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

Connie Chung sitting at a table with her book in front of her

‘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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80s

Susan Cross ’81

Susan Cross ’81 was named board director of SiriusPoint, a global specialty insurer and reinsurer. She has been director of Enstar Group Limited since 2020, and prior to that served as executive vice president and global chief actuary at XL Group (now AXA…

70s

James "Jim" Magee ’76

James "Jim" Magee ’76 was named to the advisory committee for GenFlat Holdings, a company developing collapsible shipping container technology. He is president and chief executive officer of Carrbridge Management Corp. Prior to his time at CAI, Magee was…

00s

Tiana Wynn ’05, ’05

Tiana Wynn ’05, ’05 was elected president of the board of directors of The Arc Baltimore. She joined the board in 2019 and previously won the organization’s President’s Cup for providing exemplary service. She is a partner at SB & Company, one of the…

Passings

Nancy Ellwanger White M.Ed. ’76

Nancy Ellwanger White M.Ed. ’76 died on May 25, 2024, at age 96. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Wilson Teachers College, then with husband Howard raised three daughters. She worked for the Prince George’s County Board of Education from the mid-1960s…

10s

Joe Engbert ’11, ’12

Joe Engbert ’11, ’12 joined Alliant Insurance Services as senior vice president within its Alliant Americas division. He was previously partner and senior vice president at a national insurance brokerage and consulting firm and has experience working as a…

90s

Sylvia Bigio ’93

Sylvia Bigio ’93 joined the board of PRISA, a business group for the creation and distribution of education, news and entertainment content in the Spanish-speaking markets. A dual Peruvian-U.S. citizen, she is an analyst and portfolio manager specializing…

00s

Pradeep Sharma Ph.D. ’00

Pradeep Sharma Ph.D. ’00 was promoted to dean of the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering. He is the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Professor and has served on the college’s faculty for 20 years, most recently…

Passings

Michael Wayne Keane ’78

Michael Wayne Keane ’78 died on May 16, 2024, in Bradenton, Florida at age 74. He grew up in Berwyn and Greenbelt, Maryland, and served in the U.S. Air Force from 1967-71 and was stationed in Europe, Asia and North America. Keane completed a bachelor's…