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Glenelg alum struck, killed by driver in Ocean City
Before Glenelg High School's graduation at Merriweather Post Pavilion Tuesday, May 29, a photo of Matthew Cheswick lit up large video screens on either side of the stage, framed with the words, "In Loving Memory." As Glenelg's graduates processed down to...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Head Injuries, Transportation Accidents, Health and Safety at School, Towson University
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Graduation Week 2012 is upon us
Memorial Day weekend is considered the traditional start of summer, but for more than 2,500 Harford County students, summer won't begin until high school is officially over - forever. And after weeks of studying and exams, that time has come. Graduation...Tags: Christianity, Memorial Day, High Schools, Schools, Havre de Grace
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Commencement speakers: the rude, the unfunny and the insightful
Commencement season is the college equivalent of the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Institutions from the Ivy League to the local community college scramble to lure the shiniest star they can to their podiums on graduation day. And the match-ups...
Tags: Lindsay Lohan, Democratic Party, Teaching and Learning, West Point, Jenna Bush Hager
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AACC president Martha Smith reflects on retirement
In one of her final duties as president of Anne Arundel Community College, Martha Smith stood before this year's graduating class during commencement and engaged in a moment of call and response that had all the trappings of a student pep rally. Smith...
Tags: Glen Burnie, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Towson University, Anne Arundel Community College
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Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, broke color barrier at Naval Academy
Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, who broke the color barrier at the Naval Academy and was its first African-American graduate in 1949, died Tuesday of cancer at Springhouse of Silver Spring Assisted Living.
He was 85.
"It's important for America to...Tags: Stony Brook, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., United States Naval Academy, U.S. Army, Colleges and Universities
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HCC student overcomes obstacles, earns degree
On the day before graduating from Howard Community College, Jennie Wang of Columbia considered the arduous road she had traveled and her studies at the Johns Hopkins University that lie ahead. One thought came to mind:
"If my Hammond High School teachers...Tags: High Schools, Schools, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Johns Hopkins University
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Passion for music fills McDaniel student's hectic schedule
Allison Wyper said she has played music since birth. That's an exaggeration, but not by much. As an infant, Wyper would often lay her hands atop those of her grandfather, Earl Seth, as he played piano. More than 20 years later, Wyper's passion for...Tags: Concerts, Catonsville, Music, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning
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Manchester mom nets sociology degree at McDaniel
Cristal Fortino, of Manchester, earned her degree in sociology from McDaniel College, and took part in commencement ceremonies on May 19. Fortino, who was a stay-at-home mom to her two children for 15 years, enrolled at McDaniel College after her husband...
Tags: Sociology, Social Sciences, Culture
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Diverse group of 2012 HCC grads get diplomas
About 300 Harford Community College students of all ages donned blue robes Thursday evening, ready to graduate and begin the next chapter in their lives. Inside the campus library, members of the HCC Class of 2012 stood along the walls and crowded into...
Tags: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Facebook, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Havre de Grace
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Air Force veteran to fellow Howard Community College grads: We 'beat the odds'
Danielle Allison likes challenges. The Columbia mother was raised in poverty, on government assistance, in Atlantic City, N.J. The first in her family to attend college, she dropped out after only a few semesters. At 23, she joined the military, a...
Tags: Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey), Financial Aid, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Howard Community College
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Navy commencement is rite of passage for high school friends
When they graduated from River Hill High School in 2008, Jonathan Hill, Rajiv Stone and Daniel Thyberg had a grueling summer of physical training awaiting them as they prepared to attend the U.S. Naval Academy together. Four years later, the three...Tags: United States Naval Academy, College Sports, Engineering, Football, Leon Panetta
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First black Naval Academy graduate dies
The first African-American to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy has died, according to an announcement from the school Wednesday.
Wesley Brown started at the academy in 1945, after the first five black men to attend failed to complete their first year...Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Korean War (1950-1953), World War II (1939-1945), United States Naval Academy, Howard University
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