Dear Friends and Colleagues: I hope you are all enjoying your summer. Perhaps you are viewing this edition of LeaderNotes from a favorite vacation spot. I probably speak for most of you when I say that I am glad to have warmer (or more accurat...

    Endowment S&P 500 Composite Benchmark   80/20   60/40 Fiscal 2010 13.6% 14.4% 8.8% 13.8% 12.9% 3 Yr AACR -5.1% -9.8% -8.9% -6.1% -2.5% 5 Yr...

  Institution Announced Goal 6/30/10 Bowie 11/08 $15M   $7.3M Coppin 10/07 $15M $5.4M Frostburg 10/08 $15M $13.3M Salisbury 6/06 $35M $35.1M...

Harriet E. Cooperman Partner Saul Ewing Harriet E. Cooperman joined Saul Ewing LLP in 1994 and chairs the firm's labor and employment department. From 1992 until 1996, she served as an adjunct professor at the University of Baltimore Law School....

A gift of $1 million over three years to the Clark School from L-3 Communications, an aerospace and defense company with operations in the Washington metropolitan region, will benefit students in a number of ways by creating scholarships, fellowships...

Proceeds Benefit The University of Maryland Incentive Awards Program / Gossett Challenge Endowment On June 4, the University of Maryland, in partnership with the Prince George's Arts Council, hosted a benefit concert at the Clarice Smith Perfor...

The Business-Higher Education Forum has inducted William H. Swanson, chairman and CEO of Raytheon Company, as chairman, and Chancellor Kirwan as vice chairman for 2010-11. Research centers previously aligned with the former University of Marylan...

Jane Gonzales retired from her position as Accounting Associate this past May after 41 years of service to the USM and the USM Foundation. Jane started with the University of Maryland System Alumni Office in 1969, working there until 1989, after whi...

Dear Friends and Colleagues: We have much to celebrate as we close out another academic year across our campuses.  The Foundation can be proud that our work stewarding philanthropic funds for the each of our client institutions has made the a...

    *Estimated; Private Investments marked as of 12/31/09   Endowment S&P 500 80/20 60/40 Latest Mo 1.2% 1.6% 1.5% 1.4% CYTD 3.6% 7.1% 6.2% 5.4% ...