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Retriever Activities Center Tuesday, August 28 Ceremony Begins at 2 p.m. |
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 Convocation
- the formal, ceremonial assembly of the members of the academic community
- is a tradition observed at UMBC and at colleges and universities throughout
the world. At UMBC it marks the beginning of the new academic year.
UMBC's Convocation tradition includes the presentation of a number of Presidential Awards and the President's State of the University Address. This year, the program also adds a new element - the presentation of the incoming students to the university - and the ceremony concludes with all of the new students putting on their UMBC pins, signaling that they are formally and officially members of the UMBC community.
Presidential Honors
at Convocation Presidential Teaching Professor, 2001 - 2004 Presidential Research Professor, 2001 – 2004 Presidential Distinguished Professional Staff Award Presidential Classified Staff Employee of the Year President’s Commission for Women Achievement Award
Presidential Teaching Professor, 2001 - 2004 Whether
in the classroom, in the laboratory or in the extracurricular activities
and the Golden Key Society she worked to establish and then advise at
UMBC, Lynn Zimmerman is known as a professor who cares about her students,
who takes the time to help them make the connections between their academic
work and the real world. In addition to her teaching, she has supervised many doctoral,
master’s and undergraduate students in her laboratory and has helped
to shape their lives with her dedication to them. In 1998, she received
the UMBC Student Activities Outstanding Advisor Award. In 2000, she
received a Regents’ Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring, the highest
honor given by the University System of Maryland Board of Regents. A member of the faculty since 1983, Zimmerman earned her
master’s degree at Wayne State University and her Ph.D. from the University
of California, Irvine. Her research on the development and thermotolerance of
plants has resulted in numerous publications and has been supported
consistently by grants from the National Science Foundation and the
National Institutes of Health. Presidential Research Professor, 2001 – 2004 Described by his peers as a towering figure among historians of American
foreign relations,” Warren Cohen is also one of the world’s leading
experts on American-East Asian relations. He leads his field as a pioneer
in the study of the history of U.S.-Chinese relations as a bilateral
phenomenon, examining closely the Chinese side of the relationship. Cohen is the author eight books and editor or co-editor of seven more.
He has recently published a considerably revised fourth edition of his
book, America’s Response to China, and a new book, based on his lectures at Harvard,
is forthcoming from the Harvard University Press. In addition
to his scholarly publications, Cohen writes for the Atlantic
Monthly, Times Literary Supplement, and the Nation,
as well as many of the nation’s leading newspapers. Cohen came to UMBC in 1993 as Distinguished University Professor of History. In 1994, he was appointed the first Scholar-in-Residence at the U.S. State Department. Shortly thereafter he served a term as director and is now Senior Scholar in the Asia Program at the Smithsonian’s Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Cohen holds a master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington.
Presidential Distinguished Professional Staff Award Betty Glascoe’s knack for developing positive relationships with business
and the community has characterized her many contributions to UMBC.
Upon her arrival at UMBC in 1970, Glascoe planned, developed and opened
the first Career Development Center. She initiated the first cooperative
education program at UMBC, now managed by the Shriver Center, which
places hundreds of students each year in internships and cooperative
education experiences in public and private organizations. With UMBC
alumnus Michael Sterling, Glascoe also developed the Second Generation
Mentoring Program to match UMBC students and alumni of color for long-term
mentoring relationships. As the manager of a multi-service career center, Glascoe directs the
staff in planning, developing and implementing programs and services
that enhance students’ career awareness and skills, as well as their
access to information. Through career advisement, life skills” workshops and job fairs,
Glascoe leads the team who bring together students, staff, faculty and
employers so that the education and skills of UMBC students are promoted
and made available to the employing community. Glascoe holds a master’s degree in social work from Howard University.
Ann Pfrogner is known throughout the campus as an inclusive, dedicated
professional with a special gift for working with colleagues and supervising
staff to increase their capacities to solve problems and accomplish
tasks on their own initiative while enjoying the satisfaction of contributing
to a highly productive work team. She began her UMBC career in 1975
in the Comptroller’s Office, with subsequent distinguished service in
the Office of Sponsored Programs and the Department of Human Resources.
Since 1997, she has served as the business manager in the Department
of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. In 1991, Pfrogner was
the second person at UMBC to be honored as a Classified Staff Employee
of the Month. In 1994, she was honored with the UMBC University Center
Outstanding Service Award and she has ably served for four years as
a Classified Staff Senator. Pfrogner studied accounting at Catonsville Community College. Her husband, Jim Pfrogner, has coached men’s track and field and cross country at UMBC for nearly 30 years and her son, also named Jim, is a student at UMBC. Pfrogner will retire from UMBC this year with 26 years of exemplary service and the highest regard of her faculty and staff colleagues.
President’s Commission for Women Achievement Award Since her appointment
as director of the Women’s Center in January 2000, Mikhel Kushner has
brought tremendous energy and enthusiasm to her work, developing new
programming and increasing the visibility of the Women’s Center as a
campus resource. On almost any day of the week, the Center offers programs,
classes, or activities that span a range of issues appealing to an audience
of all ages. Mikhel has made the Women’s Center a welcoming place, with tremendous resource materials,” says Linda Brown, a member of the Women’s Center Advisory Board and director of the Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research. She has brought so many great ideas and a complete understanding of the mission of a campus women’s center.” Kushner has also been instrumental in planning Women’s History Month events at UMBC and was recently honored by Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend as one of four women selected as Maryland's 2001 Women of Achievement. Kushner holds a master’s in social work from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, with a concentration on community health and women’s issues. The Women’s Center web page is located at http://novell.umbc.edu/womenscenter/ |