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Spring 2023

Campus Life student-athletes put hands in for cheer

Muscling Up Global Support

Worldwide Terps Group Provides Guidance, Community for International Student-Athletes

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Terps With Bushy Tails

With Popular Instagram Account, Students Keep an Eye on the Squirrels

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Tiny Turtles, Big Lessons

Hatchlings Bring Science, Math and History to Life

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Live From New York, It’s a Terp!

Choral Director and Singers Back Up Coldplay on ‘SNL’

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A Mental Health U-Turn

New Course Teaches Coping Skills to Stressed-Out Students

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Moving to a Culture of Reuse

Store Offers Free, Gently Used Res Hall Requisites

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A Wonder-foal Surprise

Terps Fundraise, Unite to Provide Quality Care for Unexpected Four-Legged Friend

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A ‘Declaration of Unity’ in New Space

National Pan-Hellenic Council, Multicultural Greek Council Celebrate Agora’s Opening

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‘Wimpy Kid’ Statue Debuts in Stamp

Protagonist of Long-Running Jeff Kinney ’93 Book Series Immortalized on Campus

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UMD Poised to Do More Good

New Opportunities Announced; Campus Icon Unveiled

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School of Public Policy Building Named for Thurgood Marshall

Future Supreme Court Justice Helped Desegregate UMD

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Deconstructing Maryland’s Open House

As UMD celebrates 25 years of Maryland Day, we share behind-the-scenes stories and stats

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D.C. History by the Forkful

Anthropology Alum’s Food Tour Dishes Out Tales From ‘Black Broadway,’ Taste of Immigrant Culinary Traditions

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An End to the Bleeding

The mayor of Knoxville, Tenn., picked up a UMD researcher’s book on preventing gun violence. The resulting partnership could be a model for how cities can create safer streets.

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Cindy Garman ’00

Cindy Garman ’00 was promoted to principal at SK&A Structural Engineers. She joined the company in 2004 and earned a Master of Science in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Passings

Pearl Elizabeth "Betsy" (Podlich) McNamara M.L.S. ’75

Pearl Elizabeth "Betsy" (Podlich) McNamara M.L.S. ’75 of Timonium, Md., died on Feb. 14, 2023 of congestive heart failure. She was 91. Born in Baltimore, she graduated from Mt. Holyoke College in Massachusetts with a chemistry degree and worked for DuPont…
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John Fatseas ’07

John Fatseas ’07 joined Thornton Tomasetti’s Denver office as vice president of Façade access. He has extensive experience in design, analysis, implementation, certification and maintenance strategies.

Passings

Benjamin B. Newsom Jr. MBA ’92

Benjamin B. Newsom Jr. MBA ’92 died suddenly on April 13, 2023 at age 64. Born in Belleville, Ill., Newsom graduated from Madison County High School then from Washington and Lee University with a math/applied sciences degree. He went on to receive an MBA…

Passings

Alicia C. Shepard M.A. ’02

Alicia C. Shepard M.A. ’02, a writer and media observer best known for her book on the Watergate investigation, died on April 1, 2023, at her home in Arlington, Va., of lung cancer, according to The Washington Post. She was 69. She grew up in Montclair,…

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John W. Shanley M.A. ’72

John W. Shanley M.A. ’72, who worked to preserve affordable housing, died at the University of Virginia Hospital on Jan. 30, 2023. He was 77 years old. Raised in Washington, D.C., he graduated from Gonzaga High School and Belmont Abbey College in North…

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Angelo Collins ’09

Angelo Collins ’09 was promoted to executive director of the Vertical Flight Society. He joined the international nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and technology in 2008.
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Eric Thompson ’07

Eric Thompson ’07 wrote “Ulysses Translated for the Armchair Reader,” a version of James Joyce's classic in which he translated dialogue in more than 10 languages into English, making it more approachable to the average reader.