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Winter 2025

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Salt Life

Take a Home Tour to Learn How We’re Worsening Salinity Around the World

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Freshmen Philanthropists

For 10 Years, iGive Students Have Learned by Awarding Grants to Nonprofits

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Steady Eye on the Target

Hoops Shooters and Sharpshooters Pioneered Terp Women’s Sports a Century Ago

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A ‘Mind-Blowing’ Premiere, 130 Years Later

UMD to Debut Oldest Existing Opera by Black Composer

 Campus Life people sit at tables in Adele's restaurant

A Taste of Adele’s

Panera Opens at Site of Longtime Restaurant—Without the Tin-foil Swans

 Campus Life Shyanne Sellers points toward crowd on Xfinity Center court

Shooting for Success, Fueled by Family

With Passed-Down Perseverance, Shyanne Sellers Eyes Championship Run

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Sports Briefs

Terp Races to NCAA Cross Country Championship; Men’s Lacrosse Defensive Coordinator Earns Top Assistant Coach Honor

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Trailblazing NBA Exec Donates $18M to UMD

Gift From Stephen M. Schanwald ’77 to Endow Sports Management Program

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‘Do Good’ Vibrations

Interactive Exhibit of Giant Rings Aims to Inspire Service

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UMD Climbs to No. 17 Among Public Universities in U.S. News’ Ranking

Record-High Placement Reflects Improvements in Graduation Rates, Student-to-Faculty Ratio, Alums’ Earnings

Class Notes

News on Friends and Classmates

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Tamara Wilds Lawson M.A. ’98, Ph.D. ’09 headshot

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Tamara Wilds Lawson M.A. ’98, Ph.D. ’09

Tamara Wilds Lawson M.A. ’98, Ph.D. ’09, president and CEO, Washington Area Women’s Foundation, was named Washington Business Journal’s Nonprofit Leader of the Year. She joined the community-supported foundation, which invests in the power of women and…
Bakul Chibber MBA ’95

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Bakul Chibber MBA ’95

Bakul Chibber MBA ’95 hiked 100 kilometers of the El Camino Trail in Spain in August, raising $1,000 from family and friends for the UMD Campus Pantry. He is a Terp parent, member of the Student Affairs Alumni Group for Engagement and vice president,…
Dean Muhtadi ’08, MBA ’11 headshot

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Dean Muhtadi ’08, MBA ’11

Former NFL player and professional wrestler Dean Muhtadi ’08, MBA ’11 was named brand ambassador of the fitness company Beachbody Co. He is known to many by his wrestling persona “Mojo Rawley” and for his social media presence; he has more than 365,000…
Chance Glenn ’91 sings into microphone

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Chance Glenn ’91

Chance Glenn ’91, a distinguished engineering professor at Alabama A&M University, released a Christmas album, “A Christmas Gift,” now available on Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music. His first CD, 1999’s “The Praise Project—First Fruits,” earned…
Martha Sue Alexander ’67 headshot

Passings

Martha Sue Alexander ’67

Martha Sue Alexander ’67 of Gambrills, Md., died on Dec. 6, 2024, at age 79. She attended Northwestern High School, received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Maryland and a master's in library science from The Catholic University of…

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Fikre Mengistu ’13

Fikre Mengistu ’13 joined the Finance Directorate of the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) as a financial analyst. He earned his master’s degree in finance and banking from DePaul University. IDA is a nonprofit that answers challenging U.S. security…
Benjamin J. Gollub ’18 headshot

Passings

Benjamin J. Gollub ’18

Benjamin J. Gollub ’18 died on Dec. 19, 2024, at his Gaithersburg, Md., home at age 34. He majored in computer science at the University of Maryland, where he met his wife, Dian. Gollub became a DevOps engineer and lived and worked with a positive…
Catharine Montgomery MBA ’19 headshot

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Catharine Montgomery MBA ’19

Catharine Montgomery MBA ’19 was named a finalist in the Best Female Entrepreneur – Business Products –10 or Less Employees category in the 21st annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. The awards honor women executives, entrepreneurs, employees and…