Maryland Ranks Second in Nation in Tech Index
Maryland Ranks Second in Nation in Tech Index
Maryland ranks second in the nation in the Milken
Institute’s recently released 2008 State Technology
and Science Index, which takes inventory of the technology and science
assets that can be leveraged to promote economic development in each state.
Maryland moved up from fourth place to second thanks to strong positions across
many indicators used by the Institute.
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Md. Teachers Lead The Way In Bioscience
Md. Teachers Lead The Way In Bioscience
Maryland math and science teachers are leading the way when it comes to biosciences. Gigi Barnett eports they're part of a new teaching program at Stevenson University in Pikesville that could attract more students to biology and science careers. For the last week-and-a-half, Maryland science
teachers traded places with their students. It's hands-on learning of
biomedical sciences to help them better teach their students.
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July 15 is the Conroy Scholarship deadline for sons, daughters of fallen soldiers
July 15 is the Conroy Scholarship deadline for sons, daughters of fallen soldiers
The deadline for the Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship is July 15, 2008. This scholarship, administered by the Maryland Higher Education Commission, is available to the sons and daughters of members of the United States armed forces who died as a result of military service or who suffered a service-connected disability of 25 percent or greater as a result of military service and to POW/MIAs of the Vietnam War and their sons and daughters.
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Articulation agreement to be signed
Articulation agreement to be signed
Wednesday, July 2, 2008 will mark an important date for Prince George's Community College students studying
for an associates degree in applied science in information security. Executives and faculty from both Capitol College and PGCC will sign an agreement between the two colleges
for the articulation of PGCC's AASIS degree to the bachelor of science in information assurance degree at Capitol.
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Report: Md. ranks No. 4 in NIH grant awards for '07
Report: Md. ranks No. 4 in NIH grant awards for '07
Universities and research centers in Maryland pulled in $1.56 billion in
federal grants from the National Institutes of Health in 2007, according to a new study. The study, published June 18 by Families USA, a national nonprofit health care advocacy group, showed
Maryland ranked fourth in the nation in fiscal year 2007 for total NIH awards.
California, Massachusetts and New York were the only states ahead of Maryland.
Pennsylvania rounded out the top five.
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All Abroad! Overseas Study Required
All Abroad! Overseas Study Required
Goucher College's picturesque campus, on 290 leafy acres just north of
Baltimore, plays well in college-admissions materials. Officials at this private
liberal-arts institution, however, hope students will also be attracted by the
opportunity to get away.
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Baltimore International College Wins Gold in Culinary Knowledge Bowl
Baltimore International College Wins in
Culinary Knowledge Bowl
This past April, Chefs Faith
Kling and Fred Parmenter coached five Baltimore International College students in their first Baron H.
Galand Knowledge Bowl competition. The
prestigious event was held at the American Culinary Federation's Northeast
Regional Conference in Cincinnati.
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Seurkamp Named Chair of Maryland Independent College and University Association
Seurkamp Named Chair of Maryland Independent College and University Association
The Board of Trustees of the Maryland Independent College and University Association has elected Mary Pat Seurkamp, President of College of Notre Dame of Maryland, as Chair of the Board effective July 1, 2008. Elected by unanimous vote of the MICUA Board of Trustees—which includes the presidents of 18 private colleges and universities in Maryland—Dr. Seurkamp will lead the organization in implementing its strategic objectives.
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Villa Julie Board Chooses Stevenson University as New Name
Villa Julie Board Chooses Stevenson University as New Name
The Board of Trustees of Villa Julie College has voted to change the name of the institution to Stevenson University. The decision follows the approval of the Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) last month for university status for Villa Julie. One of the main components of the new University will be the Villa Julie College of Arts and Sciences, which will occupy the institution's original campus on Greenspring Valley Road in Stevenson.
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Washington County Public Schools: Educator of the Year
Washington County Public Schools: Educator of the Year
The 2008 Educator of the Year Awards Banquet took place April 23, 2008 at
Fountainhead Country Club in Hagerstown, MD. This event honored educators in
both public and private schools. Forty WCPS teachers and six Washington County
private school teachers were nominated for the prestigious honor.
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Music educator named county Teacher of the Year
Music educator named county Teacher of the Year
Seven Marriotts Ridge High School juniors gathered around a baby grand piano in the chorus room at their Marriottsville school, all facing their director at the keyboard, Terry Eberhardt. Eberhardt smiled as he deftly played strains from "Imagine" by John Lennon.
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Childers is Teacher of the Year
Childers is Teacher of the Year
In Sue Childers’ class, the children know what a rhombus is. They also understand bar graphs and can tell you about the poison dart frogs in the Amazon rainforest. One of Childers’ students, 8-year-old Seth Bosse, did an exercise which asked him to describe his kite. ‘‘My kite has a set of four golden streamers plus
shining blue bows,” Bosse wrote. ‘‘It is very large, so large that it
takes about 12 people to hold it. The rest of it looks like a rainbow
twinkling in the sky.”
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Four College of Notre Dame Graduates Named County Teachers of the Year
Four College of Notre Dame Graduates Named County Teachers of the Year
Four College of Notre Dame of Maryland graduates have been named “Teacher of the Year” in their respective Maryland counties this spring.
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Hope in the Unseen
Hope in the Unseen
Every once in a while as a journalist you see a scene that grips you and will not let go, a scene that is at once so uplifting and so cruel it’s difficult to even convey in words. I saw such a scene last weekend at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland in Baltimore. It was actually a lottery, but no ordinary lottery. The winners didn’t win cash, but a ticket to a better life. The losers left with their hopes and lottery tickets crumpled.
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Loyola College one of 39 Schools Nationwide Selected as HP Technology Grant Recipient
Loyola College one of 39 Schools Nationwide Selected as HP Technology Grant Recipient
Loyola College in Maryland was selected as one of 39 two-
and four-year colleges and universities in the United States and Puerto Rico to
receive a 2008 HP Technology for Teaching grant, which is designed to transform
teaching and improve learning in the classroom through innovative uses of
technology.
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