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Guest Post: Faith Kamei, USG Student Council President, UMBC Psych/Social Work Student
My highlight of the groundbreaking was literally breaking ground alongside people who I believe are influential to our educational system. Continue reading →
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Tagged Biomedical Sciences and Engineering (BSE) Education Facility, Chancellor Robert Caret, County Executive Ike Leggett, Faith Kamei, Groundbreaking Ceremony, Lieutenant Governor Boyd Rutherford, Mattie Stepanek, Mike Knapp, State Senator Nancy King, The Universities at Shady Grove, UMBC, USG
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Guest Post: Sasha Stone, UMUC Cybersecurity Graduate Student
Information Technology, otherwise known as “IT,” is an amazing field that has grown exponentially over the past decade. I can remember like it was yesterday when Facebook came out and changed the way we communicate with one another. Today I … Continue reading →
Dr. Heather Congdon Returns from Global Interprofessional Conference in UK
Dr. Heather Congdon, Assistant Dean for the University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB) School of Pharmacy at the Universities at Shady Grove, and Co-Director for the UMB Center for Interprofessional Education, recently presented at the All Together Better Health (ATBH) VIII conference in Oxford, UK. This conference is a global interprofessional practice and education conference which brings together providers, health systems executives, educators, policymakers, and healthcare industry leaders with the goal of advancing interprofessionalism locally, regionally, and worldwide. Continue reading →
The Changing Face of Higher Education
On Thursday, September 22, 2016, Universities at Shady Grove Executive Director Stewart Edelstein and UMBC student and USG Student Council President Faith Kamei joined an esteemed group of policymakers, educators and higher education experts at “The Changing Face of Higher Education,” a national forum sponsored by The Atlantic and Next America. Continue reading →
Guest Post: Tony Li, University of Maryland School of Nursing Student
It was through this fellowship that I was reminded that there are several communities throughout the United States and specifically the one I now call home, Montgomery County, that need my help. Continue reading →
The Universities at Shady Grove Receives $50,000 Grant To Help Underrepresented Students Achieve Financial Stability, Grow Regional Workforce
Funds to support students through college, earn academic credentials and develop workplace skills necessary to succeed in high demand careers The Universities at Shady Grove (USG) has received a $50,000 grant from the Meyer Foundation to support two programs designed … Continue reading →
Posted in Community, Students, Top Stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged ACES, CEO, MC, MCPS, Meyer Foundation, The Universities at Shady Grove, USG
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From College to Career: Recent Graduates Share Their Stories
Comcast Creative proudly presents a video featuring three recent graduates sharing their stories about finishing college and starting their careers. Continue reading →
USG featured in The Washington Post
It would be easy to mistake the Universities at Shady Grove as a flagship public school, with its red-brick buildings and its state-of-the-art labs, library and fitness center.
But Shady Grove is a program unlike any other, with nine state universities converging at the Rockville, Md., campus, part of an effort that began 16 years ago to reduce college costs, produce an educated workforce and encourage college completion among populations that traditionally struggle to get their degrees. Continue reading →
USG featured in The Atlantic
As more students stay close to home for college, universities face the challenge of rethinking not only the education they offer, but how they deliver it to an increasingly diverse student body. Continue reading →
Guest Post: Nickolas Falk, Acquisitions & Administration Librarian
With the spread of Zika virus reaching a highpoint on February 1, 2016 when it was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) for its association with microcephaly and other neurological disorders, the Priddy Library here at the Universities of Shady Grove (USG) decided we needed to do something. Continue reading →
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Tagged Debra Aplan, Dr. Gretchen De Silva, Dr. Jessica O’Hara, Dr. Stoddard, Montgomery County Office of Disease Control & Immunization, Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management & Homeland Security, Nickolas Falk, Priddy Library, The Universities at Shady Grove, University of Maryland (UMD), College Park Public Health Sciences, USG, Zika Virus
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