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Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett will help kick off the second annual Innovation 2 Commercialization (I2C) Conference at 9 a.m. on Oct. 24 at the Universities at Shady Grove. Conceived and presented via a partnership between the Montgomery County Department of Economic Development and the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for Technology Transfer, the full-day conference […]

The Universities at Shady Grove (USG) Priddy Library will be among more than 150 sites across the nation to host “Making Sense of the American Civil War,” a free discussion series beginning Oct. 15 and running through December. The American Library Association and the National Endowment of the Humanities, with support from the Maryland Humanities […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett joined business and civic leaders, as well as military fire and rescue officials in the courtyard at the Universities at Shady Grove for a memorial service on September 11. Leggett’s comments focused on the people who perished, their families, and those who came to rescue the injured. Take a look.

Montgomery College finalized hiring the academic coaches for he Achieving Collegiate Excellence and Success (ACES) program. Its designed to assist thousands of at-risk youth who are underrepresented in college.

Montgomery College finalized hiring the academic coaches that will help launch a collaborative educational program in the 2013-2014 school year. The Achieving Collegiate Excellence and Success (ACES) program is designed to assist thousands of at-risk youth who are underrepresented in college. “The students that we’re really talking about serving are students that are first-generation college students, students that have English as […]

Covering the multicultural community in Montgomery County has truly been an enlightening experience. Here is the latest from the field: Upcoming stories this week: The Nighttime Economy Task Force subcommittees meet on July 23. I’ll also be looking into a new program today (July 22) called the Achieving Collegiate Excellence and Success (ACES). It’s a collaboration between Montgomery […]

The Montgomery County Council will hold public hearings, at 1:30 p.m. on June 25, on four expedited bills regarding special capital improvements projects. The four bills are: · Expedited Bill 15-13, Special Capital Improvements Project – Ross Boddy Neighborhood Recreation Center. The bill would authorize the renovation of the Ross Boddy Neighborhood Recreation Center (Project […]

The Universities at Shady Grove (USG) announced on June 11 a new cooperative education agreement with Grunley Construction Company, Inc. that will provide students in the University of Maryland Eastern Shore’s (UMES) Construction Management Technology program hands-on training with the construction firm. Leaders from the UMES School of Business and Technology, USG and Grunley signed […]

On May, 9 I attended the annual graduation celebration at The Universities at Shady Grove in Rockville. Lt. Governor Anthony Brown was the keynote speaker. This year more than 700 graduates earned their bachelor degrees in programs from nine state universities. Here are two pictures I snapped at the event.

The Universities at Shady Grove (USG) hosted its annual graduation celebration on May 9 to honor the fall 2012 and spring 2013 graduates. USG is a University System of Maryland campus in Montgomery County that offers students more than 75 degree programs from nine different state universities. The event honored nearly 700 graduating students from […]