Teachers of the Year: MICUA Alumni Claim Half of State's Top Honors for Teaching
Each year, Baltimore City and Maryland's 23 counties honor the best public school teachers in their districts with the coveted title: Teacher of Year. Students trained at MICUA colleges and universities have claimed half of this year's awards, a testament to the quality of education at a Maryland independent institution.
For thousands of MICUA students, years of hard work, good times, intellectual intensity, and personal growth reached their culmination at commencement 2008. Although official counts aren’t yet tallied, about 14,000 MICUA students earned degrees this year. Graduates were inspired, challenged, and entertained by commencement speakers including a congressman and a delegate, a surgeon and a singer, an archbishop and an actor, a public radio host and a news correspondent. A few of the diverse experiences of MICUA graduates are highlighted below.
for $67,481. Sovich's prizewinning portfolio—a collection of poems, critical essays and essays from her blog—earned her the largest literary award in the country exclusively for undergraduates, the Sophie Kerr Prize at the College’s 225th commencement.
Navon Ferrell, a Capitol College graduate, commented that the College has given him a sense of pride in his accomplishments. “A Capitol education has brought me far, from being a lifeguard to a position at Lockheed Martin. The least we can do as new graduates is to give back to the campus.”
At Sojourner-Douglass College, 160 bachelor’s degree candidates and 23 master’s degree candidates crossed the stage as they were presented with their degrees, cheered on by families and loved ones. The theme of commencement was “Today we are fighting for the dream—tomorrow we will live the dream.”