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The College of Notre Dame of Maryland, which opened in 1895, is a Catholic liberal arts women's college located in Baltimore. In 1899, Notre Dame became the first U.S. Catholic women's college to award a four-year bachelor's degree. It is also the first women's college to start a pharmacy school. Notre Dame operates a Weekend College and an Accelerated College, both co-ed programs for part-time students. The school also opened the English Language Institute in 1983, which offers English as a second language and American culture classes. In addition to the other programs, Notre Dame has the Renaissance Institute, a noncredit program for people 50 years old or older. Annual events include 100...
The College of Notre Dame of Maryland, which opened in 1895, is a Catholic liberal arts women's college located in Baltimore. In 1899, Notre Dame became the first U.S. Catholic women's college to award a four-year bachelor's degree. It is also the first women's college to start a pharmacy school. Notre Dame operates a Weekend College and an Accelerated College, both co-ed programs for part-time students. The school also opened the English Language Institute in 1983, which offers English as a second language and American culture classes. In addition to the other programs, Notre Dame has the Renaissance Institute, a noncredit program for people 50 years old or older. Annual events include 100 Nights, a day of reflection for seniors, and Lantern Chain, where sophomores carry lanterns and sing to graduating seniors. Students can earn a bachelor's degree in 27 majors; the school also started offering master's degree programs in 1984. The Division III Notre Dame Gators are in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference, and the Gators compete in basketball, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis and volleyball. Notre Dame's 40-plus clubs include the Columns newspaper, honor societies, cultural organizations and performing arts groups. Notable Notre Dame alumnae include Elizabeth Hoisington , the first woman brigadier general in the Army, and Sherry Davis, the first full-time female public address announcer for major league baseball.
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'Diva of Debris' cleans up system
Valentina Ukwuoma marches down an alley in East Baltimore, shaking her car keys in the air and yelling to get the attention of a city employee standing in the street about a half block away. Ukwuoma, who was named director of Baltimore's Bureau of...Tags: Sheila Dixon, AFSCME, Regional Authority, Road Transportation, Transportation
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Business Calendar
Tomorrow Open house Noon to 4 p.m., Knott Science Center, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, 4701 N. Charles St., Baltimore, for prospective students at the Women's College. To reserve a seat, call 410-532-5500. Tuesday Student job fairSponsored by the...Tags: Susan Gallagher, Catonsville, Colleges and Universities, Timonium
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St. John's stands against rankings with U-CAN
Special to The Baltimore SunAs high school seniors sort through the morass of college brochures flooding their mailboxes this fall, the president of St. John's College in Annapolis takes comfort in the fact that students have a new and, he says, better tool to search for their...Tags: National Government, Johns Hopkins University, Academic Progress, Online, Mass Media
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People on the Move
Advertising •Fastspot announced the appointments of Kim Koenig as project manager and Zach Waugh as a programmer and developer for the Baltimore-based interactive design agency. •Imre Communications named Jay Selway and Lisa Mendelow to the...Tags: Pikesville, National Government, Government
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Baltimore City resources
Baltimore City Government http://www.baltimorecity.gov/ Mayor Sheila Dixon http://www.baltimorecity.gov/mayor/ Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake http://www.baltimorecitycouncil.com/ Baltimore City Government Resources Baltimore City 311...Tags: Sheila Dixon, Johns Hopkins University, Government, Mount Washington, Colleges and Universities
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Arts calendar
fine art Museums Baltimore Museum of Art Art Museum Drive at North Charles and 31st streets. 443-573-1700. Free admission. Hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays. Permanent exhibit:Cone Collection, African Art,...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, IMAX, National or Ethnic Minorities, Trumbo, Colleges and Universities
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Art schedule
SEPTEMBER ONGOING Art of the Ancient Americas, Walters ONGOING Palace of Wonders: The Galleries of Renaissance and Baroque Art, Walters THROUGH SEPT. 7 Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art, Walters THROUGH...Tags: Religious Leaders, Photography, American Visionary Art Museum, Johns Hopkins University, Colleges and Universities
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Victims of neurofibromatosis battle disease, ignorance
Tribune NewspapersAs a teenager, Jeannine Lancaster started to see spots like mosquito bites on her arms and back. She didn't think much of them then. A decade later, the bumps started to multiply on her face. The bumps are neurofibromas, or tumors, which have severely...Tags: National Government, Genetics, Government, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Medical Specialization
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Theater
Theater The "A" Word Four women take on a controversial subject: abortion. Presented by the Mobtown Players at the Mobtown Theatre at Meadow Hill, 3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 114, as part of the Baltimore Playwrights Festival. 8 p.m. tomorrow and... -
Colleges: Drinking age 'not working'
Sun reporterTop university officials in Maryland - including the chancellor of the state university system and the president of the Johns Hopkins University - say the current drinking age of 21 "is not working" and has led to dangerous binges in which students have...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Drunk Driving, Government, Road Accidents, Colleges and Universities
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Gene G. Green, 83
Gene G. Green, a homemaker and former longtime Roland Park resident, died July 29 of Alzheimer's disease at the Blakehurst retirement community. She was 83. Gene Marie Gillis was born in Baltimore and raised in the Pinehurst neighborhood of Baltimore...Tags: Christianity, Mount Washington, Manhasset, Roland Park, General Electric Company
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Fine Arts
Fine Art Museums American Visionary Art Museum800 Key Highway / 410-244-1900. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays. •Permanent exhibits: Rotating selections from museum archives. •Through Aug. 31:All Faiths Beautiful. Baltimore Museum...Tags: Painting, Fells Point, American Visionary Art Museum, National or Ethnic Minorities, Disasters
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