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Fall 2022

Crimson Spin drone

Campus Life

September 14, 2022
UMD Students Help Renaissance Master’s 500 Year-old Design Take Flight
Yahentamitsi interior

Campus Life

September 14, 2022
As Yahentamitsi Opens, See How Student Dining Has Changed
"Rest Stop" painting

Campus Life

September 14, 2022
Guests Curate Driskell Center Exhibit by Sharing Artworks That Moved Them
Illustration of hand writing

Campus Life

September 14, 2022
Faculty and Students Bring Writing Course to D.C. Corrections Facilities
cows

News

September 14, 2022
Donation, Land Purchase Permanently Place Angus Cattle Program on UMD Land
illustration of gun with a knot at the end

News

September 14, 2022
Collaboration With D.C.- Area Universities to Pursue Evidence- Based Solutions
School of Public Policy Building

News

September 14, 2022
School of Public Policy’s Dynamic New Building Invites Problem-Solving Discourse
crowd at Maryland baseball game

Parting Shot

September 14, 2022
Fans Pack Baseball Stadium to Cheer on Terps in NCAA Regional Tournament
Pile of oyster shells on boat

Features

September 14, 2022
Pirates plundered and diseases decimated the Chesapeake’s bounty, but UMD researchers are wielding AI and robotics to save a struggling industry.
coal miners

Features

September 14, 2022
Waves of immigrants have long clashed in Pennsylvania coal country, where a UMD anthropologist is digging into the commonalities between old and new.
Student splashing in the ODK Fountain

Features

September 14, 2022
The “M Book,” with its 20 don’t-miss Maryland milestones, is back. Join a super-spirited student on her journey to complete them all.

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Trevor Garner

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Trevor Garner MBA ’08

Trevor Garner MBA ’08 was named chair of the board of directors of Leadership Howard County, which prepares community leaders in the county. Garner is CFO of IdeaCrew, an information technology company in Washington, D.C.
Clay Worley

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Clay Worley MBA ’12

Clay Worley MBA ’12 was appointed executive vice president and chief human resources officer of Bowman Consulting Group. Before joining Bowman, Worley worked at NCI (now Empower AI) as senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Worley earned…
Christopher Mincher

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Christopher Mincher ’02

Christopher Mincher ’02 was appointed by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan as chief legal counsel. Mincher has worked in the Office of Legal Counsel since 2016, serving the past two years as the senior deputy. Before then, Mincher practiced in the business…
Jeffrey Kimsey

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Jeff Kimsey ’93

Jeff Kimsey ’93 was named to the board of directors of the Institute for Supply Management. Kimsey is vice president and head of core products for Investment Intelligence at Nasdaq, where he has worked since 2001. He received an MBA from Loyola University.
Donnell Turner

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Donnell Turner ’89

Gov. Larry Hogan appointed Donnell Turner ’89 to the Prince George’s County Circuit Court. He was most recently inspector general for the county Police Department, deputy state’s attorney and principal deputy state’s attorney for the county, assistant…

Passings

Paul E. Weisengoff ’54

Paul E. Weisengoff ’54, who served in the General Assembly for 27 years and later became a lobbyist for the Maryland Jockey Club and Laurel Racing Association, died on May 30, 2022. The former Beechfield resident who lived in Ocean Pines was 89.…
Kay Harding

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Kay Harding ’01

Kay Harding ’01 was appointed by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to the district court for Baltimore City. She was an attorney with the Baltimore City Department of Law, where she represented the Baltimore City Police Department, mayor and city council. She…

10s

Philip Ravita ’11

Philip Ravita ’11 became an endorsed artist for Aguilar Bass Amplifiers. Ravita has also received an artist endorsement for REMIC Microphones and will release a CD, “City Lights,” in February 2023. He teaches at Mount St. Mary’s University, Prince…