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A license plate for every cause, but how much is raised?
Do you care about the survival of sea turtles? Dolphins? Do you ride horses, watch whales or fish for large-mouth bass? Did you serve as a paratrooper – or care for someone who did? If so, you can tell the world -- with your license tag. These...
Tags: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010), Education, Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida), Awards and Prizes, Florida State University
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Ripken gets honorary degree as University of Md. graduates 7,700
Oriole Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. drew a laugh Sunday during his commencement address at the University of Maryland, College Park when he noted his wife, Kelly, graduated from the university, "although she will not allow me to reveal the year."...
Tags: Cal Ripken, Jr., Education, Comcast Center (arena), University of Maryland, College Park
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HCC honor society gains regional recognition
The Pi Theta Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society at Hagerstown Community College recently received several awards at the Phi Theta Kappa Regional Convention. The HCC Pi Theta Chapter was awarded the Five Star Chapter Development Award; the 2013...
Tags: Elections, Students, Teaching and Learning, Human Interest, Politics
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Towson nursing students at USMH attend conference
The nursing students from Towson University at University System of Maryland at Hagerstown attended and participated in the Health Occupations Students of America competition as judges for the state event on April 18. It was the 34th annual state...Tags: Education, Frostburg State University, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), University of Maryland, College Park, Medical Specialization
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Coral Springs seeks public input on future downtown
There will be special meetings this week to discuss what the city commission — and the public — envisions for creating a downtown near University Drive and Sample Road. On Wednesday, city staff and members from the Urban Land Institute, a...Tags: Education, Charter Schools, Coral Springs, Schools
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College student reported missing last spotted in Lehigh County
A 21-year-old University of Rhode Island student reported missing on his way home to Montgomery County was spotted driving through Lehigh County. The mother of Matthew Royer said her son's cell phone pinged off of a tower near Route 78 and Vera Cruz...
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Maryland Public Schools seeks to diversify teaching corps
Capital News ServiceMike Williams recalls having only one black, male teacher during his K-12 education in Montgomery County, Md. “I felt a bit isolated. That’s coming from me, and I was fairly popular. I was an athlete,” said Williams, 43, now a social...Tags: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Dwayne Johnson, Teachers, Minority Groups, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Benjamin Lipsitz, 94, Pikesville attorney who defended Bremer
Benjamin Lipsitz, whose commitment to the spirit and letter of the law led him to defend a would-be assassin, a Nazi sympathizer and a craven murderer during a career that spanned more than a half-century, died May 10. He was 94. "He was so...
Tags: Prosecution, Criminals, Lawyers, Military Justice, Baltimore City College
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Cardinal Dolan describes the secret of Notre Dame
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, said he found the secret to the University of Notre Dame during a nighttime visit to the campus Grotto. During the 2013 commencement speech Sunday in Notre Dame Stadium, Dolan recalled...Tags: Northwestern University, Education, Graduation, Pulitzer Prize Awards, University of Notre Dame
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Obama urges Morehouse College graduates to help others
WASHINGTON — President Obama urged graduates of a celebrated historically black college Sunday to use their education to help others and to work for "something larger than yourself," citing the example of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr....Tags: Education, Graduation, Morehouse College, Washington, DC, Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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District 230 Foundation awards $25,000 in grants
Students at Consolidated High School District 230 will get the chance to hear world-renowned speakers visiting the Chicago area and participate in a sports medicine symposium next spring thanks to $25,000 in grants from the District 230 Foundation....Tags: Financial Aid, Teaching and Learning, Students
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UCF Medical School graduated its first class Friday
And they're doctors. The first class of medical students to come out of the University of Central Florida College of Medicine graduated Friday morning during a ceremony on the UCF campus. The charter class of 36 graduates also was the first class of...
Tags: Lake Nona, Graduation, John Hitt, Awards and Prizes, Baylor University
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