Kudos

The latest achievements by members of the UMBC community.

Scott Bass Receives Administrative Leadership Award
Scott Bass, dean of the Graduate School dean and vice president of research, received the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education’s (AGHE) 2008 Administrative Leadership Award at the AGHE annual conference in Baltimore Feb. 22. Malinda Orlin, dean and provost, University of Maryland Baltimore Graduate School, also received the award.
Tom Beck, Kuhn Library & Gallery, Invited to Lecture
Tom Beck, chief curator, Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery, recently lectured at the de
Young Museum in San Francisco on “Humanism in Photography.” He was invited to make the presentation on the occasion of the exhibition: “Chim: The Photography of David Seymour (1911-1956).”
College Bowl Team Wins Regional Tournament
For the second year in a row, UMBC’s College Bowl Team won the Regional College Bowl Tournament, which was held at California University of Pennsylvania in California, Pennsylvania, this past weekend. The team came in first place out of 12 other universities and will be invited to the National Championship at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn in May. The team consists of the following students: Michael Fasulo, junior; Bryan Wilkinson, junior; William Krueger, sophomore; and Marc, freshman.
At the National Championships, UMBC will be facing 15 other universities across the country, including the defending national champions from University of Minnesota, as well as Ohio State University, University of Wisconsin and Washington University – St. Louis.
College Bowl is the longest-running academic competition in the country. UMBC’s team was sponsored by The Commons, SEB and SGA.
Fauntleroy Named Field MVP; Men’s 4 x 800 Claims Gold; UMBC Track and Field Finishes Fourth at America East Championships
Senior Ashley Fauntleroy (Silver Spring, Md./Paint Branch) was named the Women’s Most Outstanding Field Performer at the America East Championships on Sunday after claiming her second gold medal of the weekend as she won the shot put. Both UMBC track and field teams finished fourth overall, improving from their sixth place finishes one year ago, as the men totaled 93.5 points and the women tied Stony Brook with 72 points.
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