The corn was still green in early August when Jeffry Bothe, an Honors College student, tended TU’s vegetable garden. Bothe, graduate student Liz Schatz and faculty members Ben Warner and Shaun Johnson developed the 1,000-square- foot plot of TU land as a community agriculture project maintained by volunteers. The produce was donated to the Assistance Center of Towson Churches.

FEATURES

MAKING WAVES 8 CAA standout Aaron Krause ’05 finds success in and out of the pool.

JUSTICE AT LAST 12

Forced to graduate in absentia, a 1951 alumna takes center stage at commencement 59 years later.

AMAZING JOURNEYS 14

Faced with remarkable hardships, three Towson University graduates have responded with equally remarkable spirit.

FIGURE 8S 18

Natalie Terry Estelle ’01, founder and executive director of Figure Skating in the City, teaches the sport—and much more—to low-income Baltimore girls.

FIVE EASY PIECES 20

Some last words on teaching, university life and what lies ahead from John Connolly, Paul Douglas, Edwin Duncan, Clarinda Harriss and Jan Wilkotz, five English professors who retired last spring.