Greenbelt art teacher awarded Fulbright scholarship

Snyder will spend the summer studying pre-Hispanic and contemporary Mexican art in Mexico City, Taxco, and Oaxaca.

Snyder has worked with the Prince George's County Public School System for 10 years. He currently serves as an art teacher with Robert Frost Elementary School and Lamont Elementary School in New Carrollton and Dodge Park Elementary School in Landover. Snyder has seen his Hispanic student population increase within the last few years.

Snyder will be traveling with 11 other Maryland art teachers who will participate in group projects in research, training and curriculum development.

Greenbelt Park named one of 100 best places to camp

The National Park Service announced that the campground at Greenbelt Park has been selected by Reserve America as one of America's top 100 family friendly places to camp.

The 174-acre campground is located in Greenbelt Park, which the National Park Service classifies as "a green oasis of forest in an urban setting."

The National Park Service said visitors come nationwide to camp, bicycle, backpack, hike, and picnic at Greenbelt Park.

Open year-round, reservations can be made Memorial Day through Labor Day weekend at www.reserveamerica.com or by calling 1-800-365-CAMP. The Ranger Station hours are 8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Park Rangers or Campground Hosts are available for assistance at all times. For more information, interested persons can call the park directly at (301) 344-3944.

A night of Middle Eastern dance at New Deal CafÈ

The New Deal CafÈ will showcase its quarterly Middle Eastern dance series, Starlight Shimmy, 8 to 11 p.m. on Saturday. The event will be hosted by noted belly dancer Zareen and will feature rising stars of the Middle Eastern dance world.

The New Deal CafÈ is located at 113 Centerway in the Roosevelt Center, Greenbelt. The event is free of charge. Call the New Deal at 301-474-5642.

NASA welcomes public

to view its facilities

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center will open its doors to the public for the first time since 2004 for LaunchFest, to be held 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 13. NASA will allow the public the opportunity to see what NASA Goddard does, meet the people, see the spacecrafts, take tours, partake in lots of interactive activities for adults and children, meet scientists and engineers, enjoy food from vendors, music, and more. Call 301-286-NEWS or visit http://www.nasa.gov/

centers/goddard/events/

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NAACP and ACLU to meet with Greenbelt City Council on Aug. 18.

The next Greenbelt City Council work session will be held 7p.m. Aug. 18 in the Greenbriar Community Center, located at 7600 Hanover Parkway. This work session will be open to the public. The NAACP and ACLU will be present to discuss their concerns regarding Greenbelt's at-large election system.

Call the City Clerk at 301-474-8000 or e-mail cmurray@greenbeltmd.gov.

Job opportunities available with the 2010 U.S. Census

The U.S. Census is compiled every 10 years and has employment opportunities for the 2010 Census. The census affects political representation and directs the allocation of billions of dollars in government funding. Go to www.census.gov/2010census.

Hair salon donates cuts

Every time a haircut is purchased for a child 18 or younger at the Hair Cuttery, the company will give a free haircut to an underprivileged child as part of its Share a Haircut program through Aug. 15. Hair Cuttery, which has donated more than 380,000 such haircuts as part of the program since the inception, has locations at Laurel Lakes Centre on Baltimore Avenue and at Maryland City Plaza on Fort Meade Road.

Special arts program

now registering

The Shalom School after-school for the arts program is now accepting registration for a pilot art program designed for kindergartners.

The program is called Integrated Creative Experiential Education and will be held 2 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday beginning Aug.25. The limit for classes is 10 students, and parents have until August 23 to register their children. The classes will be held at the First United Methodist Church, located at 6201 Belcrest Road in Hyattsville.

To register, call Moira Jackson at 202-374-1866 or e-mail moiralee@juno.com. The cost for the class is &#e6;75 per week, plus a one-time registration fee of &#e6;25.

UMES graduates announced

The University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, recently awarded degrees to 47 graduates from Prince George's County. The graduates were among 372 students who received bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from the university in Princess Anne.

South county students graduates included Greenbelt residents Chiara Ali and Sharde Green, Clinton residents Keyana Barnes, Christopher Brown, Maeghan Gale, Amarachi Nwaije, Jamel Price and Margaret Rutherford; Fort Washington residents Jaida Carter, Sylvia Dasi, Ashley Doster, Sasha Frederick, Christopher Gaither, Amanda Leigh and India Powell; Suitland residents Reginald Asare, Shameka Bryant, Tonya Lewis, Tonaio Swagin and Fyanhio Winter; Temple Hills residents Molika Al-Amin-El, Brittany Goodman and Audrey Medley; Upper Marlboro residents Sarena Alexander, Tawanna Bell, Jamel Cornish, Yamada Dorsey, Latrice Green, April Marshall and Marvin Parker; Oxon Hill resident Ebony Bounds; and Accokeek resident Corey Bray.

Other county graduates were Anthonia Adegbesan, Andre Arthur, Omolara Oshisanya and Lakia Pinkney of Bowie; Patria Smith and Tiffany Williams of Capitol Heights; Fatu Kanu, Alie Koroma, Mamud Mansaray and Andre Martin of Lanham; Jennifer Green-Butler and Aaron Credle of Riverdale; Brittany Butler of Springdale; Issa Conteh of Laurel; Brandyn Fox of Mitchellville; Derrick Gaither of District Heights; Kimberly Jennings of Landover; Donnia Macauley of Glenn Dale; Larnetta Matthews of Hyattsville; and Oyindamola Oladosu of New Carrollton.

American Cancer Society seeks volunteers

The American Cancer Society's Road to Recovery program is need of Prince George's County residents to volunteer as drivers. Volunteers would drive cancer patients to and from treatment appointments. The organization will provide training and can provide a flexible schedule.

To volunteer or find out more information about the program, call Sarah Ness at 202-483-2600, ext. 101, or e-mail sarah.ness@cancer.org.