Gator Thrift Clothing Closet Now Open to NDMU Community
Gator Thrift, a free clothing closet for all students, faculty, and staff at NDMU, was officially opened to the community with a launch party in Theresa Hall last Friday. Located in the Office of Service and Community Engagement (Theresa 116), the closet contains shoes, formal and informal dresses, blazers, sweaters, jackets, scarves, jeans, leggings, pajama bottoms, scrubs, and more.
Gator Thrift was made possible through a partnership with Dress for Success Greater Baltimore. It is open to all members of the NDMU community Wednesday through Friday from 12 to 4:30 p.m., and donations can be dropped off in Theresa 116 during regular business hours Monday through Friday.
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Free Groceries Available to Community Members in Need
NDMU is pleased to announce the addition of another new campus resource - Gator Groceries. Students, faculty, and staff in need can sign up to receive free groceries on the third Friday of each month, with the next pick-up scheduled for Friday, February 17.
You must register by next Monday, February 13 - pick-up will be located in the MBK Seminar room from 3 to 4 pm. Groceries cannot be held past this pick-up window. This service was made possible through a generous partnership with the Maryland Food Bank.
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Registration Open for 2023 Summer Camps at NDMU
NDMU is offering a wide variety of programming on campus for youth aged 2-18 in summer 2023, including a new Arts and Activism Immersion experience scheduled for late June. Registration for each of the six camps is now available. Spots are filled on a first-come, first-served basis with the exception of the Arts and Activism Immersion experience, which will interview applicants during the spring.
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Renaissance Institute Hosts Wednesday Concerts in Feeley International Center
The Renaissance Institute’s music program will be hosting several concerts in Feeley International Center this semester. The NDMU community is invited to stop by The Renaissance Room (Feeley 003) at Noon on the following Wednesdays. Bring your lunch or a friend!
February 22 and April 12: Uke Jam and Singalong. All Uke players at any skill level are welcome and singers are also invited to join in.
March 29: Bluegrass Concert by the “Renaissance Pickers.” All the Band members enjoy singing and presenting a variety of Bluegrass, Country, and Folk songs. The audience is encouraged to sing along whenever tune is familiar.
April 19: Song Circle. House band Tomato Junction will lead the singing and dancing with some well-known pop and folk songs from the 60’s and the 70’s.
April 26: Bluegrass Concert by “High Strung Revisited.” They perform a variety of contemporary and traditional Bluegrass songs as well as some rollicking dance tune straight from the mountains.
May 10: Concert by “Tomato Junction”
Student/Faculty/Staff Updates
School of Education
Jen Miller, an NDMU graduate and current PDS Site Coordinator for the Stemmers Run Middle/NDMU PDS partnership, was recently named Stemmers Run Teacher of the Year! Every year, Baltimore County Public Schools asks each of its schools to nominate one educator as the school’s Teacher of the Year.
“This year we selected a teacher who not only exemplifies excellence in the classroom, but who has also successfully taken on a major position shift and several leadership roles around the building," said Bryan Thanner, Miller's principal and a fellow NDMU graduate. "Jen previously served as a special educator at Stemmers Run, and she made the decision to switch to general education this year. We would expect that this transition would come with many challenges, but Jen has handled it like a true professional, building amazing relationships with her students, delivering great instruction, and providing excellent support for her students with IEPs."
Miller attributes her success as a teacher to the foundational education she received through Notre Dame’s SOE certification program. She received her certification in Special Education and Social Studies in 2015. NDMU currently partners with 14 public schools across five different local school systems in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area. Miller serves as a liaison between the school and NDMU in one of those PDS partnerships.
School of Nursing
Lyndsay Wright, MSN, RN, CMSRN, Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing presented Infection Prevention: It’s in Your Hands to the Maryland Association of Professional Electrologists, Inc. in February. Attendees of the virtual continuing education course zoomed in from Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey and New York, earning two Continuing Education Units for participants.
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