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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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Passings

Anne Teresa Simpson Locke ’53

Anne Teresa Simpson Locke ’53, of Raleigh, N.C., died on Jan. 19, 2023. She was 91. She attended public schools in Washington, D.C. and graduated from UMD, where she was an early childhood education major and a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority and senior…
Andrew Gwynn Bowie Jr. headshot

Passings

Andrew Gwynn Bowie Jr. ’68

Andrew Gwynn Bowie Jr. ’68 of Annapolis, Md., and Swan's Island, Maine, died on May 1, 2023, after a brief illness. Gwynn was raised on his family farm, Beechwood, near Upper Marlboro and studied political science and French at UMD. He also graduated from…

Passings

Mary Honora Wohlgemuth ’49

Mary Honora Wohlgemuth ’49 of Annapolis, Md., died on April 20, 2023, at age 96. She grew up in Baltimore, attending All Saints Elementary School, Trinity Preparatory School and Forest Park High School. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in elementary…

Passings

Esther "Es" Joan Campbell ’54

Esther "Es" Joan Campbell ’54, of Newman, Ga., died on April 8, 2023. She was 91 years old. She graduated from Frederick High School and at UMD was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She married Homer "Jim" Briscoe Campbell in 1957 and soon moved to…

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Johnathan Flesher ’13

Johnathan Flesher ’13 was included in the Baltimore Business Journal’s Faces to Watch 2023 list, which highlights local leaders, for his work as vice president for development at Beatty Development Group.

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Rachel Koval ’10

Rachel Koval ’10 joined the Peace Corps and will serve as an education volunteer in Costa Rica.

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Andrew Griffin ’11, M.P.M. ’22

Andrew Griffin ’11, M.P.M. ’22 was promoted to senior vice president of government affairs at the Maryland Chamber of Commerce. He leads the chamber’s over 6,400 members on issues before the Maryland General Assembly.

Passings

Lary Lyn Acker ’57

Lary Lyn Acker ’57 of Chester, Md., died on May 2, 2023. He was 87 years old. Born in Harrisonburg, Va., Acker studied history at UMD, where he was a member of the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He began his business, Acker and Sons Plumbing and Heating, in…