My, How You’ve Grown!

The end of the academicyear is a time ofcelebration, certainly

for those who’ve completedtheir degree programs and areabout to take the next big step,perhaps on to further study,perhaps on to that first job.Congratulations! For us as faculty and staff, it

has been a privilege andpleasure to work with those(mostly) young adults who haveseized the opportunity thatliberal arts education presentsand taken full advantage of what our richlearning environment has to offer. One of the great pleasures of the work we

do is to witness that growth. At times it can bepretty moving. At his senior vocal recitalseveral weeks ago, Jeffrey Todd sang abeautiful and profound piece about FrederickDouglass and the struggle for freedom.Evident throughout the recital was the factthat he had worked hard on every note andwas completely ready for the performance. As audience members and supporters, we

love our students enough to expect a wobblehere and there on such occasions, chalking itup to nerves and where they are on thelifelong arc of experience. But, no, he actuallypretty much nailed the whole thing. I have to express a particular note of

gratitude and admiration for our graduatingseniors in the performing arts, because theyhave been learning and growing in a verypublic way this whole time. One of the trulylovely things about a senior recital, as I readthe room, is the rapport that has developedbetween the artists and their audiences.All of our students have had the

opportunity to experience that same growth,though usually in a less public way. Manypresent research at academic conferences asjuniors or seniors, or debate ethicscompetitively with teams from the country’smost recognized universities or win poetrycontests in competition with people who havebeen writing poetry for a living. Others arewinning Fulbright, Boren and Udallscholarships or advancing far into thosecompetitions, which is in itself a majoraccomplishment. More and more, we have terrific examples

of students who have achieved national

distinction for their outstandingaccomplishments. I believe weoffer an undergraduateexperience comparable inexcellence to any other in thiscountry. Furthermore, these

distinctions add value to everysingle degree awarded fromSalisbury University. As anotherround of commencementexercises approaches, wecelebrate all of our graduatesand every degree awarded. For some, it may be a family

first, or a triumph in face of any number ofchallenges. For all, it’s a major milestone. While a college degree is not a golden

ticket, the work that goes into it sets ourgraduates up for success in a knowledge-basedeconomy, a lifetime of learning and a big legup toward achieving their full potential.I’m additionally proud that we represent as

well as we do the democratization of highereducation. One very important measure ofthat is our minority student enrollment, whichin the Fulton School is about 28 percent ofour total major enrollment, including studentswho identify themselves as African American,Asian, Latino/a or Pacific Islander. With the largest undergraduate population

overall, the Fulton School also has the largestminority student population on campus,accounting for about 30 percent of theUniversity’s minority students. They are wellrepresented among our super achievers: EthicsBowl competitors, research presenters,performing artists and scholarship winners.We want this terrific experience to be

available to anyone who can benefit from itand be successful. Higher education iscertainly more accessible than it used to be.Though it’s still a heavy lift for manyfinancially, we’ve overcome some big historicbarriers and indeed made this a place whereyoung adults, in addition to their personal andprofessional formation, can mature asdemocratic citizens. Among others things at commencement, we

celebrate our freedom to be the people wewant to be. Thanks to our students as theyremind us of that, and thanks to all foranother action-packed academic year. Again, congratulations to all of our

graduates: my, how you’ve grown!

www.salisbury.edu/fulton

Charles R. & Martha N. Fulton School of Liberal Arts SUMMER 2019

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Fulton School DeanDr. Maarten Pereboom

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On Salisbury University’s Giving Dayon April 2, Sea Gulls from around theworld came together to support the

areas of campus they care about most. Generous students, alumni, faculty, staff and

friends showed their support for the FultonSchool of Liberal Arts. Supporters gave toseveral deserving departments, includingcommunication arts, philosophy and history, aswell as other worthy causes, such as theSalisbury University Children’s Choir and theFulton School Scholarship Fund. Student-led organizations, including

Squawkapella, the Comedy Gulls, the Societyof Professional Journalists and the Glass Club,all encouraged donors to help fund valuablestudent experiences.Freshman English major James Reedy gave

to support current students on Giving Day. “When a lot of people give a little bit, it can

really make a big difference,” he said. Having a campus job in the Alumni House,

Reedy often hears from alumni with successfulcareers in areas, such as music or writing. He supports the Fulton School because “it

gives people an opportunity to excel and learnabout traditional topics.”Giving Day truly demonstrates how the

value of one gift – combined with others – canmake a difference. Donors like Reedy provedthis to be true. Thank you to all of those who helped make

SU’s Giving Day a success for the FultonSchool of Liberal Arts. Join the excitementnext year, and support your favorite area onApril 7, 2020.

Program Number of Gifts AmountBobbi Biron Theatre Program 3 $576.24Communication Arts 6 $223.33Dance Program 3 $205English 3 $180History 6 $270Music 4 $295Philosophical Society 2 $70Philosophy 10 $1,050Psychology 1 $50Salisbury University Children’s Choir 18 $1,890Scholarships - Fulton School of Liberal Arts 7 $565School of Liberal Arts 11 $727.75Society of Professional Journalists 28 $719.67Sociology 1 $150Kendall-Ford Outstanding Scholar-Leader Award in Broadcasting 3 $220Institute for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement 3 $285Salisbury Symphony Orchestra 5 $572.50

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Fulton School Steps Up on Giving Day By Michelle Pryor

Members of Salisbury University’sSociety of Professional Journalistsventured to Ocean City on April 6

for their regional SPJ conference, thanks togenerous sponsorships from theCommunication Arts Department and FultonSchool Dean Maarten Pereboom. Excited to welcome speakers from across the

nation to their own backyard, Salisbury’s SPJrepresented themselves as professionals, led byclub advisor Dr. Jennifer Cox. SPJ members from colleges across the region

bonded with each other while buildingconnections with communication experts. K.B.Mensah, a junior majoring in communicationarts, enjoyed the personal connections that hemade with other students and industryprofessionals.“The whole event was really eye-opening

and engaging,” Mensah said. “I found it easyto talk to people that were professionals intheir field.”

Students attended sessions focused onfreelancing, social media tools, storytellingthrough video and controversy in the press.They learned leadership skills they foundbeneficial for both SPJ and their careers.As a new addition to the conference, SPJ

introduced a student debate session centeredaround ethics during lunch.

Holly Bergman, a sophomore doublemajoring in English and communication arts,found the lunchtime debate to be bothentertaining and influential.“It really let me see into the minds of other

people as they debated ethics, which issomething we debate every day as journalists,”Bergman said.

SPJ Makes a Splash at the Regional ConferenceBy Charlotte Russell

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Center for Civic ReflectionSalisbury University officially became the newhome for the national Center for CivicReflection on March 7.Founded by Dr. Elizabeth Lynn at

Valparaiso University, Indiana, in 1998, withsupport from Lilly Endowment, Inc., thecenter promotes listening to others and toone’s self and thinking carefully about civicchoices and values. The center’s clients span from small local

non-profit boards to large national programs,including social service agencies, K-12educators, college and university initiatives,healthcare providers and other civic leaders.Their discussions often have led to neworganizational, business and classroomstrategies.Under the direction of PACE, the Center

will continue supporting these same discussionsand civic reflection facilitation trainings acrossthe country while also supporting civicreflection at SU and in our immediatecommunity. In addition to continuing the New

Student Reflection program in fall 2019, theCenter will train all AmeriCorps programs inthe state through the Governor’s Office onService and Volunteerism later this spring.For more information about the Center’s

services, email Lisa Howard atCivicReflection@salisbury.edu or visitcivicreflection.org.

LLC: Campus & CommunityEngagementPACE concludes its first academic year hostinga new Living and Learning Community (LLC),Campus and Community Engagement, thisspring. In partnership with the Seidel School,PACE was excited to offer this opportunity tostudents accepted into the HigherOpportunities and Possibilities in Education(HOPE) program. In fall 2018, the first PACE LLC cohort

gained both the theoretical and practicalknowledge of becoming an engaged citizenand campus community member. A series ofout-of-classroom campus guest speakers,

activities and field trips helped introducestudents to the area. Coursework includedIntroduction to Politics and Government withDr. Sarah Surak, which engaged LLC studentswith higher-level political science students toresearch and develop non-partisan votingguides. Students also exercised theircommunity-engaged writing skills inComposition and Research with Professor LisaHoward, who also leads the LLC. Currently, students are studying School in a

Diverse Society with Dr. Sandy Pope, takingtheir fall experience to a praxis of communityinvolvement. They are developing a fundraiserto support the Wicomico County EducationFoundation to support expanded pre-K accessin the county. In addition to this initiative, allPACE LLC students are involved involunteering, service to the SU campus andcampus organizations. PACE looks forward to another academic

year of offering this LLC to incomingfreshmen!

PACE Happenings

Six SU students with Fulton Schoolmajors and minors presented at the 2019National Environmental Justice and

Training Program in April. Sofia Carrasco,Nicole Hammond, Megan Hensel, SamuelHunter, Cassady Koch and Ryan Schraderorganized and presented a roundtable:“(Re)Defining Documents: The Enduring andEvolving Legacy of the ‘Principles ofEnvironmental Justice.’”Their roundtable reconsidered the lasting

importance of the 17 “Principles ofEnvironmental Justice” drafted and adopted atthe First National People of ColorEnvironmental Leadership Summit held inWashington, D.C., in 1991. Although theprinciples are almost 30 years old, the studentsargued they still offer crucial insight into thenature and practice of buildingenvironmentally healthy communities andsecuring political, economicand cultural liberation. “The Principles of

Environmental Justice” is notjust a static document, nor wasthe First National People ofColor EnvironmentalLeadership Summit just anevent; rather, they inspire a“living testimony” that shouldbe embodied by allstakeholders within theenvironmental justice field.

The students introduced and framed thediscussion, then each gave a five-eight minuteprepared research statement regarding one ofthe specific principles outlined in the“Principles of Environmental Justice.” Eachstudent’s position paper was drawn fromresearch they conducted during the fall inENVR 320: Environmental Justice. Theirposition papers were clear, concise andinsightful. After finishing their prepared remarks, Koch

opened the floor to questions. And, goodgravy, were there questions! The students gottheoretical questions from academics (“Can wesee this document not as a call for incrementalpolicy adjustments, but a radical re-visioning ofsociety at odds with liberal democracy?”),policy questions (“I work for the city ofLouisville crafting our health assessment modelfor EJ, and how do these words on paper

translate into how our city administration actsright now?”) to the procedural and ethical (“Ifprivilege blinds most from seeingenvironmental injustice, how do we craftcompelling stories to keep it in the news?”). The students deftly answered these and

many more questions for more than an hour ofconversation. In a crowd of 25 people, theyreceived questions and comments from 14different individuals, many asking multiplequestions. During the rest of the conference, the

students listened to research presentations fromother students and professionals (mostly withinfederal agencies), as well as a keynote speechfrom Majority Whip Jim Clyburn. We also hada wonderful opportunity to meet with GeorgeRakis, a political consultant who works onclimate legislation. Rakis is an SU politicalscience alum who spoke to the students about

life in, and beyond, college,in addition to the latestdevelopments in climatechange policy at the federallevel. I hope you'll join me in

congratulating these studentson their notableachievements. Theyconducted themselves asprofessionals and scholarsthroughout the conference.

Reporting from the National EnvironmentalJustice Conference and Training Program By Shane Hall

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CADR Essay Contest Winners

By Nelcy Denice AvilaThe first time I saw my mother’s elementary

school I could not believe that it solely spannedtwo rooms. It was a tiny building located ontop of a mountainous region in the outskirts ofMacheta, Colombia. The fading paint, crackedwalls and muddy floors reflected a nation tornby war. I was 15 years old when I firstencountered the beginnings of my mother’shumble education. Five years later, I saw theschool again in better condition. Students woretheir uniforms and carried a backpack full ofschool materials. I had the advantage ofwitnessing the growth of this little school in apost-civil war Colombia. The students were nolonger burdened by the mental strain of safety;they could focus entirely on their education. As I witnessed the school’s transition, I

realized how embarrassed and naive I was ofmy mother’s country. I was exposed to severalnegative stereotypes and misperceptions aboutColombia, and I felt robbed of my ethnicity. Iwas not informed enough to challenge thoseassumptions. When I told my classmates that Iwas going to visit my family in Colombia, thejests would begin, and they always revolvedaround cocaine. I remember thinking tomyself: Can we really reduce an entire cultureto a joke, and then accept this joke as fact? Itook it upon myself to become more politicallyand historically informed about Colombia. Ideveloped a newfound ability to share mycultural understanding with others. A master’s degree in conflict resolution will

enable me to use my background in LatinAmerican studies and international relations topractice the theoretical foundations of peace atthe international level. More specifically, theprogram would prepare me to mediate peaceplans within communities who are recoveringfrom a civil war, such as my mother’s country.This strong foundation in diplomacy,leadership and mediation will follow me intothe classroom when I seek employment withthe Department of Defense Education Activityto teach Spanish. In colaboration with PositiveBehavioral Intervention and Support (PBIS), Iplan work with students from all backgroundswho are at high risk for dropping out ofschool. It is critical to allow students todemonstrate competence, autonomy and asense of belonging in their school community. These skills, however, will not be limited to

the classroom. They will help me in myprofessional development as I aspire to becomea Foreign Service Officer in the Bureau ofEducation and Cultural Affairs. As a culturalambassador, I would like to work in non-profitorganizations that advance marginalizedindigenous groups in Central and SouthAmerica. The growth of my mother’s

elementary school within a couple of years hasdemonstrated the effects of peace at theindividual level. Students now carry a schoolbag with possibilities as they advance towardtheir personal and academic pursuits. As afuture educational leader, I want to build peacebeginning with students who learn in aninclusive classroom with other students ofdiverse cultural, socio-economic, linguisticbackgrounds.

By Megan LoweAs an elementary education major at

Salisbury University and a spring 2019graduate, many things have been flyingthrough my head. What should I be focusingon in my full-time student teaching right now?Where should I start applying for teachingjobs? Will I get a teaching job in WicomicoCounty after graduation? These questions arenot brand new; I have been thinking aboutthese questions for some time now andworking hard to turn these questions into myfuture.The more I thought about my future, the

more I started gravitating toward the inevitablemaster’s degree that I will have to work towardand receive within the next 10 years as aneducator. I thought about the commonmaster’s degrees that I have heard countlessfellow educators talk about, such asadministration, reading specialist and specialeducation. After some time researchingdifferent master’s degrees, I finally thoughtwhy not get a master’s degree in conflictresolution.With a master’s degree in conflict resolution,

I could have the alternative of becoming aschool guidance counselor. I thought about thisbecause throughout my internship and mypart-time job in childcare, I seem to gravitateand are interested in the kids who seem to getin trouble with adults. Most of the time, thesekids are not bad kids at all, they are justmissing an adult who will take the time to talkand care for them. I enjoy working withchildren and take pride in being the adult inkids’ lives that they trust and look up to.A master’s degree in conflict resolution

could also help me in my teaching career on asmaller field, in the classroom itself. With thisdegree, my knowledge in conflict resolutionwould not only help me understand how mystudents think, but it could also help me diffusesituations between students and students orstudents and teachers. A master’s degree inconflict resolution would help me interact withmy co-workers as well.In general, a master’s degree in conflict

resolution could help me in my daily life withmy relationships between family, friends and

my fiancé. I am confident that a master’sdegree in conflict resolution could positivelyimpact my life because I took a conflictresolution course during my undergraduatecareer at Salisbury University. In that shortsemester a few years ago, I learned things thatI still use in my life today. I believe that theinformation that I will receive through amaster’s degree in conflict resolution will reachabove and beyond my expectations and I amexcited to pursue a degree in this fascinatingsubject of human interaction.

By Matthew BosleyA job. A career. A calling. Many of us have

probably experienced the former. A task wherean individual is inadequately compensated fortheir mundane drudgery. Conversely, a careerfuels one’s future. A career allows for growth,development and evolution. Currently anevolving field, conflict resolution is theinterdisciplinary science that facilitates holisticsolutions to disputes. A master’s degree in conflict resolution does

not give one the capacity to think, but rather itgives individuals a choice of what to thinkabout. It analyzes where certain template andbelief systems come from. It helps checkcertainties and biases that are ingrained in ourminds. It enhances our critical awareness bydiluting differences of self and embracinguniversal commonalities. Applicableoccupations that can benefit from this discipleare innumerable. Rather than just measuringthe material payoff of a diploma, conflictresolution gauges human value into theequation. It is one of the few disciplines whereit can help one’s personal life equally, if notmore, to one’s professional life. Practitioners ofconflict resolution work in a myriad of fields,including the medical field, substance abuseprograms, mental health professions, schoolsand human service departments in both thepublic and private sector. A master’s in conflictresolution is a pathway to specialization.Specialization allows for individuals to focustheir attention to a specific career pathway inthe field of conflict resolution, resulting inhigher earning potential over time. A master’s degree in conflict resolution does

not only have extrinsic value. It also hasintrinsic value. It is necessary for its own sake.It searches for truths. Through truth, wisdomis gained. With wisdom, one is able to thinkcritically and communicate effectively throughmultiple mediums including speech, writing,and active listening. These highly sought afterskills teach practitioners of conflict resolutionhow to solve complex problems by deliveringclear and concise solutions. Business leadersand employers are actively searching for

Students in the Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution Master’s Degree Program participated in an essay contest during the spring semester, answering thequestion: “How can a master’s degree in conflict resolution help me in my career?” Nelcy Denice Avila won first place; Megan Lowe won second place; and Matthew Bosley won third. Here are their winning essays:

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candidates who possess these employable skills.These skills cannot be taught throughtechnical training seminars, but rather have tobe acquired through life experiences. Lifeexperiences are acquired through exploration.Exploration of theories and thought arechallenged throughout the curriculum:theories of diversity and uniformity, inclusionand exclusion, attachment and detachment,cooperation and competition. These symbioticrelationships reveal an interconnectednessbetween us all. An interconnectedness thattranscends menial jobs or rewarding careers.An interconnectedness that we as humans arecalled upon to serve through solidarity.

Vocal performance track majors fromthe Department of Music, Theatreand Dance continue to waft their

voices throughout the region with SingerShowcases and Baroque to Broadway concertsperformed at SU, Wor-Wic and TrinityCathedral in Easton.

A final Baroque to Broadway concert will beoffered at Christ Episcopal Church inCambridge on May 19 at 4 p.m. With an impressive display of vocal excellence

and consistency, the SU voice students alsoswept the National Association of Teachers ofSinging (NATS) Student Auditions floor onceagain with the following 2019 outcomes: • Lance Fisher: First place MD-DC &second place Mid-Atlantic Regional – Senior Men’s Musical Theater

• Patrick Gover: First place MD-DC & fourth Place Mid-Atlantic Regional – Junior Men’s Musical Theater

• Sara Miller: First place MD-DC NATS – Senior Women’s Classical Music category

• Jeremiah Copeland: Second place MD-DC – Junior Men’s Musical Theater

• Joshua Dennis: First place MD-DC –Sophomore Men’s Musical Theater

• Olivia Davidson: Second place MD-DC – Sophomore Women’s Musical Theater

• Adam Beres: Honorable mention – Junior Men’s Musical Theater

• Gianna Pesaniello: Honorable mention – Sophomore Women’s Musical Theater

• Kadie Laramore: Honorable mention – First-Year Women’s Classical

Kudos to our most decorated vocal veteran,baritone Jeffrey Todd, who won first place atthe MD-DC and Mid-Atlantic RegionalAuditions in 2016, 2017 and again in 2019(Senior Men’s Classical), making him eligiblefor national rounds for the fourth year in arow. Todd was the third-place winner on thenational level as a freshman and second as asophomore. Although he made it to the live national

round his junior year, recovering from atonsillectomy made competing more difficultthat year. A national title in 2019 would be asweet summation to it all. In April, Todd successfully completed his

Senior Recital with pianist Veronica Tomanekand, in a very special moment, wasaccompanied on one selection by his staunchsupporter, longtime Ocean City churchmusician and grandmother, June Rose Todd. Todd has received a scholarship to the

Mostly Modern Festival to be held thissummer in Saratoga Springs, NY, and willpursue a master’s degree in vocal performancein the fall on a full scholarship and teachingassistantship at the University of KentuckySchool of Music in Lexington.

Ayres and Accolades By John Wesley Wright

CADR Essay Contest Winnerscontinued

Jeffrey Todd after performing with his grandmother, June Rose Todd.

Post Singers’ Showcase in February (from left): Jeffrey Todd, Adam Beres, Jeremiah Copeland, Patrick Gover, Veronica Tomanek, John Wesley Wright, Jessica Johnson, Sara Miller (rear), Kadie Laramore, Olivia Davidson, Gianna Pesaniello, Joshua Dennis, Lance Fisher.

MedeaOctober 10-13Black Box Theatre, Fulton Hall

By the Way, Meet Vera StarkNovember 21-24Black Box Theatre, Fulton Hall

HairApril 1-5 Holloway Hall Auditorium

Tickets may be purchased at thePerforming Arts Box Office in Fulton HallMonday-Friday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.They may also be purchased by phone at410-543-6228 or online atwww.salisbury.edu/performingarts.

Announcing the 2019-20 BobbiBiron Theatre Program Season

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Fulton students continue to shine withtheir national (and international)successes.

In addition to our first Udall win (see SonjaKolstoe’s article), Salisbury also recentlylearned that of eight students who applied forthe Boren Scholarship, three have received theaward, and four more have been recognized asalternates. All seven of these students are fromthe Fulton School. Abéy Adeoye, an honors student double

majoring in history and political science andEuropean studies minor, won the Boren awardto Tanzania to study Swahili. Chase Alexander, an ROTC cadet double

majoring in history and French, won the Borenaward to Morocco to study Arabic.Nate Sansom, an honors student double

majoring in political science and conflictanalysis and dispute resolution andinternational studies minor, won the Borenaward to Poland to study Polish.The alternates include Eva Fialkowski, an

ESOL major with minors in ethnic and globalliteratures and French, who wants to studyHindi (SAFLI) in India; Darian Mullikin, ahistory major and East Asian studies minor,who wants to study Korean in South Korea;Jared Johnson, a political science major and

history minor, who wants to study Russian inEstonia; and Hira Shahbaz, an English majorwith minors in South Asian studies, philosophy,and law, justice and advocacy minors, whowants to study Urdu (SAFLI) in India. The Boren Scholarship is for

undergraduates and pays up to $20,000 for asix-month study abroad outside of WesternEurope. The award emphasizes language studyand national security. It is sponsored by theDepartment of Defense and requires a one-year commitment to work for the U.S.government. People interested in federal government

careers are given priority. The scholarshipbrings with it non-competitive hiring in theU.S. government and access to otherwiseunpublished job advertisements. The three winners are Salisbury University’s

first for this prestigious award. Communicationarts major (and Fulbright scholar) PaygeJennings ’14, was our last student recognizedfor this award in 2012 when she was named analternate. Adeoye is also a PPIA Junior Summer

Institute Fellow. Alexander also has won aProject Go Award to study Arabic in Jordanthis summer. And Sansom is a BossermanUNESCO fellow. Shahbaz was also awarded a

Critical Language Scholarship to study Urduin India this summer.

Fulton Updates on Fellowship WinsOverallNoah Cline ’19, CADR major, ROTC,

Fulbright Award to National ChengchiUniversity in Taiwan to study Asia-Pacificstudies (will pay for a two-year master’s degree)David Basom ’19, history/secondary

education major, Fulbright ETA Award toIndiaHira Shahbaz ’20, English major, South

Asia minor, Critical Language Scholarship tostudy Urdu in IndiaAbiodun Adeoye ’20, history and political

science majors, European studies minor,Honors student, Public Policy andInternational Affairs Junior Summer InstituteFellow, Humphrey School of the University ofMinnesotaChacier Alexander ’21, history and

French major, Project GO Scholarship toJordanLarren Burgess ’19, psychology major,

philosophy minor, Gilman Scholarship toSouth AfricaNathaniel Sansom ’21, political science and

CADR majors, international studies minor,Honors student, Bosserman UNESCOFellowshipCourtney (Nicole) Hammond ’20,

environmental studies minor, Honors student,Udall ScholarshipWe also have a large list of semi-finalists and

finalists for the school, including for theFulbright, Truman, Clinton and otherfellowships. Thank you to the entire Fulton School for

your support of our candidates. Please sendany students who may be interested in theseawards to speak with Dr. Sally Perret or Dr. Kristen Walton. Perfect GPAs are notalways necessary, especially for the Fulbrightand Boren.

Fulton Students Thrive in Obtaining FellowshipsBy Kristen Walton

Abiodun Adeoye Nate Sansom Chase Alexander

Checking in at The Washington Center By Maggie Praley

My internship in the Department ofJustice’s Environmental Division inWashington, D.C., has been a

fulfilling and valuable experience. This hasbeen a great transition for me and a newchallenge that I was excited to take on. The DOJ hosts a lot of events and programs

and provides us with mentors and aninternship coordinator once we begin ourwork. I have learned a lot from my mentor

through conversations about the paths she hastaken, both personally and professionally. Wemeet every two weeks, and I talk to myinternship coordinator just about every day. I have been fortunate to be passionate about

and fulfilled by my work and to have a place Ienjoy going to every day. The professionaldevelopment courses are also helpful, and theevening class is interesting. These experiencesare valuable and significant résumé builders. If

I could do this program again, I would. The new experiences I have had in D.C.

have not been like anything I encounteredbefore. Not only are there museums, concertsand art galleries, there are sports events (theNationals, the Capitals and the Wizards), alongwith conferences, workshops, monuments andnew restaurants to explore. There is somethinghere for everyone, and it is quick and easy toget where you want to go.

Note: Salisbury University has seven students participating in The Washington Center program during the spring and summer 2019 sessions.

ARTJinchul Kim had two group exhibitions thisspring. “To Be a Woman” was at the KoreaCultural Center in Washington, D.C., fromMarch 8-25. “The Shape of my Heart” will beat the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts,from June 27-August 24, in Annapolis. Thereception take place June 27 from 5:30-7 p.m.

Congratulations to Kim’s painting student,Lindsay Prugh, who won the NortheastRegional Honors Conference Art Show for herwork, “Through the Voices of the Youth”(30”x40”. Oil on Canvas. 2019).

Jennifer Kruglinski gave a talk,“Photographic Innovation and the DelmarvaPeninsula,” about photographic technology onthe Eastern Shore at the Edward H. NabbCenter on April 11. The talk was inconjunction with the Nabb Center’s exhibition“Captured in Time: Glimpses of the EasternShore Through the Camera Lens,” on displayin the first floor lobby of the GuerrieriAcademic Commons through July 26.

Dean Peterson has work in eight differentshows, including four at the MarylandFederation of Art: “Rain Dreams” at theLower State House Show in Annapolis,“Market District” at the Working for a Livinggroup show, “Festival” at the online CurveGallery’s ‘Street Scenes’ exhibit and “Cabinet

for Clear Thought” at the Curve Gallery’s‘Winter Members Show.’Peterson has works at three different

exhibits at the Art League of Ocean City,including: Artists Choice Show with “FultonStill Life,” Not Your Mothers Still Life exhibitwith “Nuts for Nuts” and “St. Sauveur,” andthe Juried Corporate Partners Show with“Portal” and “Out of Business off theSquare.” Peterson also has his “Rain Dreams”exhibited at the Salisbury Art Space SpringMembers Show.

Brooke Rogers is serving as the inauguralFellow for Contemporary Art and CommunityEngagement at the Art League of Ocean City.The one-year appointment will allow Rogersto organize exhibitions, lead museum trips andshare his experience through gallery talks andother community programs.

Bill Wolff held asolo exhibition,“Dissolution,” at theRehoboth ArtLeague from April6-May 5 with aformal gallery talkon April 13. Wolffalso had one work,“Vanish,” includedin the 11th AnnualNational Juriedexhibition at theIdaho Falls ArtsCouncil Hall Gallery from March 14-June 2,and one work, “Squirrel Bomb,” included inthe DownEast National Sculpture Exhibitionfrom March 1-28. Wolff also has an ongoing project with

Bennett High School. This is a public work,

funded by a Fulton Public Humanities Grantand in conjunction with the Bennett Step Upprogram. Through the project, Wolff tookalginate molds of 20 students’ hands and castthem in bronze. The students came to SU,watched the bronze pour, opened the moldsand cleaned up the foundry. The work will beinstalled at Bennett, and there will be anunveiling scheduled for mid-May.

COMMUNICATION ARTSTwo of Vinita Agarwal’s research papers,“(Re)defining Breast Cancer Survivorship asEmbodied Space of ‘We’: HowComplementary and Alternative MedicineProviders Promote Body Acceptance” and“Unpacking the Elusive Dimensionality of‘Spirituality’ Based on Patient Description ofExperiences During Complementary andAlternative Medicine Treatment of Pain,”were accepted for presentation at theInternational Consortium of Complementaryand Medical Research at Brisbane, Australia,in April.Agarwal also will present her paper,

“Patient Communication of Chronic Pain inthe Complementary and AlternativeMedicine Therapeutic Relationship,” at theInternational Communication Association(ICA) in Washington, D.C., in May. Agarwal will serve as chair of a health

communication division panel for the ICA.She also served as a reviewer for the NationalCommunication Association (NCA) 2019health communication and feminist andwomen’s studies divisions and as a peerreviewer for the journals Health Communication,Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of AppliedCommunication Research and Frontiers inCommunication. She is serving on the BonnieRitter Book Award and Scholar ActivistAward committees for NCA’s Feminist andWomen’s Studies Division. Agarwal alsoparticipated in NCA’s Annual LeadershipRetreat at College Park as a Teaching andLearning Council member.

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“All of the Heartaches” 2011, oil on canvas, 18x24

Lindsay Prugh at the Northeast Regional Honors Conference Art Show with her work,“Through the Voices of the Youth.”

“Cabinet for Clear Thought”

“Vanish,” bronze on willowbase, 28"x6"x6"

“The Creative Act,” sassafras and copper leaf, 76"x38"x30." Background drawing, oil stick on aluminum foil, nine panels, each 30"x20."

“Squirrel Bomb,” cast iron and steel, 18"x11"x11"

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Departmental Reports(continued)G Douglas Barrett received an advancecontract from the University of Chicago Pressfor his forthcoming monograph, Experimentingthe Human: Experimental Music and TechnologicalPosthumanism. He gave a paper presentation onthis book project at Sonologia, aninternational sound studies conference heldApril 8-12 in São Paulo, Brazil. Barrettreceived a Faculty Mini Grant for archivalresearch, conference attendance and suppliesfor completing the book.Barrett will give a related invited talk at

the Transformations of the AudibleSymposium May 16-18 at the Institute ofSonology in The Hague, The Netherlands.Barrett will also co-lead an Associates Session,“Unhearing the Absolute: Theorizing MusicAfter Absolute Music,” at the Music &Philosophy Study Group’s Seventh BiennialConference July 11-12 at King’s College inLondon. His review of The Sonic Persona: AnAnthropology of Sound, by Holger Schulze, willappear in the next issue of The Journal of theRoyal Anthropological Institute.

Jennifer Cox’s co-authored paper, “Bringingthe Community to the Journalism: AComparative Analysis of Hearken-Driven andTraditional News at Four NPR Stations,” willbe published in Community Journalism thissummer. Cox also was accepted as a fellow forthe competitive Solutions JournalismEducators Academy in Portland, OR, thissummer. She plans to incorporate what shelearns into her forthcoming textbook onfeature storytelling and into her advancedjournalism classes.

Chrys Egan received the USM Board ofRegents Award for Outstanding Mentoring,the Maryland Top 100 Women Award and isnominated for the Wicomico County LibraryLight of Literacy Award. She is co-author ofthe article “The Capacious Model andLeader Identity: An Integrative Framework”in the Journal of Leadership Studies thatexamines how contexts and influences canencourage diverse leadership.

CONFLICT ANAYLSIS & DISPLUTE RESOLUTIONS.I. Keethaponcalan’s book, Post-WarDilemmas of Sri Lanka: Democracy and Reconciliation,was published by Routledge in March.

ENGLISHDerya Kulavuz-Onal presented “LessonsLearned Teaching Online in an OfflineCulture” with Karen Silverstrim (history)and Kathleen Arban (social work) at theMid-Atlantic Group Instructing with Canvasconference at Shenandoah University inWinchester, VA. Their presentation analyzed

the changing nature of online teaching oncampuses where the online medium is aperipheral method of instruction.

April Logan, president of the PaulineElizabeth Hopkins Society, will preside overthe Society’s 10th-anniversary celebration atthe American Literature Associationconference in May. The event includes areading of Hopkins’s Peculiar Sam, or TheUnderground Railroad (1879), made possiblethrough the generous support of the Office ofthe Provost at Salisbury University. Logan willpresent “Camera Obscura and Trethewey’sNative Guard,” which argues that NatashaTrethewey’s ekphrastic poetry reveals thatphotography and painting subvert theepistemologies of marginalized and dominantcultures.

Manav Ratti has an invited articleforthcoming in a special issue of Frame, aliterary studies and theory journal based in theNetherlands. Other contributors to Frameinclude Laurence Buell, Jonathan Culler, J.Hillis Miller and Martha Nussbaum. Hepresented at the American ComparativeLiterature Association conference and has hadpapers accepted for the conferences of theIndian Comparative Literature Associationand the American Association of AustralasianLiterary Studies. His book The PostsecularImagination was cited in Journal of RomanceStudies and New Hibernia Review and wastranslated into Finnish, Polish and Russian forextended citations in the European andRussian journals Er(r)go: Teoria, Literatura,Kultura; Idäntutkimus; Культурология; andWieloglos. His research in The Journal ofCommonwealth Literature was cited in The Hindu,one of India’s oldest newspapers.

Christopher Vilmar presented“Contentiousness as Mode: Polemic in theWorks of Samuel Johnson” at the AmericanSociety for 18th-Century Studies conference,where he also participated in the roundtable“The Doctor Is In.” The roundtable aims atmentoring graduate students and colleagues inthe field of 18th-century studies. He has twobook chapters and a lengthy review essayforthcoming in 2019-20.

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIESGina Bloodworth presented the paper“Experiential Education as it IntersectsGeography and Environmental Studies: SomeThings Must be Understood in the Field, orWe Lose Our Bearings” at the joint meeting ofCanadian Association of Geographers,International Geophysical Union, NationalConference on Geographic Education,Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, in August2018.Bloodworth will complete the Wicomico

River Watershed Atlas, Spring 2019 multi-mediapublication, to be posted electronically on theWicomico Environmental Trust website and

also with printed bound copies available bysummer. This was designed to be a K-12geographic education teaching tool to providelocal environmental issues as curriculum inlocal school districts but also to be available tothe public at large, and as a decision-makingresource for city and county officials.Bloodworth also co-presented the paper“Geographic Concepts Embedded withinAccessibility” at the American Association ofGeographers annual meeting in Washington,D.C., in April.

Gina Bloodworth and Rachel Piersonrecently published “Digging into Ditches: AHistorical-Geographic Analysis of AgriculturalDrainage Ditches on Maryland’s EasternShore” in the journal The PennsylvaniaGeographer. This was the culmination of ayearlong project working with Rachel Pierson,first as a funded Henson Summer Scholar,then as Honors’ thesis work and finally as apublished co-authored article. The researchapplies geographic tools, such as GIS, tounderstanding the structure and function ofsmall-scale water management systems, such asour local network of ag ditches.

Shane Hall will present a paper, “The FlawedIconography of Climate Chaos: (De)RacializedClimate Migrants and American War,” at theAssociation for the Study of Literature andEnvironment biennial conference at UC DavisJune 26-30.

James Hatley attended the initial workshopof the Religion and Extinction Network at theUniversity of Birmingham in December.Composed of 11 scholars from Great Britain,Australia, the U.S. and Canada, this group iscollaborating to publish a collection of essaysfocusing on how ways of thinking cultivated byvarious religious traditions might illuminateand critically assess the regime ofanthropogenic mass species extinction that iscurrently at play across the planet.

Tom Horton’s documentary film, Island Outof Time, premiered in March at the NationalEnvironmental Film Festival in Washington,D.C. It shows on Maryland Public Televisionon April 23 as part of MPT’s Chesapeake BayWeek. The film documents and explores theloss of community and culture on Maryland’sonly offshore inhabited island, Smith Island,where rising sea levels and shrinkingpopulations threaten a way of life that hasendured since the 1600s. Island Out of Timewas made in collaboration with producerSandy Cannon Brown and videographerDavid Harp. The team of Horton, Harp andBrown is now working on its fourth film onthe unique and little known African Americancommunity of San Domingo, about 15 milesfrom Salisbury University.

Sonja Kolstoe was awarded a 2019 FacultyMini Grant for her project “Understanding thePreference of Marylanders for Birds in their

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Backyard and Neighborhood.” Kolstoepresented her co-authored paper “Hurry Upand Weight: Auxiliary Data to ImproveRepresentativeness of Inference from CitizenScience Data” at a USDA-sponsored workshop“Applications and Potential of EcosystemServices Valuation within USDA – Advancingthe Science” in Washington, D.C., in April.Kolstoe was a featured speaker at the

Biodiversity of Cities Symposium at theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hillon April 26. The title of her presentation was“How eBirders Value Biodiversity in Cities:Inferences Based on Bird-watching Excursionsby Citizen/Community Scientists.”

Mike Lewis, in preparation for his sabbaticalproject focusing on the Chesapeake, organizeda panel with four other scholars (from fivedifferent disciplines) at the American Societyfor Environmental History's annual meeting inColumbus, OH. The panel discussed“Environmental History to Understand,Manage and Interpret the ChesapeakeRegion,” with Lewis providing chair andcommentary duties.

Fulbert Namwamba was selected for theCarnegie African Diaspora FellowshipProgram (CADFP) offered by the Institute ofInternational Education.

HISTORYDean Kotlowski will receive the inauguralFulbright Professional Scholarship inAmerican-Australian Alliance Studies and willbe based at the Australian National Universityin spring 2020. This is his third Fulbright,following awards to the Philippines (2008) andAustria (2016). Kotlowski was appointed byTreasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to be theU.S. history specialist on the Citizen’s CoinageAdvisory Committee, which advises the U.S.Mint on the design and historical accuracy ofU.S. coins. Past members of the CCAC haveincluded historian/biographer (of AndrewJackson) Robert V. Remini and Hall-of-Famebasketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Belen Vicens’ book review of Jessica A.Coope’s The Most Noble of People: Religious,Ethnic, and Gender Identity in Muslim Spain waspublished by the American Historical Review.

MODERN LANGUAGES & INTERCULTURAL STUDIESCarolina Bown will participate in the annualboard meeting of the Nonprofit LeadershipAlliance’s Professional Development Committeein Dallas, TX, in June. An important task forPDC board members will be the planning ofthe 2020 Alliance Management Institute (AMI)National Conference.

Louise Detwiler presented her conferencepaper, “Forgetting as Ethical Witnessing?Eduardo Galeano’s ‘Memorias y desmemorias’as Meta-testimony,” at the annual American

Comparative Literature Association conferenceat Georgetown University in March 2019. Herpresentation was a part of the seminar“Injustice, Violence, and Witnessing.”

Corinne Pubill presented her research paper“Lo abyecto en El marido de mi madrastra” on thepanel titled “Latin American Literature andCulture Latin American Literature andCulture I: The Work of Aurora Venturini” atthe annual Popular Culture Conference inWashington, D.C.

MUSIC, THEATRE & DANCEThe dance program welcomed BridgetWelty, the company manager for the PaulTaylor Dance Company, to Fulton Hall onApril 5. Welty has worked in New York Cityas a stage manager, tour manager, lightingdesigner and company manager. She hasextensive experience with professional danceand theater companies. Welty spoke withtheatre and dance students about her careerpath from college to company manager forone of the most respected dance companiesin the world.

Nan Richerson spoke at the 2019 MusicTeachers National Association nationalconference in Spokane, WA, in March. Thetitles of her presentations were “Coffee andConversations, Let's Play Games!” and“Strategizing, Teaching, Empowering: TheMany Hats of an RMM Teacher.” Inaddition to presenting, she served on thePedagogy Saturday Recreational MusicMaking (RMM) Track Planning Committeefor this conference.

Kara Dahl Russell was hired as the directorof the Summer Children’s Theatre Academyat the Mar-Va Theatre in Pocomoke City. Oneof the plays will be her own musicaladaptation of Jane Austen’s The Visit. InMarch, Dahl Russell premiered “The Love ofLever Harp,” a program of recital pieces andsongs, including the premiere of a new workby Iranian composer Hashem Reshadat.

Eric Shuster produced the fifth annualSalisbury Percussion Festival (SPF 19), a salonconcert and performed for New MusicSalisbury. Among these performances, he

premiered three new works, including his ownarrangement of a Dan Deacon composition.

POLITICAL SCIENCESarah Surak presented her paper, “Saying‘Thank You’ to Ecological Degradation UnderAuthoritarian Neoliberalism: DeclutteringOur Tactics,” at the Second BiennialConference of the Caucus for a New PoliticalScience in South Padre Island, TX. In herposition as reviews editor for the journal NewPolitical Science, she also participated on theroundtable “The State of New PoliticalScience: A Journal of Politics & Culture andits Future.”

PSYCHOLOGYSuzanne Osman presented “PredictingSexual Satisfaction with a Current PartnerBased on Partner and Nonpartner SexualVictimization Experience” at the annualmeeting of the American PsychosomaticSociety.

Karl Maier gave an invited presentation to aninternational audience at the 2019 AnnualScientific Meeting of the AmericanPsychosomatic Society in Vancouver, Canada,on March 7. He was selected to share histheoretical work in a talk, titled“Biopsychosocial Ecology as aTransdisciplinary Lens to the HumanMicrobiome and the (R)evolution of21st Century Medicine.”

Nan Richerson (rear right) and RMM Track Committee

Eric Shuster (rear center) and the SU Percussion Ensemble perform at the SalisburyPercussion Festival. Photo by Todd Dudek.

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What a great feeling it is toreconnect with alumni andto find out about the

wonderful things they are doing. Afterearning a Bachelor of Arts ininternational studies and Spanish, anda Bachelor of Science in geographicinformation systems in 2012, ColleenEschenburg moved to Ecuador whereshe became the director ofdevelopment at the nonprofit Hearts ofGold*. Eschenburg described herself as a

“proud Eastern Shore native who livesat the spine of the world.” Sheexplains that her work in a nonprofitallows her to generate connections

between north and south and to bridgeresources of knowledge, funding andtraining to inspiring Ecuadorian womenleading change in their communities. “I honor what SU gave me by

identifying it as part of my legacy, which Ihope to share with the world throughservice,” Eschenburg said. “SalisburyUniversity influenced me greatly, and I’mso thankful for it that I only hope I can payit forward a little bit each day.”She credits inspiring professors from

geography, modern languages and politicalscience, saying they were “fantasticprofessionals with warm hearts, all of themshedding light on various aspects of ourhuman nature.”

Spanish Alumna Spotlight By Carolina Bown

*The mission of Fundación Hearts of Gold is to help local leaders reach their full potential through a series of capacity building workshops, communitydialogues, and mentorship hours. Some programs, like Mírame, support Ecuadorian women from rural communities, and others, like the CommunityAssistance Program, support the unique needs of nonprofit professionals. Anyone interested in learning more, partnering with Hearts of Gold, or inquiringabout internship opportunities can contact Eschenburg by visiting http://heartsofgoldfoundation.org

(Third, from left) Colleen Eschenburg, Spanish and international studies alumna, working at a children’s development centerin Cuenca, Ecuador.

Courtney Hammond Wins SU’s First Udall Scholarship By Sonja Kolstoe

Courtney (Nicole) Hammond, a biologymajor, environmental studies minorand honors student, is Salisbury

University’s first Udall Scholar. As of mid-April, the Udall Foundation said

they anticipated awarding 50 of thesescholarships in 2019 (the exact numbers will bereleased in May). The Udall Foundationawards scholarships of up to $7,000 to theirUdall Scholars, and this is a nationallycompetitive scholarship open to collegesophomores and juniors for the following threecategories: environment, tribal policy and

Native American care. These three areas wereof great importance to the lawmakers, Morrisand Stewart Udall, whose memory thescholarship honors. Hammond applied under the environment

category, as she is interested in waterconservation policies and the associateddistributional consequences of those policies,particularly with regard to how they affectminority communities. The latter truly reflectsthe importance of a liberal arts education: tounderstand the multifaceted environmentalproblems the world now faces requires anunderstanding of the sciences, social sciencesand humanities. Hammond’s resume is impressive, making it

hard to believe she is only a junior. As afreshman, she was successful in obtainingfunding from SU’s Green Fund to build apollinator garden on campus, something that isstill in use today. She now serves a studentrepresentative on the Green Fund Board thatreviews Green Fund proposal. Last summer, Hammond was awarded a

Henson summer research grant to work withher mentor, Dr. Christina Bradley in theBiological Sciences Department, to study theecological impact of damming freshwatersystems, and she continues this work as part ofher honors thesis.

In March, Hammond was part of a groupof students, led by Dr. Shane Hall from theDepartment of Environmental Studies, whopresented a roundtable “(Re)DefiningDocuments: The Enduring and EvolvingLegacy of the ‘Principles of EnvironmentalJustice’” at the National EnvironmentalJustice Conference in Washington, D.C. Shehas been an active member of theEnvironmental Student Association since shecame to SU, and she is currently serving asthe president. She is also an active member ofthe Honors College and serves as a studentambassador. This coming summer, Hammond will be

busy. In addition to attending the UdallScholar Orientation in Tucson, AZ, inAugust, she will also spend most of hersummer in Rhode Island because she wasawarded a Research Experiences forUndergraduate (REU) spot in the program atthe University of Rhode Island.Congratulations to Nicole!If you are a student or know of a student

that will be a sophomore or junior who isinterested in applying to the Udall Scholarshipfor 2020, have them check out the UdallFoundation website at www.udall.gov/OurPrograms/Scholarship and then contactme at shkolstoe@salisbury.edu.

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Another fantastic year has passed as SU’sDepartment of Music, Theatre andDance hosted its 13th Annual

Celebration of Great Composers concert onApril 14 in Great Hall.For 13 years, the Celebration of Great

Composers concert, coordinated by LubaPaskova with the help of local piano teachers,has served as a fundraising event for theSalisbury University Performing Arts Fund.This year’s event was made possible, in part,by a grant from the Salisbury Wicomico ArtsCouncil that was awarded by the MarylandState Arts Council and the NationalEndowment for the Arts. The Great Composers concerts focus on a

specific composer or genre of music. For thelast two years, we were fortunate to feature andhost guest composers, such as ViktoriiaBabaeva, of Saint Petersburg, and JeffreyChappell, of Washington, D.C. Meeting andworking with living composers has greatimpact on local piano students and audiencesalike and gives young people tremendousmotivation and inspiration for further study.The first generation of piano students that

played on Great Composers concerts hasgrown up. My hope is that their time on thestage is a wonderful memory from theirchildhood. It’s exciting to say that the numberof participating teachers is increasing. Two ofour new teachers, Ryan Deysher and GiaBautista, are Celebration of Great Composersalumni – an incredible accomplishment!This year’s concert theme was From Russia

with Music: Beautiful Stories and Heritage ofRussian Composers. The program highlightedguest composer and pianist Kat Souponetsky, aJuilliard and Curtis Institute of Musicgraduate. The concert was a success, and largecrowds enjoyed hearing Souponetsky’sstunning performances and appreciated theofferings of Eastern Shore pianists. “We dipped our spirits in the exquisite joy of

sound coming From Russia with Music – thelove of music and talent that took us out ofourselves, beyond the sun and returned to

earth as never before, forever changed,”SWAC President Therese Hamilton said.“Thank you, all, and artful blessings forever!”“A wonderful program of many talented

students,” local musician Virginia Russelladded. “I heard some Russian music that wasnew to me.”Piano teachers who participated include

Barbara Arya, Gia Bautista, Ryan Deysher,Carole Lohmann, Sharon Lonsdale, RyanOgburn, Luba Paskova, Laura Spies andSusan Upton.

From Russia with Music By Lyubov Paskova

Session participants receiving their diplomas.

Therese Hamilton (SWAC president) and Luba Paskova with her piano studentsKara Dahl Russell (narrator), Luba Paskova (event coordinator) and Kat Souponetsky(guest pianist).

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The Fulton (Middle) School of Liberal Arts

Students learningthrough the FultonSchool of Liberal

Arts may start to lookyounger and younger. Inaddition to educating ourregular Universitystudents, the FultonSchool has severalopportunities to bringarts, humanities andsocial science curriculumto middle school students.SU showcased some of

our programs on March12 at the JuniorAchievement “Inspire”event at the WicomicoYouth and Civic Centerfor all county eighth grade students to learnmore about future careers. For instance, theCommunication Arts Department boothfeatured activities to illustrate our media andinterpersonal programs. Middle school students could practice

reading the news from ateleprompter while viewingthemselves on a nearby screen.To understand listening skillsand interculturalcommunication, studentslearned to pick up gummybears with chopsticks. Communication Arts

Department Chair Lori DeWittand Associate Chair PaulScovell spearheaded the event.In addition, the Public

Humanities Committee hasawarded a grant this summer toSU’s Youth InnovationAcademy (YIA) to showcaseFulton programs to five studentswho will receive partial

scholarships. Previously known as the GirlsInnovation Academy, the YIA expands thissummer to offer six weeks of fun, educationalprogramming for middle school boys and girls.Be on the lookout for these young scholarsand their lead faculty.

Summer 2019 Youth InnovationAcademyGirls Innovation Academy 1June 17-28“Bringing Stories to Life: Literary CSI andComputer Animation”Instructors: Jennifer Cahall; Mark Robuck

Boys Innovation AcademyJuly 8-12“Mix It Up: Career Exploration and CuttingEdge Music Technology”Instructors: Ted Nichols; Kevin Fallon

Girls and Boys Innovation AcademyJuly 15-19“Make Your Own Magic: Ingenuity and Self-Reliance through YA Literature of HarryPotter, Lord of the Flies and More”Instructors: Mou Chakraborty; Lacey Payne

Girls Innovation Academy 2July 29-August 9“Trailblazers: Outdoor Leadership andEntrepreneurship” Instructors: Christy Harper; Bill Burke“Media and Me: An Exploration of Self andHow Media and Photography Influence Girls”Instructors: Deb Dickerson; Mehves Lelic;Jean Goblinger; Stacia Kock

For more information, visit www.salisbury.edu/administration/president/cell/middle-school-youth-programs.aspx or contact Mary AngelaBaker or Chrys Egan.

By Chrys Egan