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Commencement 2014

257 Recognized at Commencement

What a beautiful day for commencement! On May 17 at 3 pm, the Graduate School recognized 257 graduates from September 2013, January 2014 and May 2014. Of that number, 43…

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U.S. Silica

U.S. Silica Hosts Grad School Dean and Others

Dr. Maria Green Cowles, Dean of the Graduate School, was among local education, government and business representatives recently hosted by U.S. Silica at the company's Frederick facility. U.S. Silica, which…

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 John Ridenour and Jessica Zentz

Couple Tackle Master’s Together

Frederick County natives John Ridenour and Jessica Zentz tend to do things by twos. Both have pursued their entire teaching careers with Frederick County Public Schools. They have two small…

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Thanatology Program Makes the News

The Frederick News-Post featured several graduates, current students and faculty of the Graduate School's Thanatology program in its April/May edition of Real Frederick. The in-depth story covered the experiences and…

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Common Core vs SOL

Mathematics Education graduate students Katie Victor and Jen Long's collaborative capstone project compared Maryland's Common Core Standards with Virginia's Standards of Learning. Their goal: to determine if an algebra student…

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Delaplaine Foundation Supports Reading

For the third consecutive year, the Delaplaine Foundation, Inc. has supported the Reading Specialization program with a $10,000 contribution. The funds will be used for scholarships and technology. Reading Specialization…

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Reading Clinic and Camp Start in June

Graduate students in the Reading Specialization program will serve as clinicians in two settings this summer: the Hood College Reading Clinic for elementary school students ages 6-12 the Frederick Community…

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Science is Fun at Hood

Every summer, hundreds of area youth attend the GEMS programs on Hood’s campus to engage in the sciences. GEMS—Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science—is an extra-curricular program funded…

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ADEC

Thanatology Staff and Students at ADEC Conference

The Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) annual conference is being held at the Renaissance Harborplace Hotel in downtown Baltimore April 24-26, 2014. Hood faculty and current Thanatology graduate…

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Action Research to Take the Stage

Twenty-six students in the Curriculum and Instruction program are hard at work on the action research that makes up their capstone projects. They’ll showcase their work on Thursday, May 1…

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