Gift for UMBC President Valerie Sheares Ashby

[Painted canvas wrapped around a clay pot, fastened with satin ribbon and silver o rings]

Commissioned by INDS Professor & a dear mentor, Steven McAlpine as a thank you to Dr. Ashby for her crisis leadership in her first two years as UMBC President.

This gift is a dedication to Dr. Ashby’s inspiring career of extensive research in organic chemistry to her positive influence on so many through academic leadership, especially through her core values of community building, diversity, and inclusivity.❣︎ The colors are inspired by the universities where Dr. Ashby attended, taught or led.