Friday Five: Last Chance to Sign Up for Career Week

Welcome to the Friday Five, a roundup of the best your Alumni Association and other UMD communities have to offer. From the latest events to fun facts, here are essentials in five categories for you to check out this weekend.

1. What's Happening

- Career Week | Jan. 24-28

2. Quotables

- EnTERPreneur Award: Evandro Valente ’03, M.S. ’06 and Pramod Raheja ’91

"Entrepreneurs are known for finding inspiration in places others may not. And for former UMD Lecturer Evandro Valente ’03, M.S. ’06, that inspiration came in the form of a pancake. A flying pancake, that is. In 2006, Valente led a group of UMD aerospace engineering students in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ annual Design, Build, Fly competition, for which students design and build radio-controlled aircrafts to perform specific missions." Allison Eatough '97, Alumni Blog. READ MORE

3. A Little Fun

- Blacklight Summit at the Clarice Performing Arts Center | Feb. 3-5

"Returning for a second year, the 2022 [dance] summit explores three fundamental inquiries: 'What/who are we becoming?' 'How do we return to one another?' and 'Does progress equal healing?' Throughout the 2021–22 season, the BlackLight Summit will continue to foster community connection by facilitating a series of mentoring and professional development opportunities, conversations and performances." LEARN MORE

4. Let's Get Social

Testudo gets a snow bath. SEE POST

5. Friendly Reminders

That's it for this week, Terps. Make sure to check back with us every Friday, and update your information in the alumni directory to always receive the latest from your Alumni Association. Have a lovely weekend!

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