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INSIDEPage 2One Maryland One Book TourInternational Ed. Week

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UMES Doctoral Student

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COMMUNICATION IS

Dr. Jo-Ellen Asbury and the Executive Board of the Womenin Maryland Higher Education (WIMHE), have invited Universityof Maryland Eastern Shore president, Dr. Thelma B. Thompson,to serve as keynote speaker for the 2009 Women in MarylandHigher Education annual luncheon. Themed “The Sky is the Limit:Women in Higher Education,” the event is scheduled for Friday,November 13, at 11:30 a.m. at the Community College ofBaltimore County – Catonsville.

The Maryland Network of Women in Maryland HigherEducation is a state chapter of the American Council onEducation’s (ACE) National Network for Women Leaders. TheACE’s Office of Women in Higher Education (OWHE) provides the nationaldirection for each chapter as they are charged with identifying women leadersin higher education, encouraging women leaders to make full use of theirabilities, advancing women into senior-level positions, linking women leaders atall levels to one another and supporting the retention of women in highereducation.

The 13th president of UMES, Thompson serves on the ACE Board ofDirectors and is a sought after speaker for ACE’s OWHE National and RegionalLeadership Forums. Her leadership at the university has ushered in

2009 Women in Maryland Higher Education annual luncheon

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Special Screening

"This is a great day for city schools," says Tyler Brown, the 24-year-oldproject manager of Real Food Farm, a new agricultural endeavor located inLake Clifton Park. On a recent fall day, Brown is working with a group of30-40 volunteers, students and construction workers who are buildingthree hoop houses, or high-tunnel greenhouses, on a stretch of land next toLake Clifton High School. Between the school's parking lot and its trackand football field, a semi is dumping a load of compost that has to bespread across three large plots, while three men use a pipe bender to makethe skeletons of the hoop houses. The set up, Brown says, should take lessthan a week. Then, after the first three demonstration models are complete,Civic Works, the city's nonprofit youth-service organization, will build 20more just beyond the football field. Located in the Herring Run watershed,Lake Clifton High has plenty of ground to spare.

The food grown in these greenhouses – all manner of vegetables andother produce – will be tended by students, educators, volunteers andindividuals training to be master gardeners. The food will be sold anddistributed to schools, farmers' markets and possibly through a CSA(community supported agriculture) that may be set up at Lake Clifton High.

If Real Food Farm is successful – and there's reason to believe it willbe considering the success of a similar endeavor in the city called GreatKids Farm ("The New Meal," Feature, June 3) – it could mean the dawn ofan agricultural economy within city limits that provides locally produced,

unprecedented growth of its student body, record privatefundraising, some 22 accreditations and reaccreditations ofestablished programs, the implementation of new academicprograms and national recognition by U.S. News and World Reportas one of “America’s Best Black Colleges” under her leadership.

Among her many awards and accolades, she was recentlyconferred an honorary doctoral degree of literature andphilosophy at the Walter Sisulu University for Technology & Sciencein South Africa. She was named one of the “Most Important Blacksin Technology,” Career Communications Group, Inc., 2007; oneof the “Women Who are Shaping the World,” Essence Magazine,

2005; and one of “Maryland’s Top 100 Women,” 2004. In 2005, she wasawarded the Distinguished Alumni Award by Howard University. Thompson hasbeen appointed to numerous boards and task forces, having most recentlyserved as the chair of the University System of Maryland Council of Presidentsand chair of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Council of Chief ExecutiveOfficers.

To register or for more information about the Women in Maryland HigherEducation 2009 Annual Luncheon, visit www.123signup.com/register?id=jchgh.Admission is $40 and includes free parking.

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Thelma B.ThompsonPhoto by Jim Glovier

Tom Handwerker, director of the Small Farm Institute,Maryland Cooperative Extension, UMES, brings thetechnology of hoop houses originating in Europe to theReal Food Farm project at Lake Clifton Park in Baltimore.Photos by Joe Tropea

Hoop DreamsSustainable agriculture

comes to Lake Clifton ParkBy JoeTropea, Baltimore City Paper

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Representing 50 countries,UMES’ contingent of internationalstudents is joining in the nation’s observance of International Education Week,November 16 – 20, with an ethnic festival open to the campus community aswell as the general public.

The ethnic festival takes place Thursday, November 19, from 11 a.m. to1:30 p.m. in the Student Services Center Ballroom. According to organizers,the cultural sampling includes activities such as exhibits of items andinformation specific to the featured countries, demonstrations of ethnic

dancing, modeling of cultural clothing and tasting of authentic foods.“To know another culture is a blessing in disguise,” said Dr. Sarah

Acquah, director, Center for International Education, UMES. “Why? Becauseit provides an individual the power to survive, tolerate, appreciate, respect andembrace each other regardless of our differences and places of origin.”

UMES currently has over 100 international students. Some of thecountries they represent include: Great Britain, Ukraine, Canada, Jamaica,Antigua, Bahamas, Columbia, Chile, China, Japan, India, Korea, Sri-Lanka,Bangladesh, Egypt, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia,Malawi, Nigeria, Togo, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

International Education Week is an initiative of the U.S. Department ofState and the U.S. Department of Education designed to promote programsthat prepare citizens of the U.S. for the global environment. It also callsattention to the benefits of students from other countries coming to the U.S.to study and exchange experiences. This year’s theme is “Creating a Vision fora Better Future.”

UMES’ ethnic festival is free. For more information, call 410-651-6079.

InternationalEducationWeek featuresethnic festival

One Maryland One Book Tour arrives at UMES

President Thelma B.Thompson and Shelia Bailey, interim dean, Library Services, welcomes James McBride, award-winning author, com-poser and screenwriter, to the university as one of the stops along the One Maryland One Book Tour. McBride is the author of the New YorkTimes bestselling memoir, "The Color of Water," the novel, "Miracle at St. Anna," and "Song Yet Sung," the book set on the Eastern Shoreand selected for the tour. Sponsored by the Maryland Humanities Council, the visit promotes the shared experience of reading the samebook and participating in discussions related to the literature among diverse groups of people in the state. Photo by Jim Glovier

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Discover andexplore Geo-graphic Informa-tion Systems (GIS)

at the UMES Geospatial Information Technologies Laboratory’s second an-nual GIS Day on Wednesday, November 18, from 1-6 p.m. in the Richard A.Henson Center. Universities; local businesses; and local, state, and federalagencies will provide information and demonstrations.

Held in observance of the National Geographic Society’s GeographyAwareness Week, November 16-20, GIS Day is a global event designed toeducate adults and children about the versatile and powerful technologyand its importance in our daily lives.

“Many people are not aware of it, but GIS touches our lives daily,” saidTracie Bishop, GIS program manager at UMES. GIS is used throughout theworld in many different fields and applications such as: environmental ap-plications, emergency services, health care, community planning, facilitiesmanagement, precision agriculture, weather analysis, navigation, GPS, andmilitary and police uses. This technology can also help businesses place

Stacy Cottingham, a student pursuing aDoctorate of Philosophy degree in the UMESOrganizational Leadership Program, waspresented with the Outstanding PathfinderAward by the Maryland Nurses Association at aluncheon held recently in Baltimore.

The accolade is awarded to a member ofthe Maryland Nurses Association who hasdemonstrated excellence and creativeleadership that fosters development of thenursing profession. Cottingham was selectedbased on her work as the director for Partnersin Nursing of The Community Foundation ofthe Eastern Shore.

As the project lead for the two-year demonstration period of theRobert Wood Johnson Foundation grant program to address local nursingworkforce needs, Cottingham recruited, trained, acted as a role model andprovided support to faculty advisors, mentors and participants in theprogram. The focus was to create a pipeline for nurses at all career levelsinto nursing education and make strides in the retention of new graduatenurses on the Shore through an innovative mentoring program.

Cottingham continues to be a role model for continued education asshe works toward completion of her degree at UMES. She previously earnedher Masters in Science in nursing with a concentration in health careleadership at Salisbury University, where she currently works part-time as aclinical instructor. She is also a staff nurse at Coastal Hospice at the Lake.

She holds professional memberships in the local chapter of SigmaTheta Tau International Honor Society, where she is vice president; theMaryland Nurses Association; the American Nurse’s Association and theInternational Leadership Association. She also volunteers as the nursecoordinator for the Diocese of Easton at Camp Wright in Kent Island andwith the Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council.

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Discover GISon the Eastern Shore

Maryland Nurses Associationrecognizes doctoral student

Stacy Cottingham

ATMs and restaurants atmore convenient loca-tions, allow people topull maps off the Internetand help farmers growmore crops with lesschemicals.

The global observa-tion of GIS Day, in its11th year, is sponsoredby the National Geo-graphic Society, the Association of American Geographers, the UniversityConsortium for Geographic Information Science, the United States Geologi-cal Survey, the Library of Congress, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett–Packardand the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI).

The UMES event is free and open to the public. For more information,contact Bishop by calling 410-651-6383, by email at tjbishop@umes.eduor by visiting www.umes.edu/geotech and clicking on events.

Hawk Children's Fund

Gourmet Dinner

"An Evening in Paris"Friday, November 20

7 p.m.Richard A. Henson Center

Tickets are $25 per person, with $10 ofeach ticket sold being donated to the

Hawk Children's Fund for the KyamulingaVillage project in Uganda, Africa.

Advance tickets required,call 410-651-6562

oremail rpgormley@umes.edu.

troupe and the American Marketing Association of which she is treasurer.She was a resident’s assistant with The Herman Franklin ParaprofessionalProgram.

Thomas placed in the Top 10 in the Miss National Black CollegeAlumni Hall of Fame pageant held in Atlanta, Ga., recently. She will be fea-tured in this month’s issue of Essence Magazine as an HBCU queen.

Upon completion of her degree, Thomas aspires to obtain a law de-gree in litigation at Rutgers University. She is the daughter of Barbara andWillie Thomas of Capital Heights.

Devin Robertson, Mr. UMES, is a senior biology pre-medicine major.He has been a member of the Student Government Association since hisfreshmen year and has served on various committees and was selected as a

Mr. Sophomore. Robertson is also a member of the Dechirea La Mode modelingtroupe, a hawk men-tor and currentlyserves on theMaryland HigherEducation Commit-tee.

After gradua-tion, Robertsonplans to attendmedical schoolto pursue a ca-reer as an ob-stetrician. Heis the son ofRenae Loveand WarrenRobertsonJr., of Har-ford County,Md.

The reigning Mr. and Miss UMES and their Imperial Court, one cou-ple from each class, recently took part in a coronation ceremony and royalball as part of the Parent’s Weekend activities on campus. The ceremonymarked a 77-year-old tradition.

Originally that of a homecoming queen, the role of Miss UMES hasevolved over the years into that of a university spokesperson, student rolemodel and recruiter for new students. In the late 90s, Mr. UMES and theImperial Court were added to assist Miss UMES in her duties. Serving asambassadors for the university, the Imperial Court today attends many aca-demic and social functions throughout the year. They are selected based ontheir high moral character and a sense of school spirit.

Candace Thomas, a senior majoring in marketing with a minor inEnglish, was crowned Miss UMES. She is active on campus in the Hollarin’Hawks, the African Student Association, the Dechire a La Mode modeling

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Coronation ceremony:a n H B C U t r a d i t i o n

UMES’ eighth annual Tri-CountyCollege Fair will be held on Tuesday,November 10, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in theWilliam P. Hytche Athletic Center. Recruitersfrom over 100 colleges, universities and theArmed Services are slated to attend.

High schools in the Tri-County area aswell as Philadelphia, Pa., New Jersey and the District of Columbia will besending 1,500 students to the event. Junior and senior high school students,their parents and counselors can pick up literature and discuss educationalopportunities with participating institutions.

A few of the institutions attending to date include, but are not limited to,Albright College, Boston University, George Mason University, HarvardUniversity, High Point University, Howard University, Johnson & WalesUniversity, Old Dominion University, Penn State University, Randolph-MaconCollege, Shepherd University, University of North Carolina in Greensboro,Villanova University, Virginia Tech, Washington College, Wentworth Institute ofTechnology, West Chester University of Pennsylvania and West Virginia

University. UMES and the University Systemof Maryland schools including FrostburgState University, Salisbury University andTowson University will also be represented.

“Sponsoring the college fair givesUMES a chance to provide a valuable serviceto the Tri-County area schools,” said Tyrone

Young, director of admissions and recruitment. “High school students inmetropolitan areas have hundreds, if not thousands, of opportunities to attenda college fair, where many institutions are represented instead of traveling toeach one individually. The university wanted area students to have the sameopportunity, so we stepped up to the plate eight years ago to do the fair. As oneof the largest on the Lower Shore, the Tri-County College Fair gives prospectivecollege students and their parents the chance to speak one-on-one withcollege representatives from all over the country, saving them time andmoney.”

For more information on the fair, contact Young at 410-651-6411 or bye-mail at tyoung@umes.edu.

UMES sponsorsTri-County College Fairfor area juniors and seniors

Pictured from left to right at the “Mulan:The Legend of the MajesticDragon” themed ceremony are: Mr. and Miss Senior Class, JuniorMcLean and AlmetiaWhitaker; Mr. and Miss Junior Class, DrakeWinkeyand Khristian Palmer-Rhodes; Mr. and Miss Sophomore Class, AnthonyWise andTa-ShaWatkins; and Mr. and Miss Freshmen Class, ArmonteLayfield and Asha Francois. Photos by Alverne Chesterfield

UMES professional golf management students attended a specialscreening of “Uneven Fairways” held recently at the Reginald F. LewisMuseum in Baltimore City, an invitation only event. Hosted by ComcastCable and the Golf Channel, the documentary encompasses never seenbefore footage of the involvement and hardships of African-Americanmen and women who strived to play at the highest levels of golf.

As the first HBCU to offer the Professional Golf Association PGMprogram, UMES’ program prepares students for a career in all aspects ofgolf, while offering them internship experience and aiding them ingaining membership in the PGA of America. The PGM students joinedover 150 youth and other guests from organizations including AnneArundel Women’s Golf Organization, the Baltimore City Department ofRecreation and Parks, the Baltimore County Police Athletic League, theElijah Cummings Youth Program in Israel, The Enoch Pratt Library YouthDivision, The First Tee of Baltimore and The Living Classroom in theintroduction to the heroic story of African-Americans who struggled to

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LSATWorkshop

PGM students invited to special screening Pictured from left to rightare: Leonard Jones, aprofessional golfer fromAtlanta who was in thedocumentary; RJSheppard, PGM student;Donald McKinnon, PGMstudent; Pete McDaniel,author of “Uneven Lies;”Billy Dillon, director, UMESPGM Program;TaylorHawkins, PGM student;Anthony Long, PGMstudent; Jamila Johnson,UMES golf coach; and Dr.Ernest Boger, chair andassociate professor, UMESDepartment of Hotel andRestaurant Management.Photo by Latisha Brewington

Lynda Cevallos Esquire, pre-lawcoordinator and undergraduate adviserfor the Council on Legal EducationOpportunity (CLEO) of the American BarAssociation, speaks to a group of UMESstudents interested in taking the LawSchool Admission Test (LSAT). The eventis part of a fall CLEO workshopsponsored by the UMES Pre-Law Chapterof the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity,International, to help prepare studentsfor the LSAT. Cevallos oversees theThurgood Marshall College ScholarsProgram funded by the U.S. Departmentof Education and the Thurgood MarshallLegal Education Opportunity Program.She holds a bachelor’s degree fromRutgers University and an associate’sdegree in German from SchillerUniversity in Heidelberg, Germany. Sheearned her juris doctorate from theWashington College of Law at AmericanUniversity. Photo by Jim Glovier

find their fair place in golf.Speakers at the event included legendary golfer Leonard Jones, who is

featured in the documentary, and Pete McDaniel, author of “Uneven Lies:The Heroic Story of African-Americans in Golf.”

“This is an important documentary and one we’re pleased to bring toBaltimore,” said Fred Graffam, regional senior vice president of Comcast.“The documentary and the book present a unique opportunity to talk abouta difficult chapter in American history and the tenacity of many African-Americans who had the courage to stand up for their rights.”

“Uneven Fairways,” produced by GOLF CHANNEL and Moxie Pictures,features interviews with family members of golf pioneers John Shippen, BillSpiller, Ted Rhodes and Joe Louis and numerous golf legends includingCalvin Peete, Jim Thorpe, Charlie Sifford and the four-time winner of theMasters, Tiger Woods. Each participant attending the screening received acopy of the “Uneven Fairways” DVD and Pete McDaniel’s book, “UnevenLies: The Heroic Story of African-Americans in Golf.”

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By Maggie Hayon, sports information assistant, and the Office of MediaRelations, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BASKETBALLThe 2009-10 basketball season is underway as the men’s and women’s

teams packed the William P. Hytche Athletic Center as they hosted their annualHawk Hysteria. The night started a 3-point contest, won by a team made upof redshirt sophomore Bria Jackson (Rochester, N.Y.) and junior JamalEdwards (Mays Landing, N.J.). The women’s team was then introduced andparticipated in an intra-squad scrimmage. The night ended with men’sintroductions and scrimmage.

CROSS COUNTRYThe men’s and women’s cross country teams both took sixth place at the

University of Delaware’s Blue and Gold Invitational in Newark, Del. The Hawksearned 201 points in the men’s eight-kilometer race, which was good for sixthout of 14 teams competing. Their average time was 29:38.46.

Junior Amon Kiprotich (Kapsabet, Kenya) crossed first for UMES and19th overall with a time of 26:50.63. Fellow junior and Kenyan Peter Sang(Kapsabet, Kenya) placed 24th with a time of 27:00.64, while sophomoreShadrack Maritim (Kericho, Kenya) ran 27:08.17, which was good for 26th.

The Lady Hawk runners placed sixth out of 14 teams competing with 188points and an average time of 20:52.48 in the women’s five-kilometer race.Junior Eunice Jones (Lanham, Md.) was a medal winner for UMES with hereighth place finish. She ran a season-best 19:24.64. Senior Tamica Thomas(St. Catherine, Jamaica) crossed 35th overall with a time of 20:25.65.

VOLLEYBALLSenior outside hitter Whitney

Johnson (Prince Frederick, Md.)tallied a match-high 14 kills as thevolleyball team defeated Hampton onOct., 16, 3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-13)in front of 2,131 at the Hytche Center.

The Hawks recorded a season-high hitting percentage of .444, whilecommitting just six attack errors toimprove to 14-6 (3-0). UMES held theLady Pirates to .143 from the floor asHampton dropped its fourth of sixmatches. Senior Caylin Woodward

(GardenGrove, Calif) registered seven kills and a match-bestnine digs. Redshirt junior Samantha Chukwura(Brooklyn, N.Y.) chipped in with six kills and freshmanBella Jade Romero (Arlington, Texas) ran theHawks’ offense with 25 of the team’s 33 assists.

The Hawks traveled to Baltimore on Oct. 18and swept Coppin State, 3-0 (25-15, 25-14, 25-7).Johnson and sophomore outside hitter ChristineEdwards (Lakewood, Calif.) recorded double-digitkills. Edwards had 14 kills and Johnson 11 to go along

Hawk Talk: A weekly recap of UMES Athletics

BASKETBALL The men’s basketball team kicks off their season with anexhibition contest against Stevenson on Sat., Nov. 7, at 7 p.m, while thewomen’s team have an exhibition match against Salisbury on Tues., Nov.10, at 6 p.m.

CROSS COUNTRY NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals take place at UMES begin-ning at 10 a.m. on Sun., Nov. 15.

VOLLEYBALL Hosts North Carolina Central at 2 p.m. on Sat., Nov. 14, dur-ing senior night.

UPCOMING COMPETITIONS

The AKA sorority distributes informational brochures from the on-campus counseling center and Life Crisis Center of Salisbury as part ofDomestic Violence Awareness Day.

For complete recaps, results and news of Hawk athletics, visit www.umeshawks.com.

Whitney Johnson

CaylinWoodward

with three and seven digs, respectively. With the win, UMES’ sixth straight, theHawks improved to 15-6 and 4-0 in the MEAC.

Johnson and Woodward tallied 12 and 11 kills, respectively, as the Hawksremain unbeaten in MEAC competition with a 3-0 (25-19, 25-10, 25-17)victory over Howard on Oct. 23. With the win, its seventh straight and thirdconsecutive sweep, UMES improved to 16-6 overall.

The Hawks registered a season-high 17 service aces and Zoe Bowens(Long Beach, Calif.) collected a career-best five of those as UMES also outhitthe Bison, .436-.233. Johnson had four aces, two digs and two block assistson the night, while Woodward also had three aces, two assists and two digs.Edwards and senior Thonya Joseph (Bridgetown, Barbados) recorded sixkills apiece. Romero was two digs shy of a double-double with 38 assists andeight digs to go along with a block assist and a .600 hitting percentage. As ateam, UMES committed just nine attack errors on 78 total attacks.

Four players recorded at least six kills and two had double digits as theHawks swept Morgan State on Oct. 25, 3-0 (25-13, 25-20, 25-13) at theHytche Center, which was designated as Domestic Violence Awareness Day.

Woodward led the way for the Hawks with 11 kills and Edwards had 10as UMES (17-6, 6-0 MEAC) earned its eighth successive victory. Woodwardadded seven assists, five digs and two block assists. Johnson and Chukwuraeach tallied six kills. Romero directed the Hawk offense with 31 of the team’s40 assists. She also threw in six digs, two aces and two kills. Prado led theteam with 10 digs. UMES held MSU to a .000 hitting percentage and hit .309itself.

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Fall fundraising appealsFaculty and staff at UMES recently received two

separate annual fall fundraising appeals, the UMESStaff/Faculty Campaign and the Maryland CharityCampaign. Both provide an opportunity to supportscholarship funds at UMES if desired.

Through the Staff/Faculty Campaign, pledges ordonations can be made to the general scholarshipfund, athletics, a particular academic school ordepartment, or the unrestricted fund to channel giftsto the greatest need. For each giftmade, 100 percent is invested withno overhead costs. See campaignmaterials or for more information,contact Dr. Veronique Diriker,director of Development, at 410-651-8142 or by email atvdiriker@umes.edu.

The Maryland CharityCampaign provides an opportunityto donate to UMES (select # 5385,University of Maryland FoundationInc., and designate UMES as therecipient) or to one of over 900nonprofit organizations benefiting Maryland families (see MCC campaigndirectory).

According to a message by MCC event co-chairs, Governor MartinO’Malley and Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, “This year’s theme, ‘We Care,’reflects the responsibility we all have in Maryland to help our friends and

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fresh food to inner-city neighborhoods. The new greenhouses will offerlearning opportunities for students, and if the effort takes off, it could alsomean new "green" jobs for city residents.

Three days later, two of the hoop houses are finished. They are hugetunnels, 148 feet long by 20 feet wide. They're much like traditional glassgreenhouses, only far less expensive – at $5,000 per house, they're pricedat about one quarter of what a smaller glass greenhouse would cost.They're also greener, as they can operate without built-in electric fans andheaters. Inside tunnel number one, it's hot and steamy – more than 20degrees hotter than it was outside on a recent 68-degree day. Browndemonstrates the house's venting system, which works by spreadingoverlapping plastic sections open, letting in refreshing gusts of cool autumnair.

"The beauty to this hoop house is that it's extremely simple," Brownsays. "Everything can be off a little, it's flexible. So repairs are super easy."

The technology behind the hoop houses comes from Europe, says TomHandwerker, director of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore's SmallFarm Institute, who Brown refers to as the hoop-house guru. Handwerker,who's been working with Real Food Farm, not only brought the technology,he also brought a construction crew--his friends who agreed to work forfree.

"I've been able to travel all over the world. This is technology I'mbringing from . . . Madrid, Paris, London," he says, adding that Real FoodFarm "should be pulling [its] first crops within six weeks--and this is in thewinter. What they'll do is they'll shift as the season shifts so you get the most

energy-rich, nutrient-dense foods that are available without needing theheating and cooling. This is very petroleum-free."

"All of the food grown in here, which is going to be spinach, lettuces,cold crops for the fall, are going to be going directly to the kids," Brownadds. "The city school system has agreed to buy our first harvest."

Tony Geraci, department head of Food and Nutrition Services for theBaltimore City School System, confirms this later in a phone interview."Nobody else is doing this in the country," he says, adding that the projectwas completed without taxpayer dollars. Instead, it was funded by grantsand private investment and with crucial help from people like Ted Rouse,son of developer/philanthropist James Rouse.

Rouse, who responded to questions about his interest in the project viae-mail, says his interest in growing food in greenhouses dates back to 1977when he built his first greenhouse on South Chester Street in Upper FellsPoint. This past May, Rouse presented a plan created by ChesapeakeSustainable Business Alliance to the city that called for, among other things,the 20 hoop houses to be built at Lake Clifton. "The city was great abouttaking seriously our request for underutilized park land," he writes.

When asked what kind of potential he thinks Real Food Farm and othersuch sustainable-agricultural projects could have in the city, Rouse isenthusiastic.

"I believe there are at least 1,500 acres of underutilized land in the citythat could be used for urban agriculture," he writes. "I think we couldemploy as many as four people per acre. Six-thousand jobs in urbanagriculture is not a pipe dream.”

neighbors in need, recognizing that there is no suchthing as a spare citizen.”

The UMES Office of Human Resources is joiningthe MCC in its efforts by creating several special eventshere at UMES along with facilitating the campaign oncampus. November 1 began the “12 Days of Giving,”which entails 12 prizes of $20 value drawn for 12consecutive business days. “Coin War” is adepartmental competition taking place now through

November 13. Bowling Warchallenges a faculty or staffmember to defeat Lisa Johnson,assistant director, UMESDepartment of Human Resources,in a bowling challenge. She willbowl one game at the UMESbowling alley on Monday,November 9, at 11:30 a.m. Pay $5between November 9, and 13 tobeat her score. Win and you get a$2 refund. Employees donating tothe MCC before November 13 willbe entered into raffle drawings.

Jim Glovier, video services coordinator, IT, will offer a digital photographyworkshop on Wednesday, November 11, from 10 a.m. to noon at theHenson Center, Room 1118/1120. Donations of $3 benefits the MCC. Formore information, contact Betty Fosque, human resources associate II, at410-651-6403 or by email at bafosque@umes.edu.

UMES Staff & Faculty Campaign

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Arts & EntertainmentFALL 2009 CALENDAR

*Unless stipulated, allevents listed are FREE &OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.For more information,call 410-651-6669 or410-651-6571.

NOVEMBER8 IMA CHORAL FESTIVAL

5 p.m.Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts

10 ROGER R. BLUNT LECTURE SERIES11 a.m. / Student Services Center Theater

10 FACULTY AND STAFF TALENT SHOW11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts

19 WIND ENSEMBLE FALL CONCERT7 p.m.Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts

19 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ETHNIC FESTIVAL11 a.m.Student Services Center Ballroom

DECEMBER1 & 3 FALL FAMILY RECITAL

11 a.m.Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts

9-12 UMES GOSPEL CHOIR FALL REVIVAL7 p.m.Ella Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center

13 UMES GOSPEL CHOIR CONCERT5 p.m.Ella Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center

8-17 GRADUATING SENIOR SHOW9 a.m.- 5 p.m., Mon. through Fri.Mosely Gallery

10 OPENING RECEPTIONGraduating Senior Show4-6 p.m.Mosely Gallery