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April 12: Celebration of Scholarships
Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center
Connie Chung '69, co-chair of the Great Expectations scholarships campaign and award-winning journalist, will be the guest speaker at the 10th Annual Celebration of Scholarships which links donors with their scholarship recipients. Call 301.405.6826 for details.

April 14: Alumni Association Awards Gala
5:30 p.m., Orem Alumni Hall, Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center
Alumni and friends gather for this annual celebration of alumni achievement when the University of Maryland Alumni Association honors individuals who have excelled in professional and personal endeavors or service to the university. To attend call 301.405.0685.

April 28: Maryland Day
10:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m., Campus-wide
Come join the fun at this 9th annual open house with more than 400 free events celebrating the international diversity of our campus. Spend time at the Global Village featuring foods and performances from around the world, then explore the wide range of events for the entire family. www.marylandday.umd.edu

May 3: Terps Take Charm City
6:00 p.m., Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Baltimore, Md.
Calling all Terps from the Greater Baltimore area. Come join fellow alums for a regional get together featuring prominent alumni in the business community. For more information call 301.405.4677.

May 6: An Afternoon with the Founders Society
2:00 p.m.—4:00 p.m., Wild Orchid Café, Annapolis, Md.
A salute and wine-tasting event honoring the university's planned gift benefactors. For more information call 301.405.4638.

May 10: Terps Take LA
6:00 p.m., The Hillcrest Country Club, Los Angeles, Calif.
LA Terps will gather for an informal event featuring a panel presentation with Men's Basketball Coach Gary Williams and movie producer Mark Ciardi. For more information call 301.405.4677.

May 20: Spring Commencement
7:00 p.m., Comcast Center
Commencement speaker is Maryland Congressman and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, '63.
www.commencement.umd.edu

Campaign Update

Great Expectations, The Campaign for Maryland is currently at $342 million and growing!

Scholarships Campaign Achieves $100 Million Milestone

We are excited to share the good news that generous donors have committed more than $100 million toward a goal of $350 million in private support for scholarships, fellowships and other student support. This great milestone is a result of the commitment and dedication of our alumni and friends lead by our scholarship campaign co-chairs. Maryland men's basketball coach Gary Williams '68, journalist Connie Chung '69 and technology entrepreneur Buno Pati '86, M.S. '88, Ph.D. '92 continue to be excellent spokespersons and leaders, setting an example with their own commitments to the campaign.

Major Gifts, Major Impacts
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Awarded Largest Grant in its History

The resounding applause at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center celebrates a grand achievement. The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation awarded the center a $1.125 million grant, recognizing its exceptional ability to merge outstanding performing arts with academic life and community outreach. The foundation's Leading College and University Presenters Program (LCUPP) identified the Clarice Smith Center as one of only seven university-based organizations across the country that it would invite to submit proposals for its grants. One of three finalists ultimately selected, this award represents the single largest foundation grant to the center since it opened in 2001.

Read more about the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation gift. [pdf file]

Other major gifts are making a difference in the Great Expectations campaign, too. Read about them now.

Terps Gather for Celebrations in South Florida

South Florida was a hot spot in late February. More than 100 alumni showed their terrapin spirit at the 9th Annual South Florida Alumni Club Crab Feast in Ft. Lauderdale. At the Boca Raton Resort and Club, an intimate gathering of alumni and friends helped celebrate Jack Kay '47 and his recent gift of $1.5 million to establish the Abraham S. and Jack Kay Chair in Israel Studies at the university. Great Expectations campaign leaders reminiscenced about their student days at Maryland as they joined local Florida alumni in toasting Kay's support of this growing area of study. Click here to view a photo gallery of the Kay Dinner.

Learn more about the future of Israel Studies at Maryland.

Helping Students Reach for the Stars
Retired Kinesiology Professor Gives Back to Students

"At retirement, my colleagues knew me better than to award me a gold watch or a rocking chair. They knew students were more important to me," says Sally J. Phillips, retired associate chair of the Department of Kinesiology in the School of Health and Human Performance. Instead, her colleagues helped Phillips establish a graduate award. But after 27 years of teaching at Maryland, Phillips wanted to do more for the next generation of students. She sought a way to create an endowed graduate fellowship for students completing their doctorates in the college, and with the help of Maryland's planned giving director, she found it.

France-Merrick Foundation Strengthens Ties Between Baltimore and College Park

"Education is the number one funding priority" at the France-Merrick Foundation, says Robert Pinkard, foundation vice president. Deepening its earlier commitment to the University of Maryland Incentive Awards Program (UMIAP), the foundation recently presented the university with a generous gift of $200,000 towards the program's endowment, providing scholarship awards for Baltimore students to attend Maryland. By creating educational opportunities and supporting achievement, the foundation is playing a pivotal role in helping Baltimore's students attend the state's flagship school. During a luncheon hosted by President C.D. Mote Jr., UMIAP award recipients shared their academic and personal challenges and triumphs with foundation representatives. Click here to view photos from the luncheon.

Learn more about their stories and the France-Merrick scholarships.

Building First Class Learning Environments
Alumnus Rallies for the Terps Through Gift

Daniel Crawford '74 is a die-hard Terps fan. Despite living in (University of Pittsburgh) Panthers country, he is devoted to Terps basketball and football. "I get a lot of kidding at my country club because I'm always telling my friends how good Maryland basketball is," he says. But recently, Crawford thought to himself, "I have not given anything [to Maryland] and I think it's high time I started." That's when he and his wife, Ruth Ann Crawford, made a gift of $100,000 to the athletic department's Building Partners II campaign.

Learn more about what prompted Crawford to give back to the university.

Find A Niche for Giving
Giving Is Good Business

Hyunil Shin's story of giving began in childhood. Both his parents died when he was very young, and consequently, he dropped out of high school to work and support his family. Shin says, "I promised myself, if I made money when I was older, I would support people who needed help." Six years ago when his older brother retired and asked Shin to run the family's auto body business, it was a turning point in his life. Shin wanted to share his profits in a way that would benefit many. So he started with small contributions to the University of Maryland's Korean Language Scholarship Fund. Over time, his gifts increased, and last year, Shin gave the scholarship fund and the Korean Heritage Fund nearly $10,000.

Read more about Shin and why he thinks giving is good business.

Looking for a cool giving opportunity? Link your dreams to the future of Maryland students and watch them grow.

In the electronic age, e-books are becoming a must. Students made three times more virtual visits to the University Libraries last year than they made physical trips, tapping a range of digital resources—from full text journals and books, to streamed video and audio, to digital images. You can help the Libraries keep that competitive edge with a gift of only $1,000 to add 10 academic e-books to their collections.

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