Dear members of the UMBC community,
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
