BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 20 (TNSper) -- Goucher College issued the following news: After a national search, Goucher College announces Jasmine A. Lee, M.S.W., Ph.D. as its inaugural vice president for equity and inclusive excellence (VPEIE). The VIPEIE will be the college's senior leadership position focused on advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice initiatives at Goucher and will report directly to President Kent Devereaux as a member of the President's Cabinet. Lee will as more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 21 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced today that his Consumer Protection Division (CPD) has filed charges against BOJ & Son's Construction, LLC, and the company's owner, Bryan O. Jones (collectively, "BOJ & Son's Construction"). The charges allege that BOJ & Son's Construction took large deposits from consumers for home improvement services, such as kitc more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 20 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown filed an amicus brief on Monday, July 17, 2023, supporting Anne Arundel County's suicide prevention measures in the case of Maryland Shall Issue, Inc., et al v. Anne Arundel County, Maryland, currently before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The amicus curiae brief emphasizes the importance of targeted more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 20 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and other law enforcement partners nationwide - including Attorneys General from all 50 states and the District of Columbia - announced a new crackdown on illegal telemarketing targeting operations responsible for billions of calls to U.S. consumers. The joint state and federal "O more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, July 21 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: Governor Wes Moore this evening unveiled the official portraits of Governor Martin O'Malley and First Lady Judge Catherine O'Malley during a celebration hosted at Government House. "Through his faith, through his tenacity, through his charisma and good humor and decency, Martin O'Malley left our state better than he found it," said Gov. Moore. "Today, we unveil two portraits of two e more PR

COLUMBIA, Maryland, July 21 -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release: TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, held its annual election for the board of directors' executive officers, reaffirming another term for Chair Omar Muhammad of Morgan State University (MSU). TEDCO FY24 BoD TEDCO's full slate of executive officers are: * Chair - Omar S. Muhammad * Vice Chair - Ellen Flowers-Fields * Secretary - Kathie Callahan Brady *  more PR

ADELPHI, Maryland, July 21 (TNSpar) -- The University of Maryland Global Campus issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) and eastern Nebraska's Metropolitan Community College (MCC) have announced a new transfer agreement that enables more than 40,000 students--including non-degree students--to take advantage of one of UMGC's more than 125 online academic programs at a more affordable rate. "We are extremely proud to join with Metropolitan  more PR

ADELPHI, Maryland, July 21 (TNSfund) -- The University of Maryland Global Campus issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) has been awarded a $462,000 grant to identify new models for closing the higher education equity gap and quickly scaling up innovative programs and pathways for underrepresented students to excel in class and in their communities. The funding is provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant, which runs thro more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 20 (TNSbook) -- The University of Maryland School of Law issued the following news: In his new book Punish Treason, Reward Loyalty: The Forgotten Goals of Constitutional Reform After the Civil War (Kansas, 2023), Professor Mark Graber aims to restore to contemporary memory the goals of those Republican and Unionist members of Congress who drafted the Fourteenth Amendment during Reconstruction. In particular, he argues, Republicans emphasized sections 2, 3, and 4, which more PR

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, July 20 (TNSper) -- The University of Maryland issued the following news release: The University of Maryland Alumni Association welcomes Laurie De Armond '94 to serve as its next president of the Alumni Association Board of Governors, in addition to seven new at-large members. In their role, the Board of Governors provides foresight, oversight and insight that guides the Association in its mission to connect, cultivate and channel the power of its 405,000+ alums around t more PR