Northeastern Maryland Higher Education Advisory Board Accomplishments After Two Years January 2015 A Bold Initiative to Enhance Higher Education and Workforce Development in Northeastern Maryland 2/24/2015 1
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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
s
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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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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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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