trip officially hosted by

Salisbury, Maryland’s Mayor,

Barrie Tilghman. The two

Salisburys developed a “sister city” relationship years ago and

periodically travel across the

Atlantic to compare notes.

One might assume that when

the staff of the Frederick

Douglass Library organized a

recent technology workshop for seniors that it was

designed to prepare our soon-

to-be graduates with the skills

they’ll need to be successful

when they leave the UMES

campus.

That assumption would be

incorrect. This time the

seniors were senior citizens.

The library has scheduled a

series of community

workshops this fall. The first

was conducted with the

assistance of the English

department’s instructional

technology expert, Kaye

Pinhey.

Mr. Pinhey

participated

in an event

entitled “An Introduction

to Computers & the

Internet.” A group of

about twenty novice computer

users attended.

Topics scheduled for October

workshops include “Using the

Internet for Genealogy” and “Finding Health & Medical

Information.”

“It’s a great opportunity to get

community members on to our campus to see all the things we

have to offer,” Mr. Pinhey said.

INSIGHTS

British Visitors English Literature Professor Plays Host

Techno-Seniors Library Staff & English Dept. Collaborate

DIVISION of ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

SCHOOL of THE ARTS AND PROFESSIONS

Department of English and Modern Languages

The Mayor of Salisbury,

Maryland coordinated a visit by

a delegation of dignitaries from

Salisbury, England recently,

and the chair of the UMES English Department served as a

host family for some of the

guests.

Richard Keenan and his wife

Marion welcomed the

Honorable Kevin Cardy,

Deputy Lord Mayor of

Salisbury, England and his

wife Jan into their home for a

weeklong visit. “It was a

pleasure to be a part of this unique cultural exchange,” Dr.

Keenan said.

Mr. Cardy was one of a group

of officials from Salisbury,

England visiting our area on a

October 2006

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Volume 8

Dr. Keenan (R) and his wife Marion (second from R) pictured with their

British houseguests

Photo by Gina Boobar

Mr. Pinhey

When the

faculty

exhibit

opened

recently in the Mosely Art

Gallery on the

UMES

campus, it

wasn’t just art

professors

who

displayed

their

creativity; there

are also two

representatives

from the English

department who

submitted work.

Joseph Davis, a

computer graphics

and film

instructor, created

an imaginative

series of digitally

manipulated

photographs. Technical

writing instructor Robert

Burns also submitted photos

for the exhibit.

Mr. Burns’ work in this show

is in

starkly

contrasted

black and

white.

The

faculty

show

remains

on exhibit

until

October 20.

Untitled Work by Mr. Davis

“Smoking Man”

by Mr. Burns

Student considers faculty art work displayed in the Mosely

Gallery

Photo by Joseph Davis

English Faculty Participate in Art Show

The UMES

African

Language

Project, under

the direction of English

professor

Chester

Hedgepeth, has

received federal

funds to

continue its

research of the

Nigerian Izon and Urhobo languages. A

corpus of words and phrases in Urhobo

was compiled last year. That corpus will

now be transformed into a reader for use

by government, business, and academe.

More than 150 graduate and undergraduate

students began their careers in UMES

computer laboratories where they

researched Swahili, Igbo, and other

languages using the databases and lexicons

created by the University’s African

Language Project.

This is the fifteenth year the project has earned the financial support of the federal

government.

Senior English

major Ashley

Johnson has

been busy this

semester fulfilling the

official duties

of Miss UMES

even though

she won’t be

officially

crowned until

later this

month.

Coronation ceremonies have been

scheduled for Friday, October 20, in the Ella Fitzgerald Center for the Performing

Arts. A celebratory ball will be held

following the coronation.

Ms. Johnson will be joined by business

administration major Terry Tyler who

will serve as Mr. UMES. Mr. Tyler

succeeds English major Michael Cooper.

In addition to her responsibilities as Miss

UMES, Ms. Johnson is also a member of Sigma Tau Delta, the English Honor

Society.

Barbara

JoAnn

Seabrook,

Assistant Professor

and

Coordinator

of the

English

Education

Program,

attended

the

Accreditation, Accountability, and

Quality Institutional Orientation and Professional Development Conference

in Arlington, Virginia on Sunday,

September 17.

Dr. Seabrook traveled to the conference

at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City to

prepare for the UMES English

department’s next NCTE/NCATE

program review. She attended three

sessions entitled “How Program

Assessments Align with Unit

Assessments,” “Toward More Meaningful Assessment Systems,” and

“National Council of Teachers of

English: Preparing for the

NCTE/NCATE Program Review.”

NCTE is the National Council of

Teachers of English, and NCATE is the

National Council for Accreditation of

Teacher Education. Both organizations

have professional standards for the

accreditation of colleges and their

departments of education. These

standards will be used to evaluate the

UMES teacher education programs in

2008.

Dr. Seabrook wrote the initial program

review for NCATE in 2002; the UMES

English Teacher Education Program

achieved full accreditation.

She will again be writing the program

review for the English Education

Program in the fall of 2007 in

preparation for the NCATE

accreditation team’s next visit to

Princess Anne in 2008.

WORKSHOP ATTENDED

Ms. Johnson Dr. Hedgepeth

CORONATION SCHEDULED

PROJECT FUNDED

Dr. Seabrook

Photo by Robin Hoffman

E.P.E. TUTORING MONDAY

12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

TUESDAY

9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Room 1107, Wilson Hall

To schedule an appointment,

contact Elizabeth Bellavance at

ebellavance@umes.edu

Ms. Bellavance

Lantern Books will

publish

“Aftershock,

Confronting

Trauma in a Violent World, A

Guide for Activists

and their Allies”

written by adjunct

public speaking

instructor Pattrice

Jones next month.

Ms. Jones says some

of her inspiration came from teaching at

UMES. “I talk about how well the

students do, when asked explicitly to do so, at creating a safe classroom

environment to talk together about

difficult subjects,” she said.

In addition to her work on campus, Ms.

Jones also runs the Eastern Shore Chicken

Sanctuary which she founded.

The UMES Upward Bound project is seeking qualified English majors to serve as

tutors for its students.

The tutors will be paid employees of the project. Preference will be given to English

education majors and upper classmen.

Any students who are interested in applying

for the positions should contact G. Alan Homes, Upward Bound’s assistant director,

at 410-651-6459.

DEPT. REP

U M E S

F O U N D E R S

W E E K

F I R E W O R K S Photos by Joseph Davis

NEW BOOK

Ms. Jones

Photo by Miriam

Jones

Spanish language professor Carole

Champagne will serve as the Department

of English and Modern

Language’s

representative to both the Faculty Assembly and

the UMES Senate again

this academic year.

In addition to serving as

the department’s

representative, Dr.

Champagne was also

elected the treasurer of the Faculty

Assembly.

The Senate meets on the second Tuesday

of the month at 11 a.m.; the Faculty

Assembly meets on the third Tuesday,

also at 11 a.m.

Under the direction of English faculty

member Della Dameron-Johnson,

students enrolled in her modern drama

class will assist in the production of the

University’s fall theater

presentation.

Dr. Dameron

-Johnson has

chosen to

stage Livin’

Fat, a

comedy

written by

Jodi Ann

Mason.

The play will be presented in the Ella

Fitzgerald Center for the Performing Arts

November 2, 3, and 4 with performances

at 7:30 p.m. each evening. There will

also be a daytime dress rehearsal that the

campus community may attend on

Wednesday, November 1.

Since there are limited speaking roles in

the production, two full casts have been

rehearsing. They will share the duties of

acting on successive evenings.

JOBS

WHWK student managers Nikita

Williamson (R) and Evan Burton

(second from R) recruit new student

radio station staff members at the “First

Look” Fair held recently in the Student

Services Center.

The event, sponsored by the Office of

Student Activities, is designed to give

the student body an opportunity to learn

about the wide variety of campus

organizations.

“FIRST LOOK” FAIR

LIVIN’ FAT

Modern Drama class members participate in

Livin’ Fat rehearsal

Photo by Jim Glovier

Dr. Champagne

Bingo for Bucks Concert Choir Fundraiser Scheduled

English major Heather Molnar didn’t

join the UMES concert choir to see the

world, but that’s what happened

anyway.

Ms. Molnar has been performing, either

solo or with groups, at

public and private

events since she was

eight years old. She

joined the UMES choir

because she loves to

sing. It’s been an

added bonus that the

group has traveled to France and Germany

while she’s been a

member.

This past summer, the choir—under the

direction of Fine Arts professor Sheila

Harleston—

toured Germany,

presenting three

concerts in the

cities of Hanua and Frankfurt.

During the

summer of 2005,

the students

performed at the

Notre Dame

Cathedral in

Paris.

While the choir

members pay a portion of their travel

expenses, the majority of the costs are paid through fund raising activities,

with some support from the University

and its benefactors. It’s an expensive

proposition to take a 22-member choir

on the road, particularly when the

“road” is an ocean away.

One of the group’s major fund raisers

will be held this month. The concert

choir’s “Basket Bingo” is scheduled for

October 7 in the

Student Services

Center ballroom

from 5 p.m. to 8

p.m.

Admission is $20

in advance, $25

when a ticket is

purchased at the

door. In addition

to game prizes of

Longaberger gift

baskets filled

with special gifts,

refreshments and

raffle tickets will

be sold.

If you have never heard the concert choir

perform, you have an opportunity later in

the month. A performance is scheduled

for Saturday, October 21, at 4 p.m. at the New Life Seventh-day Adventist Church

in Salisbury. The church is located at the

corner of Jersey Road and Adventist

Drive.

Ms. Molnar is a junior at UMES. She

plans a career in the communications

field. She will certainly be able to

present a well-traveled resume to

prospective employers once she

graduates.

Recent English

Alumni Update

Did you know… Kayla Calloway has started her own

Public Relations firm in Atlanta. Check

out her company at kaylacallowaypr.com

Danielle Mayers is Danielle Bethea now

(see photo below). She was married in August. She has also started a new job as

customer relations specialist at Big

Brothers Big Sisters of Central Maryland.

Tanesha Davis is a production assistant for the morning news at FOX 45 in Baltimore.

Her work day starts at 5 a.m.

Brandon Bazemore is a production

assistant for Renegade Productions, Inc in

Hunt Valley, Maryland. He describes

Renegade as a full-service

communications agency.

Krystal Smith is working in Washington,

D.C. as an account executive at GMMB, a

public relations firm. She represents the

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

And…

Betty Randel is beginning her third year as

a Pre-K special education teacher in

Baltimore City.

Ms. Molnar along the Rhine River during the

concert choir’s trip to

Germany

Photo provided by Ms.

Molnar

Insights is written and edited, except as noted, by communications instructor Marilyn Buerkle

with desktop publishing by instructional design specialist Kaye Pinhey and copy editing by

composition instructor Ron Webster. Photos by Marilyn Buerkle, except as noted. If you have

information you would like to appear in this publication, please contact our editor at 410-651-

8349 or email her at mlbuerkle@umes.edu.

Ms. Molnar

Summer 2005 Performance in Paris

Weary world traveler

Photos by Robert Harleston except as

noted

Photo Provided by the new Mrs. Bethea