The winner of CCBC's Business Plan Competition is Takia Ross, who plans to expand her company Accessmatized to include a mobile makeup studio.
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Read More »February 12, 2015 Comments Off on CCBC competition teaches ‘entrepreneurial spirit’
The winner of CCBC's Business Plan Competition is Takia Ross, who plans to expand her company Accessmatized to include a mobile makeup studio.
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Read More »February 12, 2015 Comments Off on Hopkins’ Krieger School gets new dean
Beverly Wendland has been named dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University.
Read More »February 11, 2015 Comments Off on Goucher appeals NLRB ruling on unionization drive
The effort to form a faculty union at Goucher College has been delayed after the school’s administration contested a NLRB ruling. Some faculty members are getting irritated.
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Read More »February 11, 2015 Comments Off on Frostburg president takes new job in New York
Frostburg State University President Jonathan Gibralter has accepted a new position as president of Wells College in New York.
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Read More »February 10, 2015 Comments Off on DynCorp to lay off 121, but other firm expected to hire them
More than 120 Maryland-based employees of DynCorp International LLC will be laid off because the company was not re-awarded a contract with the U.S. Navy. But, those employees are expected to be rehired.
Read More »February 9, 2015 Comments Off on Students offer conflicting views on free community college
Dua Raja, like many of her peers at the Community College of Baltimore County, is in favor of a federal proposal that would make the first two years of community college free for responsible students.
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Read More »February 9, 2015 Comments Off on Baltimore experts urge widespread measles vaccination
In the wake of the Disneyland measles outbreak, Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen is urging all parents to vaccinate their children against measles and other preventable diseases.
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Read More »February 8, 2015 Comments Off on Md. universities competing fiercely for graduate students
In the marketing departments of colleges across Maryland, a paradigm shift is taking root. The old way of doing things isn’t going to cut it anymore, and the universities know it.
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Read More »February 7, 2015 Comments Off on Under Armour, W.R. Grace have upbeat week; Laureate Education gets sued
Under Armour Inc. announced record-high 2014 revenue, and W.R. Grace & Co. saw a massive surge in its stock price. Laureate Education, meanwhile, gets sued.
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Read More »February 5, 2015 Comments Off on RadioShack to lay off 87 in Hagerstown
RadioShack Corp. will close its Hagerstown distribution center in March and lay off its 87 employees there, according to a notice from the state labor department.
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