Hello,

You’ve come to the place where university accomplishments and news will be shared with you—faculty and staff—first. In Between the Columns, Maryland’s new internal newsletter, you’ll learn about great discoveries, our impact on communities far and wide and where we’re headed as a world-class university.

Here is a sample of what you’ll find each month:

• Big Issue: highlighting university expertise on an important topic
• Faculty Focus and Staff Spotlight: shining light on faculty and staff achievements
• Global Perspective: a look at Maryland’s international partnerships
• UM in the Community: mutually beneficial projects locally and regionally
• The Student Experience: a look at how we’re preparing Terps for their and the world’s future
• Campus Developments and University Initiatives: the physical and administrative projects affecting the campus community

We’ll use video clips (), audio () and photo slide shows () to help tell these stories, offering you a more dynamic user experience. This publication is not just for you, but also by you. We encourage you to participate in article-related discussions (), propose story ideas, submit articles and provide feedback on how we’re doing. As an incentive, the first 50 people to submit feedback through the Web site will be given a free T-shirt.

We think that you’ll like what you see.

Monette Austin Bailey
Managing Editor