Hall of Famer  

President Robert L. Caret is about to join a select group of area business leaders as a member of the Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce Business Hall of Fame.  [more]

Five questions for ... Pam Mooney

Parking director spearheading education campaign

Managing parking for a campus the size of a small city is a tough task by any definition. Pam Mooney, director of Parking and Transportation Services, explains how she's working to make TU's "space race" more efficient—and more equitable. [more]

So they said ...

"Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible

drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building."

A. Bartlett Giamatti, 1938-1989

Be there (or be square)

President's address to launch new academic year

Who?     President Robert L. Caret

What?    Fall Address to the campus community

When?  Thursday , September 7, 4 p.m.

Where? Stephens Hall Auditorium

Why?      Hear President Caret share his thoughts about the  university:  where we are, where we're going and how we'll get there.  

Light refreshments will be served in the lobby immediately following the address.

Please R.S.V.P. by September 1 to x43399.     

TU in the news

Uniforms take pressure off

The Sun, August 31

Jeffrey N. Grotsky, College of Education, voiced his views on Meade Middle's decision to become the first public school in Anne Arundel County to require students to wear uniforms. Grotsky told reporter Alica Butler that the idea behind school uniforms is predicated on the issue of safety."Children wearing them are easily identified on the way to school and in the school," he said. "The other is that it takes away the distraction of who's wearing what."

Commercial real estate market gaining

Baltimore Examiner, August 23

Reporter Bruce Miller asked John Hopkins, RESI, for his thoughts on a recent National Association of Realtors report that indicated that the commercial real estate market should remain strong through 2007. "It confirms what we're seeing with today's economy, which is experiencing a shift in strength from the consumer to the business sector," Hopkins said.

He added that increasing business costs are forcing companies to hire at a slower rate.

Office caution: Mind manners, not gadgets

The Sun, August 21

Dean Shohreh Kaynama, College of Business and Economics, was among the employers and employees consulted by reporter Hanah Cho for a feature about tech etiquette in the workplace. Kaynama said workers feel so much pressure to stay connected that they have their cell phones and other devices with them wherever they are. "It used to be doctors were the only ones on call," she observed. "Now everyone's on call."