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Outlook

The University of Maryland Faculty and Staff Weekly Newspaper

Volume 15 • Number 15 * December 12, 2000

Outlook

bids you adieu and
happy holidays! this
is the last issue of
the semester. we
look forward to
our return feb. 6

Journalism School Selected for
National High School Project

Kermit, and His Creator,
Find a Home at Maryland

Noted Maryland Artist to Sculpt Famous Alum and Friend

Jay Hal! Carpenter, who has
been creating publicly com
missioned sen I [mi res in the
Washington area for more
ilntn i wo decades, will sculpt
j statue of University of
Mary bind alumnus Jim Benson
and his beloved creation
Kermit tor installation at the
campus's A dele Stamp Student
Union

The statue is the gift ol the

a ol 19^8 to the universi-

,and representatives of that

graduating class as well as of
i Ik. university and member?
the Henson family chose
Carpenter from among several
noted sculptor artists who
submitted propi >s.iis.

The Kfe-Sized hron/ju sculp
lure will portray Benson and
Kermit the Frog sitting on a
p. irk bench in conversation
when it is Installed In from of

"idem Union in 2002.
landscaping for die sculpture

Site is I lie Hilt ill the Class of

B^MHB

MBMi

Kermit is the most famous
of the Moppets created by
Henson. The Muppets influ-
enced millions of young peo-
ple all over the world throng
public tek % Islorj s educations
Sesame Street show as well
IV specials and films for mor
than three decades heft
Hcnsoafc death In 1990 at 54.

This sculpture will eaptut
the personality Jim

tttmimed oh page 3

The University of
Maryland is one of six'
journalism schools
nationwide selected to create
and host an intensive two-
week high school program
designed to increase diversity
within the nation's news-
rooms.

Maryland's College of Jour-
nalism will receive a $180,000
grant from the American Soci-
ety of Newspaper Editors for
the ASNE High School Jour-
nalism Institute to train 35-40
high school teachers from
around the country. The
teachers will come to the uni-
versity next summer.

Diversifying the nation's
newsrooms has been a long-
time goal of ASNE, and high
school newspapers arc where
many professional journalists
first become interested in the
field.

But studies show that the
number of high school news-
papers nationwide is declin-
ing. And a Maryland study in
1 998 showed that schools
with large minority popula-
tions were less likely to have
newspapers than schools with
mosUy white populations.

"Diversifying our nation's
newsnx>ms is critical in order
to give readers news products
that truly reflect our society,"
said Thomas Kunkel, dean of
the College of Journalism.
"This program is an historic
step to help create that

diverse pool of future jour-
nalists."

The high school teachers
will work with Maryland pro-
fessors and guest speakers
from The Washington Post. The
(Baltimore) Sun and other
news organizations to learn
the basics of news writing,
reporting, editing, layout and
design, legal rights and
responsibilities, and ethics.

"Our ultimate goal is to
have these teachers inspire a
new generation of journalists
who reflect America's grow-
ing diversity," ASNE Executive
Director Scott Bosley and
Senior Project Director Diana
Mitsu Klos said in a joint state-
ment.

The College of Journalism
has a long history of working
with the high school press.
The college, through the
Maryland-D.C. Scholastic Press
Association, has organized
annual conventions, work-
shops and contests for the
region's high school newspa-
pers and publication advisers
for decades.

ASNE received $500,000
earlier this year from the John
S. and James L. Knight
Foundation to administer the
high school program. The
other schools selected by
ASNE are the University of
Texas, University of South
Florida, Hampton University,
Kent State University and Ball
State University.

Spirit of Graduation is in the Air

o

n Thursday, Dec. 21
the University of
V./ Maryland will give
3,782 students the best gift this
holiday season; their degrees.

The university's 226th com-
mencement will be held at 9
a.m. in Cole Student Activities
Building. The ceremony wiU
begin with die traditional pro-
cession of faculty and students.
After the commencement, uni-
versity officials will host a
reception from 1 1 a.m. to 3
p.m. for all students and their
families in the Stamp Student
Union.

John S. Hendricks, founder,
chairman and CEO of
Discovery Communications,

Inc., will be diis year's com-
mencement speaker. Hendricks
has led the prominent global
re:ii-worid media and entertain-
ment company to unparalleled
growth in the past 15 years.
This includes expansion of its
core property, die Discovery
("flannel, to global operations
in 150 countries with 180 mil-
lion subscribers.

In 1999, Hendricks formed
the Women's United Soccer
Association CWUSA).Play
begins April 2001 in eight
cities across the United States,
with all 20 members of the
1999 U.S. Women's World Cup

continued on page 2

Rankings — One Measure of Success

However die university
might feel about its place In
the annual U.S. News & World
Report college rankings,
there's no escaping them.

"Whether we like the rat-
ings or not, they're there, and
they get a lot of coverage,"
said William Spann, assistant
vice president for the Office
of Institutional Research and
Planning. "It's clear that U.S.
News will condnue to be the
elephant in the ratings game."

Spann made his remarks
during a Campus Assessment
Working Group forum on
Dec. I. The forum featured
research and planning office

analyses of how the U.S. News
rankings of undergraduate
educational institutions arc
used by the public, how they
arc calculated and what
impact they have on die uni-
versity.

This year, Maryland ranked
24th among public institu
dons. Last year, the university
ranked 22nd, Ups and downs
in the ratings are a common
experience for universities for
a number of reasons.

For example, when U.S.
News gave dlsproportional
weight to the amount of
money spent per student, the
California Institute of

Technology and Johns
Hopkins University topped
the chart. When critics com
plained this criterion favored
institutions heavy on graduate
research programs or those
with medical schools, U.S.
News altered die measure—
and Caltech and Johns
Hopkins slipped back.

Such rejiggering has led to
charges that die magazine
does it to heighten the drama
surrounding the annual issue.

In 1996, Stanford University
president Gerhard Casper
wrote to US. News editor
James Fallows to complain

continued on page 4

December 12, 2000

dateline

m aryland

New Incentive Awards Program to
Reward Academic and Personal Grit

Your Guide to University Events
December 12-15

10 a.m.. Workshop: "Piano
Masterclass," with artist in resi-
dence Andre Watts. One of
today's most celebrated and
beloved pianists, in his first
semester of a three-year ap-
pointment at the School of
Music, will provide coaching
and critique to select piano
students of
the school.
Ulrich Recital
Hall,Tawes
Fine Arts
Building.

2-3p.m.,OIT
Workshop:
-Web Clinic."
OIT's staff of
Web and
graphic
developers
are available
for some one-
on-one problem solving during
this "triage" session in 4404
Computer & Space Science.
Web clinics are free and regis-
tration is not required. For
more information, contact Deb
Mateik at 5-2945 or
dm 1 6@umail.umd.edu, or see
www. oit . umd . edu/WebClinics .

7:30-9:30 p.m.. Performance:
"Dance Afrika." 221 2 Tawes
Fine Arts Building. For more
information, contact Kaisha
Arnold at 4-1254.

1 2 noon, Meeting: "Investors
Group Meeting." (Details in
For Your Interest, page 4.)

1-3:30 p.m., Event:"UCTTA Tele-
conference: A Guide To Under-
standing and Action." (Details
in For Your Interest, p. 4.)

4:30-6 p.m., Discussion:
"Research and Development:
Business-University-Govern-
ment Relationships In and
Among U.S. and Chinese
Institutions." (Details in For
Your Interest, page 4.)

7 p.m., Reading: "Whitman-

Walker Clinic-Poems & Prose."
Special Events Room, McKel-
din Library (4th floor). (Details
in For Your Interest, p. 4.)

1-3 p.m., OIT Workshop: "Corp-
orate Time" (intermediate level).
For those already familiar with
the CT client, learn to serve as

a proxy for other Corporate
Time account holders through
designate training. 0121 Main
Admin. Registration is required
at www.umd.edu/ShortCourses,
Participants must also have a
working Corporate Time
account prior to the class
(www.oit . umd. edu/projects/
calendar/request, html). For
more information, contact the
Training Coordinator at 5-2945
or oit-training@umail.umd.edu.

9 a.m. -4 p.m., Workshop:
"Right on Target: Using Inter-
net Search Engines Effectively."
This intermediate to advanced
workshop will focus on what
professionals need to know
about search engines in order
to use them most effectively.
Search features will be covered
and the major engines will be
profiled and compared. The
workshop includes hands-on
practice. Sponsored by the
College of Information Studies.
Computer & Space Science.
Pre-regist ration is required.
For more information, contact
Robin Albert at 5-2057 or
ra67@umail.umd.edu, or visit
wwwxiis,umd.edu/ce/.*

calendar guide:

Calendar phone numbers listed as 4-xxxx or 5-xxxx stand for trie prefix 314

or 405. Calendar information for Outlook is compiled from a combination

of inforM's master calendar anrj submissions to the Outlook office.

Submissions are due two weeks prior to the date of publication.

To reach the calendar editor, call 405-76t5 or e-mail to outlook@aamail.umd.edu.

'Events are free and open to the public unless noted by an asterisk (*).

Of the more than 20,000
students who applied for a
space in this year's freshman
class at the University of
Maryland, the vast majority
were in-state residents, but
fewer than 250 were from
Baltimore City high schools.

This is a situation that
Maryland President CD. Mote,
Jr. is committed to changing,
beginning with a new initia-
tive aimed at making the
state's flagship university a
conceivable aspiration for
more city students.

The Baltimore Incentive
Awards Program, now being
introduced in nine city high
schools, will provide the finan-
cial means, academic support
and personal mentoring to
assure a successful college
experience for one student
from each school, beginning
in fall 2001. The program
specifically targets students
who have shown academic
promise and persistence in
spite of adverse life circum-
stances.

"This is not simply a schol-
arship program, it is much,
much more," Mote said. "We
are offering an opportunity
for students, who in many
cases have not dared to dream
beyond their neighborhoods,
to use the resources of the
state's premier research uni-

versity to create a future for
themselves in the global mar-
ketplace. We commit to doing
everything within our power
to help them succeed."

At the heart of the program
is the creation of an intimate
community of students, advi-
sors and faculty mentors
through which the develop-
ment of individual character,
critical thinking skills and
leadership can be nurtured.

The selected students will
receive hill financial assistance
for four years to attend the
University of Maryland and
will be expected to live on
campus and participate in a ■
variety of unique learning and
leadership development activi-
ties. They also will be active
in their high schools and com-
munities as role models for
future university students.

"We expect that the schol-
ars and alumni of the program
will, in the coming years, be a
powerful force in shaping the
expectations of many students
from these schools, not just in
competition for the Incentive
Award, but in raising their
sights to the possibilities of a
college education and the
opportunities it provides,"
Mote said.

"I'm concerned about
these kids, and i want more of
them to turn to us to help

commencement

continued fmm page l

championship team
participating lie also is
vice chair of the Raltimore-
Wasningtod 2012 Coalition
which hopes to bring the Olymi
to the region.

The December graduating class holds sevt nil distinc-
tions, it includes iwo Ph.D. candidates in tin of
Education: Lynn Dietrich Darling and 'Jama Dubeau, both
will be hooded by their parents. Dubeau's father, Dotiat
(i Wentzel.is a Maryland (acuity member in the Depart-
ment of Astronomy. Darling's mother. Amy R Dietrich, ts a
professor in the department of instruction and curriculum
leadership at the University of Memphis.

Also.Tasha Inniss, Kimberly Wccms and Sherry Scott will
he the first African- American women to earn doctoral
degrees in mathematics at Maryland.

The December class joins its peers who graduated in
May in donation of the senior class gilt— a freestanding
clock structure, which will be placed in front of the newly
renovated Stamp Student Union. The tradition of the cinss
gift dates back 9 1 years.

Individual graduation ceremonies for each school and
college at Maryland will be held on Wednesday, Dec, 20
and Thursday. Dec. 21 at various locations. Guests arc
encouraged to arrive at least 30 minutes early to observe
I he student and faculty procession.

Pree parking wilt be available in the campus lots and
garages. The university shuttle bus service will provide
guests free transportation across the campus throughout
the day. Media who wish to park in the Union Lane (■arage,
next to the Cole Student Aclivi tics Building must present
valid and current media credentials.

For more information, Visit www.iitform.umd.edu/cam-
pusinfo/departraents/instadv/uiiivpub/commencement.

them create their futures."

At the participating
Baltimore schools, counselors
have been encouraged to con-
duct open, internal competi-
tions to select three to five
nominees who meet the crite-
ria for the award. Applications
for this first cohort of nomi-
nees must be submitted by
Feb. 15,2001.

Candidates must be gradu-
ating seniors who meet at
least the minimum require-
ments for admission to the
University of Maryland and
also demonstrate significant
financial need. The award
decision will be based heavily
on the students' demonstra-
tion of outstanding character,
resilience, academic commit-
ment, leadership, community
involvement, and persever-
ance in the face of adversity.

The nine high schools
selected by die school district
to pilot the Baltimore
Incentive Awards Program are:
Baltimore City College, Balti-
more Polytechnic Institute,
Ed m ondson/Westside ,
Northern, Northwestern, Paul
L. Dunbar, Southern, South-
western and Western.

Jacqueline Wheeler, direc-
tor of the program, said it is
being piloted with nine
schools to allow the university

continued on page J

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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

College of Education
is an Economic Engine

Educated workers are the human
capital fueling the global economy.
The College ot Education is an
economic engine. By improving K-
12 student achievement through
research and teacher education, the
college con tributes to a better work-
force and a stronger economy.

College of Education researchers
tackle issues of leaching and learn-
ing. Some shed light on develop-
mental processes and how children
learn, while others advance and test
theories that improve teaching,
school leadership, and educational
policy. The research ol College of
Education faculty as been directly
connected to improvement in K-12
student achievement.

Maryland graduates teach the
children who will become the future
workers of the global economy, 1 be
college of Education

[irepares the second
argest number of
teachers in the state.
With the help of the
other colleges on cam-
pus, future teachers
are prepared with the
latest tools in teaching
as well as strong
knowledge in the arts
and sciences.

A critical research
area for the College of
Education is the
minority achievement
gap. As the demo-
graphic composition
of the state and nation
changes, the health of
the economy will
increasingly depend of minority
workers. According to Professor
Kenneth Strike, chair of the col-
lege's Department of Education
Policy and Leadership, eminent

College Research Projects Span
Disciplines and the State

"The minority

achievement gap

is unjust. It limits

the productivity

of our economy,

damages our

children, and

corrupts our civic

culture,"

education philosopher, and member achievement,"

Dean Edna Mora Szymanski

of the National Academy of
Education: "The minority achieve-
ment gap is unjust. It limits the
productivity of our
economy, damages our
children, and corrupts
our civic culture."
The College of
Education has initiat-
ed an Urban and
Minority Education
Initiative to raise
funds, focus research,
and attract lop schol-
ars to address the
challenges of minority
achievement and
urban schools. Dean
i si [lie College ! ;dn.:i
Mora Szymanski
describes the role of
the college in address-
ing this vital need:
"The College, working
in partnership with the Maryland
State Department of education
and the county school districts, is
well poised to lend the nation in
research to improve minority

As part of the state s flag-
ship institution, the
College of Education at
the University of
Maryland has a three-part
mission that includes
research, preparation of
professionals and scholars
in education and related
disciplines, and service to
the state.

"The college clearly
excels in its activities,"
says Dean Edna Mora
Szymanski. All depart-
ments have at least one
program ranked in the top
20 in the nation by U.S.
News & World Report, or
other national rankings.

"Through promoting
synergy among the compo-
nents ol our mission, we
will continue to increase
our research prominence
while helping the state and
nation improve education,
with special attention
devoted to minority
achievement ana urban
schools," Szymanski says.

This fiscal year has
been especially rewarding
lor the College of
Education as external
funding through research
grants has to date
increased to more than
$1 7.3 million — already
surpassing last year s total
of $1 1.2 million.

1-, COLLEGE OF

Education

Improving Teaching
and Learning

This year's largest
grant, $9 million horn the
National Science
Foundation (NSF), will
fund the Mid -Allan tic
Center for Mathematics
Teaching and I-earning, a
cooperative venture among
Maryland, the University
of Delaware and Penn
Stale, as well as the Prince
George's County Public
Schools.

Under the direction or
James L Fey, who holds a
joint appointment in
departments of curriculum
ana instruction and math-
ematics, the center will
develop innovative doctor-
al programs lor lutnre
leaders of mathematics
education research, cur-
riculum development and
teacher education. The
center also will develop
model mathematics pro*
grams for prospective
teachers and provide pro-
fessional development for
practicing teachers.

Linda Valli, associate
professor of curriculum
and instruction, also is
studying teacher prepara-
tion programs to deter-
mine what types of teacher
training and which teacher
practices, knowledge and
beliefs are most
el fee live.

Other efforts to
improve instruction
include MARS,
Mathematics:
Application and
Reasoning Skills, a
National Science

Foundation-hmded pro-
gram addressing teacher
knowledge of math con-
tent and teaching meth-
ods. Led by Patricia
Campbell, associate pro-
lessor of curriculum and
instruction, the program
already has trained 1 ,600
teachers in the Baltimore
City Public School
System, resulting in an
increase in students'
mathematics achievement.

Leaders in Literacy

The College also excels
in its researcn on literacy,
particularly reading. John
Guthrie and Allan Wig-
Held, professors of human
development, recently
received a $3.4 million
NSF grant to determine
whether Guthrie's
Concept-Oriented Reading
Instruction {CORI) pro-
gram will work on a large
scale to enhance reading
achievement in science.

"We know that reading
comprehension is influ-
enced by both cognitive
and motivational factors,"
says Guthrie, former head
of the National Reading
Research Center. While
many reading programs
focus on one factor, such
as reading strategies,
CORI is multilaceted,
using hands-on experi-
ence, high-inleresl trade
books, student autonomy
and collaboration as well
as strategy instruction to
spark curiosity.

Sieve Graham and

continued on page 3

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Enhancing Excellence:

New Department Chair and Faculty Join the College

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A member of the National
Academy of Education
joined the College of
Education this year as
chair or the Department
of Educational Policy and Leadership.
In addition, new faculty include schol-
ars in heritage languages, higher edu-
cation public policy, international edu-
cation, and educational assessment.

Kenneth A. Strike joined the col-
lege tram Cornell University where he
was professor or philosophy in educa-
tion and has taught since 1971- He
has been a Distinguished Visiting
Professor at the University of Alberta,
is a past president of the Philosophy
of Education Society, and was elected
to the National Academy of
Education in 1993. His masters and
doctoral degrees are from
Northwestern University.

He is the author of several books,
and more than 100 scholarly articles

focusing on bis primary research
interests: professional ethics and polit-
ical philosophy in matters of educa-
tional leadership, policy, and practice.
He joins the faculty as a professor.

Two new faculty have joined the
Department of Curriculum and
Instruction, both specializing in
research on teaching English to
speakers of other languages. Rebecca
Oxford, from Columbia University,
holds a Ph. D. from the University of
North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
Professor Oxford is program chair tor
the Second Language Education pro-
gram within the department. Dehra
Suarez, an assistant professor, earned
her Ph.D. at the State University of
New York at Albany.

The Department of Educational
Policy and Leadership welcomed Laura
Perna and Jing Lin this year. Perna,
an assistant professor, holds a Ph.D.
from the University of Michigan. Her

primary research interests are public
policy in higher education, college
access and choice, and college and
university faculty. Lin, an associate
professor, earned an Ed.D. horn the
University of Michigan. Education in
East Asia, educational philosophy and
gender issues in education are among
her research interests. She serves on
the board of directors for the
Comparative ana International
Educational Society.

In January 2001, Robert Mislevy
will join the Department of
Measurement, Statistics and
Evaluation. One of the nation's fore-
most experts on psychometric assess-
ment, he is a Distinguished Research
Scholar at Educational Testing
Service in Princeton, N.J., where he
has worked since 1982. Professor
Mislevy earned his Ph.D. from the
University of Chicago.

College of Education
Establishes Inaugural
Board of Visitors

I auerahip oJ Dean Mora

n.iuski, IK oUej!

this group of 22 state
and national education leaders and
distinguished bus&uesa professionals will
■ ■ he dean on strategic direcHorj
college outreach initiatives.

>ekhced Marfcti J fairs director

Buz? Bartlett said he was pleased to serve
as chairman and thanked I he leaders for
their support of the college and the univer-
sity. Educators, business leaders and other
committed citizens am .1 to

play a tole in strengthening and enhancing
the college, ranked 23rd in the nation. I he
-fl meeting was in June; they will
convene again in January 2001.

Members; of the Board ol Visitors, chareed
by Bartlett include: Christopher Cross,
Council for Ba~k" Education;
P.-ih'k'ia Pocrster, Maryland Stale Tea.

Association; Thomas Fioreslano, Sr.;

Joanne Goldsmith; David [rrug, American

Association of Colleges ol Colleges lor

Teacher Education; Nancy Grisinict,

State Superrnteadent ol Schools; the

I lonorahle William Coodling, U.S. [louse

of Representatives; Carmen Russo, chief

executive at Baltimore City 3chi>
George Funflro; Richard I ho mas Ingram,
Association Ol Governing Board of
I diversities and Colleges; Gene w.
Kijowski, Century Pool Management!
l.awler, Giant Food, Int.; Roseau n
McGechin; George Marx; Iris T. Mi
lYin. t ' George's County schools superin-
tendent; Wayne Mill.-. New Millennium
Ventures; Jan Mo iu.nl ol

Baltimore; Carol PiiLtm, Anne Arundel

County school:? t-uperinlendenl;
Bernard iradiisky, Queen A aunty

Schools superintendent; Mauriqe Siinpkins.
Group; Susan Traiman

The fh

koimdtable

and Evelyn Pasteur Valentine.

The College of Education is ranked
23rd by U.S. News & WatU Report*
All fix departments have at least one
program ranked in the bop 20 by U.S.
News or another national ranking.

• The Department of Counseling
and Personnel Services ranks 1st
in the nation.

" The Special Hduca 1 «H-

. t rank? 10th.

(13)

" Rehabilitation (5)

• j ;

" Policy and Social

• Elementary Houcat

" ( ai and Insinuation

• Aduii adcrship

(21)

New Assessment Center Leads Evaluation
of Statewide MSPAP Testing Programs

At the center of the state's
efforts to assess and evaluate
student progress and achieve-
ment is the new Maryland
Assessment Research Center for
Education Success (MARCES) in
the Department of Measurement,
Statistics and Evaluation.

The Center's largest contract is
with the Maryland Slate Department
of Education, The three-year, $1.15
million funding is for a number of
important assessment projects. The
largest one is to evaluate the
MbPAP tests, which have been used
in Maryland school districts for 10
years.

"MARCES has been given an
opportunity to help the state organ-
ize several recently completed evalua-

tions as well as to add to them with
an ambitious new study," says Robert
Lissitz, chair of the Department of
Measurement, Statistics and
Evaluation, and acting director of
the center. "This effort will let us
examine MSPAP in a way that will
not only illuminate what is being
done now, but will lead to the identi-
fication of improvements, if they are
needed," he says.

The center has contracted with
the Stanford Research Institute
(SKI) of California to review and
evaluate MSPAP. "By subcontract-
ing with SKI, there will be no ques-
tion about the objectivity ol ibis
elfort and the commitment of the
state of Maryland to getting a lair
and honest review of MSPAP," says

Lissitz. "The State Department of
Education can be assured that the
center will not he involved in any-
thing but the most valid evaluation
work possible."

The report by SRI will discuss
lest design, content development,
administration and scoring proce-
dures, and make recommendations
for enhancing MSPAP

" 1 he center will help us ensure
that sLate testing programs will hene-
lil from the most current research
available, says State Superintendent
ol Schools Nancy S. Grasmick.
"Maryland s testing programs are
among the nation's best and we need
to maintain that quality and integri-
ty through partnerships such as
this.

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Karen Harris, professors in the special
education department, have been explor-
ing how to prevent writing prohlems
among primary graders with and without
disabilities. "Our work in the Prince
George's County schools is showing that
supplemental instruction in handwrit-
ing, spelling and planning is improving
children's reading as well as their writ-
ing," Graham says.

Other literacy research in the College
focuses on early readers. Mariam jean
Dreher, professor of curriculum and
instruction, has heen investigating ways
to help upper elementary school stu-
dents develop strategies for finding and
using information in report writing. She
recently received a Spencer Foundation
grant to extend this work to younger
children. Beginning in the second grate,
low- income, minority children's experi-
ence u'illi expository texl will lie
increased, with the goal of improving their
reading achievement and engagement.

Research Examines Diversity

College faculty also address the needs of
diverse, minority learners in the United
States and the world. With respect to litera-
cy, Rehecca Oxford, professor of curriculum
and instruction, investigates second language avoidant, the other socially engaging— that
learning, particularly how students of varying are present even among young infants. "We
cultural backgrounds and learning styles dif- now want to identify the biological bases of
ter in terms of the instructional. strategies, temperament and the types of relationships

hetween parents and children that modify
or support these styles," Fox explains.
"This has important implications for
social development into the school years.
Melanie Kiflen s work, which is also
funded by NSF, examines how stereo-
types affect the moral decision-making of
young children and adolescents. "We are
looking at the social-cognitive process of
how children coordinate their strong
sense of fairness and morality with stereo-
types they develop about groups. An
important part of social lite is to deal
with the tension between these two," says
Kill en.

Within the educational psychology
program, Patricia Alexander, one of this
year's University Scholar-Teachers, is
looking at the development of compe-
tence and expertise. "We can no longer
send our children off on their journeys of
formal learning without a far richer
understanding of what they should attain as
a result. Our research shows that academic

John Guthrie, Director, Maryland Literacy
Research Center

now seek graduates with cross-cultural com-
petencies.

Basic research in child development is
being conducted in the human development
department. Nathan Fox, whose work is
funded under a $2.5 million grant from the
National Institutes of Health, has identified
two distinct temperaments in chudren- — one

James T. Fey, Director of the Center for Math
Teaching and Learning

materials, classroom interaction and self-
direction. She has also demonstrated how
specific learning strategies affect the achieve* competence is not generic, hut develops sepa-

ment of second language learners.

Juveniles in the criminal justice system
are the focus of Peter Leone s research,
Leone, professor in the special education
department, has found that a large propor-
tion of these youngsters has significant
learning prohlems. "With better research,
we can demonstrate that providing these stu-
dents with the basic educational
services to which they are entitled
can be done better and more inex-
pensively in their communities," he
says.

Jefl Milem, counseling and per-
sonnel services, takes a more global
look at diversity and found thai il
benefits all students and even educa-
tional institutions. "Students who
learn in more heterogeneous learn-
ing environments show measurable
gains in cognitive development,"
Milem says. "And many employers

rately in each academic Held," she says.

For more information on the College of
Education — its research projects, faculty
achievements and collaborations with state
and national associations and schools, visit
www. education, umd . ed u .

College of Education —
Growth in External
Funding 1996-2001

Historical Information
the University of Maryland,
College of Education

The academic year L 994-95 marked the (Sth anniverSa]
establishment or a separate school of education art the I University of
Maryland. The school became the College of Education in '
The Benjamin Building, huill in 1965, is home to the Colli
Education. The building is named fur [ larold Benjamin, dean
of t R e college from 1938 to 19+3 and from 1447 to 1952.

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION DEANS

1920-23
larold Cotterman, Dean

J 923-38

W'illard Small, Dean

1938-43

Harold Benjamin, Dean

1943-46

■Vrnold loyal, Dean

946-47

enry B recti hill, Dean

947-52

hi mid Benjamin, Dean

95:?

Wilbur Devilhtss, Dean

953-55

I enry Brechbill, Dean

955-71

Vernon Anderson, Dean '

ml

Robert Carhone, Dean

1973-74

Donald Mafcy, Acting Dean

1974-76

Robert Emails, Dean

1976-77

Gerthon Morgan, Acting Dean

1977-80

Dean Corrigan, Dean

1980-85

George Marx, Acting Dean &

Assistant Provost

1985-91

Dale Scatuiell, Dean

1991-93

jean 1 Icbeler, Acting Dean

1993-98

Will its I Liwley, Dean

1998-99

Thomas Weibl. Dean

1999-

Bona Mora Szymanski, Dean

afc R

College of Education — Vital Statistics
(November 2000)

The College of Education at the
University of Maryland, College
Park is ranked 23rd among colleges
or education by U.S. News &
World Report for 2000-2001. Programs in
the college prepare educators, counselors,
psychologists, administrators, researchers,
and educational specialists. Graduates work
with individuals from infancy through adult-
hood in colleges and universities, schools,
and community agencies. Educational pro-
grams are accredited and approved by the
National Councu for Accreditation of
1 Teacher Education, Maryland State
Department of Education, American
Psychological Association, Councu on
Accreditation of Counseling and Related
Educational Prolessions, and the L ouncil on
Rehabilitation Education. The Dean of the
College of Education is Dr. Edna Mora
Szymanski.

Total Current Enrollment (2000-
2001): 2,172

• Undergraduate 1,251

• Graduate 921

Full-time Tenured/Tenure-track

FACULTY: 105
ALUMNI: 34,000

College of Education Leadership

Edna Mora Szymanski, Dean
Thomas D. ^feible, Senior Associate Dean
James G. Cibulka, Associate Dean
Richard K. jantz, Associate Dean
I'liilip J. Burke, Department of

Special Education

Martin L. Johnson, Chair, and Anna O,
Graeber, Acting Chair, Department of
Curriculum and Instruction
Paul W. Power, Chair, Department of
Counseling and Personnel Services
Kenneth Strike, Chair, Department ol
Educational Policy and Leadership

Stephen W. Porges,
Chair, Department
of Human
Development
Robert W. Lissitz,
Chair, Department
of Measurement,
Statistics and
Evaluation

Departments

The College of Education
offers undergraduate, master's
and doctoral programs in research-
and practice-oriented specializations within
its six departments: Counseling and
Personnel Services — EDCP; Curriculum
and Instruction — EDO; Education Policy
and Leadership — EDPL; Human
Development — EDHD; Measurement,
Statistics and Evaluation — EDMS; and
Special Education— EDS P.

URL: www.education.umd.edu

For a complete listing of College or
Education faculty awards and honors, see
http ://educa lion . umd.edu/dean/honors. html

ADDRESS:

Office of the Dean — College of Education

3119 Benjamin Building

LJniversity of Maryland

College ark, MD 20742

College of Education, Alumni Chapter
Board of Directors 2000-2001

Jane Fines — President, Erin Rooney-
Echel — Treasurer; Sharon Braver, Stanley
Galicki, Jenny K. Johnson, Lisa Kiely,
Charles Marcus, Barbara Marcus, Nancy
Pinson Millhurn, Aaron Navarro, Rachel
Petty, Ruth J. Pratt; and William G.
Htilliday — f •acuity Liaison, Richard \mil?
Dean's Office Liaison.

Maryland Principals'
Institute Supports States
Reform Efforts

In recognizing the importance of principals in
school improvement and student success, the
Department ol Education Policy and Leadership
sponsored the Maryland Principals' Institute In

1998.

The institute is designed to support the state J s
school reform agenda. It is in partnership with the
Maryland State Department of Education, educa-
tional organizations for teachers and administra-
tors, school districts and the Maryland Business
Roundtable.

Each institute brings together practicing princi-
pals from around the state for an intensive focus
on one topic during an initial three-day summer
session, reinforced with three additional follow-up
days during the school year to support implemen-
tation of the selected topic.

The theme of the 2000-2001 Maryland
Principals Institute, 'Each Child Achieving:
Focus on Reading K-12," was chosen to highlight
and build on the new approaches to improving
reading achievement that have been developed
in Maryland, More than 130 principals,
representing 23 school districts, are

involved in this year s institute,
which opened with summer work-
shops on best practices in improv-
ing reading achievement from
kindergarten to grade 12.

Three winter and spring 200 1
follow-up sessions will provide
principals with opportunities to
deepen their understanding ol
each oi the following elements of
improving reading achievement lor
each child: good instructional
practices, assessment practices and
staff development.

Personnel Program Celebrates
40 Years of Contributions

ne of the nation's leading programs in preparing student affairs
professionals commemorated its 40th year anniversary
this past spring.

Tub College of Education's College Student Personnel Program

bserved its anniversary from 1999-2000 with a special collocrui-

um series, a gala celebration in Washington, D.C. during the

national American College Personnel Association Conference, and

the Maryland Student Affairs Conference 2000

at Stamp Student Union.

Founded in 1959, the program has prepared an estimated 1,000
students who have gone on to work in various positions with col-
leges and universities. "We have been a major contributor to the
development of student affairs professionals,' said Susan Komives,
Department of Counseling and Rirsonnel Services faculty memher
and program director.

To capture how Maryland's College Student Personnel alumni and
faculty have helped shape the student affairs profession, a diverse
collection of thoughts and ideas was gathered from alumni and
compiled into "The Maryland Papers." Significant topic areas
addressed in the collection include organization and leadership ol
student affairs, the changing nature of college students, learning
and development of students, student empowerment and diversity
of student communities. This collection can be viewed on-line at
www, u md.edu/C S P4( ) .

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Outlook

3

Returning Professor Brings Perspective
on African Americans and Public Policy

1994 article in Tf.ie
New York Times
caught Christopher
Foreman's eye. The
. president was about
to sign an executive order called
"Federal Actions to Address
Environmental Jusice in Minority

rd Low Income Populations"
"I'd never heard of environmen-
tal justice," Foreman says. He
thought it a terrific topic for
a book: lay out the move-
ment's claims that dispropor-
tionate environmental risks
fall on low-income and
minority communities, then
taik about alternatives. But by
the time he finished his
research, he realized he'd
have to write a different
book altogether

"The Promise and Peril of
Environmental Justice," pub-
lished in 1 988, examined the
movement's claims and ques-
tioned whether its advocates
were using race opportunisti-
cally to leverage dieir politi-
cal agendas. "People were in
fact misperceiving the as

n atti re o f envi ro nine nta 1
threat," Foreman says. "And a g

* g

certain amount of the mis- =
perception was deliberate." *

Foreman, who Joins the 2
School of Public Affairs £
faculty this semester as the
head of the school's social
policy program, has become
a prominent critic of the environ-
mental justice movement, arguing
that its incendiary rhetoric of
"environmental racism" is a cover
for activists more interested in
grassroots empowerment than
working to end core public health
problems thai pose immediate
threats to people of color.

Foreman acknowlcges tiiat envi-
ronmental risks are more likely to
be round in proximity to poor
people than the wealthy. But the
link with race, he says, is uncon-
vincing. "There is an enormous
amount of passion riding atop Very
little evidence," he says.

Foreman wrote his book while
a senior fellow at the Brookings
Institution, where he will continue

as a nonresident senior fellow. He
believes his affiliation with the
think tank, plus the fact that be is
African American, positioned him
well to perform what he calls a
public service in his critique of
the environmental justice move-
ment.

His credentials also have provid-
ed a measure of immunity from

New Social Policy Director Foreman

criticism. As he points out, in the
past 40 years three sacred causes
have emerged: civil rights, environ-
mentalism and the role of women
in society. Environmental justice
blends two of those causes. "Even
people who know better are reluc-
tant to say what they think, for
fear of the political fallout " says
foreman.

Which is not to say he's unsym-
pathetic to die stated cause of the
environmental justice movement.
Its advocates have made com-
pelling arguments, and Foreman
fully expects die current adminis-
tration will have to address the
issue, Ix'cause the movement has
been quite effective in stopping
the construction or operations of

facilities of which they disapprove.

Rather, he says, people need to
keep risks in perspective. While
there are serious health problems
that disproportionately affect low-
income people and minorities,
they arc more closely related to
economic fragility than industrial
pollution.

That position links to his cur
rent agenda: a book on tobac-
co politics atvd the evolution
of civil society's opposition to
smoking. Foreman also is
writing on environmental
reform and strategic work-

f force development in health
and safety bureaucracies. 'l"hls
spring he will teach a gradu-
ate course on African
Americans and public policy
and is developing a course on
the management of land-use
controversies.

When he's not working,
he spends lime with his fami-
ly runs, and at age 48, is learn-
ing to play the piano."! just
learned to play the
Flintstones theme song,' he
says. "I can also play a pretty
mean 'Blue Moon"

It's a triumphant return to
Maryland for Foreman, who
in 1987 left his former UM
position as assistant professor
of government and politics
after eight unfocused years.
"I didn't go up for tenure
because 1 hadn't published,"
he says." I entered academies with-
out a sense of what 1 wanted lo do
or how I wanted to fit in."

For 17 months, he was a house
husband putting the final touches
on his first book, "Signals From the
Hill: Congressional Oversight and
the Challenge of Social Reform."
Published by Yale University Press
in 1988, it won the 1989 D.B.
Hardeman Prize for that year's best
first book on Congress. A faculty
appointment to American
University soon followed, Shordy
after that, Brookings called. And
now, he is returning to the univer-
sity as a full professor

"l liad a long dry spell," says
Foreman. "It feels good to he com-
ing back to College Park."

In Order to Form a More Perfect Image

Look no further dun the cam-
pus to find a multimedia
communications and market-
ing firm known for its award-win-
ning excellence. On the occasion of
director of university publications
Judith Bair's retirement, a new orga-
nizational structure will allow fur-
ther integration and collaboration
between university communica-
tions, marketing and publications.
For three heads of these vari-
ous departments, it means a
chance to better coordinate their
efforts and more support for their

shared mission:

Margaret Hall, director of design,
will oversee all of the creative ele-
ments of official university publica-
tions, as well as work done for vari-
ous departments and colleges.

Linda Martin, director of Internet
communication, will continue her role
as overseer of the university's elec-
tronic link with the outside world.

Dianne Burch steps into a new
position, university editor. She will
oversee all university magazines
and their staffs, as well as publica-
tions work done elsewhere on cam-

pus. Reporting to Burch will be a
new magazine editor, who will be
responsible for College Park and
Maryland Research magazines.

"We'll be meeting and talking
regularly," said Terry Flannery, exec-
utive director of university commu-
nications and marketing. "This will
allow us to put more content into
other areas."

It also gives the university a bet-
ter chance to showcase its sophisti-
cation with new technology, includ-
ing continued improvements to its
Web site and mare targeted e-mail.

New Incentive Awards Program

continued from page 2

to fully develop the infrastructure that will be need-
ed to ensure its long term success. Based on a simi-
lar program that Mote worked with at the University
of California-Berkeley, the Baltimore Incentive Awards
Program is expected to expand to more schools witii-
in the city and to other districts across the state.

A selection committee composed of corporate
and community leaders and university alumni will
interview each nominee and select one finalist from
each school. Applicants will be compared only with
others from the same school. The final decision on
admission will be made by the university's Office of
Undergraduate Admissions.

"I know from my earlier experience that this pro-
gram has the potential to have a tremendous impact
on these students, on their communities, and on the
university's relationship with them "Mote said. "We
hope to build a culture within the community and
within the university that advocates for the success
of these students who have demonstrated the per-
sonal commitment to lift themselves up."

The program will initially be funded through sup
port from foundations and private donors. The uni-
versity has already launched an aggressive fund rais-
ing program aimed at establishing an endowment
for each participating school.

Kerrnit and Hen son at Home at UM

continued from page t

Heawn and hi . I partner: Carpenter

explained.' Their whimsy and humor will he •

veyed through the depii

interaction

Jane Henson. widow of the tinned pUppctecr,
said,*! was very Impressed widijay Hall Carpenter's
skill as a sculptor - work and spirit

makv him the ideal artist toots [fan

loved attending the university and ii was clearly .m
important beginn l

am grateful rh, its of the i

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newest student lo the oldest alumnus, commtn
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lorning the buikli
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figures such a-
John Walker.

Carpenter also has sculpted for the Smithsonian
Institution, the t 'nil v and

the Department nt State. He has portraye

notables as Helen H irmll.Farl

I Upper f inventor i rfTuppcrwarc) and! n
Douglass. The sutt imis-

sioned him lo create an 8-foot b? i ifthe

late Untis Goldstein, long time sta

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adraJ ■ ' this project offers ntc an

opportunity to contribute to the lively cultural
growth of the Washington i o inspire

students by Jim Hcnsun's %

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December 12,2000

NOTABLE

Journalism Dean Thomas Kunkel's most
recent book, "Letters From the Editor: The
New Yorker's Harold Ross," has been named
a Notable Book for 2000 by the New York
Titties Book Review. The book was
described as "selections from Ross's abun-
dant correspondence... calculated to dispel
the notion that The New Yorker's founding
editor was a lucky bumpkin." Kunkel's earli-
er biography of Ross, "Genius in Disguise,"
was a 1995 New York Times Notable Book,
The Modern Library is bringing out a paper-
back edition of "Letters From the Editor* in
January 2001. In addition to being dean,
Kunkel Ls president of American
Journalism Review, the national monthly
magazine published by the college.

Rankings

continued 'from page I

about the magazine's misleading "specious
formulas and spurious precision." Gerhard
questioned whether die quality of any uni-
versity can be measured statistically, and
urged tallows lo"waJk away from these mis-
leading ranking

Obviously, that hasn't happened. The
online magazine Mate has repotted lhat the
annual milking issue sells twice as mam
newsstand copies as any other issue of I

• nut outsells the swiniMJit edition of
Sports Illustrated. Add in the sales of die
paperback version of tin- rankings, and the
market forces driving an annual shakcup an-
clear

I - says M* rankings should be but

one of many criteria students use when
choosing a college. Surveys, including a small-
sample poll taken at Maryland, show thai stu-
dents tend to do just lhat.

But like celebrities who arc famous for
being famous, the rankings carry weight
be* ause everyone knows about them. Spann
said ( itiv. Parris Glendening already has raised
question:* about the university's showing, and
president Dan Mote has been told to prepare
himself for similar questioning from the state-
house when legisLiiurs convene.

Spann said his office focuses on UM's
standings among the top 50 public universi-
ties, ntici has exchanged data with other peer
universities in mutual attempts to figure out
ascensions and descents. He said it's appar-
ent that changes in an institution's rank may
not reflect real change in its quality, in large
part because the rankings are relative — flat
is, Maryland may achieve a higher rank
because another university lias slipped.

And because LIS. News compares institu-
tions 1 7 different ways, with the largest
weight given to a subjective assessment of
academic reputation, it's hard if not impossi-
ble to figure out what went wrong or right.
"Clearly, we cant run the place based on the
rankings in U.S. News' Spann said.

However, he added, there is room for
improvement. While the university must con-
tinue to operate with the values stated in its
mission, administrators should keep an eye
on upwardly mobile institutions,

Tlie university also needs to develop bet-
ter ways to tell its story, because for now, the
public and policymakers are reading U.S.
News, "We're under-reporting our successes,"
Spann said.

Understanding UCITA

UCITA, the Uniform Computer Information
Transactions Act, is a proposed state law that seeks to
create a unified approach to the licensing of software
and information. Maryland and Virginia have passed
UCITA, and it will be under consideration in many odier
states in the near future. UCITA's broad scope and focus
on software and information requires tliat the research,
education, and library communities understand what the
adoption of UCITA will
mean for the
mission.

Make
Difference Through
Service

K- hoEdaj season is a Ivcas well an re

Community Service Programs maintains a list of local serv
opportunities, currently including holklaj service lip
lilies, on its Web site. From Animal

,,, r everyone Por tb

elicit
i"UoHda ;>pommiii'

University of Maryland Graduate School; Xiaoming Jin,
Minister-Counselor for Science & Technology, PRC
Embassy; Charles Larson, President, Industrial Research
Institute; and Alvin Strccter, Office of Sci &Tech
Cooperation, U.S. Dcpt. of State.

Please RSVP to Rebecca McGinnis, China Programs
Coordinator, 1GCA, at 3014050213, via fax at 301-405-
0219, or by e-mail, rm 165@umail.umd.edu.

2001 Dance Fellowships Available

The Department of Dance is pleased to announce
two new fellowship opportunities for professional
dancers and choreographers pursuing an MFA in dance.
Applications are due by Feb. 1,2001 for entry in
Fall 2001. Those interested should contact Karen
Bradley at 301-401-0.387 or kbrad ley® warn. umd.
edu. More information is available at
www.infomi.umd.edu/ARHU/Depts/Dance/
GraduateProgram ,

Minority-Controlled Businesses
Focus of Investors Group Meeting

operation,

and core values of

tilt- higher education and library communities

On Wednesday, Dec. 13. the Office of Information
Technology and LIniversity Libraries will sponsor a live
broadcast of the UCITA Teleconference. Their goal is to
help those interested learn more about UCITA and the
implications of the law passed by the Maryland General
Assembly, which went into effect October 1 . No RSVP is
necessary for this event, which will take place from 1-
3:30 p.m. in 4210T Hornbake.

A tape will be available for check-out from Nonprint
Media Services in Hornbake Library following the event.
For more information, contact Rodney Petersen at 301-
405-7349 or NEThics-Event@umail.umd.edu, or see
www. umd.edu/NEThics/ Eve n t/uci ta . h tml .

Skiing, Skin and Sun

Typically, people think about using sunscreen and
protecting themselves from sun exposure during the
spring or summer months, but not when they are skiing
or spending a lot of time outdoors over the winter.
Sunscreen with a SPF of 1 5 or greater should be used
daily because sun damage is cumulative.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
warns that the incidence of melanoma, a deadly form of
skin cancer associated with sun exposure, is rising at the
rate of 4 percent a year. Melanoma is one of the easiest
of all cancers to spot in the earliest stages by simple self-
examination. Look for ABCDs:

• Asymmetrical moles

• Borders around the moles that are irregular

• Color that is blotchy or more than one tone or color

• Diameter of moles that are more than 6 mm.
Any changing mole should be examined by a
dermatologist.

For more information, including referral information
for a medical appointment, contact Pat Johnston at the
University Health Center, 301-314-8129 or
johnston@health.umd.edu. Another resource is
www. skincheck.com.

New IGCA Discussion Series

The Institute for Global Chinese Affairs (IGCA)
announces a new discussion series, "Our Common
Global Agenda," and invites you to attend the first event.
"Research and Development: Business-University-
Government Relationships In and Among U.S. and
Chinese Institutions" will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 13
from 4:30-6 p.m. in 0106 Francis Scott Key Hall.

Speakers include William Destler,VP for Research,

Sabrina Warren Bush, senior vice president of equity
sales for The Chapman Co. since 1992, will discuss die
investment strategy of "domestic emerging markets" at
the monthly meeting of the Investors Group on Wednes-
day, Dec. 13 at 12 noon in 4137 McKeldin library.

Nathan A. Chapman Jr., president and founder of The
Chapman Company, is chairman of the University System
of Maryland Board of Regents.

The Chapman Company, based in Baltimore, special-
izes in a unique investment strategy titled domestic
emerging markets (DEM). DEM represents a universe of
companies whose common characteristics are their
investment potential and that they are controlled by an
African-American, an Asian-American, a Hispanic-
American, or a woman.

From 1982 to 1992, Bush was employed with
Maryland National Bank in various capacities including
vice president of employee relations for all die sub-
sidiaries of MNC Financial Inc., and vice president of
strategic planning for the retail banking division. Bush
attended the University of Florida and received her mas-
ter's in business with a concentration in finance from
Johns Hopkins University in 1998.

The entire campus community is invited to attend
Investors Group meetings. For more information, call
Frank Bodies at 301-405-9126.

Health, Life and Poetry

Clients from the Austin Center for Health and living,
part of the Whitman-Walker Clinic, will read original
poems at the University of Maryland on Dec. 13 at 7:00
p.m. in the Special Events Room of McKeldin Library
(4th floor). The Austin Center provides day treatment
services for people living with HIV/ AIDS in the
Washington, D.C-area. The reading is free and open to
the public. A reception will follow.

"Writing poetry allows the clients a meditative oppor-
tunity to focus on their thoughts, an opportunity that is
not always possible in the busy workday," said Catherine
Crum, program manager at the Austin Center.

The workshops are a revival of similar efforts that
English professor and creative writing instructor Joyce
Kornblatt organized five years ago.

Clients participating in the reading have studied writ-
ing since last year with Emily Dunn.Taryn Roeder and
Clare Banks, graduate students in UM's creative writing
program. "It gives them a voice," said Dunn. "They learn
how to work out their thoughts on paper. We talk about
what they've written, but it's not a critical workshop."

The poems have been published in Smartish Pace, a
Baltimore-based independent poetry journal. "Whitman-
Walker Clinic-Poems & Prose" will be available at the
reading for $5, all proceeds to benefit the Whitman-
Walker clinic. For more information, call Laura Lauth at
301405-3820.