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Recent News
From the May - June 2008 Issue
Outstanding Acheiver: Coach Sharon Brummell
Coach of the NCAA Champion UMES Women's Bowling Team & MCEA Coach of the YearOutstanding Achiever for this issue of the Maryland African American Pride Magazine is Sharon Brummell Head Coach of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Women's Bowling Team who won the 2008 NCAA Women's National Championship on April 12, 2008. The Lady Hawks also claimed their third straight MEAC bowling title and Brummell was named MEAC Most Outstanding Coach for the third year in a row.
Brummell just finished her tenth season as Head Coach of the Women's Bowling Team at UMES. She has been a sanctioned member of the Women's Intercollegiate Bowling Alliance for the last 28 years. She received the bronze level USA Bowling Certification and is a member of the National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association.
Brummel is also in her second year as the Assistant Athletic Director for Budgeting and Fiscal Operations and as Senior Woman Administrator at the University. She is responsible for overseeing the entire athletic budget, purchases and team travel. As SWA and Title IX coordinator she ensures that the Department of Athletics operates within the guiding principals of the gender equity requirements of Title IX.
A native of Chicago, IL, Brummell holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Salisbury University, where she was a member of the volleyball program. She is a member of NACW AA, NACDA, MOAA, CABMA, NCBCA and the NTCA. She is currently in the process of obtaining her USA Silver Coaching Certification.
Brummell has been employed by UMES since 1996 and has served in many different capacities before taking control of the Bowling program. Prior to UMES, she worked for New York Life Insurance Company in McLean, Virginia. She served as captain of the UMES staff bowling team during the 1997-98 season. Outside of bowling, she enjoys recreational activities with her family, traveling, skiing and reading.
Sharon resides in Salisbury with her husband Vincent. He has volunteered as assistant coach for the team for ten years. The couple has one son.
Princess Anne honors Dr. Hytche & Hayward
The Town of Princess Anne has honored two of its prominent citizens by naming landmarks after them. The late Dr. William P. Hytche was honored with the renaming of Broad Street, leading into the University of Maryland Eastern Shore where he was president for 21 years. It is now Dr. William P. Hytche Blvd. Long-time town commissioner and former Commission president, Garland Hayward was honored by naming the new park and soon to be constructed youth center on Hampden Rd. in his honor. It is named Garland Hayward Park and Youth Center. Dr. Hytche was UMES's tenth president. He retired in 1997 and passed away in 2007. Under his distinguished leadership, the University grew from 1,046 full-time equivalent students in 1975 to 3,209 students in 1997, the campus grew by 305 acres, while several major building projects and land acquisitions were initiated and/or com-pleted, including: the Marksman Farm purchase adding 245 acres to the campus in 1975; the Bozman Farm purchase adding 60 acres to the campus in 1993; construction of the Plaza and Court Residence Halls, adding 150 beds each and 26,000 square feet in 1996; construction of the 115,000 square-foot Physical and Health Educa-tion Center, subsequently named for Dr. Hytche in 1997; and the construction of the 147,000 square foot Student Services Center in 2000. Under Dr. Hytche some 32 academic programs were added to the University's curriculum.
Garland Hayward, a native of Somerset County, became the first African American to sit on the Princess Anne Town Commission in 1992. He has been reelected every since. He is a former president and a former vice president of the Town Commission. A UMES alumus, he was a co-sponsor of the resolution to name a street after Dr. Hytche.
Morris heads the Lower Shore Workforce Alliance
The director of the Lower Shore Workforce Alliance is Salisbury native Milton M. Morris. The Alliance operates the One-Stop Job Market located in Salisbury and serving the Lower Shore with job training and job placement assistance. Morris moved back home and was hired for the post last Fall.The son of Mamie Morris and the late Milton Morris, Sr., Milton, Jr. graduated from Swarthmore College in PA with a BA Degree and the University of California at Berkley with a Masters of Public Policy Degree. He has worked in research and program administration much of his career which has taken him to Washington, DC, New York, and Cali-fornia.
The Lower Shore Workforce Alliance oper-ates under the Tri-County Council for the Lower Shore of Maryland which serves as the area's Work-force Investment Board. Its services are outreached through a mobile one-stop job market in a bus. Funded by the federal and state government, it is considered the number one resource for workforce development needs.
42nd Tri-States Elks cotillion held in Dover, DE
Twenty-two debutants were introduced to society. They are: - Sydney Dionne Blackwell of Catholic High School of Balti- more; Dionna Christina Cook, Ralsha Danyelle Copeland, Alexis Regina Fortix, Jyneka Shanay Greene, Morgan Anne Harris, LaSara Mone't John-son, and Jennifer Mayna Lake of Cambridge South Dorchester High School; Shalesha Renea Lake of Colonel Richardson High School; Valencia Kierra White of Frederick Douglass High School in Upper Marlboro, MD; Brittany Michelle Black, Amber Shane Cooper, Can-dace Evette Hicks, Erika Janae' Jensen, Yvonne Nicole Peters, Morgan Brunte' Scott, Phon-taye Lee'Cha Sorrell, and Tori Thomas of Kent County High School; Andrea Darnae' John-son, RyKerea Nashaa Slacum, and Charnae Monique Stanley of North Dorchester High School in Hurlock, MD; and Angela Baret Foreman of Wicomico High School in Salisbury, MD.
The highlights of the affair were the lovely gowns worn by the debutants, the entry by parents and debutants with their escorts and the waltz with fathers and debutants choreo-graphed by Tamika Johnson, and the scrumptious meal that was served. The debutants and their escorts were given gift bags with mementoes of the event.
The debutants and their escorts went through ten weeks of training in etiquette and practice for the affair.
Dale Brown is named Middle School Principal of the Year
He is principal of Lockerman Middle School in Denton The Maryland Associa-tion of Secondary School Principals (MASSP) has named Dale K. Brown the 2008 Middle Level Principal of the Year. He is the principal of Lockerman Middle School in Denton, MD. He will be honored Friday evening, March 28, 2009 at a MASSP banquet at the Clarion Fontainebleau in Ocean City.
The Maryland Principal of the Year Awards program is sponsored by MASSP, Jostens and National Quality Products. It annually recognizes outstanding secondary school leaders who demonstrate excellence in educa-tional leadership, problem solving, professional growth, and community involvement.
Under Principal Brown's leadership, Lockerman Middle School has significantly improv-ed scores on the Maryland School Assessments especially in the eighth grade where scores have improved by 28.5% in reading and 38% in math over a three year period. Over the past two years, Lockerman Middle School students have achieved a 100% pass rate on the Algebra I/Data Analysis High School Assessment test and disciplinary referrals dropped by over 90%.
Brown is a graduate of Bowie State U. and Salisbury U. and has been a principal in Caroline County since 1988. In additional to his professional membership in NASSP/MASSP, he is a member of the Assoc-iation for Supervision and Curriculum Development and the Leadership Maryland '08 class.
Each State Principal of the Year is a candidate for the 2008 MetLife/NASSP National Middle Level Principal of the Year. Finalists for the 2008 national titles will be announced in August. In November, Principals of the Year from across the country will attend the National Principal's Institute in Washington. D.C.
Juneteenth Celebration on June 14th
The 5th Annual Eastern Shore Juneteenth African Ameri-can Heritage Festival is set for June 14, 2008 at the Billy Gene Jackson, Sr. Park on Jersey Rd. in Salisbury, MD. The event will be held from 10 am to 7 pm.Activities include dis-plays, historical reenactments, live music, step team and liturgical dance performances, soul food, arts and crafts vendors, health screenings, information booths, games, amusements, and more. The event, spearheaded by Delta Sigma Omega Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Sorority, is co-sponsored by Delta Omicron Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Princess Anne Alum-ni Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, The Links, Maryland AA Pride Magazine, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, and area Prince Hall Masonic Lodges.
San Domingo Community Center gets Historic Preservation funding
The Center was a Rosenwald School Lowe's and the National Trust for Historic Preservation has awarded a $50,000 grant to the John Quinton Foundation, Inc. for restoration work on the historic Rosenwald School in San Domingo, near Sharptown, MD, now a Community and Cultural Center.
The Rosenwald Schools represent an important chapter in the history of the United States. Originally built by Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington between 1918 and 1932 as part of a school-building program for African Americans in the rural South, today only about 10 percent of the over 5,300 buildings constructed remain standing, and many are in serious disrepair. Seven were built in Wicomico County. Another one still standing is in Witipquin. The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Rosenwald schools to its list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places in 2002. Built in 1919, the San Domingo Community and Cul-tural Center building was among the first Rosenwald Schools. The structure currently serves the community as a meeting place for nearly a dozen local organizations. The grant funds will be used to restore the windows and exterior siding to the historic configurations in order to truly preserve the original style of the school.
John Quinton Founda-tion, Inc., (JQF) based in San Domingo, Maryland, is a non-profit organization that fosters community growth and develop-ment. The Foundation designs and delivers programs and services to preserve and strengthen rural communities. It embraces a strong commitment to family heritage. It is renovating the building and sponsors the San Domingo Rosen-wald School Preservation Project.
It is supported by Unity Masonic Lodge #73, F&AM, Preservation Maryland, Associated Black Charities, Bartus Trew Providence Preservation Fund, Choptank Electric Trust, Com-munity Foundation of the Eastern Shore, Gannett Foundation, Hurl-ock Center of AMM, Inc., Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation Preservation Fund, Maryland Historical Trust, & National Historical Trust.
The San Domingo project is among 17 Rosenwald School grant recipients in the Southern United States. Funding for these grants was provided by Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation through a $1 million contribution to the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Guerrero wins 6th straight pro fight with a KO
Salisbury's Fernando Guerrero (6-0, 6 KO's) won again on April 26th when he knocked out Anthony Bowman (9-29, 2 KO's) in the third round. The fight took place at Fitzgerald's Casino & Hotel in Tunica, MS. Guerrero also won on April 9th with a fourth round TKO against Valentino Jalomo (2-3-1) in Augusta, GA. That fight was aired on ESPN2's "Wednesday Night Fights" season premiere.
News For And About The
University Of Maryland Eastern Shore
372 to graduate at the May 16th Commencement
Some 372 graduates and their families will participate in the 121st spring commencement ceremony being held in the William P. Hytche Athletic Center at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore at 10am on Friday, May 16. Tyrone D. Taborn is the commencement speaker and will receive an honorary doctorate. Joining Taborn in receiving an honorary degree will be Celeste A. Clark, senior vice president of global nutrition and corporate affairs for the Kellogg Company; and Georges Le Mener, recently retired president and chief exec-utive officer of Dallas, Texas-based Accor North America.
Taborn is chair and CEO of Career Com-munications Group, Inc., and a member of The National Association of Hispanic Jour-nalists. A contributing author for Tavis Smiley's New York Times best-seller, "The Covenant With Black America," he is a prolific writer, providing technology columns for newspap-ers, magazines and websites.
Taborn is founder of the Black Family Week program, spon-sored by the IBM Corporation; La Familia Technology Awareness Week; and the Native American Technology Awareness Project. He grew up in Los Angeles, Calif., and has roots in both the Latino and Black communities. A number of awards and memberships have established him in his role as a public servant.
Taborn was recently honored by the Baltimore Marketing Assoc-iation as Business Person of the Year and received the Hispanic Engineer of the Year Chairman Award. He was one of only nine internet and technology leaders honored by Sprint and MOBE IT as a minority leader in technology; awarded the Visionary Award by Mercedes Benz; and named one of the 50 Most Important African Americans in Technology by the editors of Blackmoney.com and souloftechnology.net, which spon-sors the awards to demonstrate the critical role that Blacks play in the growth of cutting edge industries. Congressman Major Owens pre-sented him with a Congressional Black Caucus Honor in Publishing. Taborn attended college at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, where he majored in government.
Dinner/Theatre presents "Blues N BBQ"
The UMES Drama Society featured professional singer and musician Gene Johnson as a guest performer in its 2008 Dinner Theatre production of "Blues N BBQ". The cast was a nice mix of seasoned performers and musicians from the university and the community.
The play was about a family who has been in the barbeque business for 60+ years. The death of the family patriarch left the business in jeopardy until the family decided to incorporate blues entertainment into the business. They wowed the crowd.
Gourmet food prepared by the Hotel and Restaurant Management faculty and students accompanied the show.
2008 Outstanding Women honored
Ten women received 'Outstanding UMES Women" awards at the Annual Women's History Month Luncheon held in March 2008. Over 175 members of the UMES faculty, staff, and students along with the general public were in attendance.
Special guest at the Luncheon was Myra J. of the Tom Joyner Morning Show. She is nationally recognized as a gifted and versatile comedi-enne, writer, actress, and Morning Show cast member.
Sponsored by the Office of Student Activities, the event was hosted by Miss UMES Tyshuna Bolton. The event organizer was Beatrice Wright, budget analyst in the Office of Administrative Affairs.
The award recipients are: Maryam Abramowicz, Sasha Anderson, Avionne Canadiate, Ashley Collier, Jessica Craney, Amma Deb-orah, Karna Jackson, Hazara Kawah, Shakia Paylor, and Margaret Rutherford.
"Frankie" Allen hired as the new UMES Head Men's B'ball Coach
UMES Director of Athletics Keith Davidson announced the hiring Franklin "Frankie" Allen as the new Head Men's Basketball Coach of the Fighting Hawks at an April 10, 2008 press conference. A former National Coach of the Year in 1993, he is 59 and has served as a coach at the collegiate level for 32 years, 18 of which was spent as a Head Coach. His record is 223-284 overall.Allen will make $110,000 per year during his four-year contract, looking for the program's second Division I winning season and the first since the 1993-94 campaign. He is the 10th head coach of the program in its 27-year span as a Division I program. The Hawks have had one winning season during that time.
Allen most recently served two years as a Head Assistant Coach at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). The UMBC Retrievers had the best finish in school history this past season with an America East regular season and tournament championship and a birth in the 2008 NCAA National Championship.
Prior to that Allen had served as Head Coach at Virginia Tech, Tennessee State and Howard Universities. At Howard U. (a fellow MEAC school), Allen inherited a program that was 3-52 its previous two years. He immediately made an impact, winning eight games in conference in 2000-01 (10 overall) and followed it in 2001-02 with 11 MEAC wins and an 18-13 record. That season Allen scored the first winning season for the Bison in 16 years and took them to the MEAC Championship; it was their first trip to the finals in 10 years. He went on to win 52 games in five seasons there.
While at Tennessee State U., Allen won three Ohio Valley Conference Championships, went to two NCAA Tourna-ments and had five appearances in the OVC Final Four. He was a two-time OVC Coach of the Year, National Coach of the Year from the American Sports-wire and National Black Coach of the Year in 1993.
Prior to Tennessee State Allen was the Head Coach at Virginia Polytechnic U. and was the Metro Conference Coach of the Year as well as the Virginia Sportswriters Coach of the Year in 1988. When Allen got the job in the 1987-88, he was the first African-American to serve as Head Basketball Coach there and earned National Rookie Coach of the Year honors from The Basketball Times. While with the Hokies, Allen was a part of a staff that went to four NCAA Tournaments and four National Invitational Tournaments.
Allen had a brilliant play-ing career for Roanoke (Va.) College and remains the all-time leading scorer and rebounder at any collegiate level in the state of Virginia. He was a three-time state of Virginia College Basket-ball Player of the Year and earned All America honors in his senior year. Moreover, Allen was the first African-American resident student to earn a degree from Roanoke College.
Bowling team wins National Championship
The UMES Women's Bowling Team won the 2008 NCAA Women's National Championship on April 12th at Thunder Alley in Omaha, NE. The Lady Hawks went into the tournament ranked second in the country and were the runners-up to the National Championship in 2007. They started slow however and qualified seventh on the first day and had to fight their way to the title.UMES battled Arkansas State U. in the finals match, televised live on ESPNU, and won the match 4-2.
Casey Morton named "Rookie of the Year"
UMES women's bas-ketball player Casey Morton of Mardela Springs, MD was named the MEAC Rookie of the Year at the 2008 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tip-off Banquet held in April in Raleigh, NC. The 2007 Mardela High School graduate was also named to the MEAC All-Rookie Team.Casey posted 11.2 points per game, 18th in the conference and the most of any freshmen. She was 11th in the league in assists per game at 2.82, second among freshmen. She also was ranked tenth in three-pointers made (39), again the most of any first year player and was 11th in assist-to-turnover ratio at a .88 clip, the best of any freshmen. Casey was 15th in the league in minutes played.
Casey is the daughter of Dana VanLandingham and Corey Morton of Mardela Springs.
Barbara Thomas is ordained at Zion Baptist on April 19th
Zion Baptist Church recently held the ordination service for Minister Barbara J. (Spruels) Thomas at its 600 Cross Street location in Cam-bridge, MD. The service was held on April 19th and hosted by church leaders Elders Craig and Clarice Mathies.Minister Thomas receiv-ed her license to preach in 2002 after completing Bible School under Rev. Patricia Davis and Christian World School of Theology under the Late Rev. Dr. Ray Chamberlain.
Since then, Minister Thomas has earned the Assoc-iate Degree in Ministry and the Bachelor of Ministry Degree. She is currently enrolled in Logos Graduate School of Theology seeking her Masters in Theology and Christian Ministry.
A native of Cambridge, Barbara is the youngest of three children to Deacon Russell and Deaconess Victoria Morgan-Spruels. She is a graduate of the Dorchester County school system who lived in New Jersey for 21 years and returned home in 1999. She worked for the New Brunswick Board of Education as an administrative secretary and teacher. Thomas worked at Mace's Lane Middle School after returning to the Shore until she retired in 2003 to care for her husband.
Married to Terry Glen Thomas of Oklahoma since 1984, the couple has one daugh-ter and resides in Hurlock, MD.
State High School 1A Boys & Girls Basketball Champions
Congratulations Pocomoke High School girls basketball team and Snow Hill High School boys basketball team for winning the 2008 Maryland State High School Basketball Championships in your respective categories. You have represented the Shore well.
Pococmoke High School girls basketball team members celebrate their victory.
Snow Hill High School boys basketball team members celebrate their victory.
