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News
Updates and Briefs
Nearing the Finish
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| Rapid progress continues on the 100,000-square-foot
addition to UMUC’s
Inn and Conference Center, scheduled for completion in December 2003.
The added space will make the UMUC complex the 12th-largest meeting
facility in the national capital area. |
Ribbon Cutting at University Centre
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| More than 75 UMUC
employees turned out November 7, 2003, to enjoy the sunshine, a potluck
lunch, and a ribbon-cutting
ceremony—the
culmination of an employee initiative, spearheaded by George Ruff,
executive administrative assistant in Institutional Advancement, and
supported by UMUC President Gerald Heeger, to purchase two picnic tables
and form an outdoor “break room” behind UMUC’s University
Centre offices on Route 1. The University Centre suite houses the offices
of Institutional Advancement, Alumni Relations, Faculty and Distance
Education Services, Department of Defense Relations, and Learning Applications
Development and Support. Special thanks go to Institutional Advancement,
which funded the project; to Valerie Mares, special events coordinator
in Alumni Relations, for organizing the celebration; to Bobby Stahl,
associate vice president of Operations, for providing the (strictly
nonalcoholic) drinks; and to all those who brought food and helped
set up beforehand, clean up after, and generally make the whole affair
a big success. Shown here cutting the ribbon (left to right): Cynthia
Sikorski, director, Alumni Relations; Robb Sapp, director, Learning
Applications, Development, and Support; Colleen Grimes, assistant director,
Faculty and Distance Education Services; and J. J. Jones, vice president,
Department of Defense Relations. |
All
Dressed Up
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| Surprising as it might seem, they aren’t on their way to the
Royal Ascot; instead, they’re stateside employees of UMUC’s
Graduate School who decided to take a different approach to “dress
down” Fridays and dressed up instead. (Top row, left to right)
Regina Massaquoi, Denise Richards, Toni Holder, and Sawsan Said; (second
row, left to right) Pat Musick, Jacqueline Frierson, Mary Murrel, Ellyn
McLaughlin; (seated, left to right) Brenda Conley, Yolanda Gayol. |
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