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June 4: Ralph Friedgen Invitational
10:30 a.m., Lowes Island Club, Sterling, Va.
Head Football Coach Ralph Friedgen ’70, ’72 and the Maryland Gridiron Network host this annual golf outing at the beautiful 36-hole, award-winning Lowes course. For more information visit mdgridiron.umd.edu or call 301.314.9057.

June 7: Portrait Unveiling and Reception
6:00 p.m., Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center
Join family and friends as the Maryland Alumni Association unveils a portrait of Samuel Riggs IV to be hung at the entrance to the Hall of Friendship. Meet the artist, Simmie Knox. For more information call 301.405.4677.

June 7: School of Journalism Panel Discussion
6:00 p.m., National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
Come learn about "Politics 2008: New Media, Old Media and the Presidential Election Campaign," with panelists Haynes Johnson, Susan Page, Jim Brady and Jim VanDerHei. For more information call 301.405.2420.

June 14: Terps Take Manhattan
6:00 p.m., Americas Society, New York, N.Y.
Join New York City area alumni for this annual networking reception featuring Head Basketball Coach Gary Williams '68 and alumni Len Elmore '78 and Bonnie Bernstein '92. For more information call 301.405.4677.

July 10—21: William Kapell International Piano Competition and Festival
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Celebrate the piano, pianists and piano music in its many forms with competition, performances and other events. For more information visit claricesmithcenter.umd.edu or call 301.405.ARTS.

Find A Niche for Giving
Greeks Capture Top Spots on Moxley Pillars

hen it comes to supporting the Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center Pillars Campaign, members of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority both found a double incentive.

For Alpha Tau Omega, not only are they helping to sustain the new alumni home, but also to further the dream of ATO member Samuel Riggs IV who was instrumental in making the center a reality. The Pillars Campaign aims to create an endowment to ensure that the Riggs Center maintains its beauty and function long into the future.

"We were very proud to take on this campaign to honor Sam's vision," says Herb Stutts '52, M.A. '57. "This facility is a wonderful addition to the university, and it was very much needed for many years." Stutts joined with another ATO alumnus, Gordon Keys Jr. '60 and friend Casey Hernandez, each pledging $5,000 to jump start funding the pillar. Also, their gifts would gain support from chapter alumni for a portrait of Riggs to hang prominently in the alumni center. An unveiling ceremony is set for June 7.

The Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Nu Chapter, the first traditionally African American sorority organized at Maryland, wants to add another first to its list of attributes—the first Pan Hellenic sorority to claim a pillar. Their fund-raising effort, co-chaired by Singleton McAllister '75, and Jatrice Martel Gaiter '75, is nearing its goal for the pillar with the help of G. Lynn Saffold Davis '83 who made a $5,000 leadership gift.

Davis gave an additional $5,000 to advance the AKA alumni's larger goal of $100,000 to fund a scholarship for the University of Maryland Incentive Awards, which supports full four-year awards to financially needy students from Baltimore City and Prince George's County. "Throughout our lives, people have invested in our potential and our futures," says McAllister. "This is an opportunity for us to extend that generosity and support by investing in the lives of young people who have the talent, ambition and drive to succeed."

The named pillars will become a touchstone for each fraternity and sorority, honoring its vital role in the university's success. Forty-four organizations have already signed on for one of the 64 available spaces. Alumni and friends who pledge $1,000 to $5,000 towards this campaign by June 30, 2007, will also receive various personal incentives ranging from membership in the Colonnade Society to having your name engraved on the Alumni Wall of Honor. You can double the value of your gift by asking your (or your spouse's) employer to match it, and putting those corporate dollars to work for Maryland.

For information on how your Greek organization can claim your spot on the Moxley Gardens pillars, contact Melissa Belsinger.

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