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News for the Campus Community — May 2008

Rendering of Pharmacy Hall addition

JEFFREY RAYMOND

University President David J.Ramsay, DM, DPhil, expressedgratitude and excitement afterapproval in the state budget offunding for an addition toPharmacy Hall.

“In securing more than $62million for the construction ofthe Pharmacy Hall addition, Gov.Martin O’Malley and the MarylandGeneral Assembly have recognizedthe need to educate more phar-macists, carry out more cutting-edgeresearch, and deepen our commit-ment to serve the community,”

said Ramsay after the funding wasapproved in April. “We are thankfulfor their leadership and their visionin helping us move forward withthis desperately needed expansion.”

In response to a growing shortageof pharmacists, the School hasratcheted up enrollment at theBaltimore campus to 120 studentsper class—more than it was designedto support—and last fall openedan expansion at the Universities atShady Grove for 40 more studentsper class. The next step in theSchool’s expansion program, thePharmacy Hall addition, will morecomfortably allow the School to

Maryland Governor, LegislatureSecure $62 Million for PharmacyHall Addition

take on additional students, as wellas 40 percent more faculty in orderto help meet the work forceshortage.

The 112,565-gross-square-foot,seven-story addition to PharmacyHall will include lecture halls wiredfor computers and distance-learningtechnology, a new patient inter-action laboratory, and four floorsof space dedicated to clinical andtranslational research in pharma-cogenetics, nanomedicine, anddrug discovery. The addition willbe connected to the existing, 25-year-old Pharmacy Hall by a glasspavilion.

The School has spent more thana decade planning the addition,which should be open for the fall2010 semester. Energy-efficientlighting fixtures and heat recoveryair-handling systems are amongthe environmentally sensitivefeatures planned for the building.

“The Pharmacy Hall additionheralds a new era for the Schoolof Pharmacy,” said Dean Natalie D.Eddington, PhD. “The additionalspace, technology, and resourceswill ultimately help the nextgeneration of students enter theprofessional world with all theinterpersonal and scientific toolsthey will need.”

Decked out in caps and gowns,1,800 UMB graduates are eligibleto receive their degrees at 1stMariner Arena on Friday, May 16.Students from the schools ofdentistry, law, medicine, nursing,pharmacy, and social work, fromthe Graduate School, and fromprograms in dental hygiene, medicaland research technology, physicaltherapy and rehabilitation science,human genetics, and nursingpractice will come together tocelebrate their years of hard work.

The program begins at 3 p.m.Doors will open at 1 p.m. forgraduates and guests. Tickets arenot required for the two-hourceremony.

Jessica O’Kane, president of theUniversity Student GovernmentAssociation and a graduatingPharmD student at the School of

Commencement Promises to Be a Memorable Day for Graduates

CHRIS ZANG

Leave it to a future pharmacist tobring the right mix of experience,confidence, and humility to her roleas student remarker at commence-ment on May 16.

Despite years behind the micro-phone in student government,school organizations, and as a guestspeaker at University functionssuch as the Founders Week galaand the David Stewart AssociatesDinner, Jessica O’Kane expects tohave butterflies in her stomach at1st Mariner Arena. But she justifiesit in the simplest of terms.

“The crowd is much larger; theoccasion is more momentous, forme, at least; and the audience ismore personal,” she says.

It will be the culmination ofO’Kane’s impressive reign. Amember of the Dean’s List since2004, the PharmD candidate hasheld leadership positions in severalorganizations at the School ofPharmacy and has served in theUniversity Student GovernmentAssociation (USGA) for four years,including the past year as president.

But she says she has gainedmore than she has given. “Goingto pharmacy school here was oneof the best decisions I ever made.”The next stop for the Baltimorenative is a job as a pharmacist atBayhealth Medical Center in Dover,Del., where she won’t forget whatshe has left behind.

The USGA’s accomplishmentsthis year are a special source of pride.“We were very active in supportingthe funding for higher educationin the [General Assembly’s] specialsession last fall, we played an

important role in mobilizing andeducating UMB students aboutthe carbon neutrality campaignfor the entire University Systemof Maryland, and we have reallynetworked very well within ourcampus,” she says. “What I ammost proud of is a continuedstrengthening of our outreach oncampus.”

Fittingly, on a campus where theeight schools often collaborate,she plans to stress teamwork inher commencement address.

“All of our professions areinterconnected,” she says. “Theresearchers provide the practitionerswith novel therapies and evidencefor current therapies. The healthcare professions must collaborateto care for the entire patient. Weneed social workers and lawyersto help set policies and establishprograms, and ensure that theyare communicated to the rightpeople. So, while I think that wemust all advocate for our ownprofessions, I know that we mustrecognize and appreciate ourdependence on each other.”

O’Kane Ends Her Term asUSGA President WithStudent Remarker Role

Jessica O’Kane

Pharmacy, is the student remarker.(See article above.) Honorarymarshals are Richard Meszler, PhD,associate professor emeritus ofthe Dental School’s Departmentof Biomedical Sciences and amember of the School’s facultysince 1971, and Michael Plaut,PhD, assistant dean for studentaffairs and associate professor of psychiatry at the School ofMedicine. He joined the facultyin 1973.

The keynote address will begiven by Francis Collins, MD,PhD, renowned director of theNational Human GenomeResearch Institute, part of theNational Institutes of Health.Collins, a physician-geneticist, isnoted for his landmark discoveriesof disease genes and for hisvisionary leadership of the Human

Genome Project. Collins, who will receive an

honorary doctor of public servicedegree, also is known for his closeattention to ethical and legal issuesin genetics. He is a strong advocatefor protecting the privacy of geneticinformation and, to this end, hasserved as a national leader in effortsto prohibit gene-based insurancediscrimination.

Virginia Saba, EdD, RN,FAAN, pioneer in the integrationof computer technology in thenursing profession for more than30 years, will receive an honorarydoctor of science degree at theevent.

For a list of pre-commencementevents, see page 10.

For more information oncommencement, visit www.umaryland.edu/commencement.

SPRING HAS SPRUNG See page 5

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGEThe Fiscal Year 2009 budget that Gov.Martin O’Malley proposed for our campus,and the General Assembly adopted,contains many reasons for rejoicing. Ourstate budget, which includes operatingrevenue from the state’s general fund aswell as tuition, fee, and indirect cost income,supports the continued expansion of ourpharmacy program at the Universities atShady Grove. It also includes a significantboost for our undergraduate and graduatenursing programs on campus here inBaltimore and at Shady Grove and a downpayment toward research infrastructuresupport for our medical school’s Institutefor Genome Sciences.

In addition, the budget provides meritincreases averaging 2.5 percent for all full-time faculty and staff, as well as cost-of-living adjustments of 2 percent, mandatoryincreases in utilities, fringe benefits, andenrollment increases, and caps tuitionincreases for the third year in a row for ourin-state undergraduates.

That our campus (and the UniversitySystem of Maryland generally) fared so wellat a time when budget woes threatenedevery aspect of the legislative session isdue in large part to the state’s havingcreated the Higher Education InvestmentFund last fall during the legislature’s

special session. This fund, which resultsfrom a targeted increase in the state’scorporate tax rate, was the source for thenursing and medical school investments.

The governor’s capital budget also broughtmarvelous news to the campus, with some$62.2 million appropriated for design,construction, and equipment for our long-awaited Pharmacy Hall addition andrenovation of our existing facility. Thismarked the culmination of, literally, yearsof effort on the part of the campus, theSchool, and especially pharmacy students,faculty, and alumni.

They told a compelling story of the delete-rious effect on the nation’s and state’s healthof the current and projected shortage ofpharmacists and developed a strategicplan on how best to address the shortage.With the operating budget increase targetedtoward the Shady Grove program and thenew facility here in Baltimore, our Schoolof Pharmacy is now poised to address theshortage while maintaining—even improv-ing—its national reputation for excellence.

While less dramatic, perhaps, than thePharmacy Hall addition, the campus alsoreceived another approximately $2.8 millionfor various greatly needed facilities renewalprojects.

While this fiscal news is promising, thereare still hurdles to overcome. The System’sFY09 budget was cut by $6.8 million withthe Regents required to apportion that cutto the campuses. Our share of that cuttogether with some other modificationswill likely reduce our budget by about$1.5 million to $2 million. Of more concern,however, is the legislature’s requirementthat the governor cut an additional $50million from the total state budget by July 1.

Moreover, while Maryland’s economy isrelatively recession proof, the cutbacks inretail spending due to higher food andenergy costs and the problems in thehousing industry may exert downwardpressure on the state’s tax revenue base.Nonetheless, I remain cautiously optimistic.

As our academic year 2007-08 draws to a close, and we look once again tograduating a marvelous new crop ofphysicians, dentists, nurses, attorneys,social workers, pharmacists, andbiomedical researchers, I am remindedas always of the importance of the jobswe all do toward making life a little betterfor our fellow citizens.

David J. Ramsay, DM, DPhilPresident

ROSALIA SCALIA

The University celebrated Women’s HistoryMonth on March 27 with a focus on“Women in Business.” Lynne Brick, RN,BSN, president and founder of LynneBrick’s/Brick Bodies health clubs, deliveredthe keynote address at noon. Brick is aformer member of the School of Nursing’sBoard of Visitors and a former nurse at theR Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. A craft bazaar, featuring handmade gifts,jewelry, and other items made by womenon campus, followed the address alongwith a light lunch.

Karen H. Rothenberg, JD, MPA, deanof the School of Law, opened the celebration,noting the strides that women have madeat the University not only among the studentbody of the eight professional schools butalso as members of the faculty. “When Istarted here in 1982, I was just one of twowomen faculty,” she said.

Brick, one of the nation’s fitness andwellness leaders, worked as a nurse for sevenyears before launching a successful string ofhealth clubs—five coed and two women-only—with her husband, Victor Brick. Shewas named Maryland’s Entrepreneur of theYear by Ernst and Young LLP in 2004 andhas been listed among Maryland’s Top 100Women three times by The Daily Record.

In her address, Brick touched on themyths about women and fitness that wereconsidered truths as recently as the mid-20th century. For example, it was widelythought that military style push-ups inhibitthe reproductive process. In women’s basket-ball, only one player was allowed to runfull court.

“We’ve come a long way,” she toldattendees, noting that progress has occurred

UMB Celebrates ‘Women in Business’at Women’s History Month Event

Regents CreateWork Group onCampus Safetyand SecurityPartly in response to the recent tragedies at Virginia Tech and Northern IllinoisUniversity, the Board of Regents of theUniversity System of Maryland (USM) hascreated a work group to review safety andsecurity issues at each of the USM campusesand to identify key areas that should beincluded in campus emergency managementand violence prevention plans. The workgroup, which is chaired by Regent MarvinMandel, LLB, and includes representativesfrom each of the system’s 11 degree-grantingcampuses, is charged with issuing its finalreport by July 1.

The work group has formed threecommittees: Risk Assessment and Prevention,chaired by Board of Regents member RobertMitchell; Emergency Preparedness, chairedby Regent Thomas McMillen; and Responseand Recovery, chaired by Ken Krouse, chiefof police of the University of Maryland,College Park (UMCP).

Besides considering each campus’ readinessto deal with tragedies such as those at VirginiaTech and Northern Illinois, the work groupand its committees will assess the USMcampuses’ abilities to respond to naturaldisasters such as the tornado that struck theUMCP campus several years ago, pandemicssuch as SARS or avian flu, and acts ofterrorism. The work group also willinvestigate various legal and privacy issues,and identify and promote the best practicesin emergency management planning andrisk reduction.

UMB representatives on the work groupinclude Mary Leach, PhD, from thePresident’s Office; Tricia O’Neill, JD, fromthe Office of Academic Affairs; and EvanCordes from the University StudentGovernment Association.

not only in sports but also in business.“I have a soft spot in my heart for women’s

health and wellness,” she said. In additionto exercise, yoga, and other fitness activities,Brick—ever the nurse—offers free healthscreenings to her members.

During her address, Brick shared lessonsshe learned along the way in becoming whatShape magazine described as “one of theworld’s leading group exercise instructors.”

Quoting French historian Alexis de

Tocqueville, she advised, “The world belongsto those with the most energy.”

At the craft bazaar, 21 woman entre-preneurs sold their jewelry, framedartwork and photography, knitted babysweaters, natural skin care products, craftboxes and party favors, handmadechocolate, and candied fortune cookies.The bazaar was such a success that theUniversity is planning another for mid-November.

Lynne Brick (right)accepts Women’s HistoryMonth certificate from Karen H. Rothenbergafter delivering hermotivating presentation.

Sue Gallegos (right),assistant director of

gift administration anddonor relations, Office

of External Affairs,displays Monkey

Moon Designs at thecraft bazaar with

fellow jewelerMarishya Weiss.

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UMB IN THE NEWS

The Washington Post, Baltimoretelevision station WJZ, and theFrederick News-Post reported on theRobert Wood Johnson Foundationgrants made to eight dental schoolsaround the country to help expandcare in poor communities. TheUniversity of Maryland DentalSchool, which received $200,000,was among the recipients. The VietNam News reported that about 5,000children and young adults in Hue andHanoi received free dental checkupsduring Operation Smile’s 12th annualDental Mission to Vietnam. DentalSchool faculty and students wereamong the caregivers.

Jane Barrett, JD, director of theSchool of Law’s Environmental LawClinic, was featured in a segment onBaltimore television station WBALabout the clinic’s lawsuit against theVelsicol Chemical Corp. for allegedviolations of the federal Clean WaterAct. Barrett was also the source of astory on Delmarvanow.com about theenvironmental impact of storm waterrunoff from construction sites.

A study by the School of Medicine’sJay Magaziner, PhD, chair of theDepartment of Epidemiology andPreventive Medicine, showing thatmen as well as women are at risk forosteoporosis drew the attention ofthe Associated Press, which ran astory that was published by, amongothers, The Tehran Times. The(Baltimore) Sun also noted Magaziner’spromotion to chair of the School’sDepartment of Epidemiology andPreventive Medicine. Forbes magazine,Reuters, Medical News Today,MedIndia, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, among other mediaoutlets, carried a story on a study byElizabeth Barnet, MD, and colleagues,that linked depression to subsequentpregnancy in black teens. Barnet isdirector of the Primary Care ResearchFellowship in the Department of Familyand Community Medicine at theSchool of Medicine.

In The (Baltimore) Sun article, “WhatIt Takes to Be a Great Nurse,” KarenKauffman, PhD, RN, chair of theDepartment of Family and Commu-nity Health at the School of Nursing,said, “Nurses who are truly committedwork very hard … You have to staysharp and on-the-ball … a mistakecan mean the difference between lifeand death.”

In live studio segments, Baltimoretelevision station WMAR spoke toSchool of Pharmacy Dean NatalieD. Eddington, PhD, and ChristineLee, PharmD, Maryland P3 Programcoordinator, about the School’s healthcare opportunities and Maryland P3Program, respectively. Baltimoretelevision station WBFF and The(Baltimore) Examiner spoke to BruceAnderson, PharmD, director of theSchool of Pharmacy’s MarylandPoison Center, about green poisonsand doing away with Mr. Yuk warningstickers at the center.

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN CHAIR DENTAL SCHOOL

NEWS FROM THE DEAN SCHOOL OF NURSINGNational Nurses Week is an opportunityfor nurse educators and researchers totake stock of where we are and savor thehard-earned achievements of the precedingyear. But while we revel in our academicaccomplishments, we sometimes dismissthe advocacy that lays the foundation forour substantive work.

Advocacy seems far removed from ourcore responsibilities. But while nursingwas cast in the crucible of war, it wasmolded by the hand of advocacy. HadFlorence Nightingale, whose May 12birthday anchors Nurses Week, not wonthe commitment of political leaders, herlandmark contributions would haveperished on the battlefields of Crimea.

The conundrum we face today is that whileMaryland’s nurse shortage is predicted toclimb toward 27 percent by 2015, nursingprograms are rejecting hundreds of qualifiedapplicants annually because they can’tabsorb more students. Educators andadministrators have sounded the claxon foryears, yet policy decisions have fallen short.

In response to budget constraints, theSchool of Nursing forged partnerships thatboost enrollment by creatively leveragingcombined assets. We’ve finished Year Oneof a unique collaboration with the U.S. ArmyNurse Corps that gives us desperatelyneeded clinical instructors while exposingstudents to military nursing careers. We’veteamed with the University of MarylandMedical Center to optimize use of jointresources in order to bring in more facultywhile giving medical center nurses a chanceto diversify their roles and pursue highercredentials. We’ve found synergies withthe School of Pharmacy and the SalisburyUniversity Respiratory Therapy program

that open up mutually beneficial multi-disciplinary learning opportunities. We’vealso rolled out accelerated degree optionsand flexible course formats, attractingnon-nurse students and inspiring practicingnurses to seek advanced degrees.

But ingenuity has its limits: At some point,only money will do the trick. So the Schoolof Nursing has intensified its advocacy overthe past year, driving home the messagethat unless we invest in educational capacity,we won’t have the nurses we need.

The School joined with the MarylandHospital Association and statewide nursingprograms to formulate a comprehensivestrategy for graduating more nurses that,if funded, could begin showing results by2009. The plan would enroll another 1,800

first-year nursing students annually byadding 360 faculty, aligning faculty salarieswith market rates, and expanding classroomspace and clinical sites. Launched inNovember 2007, the “Who Will Care?”campaign is raising awareness of thenursing crisis and proposing a solutionfounded on public-private partnershipsthat engage all stakeholders.

Our state-level advocacy convinced Gov.Martin O’Malley to allocate $3.4 million inFiscal Year 2009 for the first phase of ourfive-year plan to double baccalaureateenrollment at the Universities at ShadyGrove and add 60 more graduate studentsin Baltimore. By joining the governor in apress conference to announce his support,we were able to focus media attention onour message. School of Nursing facultyand students visited the General Assemblyto explain firsthand why funds for nursingeducation are critical. We also showcasedour mobile health units that serve uninsuredMarylanders through the Governor’s Well-mobile Program, which in 2007 saw morethan 7,200 patients and averted $2.7 millionin emergency room fees.

Florence Nightingale taught us thatadvocacy is integral to nursing. Our School,in keeping with her vision, is reachingoutside the classroom, the laboratory, andthe practice settings to educate decision-makers and the public—before it is toolate and patient care irremediably suffers.

Sincerely yours,

Janet D. Allan, PhD, RN, FAAN Dean and ProfessorSchool of Nursing

Janet D. Allan

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As the University embarks upon a $650 millioncapital campaign, the VOICE is profilingthe campaign chairs who are leading theefforts to raise money for each school.

John Patterson, DDS ’64, MBA, capitalcampaign chair for the Dental School, hasalways enjoyed taking things apart and puttingthem back together, especially bicycles. Hisinterest in dentistry came from this unlikelysource.

The youngest of three children, Pattersondecided he would become a dentist whenhe was in junior high school. He achievedthat goal, receiving his DDS and a certificatein endodontics from the Dental School.

In the mid-1960s, Patterson spent twoyears in the U.S. Navy serving militarypopulations in Japan as a dentist. He says itwas “good for my later practice—my serviceprovided important training, developmentof skills, and speed.” He learned from dentistswho came from all over the country, who allhad different strengths. Patterson remembers,“Maryland dentists had good technical skills.There was a sense that if you graduated fromMaryland, you knew what you were doing.”

But when he compares the requirementsof dental school 40 years ago with those ofcontemporary programs, he says, “Thereare significant differences—the amount of

science with which students are confrontedtoday is enormous.

“The science demands a lot more of thestudents and oral health—which, unlikemedicine, has been prevention-oriented,historically—is a lot better off.”

To that end, he points out, “A profession’sideal purpose is to remove the purpose foritself—that would be total prevention.”There is a long way to go, but he says,“Fundraising helps with progress towardthe prevention of diseases, which is muchbetter than the treatment of diseases.”

The Dental School has progressedsignificantly since Patterson was a student.He believes that the vision of Dean ChristianS. Stohler, DMD, DrMedDent, has greatlyenhanced the mission of the School.

Now Patterson is doing his part to keepit flourishing as campaign chair. It’s a rolefor which he is well-prepared. At 56, nineyears before he retired from clinical practice,Patterson went back to school to get his MBAfrom Loyola College and a certificate ininvestments from Johns Hopkins University.

Currently, he is senior vice president atSummit Financial Group, where he worksin financial planning and investment advisingto help prepare clients, especially dentists,for retirement.

In his clinical practice, Patterson sawthat many of the dentists he encounteredworked far longer than they wanted—they

didn’t take advantage of financial planning.He saw an opportunity to help. Now he isdoing the same with the Dental School.

When asked what drives him to donatehis time and resources to the Dental School,Patterson says simply, “OPC: other people’schildren.” He firmly believes that every parenthopes that the alumni of their child’s schoolare supporting the school so that their childgets an excellent education.

He hopes that the alumni of the DentalSchool are proud enough of their alma materto think that the current students deservethe best education it can offer.

As chair, Patterson has developed a See Patterson on page 11

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LAURELSSCHOOL OF NURSINGBarbara Dobish, MSN, RN, assistantprofessor and a faculty member at theUniversities at Shady Grove, was recentlyawarded the second annual Shady GroveBoard of Advisors Kendall Excellence inTeaching Award. Dobish was recognizedfor her commitment to students and theirsuccess through promotion of high academicachievement, participation in professionaland leadership development with students,and advancement of educational and careergoals for students at Shady Grove. Facultywho have taught at Shady Grove institutionsfor one academic year are eligible for theaward.

Gail Doerr, MS, executive director ofcommunications, has been accepted intoHarvard Business School’s High PotentialsLeadership program. This highly acclaimedand competitive international programprovides an opportunity to learn currentbest practices in organizational leadershipfrom Harvard Business School educatorsand researchers, as well as from globalbusiness leaders.

Suzanne Feetham, PhD, RN, FAAN, avisiting professor at the School of Nursing,is one of four editors of Individuals, Families,

and the New Era of Genetics: BiopsychosocialPerspectives, which is the winner of the 2007American Journal of Nursing’s Book of theYear Award in five categories. The bookranked first in the Medical-Surgical Nursingand Psychiatric-Mental Health categories,and second in Professional Developmentand Issues, Community-Public Health, andMaternal-Child Nursing and Childbirth.

Ann Mech, JD, RN, coordinator of legalaffairs, was inducted into the Howard CountyWomen’s Hall of Fame on March 13 atceremonies hosted by County Executive KenUlman and the Howard County Commissionfor Women. Mech was honored for her workas a registered nurse, educator, and lawyer.

SCHOOL OF PHARMACYThe National Association of Chain DrugStores has honored the School of Pharmacy’sfaculty and students as “CommunityPharmacy Great Communicators.” Therecognition, created in 2007, honors leadersfor speaking out to improve or advancepharmacy. Representatives of the Schoolmet with Maryland lawmakers in Februaryabout issues relating to pharmacy. The visitfocused primarily on convincing legislatorsto approve funding for the long-soughtPharmacy Hall addition.

Cynthia Boyle, PharmD, FAPhA, associateprofessor in the Department of PharmacyPractice and Science and director of theExperiential Learning Program, has beennamed Good Government Pharmacist ofthe Year by the American PharmacistsAssociation. The award, established in 1990,recognizes a pharmacist who contributes tothe community through involvement inthe political process.

Jason Noel, PharmD, BCPP, assistantprofessor in the Department of PharmacyPractice and Science, has been namedpresident-elect of the Maryland Pharma-ceutical Society.

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORKCatherine Born, PhD, MSW, director ofthe Family Welfare and Research TrainingGroup (FWRTG); Pamela Ovwigho, PhD,research director with FWRTG; and AndreaHetling, PhD, Rutgers University, published“Do Welfare Avoidance Grants PreventCash Assistance?” in Social Service Review.

Kathryn Collins, PhD, MSW, associateprofessor, co-authored “What About Women?Historical Perspectives on the CSWE Councilon the Role and Status of Women in SocialWork Education (Women’s Council)” in theJournal of Social Work Education’s specialsection on the status of women in socialwork education. The article was co-authoredwith Ann Alvarez, PhD, University of Hawaii,Manoa; Helen Graber, PhD, University ofUtah; and Marceline Lazzari, PhD, Universityof Washington, Tacoma.

Assistant Professor Corey Shdaimah, PhD,LLM, published “Revisiting the Benefits

Debate: Does Qualitative Social WorkResearch Produce Salubrious Effects?” inSocial Work. The article was co-authored withJudith McCoyd, PhD, Rutgers University.

HEALTH SCIENCES AND HUMAN SERVICES LIBRARYDebra Berlanstein, MLS, the library’sliaison to the School of Public Health andoutreach librarian, has been chosen to attendthe BioMedical Informatics Course, June1-8, at the Marine Biological Laboratory inWoods Hole, Mass. The course, in its 17thyear, focuses on the application of computertechnologies and information science inbiomedicine and health science. Berlansteincontinues the tradition of UMB librariansattending this weeklong course.

BioPark Shuttle Hours and Route

The BioPark is now incorporated into the Ride UMB/BioPark route. Shuttle hoursof operation are now 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Ride UMB/BioPark is free with University identification. More information isavailable at www.parking.umaryland.edu or by calling 6-6603.

Campus SafetyPhone Numbers

Emergency 711

Information 6-6882and Escort

Crime Statistics 6-COPS and Safety Tips (6-2677)

Turnaround 410-828-639024-Hour Hotline

(sexual assault/domestic violence)

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LYDIA LEVIS BLOCH

As commencement ceremonies and summerdraw near, the University’s landscaped court-yards and flower beds grow bright with color.

“When potential students and parentsvisit the downtown campus, it’s importantto ‘wow’ them,” says Ted Warner, projectmanager for Facilities Management. “We’recharged with creating an environment that’sboth safe and visually pleasing.”

Down to the last tulip, Facilities Manage-ment—working with Valley Crest, acontractor that handles planting, landscapemaintenance, and trash collection—orchestrates those first, and lasting,impressions.

“Since our buildings are different, weplant the same color sequence throughoutcampus to unify the landscaping,” explainsWarner. This becomes even more importantas new buildings such as the campus center,the new administration building, and the

UMB: How Do Your Flowers Grow?

BioPark buildings are added. Blue and purple pansies provide splashes

of color through fall, winter, and early spring.Then yellow daffodils appear. By mid-April,12,000 red and gold tulips dazzle the eye.When summer hits, some 13,000 roses, redand white annuals—such as petunias andimpatiens—and perennials like vinca take over.

Come fall, another planting cycle begins.Annuals are unearthed, tulip bulbs are setdeep in the soil, and flower beds are dottedwith pansies.

Tim Headley, multitrade chief II, FacilitiesManagement, oversees the University’s land-scaping. “It’s tough to keep up the landscape,”he says. “This is an open, urban environ-ment, with no fences. There are differentpopulations—patients, visitors, vendors, andbaseball fans—walking through campus.

“The heat bouncing off buildings canstress plants,” Headley says, “and most ofthe watering is done by hand. We don’thave sprinklers because they interfere withpedestrians. Some people take shortcuts andtrample the plantings, a few even scoop outthe flowers.”

To ensure safety, plantings cannot be toohigh, or block pedestrian traffic and waterhydrants.

Despite the challenges, the effort paysoff. There are peaceful, even secluded spotson campus where students and faculty findtime to enjoy the flowers (see sidebar).

Standing under the pink Whitcomb cherrytrees in the School of Nursing courtyard,first-year student Tillayo Akapo says with asigh, “The flowers make me feel good.”

The Park Between Davidge and Grey Halls

Note the flowers planted around theflagpole, the rose bushes, and the Japaneseandromeda bushes with cream-coloredblossoms that attract bees.

School of Nursing CourtyardEnjoy the Whitcomb cherry trees, laurel,

and viburnum. Check out the stripedmowing pattern on the grass.

Health Science Facilities I and IIElegant crepe myrtles line the street.

Don’t miss the wide planter with a centralyew, and the nandena and red barberrybushes.

South Side of Dental SchoolThis is a favorite picnic area for students

who sit among the ornamental grasses, theloriope, and the barberry hedge.

Dean Levitt Memorial GardenOn the corner of Fayette and Pine streets,

this shady, quiet area of nandena and azaleabushes is one of UMB’s secret gardens.

School of Law Interior CourtyardFilled with wisteria, grape hollies, and

azaleas, the courtyard has wooden tablesand chairs, and two stone ravens who pourwater into a fountain. The courtyard overlooksEdgar Allan Poe’s grave in Westminstercemetery where, appropriately, a weepinghemlock grows in a secluded corner.

Destination Floral: Tim Headley’sScenic Spots

Health Sciences and Human ServicesLibrary

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EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH

GINGER DUNN

Shawnell Stokes, office manager for

the Center for Vaccine Development

(CVD) at the School of Medicine, was

March’s Employee of the Month. She

was nominated by Gloria Smedley,

center administrator, with whom she

has worked for four years. Smedley

says Stokes is “a dedicated manager

committed to providing a consistently

high level of support to the faculty

and staff of the CVD.”

Shawnell Stokes with David J. Ramsay,University president

MARCH SHAWNELL STOKESSmedley admires that Stokes puts the

needs of the faculty and staff above

all else, acting as a team player and

demonstrating a willingness to help

others.

“Stokes has been essential to the

building up of the administrative

infrastructure of the center and has

been a total team player who constantly

adapts to changes and remains

unwavering in her conscientiousness,

loyalty, and dedication to the job,”

Smedley says in her nomination.

When she learned she won the award,

Stokes was surprised. “I don’t feel

I’ve done anything so special,” she

says. “I just have very high standards

for my own work.”

As if the demands of a busy job and

raising her family aren’t enough, Stokes

is also a graduate student in the MBA

program at the University of Maryland

University College. The pursuit of an

advanced degree is demanding, she

says, but it is something she is

dedicated to completing with the same

commitment she gives to her job.

GBC Honors UMB President and Three Biotech CEOs WithBioscience AwardsROSALIA SCALIA

University President David J. Ramsay, DM,DPhil, was recognized recently by theGreater Baltimore Committee (GBC) withthe President’s Award for his leadership inBaltimore’s bioscience industry. The awardwas presented during the GBC’s ThirdAnnual Bioscience Award Ceremony at theRenaissance Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore.

In addition, three biotech CEOs werehonored with separate awards for Entre-preneurship, Leadership, and Best NewProduct or Progress in Bioscience: Schoolof Pharmacy alumna Julie Suman, RPh, PhD’65, co-founder and president of Next Breath,LLC; Blake Paterson, MD, CEO, co-founderof Alba Therapeutics, which is located inthe UMB BioPark; and Timothy Askew ofCSA Medical, Inc., respectively.

Representatives of the biotechnologyindustry and business leaders from morethan 140 companies attended the awardsceremony.

“The most important thing that theGreater Baltimore Committee can do islisten to the voices of individual companies,

owners, and researchers—and find thebest ways to support and celebrate thework that you do every day,” saidDonald Fry, GBC president and CEO.“Nurturing development of the region’sbioscience industry is the GBC’s toppriority.”

In his introduction of Ramsay, Fry said,“Earlier, I teased David that he has probablydeveloped more buildings in Baltimorethan any real estate developer.” Fry added:“One would be hard-pressed to find someonewho has done more to advance the bioscienceindustry in the Baltimore region. He hasbeen the driving force behind the UMBBioPark, the realization of his belief thatby bringing together the best academicand industry biomedical researchers, theBioPark will, in turn, bring new therapeuticsand diagnostics to the market.”

During the last five years, the BioParkhas grown to 340,000 square feet ofresearch space with 200 biotech jobs. Thisyear, construction will begin on another300,000 square feet of research space and 150 jobs will be added. (See story onpage 12.)

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cultural climate surrounding pharmacy:more people are taking more medicationsthan ever; pharmacists face a staffing shortagein their industry; and the media highlightsthose times when pharmacists make errors.

“Because of who you are,” Fader toldthe pharmacy students and faculty in theaudience, referring to their education andskills, “you have more responsibility to yourpatients and you also have more liability.”Fader spoke about the “night and day”differences between the training ofpharmacists decades earlier and now, aswell as the differences in their legalresponsibilities.

He tried to impress upon the pharmacystudents how COMAR—the Code ofMaryland Regulations—affects how theywill practice their profession. For instance,it is the responsibility of a pharmacist toverify the accuracy of the prescription if he or she believes it may have been writtenin error.

Also, trends in the health care field thatare bringing pharmacists more directly intothe realm of patient care are “absolutely”increasing the liability of pharmacists, Fadersaid. That additional liability, he added, willlikely be covered by malpractice liabilityinsurance.

But with all the challenges posed by the legal system, Fader concluded, studentpharmacists should not be daunted. “You’regreat; you can do it,” he said. “But you needto know where there are a few bumps inthe road.”

UMB Establishes ResearchCenter in Trauma andAnesthesiology ELLEN BETH LEVITT

In an effort to further basic, translational,and clinical studies in injury research, theUniversity has designated its Charles “McC.”Mathias National Study Center for Traumaand Emergency Medical Systems as anOrganized Research Center (ORC). Thecenter is part of the School of Medicine.

With this designation, the new Centerfor Trauma and Anesthesiology Researchwill become a multidisciplinary researchand educational center focusing on braininjuries, critical care and organ support,resuscitation, surgical outcomes, patientsafety, and injury prevention.

The center is the seventh ORC at theSchool. It is believed to be the first researchcenter in the nation dedicated exclusivelyto the study of trauma, its complications,and prevention.

The National Study Center has been aninternational leader in research related to thecauses, treatment, and outcomes of traumaticinjuries and sudden illness. Studies conductedby the center have been used to improvevehicular safety, to refine patient care, andto develop public education programs fortrauma prevention.

“We are building on the National StudyCenter’s foundation with added resourcesto enable the Center for Trauma andAnesthesiology Research to become a trulyworld-class research program,” says E. AlbertReece, MD, PhD, MBA, vice president formedical affairs at the University of Marylandand dean of the School of Medicine. “Weare excited by the opportunities thiscollaborative effort will bring for faculty andresearchers across our campus who havecommon academic interests in trauma andsurgical outcomes.”

The Center for Trauma and Anesthesiology

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The setting was the School of Pharmacy,but the presentation—this year’s Paul A.Pumpian Lecture—focused on topics thata lawyer, or maybe even a judge, wouldappreciate: liability; statute; breach; COMAR.

The lecturer was John Fader II, JD,who earned a pharmacy degree in 1963.After also earning a law degree, he went onto become a lawyer and a judge. He nowteaches at both the School of Pharmacyand the School of Law.

His lecture, “Night and Day—ThePharmacist’s Increasing Legal Responsibilityfor Cognitive Errors,” emphasized the current

Fader Delivers Pharmacy LectureThat a Lawyer Could Love

Research will encompass the research activitiesof the School’s Program in Trauma and itsDepartment of Anesthesiology, along withthe existing National Study Center, whichwas established at the School by Congressin 1986.

The ORC will be led initially by ThomasScalea, MD, professor of surgery, directorof the Program in Trauma, and physician-in-chief at the R Adams Cowley ShockTrauma Center. A national search is beingconducted for a permanent director.

“This ORC designation demonstrates thecommitment that the School, its Departmentof Anesthesiology, and its Program in Traumahave made to this project,” says Scalea.“The ORC will provide the impetus to buildon past successes and create a trauma researchprogram that is unparalleled in this country.”

“The center will focus on issues that areimportant to both anesthesiologists and thoseinvolved in the care of trauma patients,” saysPeter Rock, MD, MBA, professor and chairof the Department of Anesthesiology and amember of the center’s executive committee.

“Our goal is to promote interdisciplinaryresearch, collaboration, and interactionamong faculty with similar interests. Weintend to collaborate extensively withdepartments in the School of Medicine, as well as collaborate with the otherprofessional schools at the University.”

“We believe that we now have the criticalmass necessary to achieve our vision,” saysScalea.

“We have brought together clinicianscientists, basic scientists, and epidemiologistsinto a center that will focus on discrete areasof injury research. All of these previouslyindependent programs have been successfulin the past, but the synergy that will existin this ORC will allow the group to bemuch more than the sum of its parts.”

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UMB Cooks—A Great Mother’s Day Gift!

UMB Cooks, a bicentennial commemorative cookbook

featuring 500 recipes from faculty, staff, students, alumni,

and a few surprise contributors, is available.

It can be purchased for the bicentennial price of $18.07 at

the Health Sciences and Human Services Library and the

gift shop at the Dr. Samuel D. Harris National Museum of

Dentistry. Copies are also available by calling the Office

of University Events at 6-8035 or by visiting www.oea.

umaryland.edu/cookbook.

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Early spring saw new high-level appointmentsin the University’s schools of medicine andpharmacy.

Jay Magaziner, PhD, MSHyg, was namedchair of the Department of Epidemiologyand Preventive Medicine in the School ofMedicine. He has been on the School’sfaculty since 1982 as a professor in thedepartments of epidemiology and preventivemedicine, medicine, and physical therapyand rehabilitation science. He is also co-director of the School’s Center for Researchon Aging, which coordinates collaborationon gerontology research and training amongfaculty of the University’s six professionalschools.

“My goals as chair of the department,”Magaziner says, “include providing directionto our faculty and the wider researchcommunity in important population-basedhealth areas, creating an environment whereour educational and research programs canthrive, supporting other outstanding researchand educational efforts in the School ofMedicine and across the campus, and main-taining a platform for interfacing withother School of Medicine and campusprograms.”

Margaret Chesney, PhD, a former leadingofficial at the National Institutes of Health’sCenter for Complementary and AlternativeMedicine (NCCAM), recently joined theUniversity’s Center for Integrative Medicine(CIM) as associate director.

Chesney served for five years as deputydirector of NCCAM, the primary federalagency supporting scientific research incomplementary medicine. She also willjoin the School of Medicine faculty withjoint appointments in the departments ofmedicine and family and communitymedicine.

“I am honored to join the Center forIntegrative Medicine,” Chesney says. “It is recognized throughout the integrativemedicine community for the quality of the science it brings to the study ofcomplementary and integrative medicine.”

Rebecca Ceraul, who has been with theUniversity since October 2004, was recentlynamed director of communications andmarketing for the School of Pharmacy. Shebegan her tenure at UMB as the seniormedia relations specialist in the School ofMedicine’s Office of Public Affairs.

Ceraul says she is “really excited aboutthe opportunity to work with the wonderfulpeople at the School of Pharmacy” andplans to create a communications initiativethat shines a light on the School’s education,research, clinical practice, and outreachefforts.

JEFFREY RAYMOND

After two days of grueling competition,Elena Perry of Richard Montgomery HighSchool in Rockville, Md., became the2008 U.S. National Brain Bee Champion.Perry represented the Washington, D.C.,region. Her win qualified her to representthe U.S. in the International Brain Beechampionship at the Canadian Associationof Neuroscience’s Convention in Montrealin May.

The Brain Bee, established in 1998,draws high school contestants from acrossthe U.S. and from other countries. This is the first year that the internationalchampionship has been held somewhereother than UMB.

The Brain Bee is a multipart competitionthat uses a variety of tests to determinehigh school students’ knowledge of suchtopics as memory, sensation, emotions,intellect, brain imaging, neuroscienceresearch, and dysfunctions such as stroke,epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease, and autism.

The International Brain Bee was foundedby Norbert Myslinski, PhD, associate pro-fessor of neuroscience at the Dental School,

2008 U.S. National Brain BeeBuzzes at Dental School

New Chair, Associate DirectorNamed to Medical School; New Director to Pharmacy

Jay Magaziner

Margaret Chesney

Rebecca Ceraul

“to motivate young men and women tolearn about the brain and inspire them toconsider careers in the neurosciences.”

Myslinski is on a quest to boost interestamong young people who might chooseneuroscience as a career, as well as toadvance an appreciation for the subjectamong the general public. Other brain-centric programs he oversees include asummer research program for high schoolstudents, brain art and literature projects,and a variety of school and communitypresentations dealing with neuroscience.

Major International Brain Bee sponsorsare the Dental School’s Department ofBiomedical Sciences; Spandana Foundation;International Brain Research Organization;Thadikonda Research Foundation, Inc.;Society for Neuroscience; Eric Braverman,MD, of PATH Medical in New York;National Library of Medicine, NationalInstitutes of Health; Dana Alliance forBiomedical Research; American NeurologicalAssociation; Canadian Association ofNeuroscience; and Canadian Institute ofNeurosciences, Mental Health, andAddiction.

On your mark, get set,

go craft!!Thanks to the rousing success of the Women’s History Month craft bazaar, the University Campus Events Committee is pleased to announce the Holiday Craft Bazaar to be held this November.Stay tuned for more information.

If you have questions, please contact Nancy Gordon at 6-2024.

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CAMPUS BRIEFS

UMB Again Tops State Agencies in Charity CampaignFor a second consecutive year, UMB haswon a Governor’s Cup Award for its con-tributions to the Maryland Charity Campaign(MCC), an annual program in which stateemployees and retirees donate to charitiesthrough payroll deductions or one-time gifts.The University has been No. 1 in raisingMCC funds for the past four years, accordingto Dave DeLooze, UMB’s assistant directorof operations and maintenance and theUniversity’s MCC chair.

During a luncheon in April for leadersand coordinators of MCC drives, UMBwas awarded a Governor’s Cup for beingthe top contributor among large agenciesduring the 2007 campaign. The Universityraised a record total of $480,000—12 percentof all contributions throughout the statelast year, says DeLooze. The award is ondisplay in the Health Sciences and HumanServices Library.

The University of Maryland’s BaltimoreCounty campus also won a Governor’sCup for leading medium-size agencies incontributions. The College Park campusreceived the Maryland Cares Award forhaving the most improved MCC drive.

Funds raised through MCC supporthundreds of charities in Maryland andworldwide. “UMB continues to demonstrateyear in and year out that we not only teachthousands about health and human sciencesservices, but we are also the campus thatleads by example in charitable giving,”DeLooze says.

Four at UMB Among Maryland’s Top 100 WomenTwo deans, a professor, and a staff member

are among The Daily Record newspaper’stop 100 women in Maryland.

The newspaper recognizes 100 womenin the state each year for outstanding achieve-ment in various areas. Janet D. Allan, PhD,RN, FAAN, dean of the School of Nursing;Karen H. Rothenberg, JD, MPA, dean ofthe School of Law; Meredith Bond, PhD,School of Medicine professor; and SandraHarriman, director of corporate andfoundation relations at the School ofMedicine, are on the 2008 list of top women.

This year’s top 100 women are beinghonored at a reception in May at the JosephP. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Allan,Rothenberg, and Harriman have joinedThe Daily Record ’s Circle of Excellence forbeing named among the top 100 womenthree times.

BioInnovation Center Opens Early stage life science companies have theopportunity to rent affordable, pre-builtwet lab and office space through short-termleases in the University of Maryland BioPark’sBioInnovation Center. The project provideslife science companies that are not ready toconstruct their own lab space or commit tolong-term leases with an opportunity towork in a fully equipped lab environmentwhile preserving capital expenditures.

The BioInnovation Center consists of8,500 square feet of space, comprised of10 lab and five office suites and is locatedin the BioPark’s second building, whichofficially opened this spring.

“We are committed to growing a collabora-tive community of life science companies,”said James Hughes, MBA, vice president ofthe University’s Office of Research andDevelopment.

Gliknik Inc., a Baltimore-based biotechcompany, is the first tenant in the Bio-Innovation Center. Gliknik is creating novelbiotechnology drugs for autoimmune diseasesand cancer, the foundation of which resultedprincipally from the labs of Scott Strome,MD, professor and chair of the Departmentof Otorhinolaryngology, School ofMedicine.

The BioPark also has new conference spaceavailable. A new Life Sciences ConferenceCenter is now open. The space includessophisticated audiovisual equipment andcan accommodate a variety of meetingspace configurations. For information,contact Brendan McHugh at bmchugh@colllierspinkard.com.

Film Premiere Benefits Medical School DepartmentA benefit premiere in Baltimore of the film21 raised more than $25,000 for the Schoolof Medicine’s Department of DiagnosticRadiology and Nuclear Medicine.

The movie, starring Laurence Fishburneand Kevin Spacey, is based on the bookBringing Down the House—The Inside Storyof Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas forMillions, by Ben Mezrich. The author’sfather, Reuben Mezrich, MD, PhD, chairsthe Department of Diagnostic Radiologyand Nuclear Medicine.

The benefit screening and a VIP receptionwere held at The Charles Theatre in March.

Researcher Helps Launch First World Noma DayDental School professor Cyril Enwonwu,PhD, ScD, MDS, is an organizer of the firstWorld Noma Day conference on May 22in Geneva, Switzerland.

Enwonwu, who will make a presentationat the conference, has spent much of hisprofessional career studying and treatingnoma, a debilitating and often fatal facialgangrene that strikes severely malnourishedchildren in developing countries. The WorldNoma Day event is expected to raise awarenessof the disease while examining ways toprevent it.

Photo Contest Winners HonoredThe winners of this year’s annual Say“Cheese” photo contest were announcedduring a reception at the Student Center atPine Street on April 21.

Jay Hood, MGA, IT director at the Schoolof Social Work, walked away with the mostawards—six—including Audience Favoritefor “On the Road to Denali,” a dramaticshot of a lone hiker walking toward MountMcKinley.

A panel of judges selected 23 other winningphotos, including three by School of Medicinestudent George Kochman, who took twoof the three student first-place prizes—onefor a black and white photograph of trainsin a rail yard (This photo was identifiedincorrectly in the April issue of the VOICE.),and the other for the colorful “LockedDoor.”

School of Medicine student Brian Shiualso won three awards. Staff member KarenBall, MS, and students Lindsay MarielEyzaguirre, Daria Grayer, Thomas Proctor,and Jennifer Yoon each were given twoawards.

John Cromwell and Karen McGuire eachtook home an award for their photos amongthe faculty/staff entries.

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ROSALIA SCALIA

Social problems such as domestic violence,HIV/AIDS, orphaned children, poverty,and child abuse and neglect are universal.What is different among areas of the world,says Raju Varghese, EdD, MPH, MSW,MA, associate professor at the School ofSocial Work, is not the basic social workpractice to address these problems, but howthose issues are resolved within culturalparameters.

A native of India, Varghese started takingSchool of Social Work students to thatcountry in 1997 as a one-credit minimestercourse in January. In 2006, a pilot programfor six-month internships began with theinternationally respected Rajagiri Collegeof Social Sciences in Kerala, India.

Rajagiri College, one of South India’spioneering institutions in human serviceprofessions, was founded in 1955 as theDepartment of Social Work at Sacred Heart

DENTAL SCHOOLwww.dental.umaryland.edu/GRADUATION2008/index.html

Honors Convocation (Invitation only)1 p.m. Thursday, May 15James H. and Louise Hayley Gilliam Concert HallCarl J. Murphy Fine Arts CenterMorgan State University2201 Argonne Drive, Baltimore

Guest speaker: Rep. Elijah Cummings

GRADUATE SCHOOLhttp://graduate.umaryland.edu/news/hooding.html

Hooding Ceremony6 p.m. Thursday, May 15Medical School Teaching Facility auditorium (use the 685 W. Baltimore St. entrance)Reception follows in atrium

SCHOOL OF LAWwww.law.umaryland.edu/dept/osa/graduation.asp

Hooding Ceremony 11 a.m. Friday, May 16Joseph P. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore

Guest speaker: Beth Wilkinson, JD, executive vicepresident, general counsel, and corporate secretary,Fannie Mae Corp.

Reception for Graduates and Guests6 p.m. Thursday, May 15School of LawFor all law school graduates, their families, and friends,and law school faculty and administration. Tickets arenot required, but graduates should complete theR.S.V.P. form.

SCHOOL OF MEDICINEwww.umaryland.edu/commencement

Pre-commencement Ceremony8 a.m. Friday, May 16Joseph P. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore

Reception followsCall 6-7476 for tickets

Guest speaker: Francis Collins, MD, PhD, director,National Human Genome Research Institute

Awards Breakfast9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 15M&T Pavilion, Hippodrome Theatre12 N. Eutaw St., Baltimore

Humanism LuncheonNoon Thursday, May 15Lucy’s (formerly Maggie Moore’s)21 N. Eutaw St., Baltimore

Medical and Research Technology Pre-commencement Ceremony1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 15Medical Science Teaching Facility auditoriumLight reception follows in atrium

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation SciencePre-commencement Ceremony2 p.m. Thursday, May 15School of Nursing auditoriumReception follows in Medical School Teaching Facility atriumTickets requiredhttp://pt.umaryland.edu

Master’s in Genetic Counseling Program Pre-commencement Ceremony3 p.m. Thursday, May 15Health Sciences Facility II auditoriumReception follows

SCHOOL OF NURSINGhttp://nursing.umaryland.edu/admissions/convocation.htm

Convocation9:30 a.m. Friday, May 16 Lyric Opera House140 W. Mount Royal Ave., Baltimore

Guest speaker: Maj. Gen. Melissa Rank, MS (nursingadministration), MS (strategic studies), assistant AirForce surgeon general, U.S. Air Force

Dean’s Reception4 p.m. Monday, May 12

School of Nursing lobby

Graduation Barbecue11 a.m. Tuesday, May 13School of Nursing lawn

BSN Pinning Rehearsal3 p.m. Tuesday, May 13School of Nursing auditorium

Sigma Theta Tau Induction Ceremony7 p.m. Wednesday, May 14School of Nursing auditorium

Doctoral Hooding Ceremony and Reception6 p.m. Thursday, May 15Medical School Teaching Facility auditorium

SCHOOL OF PHARMACYwww.umaryland.edu/commencement

Convocation10 a.m. Friday, May 16Kraushaar AuditoriumGoucher College1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Towson

2008 Alumni Association Graduation Banquet and50-Year Reunion, Class of 19587 p.m. Wednesday, May 14Martin’s Valley Mansion594 Cranbrook Road, Hunt Valley

Free for members of the classes of 2008 and 1958

Call 6-8019 or visit www.pharmacy.umaryland.edu/gradbanquet for more information.

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORKwww.ssw.umaryland.edu/commencement

Convocation9 a.m. Friday, May 16 Martin’s West6817 Dogwood Road, BaltimoreTickets required, four tickets per student

Guest speaker: Jody Olsen, PhD, MSW, deputydirector, Peace Corps

School of Social Work Forges Indian Partnership

College in Thevara, India. This uniqueorganization pairs students with a varietyof field placements in an array of agenciesand collaborations that aim to tackle Kerala’smost compelling social problems.

The pilot program also allows School ofPharmacy students to do a combination ofacademic and field placement work in Keralafrom June through December. Indianstudents and faculty can come to Baltimoreas well. Varghese hopes the number ofvisitors studying and teaching here and inIndia will increase as the program continues.

While the classes in India are taught inEnglish, local students serve as interpretersand partners during fieldwork placements.“Social work practice is different in India,”says Varghese. “The focus is not on individualtherapy.”

Of the program so far, Varghese says,“All the students returned with changedperspectives and a deeper cultural sensitivity.These same students have an edge because

international social work practice is a growingneed here, when dealing with immigrantgroups trying to assimilate into this country,and abroad.”

Sally Altland, a former Peace Corpsvolunteer to Africa and a dual major studentin the University of Maryland-JohnsHopkins University social work and publichealth programs, echoes Varghese. “We did more community organizing than casemanagement work,” says Altland, whoworked on HIV/AIDS education amongadolescents.

Lauren Tingey, a second-year student,says it was difficult to do clinical socialwork on an individual basis because of thelanguage barriers. “Working through aninterpreter would not be in the best interestsof the client, in addition to the fact that itviolates the principle of confidentiality. SoI focused more on community organizationand policy development,” she says, notingthat policy work and community organization

play vital roles in India, where socialstructures emphasize interdependence overindependence.

Both women say their time in India wasa success. After identifying that orphanswith AIDS needed far more services thanwhat existed, the students placed Indiansocial workers in contact with each otherand a patron to alleviate some of thefinancial deficiencies.

Though the competition to study andpractice in India for a semester is stiff, “It’snot for everyone,” says Tingey. “If you’regoing to go to a developing country, you’regoing to have to just accept that thelifestyle will be different.”

Still, for students interested in helpingvulnerable populations, working for non-profit organizations that serve developingcountries, or helping immigrant groupsadjust to life in the United States, gainingan international scope to social work practiceoffers an enlightening alternative career path.

PRE-COMMENCEMENT EVENTS

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One CardWinners

Structural steel is produced from 95-100 percent post-consumer recycled steel. The Campus Center saved3,040,000 pounds of metals from going to the landfill!

Recycled Materials/Campus Center

Going Green

February TotalRecyclable Recycled RecycledMaterial Material (Tons) Material (Tons)

Metals 0.79 104.00

Wood 0.00 1.30

Concrete 1.13 19.00

Masonry 0.00 2.37

Cardboard 0.13 0.13

Total Recycled Material 126.8 Tons

Congratulations to March’s One Cardwinners. Ariel, a School of Social Workstudent, won a 42-inch flat screen, plasmatelevision; Caitlin, also a School of SocialWork student, won an all-inclusiveCaribbean vacation; and Navneet, astudent from the Dental School, wonan all-inclusive vacation to the Caribbean.

Ariel, School of Social Work Caitlin, School of Social Work Navneet, Dental School

Patterson from page 3diverse committee to help meet the capitalcampaign’s $30 million goal for the DentalSchool. The committee members aredevoted to the School, the practice, andthe profession, and are personally reachingout to potential donors. As Patterson says:“It all comes down to a personal appeal.”

As for chairing the capital campaign,Patterson says, “It is a challenge.” But hethinks that people are interested in givingto higher education. “People can be askedto support the seat of education fromwhich they came and understand that theirchildren, and the citizens of the world, willbenefit.”

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1. School of Pharmacy students pose in the mockup of a

1950s-era pharmacy. Their efforts were turned into

calendars sold to raise money for the American Diabetes

Association’s campaign to address Type 2 diabetes

among minority youth. 2. Match Day at the School of

Medicine. Jill Haltigan (left) and Zaineb Makhzoumi smile

as they learn where they will spend their residencies.

3. A father and son study the exhibit on forensics and

teeth during National DNA Day at the Dr. Samuel D.

Harris National Museum of Dentistry.

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CALENDARMay 9: Final Ephraim T. LisanskyLecture. Speaker: School of Medicinealumnus Louis Caplan, MD ’62; lecturerin neurology, Harvard University; chiefof the Cerebrovascular/Stroke Divisionat Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,Boston; and nephew of Ephraim T.Lisansky. 10 a.m., School of SocialWork auditorium. Free but registrationis required. For more information, visitwww.ssw.umaryland.edu.

May 14: 2008 Alumni AssociationGraduation Banquet and 50-YearReunion, Class of 1958. 7-11 p.m.,Martin’s Valley Mansion, Hunt Valley.Free for members of the classes of 2008and 1958, $60 for others. To registerand to buy tickets, visit www.pharmacy.umaryland.edu/Gradbanquet or call 6-8019.

May 16: Health Sciences and HumanServices Library summer hours begin. 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday,closed Sunday.

June 6: School of Pharmacy NewStudent Welcome Day. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.,Pharmacy Hall.

June 20: School of Social Work summerseminar—“Resources and Interventionsfor Children of Incarcerated Parents.” 9 a.m.-4:15 p.m., School of Social Work.$135 fee includes six Category I CEUs.For more information, contact YvetteMcCleod at 6-1839 or ymccleod@ssw.umaryland.edu.

June 23: School of Pharmacy OpenHouse. Learn about the curriculumand the admissions process, talk withcurrent students, alumni, and faculty.Campus tours also available. 9 a.m.-noon, Pharmacy Hall.

July 16-19: 18th Annual SummerInstitute in Nursing Informatics—“Building Connections for Patient-Centered Records.” School of Nursing.Fees vary. For a brochure or moreinformation, visit www.nursing.umaryland.edu/sini or call 6-3767.

To view more campus events, visithttp://cf.umaryland.edu/intranet/calendar.

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BioPark Ceremony Generates Excitement and a Wealth of Headlines

Then came the ceremonial ground-breaking for Building Three, a 180,000-square-foot lab and office center at thecorner of West Baltimore and SouthPoppleton streets. That building will becompleted next year. Construction also isexpected to begin soon on a fourth buildingwhich, when finished in 2010, will housethe Maryland Forensic Medical Center.

A crowd of 400—among them politicalleaders, University faculty and administrators,bioscience and area business leaders, andcommunity members—gathered to hearfeatured speakers UMB President David J.Ramsay, DM, DPhil; Rep. Elijah Cummings;

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At least a week’s worth of headlines werepacked into the March 31 ceremony at theUniversity of Maryland BioPark.

First, there was the opening of BuildingTwo, with its 238,000 square feet of space(nearly double the size of the first building)over six floors.

There was also the announcement ofthe creation of the BCCC Life SciencesInstitute, a partnership between UMB andBaltimore City Community College (BCCC)that will provide career and technologyeducation programs on the second floor ofthe new building. About a dozen studentsfrom the high school located close to theBioPark, the Vivien T. Thomas Medical ArtsAcademy, were at the ceremony, for theannouncement of the “4+2+2” program. Itwill take high school graduates and give themtwo years at BCCC before their final twoyears of baccalaureate education at UMB.

New BioPark tenants also were recognized.Paragon Bioservices, Inc., a contract researchand manufacturing company, will movefrom the Johns Hopkins Bayview campusinto the just-opened second building. Theresearch firm Westat, which is headquarteredin Rockville, Md., also opened a satelliteoffice in the BioInnovation Center inBuilding Two. These companies join Gliknik,Inc. and the School of Medicine’s Institute forGenome Sciences as Building Two tenants.

A Goodwill Boutique retail outlet, onthe street level of the 638-space BioParkgarage, will serve as a training center forarea residents to gain retail skills.

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Sen. Benjamin Cardin; Mayor Sheila Dixon;and Gov. Martin O’Malley (Cummings,Cardin, and O’Malley are alumni of theSchool of Law).

The speakers took turns lauding theUniversity and its business partners on theBioPark project for helping to boost notonly the city’s and the state’s profile in thebiotech industry, but for creating learning andemployment opportunities for residents ofPoppleton, the West Baltimore neighborhoodnext to the BioPark.

So far, the BioPark has generated $129million in capital investment and created200 jobs.

Local leaders break ground on BioPark Building Three.

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