Wallace Art Awards

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I’M WALLACE LOH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. OUR AMAZING STAFF IS ALREADY BUSY SETTING UP FOR MARYLAND DAY, OUR ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE. OVER FOUR HUNDRED EVENTS, GAMES AND FUN FOR THE FAMILY WILL TAKE PLACE ALL OVER CAMPUS. I INVITE ALL OF YOU TO JOIN US THIS SATURDAY. MARYLAND DAY IS THE CULMINATING EVENT FOR OUR ANNUAL ‘THIRTY DAYS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP.’ THIS CAMPUS-WIDE CELEBRATION OF INNOVATIONINCLUDED LECTURES, SPECIAL EVENTS AND COMPETITIONS INCLUDING THE PRESTIGIOUS CUPID’S CUP, WHICH RECOGNIZES THE NATION’S BEST STUDENT ENTREPRENEURS, AND THE DO GOOD CHALLENGE, WHICH HONORS INNOVATIVEAPPROACHES TO SOCIAL CAUSES. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE WINNERS! SPEAKING OF WINNERS, I’D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE AMAZING STUDENT TEAM FROM THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND PRESERVATION THAT WON THE PRESTIGIOUS 2015 U-L-I GERALD HINES STUDENT URBAN DESIGN COMPETITION, THE MOST PROMINENT STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION IN THE WORLD. OUR DEVOS INSTITUTE OF ARTS MANAGEMENT RECENTLY PARTNERED WITH BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES ON A THIRTY MILLION EXPANSION OF AN ARTS AND INNOVATION PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES TRAINING FOR HUNDREDS OF SMALL AND MID-SIZED ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN SIX U-S CITIES. THE GOAL…TO SUPPORT AND CREATE STUNNING ART ACROSS THE COUNTRY. RIGHT HERE IN THE CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, INNOVATION ABOUNDS. FOR THE MARYLAND OPERA STUDIO SPRING PERFORMANCES, MARYLANDSTUDENTS HELPED TO CREATE AN AMBITIOUS AND TRULY AMAZING SET ON A TURNTABLE. THIS MOVINGSTAGE ACCOMMODATES THREE DIFFERENT OPERAS RUNNING BACK TO BACK. DESIGNED BY ONE OF OUR MASTERS STUDENTS, HER SOLUTION WAS A CREATIVE APPROACH TO AN ARTISTIC CHALLENGE. WHAT A GREAT EXAMPLE OF INNOVATION IN THE ARTS. AS WE CLOSE OUT ANOTHER SCHOOL YEAR, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE FINE STUDENT-ATHLETES THAT REPRESENT OUR UNIVERSITY IN OUR ATHLETICPROGRAMS. OUR MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TEAMS HAD AMAZING YEARS, AND SHOWED OUR NEW BIG TEN PROGRAMS JUST WHAT IT MEANS TO…FEAR THE TURTLE. OVER THE PAST MONTH, I HAVE HAD THE DISTINCT HONOR TO MEET HUNDREDS OF ALUMNI IN LOS ANGELES,BALTIMORE AND SOUTH FLORIDA. A NEW SERIES OF FEARLESS IDEAS EVENTS PRESENTED BY OUR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IS BRINGING THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND TO CITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY…AND GIVES ME A CHANCE TO MEET SO MANY OF YOU FACE-TO-FACE. I HOPE TO MEET MANY MORE OF YOU IN THE MONTHSTO COME. THE FUTURE OF OUR UNIVERSITY IS TIED TO THE FUTURE OF OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. CREATING A GREAT COLLEGE TOWN TAKES MANY SMALL PROJECTS, THAT ADD UP TO TRUE TRANSFORMATION. THOSE PROJECTS, I AM PLEASED TO REPORT, ARE QUICKLY BECOMING A REALITY. THE NEW HOTEL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND HAS BROKEN GROUND AND WILL BRINGWITH IT NEW RESTAURANTS AND A HIGH-END SPA. A NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX WILL INCLUDE A NEWTARGET EXPRESS STORY. AN ART HOUSE PROJECT THAT BRINGS TOGETHER LECTURES, FILM AND OTHERARTISTIC PERFORMANCES WITH A RESTAURANT IS BEING PLANNED. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. OTHER PROJECTS WILL FOLLOW. IN JUST A FEW YEARS, COLLEGE PARK WILL BE ONE OF THE PREMIER COLLEGE TOWNS IN THE NATION. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU – FACULTY, STAFF, STUDENTS, ALUMNI AND FRIENDS – FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE OUR UNIVERSITY AND OUR STATE FORWARD. AND DON’T FORGET TO JOIN US THIS SATURDAY FOR MARYLAND DAY. GO TERPS!