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Northeastern Maryland Higher Education Advisory

BoardAccomplishments After Two Years

January 2015

A Bold Initiative to Enhance Higher Education and

Workforce Development in Northeastern Maryland

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Advisory Board

Assists

Supports

Facilitates

Advises

Board’s Focus: Support Development of Higher Education and Workforce Needs in Northeast Maryland

Northeastern Maryland Higher Education Advisory Board

Functions

Board leverages current and historical collaborations among institutional members of NMHEAB

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in identifying institutions and

programs

University Center Director and Site

Coordinators

Interactions among Business, Nonprofit,

Education and Government Communities

In setting the missions and accomplishing the goals of Sites in Harford

and Cecil Counties

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BoardMember

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Academia

Cecil & Harford County

Government

Community

Business &

Industry

Ex Officio (Non-voting) Members:• University Center Director• APG Garrison Commander• APG Senior Mission Commander

Northeastern Maryland Higher Education Advisory Board Membership

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A Leadership Team Focused on Higher Education and Workforce Needs

in Northeastern Maryland

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Vision

Our vision is a campus based on the “Universities at Shady Grove” model

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Have been functioning as an Advisory Board since January 2013

Excellent partnership established with the University Center (UC)

Worked closely with Maryland Delegates and testified before subcommittees to establish and revise the law◦ Law took effect on July 1, 2012

An additional 5 educational institutions joined the board in July 2014. Educational Partners now total 13 with another joining in the fall of 2015

NMHEAB Accomplishments

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Law has the potential to be a critical multiplier for the Northeastern Region’s highly skilled workforce

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Workforce Investment Board Regions With Four-Year Degree Granting Institutions

Frostburg State University

Mt St Mary’s and Hood College

Morgan State University, JHU, UMBC, Towson University, Notre

Dame of MD University

McDaniel College

St Mary’s College of MD

UMCP

Universities of Shady Grove

Washington College

St John’s CollegeUS Naval Academy

Salisbury UniversityUMES

Northeastern Region (Cecil and Harford Counties) is the only region without a 4 year college and/or university campus presence

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Assisted in the development of an Educational Partnership Agreement between APG organizations and the UC at HEAT◦ Objective is to coordinate higher education programs and services for APG◦ UC will act as liaison between partnering institutions and APG◦ Establishes a known point of entry for APG higher education opportunities

Supported the development of a Cybersecurity Certificate Program and a Cybersecurity Masters Program – a key workforce development effort◦ UMBC (Certificate) and Johns Hopkins (Masters) will offer programs at UC

Established a partnership with MHEC◦ Regularly attend Board meetings◦ Funded a Northeastern Maryland Higher Education Needs Assessment

Needs Assessment completed December 2014

NMHEAB Accomplishments

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Develop a communication strategy for NMHEAB◦ Status: As a relatively new organization, a communications strategy would

educate key stakeholders on the purpose and accomplishment of the NMHEAB. Seed money would be very helpful in developing the communications strategy.

Promote utilization of the MOU agreement and newly established processes in developing the joint UC/APG Cyber Security programs. ◦ Status: Initial cohort starts Fall 2015 and focuses on government agencies and

their support contractors

Explore additional funding/revenue generating opportunities for UC◦ Status: Recent Maryland State financial cuts require increased attention on

finding revenue generating opportunities

Primary Focus Areas from Needs Assessment

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NMHEAB is a volunteer Advisory Board executing the law with no designated funding stream

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Northeastern Maryland (Cecil and Harford Counties) is the only region without a 4 year college and/or university campus presence in the region

NMHEAB is working very hard to fill that “void” NMHEAB is making a positive impact on the region

◦ Brings academia, government (federal, state and local) and industry together to foster workforce development

◦ Bringing programs and courses to the Northeastern Maryland region to prepare the future workforce Cyber Security Logistics/Supply Chain Management

Higher Education support to the robust research and development in the Northeastern Region is a key factor for future BRAC decisions

NMHEAB Impact

Impact will be Workforce Development

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Brief State Legislature and County Leadership on the NMHEAB and UC accomplishments

Engage educational institute Governmental Relations Offices

Raise visibility of the importance of this regions need for enhanced Higher Education

Action Plan

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Success of NMHEAB Efforts is Key to Future Regional Growth

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Back-up Slides

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Northeastern Maryland Higher Education Advisory Board Members

Voting Members

Dr. Dexter Smith, Johns Hopkins University John Desmone, Towson University Dr. Maurice Taylor, Morgan State University Dr. Candace Caraco, College of Notre Dame of

Maryland Dr. Elizabeth Beise, University of Maryland

College Park Dr. Dennis Golladay, Harford Community

College Dr. Mary Bolt, Cecil College Dr. Kenneth Lewis, Union Hospital (Vice Chair) Brian Simmons, Sigmatech, Inc. Lisa Webb, Cecil County OED Dr. John Gray, Wilmington University Dr. Joseph Hoffman, Frostburg State University Dr. David Weir, University of Delaware Barbara Jenkins, Central Michigan University Jessie Yerkic, Florida Institute of Technology

Mary Morris, Harford County OED Danny DeMarinis, Northeastern Maryland

University Research Park (Secretary) Barney Michel, Army Alliance Karen Holt, Harford County OED and

Chesapeake Science & Security Corridor Dr. John Ferriter, Science and Technology

Corporation (Chair)

Ex-Officio Members (Non-voting)

Gary Martin, US Army Communications Electronic Command

Mr. David Jimenez, US Army Test & Evaluation Command

Nancy Spence, University Center

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Leverage current and historical collaborations between members of NMHEAB◦ Status: Ongoing activity

Encourage collaboration with the University Center◦ Status: Ongoing activity with all academic partners

Maintain a consolidated inventory of local degree programs and continuing education opportunities. ◦ Status: Current inventory will need to be continually updated

Differentiate higher education and training needs of various regional sub-populations ◦ Status: Needs Assessment delineates future workforce needs

Advocate for further review of governance structure, staffing, and resources available to the University Center.◦ Status: Topic for the future

Explore additional funding/revenue generating opportunities for the University Center◦ Status: Recent Maryland State financial cuts require increased attention on finding revenue

generating opportunities

Additional Focus Areas from the Northeastern Maryland Higher Education Needs Assessment

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