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Page 3Retool Our SchoolFootball Decision

Page 4Professors Receive ResearchAward

Fine Arts Faculty Win Awards

Page 5Mojos’ Joel OliveStudent CritiquesObama Speech

Page 8Calendar of EventsSave the Date Dinner TheatreSave the Date Award Luncheon

Page 7Alumnus Credits UMESfor Success

Phil-anthropy

Page 6Athletics

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A newslet ter for s tudents , facul ty, s taf f, a lumni and fr iends March 8, 2013

INSIDEPage 2Jazz Great PerformsFaces Exhibit at Mosely

February was a bittersweetmonth for the UMES community,which found itself coping withthe deaths of two of its own –junior Edmond St. Clair andformer student Dickson Muiruri– over homecoming weekend.

President Juliette B. Bellcalled a campus-wide Town Hallmeeting Feb. 19 that drewupwards of 3,000 people to theWilliam P. Hytche AthleticCenter, where those whogathered heard words ofcondolence andencouragement tounify the campusand begin thegrieving process.

Classes thefollowing day werecancelled for a Dayof Reflection, whichenabled the Class of2014 and StudentGovernmentAssociation leadersto hold a memorial program paying tribute to St. Clair and Muiruri. Itincluded prayers, music, eulogies, the lighting of candles and a symbolicballoon release.

St. Clair was a 21-year-old biology major who talked of becoming adoctor. Nicknamed “Trini Wes” for his Trinidad heritage, he was said toenjoy producing reggae music.

Muiruri, 26,was studying aviationsciences at UMESuntil December. Hewas a veteran of theU. S. Marine Corps.

“We live inextraordinarily fast-moving times andthe events of the pastfew days havecaused all of us not

UMESUMESonly a great deal of heartbreakand sadness, but to take acollective assessment of ourlives. We all have heard thesaying that tough times canmake us stronger. These areindeed tough times, not only forthe families of those who havelost loved ones, but the greaterUMES community as well,” saidDr. Juliette B. Bell, president atUMES, in an open letter tofaculty, staff and students. “Withyour help and prayers, I amconfident that we will emergefrom this challenging time astronger UMES family.”

She ended with anappropriate quote from Dr.Martin Luther King Jr., “Theultimate measure of a man isnot where he stands in momentsof comfort and convenience, butwhere he stands at times ofchallenge and controversy.”

Dr. Ron Mclean,

director of counseling

services at UMES,

conveys a message to

the campus

community about the

grieving process.

Photos by Jim Glovier

Campus copes with tragedy

After a stirring rendition of

“How Great is Our God”

mourners released balloons

symbolizing the spirit of the

fallen Hawks.

A student signs a card for

the families of St. Clair and

Muiruri. Attendees also

made donations to a funeral

fund to aid their families.Photos by Amanda Rippen-White

and his own studio in N.Y. “Mr. McCaffrey has a

method of composing form anddesigning rhythms of line thatdrive the viewer into his workand keeps them there,” saidBeardsley. By focusing on thehead, she said, he is able to “express thecomplexities and subtleties of human nature.”

Other artists in the show are: John Mosher ofSalisbury. with works in mixed media on paper;Nicolas Holiber of N.Y. using oil painting on steel and

mixed media sculpture; Ledelle Moe ofBaltimore. sculpting in concrete; and Robert Simon ofPhiladephia. showing pieces in earthenware, bronze andplaster.

“To enter a space surrounded by the varyingexpressions and feelings of each piece of art has been

the reward in curating this show,” Beardsley said. “I amsure viewers will be as engaged as I and will take away much

from this experience.”The Mosely Gallery is free and open to the public

Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. Call 410-651-7770 for more information or to schedule a group.

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UMES Jazz Ensemble hosts Legendary saxophonist Jimmy Heath performs with the UMES JazzEnsemble March 27 at a 7 p.m. concert in the Ella Fitzgerald Center for thePerforming Arts.

Director of Bands Dr. John R. Lamkin said he and students are honored towork with a musician of Heath’s stature. “To be around someone of that caliberwho has experienced all of the changes in the music industry from the 1940s tothe present, is like being around a living encyclopedia of jazz,” he said.

Heath was born in 1926, the same year as John Coltrane and Miles Davis,Lamkin said.

The saxophonist is a National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Master who has“played with the likes of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Milt Jackson,” Lamkinsaid. In fact, Lamkin said, Heath was given the nickname “Little Bird” by Gillespiebecause he sounded so much like Parker, his mentor. Parker was known as“Bird.”

Heath also performed and recorded for over 30 years with his brothers,Percy and Albert “Tootie,” Lamkin said. Together, they were known as the HeathBrothers.

“We’re going to play a few of his original pieces as well as arrangements he’smade of the music of well-known jazz composers,” Lamkin said. In therepertoire, he said, is “A Flower is a Lovesome Thing” composed by BillyStrayhorn and Heath’s arrangement of Dizzy Gillespie’s “Fiesta MoJo.”

The concert is $10 general admission and $3 for students with identification.Tickets will be sold at the door. Call 410-651-6571 for more information.

Mosely Gallery interimdirector Corrine Beardsley curatesa show, “FACE, FACE,” March 29through April 26 at the Universityof Maryland Eastern ShoreThomas/Briggs Arts andTechnology Center.

The exhibit, which featuresfive established and emergingartists, opens with a receptionMarch 29, from 4-6 p.m. Artistsfeatured in “FACE, FACE” use therepresentation of the head as avehicle for expression,Beardsley said.

“The works vary fromrealism to abstraction,”she said, “andinclude a wide

variety of mediums including ceramics, wax andconcrete sculpture, paintings and collage.”

One of the artists, Quentin McCaffrey, will alsopresent an artist lecture March 11, at 6 p.m. in the Gallery.McCaffrey, an emerging artist who received his master’sdegree in fine arts from the New York Academy of Art, willtalk about his contemporary sculpture in beeswax andbronze and his career sculpting for Jeff Koons Studio

Jazz

Great

Mosely Gallery hosts“FACE, FACE” exhibition

Cockwise top left works by: Nicolas Holiber, Ledelle

Moe, Quentin McCaffrey, Robert Simon, John Mosher

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It’s an Internet and socialmedia blitz as the campuscommunity strives to win a pieceof a $225,000 “pie” in TheHome Depot’s 2013 “RetoolYour School” campus improvement grant program.

“It’s a good opportunity to get funds to enhance ourfacilities, making UMES a nicer place for students to come tostudy and learn and for employees to work,” said Leon Bivens,director of the university’s physical plant and initiator of theschool’s involvement in the project.

UMES, he said, is in a pool of 75 HBCUs chosen asfinalists in the challenge. The schools are competing for a$50,000 grand prize, with 12 runner-up prizes, awarded on a combinationof scores of the submitted campus improvement project proposals andonline voting. A $25,000 Campus Pride grant is also up for grabs to thecampus that receives the most votes and social media activity.

Bivens urges supporters to visit www.retoolyourschool.com nowthrough April 15 to cast their vote for their favorite school, UMES, or to useTwitter or Instagram at #umesRYS2013. Voters can also go to the UMEShomepage and click on The Home Depot logo. Voting began Feb. 18.

“To win, we need everyone’s help to cast their vote and show their

UMES will remain an institutionwithout intercollegiate football for thenear future, President Juliette B. Bellannounced Feb. 28.

After consulting with hercabinet, Bell acceptedrecommendations by a task force sheappointed to evaluate an independentconsultant’s study of the pros andcons of reinstating football.

“The university is not currentlyin a position, with either human orfiscal resources, to reinstate footballat this time,” the task force reportconcludes.

While fielding a Division I football team would be too costly right now,the topic could be revisited in five years, the report also notes.

The task force headed by Dr. Earl S. Richardson, a UMES graduate andretired president of Morgan State University, recommends the universityfocus on:• Stabilizing the existing athletic program and balancing the existing

athletic budget, including cost containment and generating additionalnon-state revenue.

• Conducting an in-house review within three years to determine ifenough progress has been made that would position the university toreconsider the subject in five years.

• Continuing to support club football “as a way to maintain enthusiasmand school spirit.”When the university had a football team, it regularly produced athletes

who went on to play professionally in the 1950s and 60s. UMES last playedfootball in 1979, when it had fewer than 1,000 students.

Eleven of UMES’ peer institutions in the Mid-Eastern Athletic

support for UMES,” Bivenssaid. Voting is not limited tofaculty, staff and students andalumni, he added. Anyone inthe continental U.S. can vote.

Bivens points out that one of the most important things is thatindividuals can vote daily and can Tweet and use Instagram onan unlimited basis.

Winners will be announced May 3. After the April 15online voting deadline, a panel of judges will evaluate eachschool’s proposal. How the proposals stack up are based ontheir relevance to the challenge’s requirements and how eachproject will make a lasting, positive impact on their campuses;

those with eco-friendly plans will be given special attention.UMES’ project is replacing fluorescent lighting with energy-efficient

LED lighting to reduce the school’s carbon footprint, Bivens said. Painting isalso proposed for doors, trim, walls, classrooms and residential areas toimprove general aesthetics.

The week of Feb. 18, the university surged into the Top 10, once itstarted to publicize its participation. Since then, UMES has risen as high asfirst.

“Cast your vote,” he said, “it matters. We can win this.”

Conference compete against suchschools as the University of Delaware,James Madison University andTowson University.

“I know some of our alumni,especially those who were here whenthe university fielded a football team,may be disappointed,” Dr. Bell said.“However, I know that they share myrespect for the unforgettable footballlegacy of this institution.”

“The task force is to becommended for doing a thorough jobof analyzing the consultant’s report

and showing us how those facts fit into our current environment,” Bell said.“I concur with its conclusions.” Bell noted her senior advisers wereunanimous in their support of the task force’s recommendation.

Bell’s predecessor, interim President Mortimer Neufville, initiated theexploration of restarting intercollegiate football after determining the topicwas worth revisiting after some three decades.

The University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents last fall adopteda policy that requires intercollegiate athletic program expenditures to becovered by intercollegiate athletic revenue. Some USM public colleges,including UMES, have previously supplemented athletics’ budgets withfunding from other sources.

“We live in challenging economic times,” Bell said. “We must continueto focus the university’s limited resources on its core mission of educatingstudents.”

In his concluding statement, Richardson said “with increased humanand fiscal resources, and a strengthening of the infrastructure, the taskforce believes the university’s athletic program can be enhanced, therebycharting a new course in the university’s athletic legacy.”

UMES seeks to “Retool Our School”

UMES passes on restarting intercollegiate football

positions that should tell them better forfuture plans,” Sharma, a professor in theDepartment of Business, Management &Accounting, said.

The contributions of Sharma andRababaah were to design an intelligentsoftware system based on artificial neuralnetworks combined with signal processing.The software would provide a decisionsupport system that would automatically givewhat they believe will be “a more reliableforecast for predictions on stock marketindices.”

Rababaah said he and Sharma used real-world data for a 12-yearperiod for the Dow 30 and the Nasdaq 100 indices for training and testingthe proposed model. The model’s predictions accuracy was 98.6 percent,he said.

“The research anticipates that the future studies will utilize advancedsignal processing techniques such as Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) andDiscrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) to further explore the effectiveness ofthese techniques for stock market predictions,” Sharma said.

Drs. Dinesh K. Sharma and AaronR. Rababaah, professors in the university’sSchool of Business and Technology,received the Distinguished Research Awardof the Academy of Information andManagement Sciences for their work on apredictive model for stock market indices.

The award was presented at the 2012Allied Academies Conference. Sharma andRababaah’s article was published in theconference proceedings and also will bepublished in the Academy of Informationand Management Sciences Journal.

“Stock market indices vary and have unpredictable patterns,”Rababaah, an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics andComputer Science, said. “For human analysis, it is not easy to monitor themto have strong and accurate predictions for trends in the future.”

Rababaah said it is critical for major businesses and financialorganizations to know these indices because it affects their planning.

“Analysts at these organizations work around the clock to keep trackof the stock market indices to make accurate and reliable financial

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UMES professors recognized for stock market research/model

S C H O O L N E W S

Dinesh K. Sharma Aaron R. Rababaah

Fine Arts facultywin awards in local show

Three members of UMES’ Department of Fine Arts exhibiting took home awards last month in theSalisbury Art Institute & Gallery’s show, “Figures and Portraits.”

The exhibit featured 40 works by 23 artists, including five from UMES. Artworks consisted primarily ofportraits, self-portraits, figures and nudes.

Corrine Beardsley, the Mosely Gallery’s interim director,was awarded the “Best Use of Medium” for her piece, “Self,”a ceramic nude sculpture in a twisted pose. Daily Times artcritique Ursula Ehrhardt said, “The work challengestraditional approaches to this subject, in that the nude isrepresented as an idealized personification of nature, art orbeauty. In contrast, this nude, with its cracked surfaces,broken skull and contorted pose conveys a sense ofvulnerability and psychological turmoil.”

David Simpson, an adjunct instructor, won the “Form,Integrity and Expressive Power” award for his “Lover,Rearrange Me.” The large-scale pencil drawing Ehrhardt said,“underscores the nude’s beauty and sensual appeal.”

Associate Professor Michel Demanche received anhonorable mention for her photograph “Zone 6, Self Portraitwith Scars.” In the review, Ehrhardt said a woman lookinginto a mirror usually represents beauty, vanity or pride. “Incontrast,” she said, “Demanche uses this motif to show theaging process and to allude to personal growth throughintense self-examination and self-acceptance.”

“Zone 6, Self-Portrait

with Scars” by Michel

Demanche

“Lover,

Rearrange

Me” by

David

Simpson

“Self” by Corrine

Beardsley

infrastructure could prove to be important to mygeneration. Repairing roads and bridges, like theBay Bridge, can attract more travelers, which helpstourism. Tax reform could help students in UMES’

business and construction management programs byattracting businesses to the state and keeping those alreadyhere, making jobs easier to come by for college graduates inthis area. The same would be true for entrepreneurs in thehospitality industry, where graduates of UMES’ signature hoteland restaurant management program are always looking for acareer.

Much of President Obama’s economic policies lackeddetail. They were more about what needed to be done ratherthan how to go about doing it, especially avoiding the loomingsequester cuts and debt ceiling question – events that could

make every economic proposal he spoke about worthless. The path our nation seems to choose, at least in my lifetime, is

exporting democracy at the tip of a gun or bomb, especially in the MiddleEast, instead of focusing on actual goods, which would be a better strategythat can positively affect America. History teaches us that interfering withanother country’s affairs and warring can lead to a nation’s downfall.

Unfortunately, the emptiness and recycled ideas in the 2013 State ofthe Union address reflects a 2012 candidate who for many Americans wasthe lesser of two evils.

– Leroy Myers, senior history major at UMES

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In college, Joel Olive had a goal forhimself —own a restaurant by age 25.

He failed.“I actually signed the paperwork

for MoJo’s a month and 20 daysbefore my 26th birthday,” says thechef/co-owner of the Salisbury eatery.“So I kind of reached that goal —itwasn’t open at 25, but I felt like I wasgoing to keep pushing for it.”

Still only 27, Olive’s career continuesto rise from a freshman who had no

intention of being a chef in college.In 10 years, his path has taken him from dorm cook

to restaurateur. And with about 15 months at the helm ofMoJo’s, he has no intention of

slowing down.The

professionaldrive

President Obama said very little new to inspiremy generation during his most recent State of theUnion address. Many of his ideas and proposals forstrengthening the nation struck me as recycledfrom stump speeches during his two campaigns.

The president mentioned the importance of making hardwork valuable again, and creating more opportunities. Myhope is those opportunities will be consumed by futurecollege graduates like me, who face a depressed job marketwhere favoritism unfortunately can trump qualifications.

His boldest proposal was increasing the minimum wageto $9. Adjusting the minimum wage with inflation would helpcollege students, who rely on minimum-wage jobs to supportthemselves. In 2008, however, then-candidate Obamaproposed the federal minimum wage be raised to $9.50 anhour by 2011. With 19 states – not including Maryland, of course – alreadyat or above $9 per hour, it is difficult to understand why the federalgovernment has not addressed this issue.

The president also proposed extending tuition tax credits. They wouldgive more young people the chance to earn their way through college bydoubling the number of work-study jobs and encouraged universities tokeep tuition costs down. It is difficult for schools like UMES to keep tuitionaffordable when they historically have not received the same level offunding as predominantly white institutions.

Lowering the corporate tax rate and investing in the country's

Olive (first name pronounced “Joe-EL”) possesses is hidden by a laid-backdemeanor.

He sits slightly slouched in one of the booths of his restaurant, eyeingthe weekday lunch crowd trickling in. Even dressed in his black chef’sjacket with a white MoJo’s dog mascot adorned over the left breast, nobodyseems to notice him.

Not that Olive minds.“I’m a pretty modest person —I don’t go on too many vacations, I

don’t have a lot of flashy things,” he says. “I have my car and my house andthat’s it.”

It could have been different for Olive, who arrived in Maryland fromPhiladelphia in 2003. The plan since high school was to become aphysician’s assistant or possibly a doctor.

“I did my first year, I had good grades, my parents were happy, but Ikind of woke up one day and said, ‘I just don’t like going to class,’ ”hesaid.

On Sundays, Olive would usually host a big meal for his friends in thedorms of University of Maryland Eastern Shore. After one dinner, someonesuggested he might want to consider switching over to the university’s hoteland restaurant management program.

He switched majors.“I was excited to cut vegetables, I was excited to choponions,” he said, smiling at the memory. “I was just stokedabout it. Not only did I enjoy class, but I was going towardsomething I was going to keep enjoying.”

After UMES, Joel found himself about 13 milesnorth at Market Street Inn in Salisbury where he

Student critiques Obama's State of Union

Got his MoJo's working

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Over the past two years, theUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shorevolleyball team has found out whatwinning feels like. The span has seenthe Hawks register two Mid-EasternAthletic Conference titles, a pair ofNCAA Tournament appearances and 52wins.

Throw in a perfect 15-0 record athome and a 23-1 mark in conferenceand what do you have?

A powerhouse.There are many reasons why the

team is so successful. It could be coaching, as head coach Don Metil hasrecorded 230 wins with a 106-18 record in conference over 11 seasons. Itcould be recruiting, where the Hawks have landed players from 13 states andseven different countries on three continents over the past five years. It couldalso be depth, as the Hawks have had five players named to the All-MEAC teamsince 2011.

Ultimately, it comes down to the play of the student-athletes. The Hawkshave had some sterling individual performances to spawn the success, but noeffort may have been more important than that of sophomore outside hitterSaitaua Iosia.

As a freshman, she was among the top outside hitters in the nation andwas named Russell HBCU Female MVP of the Year and MEAC Rookie of theYear. In 2012, she was named COBRA Magazine All-National First Team, MEACTournament Most Valuable Performer and was 12th in Division I with 5.11points per set. The four-time MEAC Player of the Week was top in theconference in aces per set and third in kills and points per set.

Despite her incredible first two seasons as a Hawk, Iosia has not alwaysbeen a star player.

“Growing up, I always worked twice as hard as most girls because Iwasn’t a top player,” Iosia said. “I was insecure about my volleyball skills, butworking harder has made me the kind of athlete that I am today.”

Iosia played volleyball at Long Beach Polytechnic High School in LongBeach, Calif. She grew as a player over her four years with the Jackrabbits, andher prep career was highlighted by being named Player of the Year in 2010.

It was her effort that propelled LBPHS to the No. 3 ranking in the United

States and the top spot in all ofCalifornia. She played club ball withLong Beach Mizuno Club in SouthernCalifornia, where the squad earnedfifth at the Junior OlympicChampionships.

She attributes several things toher growth as an athlete, but herbiggest motivation is her parents. Sheis also very proud of her Pacific Islandsheritage.

“I don’t know anyone else whoworks harder than my parents,” Iosia

said. “They have sacrificed a lot for my brothers, sisters and I. They deserveit all.”

Iosia’s strong attachment to her family was pivotal in bringing her to thegame of volleyball.

“Growing up, I was always around my two older brothers,” Iosia said.“Whatever they did, I wanted to do. I only committed myself into doingsomething if all of my other family members were doing it, too. I did not wantto play volleyball the first time I was asked to play. I only played because halfof my cousins were on the team. I never would have thought the game wouldtake me this far or mean so much to me.”

Why Iosia would leave her family to come all the way to the EasternShore? For Iosia, it was a tough decision, but one she is happy she made.

“Coming from California, I wanted to experience something different,”Iosia said. “I talked to (former Hawk and California native) Zoe Bowens’slittle sister, Zana, and she had Zoe contact me with information. The next thingyou know, I got a call from the coaches. It was a long process, but for themost part, it was worth it. I chose to come here because I really felt the loyaltyfrom the coaching staff.”

It takes more than one player to make a team great, but Iosia has doneher share to bring success to the Hawks. It is her chipper and positivepresence that have helped not only her team, but the athletics department aswell.

And it is all because she was not afraid to take a risk.

– David Wigham, UMES Athletics

served as executive chef for five years.“He wanted that position,” said Rob Mulford,

Market Street Inn’s owner. “Joel was a very hardworker and honest —he was always at Market StreetInn and that is important in this business, knowingthat it is long hours and you will always need to bethere.”

Mulford saw enough in Olive to have an equalpartnership in their next venture, MoJo’s, which thetwo opened in November 2011.

Olive spends 12-16 hours there, not onlycooking but handling money, booking parties andother things outside the kitchen.

“Everyone thinks a restaurant or any business is a cash-cow, but it’snot,” he says. “It costs a lot of money to do and it costs a lot of money tomaintain.”

Before the dinner rush, Olive is back in thekitchen doing what he loves. This evening, he’shauling large steam trays filled with ribs to a prepstation.

Someone hands him a spoonful of sauce to taste.He takes it, considers it and then spits it out.

“I get the heat, but I don’t think the flavor isthere,” Olive says.

While the rest of the kitchen whirls with action—servers picking up food, staff running hot pansback and forth —Olive remains at a steady speed,never fazed by anything.

It’s a trait even one of his mentors admires.“Joel is a natural,” said UMES Chef Ralston Whittingham. “He has a

culinary ‘mise en place,’ which is French for having things in place bothmentally and physically. Joel personifies that phrase; he is always ready.

Written by Ben Penserga Staff Writer The Daily Times

Joel Olive, chef and co-owner of MoJo’s

keeps a watchful eye in the kitchen.

Photos by Ben Penserga

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Hawks returning for homecoming festivities,Feb. 14-17, welcomed a new member, “Phil,”among them. Alumni chapters found it anopportune time to present gifts to their almamater and students.

Several presentations were made at halftimeat the UMES vs. Morgan State Universityhomecoming game to the UMES Foundation forvarious funds. See photos below.

Not pictured, UMES’ chapter of theDelta Sigma Theta Sorority, used the alumni

Sherman Lambert credits his success as an attorney and pastor tothe education he received in the 1970s at the University of MarylandEastern Shore – and the kindness of a former employee who is also analumnus.

“People will help you,” Lambert said. “Sometimes you don’t have toask.”

Lambert delivered a powerful guest lecture Feb. 21 at UMES on the“continuing relevance” of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from aBirmingham Jail.” The event was part of the university’s Black HistoryMonth programming and recognized the 50th anniversary of an importantmoment in the nation’s civil rights movement.

During a question-and-answer session, Lambert spotted his long-timefriend, Norman Tilghman, in the audience. He shared how Tilghman, whowas a housing director on campus, quietly paid an $80 bill for him duringhis senior year so he could graduate.

Their reunion Thursday was an opportunity for the 1974 alumnus tounderscore one of the many lessons he attributes to King’s legacy: “We

Alumnus lectures; credits school with his success

The Rev. Sherman Lambert, center, is surrounded by fellow alumni,

from left, Charles Laws (Class of ’59) and Kirkland Hall (Class of ’74).

Alumni chapters find

“Phil-anthropy”

have to own the things we have gone through in our lives. Get connected.You can’t do it by yourself … but you have to keep pressing on.”

The “pay it forward” lesson learned as a UMES undergraduate guidesLambert today. A recent client, a college student unable to pay his tuitionbill, moved Lambert to draw on Tilghman’s gesture four decades earlier tohelp the young man financially finish his education.

“When I told Mr. Tilghman all those years ago I couldn’t afford to repayhim, he told me to ‘pass it on’,” said Lambert, who was born inWashington, but grew up in York, Pa. following his parents’ divorce.

The smile on Tilghman’s face after Lambert’s lecture spoke volumes.“It makes me feel very proud,” said Tilghman, a 1966 Maryland State

College graduate, “It’s a joy seeing that young man succeed the way hehas.”

Lambert was 15 when James Earl Ray assassinated King in Memphis inApril 1968, but it wasn’t until he became an adult that Lambert gained anappreciation of the late civil rights leader’s impact on America. King’sadvocacy of non-violent protests – sit-ins, boycotts and marches, he said,“were radical. They conflicted with the order of the day.”

In King’s day, white dominated legislatures were slow to correct socialinjustices, so churches played a key role in organizing, supporting andconsoling participants in the civil rights movement who endured theirshare of dark days.

“It’s important to understand the past and present, and not be afraidto fight in the future,” Lambert said.

K.J. McClay, a junior from San Diego, Calif., said Lambert’s messageinspired him.

McClay was raised by grandparents, who he said share many of the lifeexperiences Lambert spoke about during the lecture.

Lambert “had a very powerful message,” McClay said. “He showed mewhat I should strive for, and not overlook the lessons of the past.

After the lecture, Lambert and Tilghman embraced.“Thank you for speaking to these young people,” Tilghman said, “and

passing it on.”

homecoming breakfast to present a $250scholarship to three UMES students; allBaltimorians. Kristin Chaney, a freshman, andByron Smith, a senior, were present to receivetheir awards.

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8 OPENING RECEPTION ART EXHIBIT4-6 p.m. / Mosely Gallery“Unexpected.” UMES Fine Arts students use various mediumsto express themselves through art. 410-651-7770

9 MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE SPELLING BEE10 a.m. / Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing ArtsTop spellers from local elementaryand middle schools vie to representthe Lower Shore at the ScrippsNational Spelling Bee competition inWashington, D.C. • 410-621-2355

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11 ARTIST LECTURE6 p.m. / Mosley GalleryQuentin McCaffrey discusses his sculpting career. 410-651-7770

27 *JAZZ ENSEMBLECONCERT7 p.m.Ella FitzgeraldCenter for thePerforming Art$10 general admission / $3 students with ID 410-651-6571

29 ART EXHIBITION OPENING4-6 p.m. / Mosley Gallery“FACE, FACE.” A curated show of five artists who use therepresentation of the head as a vehicle for expression. Fromrealism to abstraction, the exhibition includes ceramics,paintings, collage, and wax and concrete sculpture. 410-651-7770

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UMESDinnerTheatreApril 12 & 13

Ticket holders are treated to a lively musical, “One Mo’ Time” by theUMES Drama Society, while feasting on a “Soul Food” buffet prepared

by Dining Services.

April 2, 201311:30 a.m.

Student Services Center Ballroom

SAVE THE DATEAN N U A L AWA R D S

LU N C H E O NCelebrating years of service to UMES

in five year increments

Invitations will be issued for awardees and one guest.

MARCHRhythm & hues