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Bud Colegrove, who teaches psychology for UMUC–Europe, teamed up with colleagues from Kent State University to study supranationalism in the European Union. The group made a formal presentation of their findings at the annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology in Berlin in July 2002. Colegrove's work will appear as a chapter in a book scheduled for release by Lynn-Reimer in early 2003.

UMUC President Gerald Heeger was invited by University System of Maryland Chancellor William Kirwan to head a state task force on tuition that will recommend a new and revised tuition policy for consideration by the Board of Regents this spring. The task force has 15 members, including Javier Miyares, UMUC vice president for planning and accountability.

Mike Henry, who teaches history stateside, published "Constructivism in the Community College Classroom" in the November 2002 issue of the foremost scholarly periodical on teaching, The History Teacher (Vol. 36, No. 1). Henry also teaches for Prince George's Community College.

Patrick Mendis, adjunct professor of management and economics in UMUC's Graduate School, was recently inducted into Who's Who in the World. After working for the U.S. State Department, he recently joined the World Wildlife Fund as a senior policy advisor. Prior to teaching in the Graduate School, Mendis taught for both UMUC–Asia and UMUC–Europe.

Karren Pope-Onwukwe, an adjunct assistant professor who teaches elder law in UMUC's paralegal program, was elected secretary of the Maryland State Democratic Central Committee in December 2002. She is a UMUC alumnus, graduating from the paralegal program herself in 1993, and earned her law degree from Georgetown University.

Patti Wolf, assistant academic director and collegiate assistant professor of information systems management in the School of Undergraduate Studies, made a presentation entitled "Faculty Training for the Virtual Classroom" at Syllabus2002 on November 4, 2002, in Boston, Massachusetts. Wolf is also a doctoral candidate in UMUC's Doctor of Management program, and her presentation was an overview of her proposed dissertation research.