MD Day 2025 a HUGE Success thanks to...

[Elizabeth M. Warner]

... these AstroTerps, undergrad and grad students, professors, faculty, staff, and observatory friends for volunteering at MD Day 2025!  Thank you! Thank you! A thousand times THANK YOU!

Allen, Ava
Barnes, Nathan
Barnes, Tilden
Bera, Ankita
Berteaud, Joanna
Blaufuss, Sarah
Charles Reisner
Chirenti, Cecilia
Cronin, Serena
Dan, Kylie
Ding, Keyi
Donaghue, Keaton
Fromont, Emeline
Garg, Chaitanya
Hansborough, Barbara
Harris, Andy
Hayes-Gehrke, Melissa
Hoffman, Erica
Kaluzienski, Brooke
Lakhiani, Pari
Lastovka, Matt
Li, Jialu
Livengood, Tim
Lopez Barquero, Vanessa
Mech, Enora
Merchant-Dest, Sofia
Miles, Lauren
Miller, Cole
Mirizio, Emma
Moore, Sanna
O'Brien, Oliver
Rauch, Kevin
Rice, Rachel
Rickford, Joshua
Robbins, Joshua
Robbins, Sophie
Rodriguez Barbosa, Angel
Samartzis, Mackenzie
Warner, Elizabeth
Woodfork, Zya

From Dr. Harris:

Maryland Day!  Many thanks to everyone who volunteered to support the Department of Astronomy tables at Maryland Day, with special thanks to Elizabeth Warner for organizing us all!  The weather was variable, with light showers in the morning changing to broken clouds in the afternoon, and then thunderstorm threats that led the campus to close everything down just before 3:30, a little early.  But, as always, big crowds and plenty of fascinated and excited visitors to our and all the other displays.  Thanks again!

From Gene and Rena in CMNS:

Thank you so much for putting together an amazing Maryland Day despite the wonky weather. Everywhere I looked, I saw happy people and families having fun. I know just how hard it is to pull off these events every year. Your work is truly appreciated.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Although we had a slow start with the early drizzle, we still stayed busy throughout the day and even managed to observe a bit in the afternoon. We engaged with lots of people including several prospective students.  

The MD Day organizers do have a survey that we invite you to fill out

http://marylandday.umd.edu/survey

I've put my pictures into https://photos.app.goo.gl/9z41JAwoCi5Pj5yB7 and invite you to also share any pics you have from MD Day.

Finally, if you have any ideas, comments, suggested changes for Astronomy's display  next year, please pass those along to me.

Again, thank you VOLUNTEERS!

Clear Skies!

Elizabeth Warner

warn...@astro.umd.edu

301-405-6555