Reading the map

Robert L. Caret, in his second appearance as president before state lawmakers, offered TU's "road map to the future" in the form ofTowson University 2010. [more]

Infographic: Graduate enrollment, 1998-2004

Students flocking to master's, certificate, doctoral programs

It should come as no surprise that graduate enrollment is up nearly 42 percent since 1998, given the increasing demand for post-baccalaureate education and TU's attentiveness to student and workforce needs.[more...]

So they said...

"One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. Which road do I take? she asked. Where do you want to go? was his response. I don't know, Alice answered. Then, said the cat, it doesn't matter."

Lewis Carroll, 1832-1898

Creativity counts

Conference to explore ways to attract, retain 'creative class'

What?     TU's Multicultural Institute's 11th annual conference: The Arts as (Multi)Cultural Ambassador: Empowering the Creative Community

When?    March 9, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Where?   University Union

Who?      Rebecca Hoffberger (pictured), founder and director of the American Visionary Arts Museum in Baltimore, will deliver the keynote address.

Recent Media Highlights

Pikesville Library awarded grant to support Jewish literature program

The Sun , February 28

Staff writer Andrew G. Sherwood spoke to Yvonne Lev, Albert S. Cook Library, who wrote an American Library Association to support readings and discussions of Jewish literature and applied for it in partnership with the Pikesville Library. The $1,500 grant stipulates that the public library programs must be led by local scholars, so Lev asked Evelyn Avery, director of TU's Jewish Studies Program, to participate. The program gets under way March 30.

State's Foreign-Born Population Continues to Climb, Analysts Say

WTOP Radio Network , February 28

Capital News Service writer I- Wei J. Chang consulted John Hopkins, RESI, about how local governments are being forced to respond to an influx of immigrants. Hopkins said immigrants are not just using social services without benefiting the state's economy. He pointed out that they take low-wage jobs that native-born workers do not want, thereby keeping costs low for customers and helping employers retain a cutting edge.   

Escaping, returning home

South Bend (Ind.) Tribune , February 27

Correspondent Jack Walton spoke to TU MFA candidate Michelle Milne about her Mennonite upbringing in nearby Goshen, Ind., and her largely autobiographical work, Looking for Lulu , which opens March 3 at Baltimore Theatre Project. Her play, says Milne, "is a search for belonging, a search for home. There's a lot of humor in it. By the end, [Lulu] has an idea of where she belongs, what it means to escape, and what it means to be home."