John Cable Retirement Fundraiser - Let's Commemorate his Accomplishments

Founder and Director of the Project Management Center for Excellence at the University of Maryland, John H. Cable, is retiring on June 30th.  We are hosting a retirement party to celebrate John's accomplishments at the University of Maryland on July 28, 2022. 

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT JOHN'S RETIREMENT PARTY.  

To commemorate John's accomplishments as Director, we are partnering with BeSTEM! Summer Camp to create a new summer camp program for underserved middle school kids on the College Park Campus beginning summer 2023.  

We need YOUR help to fund the development of this new program plus provide scholarships for underserved middle school kids to attend!

About the BeSTEM! Summer Camp Program

BeSTEM! Summer Camp was established in 2018 and offers campers a new STEM learning experience based on how real engineers approach and solve problems. Campers have the opportunity to learn advanced topics in robotics and engineering during a week of authentic, immersive hands-on learning. It was started by one of our Master of Engineering in Project Management (MEng) alumni, Michael Addis, and two colleagues, Omari Sarjeant and Jurgen Tabaku. 

See PM Center article on the BeSTEM! Summer Camp.

The camp was doing great and then COVID hit in 2020. The camp has not been offered for the last few years because of COVID restrictions and no access to any facilities to offer the camps.  Since the Project Management Center for Excellence provided scholarships for campers in 2019 with scholarship funding raised during the Project Management Symposium, Michael Addis approached us earlier this year about potentially partnering and offering the camps at the University of Maryland. We have already met with the UMD Office of Extended Studies about offering the camps next summer, now we just need funding to get the program going.   

We need YOUR help to fund the development of this new program plus provide scholarships for underserved middle school kids to attend!

John Cable's Accomplishments as Director of the Project Management Center for Excellence at the University of Maryland

Article: History of the Project Management Center for Excellence

• Creator & founder of the Project Management Program and the Project Management Center for Excellence at the University of Maryland
• Created the Master of Engineering in Project Management (MEng) – both in-person and online
• Created the Master of Science in Civil Engineering with a Major in Project Management (MS)
• Served as the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for the Global Accreditation Center from 2001 to 2006
• Created and launched the Undergraduate Minor in Project Management
• Created and launched the Undergraduate Minor in Construction Project Management jointly with the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
• Made the Program the 1^st Engineering School to be Accredited by the GAC
• Served as the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for the Global Accreditation Center from 2001 to 2006
• Served as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Global Accreditation Center from 2006 to 2012 expanding the list of accredited programs globally to >100
• Awarded PMI’s Distinguished Contribution Award for his leadership of the Global Accreditation Center
• Launched the first edX Professional Certificate in Mastering Agile Project Management. The Center now has over 25 courses on edX and twice that number in the pipeline
• Supported the launch of the ePM Executive Education program & website
• Supported the launch of the Master of Professional Studies in Product Management (MPPM) jointly with Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (Mtech)
• Published over 50 articles on various aspects of Project Management

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