2017 Alumni Awards

Mon, 11 Sep 2017 10:37:32 -0400

Each year, the UMBC Alumni Association celebrates UMBC graduates and faculty who have made outstanding contributions to the University, their fields, and their communities. This year, we are pleased to announce that the Alumni Association Board of Directors has chosen to honor the following distinguished alumni and faculty:

Engineering and Information Technology

Dr. Kafui Dzirasa ’01, M8, Chemical Engineering

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University

Humanities

Dennis Williams ’14, American Studies

Head of Content Marketing, Skillshare; Oculus Content Fellow; LinkedIn Top Voice 2016

Natural and Mathematical Sciences

Dr. Kate Laskowski ’06, Biological Sciences and Chemistry

Scientist, Department of Biology & Ecology of Fishes, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology & Inland Fisheries

Visual and Performing Arts

Dr. Alejandro Cremaschi ’93, Music

Associate Professor of Piano Pedagogy and Chair of Keyboard Studies, College of Music, University of Colorado at Boulder

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams, Ph.D. ’06, Public Policy

Deputy Surgeon General, Department of Health and Human Services

Distinguished Service

Dr. Steven Storck ’08, Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics, M.S. ’09, Mechanical Engineering, and Ph.D. ’14, Mechanical Engineering

Additive Manufacturing Application Engineer, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Rising Star

Lauren Mazzoli ’15, Computer Science and Mathematics, and M.S. ’17, Computer Science

Systems Engineer, Future Technical Leaders Program, Northrop Grumman

Outstanding Faculty

Dr. Marc Zupan

Associate Professor and Program Director, Department of Mechanical Engineering, UMBC

All members of the UMBC community are invited to join us in celebrating the 2017 award recipients on Thursday, October 5 at 6:30 p.m. in the Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall.

For more information and to RSVP, visit alumni.umbc.edu/AA2017. If you have any questions regarding the 2017 award recipients or ceremony, please contact Stanyell Odom at stanyell_odom@umbc.edu or 410-455-2632.

Greg Simmons, Vice President of Institutional Advancement

Stanyell Odom, Director of Alumni Relations