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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Margaret Nagle ’78

Margaret Nagle ’78, senior director of public relations at the University of Maine, is the recipient of the 2021 Steve Gould Award for demonstrating superior qualities of unselfishness and compassion in service to the university and its ideals.

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Christopher Griffith M.S. ’91

Christopher Griffith M.S. ’91 was promoted from chief operating officer to president of KCI, an engineering, consulting and construction firm. Griffith joined KCI in 1997 after serving as an officer in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps. Griffith earned a…

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Seema Verma ’93

Seema Verma ’93 was elected to the board of directors of LifeStance Health, one of the nation's largest providers of outpatient mental health care. Verma is a leading national health policy expert with over two decades of experience in the healthcare…

Passings

Nicki Y. Noel ’78

Nicki Y. Noel ’78 of Lanham, Md., died on June 18 at the University of Maryland Medical Center after battling ovarian cancer. She was born July 22, 1956, in Chambersburg, Pa., the eldest daughter of W. Theodore Noel and the late Anna L. (Diehl) Noel. Noel…

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Jena McNeil ’04

Jena McNeil ’04 joined East Kentucky Power Cooperative as director of legislative and government relations. McNeill, who formerly served as a key staff member for U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, will represent the interests of EKPC and its 16 owner-member electric…

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Christine Hudak MLS ’99

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

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Teresa Campbell ’85

San Diego County Credit Union President and CEO Teresa Campbell ’85 was honored with a Business Leadership Award at the North San Diego Business Chamber’s annual Celebration of Business event in June. She was selected by independent judges for…

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Nellie Liang M.A. ’84, Ph.D. ’86

The U.S. Senate confirmed Nellie Liang M.A. ’84, Ph.D. ’86 as the Treasury Department’s undersecretary for domestic finance. Liang, who joined the Federal Reserve as a research economist in 1986, was the founding director of its division of financial…