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ProgramUMES Open House

Page 4 Iambics on the InternetDevenia Wallace

Remembered

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ProductionHealth Equity Summit

Page 8Calendar of EventsNeeboMD Charities

Page 7Chinese Students Visit Flu ShotsDiversity Event GSA OfficersPhysician Assistant Lecture

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Page 2Food Service OptionsHBCU Lawsuit Ruling

A half-million dollar pledge to the University of Maryland Eastern Shorewas announced at the 2013 edition of the annual donor recognitionreception earlier this week.

The donation from Carnelious Jones, a Baltimore businessman, willsupport four full-ride scholarships in UMES’ PGA golf managementprogram. They will be named in honor of trail-blazing African-Americangolfers James Black, Renee Powell, Calvin Peete and the late Ann Gregory.

“Mr. Jones' transformational gift will provide the university's PGA golfmanagement program with much needed resources to recruit motivatedstudents to the program,” said Kimberly Dumpson, who worked with thephilanthropist to establish the scholarship program when she was UMES’lead fundraiser.

The university is one of 20higher education institutions in thecountry that offers the uniquecourse of study backed by theProfessional Golfers of Americaorganization. UMES is the lonehistorically black institution withan undergraduate program thatcombines instruction in how toplay professional-level golf as wellas hospitality industry training.

UMES President Juliette B. Bellsaid Jones’ gift is “anextraordinarily generous gift thatwe promise to use to achieve his goal and ours – and that is makingeducational opportunities available to those who deserve and will benefit byit.”

Jones, a petroleum wholesaler, has emerged as a leading advocate in agrowing movement in search of strategies to diversify golf. He asked that thescholarships created by his gift be named in honor of the four golf legendsconsidered pioneers in their era.

Jones recently was named a national trustee of the First Tee, “aninternational youth development organization introducing the game of golfand its inherent values to young people.”

First Tee’s focus is on working with young people from elementarythrough high school. Jones sees UMES and its golf management program asthe next step in “growing the game” among a more diverse group ofathletes and casual players.

“It’s about opportunity and access,” Jones said. “The University ofMaryland Eastern Shore seems like the natural place where young peoplecan come and earn a degree and learn what it takes to be involved in the

UMESUMESbusiness of golf.”

He’s hopeful his donation will expand opportunities for students toenter the golf industry and profession, particularly women and minorities.

Jones, 59, is the epitome of the self-made entrepreneur. Aftergraduating from high school in the early 1970s, the Tennessee nativeenlisted in the military. He served five years in the U.S. Navy, including atour of duty in Vietnam aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga, andlearned to be a plumber.

After an honorable discharge with citations, he earned a masterplumber’s credential – which he still holds – and started his own business.He eventually invested in a small oil tank farm, a decision that has enabled

him to grow a petroleumdistribution business domesticallyand internationally. By the late1980s, his clients included FedEx,International Paper, the U.S.Department of Transportation andthe state of Maryland.

Through a state contract, hedid business with the University ofMaryland Eastern Shore providingit with fuel. His youngest child,Carnelious Jones II, graduatedfrom UMES in 2007.

His interest in andcommitment to golf expandedearlier this year when he invested

in a golf shoe and apparel company, A-GAME Global Sports. He is a pastwinner of UMES’ Art Shell Celebrity Golf Classic fundraiser, and carries ahandicap in the upper teens.

Jones also operates a consulting firm; Carnelious Jones & Associates.In addition to his appointment as the First Tee’s first African-American

national trustee, he also serves on the advisory board of Texas SouthernUniversity’s College of Science and Technology, the Blacks of theChesapeake Foundation Inc., a black maritime history organization, and ona U.S. Department of Energy advisory panel working to help African nations.

“Maybe my gift will start a dialogue around the dinner table in African-American homes that they can have access to the game through UMES’degree,” Jones said, adding he hopes other historically black institutionsmight follow the university’s lead.

Jones said he sees plenty of opportunities in the game for minorities;playing competitively as well as recreationally, working in the industry orbeing a supplier of goods and services.

Donor supports “Fore!” scholarships

From left, PGM golf management students KayJay McClay and Ryan Claypolemeet program benefactor Carnelious Jones, along with UMES Executive VicePresident Kimberly Dumpson and former PGA golfer James Black. Photo by JimGlovier

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The University of Maryland EasternShore has invited private-sector vendors tosubmit business plans detailing how theymight operate a public institution’s foodservice program.

The purpose of issuing the Requests ForProposals (RFP) is to get an industrysnapshot of how the private sector operates acollegiate food service compared to theuniversity’s current approach.

No company has been chosen to runUMES’ food services, which includes studentdining, catering and related activities.Responses to the RFP are due Nov. 18 and will guide senior administratorsin deciding how UMES should proceed in its delivery of food service oncampus.

Dr. Ronnie Holden, vice president for administrative affairs, said thedecision to issue an RFP is partially in response to students lobbying for a“wider variety of food options in general” that address a variety of “dietaryneeds.”

Holden said the university will be looking at plans from potential vendorsthat address questions dealing with “economies of scale in procurementactivity” supported by professionally trained chefs and nutritionists capable ofdelivering creative menus for student dining and other university functions.

Another factor the university is weighing is how an experienced private-

UMES was thrust into the publiceye a week ago by a federal courtruling in a seven-year-old lawsuit thatasserted Maryland does an unevenjob delivering higher education.

A decision handed down Oct. 7cast aside those claims the state playsfavorites in the way it distributesfunding to its public colleges anduniversities, but admonishedpolicymakers for allowing academicprogram duplication.

The court applauded UMES andSalisbury University for theircollaboration in the delivery of ahandful of degree programs. Both

have a long history of working together on joint ventures that benefitstudents and help stretch state resources.

A group calling itself the "Coalition for Equity and Excellence inMaryland Higher Education Inc.,” filed a lawsuit in 2006 on behalf ofUMES, Bowie, Coppin and Morgan, the state’s four historically blackinstitutions. Alumni and some students at those institutions complainedsegregation-like policies and attitudes still hurt those universities sixdecades after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling ended the “separate-but-equal” approach to public education.

Defendants in the case were the Maryland Higher EducationCommission as well as state government. The four universities had no roleinitiating the legal action, although the ruling could have a sweeping impact

Food service options exploredsector provider might be viewed as anamenity by students that would help with“enrollment, retention and graduationrates.”

Until the university sees what themarketplace will bear, Holden says it ispremature to speculate what direction theywill choose in providing food service in thefuture.

UMES has run its own food servicesystem since the mid-1990s – roughly 20years. It is self-supporting, meaning that nopublic funds are used to operate the system.

Three of the University System of Maryland’s 12 institutions have in-housefood service operations; Salisbury University, University of Maryland CollegePark and UMES.

UMES employs 70 “seasonal” employees in its food service operationand another 11 “regular, non-managerial staff employees.”

If the exploratory RFP does result in the university choosing to privatizeits food services, the company would be required by contract to considercurrent UMES food-service employees for positions it would need to fill todeliver its services. RFPs are due in mid-November.

Employees were initially briefed about the RFP in August. If UMESdecides to engage a private-sector vendor, the transition could occur at thestart of the spring semester (2014) or by the start of the next fiscal year July1, 2014, Holden said.

on them.The 60-page ruling directed both sides to enter into mediation to

resolve questions raised about degree-program duplication during the2012 trial.

Both sides have yet to lay out how they plan to address federal JudgeCatherine C. Blake’s directive. Blake deferred issuing a final judgment in thecase “pending mediation or further proceedings, if necessary, to establishan appropriate remedy.”

She cited the UMES-Salisbury partnerships as an example of what herexpectations are. She suggested the state consider shifting degrees from onepublic institution to another or merging the programs. Another optionwould be identifying specialty or niche programs to bolster enrollment tomake UMES, Bowie, Coppin and Morgan more attractive to a broader rangeof students.

The strategy worked in the late 1970s when the state authorized UMESto offer degrees in construction management technology, hotel andrestaurant management, environmental science, poultry technology andmanagement, elementary/special education, computer science/dataprocessing, engineering technology and physical therapy.

These programs remain among the university’s niche offerings. Today,UMES’ roster of distinctive programs also includes PGA golf management,pharmacy and aviation science.

The UMES-Salisbury collaboration efforts currently include a jointmaster’s program in teacher training and undergraduate degrees insociology-social work and in marine-environmental science.

UMES, Bowie and Coppin are members of the University System ofMaryland. Morgan is an independent public university overseen by aseparate governing board.

HBCU lawsuit ruling made

TheWicomicoCounty Boardof Educationheld a pressconferencelast week toherald in anew era forthe county’sdualenrollmentprogramthanks to thepassage of recent state legislation.

Representatives of public education, higher education, the businesscommunity and Wicomico County marked the occasion with signings ofagreements to expand opportunities for high school juniors and seniors toearn high school and college credit for courses taken simultaneously atarea institutions.

Dual enrollment has been available for Wicomico students for manyyears. The most important change Maryland’s College and CareerReadiness and College Completion Act of 2013 provides for is reducedcosts for students in the program and potentially free tuition for studentswho qualify for free and reduced meals.

The change means “having all of our students access highereducation,” said Dr. John Fredericksen, superintendent of WicomicoCounty public schools. “Several groups are (currently) underrepresentedand we want to get them engaged.”

“Studies have shown that at risk and low-income students whoparticipate in dual enrollment are more likely to graduate from high schooland complete college than non-dual enrollment students,” said Dr. Ray Hoy,president of Wor-Wic Community College, which has had a dual enrollmentagreement with Wicomico County schools for many years. “Mostimportantly, the program builds confidence and reduces anxiety” beforestudents leave high school and enroll in college.

High school students have taken courses at Salisbury University andUMES with permission from guidance offices, but not as part of an officialdual enrollment program. Only if the course is approved and is alignedwith a course currently listed in the high school catalog, would it receivehigh school credit.

“I think it has given me a good preview as to what college will be like,”

Nearly 400 high school juniors and seniors and their parents visited campus lastSaturday to hear what admissions, financial aid and residence life staff have to say aboutattending UMES.

Following an opening presentation, prospective students met with representativesfrom academic departments to learn about majors and internship opportunities. Theevent also featured on-site admissions and campus tours.

“This is an opportunity for interested students to learn more about UMES,” saidTyrone Young, director of admissions and recruitment. “We aim to showcase theuniversity and build a pipeline for future enrollment, particularly for Fall 2014.”

The next admissions open house is for transfer students on Nov. 1, from 10 a.m. to1 p.m. Call 410-651-8403, email recruitment@umes.edu or visit www.umes.edu toregister or for more information on this or other upcoming admissions events.

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K-12 and higher education collaborate on dual enrollment programsaid AshleyNowak, aParkside Highsenior alsoenrolled atWor-Wic. “It’sa different(harder) styleof teaching,whichdefinitely putsmoreresponsibilityon students.”

India Whitehead, a senior at James M. Bennett High, will have 37credits when she graduates from high school and will enter college as asophomore. She completed five classes as a junior and is currently takingthree. It is a lesson in time management, she said. “I have my weeklyschedule planned out,” said Whitehead, who takes AP and college courseswhile holding down two jobs and participating in SGA and her church’syouth group.

“It is a great experience for all high school students,” Whitehead said.“It prepares you for the future.”

Selected courses are aligned with high school requirements to adhereto state of Maryland standards. To be eligible, Fredericksen said, studentsmust carry a minimum 2.75 GPA and take the required number of credits atthe high school—four credits, one of which must be earned at the highschool. Students apply for dual enrollment through the high schoolguidance office and also must apply for admission through the institution ofhigher education.

“The scope of opportunity is broad,” Fredericksen said, “(students)opt to take one class at a time or they can earn an associate degree whilegetting a high school diploma.”

Ernie Colburn, CEO of the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce, saidthey are working with the school system to establish transportation toensure that any student who wants to dually enroll can get to the collegecampus.

“The business community is dedicated to working together witheducation to help equip the student of today as a (future) qualified workerin our community,” Colburn said. “Everyone who has a stake—educators,parents, legislaters—must cooperate toward these goals. Average is gone.We need to take everything to the next level. Our future is on the line.”

Wicomico County K-12 educators meet with Lower Shore representatives of higher education, local governmentand business to sign agreements for enhanced dual enrollment programs.

UMES openhouse informsprospectivestudents

Tyrone Young, director ofadmissions at UMES, goesout on a limb, or should wesay “out on a roof” tocapture the attention ofprospective studentsduring the shooting of asegment for DiscoverUMES for the open house.

learning. They need to do the work. Weneed to do the work together.”

MOOCs have emerged as a much-discussed and sometimes controversialtopic in higher education circles becausetens of thousands of people can potentiallytap into an online course – hence thedescription “massive.” Some are pursuingdegrees, while others are auditing them.

Critics say MOOCs devalue theexperience of up-close interaction withprofessors, a model that has worked forcenturies. Advocates say MOOCs utilizethe Internet as an effective tool that breaks

down barriers by delivering knowledge to a broad audience.Either way, UMES has dipped its institutional toe in the MOOC waters

with Hagenrater-Gooding’s experimental class as well as a genetics classtaught by Dr. Joseph Pitula.

Hagenrater-Gooding’s poetry students meet for 50 minutes three timesweekly in a Henson Center classroom. They also participate “in thecollaborative dynamic” of a “Modern and Contemporary Poetry” classtaught by Al Filreis, the Kelly Family Professor of English at the University ofPennsylvania.

UMES students watch online videos of 10-to-25 minutes in length

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The faculty in UMES’ Department ofEnglish and Modern Languages is watchingthis semester with curiosity howcolleague Amy Hagenrater-Gooding isusing a 21st century approach to deliver acourse that includes the works of 19thcentury poets.

A $10,000 grant from the Billand Melinda Gates Foundation isenabling Hagenrater-Gooding toexperiment with the latest trend in highereducation – Massive Open OnlineCourses. She used the money to pay forspecialized training this past summer andto underwrite the cost of a videographer for data collection and a studenttutor.

In her grant application, Hagenrater-Gooding wrote her goal was “tostudy how students respond and learn with the integration of MOOCs in (ahumanities) classroom.”

So far, the 11 juniors and seniors in her “Studies in Poetry” class seemenergized as well as engaged by their roles as pioneering participants.

“I wanted to give students a chance to see how academic discourse ismodeled,” Hagenrater-Gooding said. “Instead of the lecture and the ‘Iknow, you don’t’ model, I wanted them to take responsibility for their

Iambics on the Internet

At UMES, she taught andeventually served as chairwoman ofthe home economics department,today known as the Department ofHuman Ecology. In retirement, she

was a fixture at alumni and homecomingevents who routinely delighted others inattendance.

“In my time as director of alumni affairsand planned giving, I came to know Mrs.Wallace as a wonderful woman with a lifelongpassion for the university,” said Kim Dumpson,UMES’ executive vice president.

“We shared the same date of birth, albeit,decades apart, and (I) found a kindred spirit inher through our shared love of university history

and advancement for young women in various fields of endeavor,”Dumpson said.

In 2011, the university's human ecology department celebrated its75th anniversary and simultaneously held a special recognition honoringWallace.

She held a Registered Dietitian credential and was a member of manyprofessional organizations, including the American Dietetic Association, theMaryland Dietetic Association, the Society of Nutrition Education and theCouncil on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education.

Wallace was an officer in the university’s alumni organization and hadthe distinction in 1959 of being part of the platform party at graduationwhere Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the commencement address.

During the university’s recent 125th anniversary celebration, shedonated some of her personal papers to UMES, including rare photographsfrom her undergraduate years as well as her days as a professor.

Generations of UMES alumni arefondly remembering DeveniaWallace, a beloved fellow Hawkwho passed away late September. Shewas 93.

Wallace earned a Bachelor ofScience in 1943 from PrincessAnne College, as the university wasknown in the mid-20th century.She went on to earn a Master ofScience in 1946 from VirginiaState College and eventuallyreturned to her alma mater in thelate 1950s to teach.

Born Dec. 14, 1919, Devenia VictoriaPinder was the daughter of the late Victoria W. and Charles EdwardPinder. She was a graduate of F.D. St. Clair High School in Cambridge, Md.

Wallace was a life-long educator who specialized in the field of homeeconomics and dietary studies. She taught 20 years at UMES, retiring inJune 1978.

Her days as an undergraduate were highlighted at graduation when shewas named the recipient of the “Alumni Achievement Award” – also knownas the H.C. Byrd graduating senior award.

It was the first in a long list of honors and recognitions she receivedduring her life, including being given the honorary title of faculty memberemeritus following her retirement from UMES.

In addition to her two degrees, Wallace did additional study at DrexelUniversity, the University of Massachusetts, Iowa State University, Cornelland nearby Salisbury State College, according to her personnel records. Shealso spent time at Metropolitan Hospital in East Harlem, N.Y., and with theAmerican Dietetic Association in Chicago.

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When Dr. Della Dameron-Johnson and her theater troupereturned from a National Association ofDramatic and Speech Arts competition inBaltimore, they came back knowingexactly which piece they wantedto take on for their fallplay.

“Miss Evers’Boys” won first placein a one-act play contestthat Dameron-Johnsonwas moderating. “I wasimpressed they couldcondense it into a 60minute short,” she said.

The university’sadaptation, performed intwo acts, is based on the1992 stage play writtenby David Feldshuh. A1997 TV film version for

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Dr. Thomas LaVeist, Class of 1984, was laudedfor his life-long commitment toward healthreform and combatting health disparities.LaVeist is the director of the Center for HealthDisparities Solutions at Johns HopkinsBloomberg School of Public Health. He waspresented the Shirley Nathan-Pulliam HealthEquity Leadership Award at a health carereform summit held at Chesapeake College inWye Mills, Md.

A UMES delegation attended the Oct. 11 Eastern Shore Health EquitySummit presented by the Maryland Department of Health and MentalHygiene, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities. Pictured fromleft are: Dr. Mark Freebery, assistant dean of experiential education andassistant professor of pharmacy practice; Daniel Hines; Matthew Balish;Carolina Meneses-Castro, all third year pharmacy students; and Dr.Cynthia Boyle, professor and chair of pharmacy practice andadministration. The purpose of the event wasto learn about and discuss health reform andthe new health insurance marketplace.

UMES is represented at health equity summitPhoto by Todd Nock

UMES Drama Society in production for fall playHBO won Emmy Awards in four categories.

The play will be performed byuniversity students and administrators at7:30 p.m., Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 and 2 in the

Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts. Ittells the real-life drama of poor black men in

Tuskegee, Ala., who were part of a secret medicalexperiment conducted by the federal government.

“Students in the cast are amazed that something likethis really happened,” Dameron-Johnson said. “We arerevealing a part of history through enactment of a play

to an audience for whom many of which may haveknown nothing about the incident. It shows thatsometimes it is wise to question, even if it isthe government.”

Tickets are available at the door.General admission tickets are $5; seniors,$4; and students with ID, $2. Openingnight will feature a cast and audienceforum at the close of curtain. Call 410-651-6575 for more information.

featuring Filreis, who also delivers an occasional lesson via a live web-cast. Because he is based at an Ivy League school in Philadelphia,Hagenrater-Gooding is hopeful her students might be able to travel therebefore the end of the semester to see a web cast in person.

The poetry course is being conducted in what she describes as a“hybrid manner” – students log in to the MOOC for global participation,then return to the traditional face-to-face classroom for “insular UMESinteraction.” The classroom is “decentered;” students participate in aroundtable discussion and workshop of the poems covered.

“We’re working out a lot of bugs as we go,” Hagenrater-Goodingsaid. “The caliber of discussion has increased now that they have to beactive participants in their learning. They can’t just check out during alecture; they have to play a part.”

Assignments are submitted globally and locally. Discussions also areconducted globally and locally.

Hagenrater-Gooding assesses student performance in the usualmanner – essays, quizzes, journals, peer reviews, discussions and tests –but the mode of delivery is a blend of traditional in-class lessons andonline versions.

Among the questions she is hoping to answer at the end of thesemester:• Does the use of the MOOC in the traditional classroom help model

academic discourse? • Does it give students a language by which to interact with the text? • Does it enhance learning enough to show marked improvement?• How does the global learning help learning outcomes of the UMES

student?

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UMES golf doing well in itsfourth season

UMES’ golf team opened their 2013-14 season with solid playacross three tournaments. The Hawks, which are now in its fourthseason, have four tournaments on the schedule this fall and willconclude 2013 at the Tiger Invitational in Savannah, Ga., Nov. 8. This isalso the first year that the team is a member of the Mid-Eastern AthleticConference.

UMES finished within the top-7 in each of its first threetournaments. The Hawks opened with a seventh-place finish at the

Myrtle Beach Invitational, before placing in the upper half ofschools at the 18-team, Black College Alumni HOF

Invitational Sept. 28. The team alsoplaced seventh at the Robert

Morris UniversityColonial Classic.

It has been the Michael Veverka(Brunswick, Md.) show for UMES so far this fall.He has led the team in every tournament this yearand has tallied the lowest round for the Hawks in allbut one round. Veverka opened the year with a three-under-par round of 69 on the first day of the Myrtle Beach Invitationalin early September, which proved to be the lowest round in the historyof UMES golf. He carries an average of 74.67 across six rounds thisyear and has placed within the top-10 twice.

Sophomore Jon Seward (Ft. Washington, Md.) and sophomoreNorman Blanco (New Orleans, La.) each sit with averages under 80and are in the top-3 for the Hawks. Seward has an average of 78 in twotournaments, including a 75 in his opening round of the year. Blancohas posted a score of 79.17 in six rounds and has finished as UMES’No. 2 golfer in all three tournaments.

The fourth and final scoring spot for the Hawks is shared bysenior Paul Cecil (Severn, Md.) and junior Richard Fleming (UpperMarlboro, Md.) scoring three times combined. Cecil shot two roundsin the 70s in his last tournament at the Black College Alumni HOFTournament, while Fleming rounded out the scoring for UMES in theteam’s last event.

Veverka leads waywith average of 74,

Hawks finishwithin top-7 in all three events

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Chinese students come to campus

UMES celebrates inaugural diversity event

Pharmacy students gotsome practice giving flushots to fellow students andfaculty last week in theSchool of Pharmacy andHealth Professions. Picturedfrom left, Racque Reesereceives her flu shot fromBeldar Demaku, both aresecond year pharmacystudents.

Physician Assistant students, from left, Christopher Lotfabadi,Maris Smith, Liza Shaposhnikova and Christopher Bradley meetCaptain Bill Dial following the lecture.

A delegation from Suzhou, China visited UMES as part of a fact-finding trip tolearn about the United State’s approach to early childhood development. Thevisit was arranged by Chesapeake College, which played host to the groupfrom a school near Shanghai with which it has a partnership.

UMES Counseling Services, in collaboration with campus and communitypartners, observed National Coming Out Day Oct. 11 with a mid-day event topromote a supportive and accepting environment at the university for all.Representatives of the UMES LGBTQ Diversity Task Force, pictured from left,Dr. Bessie Green, a research associate in the Department of Agriculture, Foodand Resource Sciences, and Jennifer Neumyer, special collections andoutreach librarian in the Frederick Douglass Library, signed up 30 studentsinterested in being on the committee. The event strives to improve awarenessthrough education and dialogue. It featured small group discussions, movies,an open microphone opportunity, a dramatization, a fashion show, food andgive-a-ways.

State Sen. John Astle returned to the University of MarylandEastern Shore Oct. 1 for an encore presentation of his first-handexperiences as a MEDEVAC helicopter pilot in Vietnam.

Astle, a Democrat who represents Anne Arundel County,shared his story – “Experience in Military Medical Evacuation inVietnam.” He gave a similar talk a year ago, which inspired theUMES faculty to invite him back in honor of National PhysicianAssistants Week. Astle was joined by retired Capt. Bill Dial, whoflew on several missions with him as a medical corpsman.

The experience of military corpsmen in providing critical andemergency field care and medical evacuations during the Vietnamwar motivated educators to develop high-level medical trainingthat today leads to a professional degree as a Physician Assistant.

UMES is one of two historically black institutions – the otheris Howard University – that offers a degree in physician assistantstudies. The university, which launched its program in 1999, hasproduced 152 graduates.

Astle, 70, joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1966. His nineyears of active service included serving in Vietnam as a helicopterpilot and a tour as a presidential helicopter pilot. According toMaryland Manual biography, he worked as a medical evacuationpilot for the Washington Hospital Center from 1985 until 2005.

His military service commendations include: the Legion ofMerit, two Purple Hearts, the Meritorious Service Medal, 31 airmedals and the Presidential Service Badge.

How the Vietnam War improved health care

Pharmacy studentsgive flu shots

Officers for the Graduate Student Association, from left, are:Detbra Rosales, Heather Wolfer, Daniel Cullen, Kristen Lycett,Laura Almodóvar, Wilmelie Cruz, Juan Alvarez and JhamylliaRice. Coincidently, all are studying marine estuarineenvironmental science.

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28 Lecture5:30 p.m. • Student Services Center, theater“Stories My Father Told Me.” Arab-American artist Helen Zughaibshares art and memories of growing up in Lebanon. 410-651-6543

31* UMES Fall Theater Production7:30 p.m. • Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts“Miss Evers’ Boys,” a 1992 stage play by David Feldshuh.Cost $5 general, $4 seniors, $2 students with ID 410-651-6575

November1*UMES Fall Theater Production& 7:30 p.m. 2* Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts

“Miss Evers’ Boys,” a 1992 stage play by David Feldshuh.Cost $5 general, $4 seniors, $2 students with ID 410-651-6575

10 UMES Concert Choir Fall Performance4 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts 410-651-6571

1* Gourmet Dining Series7 p.m. • Richard A. Henson CenterHRM students and faculty present “CulinaryAdventurism” featuring exotic cuisine.$50 per person or $120 for a gourmet series ticket. Tickets must be purchased in advance.410-651-6563

Library Exhibit Show on display now through Dec. 6.8 a.m.-10 p.m., Mon. through Thurs.; 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Fri.; 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,Sat.; 3-11 p.m., Sun. Frederick Douglass Library.“Flying High with Hawk Pride.” 410-651-7696

14 International Student Ethnic Festival11 a.m.-1 p.m. Student Services Center Ballroom410-651-6079

14 Art Exhibit Opening Reception4-6 p.m. Mosely Gallery Fine Arts Student ShowGallery Hours: Mon. through Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Show on display until Nov. 29.410-651-7770

19 UMES Jazz Combo7 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts 410-651-6571

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