A newsletter for students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends January 29, 2016

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Black History MonthEngineering Building

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Page 3Ernest Boger: A Quiet Pioneer

Page 4Alumnus Named GWU

Dept. ChairAlumni Q&A

Page 5Winter Commencement

Page 6Athletic Feature

Page 7Dumpson HonoredHTM Founder Receives

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Blunt Lecture SeriesFed ChallengeFaculty Member Recognized

Page 8Calendar of Events

UMES prepares for Middle States

reaccreditation visit

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Engineering and Aviation Science Complex opensUMES’ $92 million Engineering and Aviation Science Complex will be placed into

gradual service this semester as the university’s newest classroom building. Home to

engineering, math, telecommunications and graduate studies, at 166,000 square feet,

it is UMES’ largest structure and is designed to follow U.S. Green Building Council

guidelines, including a geothermal heating and cooling system.

A peer evaluation team led by Dr. Harry Lee Williams, president of Delaware State University, visits UMES this spring to conduct an accreditation evaluation that occurs every 10 years for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

Williams and his colleagues will be on campus from Monday, April 3 through Wednesday, April 6, to assess whether the university meets 14 standards of performance that gauge institutional effectiveness.

For more than a year, dozens of UMES educators and administrators have compiled and contributed input for a 100-page “self-assessment’ that outlines how the university fulfills its mission. Middle States evaluators will use that document as the yardstick during their whirlwind tour of campus and in meetings with members of the UMES community.

To raise awareness about the importance of the upcoming Middle States visit, campus leaders launched a campaign featuring a familiar math symbol, “greater than,” to convey that UMES has ambitious goals as an institution.

Middle States accreditation lets UMES’ internal and external stakeholders know the university adheres to peer-

more information.Enjoy a light meal and a one-woman show Feb. 21 as Eunice

Seagraves, who was a member of the national touring company of the Broadway play, “The Wiz,” portrays the Eastern Shore of Maryland’s own Harriett Tubman. Tubman, who was born into slavery in Dorchester County, was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and, during the American Civil War, a Union spy. In her later life, she championed women’s suffrage.

The Heralds of Hope Theater Company’s play, “Harriet Tubman: Defender,” will be held from 1-5 p.m. in the Richard A. Henson Center Ballroom. Written by 1965 UMES alumnus Percy W. Thomas and presented by the UMES National Alumni Association, the play tells of Tubman’s life through narrative and song.

Tickets are $35 per person or $350 for a table of 10. Students with ID can attend for $10. Call 410-651-UMES for ticket information.

Performance poet Nathan M. Richardson brings Frederick Douglass to life Feb. 24 at the University’s Student Services Center Theater.

Richardson is in his second year of a tour portraying the former slave, writer, orator and abolitionist. The performer is a member of the Poetry Society of Virginia, Young Audiences of Virginia, the Suffolk Arts League and head coach of the Hampton Roads Youth Poets, a division of the youth empowerment organization Teens with a Purpose.

The UMES living history show is free and takes place at 7 p.m.

2 The Key / January 29, 2016 Circling the Oval

Plan to attend and bring along a friend to one of the special events, exhibits or lectures as part of the University’s Black History Month offerings.

“History Continues: Contemporary African-American Artists,” the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s Black History Month exhibit, opens Feb. 4 with a reception from 4-6 p.m. in the Mosely Gallery.

The art display, which runs through March 10, shows “how current events and culture inform the work of contemporary African-American artists,” gallery director Susan Holt said. “All the artists are young, emerging artists from the Baltimore/Washington area who use quite different materials, themes and approaches, yet contain some connection to the relevance of Black History.”

Companion events accompany the art exhibit. Maya Freelon Asante,

a graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Art in Boston, will be on site Feb. 3 to install a large sculpture out of brightly-colored tissue paper under the Student Services Center Dome, followed by a lecture the following day at 11 a.m. in the Richard F. Hazel Hall, Room 2050.

Feb. 25, from noon to 1 p.m. Holt and Dr. Kathryn Barrett-Gaines, UMES’ director of African-American studies, will host a brown bag lunch and gallery talk. The topic is,

“The Relevance of Black History in Current Artistic Practice.”All events are free. The Mosely Gallery is located in the Thomas/Briggs

Arts and Technology Building and is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 410-651- 7770 or visit www.moselygallery.com for

UMES celebrates Black History Month

“Free Your Mind” by Maya Freelon Asante

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UMES People The Key / January 29, 2016 3

Ernest Boger II, University of South Florida ’65, is so accustomed to breaking new ground he figures he should start a new organization.

“It’s going to be called the First and Only Club,” he says, laughing. “I’ll be the first member. Maybe the only one, too.”

Indeed, the 70-year-old has compiled an impressive list of firsts.

He was the first African-American to earn an MBA in finance at the University of North Texas; the first to be awarded a certified hotel administrator designation from the American Hotel & Lodging Association and the first to be named a Foodservice Management professional.

He held the first Walt Disney World endowed chair at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, part of a program to produce more black hotel and restaurant managers in Florida.

But the most notable first comes from USF.The school had been open just a year when Boger arrived in the fall of

1961, the first and only African-American among 2,000 students.Times were slowly changing. The U.S. Supreme Court had ruled in

1954 that state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students were unconstitutional. Still, this was the South, where integration

was a new concept and the Civil Rights movement hadn’t yet gained traction.

Boger didn’t choose USF to make a statement, though. It had more to do with finances.

As valedictorian of the all-black Howard Blake High School in Tampa, he had numerous scholarship offers from elite Eastern schools, including Columbia and New York University.

But none of them were full-tuition rides. His father, a hotel worker, and his mother, a co-owner of The News Reporter, a community newspaper, couldn’t help finance the shortfall or his travel and living expenses.

So when he was offered a full music scholarship from his hometown university, he took it.

He picked psychology as his major, and music and Russian language as minors.

A lifetime of firstsBy Michelle Bearden, USF magazine

Music gave him a core peer group where he fit in easily.

Because USF was so young and had no history, Boger thinks his presence on campus created less of a stir than the first blacks at more established Southern universities. And he was not the only minority; USF also attracted students from Tampa’s vibrant Cuban community.

He never felt like he stood out.Except once.One evening after a concert, the

band members decided to stop at the now-defunct University Restaurant, about a mile west of the campus.

Boger was putting away instruments and sheet music, so he walked inside after his bandmates had already been seated.

The manager pulled aside the band director. Who is that black man? He asked. When told Boger was a

student musician, the manager said he would have to leave.“If you can’t serve Ernie, then you can’t serve any of us,” the director

said.The entire group rose and left, taking their business to a nearby Big

Boy’s.The next day, USF students and faculty held a protest at University

Restaurant and called for a boycott.“It was a well-documented event,” Boger says of the press coverage.The tuba player would go on to become a national leader in education

and training in the hospitality industry and today is chair of the Hospitality and Tourism Management department at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He credits his success to a strong work ethic and cultivating mentors for guidance and support. He never stopped honing his knowledge in the burgeoning hospitality field so he could stay ahead of the trends; he earned post-graduate degrees, including doctor of management, so he could build a tandem career in academia. He affiliated with professional organizations and completed several certifications that distinguished him in his field.

“I know I likely had more opportunities because I was an educated black man at a pivotal time in our country’s history,” he says. “I had people who wanted to see me succeed. I was willing to work hard for it.”

Boger came to the hospitality industry almost accidentally.He was working in New York as a banker when President Johnson

accelerated bombing missions in Vietnam.Boger enlisted in the Army, eager to serve his country overseas. But

once his commanders learned about his psychology degree, he was assigned to serve as a personnel psychologist and chief testing officer in Dallas.

He moved into a civilian apartment community, where a manager noted his military posture and self-confidence and asked if he’d help manage the complex. Boger said yes, unknowingly launching his career in hospitality.

“I’ve always felt I was just where I was supposed to be at every juncture BOGER / continued on page 7

4 The Key / January 29, 2016 Alumni News

The Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University has named Thomas A. LaVeist, Ph.D., as chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management.

LaVeist, a 1984 UMES alumnus who will also hold a faculty appointment as professor in the department, joins Milken Institute SPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. At Hopkins, he was the William C. and Nancy F. Richardson Professor in Health Policy and was also the director of the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions. LaVeist will start his new position in February 2016.

“I am honored to announce Dr. LaVeist’s appointment as the chair of Health Policy and Management,” said Dr. Lynn R. Goldman, MS, MPH, Michael and Lori Milken Dean of Milken Institute SPH. “Dr. LaVeist is a world-renowned expert on health disparities and has more than 25 years of experience researching, writing and speaking on the topic. He is a true leader and innovator and will bring his vast experience to address some of the most pressing public health challenges facing the nation.”

LaVeist’s scholarship has focused on the role of social and racial disparities in health and how such disparities impact health at all levels of society, in communities and among individuals. He

UMES alumnus named department chair at G.W. Universityis the recipient of the “Innovation Award” from the National Institutes of Health, and the “Knowledge Award” from the U.S. Department of Health

and Human Services, Office of Minority Health. In 2013, he was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences Institute of

Medicine.“I am fortunate to have been a part of the Johns Hopkins

community for the past 25 years,” LaVeist said. “At the same time I am ecstatic to be opening a new chapter in my career. I am honored to have been selected as chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, a department that is on the forefront of national health policy and health care management issues. I look

forward to joining the talented faculty, staff, students and alumni at Milken Institute School of

Public Health.”LaVeist received his bach-

elor’s degree from the Uni-versity of Maryland Eastern Shore, his Ph.D. in med-ical sociology from the University of Michigan and postdoctoral fellow-ship in public health at the Michigan School of Public Health.

This article is reproduced with permission of the George

Washington University.

Karim Gonzalez is a historian and professional baseball player originally from Mexico City. He received an athletic scholarship to play baseball at The University of Maryland Eastern Shore where he graduated summa cum laude, delivered the commencement address at his 2012 graduation ceremony and was named runner-up for the MEAC Man of the Year Award among many other achievements.

Gonzalez, 26, is currently under a professional baseball contract with the Pericos de Puebla of the Mexican Baseball League. Now, as a Chevening Award winner, he’s currently pursuing a master’s degree in the U.K.

Motto you live by: “What we do in life, echoes in eternity.”

Occupation & Description: Student – King’s College London, MA war studies. My degree focuses on the study of conflict through modules that involve theory and practice of war, intelligence, secret and dirty

wars, national security studies and the British intelligence machinery. My research focuses mainly on asymmetric warfare and the role of intelligence within it.

What are the biggest misconceptions about what you do? When I tell people I study war studies, they often ask me, “Why do you want to make war?” It’s entirely the opposite. We study conflicts to improve our understanding of them in order to avoid or mitigate them. History has proven that wars are and will most likely be always present. They are part of human nature; however, the better we comprehend them, the better we’ll be able to wage them in a much more efficient manner that avoids massive losses of both material resources and human lives.

What are some of the most important lessons you’ve learned so far? The most important things in life are people and the moments you share with them. Don’t take life or yourself too seriously. Life begins outside of your comfort zone.

UMES alumni Q&A

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UMES awarded 339 degrees to 338 graduates December 18 at its 19th annual winter commencement exercises.

Elizabeth Ranger of Greenbackville, Va. had the distinction of earning two baccalaureate degrees with highest honors - one in English and the other in history - that she hopes leads to acceptance into law school in the fall.

Long-time university officials cannot recall the last time a UMES student earned two undergraduate degrees simultaneously.

Tahja Cropper of Princess Anne was chosen by a panel of judges from among seven candidates to deliver the traditional student commentary on behalf of her classmates.

“As you go on to introduce yourself to the world, know that you will continue to grow,” Cropper said. “Your start at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore has prepared you. Take your passion, your curiosity and your intelligence and direct it towards your responsibility to the world. Leave your mark.”

Cropper and Ranger were members of the Richard A. Henson Honors Program, both having finished their studies in 3 1/2 years.

Cropper’s speech resonated with the audience, many of them locals who knew her growing up. So did the speech delivered by the featured commencement speaker, Leonard Pitts Jr.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated newspaper columnist and author stepped in at the 11th hour to give the address after Maryland Congresswoman Donna Edwards found herself facing a pressing legislative matter on Capitol Hill.

Pitts’ motivating message drew laughs, nods, “oh yeahs” and bursts of applause.“Aspire to the highest goal you can imagine,” Pitts said, adding, “The power to change the world rest in

your hands. Be proud of yourself and appreciate where you are now.” He left graduates with advice drawn from a lifetime of experiences; from dreaming as a college graduate

in the mid-1970s of writing the great American novel to getting his first one finally published in 2009 after years of rejection.

“Persist. Always persist,” he said. “When in doubt, persist. When you are not so sure what to do, persist.”

It is a lesson put into practice in the Pitts’ household by his youngest child, Onjel, who was among 261 undergraduates who received degrees. UMES also awarded 16 doctorates and 61 master’s degrees.

Winter commencement exercises

Elizabeth Ranger boasts two degrees she was awarded at UMES’ 19th annual winter commencement.

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, author and UMES’ commencement speaker Leonard Pitts Jr gets a hug from a special graduate, his daughter, Onjel.

Alumni News

What is the best advice you’d give to someone pursuing the same industry or similar dream? Ask yourself: ‘What would you do if you weren’t afraid?’ The answer to that question will show you what you really truly want to do, which is the first step to achieving what you desire.

Name one book that has inspired you the most: I don’t have a specific one, but the self-development genre has helped me grow like never before in my life.

Tell us one of the highlights of your journey so far: Arguably, the best weekend of my life so far happened on my senior year of college. At school, I was notified that I had won the competition to deliver the student address at the commencement ceremony. I stood there in front of about 5,000 people and gave a speech to my whole class, faculty, family and friends. As soon as the ceremony was over, I had to jump in a car and drive to Norfolk, Va., as fast as possible because my baseball team had made it to the MEAC tournament semi-finals and I was scheduled to pitch that game as a starter. While I was on my way to Norfolk, I got my final grades released to find out I had achieved my goal of graduating with a perfect 4.0 GPA. To end an already amazing weekend, I did start the game against Bethune-Cookman University, the best team in our conference, and gave the best performance of my life, pitching a complete game, breaking all my personal records and earning a spot in the All-Tournament team. It was almost unreal to see the efforts of four whole years come into fruition within 48 hours, I could barely process it all at the time.

What legacy do you hope to leave behind? I want to be remembered as a man who lived with no regrets, who did it all, created the most amazing experiences for himself and inspired others to do the same.

This feature is reproduced with permission from youngdreamdiggers.com, a blogging site founded by 2010 UMES alumna Lynette Gilchrist Johnson, who now lives in Charlotte, N.C.

STAY TUNED!

around the repaired ligament to provide additional support. Functioning much like a knee brace, located only inside the joint, this innovative suture helps patients recover faster.”

“When she first came to see me,” he says, “she told me she really wanted to compete in the Penn Relays again. It was only five months away, but she was a great candidate for the procedure.” He performed the surgery in October, and two weeks later, Kaniya was walking and able to return to school. She began physical therapy the following week. Dr. Douoguih says, “Now, her knee is operating like a normal knee. By all measures, it was an absolute success.” A year later, it’s almost as though the ACL injury never happened. “I’m running and can play soccer again,” reports Kaniya, now a freshman at the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore. “I’m also looking forward to trying out for the

track team when the outdoor season begins in March.” Kaniya hopes to compete in the 200- and 400-meter dash events, and the 4x400 and 4x800 relays.

She adds that the only injury-related pain she experiences comes when there’s a change in the weather—a common side effect of many joint surgeries. “My knee tells me when it’s going to rain,” she says with a laugh. “It’s pretty reliable.”

This article originally appeared in the Fall 2015 edition of CenterScope, a magazine of news and information for friends of MedStar Washington Hospital Center and is reprinted with its permission.

6 The Key / January 29, 2016 Athletics

Running in the esteemed Penn Relays is every high school track star’s dream. Maryland teen Kaniya Brow lived that dream her freshman, sophomore and junior years, but doctors told her a knee injury would block her as a senior. “I was saying to myself, ‘That’s just not an option for me,’” says Kaniya, now 18.

Her injury, suffered while playing soccer for Henry E. Lackey High School in Indian Head, Md., was serious. Tears of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) are among the most common sports injuries. While surgical procedures have helped many athletes of all abilities resume their favorite activities, the methods are far from perfect. Indeed, recent studies show that many people who undergo conventional ACL reconstruction procedures begin to suffer painful arthritis- like symptoms, forcing them to give up sports involving running and jumping.

Kaniya could have been one of them. When an MRI in September 2014 confirmed a torn ACL, her orthopaedic surgeon said she would not be able to run competitively after conventional surgery. Kaniya wouldn’t settle for that, partly because she was determined to have another go at the Penn Relays before starting college.

Her father, Robert Brown, did some research and found orthopaedic surgeon Wiemi Douoguih, MD, with MedStar Orthopaedic Institute. He also serves as medical director for MedStar Sports Medicine in the Washington region. In addition, he is medical director for the Washington Nationals, the Washington Capitals and the Washington Wizards. Dr. Douoguih had begun performing a new kind of ACL repair that allows athletes to bounce back faster and better.

“In this procedure,” he says, “we put a Kevlar®-laced, braided suture

Back on Track After ACL Repair

review standards in the way it operates as an institution of higher education. Accreditation also is crucial because it enables the university to retain its federal-funding eligibility.

In a series of recent meetings previewing the upcoming Middle States team visit, UMES President Juliette B. Bell has been emphasizing that everyone on the campus should familiarize themselves with the final draft of the 100-page report when it is made public in the next several weeks.

The reason, Dr. Bell said, is that Middle States visitors may randomly approach a UMES employee or student and ask questions to assess if the report’s assertions match the university’s actions and deeds.

Middle States accreditation is an institution-wide credential, which is separate and distinct from program-specific accreditation.

The Middle States region includes Maryland, Delaware, the District of Columbia, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico and the U.S.

Virgin Islands.Dr.s Stanley M. Nyirenda, Office of Institutional Research, Planning

and Assessment, and James Junker, associate dean and professor, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, serve as co-chairs of UMES’ self-assessment committee.

The eight working groups and their leaders are: Mission, Goals/ Integrity, Dr.s Emmanuel Acquah and Frances McKinney; Planning, Resource Allocation and Institutional Renewal/Institutional Resources, Dr. Ayodele Alade and Kevin Appleton; Leadership, and Governance / Administration, Dr. LaKeisha Harris and Marie Billie; Student Admissions and Retention/Student Support Services, Cheryll Collier-Mills and Dr. Jason DeSousa; Faculty, Dr.s Robert Johnson and Cheryl Bowers; Educational Offerings, Dr.s Yan Waguespack and Michael Lane; General Education/Related Educational Activities, Dr.s Ray Davis and Terry Smith; Institutional Assessment/Assessment of Student Learning, Dr. Jurgen Schwarz and Nyirenda.

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School News The Key / January 29, 2016 7

Construction management hosts Blunt lectureFrom left, UMES freshman Taiwo A. Adekoya gets a chance to network with Salisbury-based architect, educator and author Finith Jernigan following the keynote address Dec. 3 at the eighth annual Roger R. Blunt Construction Management Technology Lecture Series. Jernigan spoke to the group of industry professionals, students and faculty on the topic, “Think About the Future of the Built World—Data, Collaboration and the Cloud.” Jernigan founded Design Atlantic Ltd. in 1996 after experiences as a staff architect for NASA and as a project leader for a midsized architecture and engineering company specializing in institutional and government projects. He has since completed more than 200 projects over a 30-year career and is considered an expert in integrated practice and Building Information Modeling (BIM).

UMES competes in Fed ChallengeUMES students, from left, (front) Naa Lamley Lamptey, Caitlin McDonald, Dania Brown, (back) Michael Cha, Dillon Simon and Dustin Nwakudo, took part in the 2015 Fed Challenge competition in Towson. Team UMES placed second among six competitors.

UMES administrator recognized at MLK eventKimberly Conway Dumpson Esq., UMES’ executive vice president, was recognized by the Tri-County Organization’s Coalition Inc., at its 31st annual birthday celebration and commemoration of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Organizers of the event, held Jan. 18 at the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center in Salisbury, presented Dumpson with an achievement award commending her for “humanitarian services to the community.” Dumpson was among six honorees representing area counties—Dumpson for Wicomico.

Faculty member recognizedKirkland Hall, an exercise science faculty member, was recognized as the “Community Service Recipient” at the Pi Alpha chapter of Omega Phi Psi’s Founder’s Day and Achievement Week program.

Former HRM founding faculty member receives national awardRestaurant 213 in Fruitland, owned and operated by Chef Jim Hughes, who helped establish UMES’ Hospitality and Tourism Management program, received national accolades as “one of the best restaurants in America” by the online restaurant reservation service, OpenTable. The restaurant, one of 100 to get the honor on the 2015 list, was in

competition with 20,000 restaurants in the U.S. The award was based solely on reviews, which spoke volumes to Hughes. Over its 13 years in operation, the restaurant has received numerous awards, including the James Beard Foundation Award and as one of fewer than 800 Distinguished Restaurants of North America. Hughes was a 1990 member of the Chefs Hall of Fame, helped open several prestigious Marriott restaurants and even worked for the Saudi royal family not long after his 1975 graduation from Johnson and Wales University.

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of my life,” he says. “One thing always would lead to another.”And the hospitality sector is better because of him, says Bob Morrison,

executive director of the Hillsborough County Hotel Motel Association in Tampa.

“He’s been a wonderful ambassador for our industry,” Morrison says. “With his reputation in training and staying on top of the trends, his students are usually the first hired by major companies like Hyatt and Marriott.”

Morrison says Boger never hesitates to try new ideas. For example, he incorporated golf into the curriculum at Bethune-Cookman because he knew that a lot of business and entertaining takes place on golf courses. Many hospitality students at the historically black university were at a disadvantage because they had never been exposed to the sport.

“Ernie has a vision. It’s a gift,” Morrison says. “As a result, he has cultivated a wide network of invaluable connections in our field.”

As a department head, he doesn’t have to teach. Yet he’s still in the classroom, leading introductory classes in hospitality.

“I don’t want students coming back to me years later, telling me they missed something basic,” he says. “So I’d rather be there at the beginning to make sure they get the proper foundation.

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The University of Maryland Eastern Shore, the state’s historically black, 1890 land-grant institution, has its purpose and uniqueness grounded in distinctive learning, discovery and engagement opportunities in the arts and science, education, technology, engineering, agriculture, business and health professions.

UMES is a student-centered, doctoral research degree-granting university known for its nationally accredited undergraduate and graduate programs, applied research and highly valued graduates.

UMES provides individuals, including first-generation college students, access to a holistic learning environment that fosters multicultural diversity, academic success, and intellectual and social growth.

UMES prepares graduates to address challenges in a global, knowledge-based economy while maintaining its commitment to meeting the workforce and economic development needs of the Eastern Shore, the state, the nation and the world.

THE UMES MISSION The University of Maryland Eastern Shore prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, religion, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. Inquiries regarding the application of Federal laws and non-discrimination policies to University programs and activities may be referred to the Office of Equity & Compliance/Title IX Coordinator by telephone (410) 651-7848 or e-mail (titleix@umes.edu).

februaryNational Pan Hellenic Step Show* 8-10:30 p.m. / Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald CenterGreek-lettered organizations display their skills in the art of stepping.$10 General admission$7 UMES students$5 Greeks with paraphernalia410-651-6434

4Art Exhibit Opening Reception4-6 p.m.Mosely GalleryBlack History Month exhibit, “History Continues: Contemporary African-American artists.”11 a.m. Hazel Hall 2050 Artist lecture by Maya Freelon Asante.Show on display through March 10.410-651-7770 www.moselygallery.com

Black History Month Event1-5 p.m.Richard A. Henson Center BallroomEnjoy brunch and learn about Harriett Tubman in a one-woman show. $35 per person / $350 table of 10 / $10 Students w/ID410-651-UMES

Black History Month Speaker7 p.m. Student Services Center TheaterFrederick Douglass comes to life through a living history speaker. 410-651-UMES

Gallery Talk Noon-1 p.m. Mosely GalleryBring a brown bag lunch and discuss “The Relevance of Black History in Current Artistic Practice.” 410-651-7770 www.moselygallery.com

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14Homecoming Gospel Show 2 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald CenterUniversity and community gospel artists and choirs perform.410-651-6434

Homecoming Concert* 7 p.m.-midnight/Doors open at 5:30 p.m.William P. Hytche Athletic CenterRecording artists perform.410-651-6434

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Basketball Game* 2 p.m. Women’s4 p.m. Men’sDoors open at noonHytche Athletic CenterHomecoming basketball games vs South Carolina State.$25 includes both games.Free for UMES students with ID.410-621-3311

Homecoming Comedy Show* 9-11 p.m./Doors open at 8 p.m.Ella Fitzgerald CenterProfessional comedians perform.410-651-6434