Fall 2025

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Explorations

September 15, 2025

‘Green Machine’ Laser Receiver Leverages Quantum Mechanics to Extract Light Particles

Explorations

September 15, 2025

Urban Planner Says Modern Manufactured Homes Could Expand Options for First-Time Buyers

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Explorations

September 15, 2025

Researchers to Create Database of A+ Classroom Teaching

Explorations

September 15, 2025

Researchers Help State’s Growers Save Vines, Fruit

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Features

September 15, 2025

When his Olympic dreams on the bike came crashing down, Ryan Collins ’16, MBA ’20 struggled to even hold the handlebars. Now he’s racking up records as an elite ultracyclist.

Features

September 15, 2025

For nearly 25 seasons, The Clarice has celebrated theater, music and dance. Terp takes a photographic tour of the landmark center’s first act.

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Post-Grad

September 15, 2025

With Travel Program, Maryland Ties Extend Around the World; Tailgate Like a Terp

Post-Grad

September 15, 2025

Alum Keeps Wildly Popular Smithsonian Venue Humming

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Post-Grad

September 15, 2025

Alumna Is Half of NFL’s First Mother-Daughter Agent Duo

Post-Grad

September 15, 2025

Grad Leads Book Publication to Mark 250th Birthday

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Post-Grad

September 15, 2025

An ‘Underexposed’ Photo From UMD History

Parting Shot

September 15, 2025

Honey Bees Settle Onto Reckord Armory

Class Notes

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80s

Gerard E. Evans M.A. ’82

Gerard E. Evans M.A. ’82, president of Evans & Associates, was named to The Maryland Daily Record’s 2025 Power 100 List, recognizing the 100 men and women who are shaping the state’s businesses, nonprofits, law firms and other key institutions. He has…

90s

Jason M. St. John ’94

Jason M. St. John ’94, managing partner and chief executive officer of Saul Ewing, was named to The Maryland Daily Record’s 2025 Power 100 List, recognizing the 100 men and women who are shaping the state’s businesses, nonprofits, law firms and other key…

Passings

Thomas L. Hollowak ’84, M.A. ’90

Thomas L. Hollowak ’84, M.A. ’90 died on July 31, 2025, after a long battle with cancer. He was 71. Born in Baltimore, he began his career in 1973 as a page at the central branch of the city’s Enoch Pratt Free Library. In 1978, he was promoted and moved…

10s

Hannah (Scanlan) Thole M.P.H. ’17 and Joey Thole ’12

Hannah (Scanlan) Thole M.P.H. ’17 and Joey Thole ’12 welcomed a daughter, Genevieve Danielle Thole, on March 15.

70s

James A. Chance ’79

James A. Chance ’79 was awarded the Federal Magistrate Judges Association’s 2025 Founders Award, presented to a person who has made valuable and lasting contributions to the magistrate judges system of the U.S. courts. He has served as senior judicial…

00s

LaShell Stratton-Childers ’03

LaShell Stratton-Childers ’03 has written the new murder mystery, “In Deadly Company,” (Union Square & Co.), about the assistant to a CEO who is tasked with planning a birthday party for her boss, which ends in murder and her under suspicion. A year…

Passings

Ralph Albert Kuebler ’72, MBA ’75

Ralph Albert Kuebler ’72, MBA ’75 of Hockessin, Del., died on July 31, 2025, at age 78. He grew up with his family in Hackensack, N.J., and after his first year at Temple University, enlisted in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. He served with honor…

90s

Patricia S. Dorsey Ed.D. ’99

Patricia S. Dorsey Ed.D. ’99 received the 2025 Joseph R. Bailer Award from the McDaniel College Alumni Association. The award is presented annually to a McDaniel master’s degree recipient who has made a significant contribution to the field of education.…