Dear Friends and Colleagues:   This year marks the 30th anniversary of the USM Foundation.  At the Foundation's annual board meeting on November 13, we acknowledged the Foundation's origins, leadership, and growth over the past three decades....

*Estimated; Private Investments marked as of 6/30/09   Endowment S&P 500 80/20 60/40 Latest Mo -0.1% -1.9% -1.4% -0.9% Calendar Yr 8.7% 17.0% 15.2% 13.2% 3...

Publicly Announced Campaigns Institution Announced Goal 10/31/09 Bowie 11/08 $15M $8.4M Coppin 10/07 $15M $4.6M Frostburg 10/08 $15M $11.0M Salisbury ...

Celebration of Chancellor Kirwan's Carnegie Academic Leadership Award Slated for January 30, 2010 In recognition of Chancellor William E. "Brit" Kirwan's recent selection for the prestigious Carnegie Corporation Academic Leadership Award, the Bo...

Alfonso N. "Al" Cornish is the vice president, education and development/chief learning officer for Norton Healthcare. In this role, he is the leadership director of Norton University, which provides executive development programs and e-learning off...

On November 4, the University of Maryland School of Public Health and Minnesota Vikings free safety and UM alumus Madieu Williams announced the creation of the Madieu Williams Center for Global Health Initiatives. Made possible by a $2 million endow...

Funds Will Promote Chinese Culture on Campus The Confucius Institute at Maryland (CIM) has received $1 million in endowment funding from Hanban, the Office of Chinese Language Council International, in Beijing, China. The award will be matched ...

Robert A. Bedingfield Partner Ernst & Young LLP Bob Bedingfield is one of Ernst & Young's most senior international coordinating partners. He has extensive experience serving large multinational and SEC companies, as well as significant experie...

On September 24, almost 200 friends of Towson University came together at Hidden Waters to celebrate the second most successful fundraising year in the university's history. Members of the Founders Society (leadership annual giving), Tower Light Soc...

President Barack Obama has nominated USM Regent Orlan Johnson to be the Chairman of the the Securities Investment Protection Corporation. Regent Johnson is a partner in the Business Department of the Law firm Saul Ewing LLP. His practice focuses on...