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UMUC Remembers Maj. Gen. Wherley Jr. and Ann Wherley
Join UMUC in Supporting Our Wounded Warriors
UMUC’s Wins Bronze Learning Impact Award and Two Best in Category Awards
Virtual Dragons Bring Home Three Medals in DC's 2009 Dragon Boat Festival
UMUC Alumni Association President Represents Military Families on Capitol Hill
UMUC Hosts Big Thanks Road Show with WMAL
National News Outlets Speculate About Mystery Donor
UMUC Mystery Money Receives National and International Attention
Student Web Site Invites You to "Think Globally, Act Locally"
UMUC Remembers Maj. Gen. Wherley Jr. and Ann Wherley
UMUC is deeply saddened to learn of the untimely death of Maj. Gen. David F. Wherley Jr. and his wife, Ann Wherley, in the Metro accident on June 22, 2009. Upon retiring as commanding general of the DC National Guard, Maj. Gen. Wherley became an executive coach at UMUC's National Leadership Institute following his storied 40-year military career, during which he was applauded for his heroic leadership of the 113th Fighter Wing on September 11, 2001.
"He was a wonderful, highly intelligent and humble man, given his impressive military career, and genuinely invested in helping improve the lives of others, especially young managers and military officers," said university President Susan Aldridge.
UMUC expresses its condolences to the family and friends of Maj. Gen. David F. Wherley Jr. and his wife, Ann Wherley.
Read more about Maj. Gen. Wherley Jr. on CNN.com
Join UMUC in Supporting Our Wounded Warriors
Stand up for the many Wounded Warriors who are healing and recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center—support UMUC’s Operation Appreciation. UMUC faculty members, staff and students are urged to bring new, unwrapped toiletries and other needed items to drop-off box locations at one of several UMUC locations in Maryland. Find out more.
UMUC Wins Bronze Learning Impact Award and Two Best in Category Awards
The IMS Global Learning Consortium awarded CSI the bronze on May 14 at the IMS Learning Impact 2009 and Summit on Global Learning Industry Challenges conference in Barcelona, Spain. These awards recognize the use of technology to improve learning across all educational segments and in all regions of the world.
UMUC's DE Oracle, a faculty ezine, was also designated as "Best in Category, Faculty Development Network." Additionally, the Graduate School received a Best in Category Certificate for Best Online Laboratory: On-line Hands-On Labs in Information Assurance at UMUC.
This was a global competition with entrants from public and private universities and corporate entities. UMUC is a contributing member of IMS Global. Read the press release.
Virtual Dragons Bring Home Three Medals in DC's 2009 Dragon Boat Festival
The courageous UMUC Virtual Dragons team braved rough river currents, strong winds and occasional rain over the course of two days in a test of nerves. They won two gold medals and one silver in the Washington, D.C. Dragon Boat Festival held May 16–17, 2009:
- Gold in 500m Mixed "E" Finals
- Gold in 500m Open "B" Finals
- Silver in 200M Open "B"
Shiny as they are, the medals do not tell the full story of the team's true accomplishments—they competed in more races than the other 60 teams, were focused and determined and had a smile on their faces all day.
FOX 5’s Holly Morris got the inside scoop on dragon-boating. Watch her Fox Morning News report.
UMUC Alumni Association President Represents Military Families on Capitol Hill
Pam Stokes Eggleston, UMUC Alumni Association president and a Blue Star Families member, spoke on Capitol Hill at a roundtable session with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and several other Congressional representatives. The session focused on how to help military families feel more connected to the larger community, a pertinent issue now that Michelle Obama has made military families a priority, establishing the Council on Women and Girls. UMUC has a rich 60-year military history and has numerous programs geared toward military spouses.
Read the MSNBC story and the Military.com story.
UMUC and WMAL Host Big Thanks Road Show for the Troops
To celebrate National Military Appreciation Month, UMUC has teamed with Newstalk 630 WMAL for the Big Thanks Road Show. At each of these events, the mission is to collect thousands of signatures on a giant "Thank You to Our Troops" greeting card. People can sign the card with messages of love, support and thanks to our military heroes.
Listen to the WMAL radio promo below to hear what all the excitement's about.
National News Outlets Speculate About Mystery Donor
The $6 million anonymous donation UMUC received is a part of nearly $70 million in mystery donations across the country. All donations were given under grounds of strict secrecy and with the condition that the university not try to identify the donor.
Many out there are trying to solve this mystery, and they have noticed a trend in the giving—each beneficiary university has a female president and all but one are public institutions. The New York Times, Jezebel and others all have articles filled with theories and speculations.
UMUC Mystery Money Receives National and International Attention
The $6 million anonymous donation UMUC received earlier this month was among eight other anonymous university donations in the past few weeks, with gifts totaling more than $45 million. It's not clear whether the gifts came from an individual, an organization or a group of people. In every case, the donor(s) dealt with the universities through a third party.
More than 1,000 UMUC students are already slated to receive scholarships, and thousands more will be receiving them soon.
Watch a new Fox News Video about the mystery donation and one of its scholarship recipients.
Coverage of this event spans the U.S. and overseas. The story has also been featured on MSNBC and the San Diego Union Tribune, to name a few.
Student Web Site Invites You to "Think Globally, Act Locally"
UMUC students created a Web site aimed at teaching the public how to “Think Globally, Act Locally: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.” The Web site shares simple ways to use the Three Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) to decrease landfill material and pollution runoff. The site boasts interactive features, including tips to help the planet, multimedia presentations and an interactive map to find local reuse and recycling resources.
This project is part of a National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet. UMUC faculty member Sabrina Fu led the project, which received a $10,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency in 2008. UMUC’s technological resources worked with the UMUC Environmental Management Club, which currently has over 150 members, and is located in 10 countries and four continents to create the Web site.
The students displayed their project at the National Sustainable Design Expo and Annual P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet held April 18-20, 2009 on the National Mall. The competition was for the EPA's P3 award, which makes teams eligible for up to $75,000 in additional funding.