MHEC Press Releases

​Below are the most recent press release sent to the media from MHEC regarding higher education in the State of Maryland.

2018 Press Releases

• 7-23-20 - College Students Create Awareness Videos to Combat Opioid Abuse in MD​
• 6-19-20 - $145,000 awarded to 29 full-time nurse faculty at higher education institutions across Maryland
• 6-3-20 -  MHEC Announces $29.3 Million in Nursing Grant Awards​
• 2-24-20 -  Guaranteed Access Grant & Maryland Community College Promise Scholarship Document Drop-Off Events​
• 1/13/20 - Governor Hogan Announces 2019 award of $9 Million in Tax Credits for Student Loan Debt​
• 12/23/19 - Program Receives Millions in Funding to Continue Educating Nurses in Maryland​
• 11/07/19 - ​MHEC Awards More Than a Million Dollars to Maryland Nursing Faculty​
• 7/31/19 -  Governor Hogan Announces $86 Million in Scholarships for the 2019-2020 Academic Award Year​
• 7/22/19 - ​Nurse Support II Academic Nurse Education Awards
• 7/01/19 -  MHEC Announces Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit Application is Available​​
• 5/28/19  - MHEC Announces $6.2 Million in Nursing Grant Awards​
• 3/14/19 - Guaranteed Access (GA) Grant Document Drop-Off Events​
• 3/04/19 -  Nursing Faculty Job Fair​
• 1/18/19 -  Governor Larry Hogan Announces $9 Million in Tax Credits for Student Loan Debt Relief
• 12/27/18- MHEC and DLLR Coordinate to Offer Brightwood Students Educational Options Following Recent Closure​
• 12/18/2018- MHEC Awards $470,000 to Maryland Nursing Faculty​
• 11/28/2018- $108,000 to Maryland Education Institutions-Helps Local Youth Prepare for College​
• 10/31/2018- MHEC's Regina Lightfoot Award Announced​
• 10/16/2018- MHEC Awards $885,000 to Maryland Nursing Faculty​​
• 10/5/2018 - Nurses and Nurse Faculty Benefit from Recent Job Fair​
• 8/27/2018 - Harford Community College Student Appointed as Student Commissioner of the Maryland Higher Education Commission
• 8/20/2018 - Maryland Higher Education Commission Announces Applications Available Online for the 2018 Student Loan Debt Relief Tax Credit
• 8/01/2018 - Awards Announced for 2018 College Preparation Intervention Program
• 7/30/2018 - MHEC Awards Support Near-Completer College Enrollment and College Completion
• 7/16/2018 - Maryland Higher Education Commission Unveils New SmartSave Portal on MHEC Website
• 7/9/2018 - MHEC Awards Help Disadvantaged Youth Plan for College
• 6/28/2018 - MHEC Announces $9.6 Million in Nursing Grant Awards for FY 2019​
• 6/18/2018 - MHEC Makes ITT Technical Institute Official Academic Transcripts Available to Students​
• 6/2/2018 -  Governor Larry Hogan Announces $80 Million in Higher Education Scholarships for 2018-2019 Academic Award Year
• 5/11/2018 - MHEC Applauds Maryland’s Student Nurses during National Nurses Week
• 4/30/2018 - RFP Announced for GEAR UP Leadership Development Program – Due May 7, 2018
• 4/23/2018 - Maryland Higher Education Commission Announces New Options for  Document Submission
• 4/18/2018 -  Maryland Higher Education Commission Announces RFP for Maryland Nonprofit Organizations
• 3/5/2018 - Maryland Community College and University Nursing Faculty Job Fair
• 1/16/2018 - Maryland Higher Education Commission (MHEC) Announces the 2017-2021
  Maryland State Plan for Postsecondary Education
   

Media Contact:
Rhonda Wardlaw
Director of Communications
(443) 915-3070

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