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Keep up with your fellow alumni through spotlights, Q&As and more! Read inspiring stories, professional advice and exciting updates from your fellow fearless alumni. You may even find an old friend or story that reminds you of the great times you spent here at The University of Maryland. 

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Shell-ebrate Love: Q&A with Terp Couples

In honor of the return of the Alumni Association Valentine's Dance for the first time in 12 years, we are Shell-ebrating Terp love!
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Alumni Excellence Awards: Legacy Award Recipient Sue Bredekamp ’72, ’76, Ph.D. ’85

Sue Bredekamp ’72, ’76, Ph.D. ’85 is the primary author and editor of “Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs,” the National Association for the...
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Alumni Excellence Awards: Rising Terp Recipient Rick Marving Tamno ’17, ’20

Rick Marving Tamno ’17, ’20 is making sure that no child misses a chance to excel.  He’s the co-founder and executive director of Readers All, which targets first through third...
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Alumni Excellence Awards: Legacy Award Recipient Dorothy Weinstein ’84

The granddaughter of Eastern European immigrants, Dorothy Weinstein ’84 learned from an early the age the importance of transcending challenges to rise to her potential. 
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Alumni Excellence Awards: Research Award Recipient Courtney Grimes Ph.D '21

Courtney Grimes Ph.D ’21 is rallying environmental justice communities to advocate for their own health and welfare.
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Alumni Excellence Awards: EnTERPreneur Award Recipient Summer Bazemore MS ’02

Summer Bazemore MS ’02 is bucking the trend in engineering by launching her own systems engineering and cybersecurity consulting firm, Ey3 Technologies.
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Alumni Excellence Awards: Research Award Recipient Dan Flynn '81

Daniel Flynn ’81 created Flynn Biotech Consulting, which helps biotech companies, and research institutions, including universities, develop and commercialize intellectual...
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Alumni Excellence Awards: Legacy Recipient William Ryan '90

William Ryan ’90 is now president of the board of directors at Building African American Minds (BAAM), a local nonprofit organization that provides academic and social help to...
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Alumni Excellence Awards: Rising Terp Recipient Tyler Denk '16

Thanks to Tyler Denk ’16, more than 25,000 newsletter creators are sending out in excess of 2 billion emails every month with the click of a key. Denk is the co-founder and CEO...
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Alumni Excellence Award: EnTERPrenuer Award Recipient Jayson Dubin ’97

It was Dubin who, in 2007, created the world’s first vertical advertising network, called Intergi (which he renamed to Playwire in 2014), tailored initially to online video game...
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Alumni Excellence Awards: Rising Terp Recipient Catalina Mejía ’18

Catalina Mejía ’18 is a content manager at Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp, whose AI Studio allows users to create customized chatbots that...
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Alumni Excellence Awards: EnTERPreneur Award Recipient Joshua Jeffries MBA ’11

Joshua Jeffries MBA ’11 is helping lead efforts to cut healthcare costs. The entrepreneur, health reform strategist, and employee benefit professional is pioneering what’s...
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