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2026 News and Highlights
- UMES is awarded the 2025-2026 Post-Secondary STEM School of Excellence designation by the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA)
- Spring 2026 CTE Programs Newsletter
2025 News and Highlights
- UMES Faculty presented at the Maryland Workforce Association conference on the outcomes of the WBL and Career Counseling program
- Almna Pam Klink wins Magnet Schools of America: Teacher of the Year Award
- Alumnus and Faculty Member Dr. Tyler Love named ACTE Region 1 Teacher Educator of the Year and National Finalist
- Alumnus and Faculty Member Dr. Tyler Love named Maryland CTE Teacher Educator of the Year
- Dr. Tyler Love delivers the Epsilon Pi Tau international breakfast keynote address titled “Technological and Engineering Literacy for ALL: How EPT, ITEEA, and HBCUs are Reaching Underserved Populations”
- Summer 2025 CTE Programs Newsletter
2024 News and Highlights
- Baltimore Sun article about UMES’s certificate programs aligned with Blueprint for Maryland’s Future (see p. 2)
- Alumnus Zachary Bartemy is named the Somerset County Public Schools Teacher of the Year
- Alumna Arielle Santercangelo is named CTE Teacher of the Year for Sarasota County Schools (FL)
- Alumnus and adjunct instructor Melvin Gill earns ITEEA’s coveted Distinguished Technology and Engineering Professional (DTE) designation.
- JoAnn Norris and Marianne Hollerbach (UMES at BMI Administrative Assistants) receive the Distinguished Service Award from the Technology and Engineering Educators Association of Maryland (TEEAM)
- UMES News story about alumni and faculty award winners recognized at the 2024 International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA) conference
- The UMES Key article (May 2024 edition) about alumni and faculty award winners recognized at the 2024 ITEEA conference (see p. 5)
- Summer 2024 CTE Programs Newsletter
- Spring 2024 CTE Programs Newsletter
2023 News and Highlights
- Alumnus Dr. Tyler Love receives the 2023 Outstanding Local Leader Award from ITEEA’s Council of STEM Leadership (CSL)
- Technology and Engineering Educators Association of Maryland (TEEAM) award winners:
- Kim Leahey (alumnus) – High School Teacher of the Year
- Jennifer McGough (alumnus) – High School T&E Education Program of the Year
2022 News and Highlights
- Alumnus Dr. Tyler Love earns the 2022 Outstanding Research in Technology Education award from ITEEA’s Council on Technology and Engineering Teacher Education (CTETE).
- Technology and Engineering Educators Association of Maryland (TEEAM) award winners:
- Dr. Thomas Loveland (Professor and Director of UMES’s CTE programs at BMI) – Lifetime Achievement Award
- John Troupe and Abraham Bhatty (alumni) – New Middle School Teachers of the Year
- Arielle Wickstrom (T&E education student) – Undergraduate scholarship
2021 News and Highlights
- Technology and Engineering Educators Association of Maryland (TEEAM) award winners:
- Ruth Akers (alumnus) – Lifetime Achievement Award
- Arielle Wickstrom (T&E education student) – Undergraduate scholarship
- Fall 2021 CTE Programs Newsletter
2020 News and Highlights
- Dr. Thomas Loveland named Teacher Educator of the Year by ITEEA’s Council on Technology and Engineering Teacher Education (CTETE)
- Dr. Thomas Loveland serves as the Principal Investigator and leads the development of ITEEA’s Standards for Technological and Engineering Literacy
- Technology and Engineering Educators Association of Maryland (TEEAM) award winners:
- Zachary Bartemy (alumnus) – New High School Teacher of the Year
- Dan Staab (CTE student) – Graduate scholarship
2019 News and Highlights
- Jennifer McGough (alumnus) is named the New High School Teacher of the Year by the Technology and Engineering Educators Association of Maryland (TEEAM)
- Spring 2019 CTE Programs Newsletter
2018 News and Highlights
- Alumnus Dr. Tyler Love is named the CareerSafe Safety Educator of the Year at the Association for Career and Technical Education’s (ACTE) national CareerTech VISION conference
- Technology and Engineering Educators Association of Maryland (TEEAM) award winners:
- Dan Staab (alumnus) – New High School Teacher of the Year
- Alex McRae (alumnus and adjunct instructor) – Middle School Teacher of the Year
- Kevin Koperski (alumnus) – High School Teacher of the Year
- Abraham Bhatty (T&E education student) – Undergraduate scholarship
2017 News and Highlights
- April 2017 Technology and Engineering Teacher peer-reviewed article on the Crab Boat Engineering Challenge
- April 2017 UMES website story about the UMES Crab Boat Engineering Challenge
- Alumni Larry Ryan and Dr. Tyler Love receive Dr. Gerald Day Excellence in Authorship Award for the Top Peer-Reviewed ITEEA Article by a University/Classroom Teacher Team
- Technology and Engineering Educators Association of Maryland (TEEAM) award winners:
- Melvin Gill (alumnus and adjunct instructor) – High School Teacher of the Year
- Larry Ryan (alumnus) – Excellence in State Leadership Award
- Bob Gray (adjunct instructor) – Distinguished Service Award
- Kevin Koperski (CTE student) – Graduate scholarship
- Johnathan Moore (T&E Education student) – Undergraduate scholarship
- Spring 2017 T&E Program Newsletter
- Summer 2017 CTE Programs Newsletter
2016 News and Highlights
- UMES Initiates Maryland’s Epsilon Pi Tau chapter (Delta Omicron) on April 8, 2016.
- March 2016 PropTalk Article about the UMES Crab Boat Engineering Challenge
- Technology and Engineering Educators Association of Maryland (TEEAM) award winners:
- Mike Weglein (alumnus and adjunct instructor) – Lifetime Achievement award
- Joshua Bounds (T&E Education student) – Undergraduate scholarship
- Spring 2016 T&E Program Newsletter
- Spring 2016 CTE Programs Newsletter
- Fall 2016 T&E Program Newsletter
2012 News and Highlights
- Chris Putnam (alumnus and adjunct instructor) receives the Technology and Engineering Educators Association of Maryland’s (TEEAM) Excellence in State Leadership Award.
2011 News and Highlights
- Technology and Engineering Educators Association of Maryland (TEEAM) award winners:
- Dr. Gerald Day (Professor and Director of UMES’s CTE programs at BMI) – Lifetime Achievement Award
- Aaron Gray (adjunct instructor) – Middle School Teacher of the Year
- Ruth Akers (alumnus) – High School Teacher of the Year
- Tyler Love (CTE student) – Graduate scholarship
2010 News and Highlights
- UMES’s CTE Program Director, Dr. Gerald Day, receives the International Technology Education Association’s (ITEA) prestigious Award of Distinction
- Michael Tedeschi (alumnus) is named the Middle School Teacher of the Year by the Technology and Engineering Educators Association of Maryland (TEEAM)
2009 News and Highlights
- Technology and Engineering Educators Association of Maryland (TEEAM) award winners:
- Mike Shealey (adjunct instructor) – Lifetime Achievement Award
- Dr. Gerald Day (Professor and Director of UMES’s CTE programs at BMI) – Excellence in State Leadership Award
- Roy Rosnik (alumnus) – High School Teacher of the Year
- Tyler Love (T&E Education student) is named the recipient of the competitive Tetterton/Foundation for Technology Education undergraduate scholarship from the International Technology Educators Association (ITEA)
2008 News and Highlights
- Ruth Akers (alumnus) is named the Middle School Teacher of the Year by the Technology Educators Association of Maryland (TEAM)
2007 News and Highlights
- Tyler Love (T&E Education student) receives the undergraduate scholarship from the Technology Educators Association of Maryland (TEAM)
2006 News and Highlights
- Dr. Leon Copeland (Professor of Technology Education and Department Chair) receives the Technology Educators Association of Maryland’s (TEAM) Lifetime Achievement award
2005 News and Highlights
- Chris Putnam (alumnus and adjunct instructor) is named the Middle School Teacher of the Year by the Technology Educators Association of Maryland (TEAM).
2003 News and Highlights
- Technology and Engineering Educators Association of Maryland (TEEAM) award winners:
- Ariston DeLeon (alumnus) – New Middle School Teacher of the Year
- Frank Krach (alumnus) – Middle School Teacher of the Year
2002 News and Highlights
- Dr. Leon Copeland (UMES) and Bob Gray (Director of the Maryland Center for Career and Technology Education Studies) publish an ITEA article describing the results from their $1.2 million NSF grant that funded the Technology Education Leadership Project (TELP) in Maryland.
- October 2002 CTE Programs Newsletter
- May 2002 CTE Programs Newsletter
2001 News and Highlights
- Dr. Leon Copeland (Chair and Professor of Technology Education) and Dr. Nancy Grasmick (Maryland State Department of Education) receive Distinguished Service Awards from the National Association of State Directors of Vocational Education
- Mike Shealey (adjunct instructor) receives the Technology Educators Association of Maryland’s (TEAM) Excellence in State Leadership Award.
- November 2001 CTE Programs Newsletter
- July 2001 CTE Programs Newsletter
- May 2001 CTE Programs Newsletter
- April 2001 CTE Programs Newsletter
2000 News and Highlights
- Technology Educators Association of Maryland (TEAM) award winners:
- Bob Gray (adjunct instructor) – Lifetime Achievement Award
- Roy Rosnik (alumnus) – Middle School Teacher of the Year
1999 News and Highlights
- Gary Boats (adjunct instructor) is named the High School Teacher of the Year by the Technology Educators Association of Maryland (TEAM)
1998 News and Highlights
- Dr. Leon Copeland (Chair and Professor of Technology Education) receives the Technology Educators Association of Maryland’s (TEAM) Excellence in State Leadership Award.
The Maryland Technology Teacher Journal and TEAM Newsletters (1990-2007)
- 2007 Maryland Technology Teacher Journal (vol. 5)
- 2003 TEAM Network Newsletter (vol. 14, issue 3)
- 2002 Maryland Technology Teacher Journal (vol. 4)
- 2001 Maryland Technology Teacher Journal (vol. 3)
- 2001 (June) TEAM Network Newsletter (vol. 13, issue 3)
- 2001 (March) TEAM Network Newsletter (vol. 13, issue 2)
- 2000 Maryland Technology Teacher Journal (vol. 2)
- 2000 (December) TEAM Network Newsletter (vol. 13, issue 1)
- 2000 (September) TEAM Network Newsletter (vol. 12, issue 3)
- 2000 (May) TEAM Network Newsletter (vol. 12, issue 2)
- 1999 TEAM Report Newsletter (vol. 13, no. 9)
- 1999 TEAM Report Newsletter (vol. 12, no. 8)
- 1998 Maryland Technology Teacher Journal (vol. 1)
- 1995 TEAM Network Newsletter (vol. 6, no. 2)
- 1994 (Fall) TEAM Network Newsletter (also vol. 6, no. 2)
- 1994 (Winter) TEAM Network Newsletter
- 1993 The Current: Newsletter of the Maryland Vocational Association (vol. 2, no. 1)
- 1992 TEAM Network Newsletter (vol 4., no. 3)
- 1990 TEAM Network Newsletter (vol. 3, no. 1)
Iota Lambda Sigma (Nu Chapter) Newsletters (2000-2012)
- ILS Mission, Vision, and History of the Nu Chapter
- ILS Nu Info and History Brochure
- 2012 ILS Nu Initiation Program
- 2004 ILS Nu Initiation Program
- 2002 ILS Nu Initiation Program
- 2001 ILS Nu Newsletter
- 2000 ILS Nu and MCCES Newsletter
- 2000 ILS Nu Initiation Program
