Fall 2024

Campus Life

From Ashes to Awe

Students and Faculty Mark 20 Years of Excavating and Documenting Little-Known Ruins Near Pompeii

News

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Testudo on Tap

UMD Joins With Baltimore Brewery Co-founded by Alum to Offer New Beer

News

2 Terps Take Gold

Triple Jumper, Basketball Player Earn Top Honors in Paris Olympics

Features

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‘Connie’ Breaks a Story: Her Own

Trailblazing journalist Connie Chung ’69 battled misogyny and racism to reach the pinnacle of TV news. In a new self-titled memoir, she shares what it took to get there.

Features

10 in 10

From titles to revenue to academics, Maryland scored by joining the Big Ten Conference. Here are 10 ways it’s been a B1G decade.

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Jim Carroll M.Arch. ’89

Jim Carroll M.Arch. ’89 was promoted to vice president of Facilities Management at Auburn University. He previously served as the university architect from 2011 to 2017, where he led a team managing more than 13 million square feet of space and a capital…

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Jeremy Steinberg ’99

Jeremy Steinberg ’99 joined Tower Partners, a lower-middle market investment bank, as a director and chief operating officer. He is a former managing partner of Baltimore-based Antson Advisors and is an adjunct faculty professor in the master’s program at…

Passings

Ruth Ann Bates ’73

Ruth Ann Bates ’73, of Deale, Maryland, died on June 17, 2024, at age 73. She graduated from Richard Montgomery High School and earned a degree in WHAT at UMD and a master's degree from Trinity College. She had a successful career in microbiology working…

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Robert “Bobby” Parks ’94

Robert “Bobby” Parks ’94 was appointed chief accounting officer at Fortrea, a global contract research organization. Most recently, Parks served as CAO at SailPoint Technologies Holdings, a leader in identity security software.

Passings

Katherine Ruth Richards M.A. ’92

Katherine Ruth Richards M.A. ’92 died May 23, 2024, at her home in Olney, Maryland, from complications related to her long-term fight against cancer. She was 61. Richards spent her earliest years in Elmhurst, Illinois, a suburb west of Chicago; the family…

Passings

Mary E. (Caldwell) Tschabrunn ’74

Mary E. (Caldwell) Tschabrunn ’74 of Greenbelt, Maryland, died on June 1, 2024, at age 83. She graduated from Regina High School in Hyattsville and earned a degree in special education at UMD. She was fond of Greenbelt, particularly Buddy Attick Lake and…

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Joseph G. “Jay” Baldwin ’86

Joseph G. “Jay” Baldwin ’86 was named to the board of directors of the Bank of Glen Burnie. He has served as president and CEO of Reliable Contracting Co. since 2002; his family founded the company in 1928. He has served in leadership positions with the…

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Brett Schulman ’95

Cava Group CEO Brett Schulman ’95 and his partners—including former UMD student Ted Xenochirstos—received the Legendary SWaN Award from SWaN & Legend Venture Partners. The original Mediterranean fast-casual brand opened its original full-service…