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Towson University is a public university located on 328 acres in Baltimore County in Maryland. It is one of 11 University System of Maryland schools, and is the second-largest public university in the state. Towson was originially founded in Baltimore in 1866 as the Maryland State Normal School, the first public teachers college. The school was moved to Towson in 1915, and was renamed State Teachers College at Towson in 1935. It was renamed Towson State College in 1963, then Towson State University in 1976, and finally became Towson University in 1997. Towson offers bachelor's degrees in 63 fields, master's degrees in 38 programs, and doctorates in four programs. The Division I Towson Tigers...
Towson University is a public university located on 328 acres in Baltimore County in Maryland. It is one of 11 University System of Maryland schools, and is the second-largest public university in the state. Towson was originially founded in Baltimore in 1866 as the Maryland State Normal School, the first public teachers college. The school was moved to Towson in 1915, and was renamed State Teachers College at Towson in 1935. It was renamed Towson State College in 1963, then Towson State University in 1976, and finally became Towson University in 1997. Towson offers bachelor's degrees in 63 fields, master's degrees in 38 programs, and doctorates in four programs. The Division I Towson Tigers have 20 teams; 13 are in women's sports and seven are in men's. The school's colors are gold, black and white. Student groups include the Towerlight newspaper, the Grub Street literary magazine, the Tower Echoes yearbook, adademic and professional clubs, Greek life, cultural associations, honor organizations, religious groups, service clubs and special interest organizations. Notable Towson alumni include Catherine Curran O'Malley, a judge and First Lady of Maryland; Sheila Dixon, mayor of Baltimore; Mike Rowe, host of "Dirty Jobs;" and Dwight Schultz, an actor best-known for playing Capt. "Howling Mad" Murdock on "The A-Team."
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More teachers use summer break for 2nd job
Teacher Scott Delpo never expected he would have to spend his summer break in the classroom.
In fact, he had gone 17 years without having to work summer school. But this summer, Delpo, 39, says he was forced to get a job in large part because of the...Tags: Ethics, Unemployment, Employees, Occupations, Teaching and Learning
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'Pirates of Penzance' at Bryn Mawr
Any number of arts organizations in Baltimore have come and gone over the decades, while the Young Victorian Theatre Company keeps chugging along, to the appreciation of Gilbert and Sullivan fans throughout the area.
The troupe's 39th season opens this...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Ellicott City, Anglican, Christianity, Culture
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Putting more fight in Towson pep song
John Miliauskas had watched so much change at Towson University that he finally came to a conclusion about the university band's most-played piece. "It was OK," the band director said of Towson's fight song, played at football games and student rallies....Tags: Colleges and Universities, Macy's, Thanksgiving
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Adenhart fund gives $5,000 to Halfway Little League
The Nick Adenhart Memorial Fund has made a donation to the Halfway Little League. The $5,000 check presented Wednesday was the first from the charitable fund created in Adenhart's name to benefit Little League baseball. Adenhart graduated from...Tags: Major League Baseball, Milwaukee Brewers, Little League Baseball
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In a tough economic year, Jewish charity hits mark
While philanthropies everywhere struggle to pry dollars loose from communities reeling from the recession, Baltimore's Jewish federation is celebrating what in these times qualifies as an outstanding result: simply raising as much money as it did the year...Tags: Charity, Colleges and Universities, United States, Campaign Finance, Economic Policy
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Giving youngsters a head start on life
For nearly a week, dozens of Maryland youths have rubbed elbows with the pros on the football field, picked their brains and even caught a glimpse of a real Super Bowl ring.
But they also took time to talk about the challenges they face daily: choices...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Antonio Freeman, Athletes, Super Bowl, NFL
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Jonathan Harding
Jonathan Reid Harding, director of the college counseling corps at Loyola College and adjunct professor of English at York College and Pennsylvania State University at York, Pa., died in his sleep June 19 at his Towson home. He was 40.
"We are waiting...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Penn State University, Death and Dying, Georgetown
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Nurturing a love of math, sciences
If only university systems could clone Christine Sweigart by the tens of thousands.
The Silver Spring native is the rare American who loves math enough to make it her college major. She has also wanted to be a teacher since the sixth grade, when she...Tags: Executive Branch, Engineering, Public Schools, Applied Science, The White House
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Cassell followed hoops dream from Baltimore to NBA
I eat, sleep and dream basketball.
-- Sam Cassell, assistant coach, Washington Wizards
He's not kidding.
As a kid growing up in the 1980s, Cassell would shoot hoops all day with his pals on East Baltimore's playgrounds, then grab a bite "and brag about...Tags: NBA, Charlie Ward, Retirement, Magic Johnson, Julius Erving
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Mary B. Frantz
Mary B. Frantz, a retired Towson High School history teacher and writer whose stories documented growing up in Depression-era western Pennsylvania, died Sunday of complications from Alzheimer's disease at her daughter's home in Warrenville, Ill. She was...Tags: Warrenville, History, Arable Farming, Johns Hopkins University, Diseases
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If you go: Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic
Baltimore Sun staffWhat: Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic, featuring boys and girls games with the 91 best seniors in the country. When: Saturday and Sunday (girls senior game, 5:30 p.m. Saturday; boys senior game, 8 p.m. Saturday). Where: Johnny Unitas Stadium,...Tags: Under Armour Inc., Johnny Unitas
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5 from Gilman on All-America South team
When Harry Prevas returned to the locker room from practice one day in early May to find a missed call from an unfamiliar number, Gilman teammate Marcus Holman was quick to pass along good news.
Holman had taken a call just before practice from the...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Under Armour Inc., Johnny Unitas
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