Thanks to the generosity of alumni, corporations, foundations, and faculty and staff, The Campaign for Stevenson University has raised more than $18 million toward its $20 million goal.
“Stevenson University’s story resonates with the public,” says Kevin G. Byrnes, Campaign Co-Chair and President and COO of Provident Bank. “Even in the current economic climate, people are energized by a vibrant, growing academic institution like Stevenson.” Read More
The end of the semester, with final papers and essays due, scenes or musical works to present, lab projects to finish, and reports to write, all culminating in final exams, can be a stressful time. Here are some suggestions for managing stress that you should consider if you’re feeling overwhelmed or anxious about the end of the semester. Taking even a few of these steps can really reduce your end-of-semester stress level!
Get organized. Make sure that you have written down, preferably in a planner or on a calendar, all the important due dates and exam dates. Make sure now that you have all the materials you need to complete your classes and final projects and prepare for final exams—the course readings on Blackboard, the problem sets on the course web site, or the review guidelines the professor distributed. Review your class notes and make sure you have any handouts, study guides, or other materials that your professor has distributed. Make plans for getting any course materials you don’t have.
Manage your time. Make a reasonable schedule for now until the end of final exams of what you will study or work on and when. Break your work up into manageable chunks of time and vary what you’re doing—for example, two hours reading your history text, an hour doing calculus problems, and an hour reviewing French vocabulary. Read More
Washington Bible College/Capital Bible Seminary hosts WAVA Radio and Zondervan in celebrating the 30th anniversary of the New International Version (NIV) translation of the Bible.
To celebrate this momentous ocassion Zondervan is launching a promotional tour titled Bible Across America (BAA) with Salem Communications as the primary media sponsor. BAA will feature an RV that will travel across the continental United States, making stops in large cities along the way where people will be invited to come out and hand-write a verse to complete a handwritten Bible – America’s NIV.
The Washington, D.C. stop will be hosted on our Lanham campus Wednesday, October 29, 2008 from noon - 9:00 p.m. in the Miles Hall Lounge. And there will be a live remote broadcast of the Don Kroah Show from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m..
A University of Maryland professor and doctoral student team who invented a new material that protect wounds and halts bleeding won the attention of a group of venture capitalists and the title of “Best Inventor Pitch for Bioscience Day 2008,” held on Nov. 12.
Sponsored by the university’s Office of Technology Commercialization, the College of Chemical and Life Sciences, and the A James Clark School of Engineering’s Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute, or Mtech, the second annual “Professor Venture Fair” gave faculty and inventors the opportunity to pitch their new technologies to a team of five venture capitalists and entrepreneurs from the region. Presenters were judged based upon clarity of pitch and commercial viability.
Fischell Department of Bioengineering doctoral student Matthew Dowling and chemical biomolecular engineering professor Srinivasa Raghavan won for nano-velcro, a new, patent-pending bio-material they’re developing into two products: a sponge that is applied directly to a wound to stop hemorrhaging, and a spray that halts blood loss and seals tissue in a variety of situations, from minor surgical bleeding to life-threatening arterial punctures. Both products can be gently removed after wounds heal.
“Dowling [in his pitch] addressed all of the questions that needed to be answered for the judges to determine that there is a real market opportunity here,” says Jim Chung, director of Mtech’s VentureAccelerator Program.
Poets Stephen Matanle, associate professor in the University of Baltimore School of Communication Design, and Joseph Young will join the band Red Sammy for “Night of the Blackbird,” an evening of readings and music on Saturday, Nov. 15, at the Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston St., as UB’s Fall M.F.A. Reading Series continues. The event will begin at 8 p.m.
The orderly transition of power from one administration to the next is a distinguishing feature of the U.S. political system.
Transitions are a challenging period for presidents-elect, and no one knows that better than Martha Joynt Kumar, TU professor of political science.
News organizations from all over the world sought Kumar’s transition expertise for months preceding the Nov. 4 General Election. In the days following that historic event, she reports that she’s been averaging about 10 interviews per day.
Kumar is currently director of the White House Transition Project, and is at work with two dozen presidency scholars preparing information on White House operations for people inside and outside of government interested in the 2009 presidential transition. The nonpartisan project is providing vital information on past presidential transitions through 2001, the organization of 11 key White House offices, and the environment of White House operations.
Distinct from other schools, Tai Sophia Institute delivers academic excellence with a focus on the interconnection of mind, body, and spirit. We invite you to attend our Open Houses to learn more about our graduate degree programs in Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, and Applied Healing Arts.
This year, Sojourner-Douglass College celebrated at a commencement ceremony that was full of joy, milestones, community and family. On June 29th, 2008 Sojourner-Douglass College held it’s 28th Annual Commencement Ceremony at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. This ambitious group of graduates were in full spirits, ready to tackle the next challenges and the next stages of their lives. As the class motto says, “We are driven to dream, achieve and succeed!” and this day was just one success, but a vital one indeed.
Unfortunately, due to illness, Dr. Marian Stanton, Provost/Vice President of Academic Affairs, was unable to attend this year’s ceremony, however Dean of Academic Affairs Shirley Evans aptly stepped in and carried on. Faculty member, Ms. Eartha Lamkin, once again graced the attendees with her glorious musical selections throughout the program. Words of praise and blessings were graciously delivered by Faculty Member Dr. Teresa Cooper for the invocation and benediction.
When it comes to laundry, Salisbury University can claim to be more advanced than any other college or university in the United States, at least that’s what Stewart MacDonald Jr., chairman and CEO of Mac-Gray, the nation’s largest provider of academic laundry facilities, says.
SU students living in residence halls can now check their laptops to see which washers and dryers are in use before heading for the laundry room.
No more toting plastic bottles—the washers automatically dispense a dye-free, fragrance-free hypo-allergenic detergent. The machines also require no quarters or tokens—the costs are part of residence hall fees.
Its outstanding academic quality and affordable price tag have once again put St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM) in Kiplinger Personal Finance magazine’s top 100 “best values in public colleges for the 2008-2009 school year.” Kiplinger’s newly published rankings place SMCM at number two in Maryland for best value, behind only the University of Maryland, College Park. The college’s 2009 ranking nationally is 32 for in-state, up 10 places since the last Kiplinger’s ratings were published early this year.
In the 2008-2009 survey, SMCM is also rated highest in the state for its four-year graduation rate and third in the nation. With 75.2 percent of students graduating after four years, SMCM ranks behind only the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia. The college’s six-year graduation rate, at 82.7 percent, is the highest in Maryland.
“I am proud of our faculty members for their close work with students, which ensures that those students will graduate in four years. This hard work is reflected in our ranking as third in the nation overall and highest in Maryland,” said SMCM President Jane Margaret O’Brien.
Sixty-two percent of SMCM students needing financial aid get it, which put SMCM at number two in the state, just behind Towson University.
The SMCM student-faculty ratio, at 12 to 1, is the highest in the state and is tied for fourth place nationally.
In overall out-of-state rankings, SMCM came in 21st out of 100.
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