2019 Alumni Awards Recipients and Event Invitation

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 11:25:34 -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. We are pleased to announce that the Alumni Association Board of Directors has chosen to honor the distinguished alumni and faculty listed below.

Members of the UMBC community are invited to join us in celebrating the 2019 award recipients on Wednesday, October 2 at 6:30 p.m. in the Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall. For more information about this year’s awards ceremony, visit alumni.umbc.edu/alumniawards2019.

If you have any questions regarding the award recipients or ceremony, please contact Sara Lerma Jones at slj@umbc.edu or 410-455-2276.

Engineering & Information Technology:

Paul Mangus ‘86, Information Systems Management
Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, B&A, Inc.

Humanities:

La Jerne Cornish Ph.D. ‘05, Language, Literacy & Culture
Provost and Senior Vice President, Ithaca College

Natural & Mathematical Sciences:

Vice Admiral Jerome Adams ‘97, M4, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Psychology
Surgeon General, US Department of Health & Human Services

Social Sciences:

Kim Shelsby ‘85, Geography
Director, Supply Chain Solutions, Chemonics International

Visual & Performing Arts:

Kimberly Patrick ‘08, Music Technology
Sound Editor, Skywalker Sound, Lucasfilm, Ltd.

Rising Star:

Kelsey Krach ‘14, Cultural Anthropology
Product Manager & Designer, Fearless

Outstanding Faculty:

Beverly Bickel M.A. ‘94, Instructional Development Systems, Ph.D. ‘05, Language, Literacy & Culture
Clinical Associate Professor, Language, Literacy, & Culture, and
Affiliate Associate Professor, Gender and Women’s Studies

Did you know? The Alumni Awards ceremony is right before UMBC's Homecoming celebration. Visit homecoming.umbc.edu for more information about this year's activities.