Greg and Kimberly Pappas have established the Emily Pappas '22 Family Maryland Promise Scholarship with a $125,000 gift in honor of their daughter Emily. It will support undergraduate kinesiology students in the School of Public Health, with preference given to students from underrepresented populations, low-income and first-generation college students.
The UMD Global STEWARDS Graduate Training Program, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) National Research Traineeship (NRT) program, welcomed its fourth cohort of doctoral students at a welcome event on Friday December 3, 2021.
The Society of Health and Physical Education (SHAPE) has awarded Dr. Cara Grant, program director of the master's certificate in physical education (PE-MCERT), with the SHAPE Maryland Presidential Citation. This award honors individuals for their work serving the Maryland SHAPE organization and the field of physical education.
Our Happiness and Wellness Initiative shares "Some Good News" from the SPH and our extended community. You can submit your own good news by email to: happyandwell@umd.edu.
Ike Ekwunife ’21 is living out a dream he’s had for nearly a decade. In 2012, he watched his cousin graduate from Tufts University. As he watched the student commencement speaker from up in the nosebleeds, he knew that someday he wanted to do just that.
