Brooks is the running backs coach at the University of Maryland, College Park. Prior to his college tenure, he was the head football coach at DeMatha Catholic High School, where he coached future NFL players and won four consecutive Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championships.
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Moderated by UMD archivist Lae’l Hughes-Watkins and postdoctoral associate for data curation in African-American History and Culture Francena Fatima LaVosha Turner, the panel were asked four questions on the social climate during their time at Maryland, moments of Black joy, Black student retention and ways to make systemic change at UMD.
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All University System of Maryland (USM) students, staff and faculty who plan to be on campus this fall are required to be vaccinated, Chancellor Jay A. Perman announced on Friday.
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The University of Maryland, College Park ended its first round of vaccines on campus at their vaccine clinic this week on Thursday, according to the vaccine clinics’ project manager Andrea Bussler.
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The one-year anniversary of COVID-19’s emergence in the United States is marked not only by an increase in deaths, an increase in pandemic fatigue, and increased public health measures but also by an increase in hate crimes towards Asian communities worldwide.
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The University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents appointed Dean Darryll J. Pines as the University of Maryland’s 34th President on Wednesday. Pines will be the second black president in the university’s 164-year history.
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The University of Maryland named Georgina Dodge the new Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion on March 25, 2019. Dodge previously worked in a similar position at three universities, including Bucknell University, University of Iowa and Ohio State University.
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The University of Maryland announced Monday that Dr. Georgina Dodge will join the university as its new vice president of diversity and inclusion.
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There is a $196 million investment in the re-envisioned Cole Field House (expected to open in early 2019) for student athletes, predominantly football players; and the construction of the purple line that will be completed in 2022 will cause temporary road closures, traffic detours and the elimination of hundreds of Lot 1 parking spots.
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A well-intended rally quickly turned into a clashing of ideas.
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