Kudos

Calla Thompson and Carol Hess Receive Individual Artist Awards
Congratulations to Visual Arts Assistant Professor Calla Thompson and Chair and Professor of Dance Carol Hess as recipients of the 2009 Individual Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council. Out of 22 awardees in the photography category, Thompson was alone in receiving the highest $6,000 award.
ACTiVATE Recognized as Good Practice Program
The ACTiVATE program has been recognized by a European organization as one of the three “Good Practices” programs in the world that train women entrepreneurs. FemStart, a German-based organization formed in 2006 to study female entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship training programs at universities, issued its recommendations after a series of six conferences held in various European cities. ACTiVATE, a year-long program that trains mid-career women with significant business or technical experience to start businesses based on technologies developed at area universities and research institutions, is the only U.S.-based program of the three; the others are the MEETS program in Cambridge, England, and the NEnA program in Halle, Germany.
Jay Greene ’09 and Chauncey Gilliam ’12 Named Men’s Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week
Men’s basketball guard Jay Greene ’09 and wing Chauncey Gilliam ‘12 were named America East Conference Men’s Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week respectively, for the week ending Sunday, February 15.

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