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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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The myth of 'safe drugs' from abroad
More than 150 years ago, Baltimore's port inspector saw Europe's poorest-quality drugs being dumped on the United States. He knew substandard medicines hurt soldiers abroad and wanted to defend citizens at home. Port inspectors, doctors and pharmacists...Tags: Medical Services, Sales, Health Organizations, Medicine, United States
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Sister Mary Agnes
Sister Mary Agnes Klug, a retired chemistry professor at the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, died in her sleep Thursday at her order's retirement home in Woodbrook. She was 100. Born Dorothy Agnes Regina Klug in Baltimore and raised in Govans on...Tags: Death and Dying, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Colleges and Universities, Govans, Retirement
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Paradox of Tiananmen
Demonstrations at Tiananmen 20 years ago grew out of a paradox that had been building in China since 1978, all through the era of rapid economic reform. To achieve its aims, the Chinese Communist Party wished to liberate people economically while...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Agricultural Research and Technology, China, Parties and Movements, Zhao Ziyang
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Baltimore Playwrights Festival opens tonight
Faith, family, friendship - not to mention sexual abuse, illness and death.
These are just some of the issues that will be addressed during the 28th Baltimore Playwrights Festival, in works that cover the stylistic waterfront - comedy, drama, and the...Tags: Catonsville, Festive Event, Sexual Assault, Passover, Colleges and Universities
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2nd Fulbright teacher from Notre Dame
A second College of Notre Dame senior has been named a Fulbright teaching assistant, the school has announced. English major Marcella Jones of Northeast Baltimore will teach English in Ecuador during the 2009-2010 academic year. In March, the college... -
A Maryland pioneer
Esther McCready never skips her volunteer visits to the University of Maryland, the school she forced to offer her an education 60 years ago when she was a hopeful, young black student.
McCready, a retired nurse and teacher, is now 78 and spends hours...Tags: Peabody Conservatory, Minority Groups, Colleges and Universities, Court Administration, Music Theater
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Pilot filmed in Baltimore may become series produced in Atlanta
Past Life, a pilot filmed in Baltimore last month, has been picked up as a series for next season by the Fox television network, but the procedural drama likely will not be made here. While the official announcement of the pickup and location for filming...Tags: Fox Broadcasting Co.
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Report: M&T Bank in running for longtime Army-Navy host
M&T Bank Stadium is one of four sites being considered as a potential longtime future home for the Army-Navy football game, a source told the Times-Herald Record of Middletown, N.Y. The others are FexEx Field in Landover, Lincoln Financial Field in...Tags: Cycling, Sprint Cycling, Defense, Jimmie Johnson, New York Giants
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Mary F. Zorzi
Mary F. Zorzi, a co-founder of a North Baltimore financial management services firm, died of lung cancer Saturday at her home in the Melrose Apartments. The former longtime Cedarcroft resident was 79. Mary Elizabeth Fannon, a daughter of a sanitary...Tags: Timonium, Death and Dying, Colleges and Universities, Roland Park, AAA
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Summer festival guide
Special to baltimoresun.comHairdos that mirror beehives, cars that drip with unfamiliar ornaments and books that came off the shelves years ago. It's time for Baltimoreans to tuck away their winter clothes and welcome the warm weather, and there's no better way to celebrate the...Tags: Minority Groups, Festive Event, Vehicles, Federal Hill Park, Viniculture
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2 Marylanders arrested in Ga. probe of suicide network
A Johns Hopkins-affiliated physician and a legislative aide to a Maryland lawmaker belonged to a wide network of volunteers who helped dying people commit suicide, according to Georgia authorities. Dr. Lawrence D. Egbert, 81, and Nicholas Alec Sheridan,...Tags: Assisted Suicide, Colleges and Universities, Organized Crime, Suicide, Extradition
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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: Government, Colleges and Universities, Charter Schools, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Regional Authority
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