Institution Announced Goal 12/31/2011 Bowie 11/08 $15M $9.4M Coppin 10/07 $15M $7.5M Frostburg 10/08 $15M $17.8M Salisbury 6/06 $35M $39.6M ...

Dear Friends and Colleagues, We have a number of developments to report: First, and most exciting, is the new Strategic Alliance between the University of Maryland, Baltimore and the University of Maryland, College Park that was approved...

Women Drive Philanthropic Decisions in Wealthy Households A new study reveals that women are either the sole decision maker or an equal partner in decisions about charitable giving in nearly 90 percent of high net worth households. See article. ...

An innovative movement to recruit, prepare, and retain 100,000 science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teachers in 10 years (100Kin10 movement) has achieved critical mass with the addition of new, quantifiable commitments by more than 30 ed...

Towson University's College of Business and Economics has partnered with global investment leader T. Rowe Price to establish the T. Rowe Price Finance Laboratory, a state-of-the-art electronic finance lab that will provide students with the ability t...

Orlan Johnson, chair of the USM Board of Regents, was featured on Maryland Public Television's program, "Direct Connection," on December 12, 2011, where he discussed the board's decision to establish a strategic alliance versus a merger between the U...

Pamela Purcell has been permanently appointed to the position of vice president for finance and chief financial officer for the USM Foundation. Pam has been serving in this role in an interim capacity since July 2010. She has worked for the USM Offic...

University of Maryland School of Law donor William Polk Carey, one of the country's leading philanthropists in education, died on January 2, 2012, at the age of 81. The W. P. Carey Foundation, which Carey chaired, donated $30 million last April to ...