Fall 2021

Class Act

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Explorations

September 17, 2021

New UMD-Developed App Offers 420 Immersive Lessons in Seven Languages

Wrought iron red M Gate against brick outside of Maryland Stadium.

Campus Life

September 17, 2021

Bronze-Medal Winners Highlight Group of Six Alum Athletes at Olympics

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Esports Have Become an International Phenomenon. With Terps Already Competing at the Highest Levels, UMD Powers Up Support for Gamers.

Features

September 17, 2021

How Terps Cooked Up Food Recovery Network 10 Years Ago and Grew It Into a Nationwide Hunger- and Waste-Fighting Force

Features

September 17, 2021

For Two Decades, a UMD Professor Has Led a Writing Workshop for Holocaust Survivors. Seventy-six Years After World War II’s End, Their Task Has an Urgency Both Personal and Public.

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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00s

David Dodman MBA ’00

David Dodman MBA ’00 was promoted to chief operating officer of Life Storage, a national owner and operator of self-storage properties. He joined Life Storage in 2018.

Passings

Karen Jean Norman M.Ed. ’80

Karen Jean Norman M.Ed. ’80 died on July 1. She was born Jan. 6, 1952, in Jasper, Ind., daughter of Leon and Betty (Blandford) Epple. Norman attended Jasper High School, earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Evansville, and master’s degrees…

Passings

H. Edwin “Ed” Lanehart ’58, M.A. ’77

H. Edwin “Ed” Lanehart ’58, M.A. ’77, a retired Baltimore County Public Schools physical education instructor and school official who was a bodybuilder and champion tenpins bowler, died on Aug. 9 at his home in Ellicott City. He was 86. Lanehart, son of…

90s

Tyrone C. Holmes ’96

Tyrone C. Holmes ’96 was named chief inclusion officer at ed tech company Curriculum Associates. He works to advance the company’s antiracism and diversity, equity and inclusion commitments, with a focus on the communities, team members and over 10…

70s

Deni Elliott ’74

Deni Elliott ’74, a media ethicist who has taught journalism at USF St. Petersburg since 2003, became the campus’ interim vice provost and regional associate vice chancellor of academic affairs. Before coming to the university in 2003, she taught at Utah…

90s

Christine Hudak MLS ’99

Christine Hudak MLS ’99 is the author of “Friday Afternoons: Brief Writings During a Pandemic.”

10s

Aaron Paige DMA ’19

Aaron Paige DMA ’19 was selected for the Cleveland Institute of Music’s Future of Music Faculty Fellowship, a career development initiative that will engage 35 Black and Latinx music professionals who are pursuing or considering academic careers. He is an…

10s

Mark A. Johnson M.A. ’11

Mark A. Johnson M.A. ’11 wrote the book, “Rough Tactics: Black Performance in Political Spectacles, 1877–1932,” a look at the earliest Black efforts to overcome disfranchisement in the Jim Crow South. He is a lecturer in the Department of History at…