Winter 2025

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

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

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

A ‘Mind-Blowing’ Premiere, 130 Years Later
UMD to Debut Oldest Existing Opera by Black Composer

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

Shooting for Success, Fueled by Family
With Passed-Down Perseverance, Shyanne Sellers Eyes Championship Run

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

Trailblazing NBA Exec Donates $18M to UMD
Gift From Stephen M. Schanwald ’77 to Endow Sports Management Program

Interactive Exhibit of Giant Rings Aims to Inspire Service

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

Passings
William Super Jr. ’73
70s
Barbara J. Leap ’72

90s
Rana Khan Ph.D. ’99

70s
Robert G. Hisaoka ’79

80s
Ken Hutkin ’82
10s
Amber Wendland ’10, M.Arch. ’13

90s
Tammy Mank Wincup M.P.P. ’97
90s
Mindi B. (Pollak) Levin ’98