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WAU Completes New Music Building |
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MICUA Matters
Spring 2012
On December 5, Washington Adventist University completed the first new building constructed on its campus in 40 years. A formal grand opening of the building—the Leroy and Lois Peters Music Center—is planned for alumni weekend, April 13-15. The center features state-of-the-art, sustainable technology incorporated into its multiple practice rooms, libraries, smart classrooms, recital rooms, and teaching studios and is expected to contribute enormously to the University’s fine arts programs and quality of life in general.
The building’s completion provides a happy ending to a story which has had its fair share of twists and turns. Originally slated for the front of Sligo Church on the corner of Carroll and Flower Avenues, the building now sits to the rear of the church with several design changes.
Funding for the project came from the State of Maryland, which provided a $2.2 million grant with the understanding that WAU would match that amount. The University board approved the $2.2 million match, one million of which was donated by philanthropists Leroy and Lois Peters of Howard County.
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Stevenson Adds 28 Acres to Growing Owings Mills Campus |
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MICUA Matters
Spring 2012
With help from the State of Maryland, Stevenson University has purchased the Owings Mills site of Shire Pharmaceuticals for $10.5 million. The 28-acre property—which includes two buildings totaling 168,000 square feet and a 400-space parking lot—will serve Stevenson’s growing Owings Mills campus as the new location for much of the University’s School of the Sciences and School of Design, both currently located on its Greenspring campus.
“We will use the rest of the 2012 Fiscal Year to redesign and retrofit the Shire site for our use,” said Tim Campbell, Stevenson’s Executive Vice President for Financial Affairs and Chief Financial Officer. The University originally had planned to use a $3 million capital grant from the State of Maryland to remodel its Greenspring campus Gymnasium for use by its School of Design. The State is allowing these funds to be redirected to this newly acquired facility. Stevenson plans to move faculty and staff to the location by August 2013.
The site backs up to Stevenson’s Owings Mills campus and will be a short ride for resident students who use Stevenson’s existing shuttle service between the Owings Mills and Greenspring campuses. The University will explore how the new site can be connected to the existing Owings Mills campus by walkways and a pedestrian bridge.
“The growth of Stevenson over the last decade has been phenomenal,” said President Kevin Manning. “Given our steadily growing student body, new programs, and presence in Owings Mills, it is natural that we look into opportunities such as acquiring this property that fit so well with the vision that we have for the University.”
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NDMU Partners Pharmacy Students, City Agencies |
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MICUA Matters
Spring 2012
In order to develop compassionate leaders who will improve community health, all Notre Dame of Maryland University pharmacy doctoral students participate in service projects, including the Notre Dame AdvoCaring program. Through NDMU AdvoCaring, students partner with Baltimore area organizations to address the unmet needs of the diverse and often vulnerable populations for whom they provide care and support. Over the course of their four years in the curriculum, the students’ service and activities to the agency expand with their skill set.
In just two years, 140 School of Pharmacy students have provided 5,000 hours of service in the Baltimore area. In recognition of AdvoCaring’s positive impact, its organizers, Drs. Nicole Culhane and Michelle Fritsch, were named 2011 Healthcare Heroes by the Maryland Daily Record, which also named School of Pharmacy Dean Anne Lin one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women.
Notre Dame President Mary Pat Seurkamp, who has announced plans to retire at the end of the 2011-2012 academic year, successfully established Notre Dame as a leader in health care education, with the launch of the School of Pharmacy and expansion of nursing programs at the undergraduate and graduate level. Over the course of her 15 years at the College, Seurkamp also spearheaded the expansion of academic programs to meet the needs of non-traditional students through the College of Adult Undergraduate Studies; established the Ph.D. in education, the first doctoral program to be offered at the College; and led Notre Dame through the decision to become Notre Dame of Maryland University on September 9, 2011. |
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