The new University of Delaware Messenger, a magazine for alumni, parents and friends, can be viewed online.

New UD Messenger

September issue of UD Messenger magazine now available online

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11:17 a.m., Sept. 2, 2014--The newest edition of the University of Delaware Messenger magazine can be viewed online at this website, where an interactive PDF version also is available. The print magazine, which is sent to alumni, parents and friends, is in the process of being mailed.

The Messenger contains news from the campus, including articles about faculty and student research and athletics, as well as profiles of University alumni and their remarkable accomplishments.

Campus Stories

From graduates, faculty

As it neared time for the processional to open the University of Delaware Commencement ceremonies, graduating students and faculty members shared their feelings about what the event means to them.

Doctoral hooding

It was a day of triumph, cheers and collective relief as more than 160 students from 21 nations participated in the University of Delaware's Doctoral Hooding Convocation held Friday morning on The Green.

The current issue features a cover story on 1976 alumna Susan Stroman, a Broadway director and choreographer who has won numerous awards, including five Tony Awards, a record five Fred Astaire Awards and the 2014 New Dramatists Lifetime Achievement Award. Perhaps best known for directing and choreographing Mel Brooks’ The Producers, Stroman says the people at UD “gave me the strength to pursue my passion” for theatre.

An article in the magazine’s Research section describes a collaboration by two faculty members, which blossomed to include their students and partnerships in poetry, art and dance with the larger community. The project has resulted in a performance that tells the little-known story of “Dave the Potter,” an accomplished artisan who was enslaved in South Carolina.

A few alumni stories in the Messenger profile an engineer who is working in her native India to transform a common cottage industry into an efficient factory franchise that will help improve farmers’ standard of living, a leader in the financial services industry whose belief in the power of education has led her to invest time and money in supporting her local schools as well as UD teacher-training programs and students, and an internationally prominent scholar in the history of science.

Messenger readers also can enjoy photos and news from campus, including a look at the renovated Bob Hannah Baseball Stadium, the expanded equine studies program and highlights of the people and events that made Alumni Weekend 2014 a memorable success.

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