STEM education has always played an important role at Notre Dame. From the very beginning, the founding SSNDs recognized the need to educate women in science. To this day, there are significant programs in place that are designed to to meet the needs of professionals in these fields and to close the gap of under-represented populations.
This summer, will mark the third summer NDMU Provost Sr. Sharon Slear has led a team of faculty and staff to a very small, extremely impoverished island off the coast of Haiti. The area was hit especially hard during the 2010 hurricane. Many nations have helped with resources, but there remains little to no opportunity for an adequate education. Sr. Sharon, with the help of NDMU's School of Education, is doing everything she can, to change that.
More than two dozen NDMU School of Education students will soon be getting help with everything from tuition to the cost of books. It is all thanks to a newly awarded grant by the State of Maryland.
Jude Kelly, British Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), founder of the Women of the World (WOW) festivals and advocate for global gender equality will deliver Notre Dame of Maryland University’s (NDMU) commencement address on Sunday, May 19.
Notre Dame of Maryland University has named Sharon Slear, SSND, Ph.D. as provost and vice president of academic affairs (VPAA). This is a vacancy that Sister Sharon has been filling since earlier this year, when she took over as Interim VPAA.
Notre Dame of Maryland University’s student athletes juggle class, homework/projects, practice and games, and even internships and jobs. It is no easy feat, but for many it is about discipline and multi-tasking. For junior cross country runner Tavia Williams, being an athlete at NDMU is what she says prepared her for the Governor's Summer Internship Program.
Each year, Notre Dame of Maryland University honors a faculty member with the Mullan Distinguished Teaching Award. The 2018-2019 awardee is Associate Professor Stephanie Wilhide Savick, Ph.D. She is an integral part of the School of Education and has deep roots in NDMU, having earned her bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. from the University. In her own words, Dr. Savick explains what NDMU means to her and gives us a glimpse at what she's like outside of the classroom.
From digital learning to the physical form, makerspace areas allow for hands-on creativity, giving students another way to learn and implement lessons from the classroom. A new pop-up class being taught by an NDMU graduate and current Ph.D. student is helping students embrace this way of learning while bringing creations to life.
NDMU is teaming up with the Baltimore Shakespeare Factory to bring its adaption of William Shakespeare’s "Two Gentlemen of Verona" to life in the Copeland Theatre.