Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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SU Earns Maryland Green Registry Leadership Award
 Since Salisbury University President Janet Dudley-Eshbach signed the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment in 2007, the campus has expanded steadily in size and enrollment while keeping its carbon footprint firmly in check. For this initiative and others, the Maryland Department of the Environment recently presented SU with its prestigious Maryland Green Registry Leadership Award.
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SU Art Galleries Downtown Campus Hosts Inaugural Exhibits May 17-June 29
 The Salisbury University Art Galleries Downtown Campus, at 118 N. Division St., hosts its first two exhibits May 17-June 29. A reception is 5-8 p.m. during the Salisbury Arts & Entertainment District’s Third Friday event on May 17. The first in a series of exhibitions highlighting artists from major cities in the region, “Young Philly” is a group show featuring artwork never before seen on the Eastern Shore by emerging artists currently living and working in Philadelphia. Exhibiting concurrently is “The Immortals,” a solo show of works by local artist Jessica Cross Davis.
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Guerrieri Family Foundation Announces $8 Million Gift for SU Academic Commons
 One of the Eastern Shore’s leading philanthropies, the Guerrieri Family Foundation, has announced an $8 million gift for the construction of a new Academic Commons, including a state-of-the-art library, at Salisbury University. This is one of the largest private donations for a capital project in the campus’ history. The gift is made in memory of Patricia R. Guerrieri, an SU alumna for whom the new complex will be named.
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Registration Open for ESWP Writers of Promise Camp
 Local children can meet interesting people and travel to exotic sandy beaches, lush tropical rainforests and even far off galaxies this summer, all without ever leaving the Delmarva Peninsula. The Eastern Shore Writing Project (ESWP) Writers of Promise Camp seeks students entering grades 1-11 who want to embrace their creativity as they read and discuss published writers, engage in their own creative writing, receive one-on-one instruction from ESWP teachers and writers, work with writing technology, and even publish and celebrate their work.
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Eastern Shore Writing Project Co-Sponsors 'Echoes and Reflections' Holocaust Education Workshop Tuesday, July 16
 The Eastern Shore Writing Project at Salisbury University co-sponsors the workshop “Echoes and Reflections” for educators from across the region 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, July 16. During the session, scheduled in Teacher Education and Technology Center Room 156, Deborah Batiste provides training on how to integrate first-person narratives and multimedia into Holocaust teaching. Batiste is the project director of the “Echoes and Reflections” multimedia Holocaust curriculum, which is strongly rooted in first person and survivor testimony.
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'Artists of the Eastern Shore' Gift Depicts 'Eastern Shore Blues'
 Dr. Carol Wood, interim dean of the Samuel W. and Marilyn C. Seidel School of Education and Professional Studies at Salisbury University, recently accepted the eighth addition to the Artists of the Eastern Shore Collection established by Dr. Amy Stephens Meekins and family. The collection provides a legacy of artistic interpretations of life on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. It features artists who live on the Shore and whose artwork highlights some element of regional life. The eighth gift is the original painting “Eastern Shore Blues” by Caroline County artist Janet Taylor Melfa Baker.
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SU Paper Assists Researchers with DNA Replication
 Men and women in white lab coats, hovering over DNA samples, trying to solve a crime. Sound like something from a TV show? It’s close. Salisbury University students in Dr. Les Erickson’s molecular genetics classes recreate this scene each semester in an assignment he has dubbed “CSI: Salisbury” in an homage to the hit CBS franchise CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. While the student investigators are excited to use their skills to figure out “whodunit,” Erickson, associate professor of biological sciences, is more interested about what they are learning during the session: the importance of Thermus aquaticus (Taq) DNA polymerase.
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Maryland Girls State Returns to SU June 16-21
 From June 16-21, more than 120 high school seniors throughout the state converge on Salisbury University for a hands-on look at what makes government run during the 67th session of Maryland Girls State. Sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary Department of Maryland, Maryland Girls State is a non-partisan event held at SU since 2009. Participants are assigned to represent fictitious cities and counties, learning how local and state governments work, from elections to the passage of legislation.
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Harmony College East Returns to SU with Performances June 14-15
 The joy of a cappella singing returns to Salisbury University as the Barbershop Harmony Society holds its annual Harmony College East from June 13-16. During the day participants, including singers and directors, take part in workshops and classes ranging from vocal techniques and harmony theory to coaching skills and barbershop history. The male and female youth and adult men’s quartets then showcase their newly-honed skills during two nights of public performances at 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, June 14-15, in Holloway Hall Auditorium.
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Guizhou Liping Dong Folk Chorus Performs at SU July 2
 The Dong, one of China’s 56 acknowledged minority populations, did not have a written language until the mid-20th century. Before the 1950s, its history was passed down through oral traditions including song. On Tuesday, July 2, the Guizhou Liping Dong Folk Chorus brings the traditional music of its culture to Salisbury University during a concert at 6:30 p.m. in the Great Hall of Holloway Hall.
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Alumna Earns Award for Research Conducted with Former SU Professor
 Salisbury University alumna Stephanie Smith (B.A. psychology ’74) recently earned the Indiana University Northwest (IUN) Distinguished Scholarship/Creative Activity Award based on research conducted during a 35-year collaboration with her for mer SU professor. The award includes a $2,500 prize.
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'U.S. News' Again Names SU Among Best Colleges
 U.S. News & World Report today named Salisbury University one of its Best Colleges for 2013. This marks the 16th consecutive year the campus has been ranked by the magazine.
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'Princeton Review' Again Names SU Among 'Best Colleges'
 “Salisbury strives not only to challenge students academically, but to make them well-rounded as possible.” “I have met so many amazing, captivating professors while at Salisbury. They make the classes interesting and real.” This is what students are saying about Salisbury University in The Princeton Review’s recently released The Best 377 Colleges. This marks the 14th consecutive year SU has been included in the national guidebook.
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'Kiplingers' Names SU Among 100 Best Values for Fifth Year
 For the fifth consecutive year, Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine has named Salisbury University one of its Top 100 “Best Values in Public Colleges." Featured in the February 2013 edition, SU and the other campuses listed “deliver academic quality and affordability,” the magazine said.
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Emergency Notification Registration Available for Campus Community
As part of ongoing efforts to ensure the safety of the campus community, Salisbury University has implemented an emergency notification system that sends text and voice messages in the event of an emergency. Students, faculty and staff must register to receive the emergency alerts.
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