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- Determine your chances at each school CP covers.
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FactsServices Available
- Events and programs
- Nationwide alumni clubs
- Student programs and scholarships
- Terp Alumni Network (includes lifetime e-mail forwarding, an amazing Terp Alumni Directory, Class e-Notes, and an events calendar)
Major Events
- Alumni also tailgate for football and basketball games, and there are a lot of class reunions each year. Additionally, former Terps have been known to form alumni intramural leagues in various cities across the company to keep Terp pride alive.
- The Arts and Humanities College is great at promoting relations between alumni and current students; they host alumni dinners once a semester where students can introduce themselves and network.
- The most popular alumni events include tailgate parties and Homecoming. Tailgate parties in September and October celebrate the football games; Homecoming Weekend falls in October and has many events. Class reunions also tend to take place in the fall.
Publications
- TERP Magazine: UMCP's magazine comes out quarterly and replaces UMCP's former College Park magazine and the Alumni Association's Maryland Alumni magazine. TERP magazine's first issue was sent to 190,000 alumni back in October 2003.
Did You Know?Famous UMCP Alums:
Carmen Balthrop (Class of ‘71) – Opera Singer and University of Maryland faculty member
Bonnie Bernstein (Class of ‘92) – Television sports broadcaster and reporter for NFL Today; previously, she was a correspondent for SportsCenter on ESPN
Carl Bernstein (Class of ‘65) – Reporter for the Washington Post who helped break the Watergate story
Sergey Brin (Class of ‘93) – Co-founder of Google Technology, Inc.
Connie Chung (Class of ‘69) – Television news anchorwoman
Larry David (Class of ‘69) – Co-creator and executive producer of “Seinfeld”
Len Elmore (Class of ‘78) – Lawyer, professional basketball player, and sportscaster on ESPN; played for the Indiana Pacers (1975–1979), Kansas City Kings (1980), Milwaukee Bucks (1981), New Jersey Nets (1982–1982), and New York Knicks (1984)
Norman “Boomer” Esiason (Class of ‘84) – Cincinnati Bengals quarterback; played in Super Bowl XXIII in 1988
Jim Henson (Class of ‘60) – Filmmaker, television producer, and Muppet creator/voicer/puppeteer; “Twoey,” the man-eating puppet plant in the 2004 Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors in NYC was created by The Jim Henson Company
Jason Kravitz (Class of ‘89) – Actor on the television series, The Practice
Roland Martin (Class of ‘62) – Fishing expert and broadcaster
Odonna Matthews (Class of ‘82) – Vice president for consumer affairs at Giant Food
Mark McEwen (attended but did not graduate) – Weather and entertainment editor for CBS This Morning
Parren Mitchell (Class of ‘52) – Congressman
Kevin Plank (Class of '97) – Founder of Under Armour
Galo Plaza (Class of ‘29) – President of Ecuador
Judith Resnik (Class of ’77) – Astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion
Pernell Roberts (Class of ‘50) – Stage and television actor; starred in Bonanza on television and was a spokesperson for
Advil pain reliever
Kathleen Turner (Class of ’77) – Actress and co-star of such films as Body Heat, War of the Roses, Romancing the Stone,
Jewel of the Nile, and Peggy Sue Got Married
Ken Waissman (Class of ‘62) – Broadway producer
Dianne Wiest (Class of ‘69) – Actress; Won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the movie
Bullets over Broadway; she also won the same award in 1986 for Hannah and Her Sisters
Scott Van Pelt (Class of ‘88) – Anchor for the TV show SportsCenter on ESPN
Most Recent Contributing Author
Name: Jen Memmolo
Hometown: Woodbridge, NJ
Major: Journalism Jen directed a YouTube video for an internship that has more than 5,000 hits. Contributing Author Internship
College Prowler is actively seeking talented students to be "Contributing Authors," and assist with updating
the College Prowler guide to their school. This is a great opportunity for a student to gain internship experience, be a part of a nationally
recognized company, gain tremendous exposure, utilize new media techniques, and share advice with high school students about what life is
really like at your college. Read more about the internship.
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