Alumnae and Alumni News
May 20, 2013
NDMU Senior Day of Service Combats Summer Learning Loss Among City Head Start Students
On May 20, 2013 volunteers from United Way of Central Maryland, Notre Dame of Maryland University and PNC distributed summer reading bags to Head Start students to take home for the summer—filling an urgent learning need in the lives of these low-income children as many Head Start locations face closure...
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 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...
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...