Virginia Tech

Former Lake Clifton guard Terence Jones headed to UAB

2012-04-29 13:17:00

For his final year of college basketball, Terence Jones knew exactly what he wanted in a program. The former Lake Clifton guard wanted to play for a school that would offer more exposure for him than he received at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. He wanted...

Digest: Trio of varsity athletes win Brian Piccolo Memorial Award

2012-04-29 21:25:00

Varsity Trio of athletes win Brian Piccolo Memorial Award Erika Armetta (Bel Air), Anna Marie Liberatore (IND), and Katelin Mozingo (Fallston) each received the Brian Piccolo Memorial Award from the Northern Chesapeake Chapter of UNICO, an Italian-...

Digest: Loyola's Ratliff chosen as top ECAC defender

2012-04-30 21:41:00

College lacrosse Loyola's Ratliff chosen as top ECAC defender Loyola long-stick midfielder Scott Ratliff was named Eastern College Athletic Conference Lacrosse League Defensive Player of the Year and was joined by four of his teammates on the All-ECAC...

College Lines: County residents earn honors

2012-05-02 11:49:00

GROVE CITY COLLEGE: Grove City College senior molecular biology major Jordan Moyer, of Bel Air, traveled to Tucson, Ariz., on an Inner City Outreach (ICO) trip with other students from the college in early April. ICO Tucson partnered with Life in Christ...

Harford County College Lines

2012-04-04 10:56:00

McDANILE COLLEGE: McDaniel College inducted 36 juniors and seniors into the Delta of Maryland Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Founded in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa has chapters at 280 colleges and universities, and more than 600,000 members. Among the McDaniel...

Looking at the college hoops transfers from Baltimore, DI schools in Maryland

2012-04-10 09:54:00

CBSSports.com’s Jeff Goodman posted his amazingly comprehensive Division I basketball transfer list this morning. With 300-plus names and counting, there were sure to be tons of local guys mentioned. Sure enough, eight players from the Baltimore...

Harford Community College defends handling of potential threat

2012-04-10 16:44:00

Harford Community College officials defended their decision Monday morning not to immediately alert the campus about what a police spokesperson called a "homicidal [or] suicidal" individual, explaining Tuesday that the unidentified student was quickly...

Dead wrong

2012-04-12 17:34:37

Possibly the only thing more disturbing than the realization that someone was on campus at a school in Harford County this week making threats to kill people is the reaction of the school and its public safety component. On Monday morning, the...

InsideMDSports: Terps offer Va. sophomore guard Devon Hall

2012-04-19 05:18:00

Editor's note: Each week, InsideMdSports.com provides this blog with a Maryland recruiting feature that previously appeared as premium content on its site. When we recently profiled Virginia sophomore Devon Hall, his father – and coach – Mark...

Everything is fixable, except the senseless death of a child

2012-04-21 00:00:00

In the whirlwind of life, I get consumed by the day-to-day activities and the event of the moment. On any given day my family has something going on that is above and beyond the normal. I know so many families who are in the same boat. I saw a television...

Towson education notices

2012-02-29 00:00:00

Amanda Walsh has been named to the fall 2011 dean's list at Gonzaga University, Spokane, Wash. Nadejda Hvoyneva, a resident of Cockeysville, has earned a bachelor's degree in business from Excelsior College, Albany, N.Y. Michael Lackey, of Towson, and...

Md. campuses struggle over when to issue emergency alerts

2012-03-03 13:24:04

As a suspected gunman walked across Towson University, officials sent an emergency notification through text alert, email and Twitter to some 25,000 students and faculty, warning them of the man's whereabouts and advising them to "stay in a safe location....

WDBJ7's Orlando Salinas covering the graduation at Virginia Tech on May 11.

2012-05-11 09:27:00

First Lady Michelle Obmama delivers the commencement speech during Virginia Tech's graduation ceremony on May 11.

2012-05-11 00:00:00

A family member of one of the victims holds a candle in remembrance during a commemoration and candlelight vigil on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg , Virginia. Five years after a mentally ill student gunned down 32 people at Virginia Tech, the university on Monday held classes for the

2012-04-17 00:00:00