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Six lifetime Sea Gulls making major contributions to their communities were lauded during the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Association’s annual awards ceremony. Winners were recognized in four categories: Gulls of the Last Decade (GOLD), ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Leadership, Service to Society and Lifetime Achievement. Also recognized were this year’s Faculty Appreciation Award recipients.

President Trump has attacked Ukrainian President Zelensky, calling him a dictator, while Vice President J.D. Vance scolded the Europeans. Todd Becker, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ adjunct professor and former U.S. Foreign Service officer in Europa, discusses the potential implications of this shift in U.S. foreign policy.

¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ is set to offer a coastal engineering major this fall, the first in the state of Maryland. The program will help address a growing demand for licensed engineers by focusing on solving problems in coastal environments and preparing students through hands-on, project-based instruction in physics, engineering, geosciences and geographic information science.

What happens when one of the nation’s “Best Colleges” partners with the “Best Ice Cream Place in America”? A once-in-a-century opportunity to make history. ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥, ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges in the U.S.” for more than two decades, is teaming up with Island Creamery — named the “Best Ice Cream Place in America” by USA Today — to create a new ice cream flavor in honor of SU’s 100th anniversary. SU is inviting input from the public to participate in a contest to choose the special flavor.

Ten ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ community members have been named Fulbright Student semifinalists for the 2025-26 program. The Fulbright is America’s flagship international exchange program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. This year’s semifinalists represent nearly 50% of the University’s applicants. They received support from SU faculty and staff who, along with providing application help, assisted with practice Fulbright interviews for all candidates.

Leadership Maryland officially announced the Executive Program’s Class of 2025, consisting of 53 business and community leaders from across the state chosen to participate in the professional development program dedicated to building a better Maryland. They include Dr. Christy Weer, dean of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥'s Franklin P. Perdue School of Business.

Two ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ students have received the U.S. Department of State's prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, providing them with opportunities to study abroad. Senior chemistry major Andersen Herman recently spent part of his winter term studying health behavior at the American Institute for Foreign Studies in Austria. Junior computer science and English major Sam Dickerson will spend part of his summer studying computer visualization in space at the University of Tartu, Estonia.

Leadership Maryland, the statewide nonprofit offering professional development programs dedicated to building a better Maryland by harnessing the strength of its business and community leaders, has announced the 36 individuals selected to participate in its Emerging Leader Program's second class. Members include Dr. Ryan Shifler, associate dean of SU's Richard A. Henson School of Science and Technology at ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥.