, India, Brazil, Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
“Placing Maryland in the world and the world at Maryland is one of President Mote’s signatures and part of his legacy,” says Saul Sosnowksi, associate provost for international affairs. “Dr. Mote instilled this vision in us, and it remains an integral part of his tightly packed overseas luggage.”
Mote significantly strengthened the university’s ties to China, traveling there doz-ens of times to establish relations with universities, private industry and government agencies. He also helped create the Confucius Institute at Maryland, which promotes
the teaching and study of Chinese language and culture.Interest in fostering global connections is evident across
campus as well, with expanded language and culture offer-ings, a record 1,873 students participating in study abroad or international experiences last academic year, and a commit-ment to attract more international students to campus in the years ahead.
Mote increased the
university’s international
partnerships, launching
graduate programs in
business, public policy
and criminology and
criminal justice in China.
Former South African president
Nelson Mandela, with Mote in
2001, is among many notable
international figures to speak
at the university.r“The world awaiting our students requires that they understand international issues,” says Mote. “More than ever before, international leadership is the responsibility of a top-ranked research university.”
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Sharing Maryland’s SpiritMaryland Day, one of Maryland’s strongest traditions,
began during Mote’s inauguration week. The new
president had envisioned a universitywide open house
The new president had envisioned a universitywide open house that would allow people from throughout the region to “explore our world.”
Despite some fears on campus that the event would be a bust, Mote was convinced that hands-on activities and demonstrations would help the state and region understand the special value of a research university. He was right. That first Maryland Day in 1999 drew more than 20,000 visitors.
“It exposed thousands to a first impression of the university that was welcoming, friendly, educational and entertaining,” says Terry Flannery ’83, ’87 M.Ed.,’95 Ph.D., former assistant vice president for university marketing and commu-nications. “Visitors returned year after year. Alumni came back to re-engage.
Children who first came as toddlers grew up wanting to go to Maryland.”Today, Maryland Day features more than 400 events and attracts an
average of 75,000 people annually. It has morphed into the state’s big-gest one-day festival, featuring interactive events representing nearly every academic department, admissions seminars, petting zoos, sporting
and fitness activities, building tours, and live music and dance from around the world.
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On Maryland Days past, Mote
rode in the “Mote Mobile”
(below) performed tricks
with his cocker spaniel at the
Center for Young Children
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Building the FutureNew facilities expanded building
space by more than 25 percent in the last 12 years, addressing every aspect of university life, from the arts and recreation to classrooms and labora-tories to residence halls.
Highlights of Maryland’s physical transformation include construction of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Biosciences Research Building, Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building, Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center, Knight Hall and Comcast Center and a significant expansion of Byrd Stadium.
Many of the new buildings were the result of philanthropic support and
innovative public-private partnerships that Mote fostered.
“It’s been transformational. Some of these buildings really are a statement in themselves,” says Barry Gossett, CEO of Acton Mobile Industries, Maryland supporter and namesake of the Gossett Football Team House. “If you start with the basics like curriculum and facilities, then you attract faculty, students, athletes and coaches who want to be showcased in a place where they can perform well and get good results.”
Expansions to Van Munching Hall added 141,300 square feet of the world’s most technologically advanced facilities for business management education, and the Adele H. Stamp Student Union-Center for Campus Life, Byrd Stadium and the School of Public Health also underwent major revitalizations.
Mote also led the creation of a new Facilities Master Plan to guide development through 2021. It emphasizes environmental stewardship and the maintenance of the campus’ architectural heritage.
The university saw its biggest
building boom in history while Mote
was president, with nearly $1 billion in
projects completed or still under way.
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Creative public-private
partnerships helped
increase the number of
student beds by 3,000
during Mote’s tenure.
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team house
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knight hall3.
clarice smith center4.
south campus 5.
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engineering 8.
The addition of the
Bioscience Research
Building in 2007 included
new bio-secure labs,
bringing the campus
total to 13 for researchers
studying infectious agents
such as avian influenza,
mycobacterium tuberculosis
and West Nile virus.
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Making Her Own Mark In her 12 years at Maryland, first lady Patsy
Mote brought an artistic approach to a traditional role,
worked to preserve the university’s historic character
and enhanced scholarship opportunities for students.
(Above) Mrs. Mote is a
member of the Campus
Club, the university’s
72-year-old women’s
chapter. The club sponsors
an annual scholarship.
(Left) Mrs. Mote helped
bake and serve some of
the thousands of cupcakes
distributed at Maryland
Day 2006.
(Left) An artist herself,
Mrs. Mote designed a
terrapin pin that President
Mote gives to university
award recipients.
Mrs. Mote is an ardent supporter of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center and serves on it leader-ship council. In 2005, she headed the jury that selected artists to decorate 50 Testudo sculptures (see several at right) in honor of the university’s 150th anniversary. Many of those turtles are still on display around the university and across the state. She also served on the Maryland Arts Council and chairs the Art in Public Places Panel of Prince George’s County.
Along with President Mote, she has personally supported the C. Daniel and Patsy Mote Incentive
Awards Fund. The recipients of the scholarship are among the many guests she graciously hosts at recep-tions in the residence.
Mrs. Mote consulted with University Archivist Anne Turkos on the preservation of the Rossborough Inn. When it was converted to office space, Mrs. Mote moved antique ceramics to the president’s residence and oversaw selection of colors, fabrics and design to ensure it main-tained its authenticity.
“She’s a very creative, warm person,” says Turkos. “She’s brought a grace and an elegance to her position.”
campus club photo courtesy of the alumni association
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Looking Back, and Forward As my 12-year presidency at the University of Maryland
draws to a close, I feel immense appreciation for the many
people who have committed so much of themselves to
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I have been privileged to lead this expansion and am humbled by the enthusiasm shown by so many people for achieving the goal of greatness for the university.
An institution must be ready for change for true transformation to occur. When I arrived in Maryland in 1998, the potential for such development was clear. The university’s flagship status and location next to the nation’s capital allowed the university to collaborate easily with a host of talented partners.
The university has grown into great-ness in many diverse ways: new, timely academic specialties; new partnerships with industry; new opportunities for students on campus and through intern-ships, international study and scholar-ships; multiple, significant international collaborations; expanded services to the people of the state; and increasingly competitive students and faculty. The university now attracts a record number of applicants: 28,500 in 2009 compared to 16,000 in 1998 and its graduation rate has risen 20 percent for all students. The number of students participating in study abroad has tripled and will continue to increase. The university’s external research support is two and a half times what it was in 1998. And the university is undertaking its second private fundraising campaign, having raised more than a billion dollars in total private funds during my tenure.
The university has also grown in ways that are not easily quantifiable. New buildings provide state-of-the-art classrooms, research facilities and labo-ratories: the Jeong H. Kim Engineering
Building, the Bioscience Research Building, Knight Hall, Tawes Hall, Van Munching Hall and the new Physical Sciences Complex, whose construc-tion is just starting. New facilities have also created vibrant spaces for creativity, community and invention: the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, the Comcast Center, the Stamp Student Union renovation and the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center. The founding of the University of Maryland College Park Foundation has changed the course of the university and its future. The growth of key sites around the campus has enriched the university and the state in ways that we will see blossom in the years to come: the 124-acre M Square Research Park, the largest in the state; the international incubator and the 38-acre East Campus town-center project across from the North Gate have attracted dynamic partners and innovative vision. Combined with the entrepreneurial efforts across campus, these projects are contributing substan-tially to Maryland’s economic develop-ment. Nurturing a culture of greatness has been a goal that our community has embraced and driven forward with remarkable determination and success. At times the university’s progress has outstripped our expectations.
Patsy and I are grateful for the privi-lege given us to serve this great institu-tion for 12 years. We look forward to participating in its continued growth in any way that we can.
—Dan Mote, President
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