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Salisbury University's Dr. Frank Shipper has spent years researching and consulting with employee-owned businesses. He is available to speak with media on management, leadership and team development in this growing field.

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Dr. Joel Jenne is available to discuss the importance of social studies in school systems. In the wake of No Child Left Behind, many states have de-emphasized social studies. A new law in Maryland re-emphasizes the subject's importance, mandating an assessment test in government for high school graduation.

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More than three centuries ago, Charles Overholt’s ancestors immigrated to America from Germany in search of a better life. Now, the Pocomoke City native is going back to the country they left as the first Salisbury University student to earn the prestigious Fulbright Student Fellowship, awarded by the U.S. Department of State’s Fulbright Exchange Program.

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Salisbury University Geographic Information Systems students were recently dubbed “rock stars” by some Maryland legislators. They created large, full-color maps of land use in each new state legislative district.

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After six years, Salisbury University celebrates the conclusion of Campaign 2012, a highly successful fundraising initiative that exceeded its original goal by millions — thanks to community and campus supporters.

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Dr. Darrell Newton of Salisbury University’s Communication Arts Department examines the influence of West Indian immigrants and others on the British Broadcasting Corporation in his new book, Paving the Empire Road: BBC Television and Black Britons.

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Salisbury University officially opened its new Richard A. Henson Medical Simulation Center during a festive ribbon-cutting on Thursday, December 1. The ceremony was marked by the announcement of a $1 million gift for the center from the Richard A. Henson Foundation, Inc.

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An English Professor is using dance to bring the 200-year-old novel Sense and Sensibility and other Jane Austen works to life for 21st century students.

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Dr. E. Tylor Claggett Jr., associate professor of finance in Salisbury University’s Franklin P. Perdue School of Business, is available to speak on the pros and cons of the flat tax and how its implementation could impact the U.S. economy.

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Dr. Len Robinson, chair of Salisbury University’s Political Science Department, is available to speak on reports of Mommar Gadhafi’s death and what it may mean for the future of Libya and the Middle East.

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Salisbury University opens its $45 million Sea Gull Square residence hall and retail complex Saturday, October 8. At 230,000 square feet, the building is SU’s largest residence hall and the latest addition to the University’s changing skyline. Contractor Whiting-Turner is headquartered in Baltimore and WDG Architecture is from Washington, D.C.

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Salisbury University is partnering with The Fusion Companies of Annapolis, MD, for an upcoming "build" hosted by ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."

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U.S. News & World Report has named Salisbury University one of its Best Colleges for 2012. This marks the 15th consecutive year the campus has been ranked by the magazine.

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Before an enthusiastic audience of campus, community and state leaders, Salisbury University officially opened its $55 million new home for the Franklin P. Perdue School of Business on Thursday, September 8.

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Dr. Darren Parnell is available to talk about Hurricane Irene. He holds a Ph.D. in geography, with a climatology focus, from the University of South Carolina and teaches meteorology and climatology at Salisbury University.

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Dr. Michael Scott, director of the Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative at Salisbury University, is available to speak with media regarding this afternoon’s 5.9 earthquake in Virginia that has been felt in New York, Washington, D.C., and beyond.

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In the world of “back to school,” there’s nothing like heading off to college for the first time. It’s an emotion-filled event that leaves teens (and parents) oscillating between gleeful anticipation and sheer terror. Salisbury University's Paula Morris offers tips on how freshmen can make the most of their experience.

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Leaps from middle to high school or high school to college are periods of tremendous growth and challenge for teenagers. These transitions can be accompanied by anxiety and tension for students and parents. Salisbury University Student Health Services Director Jennifer Berkman discusses how to help.

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Salisbury University offers excellent teacher preparation thanks to its commitment to mentorship opportunities, professional development partnerships in local schools, and collaboration across campus. Alumni, who are earning state and national honors in their own classrooms, are proof of the program’s strength.

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Dr. Memo Diriker of Salisbury University’s Franklin P. Perdue School of Business is available to speak with reporters on the debt crisis.

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The world of Harry Potter is coming to an end—or is it? With this week’s release of the final movie in the franchise, experts Ernie Bond and Jack Wenke of Salisbury University are available to speak with reporters on all things Potter.

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In what law firms and academic blogs are calling a watershed case, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Administrative Review Board (ARB) has significantly expanded whistleblower protection under the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) following successful arguments by a Salisbury University professor.

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The University System of Maryland Board of Regents has approved Salisbury University’s continuation of its test-optional policy for high-achieving students. The decision follows a five-year pilot study by the campus.

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Nine SU alumni have been named Maryland Teachers of the Year in counties statewide for 2011-12, the most of any higher education institution represented.

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Students ranked Salisbury University No. 1 in the nation for campus housing quality when compared to cost, according to results of a recent Educational Benchmarking, Inc. survey. SU ranked in the top 10 in 14 categories total.

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What was life like on the Eastern Shore during World War II? Is ultraviolet sanitization suitable to decontaminate ice hockey equipment? These are just some of the issues examined during the 10th Salisbury University Student Research Conference from noon-7:30 p.m. Friday, April 29.

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More than 1,100 students, faculty, staff and community members are participating in Salisbury University's 2011 Relay For Life.

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The Newton Marasco Foundation partners annually with Salisbury University’s Literature Festival to present the Green Earth Book Awards-the nation's first prize to honor environmental stewardship in children's books.

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Salisbury University has earned national kudos for its teaching partnerships with Worcester County Public Schools.

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Given annually by the Newton Marasco Foundation, a Virginia-based environmental charity, the Green Earth Book Award is the nation’s first to honor environmental stewardship in literature for children and young adults.

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In this op-ed, Salisbury University Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Jerome Miller, writes about how lessons learned in the Oscar-nominated film "The King's Speech" can be applied to 21st century civility.

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The Maryland Broadband Cooperative has expanded Salisbury University’s work with the state’s broadband mapping initiative. After the first year of the project, the contract for the Eastern Shore Regional GIS Cooperative has been extended to five years and increased to more than $2.12 million.

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The U.S. Department of Education recently awarded SU a $1.2 million TRIO grant to help enhance student retention initiatives as part of the University’s Achieve Student Support Services (SSS) program.

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Salisbury University recently celebrated a decade of distinction with President Janet Dudley-Eshbach, showcasing the growth and advancement that have transformed SU into A Maryland University of National Distinction.

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Mary Shelley is best known for her Gothic novel Frankenstein, but Salisbury University professor Lucy Morrison believes the British writer’s legacy is broader. In the 2010 collection of essays Mary Shelley: Her Circle and Her Contemporaries, Morrison rejects the characterization of Shelley as a “one-book author."

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John Wesley Wright of Salisbury University's Music Department is in China this week to compete in the World Choir Games, the largest international choir festival of its kind. Wright is part of the 27-member SingCinnati choir from Cincinnati, OH.

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U.S. Congressman Wayne Gilchrest, a champion of Chesapeake Bay issues who was also concerned about Middle East policies, donated materials from his 18-year career to Salisbury University's Nabb Center. Students, faculty and community scholars will soon be able to use his collection for research.

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Salisbury University is working to increase graduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, with the help of a $996,303 National Science Foundation grant.

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The Princeton Review and U.S. Green Building Council named Salisbury University one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges. Home to the first LEED certified new construction project on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, the campus is featured in the inaugural Guide to 286 Green Colleges.

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The White House honored three Salisbury University professors with President Barack Obama’s Gold Volunteer Service Award for their work with the Newton Marasco Foundation’s Green Earth Book Awards (the nation’s first prize to laud environmental stewardship in children’s and young adult literature).

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A champion of environmental issues who served Maryland’s 1st district for 9 terms, former U.S. Congressman Wayne Gilchrest is now sharing first-hand experience at Salisbury University. His environmental issues course allows students to explore AND debate Washington politics and policies!

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In a festive ceremony, Salisbury University recently broke ground on the campus’ new Sea Gull Square residence hall and retail complex—the first residence hall to be built on main campus in two decades. At 230,000 square feet, the five-story, $45 million project also will become the campus’ largest building.

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Salisbury University students are moving into its newly renovated Pocomoke Residence Hall. Originally opened in 1966, the building in now one of the most environmentally friendly, and secure, structures on campus.

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Arts patrons Peter and Judy Jackson are sending a holiday gift to music lovers throughout the region: As part of a charitable remainder unitrust, they are leaving at least $500,000 to the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra at Salisbury University.

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Salisbury University has earned its first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for its Teacher Education and Technology Center (TETC), opened in 2008.

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Before a celebratory audience, Salisbury University President Janet Dudley-Eshbach, members of the Perdue family and other dignitaries officially broke ground on the campus’ new home for the Franklin P. Perdue School of Business on Tuesday, September 29.

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Salisbury University recently celebrated the life of Harriet Tubman, the “Moses of her people,” with the unveiling of a larger-than-life bronze sculpture. According to its creator, Dr. James Hill of the SU Art Department, it is believed to be the first commemorative three-dimensional likeness honoring Tubman on her native Eastern Shore.

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Could sorghum become a significant alternative fuel source? That’s what faculty from Salisbury University’s Richard A. Henson School of Science and Technology, with Solar Fruits Bio Fuels, LLC, are hoping to find out during a series of trials this fall.

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A new study by the Maryland Department of the Environment and Salisbury University finds that pets and wildlife are significant sources of bacteria in the watersheds of eight Maryland waterways. Another MDE-SU study recently released suggests that bacteria are present in sediment and sand.