Universities at Shady Grove Selected as Recipient of Gazette of Politics and Business First Exceptional 53 Business Award
First Time Program Attracts Large Crowd at Bethesda Awards Ceremony
Gaithersburg, Maryland -- The Gazette of Politics and Business released its list of the 53 top businesses and organizations in the State of Maryland. The awards program, the first by the P&B Gazette, acknowledges the top 53 businesses and organizations in Maryland based on criteria that included the recipient company's annual revenue and employee growth as well as noteworthy product or service innovations, community service efforts and how the companies portrayed themselves as "good places to work".
The first annual awards ceremony held at the Doubletree Hotel in Bethesda attracted a large crowd of appreciative attendees eager to celebrate the accomplishments of the top 53 companies. Speeches by David Edgerly, Director of Economic Development for the State of Maryland, key sponsor of the program, and Cliff Chiet, Publisher of the Politics and Business Gazette, preceded a dinner and networking activities at the Hotel.
Mr. Edgerly stated, "I applaud these exceptional Maryland businesses that are consistently on the leading edge of innovation and doing their part to help through their pro-active community service programs. We owe a lot to them for the job creation they generate which helps keep Maryland at the top of the list of the best places to work in the country."
The Universities at Shady Grove (USG), the University System campus in Rockville offering 60 degree programs from 9 leading Maryland public universities, was recognized for its exceptional growth, innovation and community service programs.
"In the past eight years we've grown to serve over 3,000 graduate and undergraduate students a year," says Stewart Edelstein, Associate Chancellor for the University System of Maryland and USG Executive Director. "We opened the Camille Kendall Academic Center, an award-winning green building which allowed us to double our enrollment capacity to 6,000 students while maintaining an atmosphere that features small classes, personal attention and state-of-the-art facilities, all designed to ensure student success. Being named to the Gazette's list of 53 Exceptional Maryland is a gratifying recognition of our progress and contributions to our students and our community."
About The Gazette
The Politics and Business Gazette publishes weekly reaching over 17,000 business owners and politically savvy subscribers. The Newspaper focuses on the business and political news of the State of Maryland and is commonly recognized as the leading newspaper covering political activities at the state capital. The Politics and Business Gazette is the state's "must read" newspaper for news about the business and political affairs in the State. The Politics and Business Gazette is owned and published by the well-known Suburban Maryland top-rated Gazette Newspaper that distributes community newspapers in more than 50 communities in Montgomery, Frederick, Prince George's and Carroll counties in Maryland. Boasting a readership as high as 90 percent, Gazette publications reach about 1.5 million readers. Part of the Community Newspaper Group of Post-Newsweek Media Inc., a division of The Washington Post Company, The Gazette has been publishing weekly newspapers in the Maryland suburbs since 1959.
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITIES AT SHADY GROVE
The Universities at Shady Grove is an innovative model for delivering top-quality college degree programs. USG is not one university; instead it is a collaboration of nine leading public universities in Maryland offering more than 60 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in Montgomery County. Established in 2000, USG serves more than 3,000 full- and part-time students. Participating USM partners include: Bowie State University; Salisbury University; Towson University; University of Baltimore; University of Maryland, Baltimore; University of Maryland, Baltimore County, University of Maryland College Park, and University of Maryland University College. More information on all of the undergraduate and graduate programs is available at www.shadygrove.umd.edu.
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