Friday Five: The Magic of Giving Back with Do Good Month
Friday Five: The Magic of Giving Back with Do Good Month
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’s essentials in five categories for you to check out this weekend.
1. What's Happening
- TERPS UNDER 30 - March 30 | 7 p.m. EST
Join the University of Maryland Alumni Association for Terps Under 30, an annual event designed to allow current students and alumni to connect, network, and share their fearless ideas. REGISTER
- A CELEBRATION OF TERPS - April 23 | 7 p.m. EST
Maryland alumni and friends, university faculty and leadership celebrate and honor the achievements of six outstanding Terps through a virtual livestream of The Maryland Awards ceremony, broadcasted from the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center. REGISTER
2. Quotables
- Standing in Solidarity Against Anti-Asian Sentiment
From University President Darryll J. Pines: “I stand in solidarity with members of the Asian and Asian American community and condemn these senseless acts of hate and violence. We must unite to fight against this hate." Maryland Today Staff, Maryland Today Read More
- A Veterinarian and a Tech Guru Walk Into a (Coffee) Bar...
"In 2015, an unexpected meeting between two Terps – who graduated 18 years apart – led to the creation of Instinct, a software designed specifically for veterinary hospitals." Allison Eatough '97, Alumni Blog; Read More
- Trigger Guard
"While the conversation starts casually, DocJoRich quickly steers it to spotlight a fundamental problem that Black men too often face." Liam Farrell, Maryland Today; Read More
3. A Little Fun
April is Do Good Month. Take part in the fearless Terp tradition of giving back - Join with fellow alumni in a series of regional and virtual volunteering programs. GET IN THE DO GOOD SPIRIT!
The University of Maryland is full of rich history, and someone's got to take note of it. Who was the first official University of Maryland archivist? Take a guess, and then see the answer at the bottom of this blog post.
A. Marie Mount
B. Anne Turkos
C. Virigina Peasley
D. Cindy Timchal
4. Let's Get Social
- Instagram Aesthetic
5. Friendly Reminders
That's it for this week, Terps. Make sure to check back with us every Friday. Have a lovely weekend!
Trivia Answer: B. Anne Turkos.
Anne Turkos began her career in the University of Maryland Libraries as Assistant Curator of Archives and Manuscripts in January 1985 and was promoted to University Archivist in September 1993. During her tenure as University Archivist, Anne doubled the size of the holdings of the Archives. Anne also established the Terp for Life Fund to support the University Archives and led fundraising efforts to preserve historical Terrapin football and men’s basketball footage and to digitize The Diamondback. And, according to this article, she wore turtle jewelry every day and had a collection of more than 600 turtles in her Hornbake Library office and at home, ranging from a Terp-shaped whiskey decanter to foam turtle helmets of varying sizes and weights.
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