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��Ĵ�ý’s New Certificate Program Preps Public Safety Workforce for Executive Leadership Roles

Profiles

October 19, 2020

You’re a police officer, firefighter, EMT or emergency manager who wants to advance to an administrative position.

Profiles

October 14, 2020

With some Americans questioning the safety of vaccines while others are demanding rapid deployment of them at this critical moment in fighting Covid-19.

��Ĵ�ý Alumna Takes Leadership Role in NYC Pandemic Response

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October 12, 2020

While powering through 17 hours of labor leading up to the birth of her daughter, Syra Madad was also on her cell phone, sending email messages, monitoring incoming public health reports, and keeping in touch with the leadership team at her workplace. .

His ��Ĵ�ý Cybersecurity Degree and Acceptance to the Cybersecurity Talent Initiative Led Alumnus Steve Muthomi to a Successful Career Transition

Profiles Cybersecurity

October 02, 2020

Steve Muthomi always wanted to work in information technology, so he began his career journey by pursuing a bachelor’s degree in information systems management at the University of Central Oklahoma.

Retiring ��Ĵ�ý President Javier Miyares Tapped by USM Chancellor to Advise System Schools on Growing Demand for Distance Education During COVID-19 Crisis

Press Releases

September 28, 2020

��Ĵ�ý President Javier Miyares, who announced in July that he would be retiring after eight years.

Bob Ludwig

New ��Ĵ�ý Curator’s Path Took Him from Nursing to Museums

Arts Profiles

September 24, 2020

When he started studying nursing at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, Treston Sanders figured he would be joining an occupation that was the family business for a great many of his relatives.

��Ĵ�ý Among Region’s “Most Innovative Schools” in U.S. News “Best Colleges” Rankings

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September 18, 2020

��Ĵ�ý ranks in the top 10 of “Most Innovative Schools” among Regional Universities.

Bob Ludwig

��Ĵ�ý President Javier Miyares Announces Retirement After Eight Years at the Helm of America’s Largest Online Public University

Press Releases Profiles

September 14, 2020

Miyares cited for recognizing power of big data, leveraging analytics, and unwavering focus on accessibility and affordability Javier Miyares, who fled Castro’s Cuba as a child and found his American dream in Maryland higher education, has announced his retirement after a 45-year career that has culminated in his transformative eight-year tenure as president of University...

Teaching in a Pandemic: Mentor Circles Connect Educators

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September 14, 2020

Dwayne Burbridge always knew what he would do when he retired from the military: teach high school chemistry and physics.

��Ĵ�ý Faculty Honored for Teaching Excellence

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August 17, 2020

��Ĵ�ý recently conferred its highest faculty teaching honor—the Stanley J. Drazek Teaching Excellence Award—on seven of its most outstanding faculty members in Asia, Europe and the U.S., and recognized eight others for their noteworthy contributions to the scholarship and art of teaching. Each year, ��Ĵ�ý issues the award recognizing effective...

��Ĵ�ý Faculty at their dinner table working online.

��Ĵ�ý Faculty Help Students Cope with Challenges, Solve Problems During Pandemic

Profiles

August 11, 2020

In many homes, a kitchen table is a place where families gather to eat, celebrate and sometimes work out solutions to problems.

The Kalb Report: Ken Burns on Saving America in 2020

Events Profiles

August 04, 2020

In the first-ever virtual “Kalb Report” on July 27, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns told moderator Marvin Kalb that the United States in 2020 is in the midst of one of the four great crises in this nation’s history.

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