BETHESDA, Maryland, Nov. 17 -- Eagle Bancorp, a parent company of EagleBank, issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2023: The EagleBank Foundation announced today that its annual Fight Against Cancer Golf Classic (held on October 9, 2023) has raised more than $470,000. Proceeds from the event continue to support research and outreach programs through partnerships with local hospitals and organizations including: Holy Cross Hospital Foundation Shady Grove Adventist Hospital Foundation  more PR

HAGERSTOWN, Maryland, Nov. 17 -- Hagerstown Community College issued the following news: Hagerstown Community College and Meritus Medical Center have entered into an agreement to provide a nursing degree program that will be offered evenings and weekends. Through this new program, 24 students will be selected for enrollment in the first class that will begin in January of 2025. Students are encouraged to take their prerequisite courses now so they are eligible to apply for the first class by A more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 17 -- Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health issued the following news release: Judd Walson, MD, MPH, has joined the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as chair of the Department of International Health and as professor in the Department's Global Disease Epidemiology and Control program. He assumed the role on November 14, 2023. Walson, whose work focuses on low- and middle-income settings, comes from the University of Washington, wh more PR

LOCK HAVEN, Pennsylvania, Nov. 17 (TNSres) -- Lock Haven University issued the following news: Members of the division of Student Success and Campus Life from Mansfield and Bloomsburg campuses presented data from empirical research projects during presentations at the College Reading & Learning Association annual conference, held from Nov. 8 to 11, in Baltimore, Maryland. A team of four researchers from Mansfield, Chris Cummings, Nicholas Delaney, KaDee Jay, and Melinda Phillips, presented dat more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 17 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2023: Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced that all nine defendants facing multiple charges in a long-term investigation into the Wick Squad drug trafficking organization have pleaded guilty. The investigation was led by the Baltimore Police Department's Group Violence Unit and the Maryland Office of the Attorney General's Organized Crime Unit, and was a more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 17 -- The Maryland Department of Commerce issued the following news release: The Maryland Department of Commerce recently renewed designation for the Regional Institution Strategic Enterprise Zone, or RISE Zone, adjacent to the Montgomery College Germantown Campus. The RISE Zone designation aims to stimulate economic development and job creation by allowing qualified businesses within the zones to benefit from rental assistance and enhanced incentive tax credits. "Mar more PR

CROWNSVILLE, Maryland, Nov. 17 -- The Maryland Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth and Victim Services issued the following news release: The public now has access to a comprehensive interactive map of the programs and services funded by the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention Youth & Victim Services (GOCPYVS). The agency is exclusively designated by the federal government to receive and distribute public safety grant funds. As the "agency of designation," GOCPYVS is best known for i more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Nov. 17 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Nov. 16, 2023: Governor Wes Moore today launched new workforce development programs in the public sector and hospitality industry during the Maryland Department of Labor's third annual Maryland Apprenticeship Awards ceremony. The event, which coincides with National Apprenticeship Week, recognized 32 winners across six categories: Registered Apprentice; Youth Apprentice; Mentor, Business; Local Work more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Nov. 17 (TNSres) -- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources issued the following news on Nov. 16, 2023: Fall foliage in Maryland this year was unpredictable yet still delighted with breathtaking fall color, even if it was short-lived in some areas of the state. We began the season discussing possible leaf outcomes from this summer's drought, and Marylanders in some regions certainly saw their share of premature leaf drop and subdued fall hues. The pace of leaf changes  more PR

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Nov. 16 -- Montgomery College issued the following news release: Adventist HealthCare and the Montgomery College Foundation are partnering to provide enhanced opportunities for nursing students in our community over the next eight years. The alliance is designed to grow a local workforce of qualified nurses by offering expanded educational pathways to gain experience. The collaboration centers on Adventist HealthCare's commitment to provide mentoring opportunities, guest l more PR

COLUMBIA, Maryland, Nov. 17 -- TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corp., issued the following news release: TEDCO, Maryland's economic engine for technology companies, announced a $200,000 Social Impact Funds investment into ReBokeh, an assistive technology company that builds modern tools for those with moderate low vision. "Growing up with low vision, I experienced first-hand the ways in which assistive technology failed to meet the needs of people like me," said Rebecca Rosenberg, R more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 17 -- The University of Baltimore issued the following news release: The Schaefer Center for Public Policy has announced the latest cohort to graduate from its Maryland Certified Public Manager Program. Last month, the 18 public managers, all from Baltimore City and Baltimore County, presented their capstone projects, marking their completion of the program. Over the past 10 months, participants applied the skills they learned in the program to solve a public manageme more PR

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Nov. 17 -- The University of Maryland School of Public Health issued the following research news: The University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State (MPower) has appointed Steven Prior, associate professor and associate chair for research in the Department of Kinesiology at the School of Public Health, as an MPower Professor. The MPower Professorship recognizes, incentivizes and fosters collaborations between University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 16 -- The University of Maryland School of Law issued the following news: Maryland Carey Law welcomes the Hon. Paul A. Fioravanti, Jr. '97, vice chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery, back to the law school as a distinguished jurist-in-residence for the spring 2024 semester. The vice chancellor will teach the Corporate Litigation Bootcamp, a course delving into substantive Delaware corporate law and corporate and commercial litigation procedures in the Delaware  more PR