Education Notes

Engineering Students Receive Scholarships

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission has awarded two engineering students -- one from Prince George's County and one from Montgomery County -- $1,900 scholarships.

Morgan State University student Tiffany Bailey of Upper Marlboro and University of Maryland at College Park student Melanie Wong of Clarksburg received the awards at the commission's meeting last month. The recipients were also offered paid internships with the commission next summer.

To qualify, students must be enrolled in an engineering degree program at a Maryland university or college and have a permanent home address in either Prince George's or Montgomery.

2 Potomac High Students Win Scholarships to PGCC

Two students in the Potomac High School Math and Science Academy program were awarded two-year scholarships to Prince George's Community College by Lockheed Martin.

Telethia Gardner and Shaunita Morgan plan to seek degrees in the college's Science, Technology, Engineering and Math division in the spring. Gardner will major in biology, and Morgan will study pediatric nursing.

The academy, founded by Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Services, in partnership with Potomac High School of Oxon Hill, promotes higher education in science, technology, engineering and math.

Graduates of the program who seek degrees in those fields are provided a scholarship to Prince George's Community College for a two-year degree and then to the University of Maryland to complete a four-year degree.

Archbishop Conducts Mass To Open New School Year

Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl celebrated Mass and led an award ceremony Aug. 25 to commemorate the start of the school year.

Nearly 2,000 principals, teachers and staff from the 98 Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Washington attended the service on the day before students returned to classes.

The Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Northeast Washington was followed by a recognition ceremony to mark various school anniversaries. St. Mary of the Mills School of Laurel celebrated 115 years of operation. William Johnson from St. Columba School in Oxon Hill and Denise Steadman at St. Mary of the Mills both marked 25 years of teaching.

UMUC Grant Targets Postsecondary Education

The University of Maryland University College in Adelphi was one of six institutions to receive a federal Improvement of Postsecondary Education grant.

The funds, $600,000 over four years from the U.S. Department of Education, will help develop a mentoring program for students.

The funds will be used to enhance the professional science master's programs by developing an industry-guided, Web-based, professional development plan that will initially be integrated throughout its biotechnology degree program, school officials said in a statement.

-- Compiled by AKEYA DICKSON