--- title: Alumni Association News date: 2022-05-26T14:30:00-04:00 author: University of Maryland canonical_url: "https://terp.umd.edu/alumni-association-news-spring-2022" section: Articles --- # Alumni Association News *May 26, 2022* — by [Alumni Association Staff](/authors/alumni-association-staff) - *Photo by Lisa Helfert* *Career networking illustration* ### Letter From the Executive Director *Amy Eichorst portrait* --- ### Career Week in Review What do Terps want from the Alumni Association? Job assistance, industry networking and professional development, according to a recent survey. The second annual Career Week offered all that and more. Held in January, [Career Week](https://alumni.umd.edu/career-week) featured 26 online programs to help Terps advance in their professions. Topics included writing a winning resume, working with mentors and defining personal values. “Engagement during Career Week can look different to each Terp,” says Ellie Geraghty, director of alumni career programs for the association. “Some may be interested in making new Terp connections to help land a job, while others may be wanting to share their expertise and hire a fellow Terp to their company.” More than 4,000 Terps have registered for Career Week sessions since it launched last year. Bita Riazi ’19 said the sessions, along with the Alumni Association’s other career resources, have been instrumental to her success. “If it weren’t for the Alumni Association, I wouldn’t have reached my 500-plus goal for connections on LinkedIn and created my Terrapins Connect profile,” she says.**—ALLISON EATOUGH ’97** --- ### An Event With Good Tastes Like to saample excellent food? And to support fellow Terps? (Who doesn’t?!) The Alumni Association will bring both together at its third annual Terrapin Taste Fest on Sept. 18 at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore. From noon to 3 p.m., guests at this celebratory farmers market can explore food, drink and apparel from Terp-owned vendors in the DMV. Other highlights will include a deejay, photo booth and caricature artist. Each registration also includes a festival tote and complimentary access to the museum the day of the event. Alumni Association members will receive an exclusive experience as well as a discounted rate. *For more information and to reserve an event passport, visit [alumni.umd.edu/terrapintaste-22](https://alumni.umd.edu/terrapintaste-22)* --- ## Terps Supporting Terps ### New Business Directory Generates Leads, Connections Having launched a business less than a month after graduating, Kiara Anthony ’21 is the picture of the University of Maryland entrepreneurial spirit. The former government and politics major, member of the UMD Equestrian Team and co-chair of the University Student Judiciary owns Perfectly Possible, a virtual tutoring and college admissions consulting firm that helps students get the most out of higher education. She’s also an inaugural member of the University of Maryland Alumni Association’s new [Terp Referral Exchange Business Directory](https://alumni.umd.edu/terp-referral-exchange-business-directory). “It’s like a LinkedIn for Terps who are also entrepreneurs,” Anthony says. “A community of alumni and people who are like-minded, driven, pushing boundaries and helping others to do the same.” She was among more than 350 guests attending the launch of the online directory in March during the Alumni Association’s Celebration of EnTERPreneurship event at The Hall CP, in the university’s Discovery District. It featured Scott Plank ’88 (below, right), developer of the restaurant and event venue, talking with President Darryll J. Pines about innovation, entrepreneurship and Plank’s journey to success. *Kevin Plank shakes hands at Alumni Association’s Celebration of EnTERPreneurship event* **Issue:** [Spring 2022](https://terp.umd.edu/editions/spring-2022) **Types:** [Post-Grad](https://terp.umd.edu/category/post-grad)