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Towson baseball's crazy season leads to NCAA tournament
For a team that was on life support just two months ago, Towson University's baseball team sure shows a lot of life. How great is the story the Tigers are writing this spring? In March they were told by school president Maravene Loeschke that the...
Tags: Sports, Baseball, Politics, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Martin O'Malley
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Fitness classes take place on Tuesdays
An outdoor fitness series has begun on Tuesdays with hot yoga or Zumba at University Plaza next to University System of Maryland at Hagerstown, off West Washington Street in downtown Hagerstown. The classes are free. The schedule: • Tuesday...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Marketing, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Hagerstown City Council briefs
Council approves $1.2M for redevelopment The Hagerstown City Council on Tuesday voted 3-1 to approve $1.2 million in funding for a grant program aimed at fostering commercial redevelopment citywide and in the urban core. The funding for the “...Tags: Employees, Education, Politics, Financial Aid, Elections
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Coppin professors group responds to college review
A professors' group at Coppin State University said Monday that it shared a review committee's improvement goals for the traditionally black college, but questioned why the reviewers didn't address certain funding issues nor a perceived lack of...
Tags: Education, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Coppin State University
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St. Mary's troubles are temporary, but its appeal is enduring
The effective resignation Tuesday of St. Mary's College of Maryland President Joseph R. Urgo undoubtedly will come as a disappointment to the many students, faculty and alumni who shared his vision for the school. St. Mary's is unique among the state's...
Tags: Education, Finance, Students, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning
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Segregation, state's neglect at heart of Coppin's 'mess'
Coppin State University is a mess ("Tough love for Coppin," May 19)? The "mess" that Coppin confronts stems mainly from continuing vestiges of de jure segregation that it and the three other Maryland historically black colleges and universities still...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, Laws, Colleges and Universities, Justice System
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Admit Coppin State University is a failed institution and close it
Your article on Coppin State University's new science building truly boggles the mind ("Science center may help Coppin close the gap," May 3). The state is spending $80 million for a building the university admits it does not have sufficient funds to...
Tags: Education, Towson University, Morgan State University, Colleges and Universities, University of Baltimore
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Tough love for Coppin
Coppin State University is a mess, and the problems go well beyond its abysmal six-year graduation rate of 15 percent. A report to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents by a committee assigned to study the school in the wake of former...
Tags: University of Maryland Baltimore County, Education, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Students, Colleges and Universities
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Maryland says ACC has created budget 'hole' by withholding shared revenues
An attorney representing the University of Maryland argued Thursday that the Atlantic Coast Conference has left the college's athletic department with a vast budget "hole" by improperly withholding millions of dollars in shared conference revenues after...
Tags: Atlantic Coast Conference, Colleges and Universities, Judges, Kevin Anderson, North Carolina Tar Heels
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Mark C. Halsey: Nourishing educational seedlings
U.S. News & World Report announced recently two news stories that directly relate to Washington County. First, they published their national rankings of high schools, broken down by state. Of Washington County’s 10 high schools, eight were ranked in...Tags: Education, Students, Business, Media Industry, Colleges and Universities
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All you need to know about Maryland government: Open meetings board meets in secret
Due to my observance of a religious holiday at the time that Alison Knezevich reported on the Open Meetings Compliance Board's ruling on Baltimore County's approval of the so-called "rain tax" ("Board says Baltimore county gave proper notice of meeting,"...Tags: Baltimore County
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USMH graduate shares her inspiring story with other achievers at ceremony
holly.shok@herald-mail.comIt was seconds after taking the stage that 26-year-old Elese Wade was choking back tears. “I’ve had sleepless nights, tear-filled days and my finances stretched to the limit. I can honestly say that being finished now feels so good,”...Tags: Graduation, Medical Specialization, Science, Education, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland)
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