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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COLLEGE PARK, Md.—Beginning in January 2006, engineers and technical professionals in Hagerstown, Md., and the surrounding area will be able to obtain a Professional Master of Engineering or Graduate Certificate in Engineering from the University of Maryland without straying too far from home. For more than ten years the nationally ranked A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland has offered graduate education to working engineers and technical professionals in College Park and throughout Maryland via a network of regional educational sites. The network of sites is being expanded to include the University System of Maryland at Hagerstown to service Washington and Frederick counties.
With more than 600 graduates since its inception in 1994, the Professional Master of Engineering and Graduate Certificate in Engineering programs offer practice-oriented, part-time graduate programs designed to assist engineers and technical professionals in the development of their careers and to provide the expertise needed in the rapidly changing business, government, and industrial environments. Challenging courses are taught by full-time and experienced adjunct faculty in the evening or late afternoon to accommodate the working professional and delivered via the University System of Maryland’s Interactive Video Network (IVN). Sites already offering graduate engineering programs are the HEAT Center in Harford County, the Southern Maryland Higher Education Center in St. Mary’s County, and the Universities at Shady Grove in Montgomery County. The Hagerstown facility opened in January 2005. Dr. C. David Warner III is the center’s executive director and he’s “thrilled to have the flagship school in Maryland's university system join our campus. College Park's presence as the fourth school offering classes in Hagerstown is a positive indicator of the growth at USMH. By providing advanced engineering programs we are offering new opportunities to local businesses and industry.” The center currently offers eleven academic programs from Frostburg State, Towson University, and University of Maryland University College. "The availability of graduate-level engineering programs from the University of Maryland, College Park, will be a huge benefit to the citizens and businesses of Washington County,” says Tim Troxell, executive director, Hagerstown-Washington County Economic Development Commission. “Increasing the knowledge and technical proficiency of our workforce will make us more competitive in the marketplace." Employers, technology leaders, and human resource specialists can learn more about the graduate engineering programs being offered at USM – Hagerstown by attending the launch presentation/reception on Thursday, December 1st, at 2 p.m. at the center (call 240-527-2060 to RSVP). Working engineers and technical professionals interested in learning more can attend the Prospective Student Open House to meet with advisors, also on December 1st, from 5–7 p.m. at the center. About the A. James Clark School of EngineeringThe Clark School of Engineering, situated on the rolling, 1,500-acre University of Maryland campus in College Park, Md., is one of the premier engineering schools in the U.S. Academically, the School offers 13 graduate programs and 11 undergraduate programs, including two degree programs tailored for working professionals and one certification program. The Clark School's graduate programs are collectively the fastest rising in the nation in U.S. News & World Report's annual rating of graduate programs. The Clark School of Engineering is home to one of the most vibrant compilations of research activities in the country. With major emphasis in key areas such as communications and networking, systems engineering, rotorcraft technology, optoelectronics, transportation systems and space engineering, as well as electronic packaging and smart small systems and materials, the Clark School is leading the way toward the next generations of engineering technology. Learn more about the programs being offered at Hagerstown at http://www.oaee.umd.edu/. ####
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