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An advisory panel formed toevaluate a consultant’s study thataddresses challenges presented byreintroducing varsity football atUMES has a December deadline toproduce findings for PresidentJuliette B. Bell.

Bell, who announced theformation of a task force Sept. 20when she released the footballfeasibility study, said the reportwould help guide her in weighingthe pros and cons of fielding anNCAA Division 1 team, but she hasnot determined when that decisionwould be made.

Earlier this year, the UMES

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UMES to receive $2.5 million federal grant

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UMES is among 97of the nation’shistorically blackinstitutions that learnedSept. 17 it will receive ashare of a $227.9million federal grant tostrengthen academicresources, financialmanagement systems,endowment-buildingcapacity and physicalplants.

The university willget $2.5 million fromthe U.S. Department ofEducation, whichformally announcedplans to distribute thefederal aid beginningthis week.

The five-year grants— Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities — will helppay for such activities as curriculum reform; counseling and student service

programs; establishingteacher educationprograms designed toqualify students to teach;acquiring real-estateproperty in connectionwith construction,renovations, or additionsthat may improvecampus facilities; andfunding faculty and staffdevelopment. Inaddition, funds may beused for the purchase,rental, or lease ofscientific or laboratoryequipment and thedevelopment ofacademic instruction indisciplines in whichAfrican-Americans areunderrepresented.

Dr. Frances H. McKinney, director of UMES’ Title III program office,

UMES $2.5 MBowie $3.0 MCoppin $2.8 MDel. St. $2.4 MMorgan $3.9 M

administration hired a consultingfirm to help it identify factors thatshould be considered in such adecision. Bell said the Alden &Associates report provides aroadmap to follow in addressingthe feasibility of offering football aspart of UMES’ sports line-up.

“We still have a long way to gobefore a decision can be made,”Bell said. “But it is important tohave this independent perspectiveof what our institution shouldconsider when assessing whetheradding a football program makessense.”

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It’s officially fall. The cooler weather and anappetite for something warm from the oven go hand-in-hand. Just in time, UMES’ Hotel and RestaurantManagement Program offers its Fall 2012 GourmetDining Series with dinners Nov. 9 and Dec. 7 at theRichard A. Henson Center. Tickets are on sale Oct. 8.

Students in the Commercial Food Productioncourse led by Chef Ralston Whittingham have come upwith menus sure to please, said Dr. Ernest Boger, chairof the department.

“This exercise provides the opportunity for thesestudents to meet the third and final requirement in theFood Production classroom series,” Boger said.“Planning and management skills are emphasized asmuch as the culinary skills.”

“Collectively, they (the advanced culinary students)are an awesome bunch,” said Whittingham. “They have agood understanding of cuisine and are the managerialhospitality leaders of the future.”

Themed, “Salute to Our Military Men and Women,”the first dinner will be held Fri., Nov. 9. A cream ofcorn seafood chowder will be followed by a smokybacon chicken cup appetizer and a lemon-zest sorbet.The main event, Cajun grilled filet mignon with islandflavors curry lobster, is accompanied by a celeriac,apples and potato puree. Caramel molten cake withvanilla sauce tops off the evening’s culinary delights.

On Fri., Dec. 7, diners will be treated to areception with a bourbon glazed turkey breast carvingstation and shrimp cocktail, catfish bites, Stilton cheesecrostini and fruit hors d’oeuvres. An appetizer with craband capers will be elegantly served in a martini glass. Asorbet intermezzo precedes a southwestern roastedsirloin and coconut shrimp entrée accompanied by anasparagus risotto with merlot sauce. Dessert is a pecantriangle with brandy cream.

Each of the five-course meals are paired with twowines and include coffee or tea.

Tickets are available for $50 per person. They canbe purchased Monday- Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.in the Richard Henson Center, Room 2100. Only checksor money orders made payable to UMES are accepted.Seating time for each of the dinners is 7 p.m. Call 410-651-6563 for more information.

Smithsoniantraveling exhibitstops at UMES

UMES offers gourmet dining series

Photo courtesy of C

heryl Nemazie

Journey Stories, a travelingexhibit of the Smithsonian Institutes’Museum on Main Street opens at theUniversity of Maryland EasternShore’s Mosely Gallery on Oct. 18with a reception from 4-6 p.m. Itremains on display through Nov.30.

“We’re pleased to bring suchan outstanding exhibit to thelower Eastern Shore,” CoriBeardsley, the new interimdirector of the Mosely Gallery atUMES, said. Journey Stories uses images, audio and artifacts to tellhow our ancestors came to America or pursued a new life in another state or across thecontinent, she said. “The reasons why they came or why they migrated within the country areas diverse as the individuals themselves. Their stories demonstrate the critical role travel hasplayed in forming American society.”

The exhibit covers four centuries of American history and includes accounts ofEuropean immigrants traveling in search of promise in a new country; Africans forced intoslavery and brought to North America; ‘forty-niners’ following the California Trail during theGold Rush; Native Americans traveling the Trail of Tears after the Indian Removal Act of1830; the harrowing tales of slaves escaping through the Underground Railroad; andfamilies leaving their hometowns in search of employment during the Great Depression.

“The exhibit shows how the development of transportation technology was inspiredmainly by the human desire for freedom,” Beardsley said.

The Maryland Humanities Council is sponsoring Journey Stories’ five-locationroute in Maryland and assists host museums in developing public programs to supplementthe Smithsonian exhibit. At UMES, the Frederick Douglass Library hosts a companionexhibit, “International Voices: Capturing Their Journeys to UMES,” from Oct. 18 (openingreception from 2-4 p.m.) to Nov. 30 and a lecture, “The Global Village in the NewMillennium,” on Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. by Dr. Robert Ginsberg, professor emeritus atPennsylvania State University with 35-years teaching philosophy and comparative literature.Dr. Psyche Williams-Forson, an associate professor of American Studies at the University ofMaryland and author of “Building Houses Out of Chicken Legs: Black Women, Food, andPower,” will speak on Nov. 8, at 12:30 in the UMES Student Services Center.

Somerset County libraries, in partnership with UMES, will offer the film screening of“Grapes of Wrath” at the Princess Anne Library on Oct. 9, at 1 p.m. A discussion of thebook, which is set in the Great Depression, follows on Oct. 11, at 4 p.m. at the CrisfieldLibrary and Oct. 24, at 2 p.m. at the Princess Anne Library. A book discussion on “TheAlchemist,” Paulo Coelho’s story of a young shepherd on his journey to Egypt, takes place onNov. 8, at 4 p.m. at the Crisfield Library and Nov. 21, at 2 p.m. at the Princess Anne Library.

Want to add your “Journey Story” to the collection? Smartphone users can download anapp, “Stories from Main Street,” to record their own story, Beardsley said. The collectionincludes life in small towns and the American experience and is part of the SmithsonianInstitute’s oral history archives. Selections appear online at www.storiesfrommainstreet.org.

The Mosely Gallery of Art is open Mon.-Fri., from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Call 410-651-7770 formore information. The Frederick Douglass Library is open Mon.-Fri. from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.Call 410-651-7696. Both have evening and weekend hours by appointment. For SomersetCounty libraries, call 410-651-0852.

senior who wasinstrumental inbringing club footballto UMES; a processthree years in themaking.

Any UMES student,faculty or staff membercan be a club member,says Wharton.Students—male orfemale— meeting theguidelines of GPA andclassification can play.The team sports newuniforms purchasedthrough a fund createda few years ago to bringfootball back to UMES.It plays at a spruced upCappy AndersonStadium. For $3, facultyand staff with a UMES

ID can come out and cheer the team on. Tickets for the public are $5 andUMES students are free with ID.

“We are a member of the National Club Football Association,” Whartonsaid. The team competes in the Mid-Atlantic Conference along with fellowUniversity System of Maryland member, Coppin State.

The team is two-and-two, with four games remaining.

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UMES students,with the advent of clubfootball to the campusthis fall, can now joinan estimated twomillion college studentswho play competitiveclub sports. It's a trendon the rise amonguniversities across thenation.

A club team is astudent organizationthat competes with clubsports teams fromother schools. Theteam falls under theauspices of the Office ofCampus Life rather thanthe Department ofIntercollegiateAthletics. As a studentorganization, teams aretherefore run by the students. Participants raise funds for equipment,schedule practices and games, decide what teams to play, make the teamrules and arrange travel.

“The great thing about club sports is that it's not a financial burden onthe university and it provides students an outlet for their athletic ability andthe opportunity to network with other universities,” said Lowen Wharton, a

Photo by Valentine Anamelechi

Club football comes to UMES

SCHEDULE

OCT. 6, 1 P.M. HAMPTON ROADS CC

OCT. 20, 1 P.M. GEORGE MASON

Oct. 28, 1 p.m. At Salisbury

NOV. 3, 1 P.M. VCU

A front-page article published in TheMarylander and Herald newspaper 50 years agothis fall announced the opening of a new business– and what perhaps was a seminal moment inSomerset County history.

William P. Hytche, a young math professor atthen-Maryland State College, and his wife,Deloris, opened a restaurant on the outskirts ofcampus called The Hawk’s Nest, a name thatendures today as an on-campus sandwich shopand snack bar.

Just like the restaurant's name, Hytche andhis wife would become fixtures in Princess Anneand at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore,where he was the institution's top administratorfrom 1975 until 1997.

In his 1999 memoir, Hytche wrote that hestarted the business on Broad Street, which eventually would be renamed inhis honor, out of frustration. Local restaurateurs in the early 1960s resistedor refused to serve blacks.

Understandably, students knew they were not welcome at thoseestablishments. Hytche saw an opportunity to fill that void. After all, as ayoung man in his native Oklahoma, he supplemented his income as a high

Hawk's Nest marks golden anniversary school teacher by operating a restaurant.

Hytche reluctantly re-entered the restaurantbusiness in Princess Anne because he recognizedMaryland State students needed a place to get a bite toeat and socialize.

That his foray into business warranted a front-page article in the local weekly newspaper in 1962 wasin itself remarkable, and perhaps an early indication ofthe level of respect he already was starting to earn inthe community.

“At one time” Hytche wrote in his presidentialmemoir, “We had the largest payroll for blacks inSomerset County, excluding the university.”

Jaqueta Hytche-Simms, his daughter, remembersworking alongside her siblings in their parents'restaurant.

"We were free labor," she said with a laugh. "But Ihave a lot of fond memories of those days." Her favorite dish was pulledpork featuring a secret family-recipe sauce only her nephew knows.

The Hytche children and grateful alumni talk fondly of the originalHawk’s Nest, and how hungry students with little or no money gravitated tothe eatery.

"Daddy never turned away anyone," Jaqueta Hytche-Simms said.

Photos by Esmeralda H. Knowles / AAGHOF

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PGA Golf Management students recognized

Two PGA Golf Management majors at UMES received the 2012 AfricanAmerican Golfers Hall of Fame (AAGHOF) Youth Golfer of the Year awardand were inducted into the AAGHOF Collegiate & Youth Golfers Hall ofFame. The ceremony took place in West Palm Beach, Fla., during the

organization’s annual conference. Selection is basedon educational drive, integrity, dedication and, mostimportantly, the demonstration of love for the game ofgolf.

Anthony Long, a junior from Washington, D.C.,came to UMES’ PGA Golf Management program aspart of its charter class. He has since advanced toLevel three of the PGA Education program and hascompleted his fourth internship at East Potomac GolfCourse in Washington.

Norman Blanco, a freshman from NewOrleans, La., is a member of the program’s fifth class.Norman recently won his first PGA Golf ManagementStudent Association (PGMSA) Tournament at BaysideGolf Resort in Selbyville, Del. He carded 78 to win bytwo strokes. He has also worked for the TournamentPlayers Club Louisiana, which hosts a yearly PGA Tourevent.

UMES student interns at Penn StateOkwenuke Ofejiro, a senior

majoring in electrical/electricalengineering technology at UMES, spenthis summer as an intern with theAgriculture Research Service, the main in-house research arm of the USDA, atPennsylvania State University. Ofejiro’sresearch, for which he presented aseminar at its conclusion, was“Pennsylvania Cotton Response toNitrogen Source.” Ofejiro wrote theprotocol for the testing procedures,conducted the study, analyzed the resultsand prepared a report that he says may beused within a larger study for publication.

Marina Byrd, a second-year student in UMES' School of Pharmacy,took top honors this summer in the “Pain Management Counseling”competition at the 2012 Maryland Pharmacists Association convention inOcean City.

Byrd topped 11 other competitors selected at random to win the $500first-place prize in an event that put participants through a rapid-fire Q & Asession and then a mock counseling session involving a sample patient witha hypothetical pain problem. Byrd’s classmate (2014), Shane Hodges,was one of three finalists.

A four-member team from UMES won the "Self Care" competition;second-year students Matt Balish and Liz Eddy, assistant professorPatrick Dougherty and clinical pharmacist Geoff Twigg of Apple Drugcombined their talents to place first. Balish also was awarded a scholarshipby the state association.

Pharmacy students compete

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Anthony Long

Norman Blanco

HRM student receives scholarshipsMuhammad Khan, a senior in the Hotel and

Restaurant Management program at UMES, is therecipient of a $5,000 (NEWH) Hospitality IndustryNetwork Scholarship. He was also awarded a $1,000scholarship by the National Black College Alumni Hallof Fame Foundation for the second consecutive year.

Campus community observes Peace Day

Photo by Jim Glovier

International Day of Peace, Sept. 19, a day ofglobal cease fire, was observed with the screening ofthe film "Peace One Day" at the University ofMaryland Eastern Shore.

The film documents Jeremy Gilley's journey tosecure recognition by the United Nations GeneralAssembly for one day of global cease fire and non-violence, said Tammy Gharbi, coordinator of theuniversity’s Foreign Language Instructional Center.Footage of Kofi Annan, the Dalai Lama and thechildhood victims of conflict in regions around theworld are featured.

FLIC declared Sept. 20 UMES Peace Day andinvited university students, faculty and staff to form ahuman peace sign on the lawn in front of the EllaFitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts for a photoopportunity.

Peace Day activities at UMES are sponsored bythe Foreign Language Instructional Center, a Title IIIActivity and the Department of English and ModernLanguages. Call 410-651-6543 for more information.

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Chancellor welcomes Bell to USM at reception

Housekeepers Gets Certification Sixteen University of

Maryland Eastern Shorehousekeepers andcustodians have earnednational certification intheir field from theCleaning ManagementInstitute in Latham, N.Y.

Those who completed the 25 hours of instruction include: PatrickWhite, Shanta Thomas, Tiffany Watson, Carter Pruitt, DoReishaHandy, Michael Dennis, Maria Canindo, Michael Palmer, JudyMorris, Donald Shreeves, Eron Truitt, Andre Collins, LaRonDennis, David Wallace, Dionne Jones and Marcus Fontaine.

Each took a series of five exams demonstrating their knowledge of theproper way to mix and use chemicals and cleaners, care and maintaincarpet and hardwood floors, basic cleaning of restrooms and showerfacilities as well as precautions to take in dealing with bodily fluids.

“This training provided our staff the opportunity for personal andprofessional development in best housekeeping practices and procedures,”UMES physical plant director Leon Bivens said.

A new emphasis of training is on “green cleaning,” an alternative thatworks “equally well, if not better than traditional methods while minimizinghealth risks” and saving time and money as well, Bivens said.

UMES’ housekeeping staff is responsible for cleaning residence halls,administrative facilities and classrooms across a 750-acre campus. KennethEvans, an executive housekeeper certified by the National ExecutiveHousekeepers Association and UMES’ housekeeping supervisor, conductedthe in-house training.

Bivens said, “The program has increased staff productivity, raisedmorale, improved efficiency in the use of housekeeping chemicals andsupplies – and has raised awareness that we are becoming a greencampus.”

UMES 2012-13 Faculty Senate The 2012-13 officers of the UMES Faculty Senate are:

Chair - Dr. Nina Lyon Bennett, chair, human ecology

Vice Chair – Dr. Robert Johnson, chair, mathematics

Secretary – Dr. Lombuso S. Khoza, human ecology

Parliamentarian – Dr. LaKeisha Harris, rehabilitation services

A delegation of UMES alumni and employees traveled to the Baltimorearea earlier this week to attend a welcome reception hosted by Dr.William Kirwan in honor of Dr. Juliette B. Bell. The University System ofMaryland chancellor, left, surprised Bell with a bronze-and-marblesculpture of a hawk, the university’s beloved mascot.

Bennett Johnson Khoza Harris

Meetings are the second Tuesday of each month at 11 a.m. in the FrederickDouglass Library auditorium. Students, administrators, staff and faculty arewelcome to attend. The next meeting of the UMES Faculty Senate is Oct. 9.The mission of the UMES Faculty Senate is to provide the president andadministrative officials with the benefit of systematic consultation withmembers of the UMES community and to enable the community to participatein the formulation of policies of concern to the UMES campus. The senatehas plenary jurisdiction to investigate, discuss, and make recommendationsto the president concerning any matters submitted to it by the president or byany member of the UMES community. Results of deliberations may becommunicated to the chancellor and/or the board of regents within theprocedures established and approved by the board of regents.

He’ll be here soon … stay tuned.

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October 19-20

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 196 p.m. women’s volleyball8 p.m- 1 a.m. HAWK HysteriaWilliam P. Hytche Athletic CenterMen’s and women’s basketball scrimmageGive-a-ways, contests, games, autographs andHarry the Hawk’s birthday party410-651-6499

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2010 a.m.-1 p.m. Hawks TailgateTawes Gym parking lotFood, music, games, “HAWK Pride”410-651-6277

1-4 p.m. HAWK Football GameCappy Anderson StadiumUMES vs George Mason University 410-651-6277

7 p.m. Tri-County Alumni Chapter Fall FlingRichard A. Henson Center, ballroom$35, proceeds support student scholarships410-651-6141

UMES AND CBS Interactive launch UMESHAWKS.COMSite gets new look and features for more user-friendly access

The Athletics Department welcomes fans to the new UMESHawks.com web site, launchedSept. 12 in conjunction with CBS Interactive.

Hawk fans and supporters now have a more convenient way to follow all 15 athletic programs.The new site has a sharper look, easier ways to follow the Hawks on social media and livebroadcasts and numerous fan-friendly options such as photo galleries and the Hawk Club.

“UMES Athletics is thrilled to present this new site to our fans,” said Assistant Athletics DirectorG. Stan Bradley. “We try to stay on top of technology and be among the best in our conference andarea with fresh ideas and new experiences. Updating UMESHawks.com is just one example of ourcommitment not only to our student-athletes, but to everyone who bleeds maroon and gray.”

UMES bowling names new assistant coachSchmitz takes over for Doug Dukes

Tyler Schmitz, a native of Green Bay, Wisc., brings experienceoutside and within UMES as the new assistant women’s bowling coach.

Schmitz is a former collegiate standout at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He participated in five consecutive USBC Junior GoldChampionships from 2005-09 and has bowled 10 career 300 games. AtUW-Whitewater, he was named the team's Most Valuable Player twice andled the team to the Intercollegiate Team Championships in 2007. He was named an All-Academicrecipient in 2007 and now bowls professionally.

Schmitz worked with the Lady Hawks a year ago as an academic advisor. He joins AssistantCoach Vince Brummell on the bench to support Interim Head Coach Kristina Frahm. Frahm andBrummell, along with former Assistant Coach Doug Dukes, guided UMES to its fourth NationalChampionship last season in Wickliffe, Ohio. It was the Hawks’ second straight NCAA title and thirdoverall, accompanying the USBC Collegiate National Championship they won in 2011.

“We are going to miss Doug tremendously,” Frahm said. “He will always be a part of ourHawk family, but things change in our lives and he had to make a decision that is best for him. Hehelped shape me as a player and a coach and I cannot thank him enough for that.” Luckily, shesaid, Tyler knows the high expectations of the bowling program, how the program operates andhas the skill set to step in and be a factor as a coach right away.

Schmitz gets his first taste of competition as a coach in November when the Hawks open theirseason at the Farleigh Dickinson University New Jersey Jamboree.

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Earl Richardson, president emeritus, Morgan State University, Task

force chairman

G. Stan Bradley, sports information director, UMES

Sharon Brummell, assoc. athletics director for business & finance,

Georgetown University

Darryl Conway, asst. athletics director-sports medicine, University of

Maryland, College Park

Jahan Culbreath, interim athletics director, Central State University

Raynoid Dedeaux, director of championships, Mid-Eastern Athletic

Conference.

Veronique Diriker, director of development, UMES

LaKeisha Harris, assistant professor, Department of Rehabilitation,

UMES

Garland Hayward, president, Princess Anne Town Commissioners

Ronnie Holden, vice president, administrative affairs, UMES

Eric Jodlbauer – historian, Frederick Douglass Library, UMES

Phillip Taylor, director, information technology, UMES

Kijontray McClay, president, UMES student athletics advisory council

Tom McMillan, chairman, Intercollegiate Athletics work group,

University System of Maryland Board of Regents

Charles Otto, delegate, Maryland General Assembly

Billy Thompson, director, community outreach, Denver Broncos

Shana Washington, student government president, UMES

Jesse Williams Sr., chairman, UMES Board of Visitors

Football feasibility task forcesaid the money comes to the university through a long-standing federalprogram that assists HBCUs with special needs. McKinney is hopefulCongress will continue to provide UMES with similar allocations theremaining four years, as well.Among ways UMES will spend the grant:• Co-curricular programs for English-communications students toprovide hands-on experience in video (Discover UMES) and radio(Hawk Radio) broadcasting.

• A “safety net” program for first- and second-year students to improveretention (and graduation) rates. It includes tutoring, mentoring andworkshops on such things as effective ways to study, time management,coping with stress during exams.

• Strengthen the early childhood degree program in the Department ofHuman Ecology, one of UMES’ most popular majors.

• Enhance outreach of the Hotel Restaurant Management program at theShady Grove campus in Montgomery County.

• On-campus workshops for faculty as well as pay for travel to attend off-campus conferences where the emphasis is on “professionaldevelopment.” The International Education office also will use its allocation to

sponsor workshops and counseling to help international students and theirinstructors bridge cultural gaps that sometimes inhibit communication andclassroom success.

“HBCUs have made enduring, even staggering contributions toAmerican life despite the steep financial challenges many have faced,” U.S.Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said. “The grants will help theseimportant institutions continue to provide their students with the qualityeducation they need to compete in the global economy.”

The Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities grant isadministered by the Office of Postsecondary Education.

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The consultant’s report provides a snapshot of the current state ofathletics at UMES and projects what would be needed to restart a footballprogram. It also assesses the potential impact an NCAA-eligible footballteam would have on the university.

“Ultimately, our decision will be one that puts the best interest of ourstudents and our university’s mission at the forefront,” Bell said.

Bell noted that the consultants put together a scenario using a three-year phase-in as a model for starting a football program. It estimates thefirst year would cost just under $1 million; the second year $3.6 million;and year 3, the first year for competitive play, is projected at nearly $3.9million.

Embedded in those numbers is the suggestion UMES addintercollegiate sports opportunities for female athletes to remain incompliance with federal gender-equity laws as well as the assumption theuniversity would also develop a full-fledged marching band.

“That is a sizeable investment,” Bell said, “And it does not include theestimated $21 million in capital funds needed for improving existingfacilities and building new ones, including a football stadium.”

Bell met with the 17-member task force to provide the panel copies ofthe Alden study along with a charge to evaluate the consultant’s findings.“I’m looking for these volunteers to draw on expertise from their respectivefields to provide their assessment of what is contained in the report and

what is best for UMES,” Bell said.Bell asked the task force, chaired by Dr. Earl S. Richardson, to

complete its work by December. Dr. Richardson is a UMES alumnus andpresident emeritus of Morgan State University, which fields a Mid-EasternAthletic Conference football team. Once the task force completes its work,the university will then focus on making a decision on whether to addintercollegiate football at UMES.

The Alden study focuses on the projected investments UMES wouldneed to make for a team to compete in the Football ChampionshipSubdivision. Specifically, the report addresses scholarships, financial aid,coaches, uniforms, travel and facility needs.

Once a determination was made that a study was necessary to make anobjective decision about re-establishing a football team, the study was paidfor with $35,000 raised for the Hawks for Football Fund within theuniversity’s foundation.

UMES last fielded a football team in 1979, when the university hadfewer than 1,000 students. Eleven of MEAC’s 13 member institutions fieldfootball teams that compete against such institutions as the University ofDelaware, James Madison University and Towson University.

UMES currently fields teams in seven men’s sports and eight women’ssports at the Division I level. The university also has a club team recognizedas a sanctioned student activity through the Division of Student Affairs andEnrollment Management.

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JOIN TEAM HYTCHE

Who: Jacqueta Hytche-Simms, teamleader

What: A local fundraiser to supportAlzheimer’s research

Where: 3-mile walk begins at the Salisbury-Wicomico Senior Centerbehind the Holly Center on Snow Hill Road

When: Saturday, Oct. 27 @ 10 a.m. / registration @ 9 a.m.Why: Help the late Dr. William Hytche’s daughter raise awareness about

one of America’s growing health concerns that touched her familyHow do I participate: Contact Ayanna Evans, Rm. 2119 J.T. Williams

Hall, ext. 8143 about joining Ms. Hytche-Simms or to make adonation supporting “Team Hytche”

The UMES Foundation is a sponsor of the 2012 Lower Shore walk.

OCTOBER18 DEPT. FINE ARTS MUSIC MID-TERM RECITAL

11 a.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts 410-651-6571

18 ART EXHIBIT OPENING4-6 p.m. Mosely Gallery Smithsonian Institute traveling exhibition: “Journey Stories”Gallery Hours: Mon. through Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.Show on display until Nov. 30 • 410-651-7770

19 HAWK HYSTERIA 6 p.m. women’s volleyball8 p.m - 1 a.m. HAWK HysteriaWilliam P. Hytche Athletic CenterMen’s and women’s basketball scrimmageGive-a-ways, contests, games, autographs andHarry the Hawk’s birthday party • 410-651-6499

20 HAWK HYSTERIA 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Hawks Tailgate Tawes Gym parking lotFood, music, games, “HAWK Pride” • 410-651-6277

1-4 p.m. HAWK Football Game Cappy Anderson StadiumUMES vs George Mason University • 410-651-6277

20* TRI-COUNTY ALUMNI CHAPTER FALL FLING7 p.m. Richard A. Henson Center, ballroomCost $35 • 410-651-7686

NOVEMBER1-3* FALL THEATER PRODUCTION

7:30-9:30 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts“For Colored Girls”$5 general public, $3 seniors, $2 students with ID410-651-6575

9 FALL HRM GOURMET DINING SERIES7 p.m. Richard A. Henson Center Ballroom Menu/Cost TBA • Advanced tickets required410-651-6563

11 CONCERT CHOIR FALL CONCERT 4 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts 410-651-6571

14 WIND ENSEMBLE FALL CONCERT 7 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts 410-651-6571

15 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ETHNIC FESTIVAL 11 a.m. Student Services Center Ballroom410-651-6079

17 MUSIC RECITAL4 p.m. Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts Michael Dykes, a senior music major, performs on saxophone • 410-651-6571

“Empowerment”

Women’s ForumAnnual Conference

Fri., Nov. 9, withevening pre-confer-ence sessions Thur., Nov. 8, at:

The Richard A. Henson CenterUMES30690 University Boulevard SouthPrincess Anne, Maryland 21853

For more information, visithttp://usmwf.usmd.edu/index.php or contactMs. Karen Corbin @ 410-651-6585 or via e-mail: klcorbin@umes.edu.