Please see attached application and link for instructions to apply

https://education.umd.edu/news/09-11-19-mhec-announces-full-tuition-scholarship-teaching-students 

https://mhec.maryland.gov/preparing/Pages/TeachingFellowsMDScholarship.aspx

TOWSON, Md. —

Maryland may have come up with a short-term remedy for a serious teacher shortage.

The state has agreed to pick up the tab for a college education for students who qualify, but the offer comes with strings attached.

Wednesday marked the first day to apply for the Teaching Fellows of Maryland scholarship, which has $2 million set aside for residents who will commit to becoming teachers.

The goal is to help current students become teachers as a way of responding to a growing shortage of educators in the classroom. James Fielder Jr., secretary of the Maryland Higher Education Commission, said the scholarship is one of a kind.

"It's key in the fact that it's the first one that's been established exclusively for teachers to increase the number of teachers in the state," Fielder said.

For those who qualify, the new teaching scholarship will pay 100% of tuition, fees, room and board. In return, after graduation, recipients must agree to teach in a Maryland public school where at least 50% of the students receive free or reduced-price meals.

It didn't take long for word of the teaching scholarship to get around the campus and in the hallways of Towson University's College of Education.

"I wish it would have been earlier, but it has presented itself now. I definitely will be applying," Towson student Goodness Nwaneri said.

Maryland students from high school seniors to graduate school students can apply for the scholarship.

"We work and we go to school, so many of us are always trying to get more money so that we can continue our education. So, I can imagine it will be a very popular scholarship," Towson student Kaitlynn Gooding said.

Laurie Mullen, the dean of Towson's College of Education, said there has been a quick response to the teacher scholarship.

"Already in my office, we've had phone calls, we've had students stop and they walk in with their papers and saying, 'Is this for real?' So we've had a lot of excitement," Mullen said.

Maryland Higher Education Commission officials said the deadline for scholarship applications is Oct. 11.

Opportunity to record a wedding video! 

The ceremony will be in Centennial Park and Reception will be in Ellicott City, at Mad Chef.

The date is October 27. 

Please contact garrido@umbc.edu for more information!

Dan Bailey’s films and animations have received numerous national and international awards and have been included in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris, France. His work has been screened at the Kennedy Center, Whitney Museum, and Museum of Modern Art, and has been broadcast on HBO and PBS. He directed 18 minutes of animation for the Minnesota Orchestra’s award-winning pilot video <em>On the Day You Were Born</em> and collaborated with MIT Researcher, Kent Larson, on a virtual documentary of Louis Kahn’s as-yet-unbuilt Hurva Synagogue.

His recent work in real-time interactive visualizations includes a Digital 3D puppet of George W. Bush, a visualization of Henri Matisse’s sculpture process, and a virtual tour of the Cone sisters’ collection of early 20th century art. He is currently working on a major research project of visualizing Washington, D.C. just before the British destroyed much of the city during the War of 1812. A pilot of this research was exhibited at the Walters Art Museum in spring 2008, and an upcoming PBS documentary on Benjamin Henry Latrobe will include major aspects of the work.

All lectures are free and open to the public and are held in the CADVC gallery space.