By Betty Glascoe, Director, Career Development Center

Top employers want top students. And it is ever so rewarding that UMBC is often identified by many of the employing institutions as the university with themega-smart students. The honors reputation has superseded the presence of our student population and as a result, the employers are looking for the very best. It does not mean that all of their hires from UMBC must have a 3.0 or better grade point average to secure employment in these economically tight times; however, it does mean that the kind of experiences, skills and academic preparation that you have acquired, dictates how and why the employer would seek you for hire.

So, I ask you, do you have a strategy for securing the job of your choice? Do you know what you would like to do with the rest of your life? Are you successfully able to identify your talents and skills? Do you feel that the kind of academic preparation that you have received from UMBC has proven to be rewarding to your career search and easily verbalized by you to the employing institutions? Are you secure about what you have to offer? Have the work experiences, whether part-time or full-time, successfully contributed to your professional career profile/resume?

Have you utilized every resource available to you in the Career Development Center (CDC)? Have you participated in leadership opportunities on the UMBC campus? Have you been so fortunate to work on campus and capitalize on the enormous opportunities for skill development that are afforded you? Have you attended the Backpack to Briefcase seminars presented by alumni sharing employment information that could prove to be advantageous to you? Have you checked the job announcements that are daily coming into CDC? Have you been reading the senior newsletters that are sent to you monthly from the CDC, making you aware of employment opportunities? Have you been attending the career fairs?

Your concern might be focused upon, why all of these questions? And in response, we would say that we believe that the answer is clear. These are the kinds of questions that we hope you are asking yourself for self analysis in solidifying your career direction.

The academic preparation that you get at UMBC and the tremendous support systems that are available for you that grace this campus, tend to be rareopportunities in higher education. Your ability to define and acknowledge your personal strength will often be a major contributor to your success. Being a student at UMBC can put you ahead of many other employment seekers in the area; however, you must be sold on your abilities and for your growth and development, able to identify your career alternatives.

Dr. Howard Figler, an award-winning nationally renown author of PATH: A Career Exploration Workbook for the Liberal Arts Graduate and coauthor of The Athletes Game Plan for College and Career, as well as Outreach in Counseling; is also the author of this third and totally updated edition of The Complete Job-Search Handbook.

Dr. Figler indicates that there are 28 skills of the job search and they fall in five categories:

*self-assessment
*connecting (the identification of ways and means to connect with employers)
*communication (written and verbal)
*skills for selling yourself
*interviewing skills

In the final analysis, when you are cognizant of the fact that you are academically well prepared; that you possess transferable skills; that you have established a very impressive work history; that you have maintained a good grade point average while pursuing your education full-time and working in a demanding job; that experiential learning opportunities have been rewarding; then, you are ahead of the game. You are ready to explore the job search in a very non-threatening way, having some fun in the process, acknowledging your multiple skills that you bring, and taking the time to conduct your search properly. You're a winner! Now, make it all work for you.

On April 22, Commissioner Chris Monasch announced that the America East Conference will add UMBC to its membership. UMBC will join the conference in all sports for the 2003-04 academic year. The addition of UMBC brings the America East membership to 10 institutions.

"The America East Conference is very excited about the addition of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County," said Monasch. "The institution is a natural fit for the conference with an academic and athletics mission similar to our current members. The Mid-Atlantic location of UMBC, combined with our present membership in New York and New England, positions America East as a significant mid-major conference in this part of the country."

America East Conference presently consists of nine institutions - University at Albany, Binghamton University, Boston University, University of Hartford, University of Maine, University of New Hampshire, Northeastern University, Stony Brook University, and University of Vermont. In addition, America East has associate membership with Quinnipiac University in the sport of men's lacrosse.

UMBC has won the Northeast Conference Commissioner's Cup as the top overall athletics program in the conference each of the last four years. Student-athletes from six Retriever teams participated in NCAA Championships in 2001-02 alone.

UMBC's more than 400 student-athletes will compete in 20 of the 21 sports in which America East sponsors championship competition - baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, field hockey, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's indoor track and field, men's and women's outdoor track and field, and women's volleyball. In addition, America East sponsors a men's golf championship.

"It is an honor for UMBC to join the America East Conference," said UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski. "We are delighted to be in the company of outstanding schools such as Boston University, Northeastern, Vermont, Albany, Binghamton, and several other universities that enjoy national reputations for academic and athletic excellence. Our campus community, particularly our student-athletes and athletics staff, looks forward to competing on the field, on the court, and in the classroom with our sister institutions in America East."

The expansion is the first for America East since 2001 when Binghamton was added to membership on April 18 following the admission of Albany and Stony Brook on January 31.

"The America East is the next logical step for UMBC," said Director of Athletics Charles Brown. "The Northeast Conference was very good for us, but it's time to move on to greater challenges, which are the greatest motivation for athletic success. We have a great deal of hard work ahead of us.”

America East champions earn automatic qualification to 12 NCAA Championships in 2002-03 - baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, field hockey, men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, men's soccer, women's soccer, softball, men's tennis, women's tennis, and volleyball. Individual champions at the America East Outdoor Track and Field Championship also receive bids to that NCAA Championship.

The conference was established in 1979 as the ECAC North, at that time consisting of 10 institutions sponsoring league competition only in men's basketball, with the champion receiving an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship. Men's basketball remained the lone league sport until the 1988-89 academic year. At that time, the Board of Directors made a new commitment to an all-sports league, creating the North Atlantic Conference by establishing an office and hiring a full-time commissioner.

The North Atlantic Conference merged with the Seaboard Conference (the league in which Boston University, Hartford, Maine, New Hampshire, Northeastern and Vermont, among others, competed in women's basketball) in 1989, and established conference championships in several men's and women's sports.

The conference changed its name to America East prior to the 1996-97 academic year. Later that year America East hired Monasch as its second full-time commissioner and moved the conference headquarters to its present location in downtown Boston.

Quickie Quiz Time: Which UMBC sports program has been the most successful during The Retriever Renaissance of the past five years?

Answer: Depending on how you measure success, the answer could vary. However, if you are looking at team records, academic excellence, conference championships won, and NCAA appearances, the answer is clear and perhaps a bit surprising.

Tennis.

Both the men's and women's programs, which are coached by UMBC alums Keith Puryear, '90, and Bobby Hoffman, '96, have enjoyed unprecedented success since 1998. In the spring of 1998, the women's team began the run by stunning the Big South Conference with a conference title. Just a few months later, UMBC repeated the feat, as they captured the Northeast Conference title, which took place in the fall of 1998. When the NEC moved its championships to the spring time, the Retrievers didn't miss a beat, winning the 2000, 2001, and 2002 titles, and competing in the NCAA Championships the past four years. In five years, the ladies have compiled a record of 91-27.

The women's tennis team has led the athletic program's amazing effort in the classroom, as they recorded a team grade-point average of 3.40 in the fall, after having senior Kathryn Wheatley earn Verizon CoSIDA Academic All America honors last spring.

The men have strung together five outstanding seasons as well, with a combined record of 85-35, three straight NEC crowns and three consecutive NCAA appearances. Oscar Lopez, '00, was a two-time NEC "A" flight singles champion and UMBC's first-ever First Team Academic All American and current junior Josef Novotny has become UMBC's top regionally-ranked player ever.

The man behind all of this success is Puryear. The Retriever mentor took a circuitous route to the coaching position at UMBC, matriculating for two years at Howard University and one year at UMBC before entering the United States Marine Corps from 1983-88. He returned to complete his studies at UMBC in economics and took over the coaching reigns of the men's program in 1990 and the women's program in 1992.

When last season ended, Puryear had coached in exactly 500 matches, winning 291, for a winning percentage of .582. He has been named NEC Coach of the Year six times, and earned Big South honors in 1997-98. His formula for success is found in his philosophy of his chosen sport.

"I look at tennis as a way to develop character," says Puryear. "Being that it is an individual sport, it builds self-reliance, and teaches one how to deal with adversity and pressure. Tennis helps to develop the principles of hard work and how to achieve one's goals. Tennis is more than wins and losses; thinking in that manner is too narrow a process. For a coach, it becomes a goal to help each individual to become the best they can be, to instill principles and ideals that they can take with them into their adult lives."

Puryear's former and current student-athletes have heeded their coach's words and have found success on and off the court. "The opportunities to be a student-athlete and assistant coach at UMBC have been two of the most rewarding experiences of my life," says Hoffman, who earned a degree in American Studies in 1997. "Keith taught me how to be a better player physically, but also how to be a better player mentally. His guidance and leadership took me into coaching."

Rebekah Knouse, '98, a UMBC Admissions Counselor, was a standout player as Puryear was developing the program. "Keith taught the tennis team how to be strong and how to never give up," she says. "Through both the wins and the losses, his faith in us never yielded. He believed in our abilities as tennis players, as students, as more importantly, as people. Playing for the UMBC tennis team proved to be one of the most inspiring and educational experiences of my life."

Current team captain, senior Anita Pushpanathan agrees. "Both Keith and Bobby have contributed so much to both teams and continue to demand only the best from each one of its players. Their positive, motivating style of coaching has provided all of us with the opportunity to reach our full potential," she says.

Pushpanathan's 2003 team could be "the strongest team I have ever had," according to Puryear, while the men currently have to replace five starters in singles and/or doubles from last year. Both teams have beefed up the schedule as the men host St. John's (April 4), while the women entertain Cincinnati (April 4), and West Virginia (April 12).

But, if both teams continue to take their cues from Puryear, the tennis trophy case may become even more crowded after this spring.

By Jack Prostko, Director, Faculty Development Center

In past columns I have described in some detail the kinds of individual services for assessing teaching available from UMBC's Faculty Development Center, including mid-semester focus-group evaluations, classroom observation, videotaping, and individual consultation on a range of issues. Over the past few weeks, for example, I've met individually with different faculty members to discuss syllabus construction, testing and grading, academic integrity, collaborative learning, and difficult classroom dynamics. But besides these services there are many other resources available for faculty interested in exploring teaching issues.

Each semester the FDC sponsors workshops and lectures by experienced professors interested in sharing ideas about teaching. This semester Presidential Teaching Professor Jay Freyman, of the Department of Ancient Studies, will talk to faculty, staff, and students on Wednesday April 23, from 1-2 p.m. in room 318 of The Commons, as part of our ongoing "Award-Winning Teachers on Teaching" brownbag series.

Presentations by past speakers in the series, including Professor Lynn Zimmerman ("Engaging Students in the Classroom"), Professor John Jeffries ("Reflections on Teaching"), and Professor Robert Deluty ("Graduate Student Teaching, Mentoring, and the Search for Balance"), are archived and can be viewed on our Teaching Resources page. You may also want to check the complete Teaching, Learning, and Technology Brownbag Workshop Archive developed and maintained by John Fritz and the New Media Learning and Development unit. For those not familiar with other resources available at the FDC, visit the "Teaching and Learning" section of our Web site.

In addition, departments interested in discussing specific teaching concerns can request that the FDC sponsor a workshop on the topic for all departmental faculty. This current semester we have already worked with individual departments on creating effective writing assignments in the discipline, academic integrity, Turnitin.com, and designing team projects.

A new resource now available free to UMBC faculty is The National Teaching and Learning Forum. The link is currently displayed on the FDC homepage and on our teaching resources page. Under the NTLF masthead is a link for site license subscribers that will give you access to five years of NTLF issues, as long as you are using a UMBC account for Web access. This newsletter offers both reflective articles and practical tips on effective instruction; the current issue, for example, contains articles on "Mindfulness in Teaching," as well as on identifying one significant dichotomy in learning styles. The "Supplemental Materials Archive" and the "Library" are also valuable resources, containing bibliographies and some full-text articles on a variety of teaching topics.

The FDC maintains a library of books and publications that you may wish to consult for suggestions and advice. A list of library holdings is available online in our "Teaching and Learning" section. In addition to these books we subscribe to The Teaching Professor, Online Classroom: Ideas for Effective Online Instruction, College Teaching, and The Journal on Excellence in College Teaching. You are welcome to browse through these periodicals at our office or, if you have need for information on a specific teaching issue, call and we'll locate, photocopy and deliver relevant information.

Finally, the FCD wants to encourage all faculty members at UMBC to explore teaching issues, especially within disciplines. Often, disciplinary organizations sponsor conferences or seminars on teaching, and the FDC can usually help subsidize conference fees or travel expenses. This past weekend, ten faculty and staff members attended the 7th annual Lilly Conference East, held at Towson University under the FDC's sponsorship. The conference, focused on "The Art and Craft of Teaching and Learning," had both general and discipline-specific workshops. UMBC attendees were enthusiastic in their comments about the conference and felt that they discovered new teaching strategies to experiment with in their classrooms. (The NTLF Library, under "Teaching Community," contains a calendar of general conferences on teaching.)

If you would like to find out more about teaching resources and what might be relevant to your classes or your discipline, please contact me at ext. 5-1829 or prostko@umbc.edu.

According to the Maryland Department of the Environment, in 2002, Baltimore had 17 code red days. Eighty-nine percent of Maryland residents live in areas with marginal, serious or severe air quality problems. How are UMBC researchers helping to improve air quality in Baltimore?

From 1 to 3 p.m. on April 23, faculty across the disciplines will discuss their research and debate the science, policy, economics and health issues that affect the air we breathe. The panel features Royce Hanson, professor of practice in policy sciences and interim director of the Center for Urban and Environmental Research and Education; Virginia McConnel, professor of economics; Elissa Levine, principal investigator for NASA's Baltimore Children's Asthma Project; and Ray Hoff, professor of physics and director of the Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology.

"We hope students, faculty and staff will take advantage of thisopportunity to learn about the air we all breathe from four experts who see the issue from different disciplinary perspectives," says Director of Interdisciplinary Studies Patricia LaNoue. "Last year's roundtable on the issues surrounding genetically modified foods is still generating discussion."

The event will be held in the University Center, room 312. For more information on the Mosaic Roundtable, call (410) 455-2004.

The UMBC Department of Theatre presents Brian Friel's Tony Award winning play Dancing at Lughnasa from April 24 to May 4 in the UMBC Theatre. Friel's tale of being raised by five sisters in Ireland in 1936 was developed first by the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, then moved to London for an extended run on the West End and after that to Broadway where it won the Outer Circle Critics Award, the Drama Desk Award, and the Tony Award in 1991 for Best Play.

Dancing at Lughnasa is a memory play, the events of a certain summer when Michael, the illegitimate son of an extended family, was seven. Michael leads us through this bittersweet time, both commenting on the action and reliving scenes with his mother and her sisters. New York critics commented on its tie to Tennessee Williams' Glass Menagerie, another memory play where the son leads us through the events, but felt it was "a unique and wondrous experience" in its own right.

Director Christopher Owens feels "The essential and uplifting experience of the play is its celebration of things ending. Lughnasa is the harvest festival, the time when all the crops are in, summer is done with its warmth and blooms, and we're about to feel the chill of winter. The son is also ending his innocence about a number of things and his family is about to break up but what Friel (and the son) asks us to do is to celebrate this ending--to sing, to dance, to dream even though we know the reality is changing. It's a very Irish way of thinking as well, the wake being a good example, where we find great joy at the completion of the journey."

UMBC's production features Guest Artist Michael Gabel, a professional actor from Washington, D.C. in the role of Father Jack, the eldest brother of this family who has just returned to Ireland from an extended mission in East Africa. Gabel's work has been seen at the Kennedy Center (where he was in the original cast of the long-running Sheer Madness), as well as at Ford's Theatre, The Folger Theatre Group, Shakespeare Theatre, Olney Theatre, and Roundhouse Theatre. Gabel teaches for the Screen Actors Guild Conservatory and will be guest lecturing on Film Acting during his time at UMBC. Michael Gabel appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association.

Christopher Owens' previous productions for UMBC have included Blue Window and Baby With The Bathwater. It includes scenic and costume design by Elena Zlotescu, lighting and sound design by Terry Cobb, and vocal coaching by Lynn Watson. Irish Step Dance choreography is by New York choreographer Dawn Lester, a competitive Irish Step Dance herself who has done two other productions of the play.

"It is exciting for our students to have the opportunity to work with a couple of very talented guest artists." Owens commented. "I'd seen Michael Gabel's work in a few shows in D.C. some years ago and was very happy he was available and interested when we got ready to have auditions here for Father Jack at the end of January. I've worked with Dawn on two other professional productions and know that she'll bring a lot to the dance that's at the heart of this play."

Dancing at Lughnasa is recommended for the entire family. Showtimes are 8 p.m. on April 24 (preview), April 25, May 2, May 3 and 4 p.m. on April 27, May 1, May 4. The theatre will be dark on April 26. Admission is $10 general; $8 UMBC faculty and staff; $5 students. The April 24 preview is $3 for everyone. The performance on May 1 is free to the UMBC campus community. Ticket proceeds benefit the Department of Theatre Scholarship Fund. For reservations and information call the Box Office at (410) 455-2476.

UMBC's Chess Team further solidified its place as one of the greatest in the history of college chess with its first-ever President's Cup title, secured on April 6 with a win over arch-rival University of Texas, Dallas (UTD).

The President's Cup, also known as the "Final Four" of college chess, was heldat the World Chess Hall of Fame in Miami, and pitted UMBC against UTD, theUniversity of Chicago and Miami Dade Community College. The schools werechosen based on their performance at the Pan American Intercollegiate ChessChampionships held in December where UMBC won its sixth Pan Am title inseven years.

While the UMBC team has clearly been dominant at the Pan Ams, they were notable to best the team from Texas, which has won the past two President's Cups. UMBC and UTD have developed quite a rivalry, meeting in the finals ofthe Pan Ams and the President's Cup time and time again over the past threeyears.

UMBC's team included: Grandmaster Alex Onischuk (Alex the Invincible);Grandmaster Pawel Blehm (The Polish Magician); Grandmaster Alex Sherzer (The Surgeon); International Master Pascal Charbonneau (The Frenchman); and International Master Eugene Perelshtyen (Captain).

On April 24, President Freeman Hrabowski, the UMBC Alumni Association Board of Directors and the rest of the UMBC community celebrated the achievements of UMBC alumni and recognized over 40 student scholarship and award recipients at the 2003 Alumni Awards on April 24.

This year's honorees are Distinguished Alumna Diane L. Bell-McKoy '73; Outstanding Alumna Adrienne A. Jones '76; Community Leadership Awardee Emily Byrne '70; and Alumni Volunteer of the Year Robert A. Baruch '89.

Distinguished Alumnus of the Year
Diane Bell-McKoy
B.A., Sociology/Social Work '73
President/CEO, Empower Baltimore Management Corporation

After almost 20 years working with drug treatment programs and poverty issues, and as an advocate for children, Diane Bell-McKoy took the reins as president and CEO of the Empower Baltimore Management Corporation in 1994.

Since then, she and her staff, in partnership with others in the business community, have seen the creation of 5,000 new jobs and helped 8,000 unemployed city residents find work. Empower Baltimore has also created new initiatives, such as a Hospital Hopkins and University Hospital program, which has trained hospital workers and upgraded them to work as surgical technicians.

As leader of Empower Baltimore, Bell-McKoy has faced the challenge of bringing together people from different backgrounds with varying experiences and beliefs to put together and carry out a collective vision.

Outstanding Alumna of the Year
Adrienne A. Jones
B.A., Psychology '76
Speaker Pro Tem, Maryland House of Delegates

Delegate Adrienne A. Jones is the first African-American woman to serve as the speaker pro tem of the Maryland House of Delegates. Her election to this post in January 2003 was the culmination of over 25 years of civil service, which began when she was hired as a clerk in Baltimore County's Office of Central Services the year she graduated. Since then Jones has served as an aide to five Baltimore County executives and has represented the 10th Legislative District as a delegate since 1997. She currently serves on the Ways and Means Committee and the Finance Resources and Tax and Revenue Subcommittees. She is also the house chair of the Joint Committee on Fair Practices and Joint Advisory Committee on Legislative Data Systems and a member of the Legislative Policy Committee.

Jones is active in many community organizations and is the recipient of awards such as one of the Top 100 Women in Maryland for 2002, Woodlawn-Westview Rotary Service Above Self Award, the Baltimore County Police Department and the Governor's Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Contributions in the field of Victims Rights and Services. Jones has been a strong advocate for UMBC throughout her political career.

Community Leadership Award
Emma Byrne
B.A., Sociology '70
Retired Teacher, Baltimore City Schools

Graduating in 1970 at age 49 with a B.A. in sociology, Scottish-born Emily Byrne went on to a teaching career in Baltimore City and a life spent volunteering for dozens of organizations, many dedicated to peace and immigration issues.

At 81, the longtime Columbia resident is still actively involved with such groups as the Howard County Commission for Human Rights, League of Women Voters, Marylanders Against Handgun Abuse, Foreign-Born Information and Referral Network (FIRN), and is chair of the committee on conflict resolution for Community Building Howard County. Byrne was named Howard County Volunteer of the Year in 2000.

Byrne regularly attends alumni events and credits UMBC with giving her confidence and developing her curiosity. "I wish more people would just ask, 'Why?'" she says. "People repeat their mistakes because they don't question the way things are."

Alumni Volunteer of the Year
Robert Baruch
B.S., Computer Science '89
President, CEO and Founder, Raba Technologies, Inc.

Described as "selfless" with his time and his resources, Robert Baruch is as committed to supporting his alma mater as he has been to building a highly successful career.

As founder and president of RABA Technologies, a technology consulting firm, Baruch has been recognized by Ernst and Young as an Entrepreneur of the Year finalist. And, his company has been cited by Deloitte and Touche as one of the fastest growing technology firms in Maryland and the nation.

Baruch, who received a bachelor's degree in computer science in 1989, remains connected to the institution in countless ways. He is especially supportive and involved with the Meyerhoff Scholars Program, serving as a mentor to two Meyerhoff Scholars and supporting a full scholarship. He is also a member of the university's Board of Visitors and the Entrepreneurship Program. And, Baruch's leadership and corporate influence have resulted in RABA's sponsorship of both UMBC's Life Sciences Symposium and Information Technology Forum.

Three hundred sixth and seventh grade girls from Baltimore and Howard County Public Schools will spend a half-day with some of the top women in information technology (IT), learning about how technology can be an exciting part of their lives now and in the future. Dr. Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, will launch the four-hour "Computer Mania Day" program to be held at UMBC on Saturday, May 3, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Students will work in small groups, rotating between interactive demonstration sessions covering such topics as fingerprint technology, designing the next generation of the Internet and the role of technology on Wall Street. They will also visit booths where area high schools will present information and encourage participation in their elective IT courses and programs.

A parallel parent and teacher program (9 a.m. to 12 p.m., UC Ballroom Lounge) will complement the day by providing information about causes for girls' low enrollment in technology courses and what parents can do to encourage girls to embrace technology. Dr. Ride will provide the keynote address. Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick, State Superintendent of Schools, will provide remarks relative to the IT education in the State's K-12 system.

Throughout the day, students will have an opportunity to speak with women who are already working in IT and female high school and college students studying Information Technology.

Shirley Collier, CEO of Paragon Smart Technologies and co-chair of Computer Mania Day, said, "This program is an important first step in addressing the under enrollment of women in IT. The program will help middle school girls see that women and girls interested in IT are not geeks. It's fun for everyone, it's intellectually and financially rewarding and it's cool."

Computer Mania Day is based on a program that Ms. Collier chaired from 1995 - 1998 in Howard County. That program successfully increased the percentage of high school girls in elective IT classes in Howard County Public School System from 20% to 50%. Unfortunately, since the program ended, those numbers appear to be slipping.

This is consistent with the national data. In spite of reports that the Internet gender gap is closing, women are still seriously under-represented as developers of IT, and they are often not well served as IT users. Women make up 51 percent of the population and earn more than half of all bachelor-level degrees awarded, but earn only about one-quarter of the bachelor-level computer and information sciences degrees awarded in the U.S. - down from the 1980s when those numbers were in the mid 30's. Business and educators alike are concerned about what this means for long-term growth in the IT industry. Decisions are being made now by middle school students that will have an impact on the workforce five to ten years down the road.

"Computer Mania will help young girls to explore the use of technology and IT career options," said State Superintendent of Schools Nancy Grasmick. "With exposure during this stage, girls will have better opportunities to participate in high school Career Technology Education courses and programs, especially those leading to high-skill careers."

Research shows that the IT gender gap opens as early as the middle school years, when girls are most image-conscious and do not want to be labeled as "geeks" or "nerds." Girls make up only 14.3% of the students who take Advanced Placement courses in computer science, a key to success in IT-related fields at the college level.

"If we want to increase the number of women in IT careers, we need to reach them when they're young-ideally, in middle school-and get them excited about technology," said Dr. Joan Korenman, Director of the Center for Women and Information Technology. "The good news is that we know Computer Mania Day can do this, and it will be open to girls throughout the state. This is our first year so we will limit the numbers to three hundred, but next year we hope to invite many more girls and their parents and teachers."

Sheila Heinze, CEO of SM Consulting and the other co-chair of Computer Mania Day, has provided multiple staff to work on this event. "As an IT business owner, I appreciate the importance of a diverse workforce, but I find it difficult to find the women to hire. If we want women to be full participants in using and developing IT, we need to roll up our sleeves, work together, and make it happen."

Heinze and Collier recently sat down with UMBC's Techport to discuss Computer Mania Day and the future of women and information technology. Read the interview here.

For a Computer Mania Day schedule and more information, go to www.computer-mania.info. For more information on women and information technology, go to www.umbc.edu/cwit.

UMBC Students Inducted Into Phi Kappa
In ceremonies held at the Stamp Student Union at the University of Maryland College Park on April 13, forty six UMBC students were inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa. Two UMBC students received fellowships for first year graduate study provided by the University of Maryland Chapter. Nadwa Mossaad, an undergraduate economics major, received the W. Jackson Stenger award. Mossaad will pursue a Master of Economic Policy Analysis at UMBC. Tomasz J. Macura, an undergraduate mathematics and computer science major, plans to attend Cambridge University in England.

Phi Kappa Phi invites the top ten percent of the graduating class to memberships. The University of Maryland Chapter includes the traditional five University of Maryland campuses: UMB, UMBC, UMCP, UMES, and UMUC.

Constantine Vaporis Receives Fellowship
Constantine Vaporis, associate professor of history, was offered a year-long research fellowship at the Center for Japanese Cultural Studies in Kyoto, Japan (Aug. 1 2003-July 31, 2004). The Center is an institution affiliated with the national Japanese Ministry of Education. Vaporis will join a researchteam of Japanese scholars working on the theme of "Isolation and Exchange inJapanese Cultural History." One of the products of this joint collaborationwill be a cultural atlas of Japan.

UMBC Sweeps Men's and Women's NEC Tennis Championships
UMBC's reign of dominance in NEC tennis continued on April 27 as the Retrievers won their fifth straight women's title and fourth consecutive men's crown with a scintillating performances in the finals of the 2003 NEC Men's and Women's Tennis Championships at the Mercer County Tennis Center in West Windsor, NJ.

UMBC, seeded at #1 in both the men's and women's divisions, blanked #2 FairleighDickinson, 4-0, in the men's championship and ousted #2 Quinnipiac, 4-0, in the women's finale. One of the most intense rivalries in the NEC in any sport, the UMBC and Quinnipiac women met for the fourth consecutive year in the title match. And for the fourth consecutive year, the result was exactly the same, a 4-0 shutout in favor of the Retrievers. UMBC won a hotly contested doubles point when the #1 duo of Anita Pushpanathan and Lana Khvalina stopped the Bobcats' Cristin Arahovites and Tina Hoang, 8-3.

UMBC clinched the crown in singles play when #3 flight player Tia Kaasalainen ousted Arahovites, 6-3, 6-4, following wins by teammates Ale Pedergnana, who scored a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Heather Rahm at #4, and Aimee Lim, who downed Katherine Ehle Marshfield, 6-2, 6-1 at #6. UMBC's five consecutive women's tennis titles is the longest streak in the NEC in any sport.

Red-hot Fairleigh Dickinson had its 11-match winning streak stopped in the men's championship, as the Knights fell to the Retrievers for the second straight year by the same 4-0 score. After taking the doubles point, UMBC cruised to the title with three straight set victories in singles competition. UMBC #2 flight player Mikhail Kouznetsov downed Daniel Wynne, 6-2, 6-0, while #4 Luis Baraldi tripped Angel Rubio, 6-4, 6-1, and #6 Djan Gusmao overwhelmed Rodrigo Avila, 6-1, 6-2.

UMBC did not drop a single set in each of the last four NEC Tournaments. The Retrievers now advance to the NCAA Tournament as the NEC's automatic qualifier for both men and women. Men's first and second round NCAA competition commences on May 10, while NCAA regionals for women begin on May 9.

Learning Resources Center and Student Support Services Recognize Students
The Learning Resources Center and The Student Support Services staffsrecognize the following peer tutors and student office assistants foroutstanding service for Academic Year 2002 - 2003. We also sendcongratulations to our graduating students.

Abimbola Adedeji**, Olugbemiga Adekunle*, Sahar Ali, Sanat Bahl,Bhramori Banerjee, Sibrata Banerjee*, Joshua Barczak, Cameron BardlivingAmy Baumgarten, Mike Beyer*, Vinay Bhat*, Amy Bodine*, Li Cao, Megan Calvert*,Soo Cha, Daniel Chapman*, Moumita Chatterjee*, Charita Collins*, Tavon Cooke,Devin Cooper*, Patricia Denver**, Deirdre Derrick**, Laurence Desi,Ruthanne Doetzer, Kathryn Ekey, Jesse Ellsbury, Steven Foster*, Cara Frame,Mary Ghobadi, Jacob Goins, Kristina Golden, Sekou Gordon, Mark Headley,Elizabeth Hernandez*, Joanna Hoffman, Amy Holthause, LaTonya Howard,Leah Hutchinson, Chikwerendu Imo, Saurabh Jain, Huguens Jean, Gaurav Jolly*,Janak Kalaria*, Huma Kausar*, Ryan Kennedy, Kelly Kern, Svetlana Khvalina,Cara Kirchoefer, Sergiv Kiselvov, Gene Ko, Dede Koffie-Lart,Oksana Korostyshevshsya, Nicholas Kridler, Zhen Li, Guolui Lui, Youming Luo,Candice Mach, Kyle Mahaney, Salma Malik, Ronald Mardeusz, Jessica McElvaney,Christiana Metzger, Chad Mills, Matthew Molter*, Meghann Moragne El,Kimberly Murphy, My-Le Nguyen*, Christine Nortrup, Nwamaka Onuigbo*,Heather Owens, Holly Owens, Joy Pansini, Anthony Parisella, Mayank Patel*,Ajay Prabhu*, Ashish Pradhan, Thelma Purdie**, Fahad Rahman, Sarah ReillyRyan Rittenhouse*, Rob Savillo, Guiliano Scarcelli, Ilse Schweitzer,David Sembly, Kayoko Shimada, Laura Silverman, Bradly Siskind*, Luke Smart*,Barbara Smith, Eric Smith, Anubhav Sonthalia, Astrid Sperling, Gregory Stott,Zhibin Sun, Oleksandr Sverdlov, Jason Tice, Stephanie Trickey,Eddie Tsibulevskiy, LaTasha Tucker**, Alejandra Valencia, Eric Valentine,Kalavathy Vedhachalan, Richard Walshe, Joy Wang, Carrie Ward**,Sarah Weammert, Aimee Webber, Jaime Weinrich*, Joshua Winger, Kelly Woodring*,Ruslan Yunusov, Jacquelin Zimmerman, Zachary Zoller

*Graduates
**Graduates Receiving the Excellence in Tutoring Awards or Outstanding ServiceAward

Graduate Research Conference Winners
Sponsored by the Graduate Student Associations of UMBC and the University of Maryland, Baltimore, the Graduate Research Conference allows students of different programs and disciplines to share research ideas and become familiar with the process of preparing for a scientific meeting. UMBC student winners and their faculty advisors are listed by research category.
www.umbc.edu/gradschool/research/grc.html

Claudia Rosu Receives Summer Internship at Harvard Medical School
Policy sciences graduate student Claudia Rosu has received a summer internship at Harvard Medical School to work with some physicians who are studying physician/patient communication in a pediatric population of children with chronic conditions such as asthma. Claudia was selected because she is trained in health policy and can help to work through policy implications and related papers related to their findings.

Jane Kapustin Receives NIH-sponsored Fellowship
Policy sciences graduate student Jane Kapustin has received a fellowship to the Summer 2003 Genetics Institute program at the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH) that is designed to provide training in molecular genetics for use in research and clinical practice. The program provides an opportunity for graduate students, faculty and advanced practice nurses to engage in a formal program of study with classroom and laboratory components. She plans to study the genetic relationship of obesity and the development of type -2 diabetes with a special interest in the policy, ethical and legal implications of this disease epidemic.

Maurice Berger Edits New Book on Postmodernism
Maurice Berger, curator, Center for Art and Visual Culture, is editor of postmodernism: A Virtual Discussion. The book documents the proceedings of an Internet conference moderated by Berger and held on the Georgia O'Keefe Museum Web site on October 1-14, 2001. It is co-published by the Georgia O'Keefe Museum Research Center and the Center for Art and Visual Culture.

David Crandall Composes Score for D.C. Theatre Company
Visual arts instructor David Crandall recently returned from a trip to Greece with the Washington, D.C. theater troupe Scena Theater. Scena was honored to be invited as the U.S. representative to the international Spring Theatre Festival Thessaloniki, where they presented a modern English translation of Euripides' tragi-comedy ORESTES, with an original score composed by Crandall. The annual festival, produced by Piramatiki Skini of Thessaloniki and supported by the Greek Ministry of Culture, is oriented to innovative productions of classic theater, and also featured groups based in Greece, Bulgaria, Slovenia, France, Italy, Britain, Holland and Switzerland.

Alumnus P.J. Wakefield Named MISL Rookie of the Year
The Major Indoor Soccer League announced today that Baltimore Blast Forward and former Retriever P. J. Wakefield is selected as the 2002-03 MISL Rookie of the Year. Wakefield was an overwhelming choice of the voters from the media covering the MISL teams, MISL team management and coaches.

Wakefield was the Baltimore Blast first round draft selection (14th overall) in the 2002 MISL Amateur Draft. He played in every game in his collegiate career at UMBC.

This season Wakefield scored 62 points (2-3PG's, 23-2PG's, 10-As.) including three game- winning goals and registered 24 blocks. He finished third in points on the Blast squad behind Denison Cabral and Tarik Walker. In the MISL Championship Playoffs, Wakefield scored 11 points (5-PG's, 1 As) in five games as the Blast defeated the Milwaukee Wave for the 2002-03 MISL Championship. Wakefield's assist on Tarik Walker's goal in Game Two of the MISL Championship Series helped seal the win for Baltimore at the 1st Mariner Arena; Wakefield also scored a two-point goal in that game.

Wakefield follows teammate and UMBC alum Billy Nelson who was the 2001-02 MISL Rookie of the Year.

Charles Fey Named Diamond Honoree
On March 31, Vice President for Student Affairs Charles Fey was named as a "Diamond Honoree" for 2003 by the American College Personnel Association at its annual convention held in Minneapolis. The Diamond Honoree Awards seek to recognize the life-long contributions of distinguished professionals in student affairs.

Bob Nielsen Appointed to Safety Council of Maryland Committee
Bob Nielsen, director of environmental safety and health, has beenappointed to the Nominating Committee of the Safety Council of Marylandby the Council's Chief Executive Officer. The committee's task is tonominate the Board of Directors and officers of the corporation for thenew fiscal year. UMBC is the only university represented on the committee.

Huguens Jean and Sherita Baker Honored as Northeast Conference Scholar-Athletes
Huguens Jean and Sherita Baker were honored as Northeast Conference Scholar-Athletes for the sports of men's indoor track and women's indoor track, it was announced by the league office.

UMBC senior Huguens Jean collects Scholar-Athlete accolades in men's indoor track and field. Jean was named the Outstanding Field Performer at the 2003 NEC Indoor Track & Field Championships in February, winning the high jump with a meet record leap of 6' 11", as well as the triple jump with a mark of 46' 11" to help boost the Retrievers to a best-ever second place finish. He went on to set a new school record in winning the high jump at the IC4A Championships for the second straight year with an NCAA-qualifying leap of 7' 1 1/4". Jean cleared 6' 11 3/4" at the NCAA Championships in March, placing tenth among the 21 participants in the event. A Computer Engineering major, Jean has earned semester honors twice at UMBC and has compiled a 3.29 grade point average.

UMBC senior Sherita Baker garners Scholar-Athlete honors in women's indoor track and field. Baker won a gold medal in the 800 meters at the 2003 NEC Indoor Track & Field Championships this past February,crossing the tape in 2:17.72. She was also a member of UMBC's winning distance medley relay team as the Retrievers took runner-up honors for the second consecutive season. Baker achieved a measure of postseason success when shestarred on UMBC's 4x800 meter relay team that set a school record with a time of 9:06.25 at the ECAC Championships. A Dean's List student who has earned seven consecutive semester honors since enrolling at UMBC, Baker is an English major who sports a 3.83 grade point average.

First Baseman Isaac Friedel Named NEC Rookie of the Week
UMBC freshman first baseman Isaac Friedel came up big in UMBC's three-game sweep of Wagner over the weekend, lacing seven hits in ten at-bats while driving in four runs. On the week, the Wall, NJ native batted .571 (8-14) with two doubles, a triple, three runs scored and five RBI. Friedel went 3-3 with a pair of doubles and an RBI in a 6-5 win over the Seahawks on Saturday. In the first game of Sunday's twinbill, Friedel knocked in a pair of runs with his first career triple as the Retrievers went on to post a 6-3 victory. In the nightcap, he went 3-4 with a double and an RBI as UMBC completed the sweep with a 4-3 triumph. Friedel, who had struggled at the plate early in the season, raised his average from .125 to .226 with his big week and is now tied for second on the club with eight RBI.

Stephen Holden Part of National Academies of Sciences Committee
Stephen Holden, assistant professor of information systems, is part of the National Academies of Sciences' National Research Council group, theCommittee on Authentication Technologies and Their Privacy Implications. The committee authored an in-depth report on ground rules for designingidentity-verification systems and protecting privacy. For more info: www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/0309088968

Women's Tennis Earns Ninth Straight; Wins National Ranking
The UMBC women's tennis team (9-1) won its ninth straight match, a 6-1 decision over UNC Wilmington on March 29. The four-time defending NEC champions have been ranked by College Tennis Online for the past two weeks, debuting at #69 two weeks ago, and remaining amongst the Top 75 programs in the country at #71 this week.

The Retrievers have been strong up and down the lineup again this season. Junior #1 seed Jana Karaskova improved to 9-1 singles with a 6-1, 6-3 win over UNCW's Sallie Kiser. She is now a combined 17-2 this spring and her all-time careersingles mark is 44-5. Junior #3 seed Tia Kaasalainen lost just one game in a 6-0, 6-1 triumph at #3 singles over UNCW's Kristin Mears. She partnered for the first time at #1 doubles with Jana Karaskova and their partnership resulted in a 8-3 win. The native of Finland is now 8-2 in singles this season and 8-2 in doubles, including 7-2 in "A" flight doubles matches and is 25-4 in her doubles career at UMBC.

Senior team captain and #2 seed Anita Pushpanathan (7-3), freshman #4 Alessandra Pedergnana (8-2), sophomore #5 Lana Khavalina (7-1) and sophomore #6 Aimee Lim (7-3) have also excelled for Head Coach Keith Puryear. The Retrievers have some tough challenges, as Cincinnati, main NEC rival Quinnipiac and Army all play at UMBC this weekend.

Curtis Menyuk's New Patent
Curtis Menyuk has a new patent, entitled, "Polarization-Mode Dispersion Emulator", patent number US 6,542,650 B2, that issued on April 1. This invention is a polarization mode dispersion ("PMD") emulator that accurately mimics the key statistical properties of PMD in a real fiber. The entire patent can be viewed on the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Web site at www.uspto.gov. If you would like more information on patents,trademarks, or copyrights, please call the Office of TechnologyDevelopment at ext. 5-1414.

By John Fritz, Director, New Media Learning and Development

Six faculty recipients of the 2002-2003 Teaching, Learning and Technology "Mini Grants" will present their results Friday, April 11, at 11 a.m. as part of the joint UMBC TLT Fair and USM Pedagogy & Technology Day at UMBC's South Campus. Presenting as a panel to showcase the variety of approaches rather than delve in-depth into any one project, the faculty will respond to the following questions:

1. Briefly summarize the pedagogical problem or opportunity your grant attempted to address?
2. Describe what you did with the mini grant (e.g., software purchase, student support, etc.)?
3. Describe the results, outcomes or lessons learned from your project?

Co-sponsored by OIT and the Faculty Development Center, the TLT Mini Grants were designed to enhance students' technological fluency and engagement in theclassroom.The following is a summary of the faculty projects reported in the OIT Newsletter earlier this year:

Associate Professor of HistoryKriste Lindenmeyer, who chairs the department's technology committee, has equipped a small computer lab to support 13 faculty and their students who will be using Blackboard in nearly 30 courses this fall. On its own, the department also hired a grad assistant to help Lindemeyer run the lab and support faculty who were trained in Blackboard this summer.

Assistant Professor of Sociology Sheila Cotten is integrating technology into the department's SOCY 610: "Survey Construction" course by exploring how the Internet can be used as a survey tool. In addition to experimenting with software, she's hired a teachingassistant to help with project management for the course that is a standard for many social science students.Note: Cotten will be presenting at the next TLT Brown Bag on Monday, April 28 at 1 p.m. (location TBA at www.umbc.edu/brownbag).

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Jack Gwo is hiring a student programmer to help him build online, self-paced tutorials to be used in the department's groundwater hydrology courses. "The goal is to engage students in technology innovation in hydrological sciences and engineering rather than merely learning modeling software that often takes up the majority of classroom instruction and computer laboratory times."

Assistant Professor of Computer Science/Electrical Engineering Tim Oates is also hiring a student programmer to help him build visual models of nearly 20 complex data structures students often struggle within CMSC 341 "Data Structures," which is required for all computer science students. Oates and fellow CMSC 341 lecturer Dennis Frey are hoping their online, self-paced interactive models will allow the department's 300 CMSC 341 students to practice and understand key concepts, and free up class time that had centered around discussing a few time-consuming, hand-drawn data structures.

Professor and Chair of the Department of Music Linda Dusman is using her award to integrate technology into more of the department's performance and composition curriculum. Specifically, MUSC 101 Fundamentals of Music Theory and MUSC 110 Musicianship Laboratory will explorethe use of Practica Musica computer assisted learning software. Music Theory II and III will use ECS TimeSketch Editor, a graphical composition tool, to learn formal analysis. And Music Theory IV and Composition will use Finale, a state-of-the-art music notation software used by practically all music professionals. The department will also purchase one or two computers for use in its digital keyboard lab.

Science 100 Instructor Karin Readel likes to assign group Web projects, but didn't like that the responsibilities usually fall on one tech-savvy group member. She also wanted other students to learn technical skills they may need in later courses or on the job. While Readel didn't receive funding to buy her own FrontPage server, OIT provided it along with in-kind administration support. Some of her initial results—including an observation thatstudents aren't as tech savvy as we often think -- were shared during a TLT Brown Bag workshop on Nov. 18, 2002 (see "past presentations” at www.umbc.edu/brownbag).

Computer Mania and CWIT Featured in the Daily Record and Baltimore Sun's Maryland Live
UMBC's Computer Mania Day and Center for Woman and Information Technology were featured in the May 1 Daily Record.
www.mddailyrecord.com/cgi-bin/udt/im.display.printable?client.id=mddailyrecord&story.id=140779

On May 1, the event was also named a "Best Bet" in the Family section of the Baltimore Sun's Maryland Live.

Carlo DiClemente on Marc Steiner Show (5/6)
Carlo DiClemente, professor and chair of the Department of Psychology, is scheduled to appear on the Marc Steiner Show (88.1 FM, WYPR) on May 6. The subject will be addiction treatment and DiClemente's recently released book, Addiction and Change: How Additions Develop and Addicted People Recover.

Governor's Visit to UMBC in Catonsville Times
An article on Governor Robert Ehrlich's recent visit to UMBC was featured in the Catonsville Times on April 30.
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=351&NewsID=453186&CategoryID=8381&on=0

Library Gallery Exhibition in the Baltimore Sun's Maryland Live and Patuxent Publishing's Lifetimes
On May 1, the Library Gallery exhibition, "100 Years of Camera Work," was the featured exhibition in the Arts section of the Baltimore Sun's Maryland Live.
www.sunspot.net/entertainment/bal-li.art01may01,0,3378022.story?coll=bal%2Dlive%2Dheadlines.

The exhibition was reviewed in Lifetimes, Patuxent Publishing's arts and entertainment publication, on April 30.
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=localnews&pnpID=812&NewsID=453102&CategoryID=8978&on=0

UMBC Athletics in the Baltimore Sun
An article on UMBC's move to the America East Conference appeared in the Baltimore Sun on April 23.
www.sunspot.net/sports/bal-sp.umbc23apr23.story

Library Gallery in the Baltimore Sun
On April 24 Baltimore Sun art critic Glenn McNatt reviewed the Library Gallery exhibition, "100 Years of Camera Work."
www.sunspot.net/features/lifestyle/bal-to.umbc24apr24,0,7734628.story?coll=bal%2Dartslife%2Dtoday

UMBC in the Baltimore Sun
A feature on UMBC and its growing reputation appeared in the Baltimore Sun on April 17. The article includes quotes from UMBC students, President Freeman Hrabowski and professors John Jeffries and Tom Field.
www.sunspot.net/news/education/bal-te.md.umbc17apr17,0,7060787.story?coll=bal%2Dlocal%2Dheadlines

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering in Chemical Engineering Education
A profile of the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering appeared in Chemical Engineering Education.
www.umbc.edu/engineering/cbe/News/umbc_cee.pdf

Robert Provine in Newsweek
Professor of psychology Robert Provine was quoted in a Newsweek "Ask Tip Sheet" column on yawning.
www.msnbc.com/news/892793.asp

Senior Tim Flanagan in the Baltimore Sun
Baltimore Sun sports columnist Mike Preston profiled senior lacrosse player Tim Flanagan on April 12. The Retrievers upset the eighth-ranked UNC Tarheels last weekend.
www.sunspot.net/sports/bal-sp.preston12apr12,0,4723162.column?coll=Dbal%2Dsports%2Dcolumnists
www.umbcretrievers.com/sports/mlacrosse/release.asp?RELEASE_ID=858

MFA Student Jon Routson in Village Voice and Art Net
Work by graduating MFA in Imaging and Digital Arts student Jon Routson was featured in the Village Voice and Art Net. His work is also on view -- along with other graduating MFA students -- at UMBC's Center for Art and Visual Culture.
www.villagevoice.com/nightguide/evening.php?eventID=28430&slcategory=art&sldate=1984
www.artnet.com/Magazine/reviews/robinson/robinson3-28-03.asp

Chess Team in the Baltimore Sun
After UMBC beat its close rival from the University of Texas at Dallas at the Pan American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship, the Baltimore Sun published a feature and staff editorial on the Chess Team's victory.
www.sunspot.net/bal-md.chess07apr07.storywww.sunspot.net/news/opinion/bal-ed.chess08apr08,0,1774128.story?coll=bal%2Dopinion%2Dheadlines

Alumna Mina Cheon's Article in NY Arts Magazine
An article by Mina Cheon, M.F.A. '02, was published in the April 2003 issue of NY Arts Magazine. "SCI-ART: Exploring the Brain and the Role of theArtist, "(written under Cheon's pen name, M-1000), features Lee Boot, research faculty at UMBC's Imaging Research Center.
www.nyartsmagazine.com/75/brain.htm

Joan Korenman Named a Baltimore Magazine "Hot Shot"
CWIT Director Joan Korenman was named a Baltimore Magazine "Hot Shot" for her pioneering work with women and the field of information technology.
www.umbc.edu/cwit/baltimore_mag.pdf

Lou Cantori and Robert Freedman on the Marc Steiner Show
Political science professor Lou Cantori and Robert Freedman,part-time professor of Judaic studies, discussed the war withIraq on WYPR 88.1 FM's Marc Steiner Show on Thursday, April 10.

Stephen Auvil in the Baltimore Business Journal
Stephen Auvil, director of UMBC's Office of Technology Development, was featured in an April 11 Baltimore Business Journal cover article on thestate of technology transfer at Maryland universities.

Tom Schaller on Marc Steiner Show and Direct Connection
Tom Schaller, assistant professor of political science, was a guest on WYPR's Marc Steiner Show on March 21 and on MPT's Direct Connection on March 24.

Department of Music's Japan Festival and Symposium in the Baltimore Sun
The Baltimore Sun featured the Department of Music's Music of Japan Today Festival and Symposium on April 1. The festival is the largest of its kind in the country.
www.sunspot.net/features/lifestyle/bal-to.musicol01apr01,0,3774967.story?coll=bal%2Dartslife%2Dtoday

Keith Harries in Popular Science
Keith Harries, professor of geography and environmental systems, was quoted in a story on profiling in the April 2003 issue of Popular Science.
www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,12543,435555-7,00.html