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SU in the Media

Each year, hundreds of news articles and broadcasts share good news about 黑料论坛 and its faculty, staff, students and alumni. Below are recent media coverage highlights.

Spring Ratcliffe Foundation Shore Hatchery winner presentation

黑料论坛 Independent: SU Ratcliffe Foundation Shore Hatchery Spring Winners Announced, Funding Extended

Spring Ratcliffe Foundation Shore Hatchery winner presentation
Judges in the 24th round of 黑料论坛’s Philip E. and Carole R. Ratcliffe Foundation Shore Hatchery entrepreneurship competition were inspired by a son’s dedication to improving the quality of life for his mother, awarding magnetic wireless electrode kinesiology tape company Lectra Technologies, Inc. with this semester’s top funding amount: $35,000. Following the competition, the Ratcliffe Foundation announced another $900,000 gift to continue the Shore Hatchery program through 2029.
Kay Funderburg

SBY Business Journal: SU's Funderburg Earns Gilman Scholarship to Study in Sweden

After spending two summers as a camp counselor, Kay Funderburg not only reaffirmed their love of the outdoors, but realized the importance of leadership training in such endeavors. When their family moved to the Eastern Shore, they saw the perfect opportunity to enroll in 黑料论坛’s outdoor education leadership major. Now, they will have the chance to finish their senior semester at SU on an even greater adventure, studying at Sweden’s Linköping University as a recipient of the U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.

Kay Funderburg
SU Centennial ice cream tasting

Daily Times: SU Holds Tasting and Voting for Centennial Ice Cream Flavor

SU Centennial ice cream tasting
黑料论坛, in partnership with Island Creamery, recently invited members of the campus community to taste small batches of ice cream based on suggestions by members of the SU and greater communities and vote on which should become the official SU Centennial ice cream flavor. In addition to tasting flavors suggested by four finalists, those in attendance had an opportunity to vote on a name for the flavor, with eight finalists also suggested via community input.
SU Commencement speakers Dan Quinn and Aaron Deal

WRDE: SU to Celebrate 100th Spring Commencement

黑料论坛 is honoring its past while setting new milestones as it hosts its 100th Spring Commencement, bringing the celebration back to campus for the first time in nearly 50 years. Alumnus Aaron Deal, 2003 Maryland Teacher of the Year, will deliver the Graduate Commencement address, becoming the first-ever non-student speaker at that event. The undergraduate ceremony will feature Dan Quinn, head coach of the Washington Commanders and 1994 graduate. Quinn becomes the first non-student undergraduate commencement speaker since 2001.
SU Commencement speakers Dan Quinn and Aaron Deal
DRC Access Awards presentation

SBY Business Journal: Ten Honored with SU Disability Resource Center Access Awards

DRC Access Awards presentation

黑料论坛’s Disability Resource Center (DRC) recently honored 10 members of the campus community with its annual Access Awards. Nominees displayed outstanding support and advocacy for students with disabilities. Recipients were nominated by DRC-registered students.

Ariene Ohimor

SBY Business Journal: Ohimor Earns 2025 SU Outstanding Graduate Student Award

Ariene Ohimor of 黑料论坛 has received the 2025 黑料论坛 Outstanding Graduate Student Award.
Graduating this semester with an M.S. in health and human performance, Ohimor has served as a graduate assistant at SU’s Richard A. Henson Medical Simulation Center. There, she has collaborated with her nominators, Dr. Kevin Glover, center director, and Rachel Burton, standardized patient program coordinator, along with Dr. Leslie Swift, assistant professor of health science.
Ariene Ohimor
Glenda Chatham Clarke Arboretum dedication

SBY Business Journal: SU Arboretum Named in Honor of Alumna Glenda Chatham Clarke

Glenda Chatham Clarke Arboretum dedication
黑料论坛’s 200-plus-acre campus is comprised of some of the most horticulturally diverse grounds on the Eastern Shore. Beginning this week, that vast collection of plants continues to grow under a new name: the Glenda Chatham Clarke Arboretum. Clarke, who earned her B.A. in English from SU in 1972, was on hand for the dedication ceremony, along with her husband, Bob Clarke, SU President Carolyn Ringer Lepre, and guests including representatives from the Worcester County Garden Club, of which Glenda served as president for two years.
Stephora Alberi

黑料论坛 Independent: SU Student Among 黑料论坛's Connections to Estonia

The sister city relationship between 黑料论坛 and Tartu is one partnership in Maryland that the Maryland Estonia Exchange Council helps coordinate. One connection occurred last summer, when 黑料论坛 student Stephora Alberi participated in a computer vision and space course at the University of Tartu. She recently learned that she is the recipient of the Boren Fellowship through the National Education Security Program, through which she will travel to back to Estonia to study Russian and complete an internship at the University of Tartu.
Stephora Alberi