Winter 2024
Winter 2024
![Collage of turtle stickers in transgender and pride flag colors, a Support #TransTerps button, a #TransTerps they pronoun button, and a "Debilitating Queerness" program](https://umd-terp.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/web_feaute_lgbtq_960x500-1.jpg?w=960&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1704903867&s=23e5d725f8eacde84dec3aeb530c68bb)
Out of the Shell
Twenty-five years ago, the LGBTQ+ Equity Center opened to support queer Terps who felt invisible, isolated and harassed. Some of the founders recount its humble start and hard-won victories.
![Ken Jennings and Scott Shewfelt on "Jeopardy!" set](https://umd-terp.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/Jeopardy_ScottShewfelt_960x500-web.jpg?w=960&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1705098352&s=a9227074ce424c65dee3d333a6e3ca15)
Class Notes
News on Friends and Classmates
![Testudo mascot with inset images of historic mascot, student in mascot costume and student rubbing statue's nose](https://umd-terp.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/web_feature_testudo_960x500.jpg?w=960&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1704984502&s=910b45c4d3042d81b4538adf088f53b3)
Standing the Testudo of Time
From Turtlenappings to TikTok Shenanigans, How an Unassuming Reptile Evolved to Represent Terp Spirit
![homes in New Mexico](https://umd-terp.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/web_feature_native_960x500-1.jpg?w=960&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1704825152&s=29a6a14e3832e78df83c364d743888d3)
Tribal Loyalties
American Indians have long been denied fair access to homes, health care, schooling and jobs. For Joseph Kunkel M.Arch. ’09, the mission to change that is personal.
![Gold star on red backgroud](https://umd-terp.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/alumniawards_mainart_960x500.png?w=960&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1674747736&s=c61d9af889b58eafe56e769085f2e91b)
Alumni Association News
The Alumni Excellence Awards
![McKeldin Mall at sunrise](https://umd-terp.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/Mall_Sunrise_12082023_RS_0484_terp.jpg?w=960&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1705094168&s=6480778c471f5a083b737c5ff68b3890)
Monumental Mainstay
Testudo Watches Over McKeldin Mall From Perch of Nearly 60 Years
!["Testudo II" wheels near stands at football game](https://umd-terp.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/web_underexposed_960x500.jpg?w=960&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1704813902&s=30b52dbad0add7cfcb465b0a639dd40f)
Road-Ready Reptile
An ‘Underexposed’ Photo of UMD History
![Alex Kin ’08 and Sarah Tostanoski ’09 on wedding day](https://umd-terp.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/web_alumni_wedding_960x500.jpg?w=960&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1704813750&s=5192db5ae8fadcff898def493889a3b3)
A Match Made in Lot 1
Alums Celebrate Wedding at Homecoming Tailgate
![Cheese board with M in middle; Kara McGrath inset portrait](https://umd-terp.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/images/web_alumni_cheese_960x500.jpg?w=960&h=500&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&dm=1704813516&s=30672ee1cae0a2b9d4c2d71bba8cfd80)
Cheese the Day
5 Tips for Making a Board Bursting With Flavor and Color
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