Dedication of Molly Counihan Memorial Children's
Book Collection at USG Thursday, May 4
EVENT:
Dedication ceremony for the new Children's Book Collection for the Universities at Shady Grove Library in honor of the late Molly Counihan. Ms. Counihan was a graduate of the Towson University bachelor's degree program in elementary and special education offered at USG. The Friends of Molly Counihan Committee, including members of Kappa Delta Pi, education honorary society, and the Student Council for Exceptional Children, raised funds for the Book Collection, which will be used primarily by Towson University students. A reception will follow.
TIME/PLACE:
4:30 to 6 p.m., Germantown Room, First Floor, Building II, Universities at Shady Grove, 9630 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD, 301-738-6023. For directions, visit http://www.shadygrove.umd.edu/about/visit/directions/
PROGRAM/PHOTO OP:
Marcy Povitsky, chair of the Friends of Molly Counihan Committee, and a senior in the Towson University program at USG, will be the featured student speaker. Several of Ms. Counihan's friends and her family will attend. Mr. Gene Counihan, who has established a scholarship in his daughter's name, played a key role in founding the Universities at Shady Grove and was the first chair of its Board of Advisors.
BACKGROUND:
Ms. Counihan was a teacher at Patuxent Valley Middle School in Howard County when she died in January, 2005, of heart failure at the age of 24. "The Book Collection is a fitting tribute to her," notes Dr. Roberta Strosnider, professor of education and program director for the Towson University program in special education at USG. "She was enthusiastic about children's learning and she especially liked to use children's literature in her lessons."
ABOUT USG:
Established as a regional center by the University System of Maryland in 2000, The Universities at Shady Grove now has more than 2,000 students enrolled in over 30 upper-level bachelor's degree and graduate degree and certificate programs from seven of the state's leading public universities. Students may attend undergraduate programs full or part-time; graduate and certificate programs are offered part-time. Students receive their degrees from the university that offers the degree program. Participating institutions include Bowie State University; Towson University; University of Maryland, Baltimore; University of Maryland, Baltimore County; University of Maryland, College Park; University of Maryland Eastern Shore; and University of Maryland University College.
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