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Graduate School Programs Highly Ranked by New Index
A new ranking of graduate school programs in the U.S. published recently by The
Chronicle of Higher Education puts the University of Maryland at number 11 among
all public research universities.
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 Campaign Update
Great Expectations, The Campaign
for Maryland ended 2006 on a high note with December gifts helping us top $51.1 million for the year and bring the campaign total to $335.6 million as of December 31.
Major Gifts, Major Impacts
Former Teacher Funds Literacy Endowment
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Retired schoolteacher Jean
Mullan ’68 is
passionate about literacy, and now she is making history with her gift
of $500,000 to establish the first endowed professorship in the College
of Education. Professor John T. Guthrie in the Department of Human Development
is the first scholar selected to hold the Jean Mullan Professorship
in Literacy. Read more about Mullan’s vision and Guthrie’s innovative
work in literacy here.
Other major gifts are making a difference in the Great Expectations campaign, too.
Volunteers Make It Happen
Passion for Maryland Spurs DC Volunteer
The strength of the Great Expectations campaign is the commitment of our vounteers. Jack Cullen '80, chair of the Washington Metropolitian Regional Volunteers of the Great Expectations campaign is constantly looking to recruit more volunteers. "Even if people come in at a very small level and put their toe in the water, once they experience what Maryland is doing for our communities, they will want to be more involved."
Innovations for Today and Tomorrow
Funding Revolutionary Research Promises Medical Breakthroughs
Imagine the development of a biochip that can detect and block the spread of bacteria that causes diseases like anthrax, tuberculosis or pneumonia without creating resistance-building mutations. The University of Maryland is at the center of this revolutionary research and the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation awarded the A. James Clark School of Engineering $1 million over four years to support projects in the emerging field of nano-biotechnology.
Building First Class Learning Environments
Support for Journalism Building Growing
Training tomorrow's journalists requires new
technologies to prepare students for an ever-changing media landscape.
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded the Philip
Merrill College of Journalism a $4.4 million gift, of which $2 million
will go towards the construction of a brand new state-of-the art
journalism building. The foundation also announced that $2.4 million
of the grant will support the development of the Knight Institute
for the Future of Journalism. Find
out
more about the impact of the Knight Foundation's gift.
Find A Niche for Giving
Campus Experience Prompts New Grad to Give Back
Aaron Cahn '06 had just graduated
from college, but his celebration was tempered after hearing his great
uncle just died and left a significant inheritance for him. Did he pay
off student loans, splurge or invest the money? For Cahn, the decision
was easy because he wanted to do something that would make a difference.
Cahn chose to give $10,000 of his inheritance to the CIVICUS Living and
Learning Program to establish an endowment that would benefit the organization's
service projects.
Looking for a cool giving opportunity? The sky's the limit at Maryland
A $2500 gift can advance astronomy education and community outreach. Sponsorships of observatory open houses for a year would allow 800 visitors to attend 24 biweekly open houses to stargaze and perhaps discover something new in our galaxy.
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