University of Maryland Eastern Shore News May 2, 2011 UMES 2011 spring commencement PRINCESS ANNE, MD -Spring graduation exercises at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore will be Friday, May 20, in the William P. Hytche Athletic Center. Tickets are required for admission. The 124th annual ceremony begins at 10 a.m. University officials advise guests to arrive by 9:30 a.m. and to take their seats because the doors will close at 9:45 a.m. Approximately 384 students are degree candidates, including 61 who anticipate receiving master's degrees and eight who have finished work on their doctorates. The university will award honorary degrees to Annapolis businessman Maurice B. Tosé and cosmetics executive Gloria Mayfield Banks, a motivational speaker who also will deliver the traditional commencement address. Banks, who lives in Baltimore, is one of Mary Kay, Inc.'s top saleswomen. She also travels widely conducting workshops, where she shares insights on "People Building" strategies for success in business and in life. Banks is a graduate of Howard University and received a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University. Tosé, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, is president and chief executive officer of TeleCommunications Systems Inc., an engineering and technology company he founded in 1987 that has more than 100 patents, including the industry-revolutionizing Short Message System text messaging application available on most cell phones. T. Jan Wiseman, executive director of the Greater Salisbury Committee, a group of lower Delmarva Peninsula civic and community leaders, will receive the UMES Presidential Medal. Wiseman will be the final recipient of the presidential honor awarded by Dr. Thelma B. Thompson. She recently announced plans to retire from the post this summer. In keeping with tradition, international students who attend UMES wearing attire from their native lands will participate in the university's "Parade of International Flags." The UMES Concert Choir and Wind Ensemble also will perform. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Program Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 404.592.4820 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.