University System of Maryland

All you need to know about Maryland government: Open meetings board meets in secret

2013-05-21 12:00:00

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,"...

Tough love for Coppin

2013-05-19 05:00:00

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...

University system board approves tuition, fee increase

2013-05-15 18:48:04

Maryland's in-state undergraduates will pay a few hundred dollars more per semester this fall under a new tuition-and-fee plan approved Wednesday by the university system's Board of Regents. Out-of-state students will be hit a little harder, paying as...

Panel recommends changes at Coppin State

2013-05-14 17:48:20

Coppin State University should enroll higher-caliber freshmen, focus more on transfer and returning students, and reorganize its academics and administration, a committee plans to report Wednesday to the University System of Maryland Board of Regents....

Admit Coppin State University is a failed institution and close it

2013-05-07 09:45:00

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...

Open-meetings complaint filed against Balto. Co. Council over stormwater fee

2013-05-08 04:23:00

A Pikesville man has filed an Open Meetings Act violation complaint against the Baltimore County Council, alleging that citizens didn't get proper notice of a meeting where they could have testified about the county's new stormwater fee. The council...

Richard E. 'Dick' Hug, Republican fundraiser and civic leader, dies at 78

2013-05-06 19:16:00

Richard E. "Dick" Hug, a prominent businessman and prolific fundraiser for Republican candidates, died Saturday. He was 78. Mr. Hug was the finance chairman for three Maryland gubernatorial campaigns — Ellen R. Sauerbrey in 1998 and Robert L....

Foundation stands behind Loeschke

2013-05-06 05:15:00

Maravene Loeschke has the full support of the Towson University Foundation, Inc.'s board of directors. In her role as president of Towson University, she is required to ensure that the school is compliant with all federal laws and fiscally responsible...

Towson has money for TV ads, not baseball and soccer

2013-05-04 06:30:00

If Towson University is so strapped for funds that President Maravene Loeschke needs to disband her baseball and soccer programs, how can she afford to spend so much on the deluge of TV advertisements that are on the air daily? No other college in the...

Coppin to break ground on $80 million science center

2013-05-02 15:55:47

Coppin State University is moving forward with an $80 million Science and Technology Center that it hopes will boost sagging enrollment despite concerns that the West Baltimore school will not have enough money to operate the building. A ceremonial...

HCC Towson Building groundbreaking May 30

2013-05-02 12:09:00

A groundbreaking ceremony will be held May 30 to celebrate the construction of Towson University's satellite classroom building at Harford Community College. The announcement comes about two weeks after the Maryland Board of Public Works approved a...

President Loeschke has taken responsible steps regarding Towson athletics

2013-04-26 11:15:00

The Towson University Board of Visitors fully supports President Maravene Loeschke and her leadership of the University ("Franchot goes too far" April 20). President Loeschke has taken the responsible approach to ensure that Towson athletics are...

These Towson University nursing students at the University System of Maryland at Hagerstown are participating in a fundraiser walk to provide health care to children in Africa. Front row, from left, Kat Robbins, Brittany Propst and David Rico.

2013-04-14 15:30:00

DeAnna Atkinson of Hagerstown looks over a wage scale Monday with Mark Smith, personnel officer with the Washington County Department of Social Services, at a job fair at the University System of Maryland at Hagerstown.

2013-04-08 00:00:00

Holly Matheis, left, an academic advisor with the University of Maryland University College, talks with prospective students Pastor Fidelis Nwachukwu and his wife, Susan Nwachukwu, during an open house Thursday at the University System of Maryland at Hagerstown.

2013-03-07 00:00:00