Attendees will have the opportunity to network with employers and ask community partners about services available to them regarding housing, physical/mental health services, VA benefit claims, and vocational support services. Employers currently registered to participate in the career fair include the Transportation Security Administration, the National Security Agency, and ManTech International.

Stevenson’s Greenspring campus is located at 1525 Greenspring Valley Road, Stevenson, MD 21153. Click here for directions and campus map.

Prior to the career fair, Stevenson’s Office of Career Services will offer a free Dependable Strengths Articulation (DSA) Process workshop from 10 a.m. to noon. Dependable Strengths Articulation is a skills assessment tool that helps individuals uncover and better articulate their personal and professional strengths to employers. In addition, the workshop will cover the elements of successful networking and job searching strategies to prepare participants for the networking aspects of career fairs and the effective delivery of their own “30-second commercial.”

Space for the workshop is limited and advanced registration is required. To register for the Dependable Strengths workshop or for further information on Stevenson’s Veterans Career Fair, contact Hope Marshall, AmeriCorps VISTA Coordinator, at hmarshall@stevenson.edu or call 443-352-4124.

Jason Winer

Baltimore-born actor and Hollywood director Jason Winer will give the keynote address at Stevenson University’s 60^th Commencement ceremonies this Friday, May 10, 2013, at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Winner of the 2010 Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award for Outstanding Direction of a Comedy Series for the pilot of ABC’s Modern Family, Winer was named one of Variety’s 2011 “10 Directors to Watch.” Stevenson will graduate 450 seniors this spring. Winer will receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University as well.

A graduate of Baltimore’s Friends School, Winer is an alumnus of Chicago’s Improv Olympic Theatre and began his career as an actor, improvisor, and photographer before making the transition to directing. He made his feature directorial debut with the 2011 remake of Arthur. In 2010, Winer received an Emmy as a producer for the Outstanding Comedy Series as well as a nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for the ABC pilot of Modern Family. His other television credits include writing and directing pilots for CBS, Fox, and ABC. He is also co-creator of the new NBC sitcom 1600 Penn.

Stevenson will also honor Canadian philanthropist Craig Kielburger, co-founder of Free the Children, with the University’s third annual Social Entrepreneurship Award. The award honors individuals who achieve high social returns for communities through transformative leadership and innovation. Free the Children, which Kielburger co-founded at the age of 12 in 1995, has worked in more than 40 countries to bring education to children in developing regions. Kielburger also co-founded Me to We, a social enterprise that sells socially- and environmentally-conscious clothes and accessories, with half of the profits benefitting Free the Children.

Stevenson University, known for its distinctive career focus, is the third-largest independent undergraduate university in Maryland with more than 4,200 students pursuing bachelor’s, master’s, and adult accelerated degrees at locations in Stevenson and Owings Mills. Stevenson has been recognized as one of America’s “Up-and-Comers”—one of only 49 colleges and universities nationwide given this designation—in the 2013 U.S. News & World Report college rankings.

For more information, visit www.stevenson.edu.

The session will be held Wednesday, May 1 at p.m. in Garrison Hall on Stevenson’s Owings Mills campus. There is no fee for the event but advanced registration is requested and space is limited. To register call Amanda Courter, Enrollment Counselor,at 443-352-4243, email acourter@stevenson.edu, or register online at accelerate.stevenson.edu.

Stevenson’s Master of Science in Healthcare Management equips graduates with competencies in leadership, business, marketing, communications, and organizational development to manage and guide healthcare facilities, practices, and services in the complex and rapidly changing marketplace. The program has two areas of concentration: (1) Quality management and Patient Safety; and (2) Project Management. The curriculum includes integrative experiences that require students to draw upon, apply, and synthesize knowledge and skills covered throughout the program. Using the case study method and other problem-solving methodologies including role-playing, simulations and hands-on, team based projects, the program provides opportunities for students to participate in team-based activities. Courses are offered in convenient 8-week online sessions.

In order to seek the rigorous Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) accreditation requirements, a minimum of 120 hours of the curriculum must be completed face-to-face with faculty members. The face-to-face components include:

• 3-day, 8-hours-per-day Introduction and Orientation weekend during a student’s first semester in the program;
• 3-day, 8-hours-per-day weekend mid-way through the program, after specific courses have been completed, to focus on issues of Conflict and Diversity;
• Follow-up 3-day, 8-hours-per-day weekend (not in the same session), to focus on Teamwork and Team Building; and
• Capstone residency requirement which can be satisfied by attending a 6-day summer Capstone, 8-hours-per-day residency for team work and public presentation of projects from work completed in students’ concentrations. Alternatively, this requirement can be satisfied in hybrid format (classes meeting two evenings per week) if taken in spring or fall.

To learn more about the Master of Science in Healthcare Management, visit Stevenson’s School of Graduate and Professional Studies online at accelerate.stevenson.edu.

The School of Graduate and Professional Studies offers online, onsite, and accelerated degree programs for working adults. Accelerated bachelor’s degree programs include Business Administration, Business and Computer Information Systems, Criminal Justice (online), Interdisciplinary Studies, Nursing RN to BS (onsite or online), and Paralegal Studies.

Accelerated master’s degree programs include Business and Technology Management (onsite and online), Forensic Science (onsite and online), Forensic Studies (onsite and online with accounting, information technology, legal, investigation, interdisciplinary, and criminalistics tracks), and Nursing (online) with a focus on either leadership/management or nursing education.

Anne Scholl-Fiedler, Vice President of Career Services

The Maryland Career Development Association (MCDA) has awarded Stevenson University the 2013 MCDA Organizational Career Planning Award. The award, presented April 19 at the MCDA’s annual conference, recognizes an institution that has developed an excellent program for career development within the organization.

“We are very proud of this recognition of Stevenson’s career planning efforts,” said Anne Scholl-Fiedler, Vice President of Career Services. “Specifically, Stevenson was nominated for our Career Architecture^SM process, a distinctive part of the educational experience here. The process helps our students to identify their personal core values and align them with their selection of a major and career goals.”

Stevenson is nationally known for providing career-focused programs based on an approach that emphasizes theory, practice, and mentoring. Through their course of study, students develop knowledge coupled with practical application and mastery in their major areas. Stevenson’s Career Architecture process complements this approach by helping students to build personal, practical, and intellectual competencies and leadership skills that put them on career paths after graduation. Students are engaged in Career Architecture from the beginning at Stevenson through the first-year seminar’s LEGO™ Challenge and each subsequent year through personal assessment and other reflective work to develop their personal direction, professional know-how, and discipline expertise to carry with them into their post-college careers.

Stevenson University is the third-largest independent undergraduate university in Maryland with more than 4,200 students pursuing bachelor’s, master’s, and adult accelerated degrees at locations in Stevenson and Owings Mills. Stevenson has been recognized as one of America’s “Up-and-Comers”—one of only 49 colleges and universities nationwide given this designation—in the 2013 U.S. News & World Report college rankings.

The Maryland Career Development Association is a forum where career professionals network and share resources to ensure the quality and effectiveness of career services to the standards of the National Career Development Association. MCDA is a division of the Maryland Association for Counseling and Development which in turn is a branch of the American Counseling Association.

Stevenson University has received approval this April for two new Bachelor of Science degree programs in its School of the Sciences: Biochemistry and Environmental Science. The programs will launch with the fall 2013 semester.

“These programs are designed to address the critical national need for a more robust STEM workforce by providing the theoretical and experiential grounding in the sciences while simultaneously promoting the integrative types of thinking that are essential to tackling the global challenges of the 21^st century,” said Susan Thompson Gorman, Ph.D., Dean of Stevenson University’s School of the Sciences.

The Biochemistry program integrates and applies chemical and biological principles in exploring and understanding the chemistry of living organisms. The new program will ground students in the chemical, physical, and biological principles that characterize living systems, and will promote an interdisciplinary mindset that prepares them to embrace the interdependent nature of these areas of study. In addition, students will develop technical skills applicable to today’s rapidly changing research, clinical, and technical fields such as medicine, the life sciences, pharmaceuticals, and agricultural and veterinary science.

The Environmental Science program will also take a multidisciplinary and applied approach, engaging students in studying the life, physical, and mathematical sciences while at the same time integrating the constructs of human systems such as business, government, and community as they relate to the environment. An emphasis on experiential and lifelong learning will prepare graduates to address the integral and interdependent relationship between humankind and the environment.

“The nature of both degrees is interdisciplinary and grows naturally out of the strengths of our established science programs in biology, chemistry, and applied mathematics as well as Stevenson’s historical emphasis on combining academic study with career preparation,” Gorman added.

Stevenson University, known for its distinctive career focus, is the third-largest independent undergraduate university in Maryland with more than 4,200 students pursuing bachelor’s, master’s, and adult accelerated degrees at locations in Stevenson and Owings Mills. Stevenson has been recognized as one of America’s “Up-and-Comers”—one of only 49 colleges and universities nationwide given this designation—in the 2013 U.S. News & World Report college rankings.

Stevenson University’s Fashion Design program hosts its annual fashion show on Saturday, April 27, 7-9 p.m. in the University’s Inscape Theatre, Greenspring campus.

Tickets are available for $10 per person and can be reserved by contacting Sally DiMarco, Fashion Design Program Coordinator, at sdimarco@stevenson.edu or 443-352-4082. Refreshments will be served following the event.

Stevenson’s Greenspring campus is located at 1525 Greenspring Valley Road, Stevenson, MD 21153. Click here for directions to the Greenspring campus and a campus map.

This year’s show, called “Raw Concept,” will showcase original men’s, women’s, and children’s fashion designs created by the students of Stevenson’s fashion Design program. One segment of the show will feature sustainable and eco-friendly fashions from Stevenson’s “We Are What We Wear” fashion exhibition that recently traveled to New York’s Garment District for Fashion Week 2013.

“Our students have been working with our faculty as well as our Fashion Merchandising program to create an inspiring show—from the fashions to the modeling and music,” DiMarco said. “This is not only an academic capstone for their year but a presentation of some truly innovative fashions.”

Stevenson University’s Fashion Design program hosts “Careers in the Fashion Industry,” a collaboration of the Baltimore Fashion Alliance, Stevenson University’s Fashion Design Program, and the Office of Career Services. The event will be held Thursday, April 18, 6-8 p.m. in the St. Paul Companies Pavilion, Greenspring campus. It will explore career opportunities for both Stevenson students and outside guests interested in pursuing careers in the fashion field. All are welcome to attend.

Stevenson’s Greenspring campus is located at 1525 Greenspring Valley Road, Stevenson, MD 21153. Click here for directions to the Greenspring campus and a campus map.

“The event will bring together luminaries from the local fashion communities who will address the many challenging aspects of careers in the various segments of the industry,” said Sally DiMarco, Associate Professor and Fashion Design Program Coordinator at Stevenson.

Panelists for the event will include Alexius Dorsey, Visual Merchandiser of the Visual Merchandising Department at Nordstrom; Courtney Chappell, Personal Stylist Manager at Nordstrom; Jami Dunbar, Senior Director for Technical Design at Under Armour; Kate Duvall, Store Manager of South Moon Under; Annie Sommer Kaufman, Designer at Annie the K-Ladies Plus Size, Assistant Patternmaker at Norma Kamali, and Product Developer at Hansiba/SEWA; Holly Lentz-Schiller, Stevenson University Industry Specialist for the School of Design; Shelley Sarmiento, Founder of the Little White Fashion Truck and former Co-owner and Executive Vice President of the White House/Black Market chain; and John Starling, Director of Anti-Branding for Content Clothing.

The panel moderators are Beverly Hill and Christopher Schafer who will focus the discussion on finding a career in the fashion industry, networking, internship opportunities as well as career options, education, and training. The audience will have the opportunity to speak one-on-one with the panelists and learn more information regarding the fashion industry. Students are encouraged to attend.

“You can succeed in the industry if you have the determination to work hard, discover new ways to obtain exposure in the field, and learn how to network,” said DiMarco.

Conductor Robert Suggs, D.M.A.

Stevenson University invites the community to enjoy music from The Rings when the Greenspring Valley Orchestra performs The Music of Richard Wagner and The Lord of the Rings, Sunday, April 28, 2013,at 4 p.m.in the Inscape Theatre on Stevenson’s Greenspring campus.

General admission tickets are $10 and $5 for students and seniors. Tickets can be reserved by calling the Stevenson University Box Office at 443-334-2618. Complimentary refreshments will be served after the concert.

Stevenson’s Greenspring campus is located at 1525 Greenspring Valley Road, Stevenson, MD 21153. Click here for directions to the Greenspring campus and a campus map.

The 60-member Greenspring Valley Orchestra—which includes 10 current Stevenson students and four alumni as well as SU faculty members—will celebrate the 200^th anniversary of the birth of German composer Richard Wagner with selections from The Ring of the Nibelungs. The concert will also feature selections from the The Lord of the Rings Symphony by Dutch composer Johan De Meij. The symphony, composed in the 1980s well before the release of the Peter Jackson film, is designed to portray characters or places from the Lord of the Rings series, engaging the audience’s imagination with “colorful, powerful, epic music,” said Greenspring Valley Orchestra conductor Robert Suggs, D.M.A., Professor of Music at Stevenson.

The concert will also feature operatic soprano Lori Hultgren, who will sing The Liebestod from Wagner’s opera Tristan and Isolde, and two Stevenson student soloists, Paul Welbourn and Rosalie Chesley, who will perform a movement from Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp, a piece used in several movies. Visuals and videos will complement the musical performances.

For more information or to receive Art Effects, Stevenson’s biannual calendar of arts and cultural events, e-mail ddisalvo@stevenson.edu.

Stevenson University welcomes the public to “Portals,” the 2013 exhibition of works designed and installed by seniors in Stevenson’s Visual Communication Design program. The opening reception for “Portals” will be held Thursday, April 18, 6-8 p.m. the Gallery on the University’s Greenspring campus. All are invited.

The Gallery is located in the Dawson Academic Center on Stevenson’s Greenspring campus, 1525 Greenspring Valley Road, Stevenson, MD 21153.

The installation will highlight the work of 11 Visual Communication Design majors and include collages, drawings, and digital works. The students spent their spring semester assembling their works, created both individually and collaboratively to explore how dioramas–viewed through a range of portals such as doorways, keyholes, and windows–evoke emotions, memories, and experiences that fuel our creative minds.

“The senior exhibition is a culminating and wonderful opportunity for our students to demonstrate their creative problem-solving and technical capabilities,” Amanda Hostalka, Professor of Art and Chair of Stevenson’s Visual Communication Design program. “They reflect on what they’ve accomplished in the past four years and determine how best to communicate their collective story through design. It is always original and surprising.”

“The most rewarding aspect of the exhibition is the design students realizing their exhibition ideas,” added Lori Rubeling, Professor of Art.

“Portals” will run through May 24. Stevenson’s Gallery is open to the public Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday, 1-4 p.m.

Edward Albee

Stevenson University’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences brings the Comparative Drama Conference to Baltimore for a second year. This international, interdisciplinary event is dedicated to all aspects of theater and drams scholarship, including textual and performance analysis. This year’s conference will be held April 4-6, 2013, at the Pier 5 Hotel on Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Keynote speaker will be award-winning dramatist Edward Albee.

Each year, the conference attracts more than 150 leading scholars from around the world for a weekend dedicated to academic collaboration in the fields of English, theatre, and the Classics. For a complete program schedule and registration information, visit http://comparativedramaconference.stevenson.edu.

Since the conference’s inception in 1977, the University of Florida, Ohio State University, California State University-Northridge, and Loyola Marymount University have each hosted the event. Stevenson University is hosting the conference in Baltimore through 2016. Scholars in the fields of Classics, Theatre, and English from a variety of international universities organize the conference annually. The conference also compiles and publishes Text & Presentation, which showcases outstanding papers presented at the conference each year.

Playwright Edward Albee will speak on Saturday, April 6 to conclude the three-day conference. Winner of three Pulitzer Prizes and four Tony Awards, including a Tony for Lifetime Achievement, Albee has been hailed by The New Yorker as “America’s greatest living playwright” and is known as innovator whose challenging plays have radically influenced the contemporary stage.

Stevenson University, known for its distinctive career focus, is the third-largest independent undergraduate university in Maryland with more than 4,200 students pursuing bachelor’s, master’s, and adult accelerated degrees at locations in Stevenson and Owings Mills. Stevenson has been recognized as one of America’s “Up-and-Comers”—one of only 49 colleges and universities nationwide given this designation—in the 2013 U.S. News & World Report college rankings.