Annual Report2014-2015

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Celebrating15 years

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Going Green Starts With Students

Greetings!

After reflecting on the past 15 years as President of SalisburyUniversity, I can say that I am very proud of theaccomplishments found within the pages of this Annual Report.The 2014-2015 academic year was particularly distinctive for SUon many fronts.

As we celebrate the 90-year anniversary of the University, it isclear that we are entering a new era in the institution’s history.We graduated our first class of doctoral students from ourDoctorate of Nursing Practice program, expanded our presencedowntown through the generous gift of the Gallery Building bylocal developers Palmer Gillis and Tony Gilkerson, andcontinued to receive accolades for our quality academicprograms, high degree of efficiency, sustainability initiatives andcommitment to excellence.

Salisbury University broke ground on our new Sea GullStadium, which will provide world-class facilities that match thecaliber of our nationally renowned athletic teams. We also wereproud to unveil our new Facilities Master Plan, which showcasesour expansion efforts to include a new fine and performing artscenter and a new field house on campus.

Our connections throughout our community, state andbeyond have expanded tremendously as SU’s global reputationand prestige have continued to grow. Students and staff visitedCuba as the United States made the historical decision to beginto normalize relations; numerous faculty (and now, staff !)received Fulbright Fellowships; and SU continued to developvaluable international education partnerships and study abroadofferings.

In short, I am not only grateful, but humbled, to lead such athriving institution as Salisbury University. Our future is brightand I am confident that together, we will continue to work tobuild upon our reputation as A Maryland University of National (and increasingly international) Distinction.

Regents’ AwardWinnersThree from SU were honoredwith the highest award given tofaculty and staff by the UniversitySystem of Maryland. Two SUprofessors earned Regents’Faculty Awards for Excellence:William Burke, professor of thepractice in the InformationSystems and Decision SciencesDepartment and coordinator ofSU’s entrepreneurshipcompetitions, was honored forpublic service; and Paula Morris,professor of the practice in theManagement and MarketingDepartment, earned her awardfor mentoring. Allison Foltz,database administrator, receivedthe Board of Regents’ StaffAward for Excellence, specificallyfor effectiveness and efficiency.

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President’s Message

Janet Dudley-Eshbach, Ph.D.President

Sustainability is so important toSU students that they put theirown money behind the Universitygoing green. The new GreenFund comes from student-originated fees to make student-led sustainability initiatives areality on the campus. Biologymajor Miguel Bolano earned thefirst grant with his proposal toupgrade all interior and exteriorlighting at SU’s AdmissionsHouse with energy-efficientLEDs, at a projected energy costsavings of $2,000 per year.

Actions like this are why SU isroutinely honored for green efforts,including being featured in ThePrinceton Review’s Guide to 353Green Colleges for six consecutiveyears. The Best Choice Schoolswebsite named SU among thenation’s “50 Great Affordable Eco-Friendly Colleges.” SU againreceived the highest sustainabilityaward given by the MarylandDepartment of Natural Resources

Forest Service and ForestryCouncil: The Green PLANTAward. The Nature Generation,an environmental nonprofit,honored SU with a SustainablePartner Award for “dedication andsupport in inspiring youth to carefor the planet.” Best CollegesOnline.org named SU one of its“50 Most Amazing UniversityBotanical Gardens andArboretums in the U.S.”

In addition, SU’s ChesterResidence Hall became the ninthbuilding on campus to earnLeadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design (LEED)Silver certification from the U.S.Green Building Council.

Many of SU’s sustainableinitiatives are part of theAmerican College and UniversityPresidents’ Climate Commitmentto reduce greenhouse gasses to anet of zero by 2050, signed by SUPresident Janet Dudley-Eshbachin 2007.

New And ContinuedAccoladesConsumers Digest named SU one ofits Top 100 College Values.Selected from among some 2,000U.S. campuses, SU ranked No. 31. This honor adds to otheraccolades earned by theUniversity. For seven consecutiveyears, Kiplinger’s Personal Financehas named SU one of its 100“Best Values in Public Colleges”and, twice, among its “24 BestCollege Values Under $30,000 ayear.” SU also has beenapplauded as one of the nation’sbest values in public education byWashington Monthly, Forbes andMoney magazines. SU consistentlyis one of The Princeton Review’sBest Colleges and U.S. News &World Report’s Best RegionalUniversities in the North.

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Five More Fulbrights For SUFive were added to the growing number ofSU faculty, graduates and students who haveearned Fulbright honors.

Dr. James King, English Department,earned a $77,412 Fulbright-Haysinternational education grant for his “MateMasie Initiative” to study in Ghana with 12educators from SU and Wicomico Countyschools. Based on the experience, membersare creating classes and enhancing curriculumat the K-12 and collegiate levels with detailsrelated to West African culture and themes.

Two others earned Fulbrights to teach andresearch in Europe in spring 2016. Dr. DeanKotlowski, History Department, will be theFulbright-Botstiber Visiting Professor ofAustrian-American Studies at the University ofSalzburg in Austria, while Dr. Olivier Roche,Management and Marketing Department, willbe at the Belarusian State University in Minsk.

Dr. Brian Polkinghorn, faculty andexecutive director of SU’s Bosserman Centerfor Conflict Resolution, was appointed as adistinguished Fulbright Alumni Ambassadorfor the United States. He was chosen as one ofonly 24 ambassadors by the Institute ofInternational Education and its Council forInternational Exchange of Scholars. As anambassador, he promotes Fulbright service forAmerican scholars by sharing his experiencesas a 2010 Fulbright Scholar in Israel.

Aaron Basko, assistant vice president forenrollment management and career services,was selected for the prestigious FulbrightInternational Education AdministratorsProgram. Bolstering SU connections in Asia,he traveled to Japan with just 10 otherrepresentatives of U.S. higher education.

Green Efforts Are PartOf SU’s Dining Services

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YEARSVision and Dedication: In her 15 years at SU, President Janet Dudley-Eshbach has strategicallytransformed SU as a champion of diversity, study abroad and academic excellence, and securedover $350 million in award-winning new facilities.

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Campus Successes

A Master Plan For GrowthSU President Janet Dudley-Eshbach officiallyunveiled the campus’ new Facilities MasterPlan. Approved by the University System ofMaryland Board of Regents, it focuses onmaintaining a compact academic core,strengthening connections between east andmain campus, and enabling future projects in academic and student life, recreation, andthe arts.Some of the building highlights over the

next decade are a proposed Field House oneast campus, a Fine and Performing ArtsComplex on main campus, and new residencehalls. Included is the development oflandscaped and well-lighted walking and bikingpaths bordering the east campus rail line.A clearly defined University District

crossing Route 13 would be readily noticed bytravelers using the heavily-trafficked north-south corridor, helping unite the nearly 200-acre main and east campuses.The Facilities Master Plan “outlines

enhancements to the University’s alreadyvibrant learning environment, our arboretumand cultural offerings,” said the President. It“identifies improvements that will addutilitarian and beautiful spaces to learn,research, live, create and perform. Each projectmoves us closer to the vision of a campus thatranks as one of the nation’s best mid-sizeduniversities, both public and private.”The planning process was spearheaded by

Ayers Saint Gross (ASG) of Baltimore,recognized nationally as one of the country’sleaders in design and planning. The year-longplanning process involved multiple sessionsgarnering input from campus and communitygroups including the City of Salisbury,Wicomico County, the Salisbury AreaChamber of Commerce and localneighborhood associations. The 10-year plan is broken down into two

five-year phases. Already underway in PhaseOne are the construction of the new $117 million Patricia R. Guerrieri AcademicCommons, with much-needed new library,academic, research and meeting spaces onmain campus, and a $19 million stadium, alsosorely needed, on east campus. Both arescheduled for completion in 2016.

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YEARSIncreased Internationalization: A Latin American literature and Spanish-language scholar,President Janet Dudley-Eshbach has made internationalization a priority, founding the Center forInternational Education and English Language Institute to encourage global experiences.

Presidential HonorsMaryland Comptroller Peter Franchot presented SU President JanetDudley-Eshbach with Wicomico County’s 2015 William DonaldSchaefer Helping People Award. Franchot lauded the University’s growth in size and stature during

Dudley-Eshbach’s 15-year tenure, calling it “the Yale University ofMaryland,” only more affordable. Breaking with tradition, theComptroller personally nominated Dudley-Eshbach for the award“because of the transformative impact she has had … on this universityand this town.” Calling her “my favorite university president,” hepraised her commitment to opportunity and service, noting SU’spositive economic impact on the region, estimated at $420 millionannually. It is one of Wicomico’s biggest employers.

The Daily Record also honored SU’s president by naming her to its2015 listing of Influential Marylanders. The SU President joined Dr. Peggy Naleppa, president/CEO of Peninsula Regional MedicalCenter, as the lone Eastern Shore recipients of the recognition.Fifty-one honorees were selected by the editors of The Daily Record

for their significant contributions to their respective fields and for theirleadership in Maryland in civic leadership, communications, education,finance, freestyle, general business, health care, law, philanthropy, realestate and technology.

ShoreCorps/PALSCelebrates 20 YearsFor two decades, members ofShoreCorps/PALS (Partnershipfor Adolescents on the LowerShore), SU’s AmeriCorpsprogram, have been tutoringstudents, assisting with after-school programs and promotingnew youth initiatives.ShoreCorps/PALS members

serve with non-profit, education-based organizations working witharea youth. The program recentlyexpanded to assist seniors. It isexpected to place up to 20members this year, part of atradition that has included some500 members since its founding in1995 by Dr. George Whitehead,psychology professor and projectdirector.The Corporation for National

and Community Service andMaryland Governor’s Office onService and Volunteerism fundsome 40 percent of the program’sannual budget. The additional 60 percent comes from matchingfunds provided by AmeriCorpsservice sites and in-kindcontributions from SU. Sitesrequesting assistance pay between$3,100 and $8,500 per year,depending on how many hoursthe member is scheduled. Inexchange for their service,members receive stipends of upto $12,200 annually, in additionto six undergraduate collegecredits. Following their service,members receive an additionalbenefit of up to $5,645 that maybe applied toward college tuitionor reducing qualified studentloans.At service sites, members

assist children with education andsocial needs and help recruit andfacilitate volunteers. Last year,members helped some 12,000children and recruited over 1,200volunteers.

ELI Explores RegionalCultural SiteAs part of SU’s English LanguageInstitute, 35 students from Chinalearned about native people fromthe region when they visited theChicone Village. The summerELI program providesinternational university studentswith intensive English languageinstruction and immersionexperiences that reflect Americanlife, history and culture. Theprogram’s theme is the “goodstewardship” of shared resources,environments and communitieson the Eastern Shore and beyond.Students practice their languageskills in formal English classes andin real-life settings througheducational excursions and socialactivities with American studentsand families. They also meet localcommunity leaders and attendtalks and workshops.

Visiting Global ScholarDr. Ahmad Adib Sha’ar, a Syrianprofessor, displaced by thatcountry’s civil war, is a visitingglobal scholar at SU. He joinedthe Department of Mathematicsand Computer Science for a one-year appointment beginning inthe spring. Sha’ar teaches aProgramming I course andcontinues his research in radartheory as well as in pedagogicalstrategies for teaching basiccomputer language in the K-12curriculum.Sha’ar was dean of research

and a faculty member atMamoun University in hishometown of Aleppo, Syria,when the campus becameoccupied by rebel forces andexperienced mutualbombardment by rebel andgovernment forces. He and hisfamily were among more than

three million Syrians displaced bythe conflict in 2013. Salisbury civic leader Mitzi

Perdue collaborated with theInstitute for InternationalEducation’s Scholar Rescue Fundto sponsor Sha’ar’s residency atSU. A member of IIE’s Board ofTrustees in New York City,Perdue is a life-long advocate forinternational education.

Visiting Global Scholar

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Safe Spaces Training ExpandsSU’s Safe Spaces Workshop is now being offered statewide through apartnership with the Maryland Commission on Civil Rights (MCCR).“Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and intersex

(LGBTQI) people frequently find themselves excluded anduncomfortable in a variety of settings,” said Dr. Diane Illig, Safe Spacestraining coordinator and chair of SU’s Sociology Department. “Ourprogram explores how to create more welcoming environments atwork, school and in the community. We teach participants how topromote ‘safe spaces’ of respect, acceptance and support for all.”Through the workshop, participants develop an understanding of

the experiences of LGBTQI people; identify sources of unwelcomingbehaviors; learn LGBTQI-inclusive terminology; learn to dispelnegative stereotypes; develop strategies to create more welcomingenvironments; and formulate effective responses to many of the issuesand scenarios that LGBTQI people experience in their workplace,school or community. The program has been offered, in variousformats, to faculty, staff and students at SU since the late 1990s. Since the MCCR partnership began in July, the training team has

expanded its efforts, conducting workshops twice for the MCCR, aswell as the Maryland Department of Human Resources; MarylandDepartment of Housing and Community Development; MarylandDepartment of Labor, Licensing and Regulation; and Cecil CountyDepartment of Social Services. The workshop also has been offeredthree times on campus. In total, some 170 have participated – anincrease from the 111 who were trained in 2013-14.

SU Student Relay For Life LaudedFor the past 13 years, SU studentshave made an impact through thecampus’ annual Relay For Life tobenefit the American CancerSociety (ACS). Last year, theyreceived the Excellence in StudentService Group Award from theMaryland-D.C. CampusCompact. The non-profit association of

public and private collegesprovides leadership to colleges anduniversities in the region byadvocating participation in publicservice and civic engagementprograms. The award is givenannually for leadership in andcommitment to service projectsthat extend beyond co-curricularrequirements or course-basedservice learning, with an emphasison long-term, sustainablecommunity impact.“We would not have been as

successful without our amazingplanning committee and everysingle person who came to ourevent, donated and helped us takea stand against cancer,” saidAmanda Vancleemput, 2015 SURelay chairperson. “I care verymuch about this organization, andjudging by the amount of love andsupport we receive from students,faculty and staff each year, Iwould say they care just as much,if not more.”The ACS South Atlantic

Division also honored SU’s Relaywith the division’s Top CollegiateFundraising Award. In addition,SU earned the Spirit of Relay andColleges Against Cancer Leaderof Hope awards.In April, the SU Relay For

Life Committee achieved a long-term goal, reaching the $1 millionmark for funds raised since theinaugural event in 2002.

Library of CongressInternshipArt major James Harrison joinedstudents from Harvard andColumbia universities, amongothers, as one of 36 Library ofCongress Junior Fellowsparticipating in the institution’s2015 summer intern program. Hewas selected for the position out ofmore than 800 applicants. Duringthe paid internship, he wasexposed to a broad spectrum ofthe library’s work, from copyrightand access standards, toinformation management anddigital initiatives. Harrisonworked within the library’sConservation Division to creatematerials to promote documentconservation and raise awarenessof the institution’s resources.

TRiO Travels to CubaEight students enrolled in SU’sTRiO ACHIEVE StudentSupport Services program spent aweek in Havana, Cuba. Thestudents explored Havana’shistoric district and visitedmarkets and museums. Theyengaged with two grassrootsgroups dedicated to communityenhancement: Espiral, whicheducates young people onenvironmental issues andsustainable development, andOkan-Tomi, which promotesAfro-Cuban dances and musicaltraditions. They also learnedabout history and culture from aUniversity of Havana professorand public health from a Cubanmedical doctor.

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Library ofCongress InternJames Harrison

“Make-A-Heron” Contest Winners

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Environmental Studies Student InitiativesEnvironmental studies students are beingrecognized for efforts locally and nationally.“Scuttle,” by environmental studies majors

Catie Burkowske and Kathleen McMillen,won the “Make-A-Heron” art contest tocreate the mascot for the City of Salisburyand Wicomico County’s “Stash Your Trash”anti-litter campaign. Participants werechallenged to make herons, featured in thecampaign’s logo, from recyclable and foundobjects. Scuttle’s feathers were cut fromcardboard boxes. Its beak is a CFL light bulb,with plastic strips for its tail and a basedecorated with flowers made from plasticbottles. The heron’s frame was made frompieces of chain-link fence, welded and coveredwith chicken wire. A $2,050 Improving Wildlife Habitat grant

from the National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration’s E-Lit program enabledEnvironmental Studies Department studentsfrom SU’s Green Floor Living LearningCommunity to partner with James M. BennettHigh School to create 10 bee nest boxes andsix bat roost boxes, as well as nine bird boxes(three each for bluebirds, robins and barnswallows, and barred owls). The project helpedsome 100 high school students learn about thelocal environment, conservation, and theirability to improve wildlife habitat and stembiodiversity loss.Breck Sullivan received one of the field’s

most prestigious undergraduate honors: anEnvironmental Protection Agency GreaterResearch Opportunity (EPA-GRO) fellowship.Only 34 of the awards, worth up to $50,000each, are given each year, offering the rarechance to work side-by-side with EPA officials.The fellowships provide students with collegefunding for their junior and senior years, aswell as paid internships at EPA facilitiesduring the summer between those years.Sullivan is the sixth SU student in the past fiveyears to receive the honor, placing Salisburyamong the nation’s top universities for EPA-GRO fellowships.

Sea Gull SquareRibbon-Cutting

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TRiO Students In Cubas

15CELEBRATING

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English Faculty PublishEngaging stories and film soundtracks are the subjects of two EnglishDepartment faculty new books.

Dr. Susan McCarty’s inaugural short story collection Anatomiesreceived the following assessment from Esquiremagazine: “The authorseems like the type of person who would laugh at a funeral.” (Themagazine assured its readers it was a compliment.) The book was one of just nine to make the magazine’s Summer Reading List, “guaranteedto sweep you away – and make you forget you’ve been roasting underthe sun.”

McCarty’s collection of fiction tells stories about ordinary people –from an aging tutor, to New York transplants, to a married couple in themidst of a spat, to a teenager struggling with love during her parents’divorce – whose lives sometimes take unexpected turns.

Dr. Elsie Walker, the editor of SU’s international journalLiterature/Film Quarterly, spent five years researching her new book,Understanding Sound Tracks Through Film Theory.

“My research is on the importance of hearing cinema, especially asit allows us to experience others’ lives from a position of empathy,” saidWalker. “I was inspired by filmmakers like Michael Haneke, who areunafraid of making unfashionably broad claims for the capacity of artto enlighten humankind.”

She was inspired to create the book after teaching courses on soundtracks at SU. Since beginning her research in 2009, she has presented onthe topic at 12 international conferences.

New Salisbury Playersat Festival FringeTom Anderson, Theatre andDance Department, is no strangerto Scotland’s acclaimedEdinburgh Festival Fringe.

This year, however, he saw thearts festival from a new anglewhen he debuted his original playSins of Seven Tables.

The production provides amodern look at the seven deadlysins – wrath, greed, sloth, pride,lust, envy and gluttony – asembodied by patrons at seventables in a restaurant. Dinersdepicting the best and worst ofhuman behavior include swingingcouples, vengeful and violenthousewives, and slacker collegestudents.

The Fringe Review gave a four-star rating to the New SalisburyPlayers’ premiere production ofthe play and said SU’s studentand alumni actors “absolutelyknow their stuff.”

The actors who earned thoseaccolades include SU studentsMichelle Cassel, EleniLukaszczyk, Ide Owodiong-Idemeko and Alex Scoras, andalumni De’Vonte Perry andDayton Young.

The play was performed 20times during its three-week run atthe acclaimed festival, which soldover 2.1 million tickets for nearly3,200 shows overall.

Anderson is a seven-yearFestival Fringe veteran andfounder of the New SalisburyPlayers. He has directed andproduced four previous offeringsat the event: tits and blood by neillabute (sic, 2006), The Meeting byJeff Stetson (2010), Andrea’s GotTwo Boyfriends by David Willinger(2011) and Land of the Dead/HelterSkelter, also by labute (2012).

Ratti EarnsFellowshipsDr. ManavRatti, EnglishDepartment,earnedprestigiousfellowships attwo of the world’s leadinguniversities – Jawaharlal NehruUniversity (JNU) in India andAustralian National University(ANU). During his fellowship atJNU, Ratti not only was able toconduct research and presentlectures, but also used theexperience to create a new SUcourse, Literature of India. Hehad similar experiences at hisfellowship at ANU. Theinstitution boasts six Nobellaureates and two Australianprime ministers among its alumni.Previous fellowship recipientsthere include leading postcolonialstudies scholars from Oxford,Columbia and Duke universities.

Dr. Timothy Stock, PhilosophyDepartment, spent a monthresearching the influence of thetheatre on the delivery of thephilosophy of Søren Kierkegaardat the Kierkegaard ResearchCenter at the University ofCopenhagen.

Though he concedes thatsome may disagree, he believesKierkegaard saw theatricphilosophical performance as away to involve and inform thepublic. “He thought that’s whatphilosophers should be doing –dramatically addressing the day’sissues,” said Stock, likening thephilosopher to an early version ofStephen Colbert.

At the Kierkegard ResearchCenter, all of its namesake’swritings – including publishedand unpublished works, and threebooks of notes – are collected in28 volumes, along with another28 volumes of criticism of thoseworks. Stock researched many ofthose original sources indeveloping his theory.

While in Denmark, Stockconducted research outside thecenter, visiting the Court TheatreMuseum and historic RoyalTheatre to research the 19th-century theatre practicesthat would have been in effectduring Kierkegaard’s lifetime.

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Communication Arts Faculty PublicationsThree faculty members fromthe Communication ArtsDepartment publishedscholarship nationally.

Dr. David Burnscontributed two chapters tothe Society of ProfessionalJournalists EducationCommittee’s new book StillCaptive? History, Law and theTeaching of High SchoolJournalism. Burns’contributions included“Recommendations Thenand Now” and “TeachingHigh School Journalism inthe 21st Century.”

The book takes a look athistory and legal issues forhigh school journalists, aswell as recommendations forthe future teaching of highschool journalism.

Drs. Chrys Egan andAndrew Sharma tackled thequestion “How hasadvertising changed now that traditionaltelevision content is available on digital andmobile devices?” with a chapter inCommunication Basics for Millennials – Essays onCommunication Theory and Culture, edited byKathleen Roberts of Duquesne University.

Their chapter, “Hashtag TV Advertising:The Multistep Flow of Millennial TelevisionUsage, Advertising Commercial Viewing andSocial Media Interaction,” explores theMultistep Flow Model. That model examineshow messages overflow from the mass mediainto interpersonal conversations withinfluential people, shaping public opinion.

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Affordable Nursing ExcellenceSU was ranked the 16th “Best Affordable RN-B.S.N. Degree Program” in the nationbased on cost and quality by the websiteCheap Nursing Degrees.

The University is applauded for its“expert professors” who mentor students andteach in the classroom and laboratory, and its“excellent clinical facilities and hospitalaffiliations.” The website added: “As proof ofSalisbury’s quality, the school has the highestthree-year average NCLEX pass rate of anyschool in Maryland, and the Commission onCollegiate Nursing Education recentlygranted the program accreditation for themaximum period possible.”

Enhancing these affordable programs, theNursing Department received the largestgrant in its history – nearly $2.1 million – tocontinue a project that prepares clinicalexperts to become nursing faculty. TheEastern Shore Faculty Academy andMentoring Initiative (ES-FAMI) was createdby SU and several partners in 2011 to developquality adjunct professors with a particularemphasis on recruiting underrepresentedindividuals, including men and those fromdiverse backgrounds.

The ES-FAMI is being funded via theMaryland Higher Education Commission(MHEC) as part of the Nurse SupportProgram (NSP) II it administers for the state’sHealth Services Cost Review Commission.NSP II’s goal is to increase the number of nurses in Maryland by focusing on their education.

In awarding the latest funds, MHECrecognized SU as “a leader in mentoring newfaculty in nursing education” and a “strongpartner” in the efforts to expand resources forclinical faculty to Maryland nursing programsand hospitals.

At spring commencement, the nursingprogram awarded eight students theUniversity’s first doctoral degrees: the Doctor of Nursing Practice.

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Innovative GIS Projects HonoredSU’s Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative (ESRGC) and itsdirector, Dr. Michael Scott, were named among the state’s Innovatorsof the Year for 2014.

Bestowed by the Maryland Daily Record, the honor recognizes thosewhose work “heralds new frontiers for how we live, work, play and giveback” and those who have “created new products, services or programsthat have improved their fields.”

The ESRGC has played a key role in the Maryland BroadbandMapping Initiative, which has been called one of the top three suchprojects in the country by the National TelecommunicationsInformation Administration. The ESRGC has been working on its$2.12 million effort for the Maryland Broadband Cooperative (MdBC)for the last five years. In 2009, MdBC was designated by GovernorMartin O’Malley to collect, validate and map service coverage areasand market performance of the state’s internet providers for thebroadband mapping initiative, funded by the American Recovery andReinvestment Act.

The Cooperative also was awarded a contract for an internationalproject with the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to monitormangrove loss in Indonesia.

Undergraduate and graduate students will identify changes, since2000, in the mangrove forest inventory of the archipelago in SoutheastAsia/Oceania. They also will help compile a report to be presented tothe Moore Foundation on the driving forces behind mangrove loss.

Taylor Awarded Elkins ProfessorshipDr. Ryan Taylor, BiologicalSciences Department, receivedthe Wilson H. ElkinsProfessorship, one of theUniversity System of Maryland’smost distinguished awards, whichincludes a $50,000 prize. Thehonor will help him continue hisfield research on túngara frogs atthe Smithsonian TropicalResearch Institute in Panama.

Taylor has earned twoNational Science Foundationgrants totaling nearly $1.5 millionfor multi-year projects related tothe frogs. He won SU’sOutstanding Research MentorAward in 2013. His studies usingrobotic frogs have been featured inNational Geographic, The Wall StreetJournal, The Smithsonian, the BBCnature documentary Talk to theAnimals and the book Calls BeyondOur Hearing. He earned his Ph.D.from the University of Louisianaat Lafayette in 2004 and joinedSU’s faculty in 2007.

“This award will help tomaintain my tropical researchprogram (ongoing for 10 years)and help to ensure the futureproduction of both quality scienceand student training,” said Taylor.“Together with my colleagues andstudents, we have elucidatedimportant evolutionary processesthat explain how acoustic signalsevolve in animals. In addition, thiswork has provided profoundinsights into basic auditoryperception by the vertebratebrain, including human speechperception.”

Standardized PatientsThe Nursing Departmentreceived $299,983 from theMaryland Higher EducationCommission to expand its“Standardized PatientExperience” training across thestate. SU students learn with“patients” who are actors trainedto portray individuals with variousmental health disorders. Theirinteractions are recorded anddiscussed later, and the studentslearn that identifying and caringfor individuals with behavioraland mental health issues goeshand-in-hand with addressingclinical needs. Over the next twoyears, Drs. Debra Webster andLisa Seldomridge will develop aseries of web-based toolkits forother faculty to use to teachstudents the essential skills for“mental health” nursing.

Dr. Stuart Hamilton, Geographyand Geosciences Department,earned a prestigious $83,000Prometheus Fellowship from theEcuadorian government toexplore the causes ofsedimentation in that country’sChone Estuary.

The highly competitive awardis considered the premier sciencefellowship within Ecuador,Hamilton said, and is given to lessthan 10 percent of those whoapply. “My hypothesis is that thedriving mechanisms behind thesedimentation include thedeforestation of riverinemangrove forests and theconversion of terrestrial forestsinto agriculture and other uses,”

Hamilton said. “It is a problembecause it has reduced thelivelihood options available tolocal populations and decreasedsecurity for those who rely on theestuary for income and food.”

In addition to studying theimpacts of land-use and land-cover change in the coastalwatershed, Hamilton is producinga management plan to mitigatethe sedimentation issue in thefuture. He involves students inprojects related to his research.

In other efforts to expandstudent learning, they may nowcomplete an M.S. in geographicinformation systems (GIS)management entirely online.

Hamilton Earns Ecuadorian Fellowship

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Hahn Publishes BookWith Bayesian statistics, people can better understand the world byconsidering prior information and statistically updating it with newdata. This skill can be very useful in business, according to Dr. EugeneHahn of the Information and Decision Sciences Department.

He demonstrates the concept in his new book Bayesian Methods forManagement and Business: Pragmatic Solutions for Real Problems.

Drawing on multidisciplinary applications and examples, and usingmodern software applications including WinBUGS and R, the bookfeatures an accessible approach for managers seeking to use Bayesianstatistics. It also features various models of usage from real-worldexamples in disciplines including strategy, internationalbusiness, accounting and information systems.

Hahn has published on Bayesian statistics andother management decision-making tools and methodsin journals such as Service Science; Journal of the RoyalStatistical Society, Series A and Journal of InternationalBusiness Studies. He teaches operations managementand managerial decision support systems at SU.

AACSB AccreditationThe Accounting and LegalStudies Department earnedaccreditation from AACSBInternational, the longest-servingglobal accrediting body forbusiness schools.

The department is one of just182 accounting programs globallyto earn AACSB accreditation.Similarly, the Perdue School as awhole is one of only 719 businessschools in 48 countries andterritories – fewer than 5 percentin the world – to earn overallAACSB business accreditation.

Robert D. Reid, executive vicepresident and chief accreditationofficer for AACSB, congratulatedPerdue School on itsaccomplishment:

“It takes a great deal of self-evaluation and determination toearn both accounting and businessaccreditation, and I commendSalisbury University for itsdedication to managementeducation, as well as its leadershipin the community. … TheFranklin P. Perdue School ofBusiness has not only met specificstandards of excellence, but alsohas made a commitment toongoing improvement to ensurethat the institution will continue todeliver high-quality education toits students.”

Weer Named DeanChristy Harris Weer, who earnedher M.B.A. from SU in 1996,became the Perdue School ofBusiness’ new dean in 2015.

As dean, Weer hopes to buildon the Perdue School’s pastsuccesses, including the continuedcollaboration with local businessleaders to provide experientiallearning and internshipopportunities. She plans to stayconnected with SU’s students. AManagement and MarketingDepartment faculty member since2009 (and before that at RadfordUniversity), she has first-handexperience in training the businessleaders of tomorrow.

Weer earned her Ph.D. inorganization and strategy fromthe LeBow College of Business atDrexel University in 2006. Herresearch interests examine issuesrelated to the work/non-work

interface, careerdevelopmentand genderdiversity inorganizations.

M.B.A. Offered OnlineThe Perdue School has launchedan online version of its Master ofBusiness Administration (M.B.A.).

An accelerated version of theprogram may be completed in asquickly as one year, or studentsmay choose a part-time track.Both campus and online optionsfeature small classes in fast-paced,seven-week sessions.

The Perdue School is amember of SAP UniversityAlliances, which is aninternational program thatintroduces students totechnologies shaping businessestoday. At SU, an SAP-enhancedcurriculum gives students hands-on experience with software andapplications to develop skills thatcomplement their studies.

For example, several M.B.A.courses use Enterprise ResourcePlanning (ERP) systems andBusiness Intelligence tools tohighlight the integrated nature ofbusiness processes, includingaccounting, sales and marketing.

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Entrepreneurship WeekFrom the fourth round of a $1 millioninitiative to help business startups, to a studententrepreneurial tradition, to the second yearof auditions for a national TV show, SU’sinaugural Entrepreneurship Week broughttogether hundreds of business owners andhopefuls in Perdue Hall.

Eight businesses received their share of$125,000 during the fourth round of SU’sPhilip E. and Carole R. Ratcliffe FoundationShore Hatchery program. Its goal: to fundentrepreneurs in the mid-Atlantic and havenew businesses opening within six months,with the potential of employing five or morewithin a year. The big winner wasPaverGuide, a lightweight, low-cost perviouspaving system, which earned $35,000. Allwinners will receive mentorship from theprogram’s board of directors, comprised ofarea business leaders.

The next day, SU junior Jenna DeLettowon $27,000 in cash and services to helpfurther develop 5 POP, a digital footballtraining device, during the University’s annualstudent Entrepreneurship Competitions. Thehighlight was the Bernstein AchievementAward for Excellence, given annually since1987. Besides DeLetto, who won, finalists forthe $10,000 prize included Connect U,Delmarva Sports Services and Thor ElectricLongboards.

The week concluded with the return of acasting call for ABC-TV’s hit business fundingreality show Shark Tank, co-sponsored by WMDT 47 ABC, the Perdue School andMaryland Capital Enterprises. For the secondconsecutive year, hundreds of entrepreneursthroughout the East Coast came to campus tofilm their product pitches for the program’sconsideration.

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Ed.D. Program BeginsSU launched the inaugural cohort of its new Doctorate in Education(Ed.D.) – the University’s second doctoral program.

Eighteen students, including teachers, reading specialists andadministrators from K-12 and higher education, are enrolled. TheEd.D. in Contemporary Curriculum Theory and Instruction: LiteracyProgram explores the design and implementation of solutions related toliteracy practices in schools and higher education.

The next generation of scholarly practitioners are provided the skillsneeded to develop innovations, inspire change and assess the impact ofthese programs in educational contexts. The program is designed foreducators at all levels who envision themselves as transformationalleaders and strive to collaboratively design and implement solutions toproblems of literacy practice in schools.

The program is influenced by the Carnegie Project for theEducation Doctorate (CPED). SU is one of only 87 member campusesfrom the United States, Canada and New Zealand. This inter-institutional collaboration promotes programs of the highest quality thatoffer advanced preparation in the field of education. SU’s Ed.D.curriculum is organized around CPED’s core components of signaturepedagogy, inquiry as practice and laboratories of practice along withliteracy specialization courses.

Forte EarnsDistinguished FacultyAwardDr. James A. Forte, a social workprofessor known as an exemplaryteacher, internationallyrecognized scholar and leader inservice, is the 2014 SUDistinguished Faculty Awardhonoree.

“Students often indicate thathe makes difficult-to-understandmaterial ‘interesting andengaging,’” said Dr. DeborahMathews, past department chair.“He is seen as ‘highly intelligent,’‘well prepared’ and inspirationalwith a ‘true passion for socialwork’ which he uses to ‘motivate[his students] to excel.’”

A student added: “He lovessharing human nature and itbrings him great satisfaction whena student learns something new(or perhaps finally understandssomething old) and is changedbecause of it.”

Forte has utilized face-to-faceand hybrid models to teach fivegraduate and sevenundergraduate courses at SU andits satellite sites over the years. Inaddition, he has written fourbooks and 41 articles/bookchapters, and has presentedregionally or nationally some 66times. In 2010, he was namedSocial Work Educator of the Yearby the National Association ofSocial Workers – MarylandChapter.

Forte has chaired fourdepartmental committees and ledefforts to develop a self-studyreport and revise standards tomeet national accreditation. He isa member of professionalorganizations including theInternational Association forSocial Work with Groups andCouncil on Social WorkEducation.

M.S.W. Goes OnlineSU has launched an onlineMaster of Social Work (M.S.W.).

“The Social WorkDepartment is committed toreaching out to people who mightnot ordinarily be able toparticipate,” said Dr. BatyaHyman, department chair. Itsbachelor’s and master’s degreesalready are offered at five satellitesites in Maryland and to militarypersonnel and their dependents in Europe.

The three-year cohortprogram involves taking one to twoclasses during seven-week sessionsyear round. During the last twoacademic years, students willengage in field internships two tothree days per week in social worksettings near their homes or, insome cases, with their employers.SU has a strong network of fieldplacement professionals.

Drs. Randall Groth, EducationSpecialties Department, andJennifer Bergner, Mathematicsand Computer ScienceDepartment, earned a $260,606National Science Foundation(NSF) grant to fund a three-yearproject for a summer research sitefor undergraduates to study matheducation.

Area college students hostweekly learning sessions to helpfourth, fifth and sixth gradersbetter understand mathematicsskills from fractions andmultiplication to decimals andstatistics.

“Our primary objective is todevelop math teachers who

approach their classrooms withthe mindset of researchers andcan make instructional decisionsbased on data,” Groth said.Bergner added: “By engagingthem in research related tomathematics education now, asundergraduates, we also areproviding them with foundationsto participate in graduateprograms in the future.”

Their PATHWAYS (PreparingAspiring Teachers to HypothesizeWays to Assist Young Students)initiative is the University’s secondNSF-funded ResearchExperiences for Undergraduates(REU) site since 2012.

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Education Partnerships And AccreditationSU earned national recognition for itscollaborative partnerships with MardelaMiddle and High School (MMHS).

The University was honored with the2015 Exemplary Professional DevelopmentSchool (PDS) Achievement Award from theNational Association of ProfessionalDevelopment Schools (NAPDS). Only sixcampuses across the country were honored.SU is the only non-Research 1 university toearn national recognition for its PDSpartnerships at the elementary, middle andhigh school levels.

The NAPDS Award honored SU for thecollaboration that is the key underpinning ofits PDS partnership with MMHS. Specificallynoted was the “high productivity and morale”and “permeating spirit of reciprocal supportand development” within the partnership.Also applauded was the full immersion ofteacher candidates in PDS initiatives; theadvocacy of school leaders; the establishmentof a community of learners; and thecongruent purpose and vision for thepartnership between teacher candidates,interns, beginning teachers, veteran educators,administrators and faculty.

In addition to this national award, theSeidel School earned the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education’s(NCATE) highest honor: nationalreaccreditation.

“This accreditation decision indicates that[SU] and its programs meet rigorousstandards set forth by the professionaleducation community,” said James G.Cibulka, president of the Council for theAccreditation of Educator Preparation.

Dr. Diane Allen, SU’s provost and seniorvice president of academic affairs, added:“SU has a tradition of academic excellence inits education programs. The re-accreditationis a stamp of approval for the training ourstudents continue to receive.”

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Providing Internship AndScholarship SupportSince its creation, the SU Foundation, Inc. hasenriched the academic growth of SU throughthe support of students.SU’s inaugural Gerald A. Elkins

Internship award provided a geographystudent with a summer position at theBaltimore City Planning Department and a$1,500 stipend. Junior Tyler Wilson wasnamed the first recipient.One of only a few endowed internships at

the University, the award provides a studentwith the opportunity to explore a career inurban planning and mapping. It wasestablished through the Foundation to honorGerald Elkins, the late husband of SU Chiefof Staff Amy Hasson. The couple met atBaltimore’s Planning Department, where hewas a dedicated planning and mappingprofessional for over four decades and she alsoworked for 15 years.“I thought it was important to offer SU

students an urban planning experience, whilealso honoring Gerald’s legacy,” Hasson said.“What better place to do so than in BaltimoreCity Planning, one of the best planningdepartments in the country. ...”The Terry D. Allen Memorial Award for

Military Veterans or Active Military Persons isanother new student scholarship program.Connor Cooney, a management major, wasthe inaugural recipient. Nicholas Engelhardt, a geography and earth science major, was the second.The award was created by Dr. Diane

Allen, SU’s provost and senior vice presidentof academic affairs, in memory of her latehusband, Terry. A retired lieutenant colonel inthe U.S. Army Reserve, Terry quickly becamepart of the campus community after theAllens arrived in 2009, and he helped adviseSU’s Student Military and VeteransAssociation (SMVA) until his death in 2013.“Terry was very proud of the service the

young men and women in the student veterangroup give to our country,” Allen said. “Iknow he would be particularly pleased toknow that Connor and Nick were the first tworecipients of an award in his name.”

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YEARSTull Scholarship Program: In 2006, a $5.3 million bequest from the estate of Lucy Tull becamethe largest single gift by an individual donor in SU’s history. Benefiting nursing and othermedically related professions, the endowment funds scholarships and faculty awards.

Carillon ‘Caps’ Guerrieri Academic CommonsHow tall is the carillon under construction at SU? Well, the Sea GullSquare Clock Tower and Holloway Hall Bell Tower are 100 feet, andSU’s high-rise dorms are 80 feet, according to University officials.

The new carillon tower, at 147 feet, tops them all and will be thetallest structure on the nearly 200-acre campus. It took about half an hourto hoist in place a 45-foot steel cap weighing 16 tons, which will support48 bronze bells in the bell tower as well as the performance platform.

The bells, from 12 inches to 42 inches in diameter, range in weightfrom approximately 100 pounds to 5,000 pounds. Two 2.5-ton bells willbe custom made in England. Because the tower and cap are so tall, aspecial 350-ton crane from across the Chesapeake Bay had to bebrought in to hoist the carillon cap in place. The crane required specialpermission to cross the Bay Bridge.

William D. Church donated the carillon in memory of his longtimepartner Samuel R. Brown. The carillon is part of the new Patricia R.Guerrieri Academic Commons, scheduled to open by fall 2016.

Women’s CircleEndows Award In its inaugural year, TheWomen’s Circle of SU raised over$20,000 in gifts and pledges toendow an EducationalEnhancement Award.

Senior Chelsea Chmel wasthe recipient of the first $500award, which was matched withan additional $500 from SU’sThomas E. Bellavance HonorsProgram. The fund was createdby The Women’s Circle to helpSU students further theireducation with experiencesoutside the classroom.

Chmel purchased textbooks tostudy for an exam to become agroup exercise instructor certifiedby the American College ofSports Medicine. She also usedthe award to pay for a 14-daygross anatomy pre-matriculationworkshop and cadaver programat the University of MarylandEastern Shore.

Founded in June 2014, The Women’s Circle of SU isopen to women who arecommitted to supporting theUniversity and the educationalexperiences of students, as well asthe personal and professionalgrowth of one another.Spearheaded by SU Foundation,Inc. board members MicheleThomas and Ashley Stern, alongwith SU staff and administrators,the group is comprised of womenfrom varying backgrounds,careers and ages.

Century Cycling AppCyclists participating in the Sea Gull Century bike ride maynow use a free mobile applicationdeveloped by SU students andfaculty to track their progress. Inaddition to showing specific riderlocations along the three routes,the app also displays their speed,nearby vendors and rest stops. Dr. Steven Lauterburg,Mathematics and ComputerScience Department, guided ateam of students in creating theapp software using data providedby students and faculty from theGeography and GeosciencesDepartment and the EasternShore Regional GIS Cooperativeat SU led by geography facultyDr. Art Lembo.

The SU Foundation, Inc. andSU’s Ward Museum of WildfowlArt announced a $400,000 leadgift for the museum’s 2014-2016“Soar to New Heights” capitalcampaign.

The campaign’s goal is $1.5 million to support theexpansion of the Ward Museumand much-needed capitalimprovements to the galleries and facility.

John A. Luetkemeyer Jr. andThomas F. Mullan III donated acombined gift of $400,000 for theconstruction of a new facility atthe museum to be named inhonor their late fathers as the JohnA. Luetkemeyer Sr. and ThomasF. Mullan Jr. Legacy Center.

The new building will add2,200 square feet to the museumand be used as an educationcenter and flexible meeting spaceto serve the growing needs ofeducational and cultural programsfor all ages. The center will enable

the museum to serve grade-wideschool field trips for the first time.It will also incorporateenvironmentally sustainabledesign, including solar panelingand geothermal technology.

The new building is thecenterpiece of the museum’scampaign. Funds raised also willsupport gallery renovations,including the museum’s namesakeWard Brothers Gallery, smartclassroom technologyimprovements to education rooms,roadside signage replacement,retail area renovations, collectionstorage area upgrades, andlandscaping and public sculpturegarden enhancements.

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A Broadway Star Returns To SU The Salisbury Symphony Orchestra (SSO) at SU, directed by Dr.Jeffrey Schoyen, presented its annual Spring Concert, “A BroadwayStar Comes Home: Music From Stage and Screen,” with guest JenniferHope Wills.

Wills, a Maryland native and SU alumna, has made her mark onBroadway, starring as Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera andco-starring with Brooke Shields in Wonderful Town. She also hasportrayed Belle in the Broadway production of Disney’s Beauty and theBeast, and performed in the City Center’s popular Encores! series, as wellas with some of the leading regional theatres across the country.

The New York Times has hailed her “assured stage presence,” addingthat “it is a pleasure to hear her sing.” Variety has called her “warm andwinsome,” noting her “sweet soprano.”

Preceding her performance, Wills met with students for a pre-concert question-and-answer session.

With the SSO, she performed Broadway favorites including“Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again” from The Phantom of theOpera, “A Little Bit in Love” from Wonderful Town, “The Hills Are Alive”from The Sound of Music, “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from Carousel, “MyWhite Knight” from The Music Man and “If I Were a Bell” from Guysand Dolls, among others.

From Broadway, the SSO then took listeners to Hollywood with thethemes from Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Pink Panther and Schindler’s List, aswell as Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, Allegretto from The King’s Speech.

Opera WorkshopFrom the melodic “Stomp YourFoot” to selections from adramatic mass, SU’s annualOpera Workshop paid tribute to20th-century Americancomposers Aaron Copland andLeonard Bernstein.

The production was directedby Dr. John Wesley Wright andassisted by Tom Anderson, both ofthe Music, Theatre and DanceDepartment, and Dr. WilliamFolger, department co-chair.

Accompanied by Folger andCopland scholar Daniel Matherson piano, the performancefeatured works from Copland’sOld American Songs collections.

During Act II, the operaworkshop cast performed excerptsfrom Bernstein’s 1971 Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers. Wright portrayed theCelebrant, a role he initiallyperformed with the Dayton (OH)Philharmonic Orchestra for themass’ 40th anniversaryperformance.

A member of the acclaimedAmerican Spiritual Ensemble,Wright is coordinator of SU’svoice and opera workshopprograms. He regularly tours as asoloist and with professionalensembles throughout the UnitedStates, Japan and Europe,including a concert in 2013 tocelebrate the 50th anniversary ofPresident John F. Kennedy’s visitto Ireland.

Russian National BalletContinuing its tradition ofwelcoming international balletcompanies, SU presented two full-length ballets – Swan Lake andCinderella – performed by theRussian National Ballet, featuringBolshoi Ballet backdrops andcostumes. The Russian NationalBallet Theatre was founded inMoscow during the transitionalperiod of Perestroika in the late1980s, when many of the greatdancers and choreographers ofthe Soviet Union’s balletinstitutions were exercising theirnewfound creative freedom bystarting new, vibrant companies.In 1994, legendary Bolshoiprincipal dancer ElenaRadchenko was selected bypresidential decree to assume thefirst permanent artisticdirectorship of the company.

Work. Respect.Dignity.SU Art Galleries hosted thephotographic exhibition “Work.Respect. Dignity. Shared Imagesand Stories of Maryland’sEastern Shore Immigrants.”Immigrants power the region’seconomic engines, yet their abilityto engage in communities oftenhinges on their immigrationstatus. Migrants CliniciansNetwork partnered withrenowned photojournalist EarlDotter to capture their lives andwork, offering an opportunity tohumanize the greaterimmigration discussion. Theexhibition promoted civicengagement in an often-fraughtconversation and explored theimpact of immigration amidstsettled communities and theimpact of migration onimmigrants and their families.

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Dr. John Wesley Wright Performs

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Vienna Boys Choir

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Europe: Old And NewSince the Renaissance, Europe has had adominating influence in culture, economicsand social movements in the world. Duringthe fall semester, the Cultural Affairs Officeexplored the cultural influence of Europeboth in the past and present through itsEurope: Old and New series.

Headlining the series was the centuries-oldVienna Boys Choir. One of the oldest boyschoirs in the world, for nearly 500 years, it hasbeen an enduring symbol of Austria. Even inthe days of the First Republic, its memberswere regarded as Austria’s “singingambassadors.” In 1498, Emperor Maximilian Imoved his court to Vienna and gaveinstructions that there were to be singing boysamong his court musicians. Until 1918, thechoir sang exclusively for the imperial court,at mass, at private concerts and functions, andon state occasions.

Bringing a new voice to the series, SUwelcomed Grammy Award-nominated singerCécile McLorin Salvant. Hailed by The NewYork Times as extending the lineage of BillieHoliday, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald,Salvant is known for her uniqueinterpretations of rare and scarcely recordedjazz and blues compositions. Trained inclassical and baroque voice at the DariusMilhaud Conservatory in Aix-en-Provence,France, she focuses on a theatrical portrayal ofthe jazz standard, and composes music andlyrics sung not only in English, but also inSpanish and her native French. She hasperformed with jazz greats including WyntonMarsalis (at New York’s Lincoln Center) andat venues such as Chicago’s SymphonyCenter, the Kennedy Center for thePerforming Arts and the Spoleto Jazz Festival.

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Academic ExcellenceThe Sea Gulls worked hard in the classroom in 2014-2015, withnumerous academic awards being bestowed upon SU student-athletes.Junior Breck Sullivan collected one of the top academic awards

available in claiming the NCAA’s Elite 89 Award for Division III fieldhockey. The honor is given to the student-athlete playing at the finals sitewith the highest cumulative grade-point average. The men’s soccer team collected the National Soccer Coaches

Association of America Team Academic Award by finishing the 2013-14 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher.Several student-athletes were named to the CoSIDA Academic

All-District teams, as Kyle Westbrook, Matt Greene and Drew Staedelifrom the men’s soccer team; Katie Stouffer from the volleyball team;and Wayne Wilford, Josh Danko and Zak Osborne from the footballteam collected the honor. Megan Wallenhorst was named to theCoSIDA Academic All-America Women’s Lacrosse Team. In the spring, softball senior Rachel Johnson closed out her career

honored by the Capital Athletic Conference as the Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and pitcher Dan Fein was placed on the CapitalOne Academic All-America Division III baseball team.

New Stadium LeadsAthletic UpgradesThe University unveiled thedesigns of its new $19 millionstadium, as well as a planned $10 million renovation of itsathletics fields and other facilities,during the official groundbreakingfor Sea Gull Stadium.“The stadium will be over

30,000 square feet,” saidMatthew Groves, projectmanager. “The existing teambuilding could fit into its lobby.”The new four-story stadium is

being built on the same spot asthe old. The first floor will havefour home-team locker rooms forfield hockey, football, and men’sand women’s lacrosse, as well asone for visiting teams and forreferees. Accessible from itslobby/concourse area on theground floor will be a retail and aconcession stand.On the second floor is an

athletic training clinic and aclassroom for game preparation,team meetings and minorstretching. The third floor hasVIP seating areas with fivecovered suites for dignitaries andother special guests. The pressbox is on the fourth floor with thetraditional media booth; gameoperations including areas for thesports information directors,scoreboard staff, announcers andclock operators; technical facilitiesfor video recording for the SeaGull Sports Network; booths forhome and visiting team coaches;and two radio studio booths forhome and visiting teams.In addition, a major

renovation of athletics playingfields is being conceptualized forEast Campus. In the first phase, anew tennis building is beingconstructed that will be ADAcompliant. Improvements for theathletic fields include newbleachers and press boxes.

Punter Earns HonorsPunter Kyle Hamby was namedthe Empire 8 Athletic ConferenceSpecial Teams Player of the Yearand a first-team all-conferencepick for the past three seasons. Hewas called on to boot the ball 179times in his career, second most inprogram history and was good fora career 40.83-yard average perkick. He’s the first player inprogram history to average over40 yards per kick, and his averageis more than two yards better thanthe next closest player. He alsowas named a First-Team All-EastRegion pick by D3football.com.During his season year, Hambypunted 45 times for 1,894 yardsand a 42.1-yard average. Thataverage led the Empire 8 andranked sixth in the nation inDivision III.

Basketball ChampsThe women’s basketball teamcollected the best record inprogram history and fourthwomen’s basketball CapitalAthletic Conferencechampionship during its run tothe Elite Eight of the NCAAtournament. This was the furthestany women’s basketball team inschool history has ever been. Theseason also marked one of themost successful in programhistory for the men’s basketballteam. The Sea Gulls returned tothe NCAA Division IIItournament for the first timesince the 1996-97 season, afterwinning their first CapitalAthletic Conference tournamentsince the 1995-96 season. On theway to the program’s secondconference title, Salisbury posteda program-record 14 wins inCAC play, while boasting anoverall record of 21-8.

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Campbell RepeatsNCAA SweepLuke Campbell won threeindividual national championshipsbetween the indoor and outdoorseasons. He was named the U.S.Track & Field and Cross CountryCoaches’ Association NationalOutdoor Track Athlete of theYear, after earning four All-American awards and winningtwo of his national championshipsin the 110- and 400-meter hurdlesat the NCAA Division III outdoornational championships.Campbell set the second-best, all-conditions time in Division IIIhistory in the 110-meter hurdles,taking his third-straightchampionship in the event with atime of 13.63 seconds; he brokehis own previous school recordwith the time.

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Athletics At A Glance FALL SPORTS RECORD HIGHLIGHT

Men’s Cross Country -- CAC Champion

Women’s Cross Country -- CAC 4th Place

Field Hockey 19-2 NCAA Semifinalist, CAC Champion

Football 7-4 ECAC South AtlanticBowl Champion

Men’s Soccer 12-3-5 NCAA First Round, CAC regular-seasonchampion

Women’s Soccer 10-6-3 CAC Semifinalist

Volleyball 22-10 CAC Finalist

WINTER SPORTS RECORD HIGHLIGHT

Men’s Basketball 21-8 NCAA Second Round;CAC Champion

Women’s Basketball 28-3 NCAA Elite Eight; CAC Champion

Men’s Indoor Track & Field CAC Champion

Women’s Indoor Track & Field CAC 2nd Place

Men’s Swimming -- CAC 3rd Place

Women’s Swimming -- CAC 4th Place

SPRING SPORTS RECORD HIGHLIGHT

Baseball 33-6-1 NCAA World Series

Men’s Lacrosse 17-5 NCAA Quarterfinal;CAC Champion

Women’s Lacrosse 14-4 NCAA Second Round;CAC Champion

Softball 37-8 NCAA 3rd Place

Men’s Tennis 16-5 CAC Semifinal

Women’s Tennis 13-7 CAC Semifinal

Men’s Track & Field -- NCAA 4th Place; CAC Champion

Women’s Track & Field -- CAC 2nd Place

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Financial Report

The Year In ReviewIn FY15, the University received the fourth planned structural adjustment to its in-state tuition rate. In responseto a state appropriation cut of $1.5 million in January, the University implemented a mid-year tuition increase.As in the past, a significant portion of the additional tuition revenue was allocated to enhance institutional-based financial aid. Some of the funds also were allocated to help with student retention initiatives byincreasing instructional faculty and staffing levels within student support services.

On the capital side, construction continued on the Academic Commons and Sea Gull Stadium. Both areexpected to be completed during FY16.

University FinancialReport Fiscal Year 2015

Revenues ...........................................FYE 6/30/15Tuition & Fees ......................................................$54,987,143State Appropriation ................................................44,899,566Government Grants & Contracts ................................5,043,000Non-governmental Grants & Contracts .........................788,654Sales & Services of Educational Departments ................201,636Other Revenues........................................................6,897,173Auxiliary Services...................................................55,574,666Total Revenues ...................................................$168,391,838

ExpensesEducation & General:Instruction ........................................................$53,120,900 Research...............................................................1,140,705 Public Service .......................................................6,906,870 Academic Support .................................................9,825,769 Student Services ...................................................6,761,186 Institutional Support ...........................................15,864,161 Operation & Maintenance of Plant.......................17,320,614

Scholarships & Fellowships* ...........................................17,710 Auxiliary Services...................................................38,402,495 Interest on Indebtedness...........................................3,695,917Total Expenses......................................................153,056,327

Net Increase in Fund Balance .........................$15,335,511

* SU’s gross scholarships and fellowships are $15.2 million.

Please Note: The financial information displayed is based on the University’s submission to the University System of Maryland (USM)and is published prior to either the USM’s or the external auditor’s finalreview. As such, any subsequent changes that may have been requested and/or made are not reflected.

Revenue By TypeRevenue By Source

Revenue Distribution FY 2015

Expenditure Summary FY 2015

State Support ExpenditureBy Program

Total ExpenditureBy Program

Tuition& Fees32.65%

StateAppropriations26.66%

Government Grants &Contracts2.99%

Non-governmentGrants & Contracts.47%

AuxiliaryServices33.00%

OtherIncome4.10%Sales &

Services OfEducationalDepartments.12%

Instruction34.71%

AuxiliaryEnterprises25.09%

StudentServices4.42%

Scholarships/Fellowships.01%

InstitutionalSupport10.36%

PublicService4.51%

Plant Operations11.32%

Interest onIndebtedness

2.41%

Research.75%

AcademicSupport6.42%

RestrictedFunds

$5,831,6543.46%

State Support Funds$106,985,51863.53%

Self SupportFunds

$55,574,66633.00%

Instruction47.87%

PlantOperations15.61%

Insti-tutionalSupport14.30%

AcademicSupport8.86%

StudentServices6.09%

Public Service6.22%

Research1.03%

Scholarships/Fellowships

.02%

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CHARLES R. & MARTHA N.FULTON SCHOOL OF LIBERALARTSUndergraduateDepartments/Majors■ Art

- Art- Fine Art

■ Communication Arts■ Conflict Analysis and

Dispute Resolution■ English

- English- ESOL/K-12 Certification

■ Environmental Studies■ History■ Interdisciplinary Studies■ Modern Languages and

Intercultural Studies- French- Spanish

■ Music■ Philosophy■ Political Science

- Political Science- International Studies

■ Psychology■ Sociology■ Theatre and Dance

- TheatreGraduate Degrees■ Master of Arts (M.A.)

- Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution

- English- History

RICHARD A. HENSON SCHOOLOF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYUndergraduateDepartments/Majorss■ Biology

- Biology- Biology/EnvironmentalMarine Science

■ Chemistry■ Geography and Geosciences

- Geography- Earth Science

■ Health Sciences- Medical Laboratory Science- Respiratory Therapy

■ Mathematics and Computer Science- Computer Science- Mathematics

■ Nursing■ PhysicsGraduate Degrees■ Master of Science (M.S.)

- Applied Biology- Applied Health Physiology- GIS Management- Nursing- Mathematics Education

■ Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.)

FRANKLIN P. PERDUE SCHOOLOF BUSINESSUndergraduateDepartments/Majors■ Accounting and Legal Studies

- Accounting■ Economics and Finance

- Business Economics- Economics- Finance

■ Information and DecisionSciences- Information Systems

■ Management and Marketing- International Business- Management- Marketing

Graduate Degrees■ Master of Business

Administration (M.B.A.)

SAMUEL W. & MARILYN C. SEIDELSCHOOL OF EDUCATION &PROFESSIONAL STUDIESUndergraduateDepartments/Majors■ Education Specialties

- Secondary Teaching Licensure■ Health and Sport Sciences

- Community Health- Exercise Science- Physical Education

■ Social Work■ Teacher Education

- Early Childhood Education- Elementary Education

Graduate Degrees■ Master of Arts in Teaching

(M.A.T.)■ Master of Education (M.Ed.)

- Curriculum and Instruction- Educational Leadership- Reading Specialist

■ Master of Social Work (M.S.W.)■ Doctor of Education:

Contemporary CurriculumTheory and Instruction: Literacy(Ed.D.)

■ President: Dr. Janet Dudley-Eshbach

■ Provost and Senior VicePresident of Academic Affairs: Dr. Diane D. Allen

■ Vice President ofAdministration and Finance:Betty P. Crockett

■ Vice President of Advancementand External Affairs: Dr. T. Greg Prince

■ Vice President of StudentAffairs: Dr. Dane R. Foust

■ President’s Chief of Staff: Amy S. Hasson

■ Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Government &Community Relations: Robby Sheehan

■ Dean of Fulton School of Liberal Arts: Dr. Maarten L. Pereboom

■ Dean of Henson School of Science and Technology: Dr. Karen L. Olmstead

■ Dean of Perdue School of Business: Dr. Christy H. Weer

■ Interim Dean of Seidel Schoolof Education and Professional Studies: Dr. Kelly A. Fiala

■ Dean of Graduate Studies and Research: Dr. Clifton P. Griffin

■ Dean of Libraries and Instructional Resources: Dr. Beatriz B. Hardy

■ Adjunct Faculty Caucus: Timothy F. Robinson

■ Faculty Senate President: Dr. Darrell G. Mullins

■ Graduate Student CouncilPresident: Carrianne Cicero

■ Staff Senate Chair: Melissa D. Thomas

■ Student GovernmentAssociation President: Tyler Gibson

■ University Consortium Coordinating Committee Chair:Dr. Darrell G. Mullins

STATE OF MARYLAND

■ Governor: Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.

■ Lt. Governor: Boyd K. Rutherford

■ Maryland Higher EducationCommission Acting Secretary: Dr. Jennie C. Hunter-Cevera

UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MARYLAND

■ Dr. Robert L. Caret , Chancellor

BOARD OF REGENTS (2015)■ James L. Shea, Chair■ Barry P. Gossett, Vice-Chair■ Gary L. Attman, Treasurer■ Linda R. Gooden,

Assistant Treasurer■ Michelle A. Gourdine, M.D.,

Secretary■ Thomas G. Slater,

Assistant Secretary■ Norman R. Augustine ■ Joseph Bartenfelder, ex officio ■ James T. Brady■ Sydney Comitz, Student Regent■ Louise Michaux Gonzales■ The Hon. Francis X. Kelly Jr.■ David Kinkopf■ Robert Neall ■ Robert Pevenstein ■ Robert D. Rauch■ Dr. Frank M. Reid III

MissionSalisbury University is a premiercomprehensive Maryland publicuniversity, offering excellent,affordable education inundergraduate liberal arts,sciences, pre-professional andprofessional programs, includingeducation, nursing, social workand business, and a limitednumber of applied graduateprograms. SU’s highest purpose isto empower its students with theknowledge, skills and core valuesthat contribute to activecitizenship, gainful employmentand lifelong learning in ademocratic society andinterdependent world.

Salisbury University cultivatesand sustains a superior learningcommunity where students, facultyand staff engage one another asteachers, scholars and learners, andwhere a commitment to excellenceand an openness to a broad arrayof ideas and perspectives arecentral to all aspects of Universitylife. SU’s learning community isstudent-centered; thus, studentsand faculty interact in smallclassroom settings, faculty serve asacademic advisors and virtuallyevery student has an opportunity toundertake research with a facultymentor. SU fosters an environmentwhere individuals make choices thatlead to a more successfuldevelopment of social, physical,occupational, emotional andintellectual well-being.

The University recruitsexceptional and diverse faculty,staff, and undergraduate andgraduate students from acrossMaryland, the United States andaround the world, supporting allmembers of the Universitycommunity as they work togetherto achieve the institution’s goalsand vision. Believing that learningand service are vital components ofcivic life, Salisbury Universityactively contributes to the localEastern Shore community and theeducational, economic, cultural andsocial needs of the state and nation.

Salisbury University has a strong institutional commitment todiversity and equal educational opportunities. To that end, theUniversity prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, gender,marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age,disability, genetic information, religion, sexual orientation, genderidentity or expression, veteran status, or other legally protectedcharacteristics. Direct all inquiries regarding the nondiscriminationpolicy to the Office of Institutional Equity/Title IX Coordinator,Holloway Hall 100, 410-543-6426. Qualified students withdisabilities should contact the Office of Student Disability SupportServices at 410-677-6536.

Salisbury University is a proud member of the University System of Maryland.

Academic Programs

Salisbury University’s Leadership

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A comprehensive university offering 58 distinct undergraduate andgraduate degree programs, SU is one of those rare places whereindividual talents are celebrated while big ideas are encouraged and nurtured.

A Maryland University of National Distinction

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