Winter 2024

Explorations

AI Offers Hope on Dangerous Ground

Researchers Pinpoint Unexploded Shells, Rockets in Ukraine’s Agricultural Regions

Campus Life

Taulia Tagovailoa looks to pass football

Sports Briefs

Tagovailoa Named Big Ten’s All-Time Passing Leader; Expanded Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex Opens

3 Terp magazines with Standing the TEstudo of Time and illustrated Testudo

A Trio of Testudos

Print Your Own Terp Covers Showcasing Historic Mascot Images

Campus Life

Matt Swope bumps fists with player rounding bases

Back in Full Swing

Former UMD All-Star Steps Up to the Plate as Head Coach

Campus Life

person plays violin surrounded by musical notes and computer code

Harmony Between AI and Violin Instruction?

Researchers Develop Online Platform to Improve, Expand Instrumental Education

Campus Life

An Out-of-This-World Mentor

Adviser for Decades of Space, Robot Competitions Isn’t Powering Down

Campus Life

group of students in woods with written doodles: Team Survival Challenge; me, realizing I'll live another day; balloon to signal for help; other teams look on skeptically; container fitted with mask to filter water; scorecard

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Dying

In Wilderness Survival Class, Students Rely on Wits, Not a Whiteboard

News

Commanders’ Offices to ‘Touchdown’ in Discovery District

Relocation Expected to Expand Partnerships With UMD

News

An Xceptional Challenge

Initiative to Award Up to $2M for Student Solutions to Grand Challenges

News

With $20.6M Investment, UMD Becomes HQ for Clark Scholars Program

A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation Investment Gives Program Permanent Home

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Steve Elliott MFA ’03

Steve Elliott MFA ’03 was named president of Black Hills State University in Spearfish, S.D. He was previously vice president of academic affairs at Wayne State College in Wayne, Neb. He held various positions there, including faculty member, department…

Passings

Martha “Marty” Bailey Schmidt Lanham ’70

Martha “Marty” Bailey Schmidt Lanham ’70 died on Dec. 21, 2023, at her home in Westminster, Md. She was 75. She was born in Baltimore, earned a degree in photojournalism from UMD and worked in public relations for the Camp Fire Girls, the University of…

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Gregg Hill ’19

Gregg Hill ’19 joined the Carolinas-based law firm Robinson Bradshaw. He graduated from the Howard University School of Law as a member of Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity. At UMD, he was treasurer of its National Society of Collegiate Scholars chapter.…

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Anthony Cade II ’16, M.A. ’17

Anthony Cade II ’16, M.A. ’17 wrote "Your New Journey: How to Thrive in Graduate School as a Person of Color,” a guidebook on how to prepare for, apply to, attend and graduate while thriving in graduate school, along with additional information on resume…

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Nayla Danielle Bautista ’07

Nayla Danielle Bautista ’07, president of Volo City Kids Foundation, was named to the Baltimore Business Journal's “40 Under 40.” The nonprofit provides free youth sports programs and post-game snacks in order to break down barriers to athletic…

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Juliet Gilliam M.A. ’92

Juliet Gilliam M.A. ’92 was named to the new position of vice president of media and entertainment relationships at the National Park Foundation. Most recently, Gilliam served as head of impact entertainment and talent integration at Special Olympics…

Passings

Kenneth E. Lore Jr. ’59

Kenneth E. Lore Jr. ’59 died on Dec. 19, 2023, in Severna Park, Md. He was 87. He served in the U.S. Army, majored in government and politics at UMD, and worked for the National Security Agency.

Passings

Raylena Church Fields ’75

Raylena Church Fields ’75 died on Dec. 10, 2023, at home in Salisbury, Md. She was 70. She was born in Allen, Md., and after earning a journalism degree at UMD, she built a 30-year career in newsrooms in Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York. Her coverage…