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May 10, 2013
Notre Dame of Maryland University Hosts STEM Summer Institute for K-12 Teachers
BALTIMORE – Notre Dame of Maryland University is offering a five-day graduate-level STEM Summer Institute for K-12 teachers, July 22-26 at its North Charles Street campus. The three credit, week-long program equips teachers with resources and methodologies to effectively engage their students in the...
May 9, 2013
Notre Dame of Maryland University Professor Wins National Poetry Honors
Notre Dame of Maryland University alumna and Sister Maura Eichner Professor of English Shelley Puhak has won the 2013 Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize. The prize, created in honor of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Anthony Hecht,is awarded annually to a poet who has published no more than one book of poetry...
May 5, 2013
Five Notre Dame Women Named to Maryland’s Top 100
Anne Y.F. Lin, Pharm. D. founding dean of the Notre Dame of Maryland University School of Pharmacy, is being honored as one of Maryland’s “Top 100 Women” by The Daily Record, in recognition of her professional accomplishment, community leadership and mentoring. Joining Dr. Lin on the prestigious list...
April 30, 2013
Notre Dame of Maryland University Announces Nancy Kreiter Research Day Winners
Notre Dame of Maryland University hosted Nancy Kreiter Student Research Day, an annual showcase of undergraduate research in arts and sciences, on Friday, April 26. President James F. Conneely opened the day’s events, followed by remarks from Sara Bass, alumna of the Class of 2006 and Ph.D. candidate...
April 25, 2013
School of Education Students Honored as Teachers of Promise
Seven young women from NDMU’s School of Education have been selected to participate in the Seventh Annual Teachers of Promise (TOP) Institute. An outgrowth of the Maryland Teacher of the Year Program, a program of the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) Teacher of the Year Program, Teachers...
April 24, 2013
Notre Dame of Maryland University School of Nursing Lands $250K Who Will Care? Grant
Notre Dame of Maryland University School of Nursing has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the Maryland Hospital Association's Who Will Care? Fund for Nurse Education. The award will support the success of nursing students in the new entry-level baccalaureate program. Notre Dame's first class of 48 junior-level...
April 23, 2013
Notre Dame of Maryland University Showcases Undergraduate Research
Notre Dame of Maryland University is hosting Nancy Kreiter Student Research Day, an annual showcase of undergraduate research in arts and sciences, on Friday, April 26.
Notre Dame President James F. Conneely, Ph.D., is opening the day’s events, followed by remarks from Sara Bass, alumna of the Class...
April 7, 2013
Notre Dame of Maryland University President’s Day of Service Supports Childhood Literacy: Partnership with United Way Benefits Baltimore City Head Start
Notre Dame of Maryland University is celebrating the inauguration of James F. Conneely as its twelfth president with a week-long series of community events, culminating in a day of service on April 7 aimed at stemming summer reading loss among Baltimore City Head Start students.
In partnership with...
April 5, 2013
James F. Conneely, Ph.D., is Inaugurated as Notre Dame of Maryland University’s Twelfth President: Leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship will steer University growth
Notre Dame of Maryland University installed James F. Conneely, Ph.D. as its twelfth president at a ceremony today attended by more than 700 students, graduates, faculty, staff, religious and political leaders, and additional guests. Evoking Notre Dame’s mission of educating leaders to transform the world...
March 25, 2013
Dr. James. F. Conneely to be Inaugurated as Notre Dame of Maryland University’s Twelfth President in Historic Ceremony
WHO: James F. Conneely, Ph.D., President of Notre Dame of Maryland University
WHAT: Presidential Inauguration Ceremony
WHEN: 12 noon to 1 p.m. Friday, April 5 (*procession begins at 11:30 a.m. from Gibbons Hall)
WHERE: ...
March 12, 2013
Notre Dame of Maryland University Welcomes Journalist and Author Kathleen Koch as 2013 Commencement Speaker
Award-winning journalist and author Kathleen Koch will speak at Notre Dame of Maryland University’s 2013 Commencement on May 25 at the Baltimore Convention Center. The historic occasion marks the first commencement of Dr. James Conneely’s presidency and will feature the graduation of the first class...
February 28, 2013
Notre Dame of Maryland University Students Join SSND Delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
Notre Dame of Maryland University Women's College students are joining a delegation from the School Sisters of Notre Dame to attend the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, as the CSW addresses the “elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and...
February 8, 2013
Notre Dame of Maryland University Announces 2012 Departmental Awards
Notre Dame of Maryland announced departmental awards at its 2013 Notre Dame Day celebration on February 7. The following students were among those honored:
- Shykera Allender won the departmental award for communication arts
- Jennifer Ashwell was recognized for representing Notre Dame in the Ethics...
February 7, 2013
Angela Baumler Receives Distinguished Staff Award from Notre Dame of Maryland University
Angela Baumler, associate director of admissions, was honored by her peers with the 2013 Distinguished Staff Award from Notre Dame of Maryland University at the school’s annual Notre Dame Day celebration February 7.
“Colleagues say, ‘Angela is always supporting campus events--one of her favorites is...
February 7, 2013
Deborah Calhoun Receives the School Sisters of Notre Dame Mission and Ministry Award
Deborah Calhoun, associate professor and chair of the business department at Notre Dame of Maryland University, was honored by the School Sisters of Notre Dame’s with the 2013 Mission and Ministry Award.
Sister Mary Fitzgerald SSND announced Ms. Calhoun’s award at Notre Dame of Maryland University’s...
January 29, 2013
Notre Dame of Maryland University’s G. Avery Bunting Hall Earns LEED-Silver Certification
Notre Dame of Maryland University’s G. Avery Bunting Hall has been awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) -Silver Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, in recognition of the environment-friendly materials and systems in the building’s design and construction.
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January 28, 2013
There Remains a Place for Women’s Colleges
Letter to the Editor, Chronicle of Higher Education
As president of a university that includes Maryland’s only remaining women’s college, I appreciate the complex forces underlying the decision of the Wilson College board of trustees to admit men to their undergraduate programs (“Seeking Enrollment...
January 21, 2013
Notre Dame of Maryland University Names First Eichner Poetry Award Winners
Notre Dame of Maryland University has named Katherine Way the first winner of the Sister Maura Eichner Award for Young Poets. Named in honor of poet, teacher and Notre Dame alumna, Maura Eichner, SSND ’41, the competition celebrates aspiring young female poets nationwide. Ms. Way is a resident of Arlington...