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Spring 2022

Campus Life Collage of Jared Bernhardt playing lacrosse, football

Dual Threat

Former Lacrosse Star Adds Football Title to Superb Collegiate Career

 Parting Shot students stand in circle around candles spelling out "STOP WAR" on McKeldin Mall. One student holds a "Stop Putin" sign

Peace in Minds

With Tears, Hugs and Anger, International Crowd Condemns Invasion

 News IDEA Factory exterior

Sounding the ‘Factory’ Whistle

New Engineering Building Expands Students’ and Researchers’ Opportunities to Innovate

 Campus Life Leah Bush portrait

Ph.D. Research: Why Goths Age Happily

Terp Investigating Whether Elder Goths Hold Secret to Aging Happily

 Campus Life Illustration of Maryland flag welcome mat

A Foothold for Refugees

UMD Welcomes Afghan Arrivals to Campus Residences

 Campus Life Collage of three puppets

A Puppet by Any Other Name

Exhibit Highlights the Art Form’s Variety

 Campus Life Kevin Bacon

A Decade of Do Good Times

Student Competition Changed the Lives of Its Veterans—and Transformed Their Ventures

 Campus Life Students ice skate on temporary rink at La Plata Beach

La Plata Beach’s Cool Transformation

SGA, RecWell Install Skating Rink to Temporarily Create Winter Wonderland on Campus

 Campus Life Illustration of Testudo with Terrapin Strong flag

TerrapinSTRONG From the Start

Onboarding Initiative Introduces Terps to UMD’s History, Values

 Campus Life Two fencers fence in wheelchairs

En Garde for Accessibility

New Equipment Allows Students Who Use Wheelchairs to Participate in Fencing Club

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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10s

Monifa B. McKnight Ed.D. ’14

Monifa B. McKnight Ed.D. ’14 was promoted from interim superintendent to superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools. She is the first Black woman to hold the position.
Stacey Knoppel headshot

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Stacey Knoppel ’80

Stacey Knoppel ’80 was promoted to vice president of sales for Events DC, the official convention and sports authority of the District of Columbia. She previously served as its director of sales, services and marketing at the Baltimore Convention Center.…

00s

Drew Plisco ’04

Drew Plisco ’04 joined ATP, a leading provider of information services and software solutions for the aviation industry, as chief financial officer. Before joining ATP, he served as chief financial officer of Holon Solutions and Infutor Data Solutions.
Luis Bitencourt-Emilio headshot

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Luis Bitencourt-Emilio ’05

Luis Bitencourt-Emilio ’05 joined the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation. He is based in São Paulo as the chief technology officer at Loft, leading engineering, product, data and design teams to further the goal of homeownership for Latin…

90s

Shravan Goli ’94

Shravan Goli ’94 joined the board of directors of Netgear, a provider of connected products designed to simplify and improve people’s lives. Goli is Coursera’s chief product officer and head of consumer revenue.
Francis Shushok Jr. headshot

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Francis Shushok Jr. Ph.D. ’02

Francis Shushok Jr. Ph.D. ’02 was appointed president of Roanoke College in Salem, Va. He was previously vice president for student affairs at Virginia Tech. Shushok has a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University and an M.A. in higher education and…
Vanessa Smith headshot

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Vanessa Smith MBA ’04

Vanessa Smith MBA ’04 joined the board of directors of Fastly, the world’s fastest global edge cloud network provider. She is senior vice president, global go-to-market at ServiceNow.

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Gun Akkor Ph.D. ’05

Gun Akkor Ph.D. ’05 joined Finite State, the product security leader for connected devices and one of the Top 25 startups in the latest “Future Internet of Things (IoT) Unicorns” report. Akkor was part of the founding team of Carbon Black.