Rep. Donna F. Edwards, who representsAnne Arundel and Prince George’s counties inCongress, paid a visit to UMES in late January aspart of her “2014 HBCU STEM Tour.”

Edwards met with university PresidentJuliette B. Bell, and toured UMES’s 17-acre solarenergy collection facility, the Child and FamilyDevelopment Center and a flight simulation labused by aviation science students.

As a senior member of the House Science,Space, and Technology Committee, Edwards isvisiting historically black institutions to gaininsight on how best to engage women andminorities in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields –collectively known as the “STEM” disciplines.

“I enjoyed the opportunity to witness firsthand the important workbeing done by President Bell and the University of Maryland Eastern

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Md. Congresswoman’s“2014 HBCU STEM Tour”makes a stop at UMES

Dr. Kristine Andersonhas joinedUMES’Division ofAcademicAffairs tospearheadanaggressiveexpansionof onlineinstructionfor students looking fordistance-education options.

Anderson previouslyworked at Mount AloysiusCollege in Pennsylvania, wherestarting in 2011, she directedthe private institution’s online

Online degrees the next frontier for UMESand distance education office.Prior to that, she was aprincipal investigator of federaldistance education research forthe military for eight years. Hernew position, acting director ofUMES Online, is funded with afederal Title III grant.

At UMES, she’ll team withRobin Hoffman, who recentlywas appointed director of hisalma mater’s Center forInstructional Technology.

Having an online academicpresence is a top priority forUMES President Juliette Bell,who wants the university toemploy creative, proven

Shore,” Edwards said.“We must engage womenand minorities in theSTEM fields so that theycan compete and excel ina 21st century, globaleconomy.

“It was great to seethis taking place onMaryland’s Eastern Shore.In the coming months, Iwill be working with mycolleagues on the ScienceCommittee to advancelegislation that invests inSTEM education andpromotes innovativeapproaches to preparing

our young people for careers in the sciences,” the congresswoman said.Bell, her cabinet of advisors and senior academic leaders gathered

before the tour to brief Edwards on what she could anticipate seeing during

Edwards toured the university’s flight simulation lab (shown), solarfarm and the Child and Family Development Center.

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Dr. George Cooper, executive director ofthe White House Initiative on Historically BlackColleges and Universities, will be the 2014 keynotespeaker at UMES’ 5th annual Regional ResearchSymposium.

The all-day event, which attracts researchersfrom the mid-Atlantic and beyond, will be heldApril 17 in the Student Services Center ballroom.

Dr. Jennifer Keane-Dawes, UMES’ dean ofGraduate Studies who launched the symposium tofocus attention on research by the university’sfaculty and its graduate students, said the graduateschool is honored to have Cooper as a guest oncampus.

“Our symposium has grown in reputation andpopularity each year, and having Dr. Cooper participate certainly signals it isincreasingly being viewed as an important event,” Keane-Dawes said.

Graduate schools across the University System of Maryland encourageparticipation in the research activity at UMES because it is a focal point of thestate’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate, which buildsalliances among state institutions to increase graduation of under-represented

minorities in science and related disciplines. “Fostering Interdisciplinary Research and

Education through Collaboration” is this year’stheme.

President Barack Obama appointed Cooper tohis post in September 2013. A former president ofS.C. State University, a sister 1890 land-grantinstitution, Cooper came to the White House fromthe American Association of State Colleges andUniversities, where as a senior fellow he reviewedkey federal legislative initiatives significant toHBCUs.

Cooper spent 17 years with the U.S.Department of Agriculture’s National Institute ofFood and Agriculture. He has also served in

administrative and faculty roles at Alabama A&M University and TuskegeeUniversity.

Dr. Audrey Trotman, Lead Program and Policy Analyst at the NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Educational Partnership Programalso will be a symposium participant, Keane-Dawes said. The federal agencyis a key partner with UMES in a number of ongoing research initiatives.

White House administrator to headline UMES’ 2014 research event

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Friday, Feb. 14 / Noon to 8 p.m. and

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Check in and register for all of the weekend’s alumni activities.

Alumni goodie bags and light refreshments available.

Visit the HAWKS Alumni Page on Facebook (UMES Hawkalumni) or

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Two UMES students are among 30 from across the nation invited by the U.S.Department of Agriculture to attend the agency’s 2014 Agricultural Outlook Forumlater this month.

Chelsea Grainger, a senior from Damascus, Md. majoring in generalagriculture, is one of 20 invitees chosen on the basis of essays addressing the theme:"Agriculture as a Career." Adebola (Kemi) Daramola of Nigeria was among 10graduate students selected for her responses to "The Greatest Challenge FacingAgriculture over the Next Five Years."

"The future of agriculture and rural America depends on the upcominggeneration of leaders in farming, ranching and conservation, and the studentsselected to attend the Agricultural Outlook Forum are among the best young leadersour country has to offer," Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said.

Grainger said that although many view agriculture as a “simple, arbitrary field” itis actually “unique and complex” as it encompasses life science, genetics,microbiology, plant science and animal science. “All of the aspects of agricultureoverlap and play an important role in production, food safety, our future and globalsustainability,” she said.

Grainger intends to pursue a career in veterinary science. Agriculture, she saidin her essay, is an important career “whether it be a practice to care for and treatanimals, or research to find more efficient methods of care.”

USDA's Agricultural Outlook Forum Student Diversity Program is designed tointroduce students to contemporary agribusiness, future trends, scientific research,and agricultural policy in today's real world environment. The students are from land-grant, Hispanic-serving, and non land-grant agricultural and renewable resourcesuniversities.

"Participating in the forum will expose these students to a variety of perspectiveson this country's most pressing agricultural challenges and lay the groundwork forbright futures in food, fiber and forestry," Vilsack said.

Daramola sees “an increase in the acquisition of large areas of land indeveloping countries by various interest groups from developed countries” as thegreatest challenge facing global agriculture over the next five years.

The entities involved in “land grabbing” (a derogatory term used for thepractice), she said, “often ignore that these small (parcels) of land are a means oflivelihood for the poor in the developing countries.”

Her essay states that as a student at a land-grant university, she has beenimpressed with the way American universities and industries work with rural, smallland owners to provide agricultural education, research and extension in developingcountries.

Since the student diversity program's start in 2007, annual sponsorship has beenprovided by CHS, Inc. and Farm Credit. USDA's Economic Research Service,Agricultural Research Service, and Natural Resources Conservation Service alsoprovide support. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore partners with USDA tomake the program possible.

While America’s athletes are going for the gold in Sochi,a trio of of UMES students will be competing in trials for an“Olympics of the mind,” the Honda Campus All-StarChallenge. The event takes place Saturday, Feb. 15 at MorganState University in Baltimore.

The Honda Campus All-Star Challenge is a game ofquick recall for students of America’s Historically BlackColleges and Universities. Now in its 25th year, more than $7million in grants have been awarded by Honda toparticipating HBCUs and nearly 100,000 students in 22 stateshave participated.

“I am proud to say that UMES has made the cut twice inthis competition,” said Dr. James White, team coach andUMES’ associate vice president of student affairs andenrollment management. “We intend to compete in thispreliminary round and earn a spot to represent UMES withHawk Pride at the National Championship Tournament in LosAngeles in April.”

Forty-eight teams from qualifying tournaments willadvance to the National Championship, White said. Over$300,000 is at stake this year, with the champion HBCUearning a $50,000 grant. The 48-team field will beannounced Feb. 20 during a live webcast.

“Honda would like to wish good luck to all the HCASCteams attempting to qualify for the National Championshiptournament this weekend. The journey started at thebeginning of the school year and has included long hours ofhard work, practice and study, in addition to your regularacademic course load,” said Stephan Morikawa, assistantvice president for corporate community relations, AmericanHonda.

UMES Honda CampusAll-Star team readies

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UMES’ Honda Campus All-Star Challenge Club members,from left, are: Jonathan Wheeler, Evan Bryant, MariahDennis, Jonathan Weary, Michel’le White, CourtneyRhoades, Aleaya Bowie and Jenny Porch. Rhoades, Bowieand Porch will compete in this weekend’s qualifyingtournament in Baltimore.

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contestChelsea Grainger Adebola Daramola

Learn more aboutOctavia Butler, the lateAfrican-American sciencefiction writer who describedherself as "comfortablyasocial, a hermit in the middleof Seattle, a pessimist if I'mnot careful, a feminist, ablack, a former-Baptist, an oil-and-water combination ofambition, laziness, insecurity,certainty, and drive."

Dr. Gregory Hampton,an associate professor of African-American literature at HowardUniversity, visits the UMES campus Feb. 19 for a 4 p.m. lecture inthe Frederick Douglass Library, auditorium as part of the African-American Read-In. Hampton is the author of“Changing Bodies in the Fiction of OctaviaButler: Slaves, Aliens and Vampires,” thefirst book which examines the completebody of fiction by Butler.

Butler, who was dyslexic (a readingdisability), grew up in a strugglingPasadena, Calif. neighborhood, whereshe began writing at age 10. She isknown for many novels including:“Kindred,” “Lilith's Brood,”“Fledgling,” and the “Parable” andthe “Patternist” series. Her writing earned her theHugo (World Science Fiction Society) and Nebula awards(Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America). In 1995, shebecame the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthurFellowship, or “Genius Grant” awarded annually to those who"show exceptional merit and promise for continued andenhanced creative work."

UMES students participating in the African-American Read-In Feb. 19, from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. can read one of five books byButler or choose from a large selection of other African-Americanauthors. Those who read for at least an hour are eligible to earn araffle ticket for prize drawings at 11 p.m. Students can check infor the event on the second floor of the library at the specialcollections desk.

“Read for more than an hour and get multiple tickets forchances to win,” said Jennifer Neumyer, special collections andoutreach librarian at the Frederick Douglass Library.

Also, don’t miss a 5:30 p.m. lecture Feb. 20 in the StudentServices Center Theater by Dr. Dale Green, chair of the HistoricPreservation Program and assistant professor of architecture atMorgan State University. Green will discuss his team’s unearthingof Talbot County’s “The Hill,” potentially the earliest and largestsettlement of free blacks in America. The lecture is sponsoredthough the generous support of UMES Board of Visitors memberJohn Allen of Delmarva Power.

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TOP: Representatives from the Higher Institute of Agronomy ValéryGiscard d’Estaing Faranah (ISAVF) in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa,recently visited campus to meet with UMES officials. Pictured, from left, arevisiting delegation members El Hadji Mamadou Dian Diallo, director ofexternal institutional relations and cooperation, ISAVF; Carol Stoney,director, program development, Winrock International (USA); ProfessorSara Bailo Diallo, director general (university president), ISAVF; and UMESrepresentatives Dr. Juliette B. Bell, president; Dr. Ronald Nykiel, provostand vice president of academic affairs; Kimberly Dumpson, Esq., executivevice president; and Dr. Emmanuel Acquah, director of internationaldevelopment programs.

INSET: Professor Sara Bailo Diallo, ISAVF’s director general, and UMESPresident Juliette B. Bell, signed an agreement reaffirming the partnershipbetween the two universities. An original linkage agreement was signed in1999 to stimulate scientific cooperation, strengthen research and teaching;promote development in Guinea; broaden the international experience atUMES; and promote cross-cultural knowledge and understanding amongstudents, faculty and staff of both institutions.

Lecture complimentsAfrican-American Read-In

International visitorsreaffirm agreementwith UMES

her visit, which also took her to stops in UMES’ biology department and healthsciences.

"As a biochemist and former research scientist, I am delighted to be at thehelm of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, where we have a strong focus ondeveloping the next generation of science, technology, engineering, agriculture,and technology professionals to meet the workforce needs of the state, nation andworld,” Bell said.

“We applaud Congresswoman Edwards for her leadership and look forward toworking with her to advance women and underrepresented minorities” in thosefields, Bell said.

From left, Rep.Donna F.Edwards, (D-4th), meetswith UMESPresidentJuliette B. Bellin late Januaryduring her“2014 HBCUSTEM Tour.”

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UMES’ popular undergraduate major – Hoteland Restaurant Management – has a new name.

Department chairman Dr. Ernest Boger toldstudents last week the program will now beknown as Hospitality and Tourism Management.

“The change reflects what we actually do,what we program students for,” Boger said.

The new name brings UMES in line with itspeers, Boger noted, and addresses a long-standingobservation by the Accreditation Commission onPrograms in Hospitality Administration.

When UMES’ program received thecommission’s formal endorsement in 2008, theorganization noted its name suggested a far morelimited career scope than the existing curriculumprojected. Accordingly, the faculty proceeded tolay the groundwork for a name change. However,a previous administration had other priorities,Boger said. So the program stuck with nomenclature that the chairman saidwas applicable a half-century ago, but is viewed today by educators andprofessionals in the field as outdated.

“The great majority of our courses … apply to the broader industryand careers areas of hospitality and tourism,” Boger said.

Indeed, recent UMES graduates in hotel restaurant management havefound careers with industry stalwarts Sodexo, Aramark and Enterprise aswell as the National Park Service, airlines and convention and visitors’bureaus. UMES’ professional golf management degree combines an abilityto play and teach competitive golf at a high level with training to manage thebusiness aspects of a $60 billion industry, including PGA certified golfcourses and their affiliated resorts.

“It’s our way of embracing the entire hospitality and tourism industry,”Boger said, “and recognizing the broad spectrum of opportunities forstudents who complete their degrees here.”

UMES is Maryland’s lone public college that offers a hospitality andtourism management degree. Boger believes the name change will enhance

the program’s reputation as “the state’sacademic and intellectual specialist in thefield.”

With state-sanctioned gaming starting toblossom across Maryland, Boger said casinooperators are looking for specially trainedemployees and want to hire home-grownprofessionals. “We feel that’s a niche we areready — and prepared — to fill,” he said.

“Hotels and restaurants are what we liketo call the ‘physical plant’ of tourism. There’sso much more to the profession than bricksand mortar,” Boger said.

The chairman said he’s heartened bysupport from his dean, Dr. Ayodele Alade,Provost Ronald Nykiel and President JulietteB. Bell.

With the new name in place, Boger saidthe UMES faculty is exploring ways to broaden the hospitality-tourismcurriculum, including development of a master’s degree.

This past fall, Dr. Karl Binns Sr. oversaw a senior-year capstoneproject in which three teams of students collaborated onpresentations aimed at analyzing and developing a prospectivetourism expansion strategy for the Town of Princess Anne. Binns andBoger say that idea is just scratching the surface of hands-oninstruction the department is looking to utilize beyond the traditionalhotel and restaurant sector.

“When I first heard about the name change I was uneasy,”senior Samantha J. Lord said. “I didn't know what changes this wouldbring to our department, or how it would affect our students.”

“I’m now excited, however, to see what new changes ourHospitality and Tourism Management title will bring,” she said, “As itbroadens what we really do, I'm hoping to see an increase in tourismclasses and I can't wait to see how this will bring our department toanother level.”

UMES students involved in CampusKitchens at the Universities at Shady Grovevolunteer each month to fight hunger inMontgomery County.

The students cook over 200 mealsto support families receiving aid throughThe Dwelling Place, a local agencyproviding transitional housing andsupport services to the area’s homelessfamilies with the goal of helping themachieve and maintain self-sufficiency.

“The Campus Kitchens Project iscompletely student run,” said Ruth Lee,UMES’ director of hotel and tourism management at USG. “Students design themenu, cook the meals, organize driving schedules and deliver to the homesof participating families.”

UMES hospitality and tourism management students attending thesatellite campus in Rockville, Md., started a Campus Kitchen Project in 2007.The effort is part of a national organization, which partners with high schools

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and institutions of higher education to“share on-campus kitchen space,recover food from cafeterias and engagestudents as volunteers who prepare anddeliver meals to the community.”

The UMES group also sponsorsother fundraising activities to sustain andgrow its community-based partnershipprogram, she said. Students will host aninaugural fundraiser titled, “Dining withthe Chefs,” April 21, at 6 p.m. in the USGmulti-purpose room.

Montgomery County chefs will visitthe Shady Grove classroom to demonstrate preparation of some of their menuitems. The students, in turn, will prepare those dishes for their mentors (thechefs) and attendees as part of a multi-course tasting menu at the fundraiser.Chef Ype Von Hengst, co-founder and executive chef of the Silver Diner chainof restaurants, will be the evening’s keynote speaker.

For more information, email diningwiththechefs@gmail.com.

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strategies aimed at growing enrollment.“UMES Online,” said Dr. Ronald Nykiel, UMES chief

academic policymaker, “is now approaching offering100 courses in an online format.”

Anderson’s first priority is establishing an onlinefoundation of academic programs targeting students atcommunity and junior colleges – commonly referred toas the “2+2” path to a baccalaureate degree.

Long-term, the university’s goal is to offer theoption of earning select bachelor degrees, master’sdegrees, doctorates and certificates online, Nykiel said.

“We’re committed to doing what we can to meet theexpress needs of the market,” he said.

Meanwhile, Anderson’s immediate focus is ondeveloping a baseline of courses to deliver instructionin criminal justice, business and technology, hospitalityand tourism, rehabilitation services and early childhoodeducation along with general studies. The goal is rollingout online courses in those subjects by the 2014 fallsemester.

Anderson’s goals are to:• Create and provide the majority of the general core

courses online so every student has access tocourses in classrooms with limited space that tendto fill quickly;

• Identify high-demand programmatic areas for 2+2programs and create them for online delivery;

• Create a highly competitive online cadre of 2+2programs and fully online programs;

• Assure every student has the support to besuccessful in an online environment.Anderson has more than a decade of instructional

design experience, which Nykiel said stood out amongcandidates considered for the new position. She will bemeeting with deans, department chairs and front-linefaculty throughout the spring to outline how they cancollaborate in helping UMES Online build capacity todeliver instruction online.

“The UMES community, working collaboratively, isan essential component for the success of the futureprograms,” she said.

The CIT lab in Wilson Hall (Room 1106), Andersonnoted, “has opened its doors to encourage teamwork byhosting workshops, welcoming faculty drop-ins, andsupporting the instructional development of courses.”

She also has identified certification programs forfuture development, including: retail pharmacymanagement, senior living administration/management,cyber security, international relations/diplomacy,foreign languages, forensic social work, projectmanagement for small businesses and globalization(world-wide e-commerce).

“We’ve got a lot of the pieces already in placehere,” Anderson said. “I’m excited about where we cantake this.”

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Facing its toughest competition of the season, UMES’indoor track team returned home from the ArmoryCollegiate Invitational in New York City this pastweekend with a win and six top-10 finishes. The meetattracted track and field competitors from more than100 institutions, including Clemson, Oklahoma and theUniversity of South Florida.

Freshman Khalil Rmidi Kinnini won the 3000 meters(Eastern) run with a time of 8:31.25, a personal best by 28seconds. The performance marks Kinnini’s second win thisacademic year; he won the mile run at the UMES Coach OInvitational in December. In addition to those two wins,Khalil has earned three top 10 finishes this season in threedifferent races — the mile run, the 3000 meter and the 5000meter.

Gayon Evans finished third in the women’s 60-meterfinals with a time of 7.41 seconds. Evans already has qualifiedfor the prestigious “IC4A” meet in early March with a finish of7.34 seconds at the Coach O Invitational. She has racked upnumerous top 10 finishes and three wins this year in the 60meter and 200 meter dashes.

Other top Hawk performers were: freshman EvelynChappell, 10th place in the high jump (1.63 meters); juniorDillon Simon, fourth place in the shot put (18.08 meters);freshman Jared Kerr, fourth place, long jump (7.35 meters);and the UMES men’s 4x400 relay, sixth place (3:18.10). Theteam was made up of freshmen Michael Johnson and OrwellMaylor and seniors Aaron Chatman and Kraig Webb.

UMES officials sign dual-enrollment agreementA formal agreement between UMES and Wicomico County is now in place that allowsWicomico’s high school juniors and seniors to take college-level classes as part of adual enrollment initiative that “gives them a head start on finishing college in fouryears.” Joining Wicomico superintendent John Frederickson, seated left, and PresidentJuliette B. Bell, were (from left) senior UMES administrators Bernita Sims-Tucker,Ronnie Holden, Ronald Nykiel, Anthony Jenkins and Michael A. Nugent, specialprojects coordinator in the university’s education department.

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Louis Delsarte, an accomplished painter, printmaker, muralist andillustrator, discusses his piece, “No Place Like Home,” on display in anexhibit on loan from the David C. Driskell Center in College Park, Md.Delsarte earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in fine arts from the PrattInstitute in Brooklyn, N.Y. and the University of Arizona, respectively.Known for his illusionist-style, his works can be seen in museums acrossthe country. A 2001 mural, “Transitions” is located at Brooklyn’s ChurchStreet subway station. A U.S. Postal Service stamp features his paintingdepicting the marchfrom Selma toMontgomery, Ala. He iscurrently a professor offine arts at MoorehouseCollege in Atlanta, Ga.

Senior Viair Myles andjunior Kortne Smith, both human ecology majors, contemplate “AfricanWomen, Windows,” one of the nine artworks by David C. Driskell. Some 30pieces of African-American art spanning eight decades with varyingthemes, styles and types of media are on display in the Mosely Gallerylocated in the Thomas Briggs Arts and Technology building on the UMEScampus. Twenty artists are represented in the show.

In order to accommodate a wide variety of communitypatrons, individual ticket sales are limited to: onetransaction per person with a maximum of 10 tickets only.If you would like to purchase additional tickets, you mustget back in line.

• All tickets sold are on first come, first served basis andthere will be no reservations taken by phone or by mail.

• $12 per ticket/per person

• Check or money order only made payable to UMES. (no cash/no refunds on ticket(s) purchased)

• Tickets will go on sale starting Thurs., Feb. 13 in Hensonroom 1118 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. AfterFeb. 13, you can purchase them in Henson room 2100between 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Thursdayuntil tickets are sold out.

• Lunch will start at noon in the Richard A. HensonCenter, Bailey Thomas room 1121.

• If you have any questions, please call 410-651-6563between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday.

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New male retention initiative gets underwayVice President for Student Affairs and EnrollmentManagement Anthony Jenkins shared the vision of theMen Achieving Dreams Through Education initiative withan audience of UMES male students Feb 6 at a kick-offevent. The MADE mission is to “empower, inspire andencourage the personal growth and development of ourcampus men.” Led by Clifton Harcum, coordinator formale initiatives, MADE will host activities and workshopsthroughout the semester to promote academic, social,and professional success. Paul Butler, a WBOC TV-16news anchor, gave the keynote address. First gentlemenof UMES, Willie Bell, gave the closing remarks.

2/24 Monday Roasted salmon with tomato salsa

2/26 Wednesday Beef tenderloin with blue cheese and mushrooms

3/10 Monday Brown stew snapper with pineapple salsa

3/12 Wednesday HRM shrimp in garlic & cajun scallops

3/31 Monday Guava lamb chop with peach chutney

4/2 Wednesday Braise rabbit and mushroom in red wine sauce-Pear & parsnip soup

4/21 Monday Pan roasted rib-eye steak with pickled onions

4/23 Wednesday Tomato chicken with olive and chickpeas – shrimp poppers

4/28 Monday Beef tenderloin stuffed with shrimp

4/30 Wednesday Pan roasted rockfish with rissole potatoes – chicken soup

5/5 Monday Creole crab cake with seafood ratatouille

5/7 Wednesday T-bone steak with mélange peppercorns

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Interfaith Prayer Breakfast*7-9 a.m. Student Services Center BallroomJoin Dr. Juliette B. Bell for breakfast accompanied by inspirational wordsand music.$35 general admission.410-651-6102

Black History Month Lecture3 p.m. Mosely GalleryDavid Driskell, an African-American artist, scholar and collector, speaks.410-651-7770

Homecoming Step Show*6-9 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m. and close at 8 p.m.William P. Hytche Athletic CenterGreek organizations display their skills in the art of stepping.$10 general admission; $12 at the door410-651-6434

Hall of Fame Induction*6-9 p.m. Student Services Center Ballroom$60 general admission; $50 current Hall of Famers410-651-6496

Homecoming Party*10 p.m.-2 a.m./ Doors close at midnightWilliam P. Hytche Athletic Center$20 general admission; $25 at the door; $15 UMES studentswith ID. 410-651-6434

Parade 10-11:30 a.m. Somerset Ave., Princess AnneJoin Harry the Hawk, the Thunderin’ Hawks Pep Band, UMESCheerleaders, Diamonds, and other university groups.Call 410-651-6277 for entry forms.

Pep Rally 11:30 a.m. -2 p.m. Student Services Center, Rotunda

Basketball* 2 p.m. Women / 4 p.m. Men • Doors open at noon.William P. Hytche Athletic CenterHomecoming games vs Howard University.$25 includes both games - free for UMES students with ID. 410-651-7747 or UMEStickets.com

African-American Read-in8 a.m.-11 p.m. Frederick Douglass LibraryUMES students only. Read for a least an hour to qualify for prize drawings. 410-651-7696

Black History Month Lecture4 p.m. Frederick Douglass Library AuditoriumDr. Greg Hampton of Howard University lectures on the late Octavia Butler, a renowned African-American science fiction writer. 410-651-7696

Black History Month Lecture5:30 p.m. Student Services Center TheaterProf. Dale Green of Morgan State speaks on “The Hill,” a significant African-American archeology site in Easton, Md.410-651-7696

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