TU Magazine highlights Tigers taking care of all creatures

Two alumni make a difference at Baltimore's aquarium and zoo

July 5, 2020

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Emily Anderson Kelly ’10, ’17 works in the Black Tip Reef exhibit.

As an anchor institution of Baltimore, Towson University's name is seen throughout the city.

TU alumni crucial to the success of The National Aquarium and the Maryland Zoo were spotlighted in two recent "Our Town" features in TU Magazine.

Sharon Bowen ’04 is one of the Maryland Zoo’s education managers. She focuses on school and teacher programs and oversees summer camps. She also gives talks to some of the zoo’s 500,000 annual visitors, often with ambassador penguins.

Emily Anderson Kelly ’10, ’17 works in the Black Tip Reef exhibit at the Aquarium. The  senior aquarist dives with sharks, stingrays and hundreds of colorful fish in the Black Tip Reef exhibit. Kelly feeds krill, flakes and pellets to the fish, but the sharks eat mostly squid—dropped into the water from land.

While you learn about Anderson, get the inside story on the award-winning photo on the cover of the Spring edition of TU Magazine.

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This story is one of several related to President Kim Schatzel’s priorities for Towson University: TU Matters to Maryland.